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  • The Condemned: A memoir told through selected early works of short stories, essays, and poetry

    by Shari Lopatin
    In this special memoir told through a collection of earlier works including fictional short stories, non-fiction essays, and poetry, Shari Lopatin tells the story of her younger self—a millennial coming of age through the 1990s and 2000s while fighting to make sense of a world rapidly changing amidst The Great Recession and September 11. Touching on themes still relevant today, Shari shares deeply emotional pieces from her formative years about mental health, the search for home, the awkwardness... more
  • How Did I Get Here?

    by Kim Idol
    Kim Idol is a writer/instructor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, partial to dogs, guns, rock-climbing and backpack traveling. She has been in love with Nepal since she first visited 8 years ago. She knew she loved the outdoors and that she would love the Himalayas, but she was unexpectedly charmed by the wildlife and the people she met on her first trip and upon returning home immediately began saving and planning in order to return. Eight years later after a tough year at home, a random mous... more
  • Script of a Bad Year

    by Kim Idol
    Script of a Bad Year is a collection of short stories that covers a narrative arc from the ensuing events of a bad year (including two deaths, one suicide, a brutal divorce, job loss, and my financial free fall) and ends in recovery and perspective, with a true “what I learned” moment. Moments of emotional explosions that demanded immediate expression, these stories flowed from my pen, almost unbidden. Sometimes the news hits when you least expect it, and you have to take notes.
  • Thinking on the Other Side of Zero: An Intuitive Philosophy of Mind, Memory and Reality

    by Alan Oliver
    Have you ever felt someone's eyes on the back of your head? Or perhaps you may have known who was on the phone, even before you lifted the receiver. Science calls these moments of knowing anomalies. If an anomaly cannot be measured it does not exist so far as science is concerned. I wonder how science measures a mind. Whenever I feel someone's eyes boring into the back of my head I ask myself if the brain can transmit information, and given the measurements carried out on the brain I have conc... more
  • The Feeling: Suburban Secrets: Behind Closed Doors

    by Carol-Rose Marshall

    "The Feeling" is not your usual story of, "Boy meets girl, girl marries boy, boy cheats on girl," and so forth. The odd behavioral pattern in Michael's personality constructs a narrative not to be confused with ordinary. In addition, Rachel's all-important feelings mature and ultimately reach an explosive point. This is the true study of Rachel's ability to progress in life. It is feelings that promote actions and actions that have consequences. Primarily, it is the unspoken feeling, the one ... more

  • Author

    by Mike O'Neill
    "This wasn’t part of the game plan…" After a second advanced cancer diagnosis, Coach Mike O’Neill found himself reflecting on how his journey through life and sports had prepared him for the ultimate test and foe—cancer. In his memoir, the beloved Tennessee high school football coach shares the experiences that shaped his approach to life, love, and work. Lessons from the gridiron provided O’Neill a foundation of strength for the unforeseen battles off the field. From the love story and s... more
  • When Being a Nurse Was Fun

    by Ann Watt

    Was there ever a time when being a nurse was fun? Absolutely.  Ann will tell you how she, and the nurses with whom she worked, created and enjoyed comical situations before the COVID-19 pandemic.  Ann shares stories of the unbelievable events she encountered and the hilarity which was often found in absurd situations.

    Her tales begin when she was a student nurse and progress through her thirty years as a critical care RN.  Over the course of her nursing careeer, Ann learn... more

  • Life Rollz On

    by Trenaya Reid
    This autobiography will tell the story of the life of the legend that was born on December 28th, Trenaya Michele Reid. In addition, the book will highlight the milestones and challenges Trenaya faced throughout her 28 years of life; discussing how she overcame each obstacle to achieve her goals. The book will also provide Trenaya’s key takeaways and readers will get a more in-depth picture of her friends and family that was there to support Trenaya throughout each stage of her life.
  • Summons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and a Daughter's Quest for Justice

    by Joanne Intrator
    On his deathbed, Dr. Joanne Intrator’s father poses two unsettling questions: “Are you tough enough? Do they know who you are?” Joanne soon realizes that these haunting questions relate to a center-city Berlin building at 16 Wallstrasse that the Nazis ripped away from her family in 1938. But a decade is to pass before she will fully come to grasp why her father threw down the gauntlet as he did. Repeatedly, Joanne’s restitution quest brings her into confrontation with yet another of her... more
  • Stuck: A Cold War Diary

    by Jay Fields
    The diary of an effervescent time, wedged between the sixties and the end of the Vietnam War, the story of an army journalist and his wife stuck in Cold War Germany traveling about in a third-hand VW named Velma. A reflection on coming of age, friendships under duress, travel, the Czech border, race relations, the '72 Games, the life of gypsies, small theatre, missiles, escape routes to Spain, jazz and joy in the middle of pulling guard duty and painting tires.
  • Gifts From a Feral Cat

    by Tian Wilson
    The author and her two cats move to a tiny farming community in NM. She is befriended by elder neighbors, a Navajo man, and a local doctor. A feral cat shows up one day and transforms all their lives through the life lessons he demonstrates. Her painfully shy cat, stunted from birth, becomes the feral cat's friend and miraculously changes physically. Through conversations about and experiences with the cats, the author is also transformed and healed. Every person and cat in the book grows into g... more
  • Grandarling

    by Rebecca Pan rebecca@rebeccapan.com
    There was a string between us. That is how Renée, the woman who became Grandarling, describes meeting Rebecca, her new-born granddaughter. These words proved prophetic. What began as a memoir project blossomed into a voyage of discovery. While Renée spent her life with her eyes fixed firmly on the future, Rebecca took a deep dive into the past and came to learn not just about her family, but more than she ever expected about love, laughter, and life itself. Grandarling has lived her l... more
  • Healing of a Psychotherapist: A Journey of Rebellion, Reflection, and Redemption

    by Charles McCormack
    Healing of a Psychotherapist: A Journey of Rebellion, Reflection, and Redemption is a gripping story of one man’s coming to understand and eventually overcome the paralyzing effect that a traumatic childhood and unacknowledged grief had on his capacity to experience fulfillment despite his worldly successes. In this memoir, Charles McCormack, a multi-award-winning psychotherapist, doesn’t offer himself up as a dry, clinical case but tells the emotionally raw story of his life and the people in i... more
  • Cries of the Savanna. An adventure. An awakening. A journey to understanding African Wildlife conservation.

    by Sue Tidwell
    Sue Tidwell lived in awe of Africa’s extraordinary wildlife. After years spent appreciating the animals in her imagination, the tenderhearted American hated the idea of joining her husband on a big game hunt. And getting attacked by blood-sucking tsetse flies the moment she stepped off the plane gave no hint of the mind-blowing change of perspective in her future… With her initial animosity turning into curiosity as they breathlessly tracked dangerous beasts, Sue formed a surprising bond wi... more
  • Six Days in Detox

    by Dianne Corbeau
    This memoir is a compelling story about a woman who relapses after twenty-six years of sobriety. And returns to a mental institution to begin her journey back into the beginnings of recovery. This story is a hard loo at what goes on internally and externally inside of Dianne as she gives it her all to survive the battle for her life. The fast-paced read is relentless and unforgiving at times, yet it brings you the fragility of the human spirit.
  • Living: Inspiration from a Father with Cancer

    by Jeff Stewart
    “This morning I tried to donate my kidney. This afternoon the transplant team told me I can’t. I have cancer.” That's the opening to the remarkable book Living: Inspiration from a Father with Cancer. Living is for anyone whose family has been touched by cancer. What inspiration would you leave your kids if you might be dying from cancer? That's what Jeff Stewart, a molecular biologist, Jeopardy! champion, and father of seven, answers in Living, a book of wisdom and grace. “Beautifully ... more
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