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Object Lessons: A Parris Island Memoir

by Terry Dwyer

This is an enduring account of one person's journey through basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina. For those who have served in the Marine Corps, this will bring back memories of their own regardless of how recent or far removed. For those who have not served in the Marines or any branch of the armed services, this memoir is intended to faithfully depict the experiences of young men fifty years ago in their efforts to join this country's finest fightin... more

Survivors of the Armenian Genocide: Photographs from the Now Distant Past

by Michael Boyajian

Photographs of those who survived the Armenian Genocide. So great a catastrophic tragedy that the survivors felt it had to be an illusion and the emotional health problems associated with survivors and their descendants of such cataclysm horrors became a diagnostic mental health category, from the Genocide to the Holocaust and beyond. A People Power Project. Editor: Gary A. Kulhanjian.

Amazon Reports Kindle rankings Number One in Ethnic and Racial Studies and Number 8 in Historica... more

Dante's Paradox

by Dante M. Slater and Bridget May

Dante’s Paradox is a story about an individual trying to seek out every truth in life and its mysteries. Then during his lifespan stumbles upon a series of events that most would call science fiction and not even giving it a second thought. He grapples with the idea that there are no coincidences from the womb to the tomb. The subject actually thinks that we as human beings can connect to everyone and everything and reverse our destructive behavior if we give it a second or even third thought.... more

Dream On!: Supporting and Graduating African American Girls and Women in STEM

by Ezella McPherson

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a doctor one day? Do you have a passion for math or science? Would you like to pursue an undergraduate degree in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM)? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then this text is for you! The text draws upon the personal narratives of 16 undergraduate African American women who had aspirations of pursuing undergraduate degrees that led to careers in medicine, health professions, engineering, or mathematical fiel... more

An Unforgettable Pastime

by Michael Anthony Vitale

An Unforgettable Pastime" delves into the remarkable journey of a family navigating challenges through the 1960s. Against the backdrop of a father supporting a family of thirteen, the narrative unfolds within the confines of their neighborhood family restaurant in North St. Louis, Missouri. The family grapples with economic uncertainties along with an evolving social landscape that creates difficulties in keeping their restaurant business afloat. The story becomes a tapestry of faith, love, and ... more

Letters to My Sheep

by Teya Brooks Pribac

Letters to My Sheep is a fast-paced yet intimate journey, in epistolary form, through a woman’s life with her four rescued sheep. The author combines her hands-on experience with sheep and her scholarly expertise to guide the reader as they learn about sheep subjectivity and animals’ intimate and social lives generally. Using language that is accessible to the general public, the Letters cover a broad range of topics, inclusive of, but not limited to, animal emotions, cognition, spirituality, cu... more

The Ocean Inside Me

by R.G. Shore

The Ocean Inside Me is a spiritual memoir about healing racial trauma as a person of color incarcerated in an almost all-white prison. Amidst harsh conditions and blatant racism, R.G. Shore learned to meditate by going into his body, befriending his shadow, and learning to sit with the traumas held by his younger self. In The Ocean Inside Me, R.G. Shore learned to love and accept the cause of his deepest pain, his brown body. His prison radio became the conduit by which he transcended the l... more

BEING HUMAN BEING "out of the village and into the jungle": Book One

by ralph bacchus

The story of a man on a quest to find himself as he navigated through his childhood from a Third World village to the big city of New York. He describes the challenges he faced and overcame in order to follow his dreams to success as a pilot instructor, an electrical engineer and a professional in the corporate world. He treated every challenge as a learning experience to be explored, and to help him understand himself in this human race.

Embracing the Shadows: Navigating a Family's Mental Illness

by Marlene Dunham

Embracing The Shadows is a non-fiction narrative about three different types of mental illness in my family of origin. I asked the question, “Why not me?” along with searching for answers on how these illnesses were related. I tell of my father’s Manic Depression that went unmedicated until Lithium was FDA-approved in 1967. Secondly, I talk about my brother’s life - being institutionalized at the age of 3 ½ and spending 15 years at Willowbrook State School on Staten Island. My third f... more

Location X: A Quest for Place

by Eva Rome

A septuagenarian who still craves risk and adventure ditches her home and hits the road in search of Location X, rejecting her comfortable, semiretired life to quest for meaning beyond the mainstream. On a pirate’s map, X marks the spot where treasure is buried, and finding X was the focus of her process: pinpointing that singular location that said, this is where the next phase of my life will unfold. From the armchair globetrotter to the boomer looking for a soft landing in paradise, readers w... more

Looking Back Without Anger

by Susanna Elliott-Newth

In this astonishing memoir, Susanna Elliot-Newth relives an unimaginable childhood, often stranger than fiction. Trapped in an acutely abusive family home under the watch of a mentally disordered mother and docile father, Susanna’s existence is one of sheer survival. From a very tender age, Susanna is exposed to domestic slavery that includes shovelling snow and handwashing the family’s laundry with insults for reward. Bent on destroying her daughter’s sense of self-worth, Susanna recalls her mo... more

Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Life Lessons for Everyday Warriors (e.g., the rest of us)

by Kara L. Stewart

Horsemanship and the Japanese martial art of Aikido may seem as far apart as two things could be, both physically and philosophically. But through the author’s chance meeting (coincidence? maybe…) of renowned horseman Mark Rashid in the mid 1990s, the commonalities of the two paths became clear and then converged. As a most unlikely student began to learn the Art of Peace, the journey took twists and turns. In time, it led to discovering the power of Practice as Aikido became a lifeline throu... more

Denounce

by Silvana Marcorni

This is the English from Spainish translation project completed by the students of Augusta University and Uruguayan author Silvana Marcorni. It tells the story of her journey to freedom from domestic violence. This translation is the second one for this project. It is currently in the works as a documentary from an award winning short film.

Cast Your Footsteps

by Martha Voorhees

In the intricate tapestry of our family's history, a resilient thread weaves across generations—a thread forged by the indomitable spirit of a woman born in the waning days of the late 19th century. Today, I stand humbled and honored, tasked with transforming my grandmother's remarkable typewritten chronicle into the living, breathing manuscript that now rests in your hands. With a heart brimming with emotion, I extend to you a heartfelt invitation to embark on a journey—a poignant odyssey throu... more

Heroic Choices: Break Through Fear, Realize Your Dreams and Transform Your Life

by Paula Kent

Do you ever find yourself wishing for a magic wand that you could wave to transform your life? Do you yearn for personal growth, but find your demons always keep you from taking the first step? Personal change is possible for anyone who dares to embark on the journey toward their dreams. Join author Paula Kent as she guides you on your journey toward self-transformation. Inspired by her own personal growth after taking on a dramatic, mid-life career change, Kent draws on an eclectic variety o... more

From Budapest to Hollywood: Searching for the Promised Land

by Katherine MK Mitchell

An ordinary little girl is born into an extraordinarily violent world. What are her chances? She is tossed around by life. What kind of a life awaits her? Will she get lost without guidance, will she be a bad girl, will she be abused, will she be a user of others – or, can she find her way and willpower to fight for becoming who she wanted to become. Katherine survives World War II, loses her father, reunites with her mother post-concentration camp, joins an underground orphaned children’s r... more

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