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  • Welcome to Katie's Brain

    by Katie Kaiser Smith
    At 41 years old, Katie was diagnosed with inoperable, terminal brain cancer. She immediately started writing a daily diary to inform her friends and family of her health and ongoing treatment. That daily blog was so therapeutic for her that she continued writing it for four years, chronicling everything from her diagnosis and treatment to her physical, mental, and spiritual transformation as well as evolving relationships with family and friends. She survived through tears, laughter, support, an... more
  • Quiet Perseverance

    by Victoria Liu
    In a world that celebrates the loud and outgoing, how does an introverted daughter of an immigrant rise to leadership in global finance? Quiet Perseverance is the answer to that question. Victoria Liu, a former COO of a prestigious investment bank, shares thirty transformative lessons from her journey as an outsider who turned her perceived weaknesses into formidable strengths. This memoir is an experiential journey for anyone who wants to: * harness their unique superpowers in challengin... more
  • A Tree With My Name On It: Finding a Way Home

    by Victress Hitchcock
    As the 20th century careened towards the finishing line, author Victress Hitchcock moved with her husband of 25 years from their familiar urban world to a 160-acre historic ranch in the Wet Mountains, a range in the Colorado Rockies so remote no one they knew had ever heard of it. Within months, their lives unraveled, and out of the wreckage a path opened to a radically new way to be in the world, broken hearted and ready to meet whatever was to come with insight, horse sense, and humor. A Tree ... more
  • Survive and Advance: Lessons on Living a Life Without Compromise

    by Derek Lewis
    In the face of difficulty, an inspirational leader will overcome. Survive and Advance shares an intimate family portrait and professional journey, elevating readers and showing them how to imagine themselves into a new future with optimism, conviction, and confidence. Grind and single parenthood on one side of his family, mental health and addiction issues on the other, Derek Lewis’s childhood role was to protect himself and his younger brothers from hardship and abuse. Growing up in Washi... more
  • Love Me: A Memoir of Online Dating, Mental Illness and Redemption

    by Oshun Reed
    When Oshun Reed met Fabian Pascale online in 2016, she had no idea that 58 days later, she would learn he had scammed her out of $122,000 and that their whirlwind romance was, in fact, an elaborate con. The trauma and grief of this betrayal triggered a massive psychological and emotional crisis that led to Oshun's admission to a psychiatric ward and diagnosis of bipolar disorder. In the months that followed, Oshun rode the rollercoaster of manic highs and dark lows as she struggled to com... more
  • The Long Return: Should the Military Be Used as a Political Tool?

    by David O. Scheiding

    The Long Return delves into the profound societal shifts
    that occurred upon David’s return to the United States, where he and his fellow
    Vietnam veterans encountered a wave of antiwar sentiment. Through candid
    reflection and historical analysis, he examines the evolution of the military’s
    role as a political instrument, seeking to understand the forces that shape our
    nation’s policies and attitudes.

    The Long Return offers readers a compelling j... more

  • Power in Chaos

    by Nick Darland
    Power in Chaos: Overcoming Adversity with Courage and Hope is Nick Darland's deeply personal journey of triumph over trauma and hardship. Raised in a broken home and facing homelessness, abuse, and addiction within his family, Nick shares how he found strength in the midst of chaos. Through raw honesty, he reveals how adversity became a catalyst for growth, leading him from a life of struggle to success as a soldier, entrepreneur, and family man. With powerful insights into resilience, forgivene... more
  • Custody

    by Danial Kenneth Mason
    Inspired by a true story. Custody -Blood is thicker than water unfolds an incredible story of a father fighting for justice to have custody of his only son. Danial Mason grew up in central Victoria Australia and had a yearning to travel, in 1966 ventured to Auckland New Zealand. He met a girl got married, he was gifted with a son and then the marriage break-up. The break-up of the marriage and the mother wanting sole custody of the child began the quest by Danial Masons to gain custody of ... more
  • A Voice Came Down The Mountain

    by Terry Winckler
    In this “greatest story of my life,” the author runs up a volcano during Guatemala’s revolution to meet bold, beautiful Ana, who led guerrilla forces against an army slaughtering Mayans. She spoke words about equality that haunted his life for decades until — as an old man — he limped back up the volcano to discover how those words, not her bullets, had revolutionized Maya lives, his, and the little daughter Ana had abandoned with only a poem to hug. As they exit on a hopeful note, readers will ... more
  • Old White Man Writing

    by Joshua Gidding
    In this entertaining, literary, and subversive memoir, seventy- year-old writer Joshua Gidding grapples with the social and cultural changes in twenty-first-century America. In the process of re-evaluating his privileged background, the author explores his relationships with some of the people of color in his life, and begins to address the white guilt and complex feelings arising from an uneasy racial conscience. Leaning politically to the left of center, he nevertheless takes a nua... more
  • Thank You. I Love You.

    by Bravo Valenti
    An artist unexpectedly discovers he is a medium and begins receiving visits from famous artists and gurus of the past warning him of how humanity is heading toward self-annihilation due to a lack of gratitude and love. He is given a "secret password" to share with the world, that he has been assured will lead us in evolving to a higher state of consciousness.
  • American Stories

    by Aybars Gürpınar
    Embark on a captivating journey through the eyes of a foreign student as he navigates the rapidly evolving cultural landscape of the United States in the 1960s. These deeply personal memoirs offer a unique perspective on a nation in the midst of a profound transformation, as experienced by someone who finds himself immersed in a world vastly different from his own. From the bustling streets of Long Island, New York, to the hallowed halls of Princeton, the free-spirited atmosphere of Berkeley, th... more
  • Girls Have To Dance: Stories about Growing Up in Soviet Russia

    by Anya Stork

    The book “Girls Have to Dance!” is a heart-breaking story about a Russian girl who wanted to dance the ballet. It is a story of a teenage girl entering ballet training at a late age thirteen and taking it to the level that she is accepted into the acclaimed ballet academy (the Bolshoi “Big” Ballet in Russia). Despite the lack of support from her family, the young girl believes in her big dream and more than anything else – she wishes to dance! But fate throws her... more

  • SOS Podcasts

    by Rosamaria Mancini
    In SOS Podcasts, Rosamaria Mancini tells her unique story of being a woman, wife, and mother living abroad. A self described “big pain,” hypochondriac, and perfectionist, she details her quirks and how they were exacerbated during her time in both Italy and Germany, and how she turned to podcasts to feel less alone and more connected. In a refreshingly original, funny, assertive, and honest voice she lays it all out – from her tendency toward hyper protective parenting and Catholic guilt to her ... more
  • Legion

    by Richard Trevino Jr
    This story is about a man who had his feelings bottled up for way too long. Not able to tell his family why he did the things he did and not able to recoup the lost years away from the people who he loved. In the Mexican-American community, you never show your sadness, your pain, or weakness. As an act of pride, you always keep all your emotions to yourself like as if nothing is wrong. Showing everyone that you're not suffering and everything is fine is strength. I couldn't do that anymore; it ... more
  • Life and How to Live it

    by Chaz Holesworth
    Life and How to Live It: Volume One: Begin the Begin is the first volume in the life story of Chaz Holesworth. He was born and raised in some unusual and unique circumstances; he was raised by a heroin addict father and a born-again Christian mother in the slums of Philadelphia. They were dirt poor growing up and had gangs and drug dealers on every corner. This story is to show some of the horrific things that happened to him and how he overcame them and kept moving forward. On his journey of su... more
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