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Forty to Finish

by Larry Walsh

Embark on a cross-country cycling adventure in this exciting sequel that finds author Larry Walsh on yet another solo trek across America. Here, Walsh brings readers along for the ride of a lifetime: 4,200 miles, cutting across ten states, from Oregon to Virginia. The Trans Am Bike Race is so grueling that less than 300 solo riders in the last decade have crossed the finish line. But Walsh did just that. Reaching the Yorktown Victory Monument, however, is just a small part of this tale. In this... more

The Boy from Boadua: One African's Journey of Hunger and Sacrifice in Pursuit of a Dream

by Patrick Asare

The Boy from Boadua is a story of hunger, hardship, hope, and tenacity. It’s about believing anything is possible if you set your heart—and mind—to it. My story begins when I was a young boy growing up in a family so large and impoverished that no amount of backbreaking labor could keep our bellies full. Though no one in Boadua had ever progressed beyond elementary school, I was willing to endure any hardship in pursuit of what any reasonable person would consider a pipe dream: a world-class ed... more

The WORD Works...If You Work IT! From Poverty to PROMISE!

by Tammy McBride

My book is a 66-page read and was released on 2 August 2022. It is a memoir of my faith walk with God as I experienced financial struggles. Once I got sick and tired of being sick and tired, I decided to take God at His Word. I began to consistently speak His Word (say what God says) daily and doing so turned my situation to good!

Johnny and Jazzbo: A True Story

by Kathryn J. Hardy

Taking place during the tumultuous times of the 60’s and 70’s, two young poverty- ridden men raised in the backwoods of Northwest Florida find themselves in Atlanta, Georgia fighting their way to being poor no more regardless of the cost. Dr. Johnny Savage and Otis Ikner experience life changing lessons when the effects of the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, political assassinations, sex, drugs and rock and roll, draw this unlikely duo into dangerous encounters, riddled with adventure, drama... more

Forget Having Kids. I'm Having Fun: 1000 Random Reasons I Chose to Be #ChildFree

by Dane A. Reid

Forget Having Kids - I’m Having Fun is a book about making choices: Choices about living life, and about giving life.

Through clever, intimate, and relatable personal anecdotes, author Dane Reid shares why he chooses a child-free life. His no-holds-barred, real-life, and sometimes exaggerated stories are equal parts edgy, racy, funny, and wise. Forget Having Kids pushes boundaries in its examination of such topics as: parental rights, corpora... more

The Bastard of Beverly Hills

by Rafael Moscatel

In The Bastard of Beverly Hills, Rafael Moscatel shares the heartbreaking story of being given up for adoption by a renowned family of musicians, a decades-long odyssey to tear down the web of lies that kept him from uncovering their lurid past, and his inspiring journey back home— not to the fabled estate where he was raised but a place he could finally feel comfortable in his own skin.

This poignant and whimsical memoir begins in 1977, after an infamous lawyer buri... more

Unbelievable Grief: Incredible Grace, a memoir

by Carrie S. Boone

Have you ever felt so confused and overwhelmed by untamable emotions? You are not alone. Grief is a very unpredictable and ever-changing process. Carrie figured that because she had been exposed to some grief and loss situations early in her life that this made her well prepared for loss going forward. Well, she was wrong! Even though Carrie had been exposed to grief and loss as early as the age of 8, she would learn that the loss of a very dear loved one to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis... more

Pandora's Lockbox

by Nico Griffith

PANDORA’S LOCKBOX is a memoir of Nico Griffith’s life from divorce to a top-selling real estate agent in 1980s Southern California when real estate regulation hadn't been invented. These behind-the-scenes-stories of selling real estate take readers from shaking their heads to laughing out loud to shedding a few tears. Her life and those of her fellow agents, aka The Fab Five, are packed with intrigue, romance, sex and incredibly entertaining situations with buyers and sellers who don't know what... more

The Backpacker Lifecycle

by Brendyn Zachary

From hostels to hotels. Backpacks to suitcases. Hitchhiking to guided tours. Unwashed underwear to a box of wet wipes. The journey a backpacker takes through 20 years and 45 countries is as much about the person as it is about the places. In The Backpacker Lifecycle, Brendyn Zachary shares his hilarious (and sometimes highly personal) experiences of travelling through different countries and different states of mind as the years go by.

Keep THIS Quiet Too! More Adventures with Hunter S. Thompson, Milton Klonsky, Jan Mensaert

by Margaret A. Harrell

In this sequel to Keep This Quiet! Margaret relocates to Morocco with her exotic, fascinating, unstable Belgian poet husband Jan Mensaert. Living in villages, she experiences cooking on charcoal and shopping for fresh groceries daily with a basket in open air markets. But the main focus of the book is on her encounters with the three male protagonists, "outlaw" authors one and all, brilliantly creative and with the personalities that match. In once-yearly trips to the Unite... more

A Sprig of White Heather and a Scottish Lass

by Hugh Hyland

This is the story of Anne Angelo. It is a heart-warming story that demonstrates how inexorably lives can be shaped and directed by the circumstances of birth and the environment in which the formative years are spent." "Born in Invergordon, RossShire, in the Highlands of Scotland, to parents utter opposites in culture and social backgrounds, education, heredity and race - and further tragically in conflict since the very day of their wedding - her world until the age of 20 was one of hatred an... more

Where Eagles Go to Die

by Raymond L. Marik

Marine operating engineer, 82nd Airborne paratrooper, Special Ops Army Ranger, an entrepreneur who circumnavigated the globe, are a few of many pursuits that insatiable curiosity led the author to explore. He takes the reader on a ninety-year journey from near death as a child, through an unhappy childhood, leading to dropping out of high school. He found success in the military and after honorable discharge, returned to school become an educator earning BA, MEd, and ATA degrees. With wisps of h... more

Enough

by Lloiden Garza

ENOUGH represents different seasons of life. My girlhood when I felt I wasn't Enough. My early adulthood when I had Enough. And my womanhood when I realized I AM Enough - Lloiden In her girlhood, Lloiden discovers her mother kept a secret about her father. Lloiden is shaken by this discovery and life as she knew it fell to pieces, putting her on a path of self-discovery that would shape her sense of self and stretch far into adulthood. Lloiden struggles to find her place in a world that... more

The Forbidden Zone 1940

by Anne Angelo

This is a continuation of the story of Anne Angelo, as published in the companion book: A Sprig of White Heather and a Scottish Lass. It is a heart-warming story that completely justifies the researching and writing. It demonstrates how inexorably lives can be shaped and directed by the circumstances of birth and the environment in which the formative years are spent. Born in Invergordon, Ross-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland, to parents utter opposites in cultural and social backgrounds, edu... more

A Japanese Boy Sees a New Light

by Shu Shimizu

A Japanese graduate of SDSC and retiree from AAL writes about his childhood experience in order to thank Americans and their democracy.

White Girl Within: Letters of Self-Discovery Between a Transgender and Transracial Black Man and His Inner Female

by Ronnie Gladden

Embrace your radical, authentic self with this poetic self-help memoir. "Do you want to be a White girl, Ronnie?" "I want to be free." Two identities struggle to coexist in Ronnie Gladden's body, brain, and soul. On the outside, they are Black and male. Inside, a repressed White female identity begs for release and is ready to break the status quo. Grappling with double-binary thinking, an abusive father, and childhood trauma, they imprison their inner self to stay safe from the world.... more

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