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  • Under the Weeping Willow Tree: A Memoir about Grief, Loss, and Disability

    by Linda Madison
    Fortunately for the reading public, Linda Madison is a poetic survivor, bringing pictures of old-fashioned sweat and tears to life in modern-day America. Under the Weeping Willow Tree gave me permission to feel the horror and clarity of courage, the confusion from physical and emotional frailty, not from one's choosing.... Learning and seeking for her is living today for tomorrow, though, not just any old day of the week. Linda knows that on any given day as a single mother of four, she might ha... more
  • Ultimate Love: A Life of Soul and Searching

    by Kitty Caley
    In loving memory, I am dedicating "ULTIMATE LOVE: A Life of Soul and Searching" to my son Brandon Twigg (aka Emory Dale) "CHIP" Williamson and to EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THIS TRAUMATIC ILLNESS. Most parents plan for a beautiful wedding. I planned for a beautiful funeral. Chip's search has ended. He, his father Jerry, and I gave each other all the love we could find here during this illness. Now he would never need to search again. In Chip's search for love, he now has gone to "The Ultim... more
  • The Hate Game: Screaming in the Silence - A Memoir

    by Gary Trew
    Gary’s school experience unfolds like a collision between Tom Brown’s Schooldays and The Inbetweeners. He faces violence, bullying, abuse, and brutal initiation rituals. The Hate Game captivates and shocks with its powerful, humorous, and hopeful narrative. It is a bizarre coming-of-age story that could easily be mistaken for fiction.
  • From Grief to Love

    by Laurence Carter
    After losing his wife Melitta to cervical cancer, Laurence Carter embarked on a 4,314-mile coastal walk around England and Wales. His mission: to raise awareness that cervical cancer can be eliminated in a generation. This inspiring memoir recounts how his journey transformed from one of grief to one of hope and renewed love. Through poignant, funny and heartwarming vignettes, Carter takes readers along as he travels Britain’s beautiful coastline, chronicling both his physical trek and emotional... more
  • Refugees Affected by War

    by John K. Spitzberg
    Refugees Affected by War follows author John K. Spitzberg’s work with Ukrainian refugees who fled their country due to Russia’s attack upon Ukraine. This is an ongoing saga due to the war going on currently and Ukraine being destroyed now. The war is killing, maiming, and destroying the infrastructure of Ukraine as this book is being created. Spitzberg hopes that all who read this book will become active in advocating for peace and social justice in Ukraine and all those affected by war. 
  • Surviving Loss

    by Milton Dennis
    His life was one devastating blow after another, losing multiple family members over the years to suicide, growing up in foster care, and being bullied. How does one pull themselves out of a storm like that? Surviving Loss: My Journey of Hope follows a man who often has reason to ask Why me? Many people ask themselves the same question when life pummels them, but this is a story of hope and coming out the other side, of recognizing the gifts and blessings between the pain and struggle. At many l... more
  • Go Girl 2: The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure

    by elaine lee
    Go Girl 2 is an anthology that weaves a remarkable collection of fifty-four travel tales, poems, and photos designed to inspire, educate, and entertain black women globetrotters, as well as provide vicarious thrills for the avid armchair traveler. Dive into stories by a new generation of travel writers, including luminaries Lola Akinmade Åkerström, Lebawit Lily Girma, Georgina Lawton, Martinque Lewis, Rue Mapp, and Noo Saro-Wiwa, on spicy adventures in the frozen Arctic to sun-drenched blue Car... more
  • Daylight Saving Time: The Power of Growing Older

    by David W. Berner
    When we are young, we think little about growing old. But time soon catches up with us: the first gray hair, a buckling knee, the purchase of reading glasses, or when a heart attack at the age of 56 rattles your world and reminds you that none of us gets out of here alive. In this meditative and intimate personal narrative on the act of aging, David W. Berner discovers how to accept and revel in the present, when the days that remain are fewer than those that have passed, and offers a path for c... more
  • South of My Dreams

    by F. K. Clementi
    Introducing a new Jewish voice from the South that tells us with humor, panache, and raw frankness her irresistible story of what it means to become an American woman today.
  • Childs Play - A guide to help reclaim and harness your creative power

    by William Childs
    The book is a collection of real work stories of my time working creatively for 40 years. At that time, I learned that we were all born creative. However, that creativity tends to get educated out of us instead of celebrating it. This book aims to change the outdated construct that creativity has no inherent value. When you realize that we have entered what is known as the creative age, it's easy to see why creativity is at the forefront of that movement. This book will help you regain a power y... more
  • Kathy: How I Survived Tragic Loss

    by Dr. KD Wagner
    Book 3 - reveals the "Rest of the Story!" As a mother who lost both her sons in separate homicides, two years apart, at 18 and 24, Kathy has to find a new purpose for her life and a reason to stay on earth. First, she fulfills a promise to her sons. Next, she becomes involved in the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. organization, as the loss of her oldest son, while serving in the U.S. Navy during Operation Iraqi Freedom made her a Gold Star Mother. Then, she took a "Leap of Faith," and jumped at... more
  • Troubled Traveler: A Young Man's Odyssey Through Mexico

    by John Gernandt
    For anyone who has ever imagined escaping their past and taking charge of their own future, Troubled Traveler is an honest and moving testament to determination and dedication. Filled with stories both humorous and heart breaking, Troubled Traveler tells the story, from the moment sixteen year old John is dropped at an airport by his parents to what brought them all to this decision, this is a memoir that is captivating, funny and inspirational as it follows his odyssey through Mexico as a young... more
  • #MS - We'll get rid of it

    by Jasminka Vuković
    What if your life changed forever in a single, shocking moment? Mother and daughter, friends and allies for life. Mia and her mother face an unimaginable challenge when Mia, at nineteen and studying veterinary medicine, suddenly finds herself unable to hold a scalpel. The initial diagnosis? Just normal stress symptoms. But three years later, frightening symptoms reappear, and an examination in the emergency room reveals shocking results. The final diagnosis: incurable Multiple Sclerosis. At fi... more
  • We Can Change the World: An Intimate Journey Through the Early 1970s

    by Lee Boutell
    In the 1970s groups of idealistic boomers collaborated to change the world through creativity, by taking risks and establishing new ways to organize and live outside of the “establishment.” Loving personal freedom above almost all else, these young people saw the “establishment” as too oppressive and unhealthy, with little inclination to improve. But change is what these young people brought about and the world has not looked the same since. The story focuses on the creation and development of ... more
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    by Susan Slonim Servais
    On a rainy night in December 1938, former Third Reich government official Max Immanuel climbed into his car in Berlin and set out on a harrowing mission. Over the course of a single night, he planned to travel to the gates of Dachau — Nazi Germany’s first concentration camp — to rescue a Jewish prisoner. Max’s mission was profoundly dangerous, and unusual, because this former Third Reich official was a Jew himself. Born Imanuel Rosenfeld, Max had changed his name and his religion, living in fear... more
  • Running From Tragedy

    by Michael Salsbury

    In his emotionally gripping and intensely personal memoir – Running From Tragedy, Michael Salsbury, a lifelong runner takes readers on a marathon run of a lifetime with his poignant journey of tragedy, loss, and triumph that defies every definition of unfathomable odds – that balances on the edge of believability.

    Michael and Gabriella Salsbury seemingly had it all. It was a picture-perfect love story worthy of a Hollywood movie. Two childhoods haunted with mem... more

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