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My Father's Suitcase

by Mary Garden

A gripping tale of resilience and survival that offers hope to others who have experienced family violence and suffered at the hands of a sibling. A deeply personal and heartbreaking memoir that explores the troubled relationship between Mary Garden and her younger sister, Anna. (Anna died in 2023, after a short illness.) Mary unpacks her life of growing up in New Zealand in the 1950s and 60s, before making Australia home. She reveals complex layers of intergenerational trauma, including ... more

Golden Scars

by Emily Barry Zarecki

Golden Scars is the story of my breast cancer journey as well as the seemingly insurmountable life challenges that helped me face a cancer battle with determination and positivity. While the main plotline of the book details my cancer journey, a sub-plot includes flashbacks of those significant life challenges, including losing my husband to suicide, solo parenting our three young children, embracing love again and supporting my mom in her short battle with ovarian cancer.

Father, Son, and Soldering Gun

by Steven V. Mycynek

A collection of stories about my father and the time he spent with me growing up, written for a general teen to adult audience. The stories have themes of math/engineering, parenting, religion, loss, growth, and humor, with some reflection on the human condition in general.

Elk Love: A Montana Memoir

by Lynne Spriggs O'Connor

Having spent ten summers on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation near Glacier National Park, part of her doctoral fieldwork for a PhD in Native American Art History, forty-two-year-old Lynne Spriggs thinks of Montana as her healing place. When she moves to “Big Sky Country” from the East Coast in a quest to reset her life, she has high hopes for what awaits her. Great Falls, a farming and military town in central Montana, is not what Lynne imagined when she decided to leave city life behind. But ... more

Race for a Remedy

by Makhdum Ahmed, MD

How does a mere molecule—a chemical structure—become a drug? And, how do we know that it works safely? In a one-trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry with high-stakes profits and perils, battles are raging every day to successfully bring a molecule to its birth: an FDA-approved medicine. In Race for a Remedy, internationally renowned expert in cancer treatment and drug development Makhdum Ahmed, MD, takes readers behind the scenes of the fascinating and intense world of cancer drug development... more

Tuned In - Memoirs of a Piano Man: Behind the Scenes with Music Legends and Finding the Artist Within

by Jim Wilson

Emerging from a troubled childhood in a broken West Texas home, a young man moves to Los Angeles to pursue fame and fortune as a singer-songwriter. He soon strays from his mission when his piano tuning sideline blossoms into a career as piano technician to the entertainment industry's biggest names. His help in the development of the world's first MIDI-adapter for acoustic piano leads to him sharing adventures, sessions, meals, and laughs with dozens of his childhood heroes. His front row sea... more

Acres of Oak

by Richard R. Kurrasch

Unprecedented levels of change have transformed the American landscape in recent decades, the shape and function of organized religion very much included. Mainstream Protestantism especially has found itself increasingly marginalized in a culture largely indifferent to a mission or purpose that even its own members do not always clearly understand. This memoir reflects the author’s fifty years of pastoral ministry navigating a pathway for just such a church. A common thread weaves its way throug... more

All I Ever Wanted to Be Was An Ad Man

by anthony eglin

A young Brit, who dreams of being an ad man, succeeds beyond measure, as an award-winning mystery writer, rock band manager, filmmaker and more. "A deftly-written story with a heart of gold.

I’d Rather Be Dead Than Deaf: A Young Woman’s Journey with Liver Cancer

by Andrea Wilson Woods

In her own words, this is the journal of Adrienne Wilson, a teenage artist, poet, and beloved sister. Before her death from liver cancer at the age of fifteen, Adrienne expressed her funny, bright soul in this prolific journal. Her musings on life, relationships, music, love, and the beautiful grime of her adopted hometown of Los Angeles leap off the page; her deep sensitivity and perspective are captured in full-color prints of her award-winning artwork. Steeped in late-90s nostalgia, this arti... more

Cold Beer and a Hot Dart

by Brandon Wolfe

Before smartphones or international data plans, global adventure travel required extensive pre-trip research, solid street smarts, survival ingenuity, human interaction, guidebooks, paper maps, cross-cultural knowledge, and a shit ton of luck. This compelling memoir follows Brandon Wolfe and his international companions as they navigate that world of wanderology 12,000 km/7,450 miles by land and water throughout several countries within Southeast Africa. Brandon and his comrades find themselv... more

Global Kid Media - A kid entrepreneur's time-traveling journey

by Vedant Gupta

PICTURE THIS: A normal 11-year old takes a kid entrepreneurial journey to build a celebrity media company and interview the all-time greats like Jack Nicklaus, Magic Johnson, Patrick Mahomes, Snoop Dogg, Cedric the Entertainer, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Flo Rida, Deion Sanders, Ranveer Singh, and thousands more - all by age 17 before college! This is the amazing and TRUE story of Global Kid Media. This 13-chapter novel has the incredible celebrity stories, business lessons ... more

Disc Jockeys, Preachers, and Elvis

by Ron Brandon

Recommended for anyone who loves rock & roll music and grew up listening to their favorite Disc Jockey on Top-40 Radio. It's a nostalgic trip down memory lane, while at the same time providing real insight into the day-to-day business of radio, and why it is failing today. The universal quote from the DJs was "I can't believe they will pay me for doing what I love so much." Yet, today most of those DJs have departed the radio business, with AM radio, in particular, signing off for the final time... more

They Call me Jake

by Jakob Smith

In this captivating memoir, Jakob, a Welsh-born Australian, takes readers on a remarkable journey that begins with a troubled youth and a life-changing decision. After running into legal trouble as a teenager, his family sends him off to sea on Scandinavian ships, where Jakob finds himself working out of Brooklyn, New York, joining ships engaged in global trade. It’s the era of rock and roll, with an atmosphere of freedom, free-spiritedness, and indulgence. However, tired of the endless partying... more

To the Hague from Nabinene

by Judge Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko

This book is an autobiography in which Judge Nsereko narrates the story of his journey from Nabinene, his home village in rural Uganda, to The Hague, the legal capital of the world. It also gives an overview of his scholarly activities and professional experience. It is a fascinating story, replete with anecdotes, including those of life under successive despotic regimes since Uganda’s independence. It is testimony to the value of good education and hard work, to the power of resilience and to t... more

Unpaid Debt

by Johnnie Davis

From a portrait of Black life in New York in the 1960s and '70s to personal experiences with the crack epidemic of the 1980s, Johnnie Davis’ memoir unravels the story of one man's life marked by love and family, drugs and violence, and the hardships of navigating life while struggling with addiction. Davis's story is one of redemption. Though his addiction and problems with the law are a constant battle, and his redemption does not come soon enough for his mother to witness it, it is that loss t... more

Pain, Pumpernickel & Profound Forgiveness: A Daughter's Story of her Punishing & Loving Relationship with her Father

by Rosanne D'Ausilio, PhD

At its core, this memoir is proof of the remarkable capacity for change and healing that resides within us all. With a reflective style, Rosanne offers a universal message of hope and redemption. Her words inspire us to reflect on our own relationships, encouraging us to embrace the profound metamorphosis that love can bring.

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