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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 This book aims to change the outdated construct that creativity has no inherent value.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

The Long Return: Should the Military Be Used as a Political Tool?

by David O. Scheiding

Upon returning to the United States after serving in Vietnam, Col. David O. Scheiding, USAF (RET), and other Vietnam vets were met with a significant amount of antiwar, anti-military sentiments by the American Society toward them. David reveals his reaction to the significant change in the general American attitude toward the Vietnam War. The Long Return shows us his experiences as an Air Force pilot and his efforts to understand the change in the American attitude by looking at history and how... more

Finding New Life After the Death of My Son

by Mark Bodnarczuk

This is every parent’s worst nightmare. You go to wake up your 18-year-old son on Sunday morning for church and you find him dead in his bed. Only later do you learn that he bought a single Xanax pill on Snapchat for fifteen dollars to calm his anxiety about the COVID pandemic. He took the pill then ordered food from Door Dash, but he never lived to eat it. It was a counterfeit pill that contained over three times the lethal dose of fentanyl – that one pill killed him. Mark Bodnarczuk’s heart wr... more

Rainy River Girl

by James N. Gershfield

What will happen when a little Jewish girl heads off with her parents to a small rural town in 1930's Ontario Canada, while being the only Jewish family in town? This entertaining memoir provides the answers. Follow Toby Gershfield in her adventures as she is challenged by scary sights and sounds, frightening dreams, prickly situations, and friends who keep disappearing. She also devises unique strategies to only do the things that she wants in ways that only a little girl can. In the midst of ... more

Army Brat

by Laura Gutman

The lives of Army brats have always been a core component of the US military. Scarcely described until now, Army Brat: World War II is an essential account that fills a major gap in history. Author Laura Thurston Gutman lived deeply embedded within the US Armed Forces from before the United States’ earliest entry into World War II through the Vietnam era. Chronicling pivotal events during those years, this historical autobiography describes a life inextricably intertwined with the military. F... more

The Camel in the Forest

by A. E. Hayoun

In her spirited memoir, A. E. Hayoun paints an eye-opening portrait of immigrating to Israel and building a new life in Israel’s beautiful, controversial, and sometimes hostile Negev desert. At once a vulnerable narrative of personal experience, The Camel in the Forest is also a remarkable, brief history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Camel in the Forest is A. E. Hayoun’s first-hand account of life in Israel that takes place a few years before and during Operation Guardian of the Wall... more

The Love My Mother Never Gave

by Brandi Clark

This is the story of a 40-something year old daughter and mother who struggles to put the pieces of her life back together after suffering from neglect and abuse from her hateful mother as a child. She has no boundaries, any respect for herself and doesn’t think she deserves love or kindness. Her life is filled with chaos and confusion as she tries to win her mother over. But is that mother-daughter relationship even worth it?

Ex-Gay Christian: Men and Women are Crowned with God's Glory and Honor

by Robert Williams

This author embarked upon life's journey from the town of Kinston, North Carolina and, at age ten, accepted the LORD JESUS CHRIST as Savior and joined the Christian community at age twelve and began hearing the Holy Spirit's still voice encouraging and guiding me into all truth. Over the years, he has faithfully kept all pledges. Sharing this testimony has undoubtedly placed me on a thrilling journey. I have attempted to be a faithful witness. To complete this affirmation, I've often put ... more

Ex-Gay Christian: Souls at the Crossroads

by Robert Williams

This author embarked upon life's journey from the town of Kinston, North Carolina and, at age ten, accepted the LORD JESUS CHRIST as Savior and joined the Christian community at age twelve and began hearing the Holy Spirit's still voice encouraging and guiding me into all truth. Over the years, he has faithfully kept all pledges. Sharing this testimony has undoubtedly placed me on a thrilling journey. I have attempted to be a faithful witness. To complete this affirmation, I've often put down... more

God's Child: Memoirs and Philosophy of Life

by Terrence Steve Lake

Terrence Steven Lake grew up black in Hamtramck, Michigan, with friends of all different colors. While he could get along with everyone, he also spoke his mind. For instance, there was a white man at work from a totally different environment. The author told his co-worker that the white race as a whole had been the most violent race of people in the history of the world, explaining how the pharaohs came to Africa to enslave people to build pyramids pointing at certain planets at a certain tim... more

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