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The Gift is to the Giver: Chronicles of a 21st Century Decade
by Mark Gozonsky
In The Gift is to the Giver, Mark Gozonsky shares uncommon insights in essays that navigate between the hope of being a force for good and the reality of sigh-inducing, not-what-I-had-in-mind results. These everyman epics play out in the realms of public-school teaching, non-professional baseball-playing, well-intentioned gardening, eclectic music-loving, and semi-cautious urban bicycling. The book includes works first published in The New York Times, The Sun, Lit Hub and the Best American ser... more
Somewhere in the Music, I'll Find Me: A Memoir
by Laurie Markvart
A COMING-OF-AGE-STORY told with raw honesty, suspense, and dashes of humor, Somewhere in the Music, I'll Find Me is a woman's journey about self-acceptance and healing in the face of grief and devastating loss. Musician Laurie Markvart was adrift in life. In the wake of the deaths of her father and preemie baby, her family life was in anguish, and her music career stalled. Music was the remedy for anything in Laurie's life. Looking for a quick fix, she attended an open audition in Los Angeles ... more
Jojoba
by Anthony Amiewalan
Jojoba, written by Anthony Amiewalan, is a coming-of-age story about overcoming life's setbacks and redefining success. This memoir is a written account that captures seven years of the author's life, beginning in the fall of 2004 and ending in the summer of 2011. It follows a twenty-something queer Black man as he comes to terms with his sexuality and tackles cultural issues that come with being a first-generation Nigerian American. In addition to internal strife, the author explores the comple... more
When the Light Goes Out
by Lisa Myers
Dr Lisa Myers’ story begins with her recounting the frantic moments of uncertainty leading up to her discovery of her father’s death in tragic and horrific circumstances. Struggling to come to terms with the experience herself, Lisa was forced to put on a brave face as she broke the news to her mother and her own children. Unable to simply accept the reports from authorities, Lisa details her search for the truth of what really happened to her father, reaching the ultimate conclusion that she ma... more
Uncertain Fruit: A Memoir of Infertility, Loss, and Love
by Rebecca & Sallyann Majoya
In Uncertain Fruit, lesbian couple Rebecca and Sallyann try everything to expand their family, from foster care to fertility trials. After nearly ten years of failed attempts, they participate in a local, private adoption with a teenage mom. But outside forces intervene, sending the couple into a tailspin. At the heart of this memoir is an endearing love story that has endured small-town homophobia, the stress of trying to conceive, and the grief and loss of an adoption gone awry. It truly is “A... more
Becoming Nobody: A Personal Account of One Man's Search for Self-Knowledge
by Rick Branch
In this personal account, I take a long, hard look at the person I believe myself to be. The chapters within chronicle my findings from 2008 to 2018. Most of these "chapters' are the emails I sent to a fellow seeker.
Backing up my conclusions with philosophy, psychology, science, and life experiences, I found that acquiring self-knowledge is not a matter of addition, but subtraction; that finding out who we truly are is not about gain, but loss.
Note: Thoug... more
Miles from the Sideline: A Mother's Journey with Her Special Needs Daughter
by Maura Weis
In this powerful and honest book, Maura Weis, wife of Notre Dame's former football coach Charlie Weis, shares the challenges and blessings of raising their special needs daughter, Hannah. In a moving story that will both bring tears to your eyes and a smile to your face, Maura Weis bravely describes the emotional ups and downs of life with Hannah--now twelve--and she reveals how she has learned to see her daughter, and others with special needs, as gifts who have important lessons in awareness a... more
QUARTET four-part harmony from a recollected life
by Judith Ren-Lay
An artist's life over seven decades in four books, each separate from the others, to weave a harmony of voices considering life as it has been lived from differing perspectives.
My Rosemount Mn. Memories - Teenage Years in MY Shoes
by KEVIN M. HALL
Have you ever thought about what it was like to be a crazy teenager during the 1970’s, or what it might have been like for your parents or grandparents who were teenagers then? Ever wonder what it was like to be in a school of 9-12 graders, beaming with youth and activity, but with no cell phones, no Nintendo’s and no personal computers? As you look back on and explore that time you may find that those were, for the most part, simpler times, awkward teenage times, anxious times and fun times... more
Ilion, My Childhood, My Memories - Growing Up in a By-Gone Era
by KEVIN M. HALL
Have you ever wondered what it might have been like to grow up in small town America during the 1960’s & 70’s? How about being a 7-year-old and riding your bike around town, or to your little league games? And how about the anticipation of Christmas and the hunt through the house to see where your parent’s had hidden the gifts? Then follow this young boy, a boy curious with the life around him, on his many adventures and the sometimes unexpected, and not always anticipated consequences of tho... more
Then I Was Taken
by Alaina Davis
Even though Anne was underprepared to steal a child, she succeeded in kidnapping and manipulating Alaina, making her believe that her family abandoned her. Being drugged, 'accidentally' electrocuted, and sexually abused nearly breaks the thirteen-year-old girl in this true story that must be read to be believed. Walk with the author as she shares her firsthand experience in being taken and delves into the feelings that come with being a kidnap victim, in this heartbreaking and thrilling story. R... more
Map
by Audrey Beth Stein
As a late-blooming, sexually-confused college senior, Audrey Beth Stein was looking for love, but she never expected it to arrive via email, from someone she first knew only as catrina@juno.com...
It was 1996. A time when the Indigo Girls had just performed their first explicitly gay songs, Ellen DeGeneres was preparing to come out on national television, and Tinder and OkCupid did not yet exist. A time when being queer was just a little bit ea... more

Suffering and Sentiments
by Jeffrey Robb
Suffering and Sentiments is a collection of poems and illustrations about mental illness, pain, life, love, and imagination.

Introspections From a Clouded Mind
by Jeffrey Robb
A collection of poetry that brings to light the innermost feelings of someone suffering from mental illness.

Loved Just As I Am
by Melissa McDaniel

I Am a Survivor
by Janice E Holliman
A survivor is having the heart of a fighter and learning who you are no matter what illnesses of trials you face. Like Reba McEntire says "Who I Am is Who I Want To Be: I am a Survivor." This book is about the life of the author. It focuses on her faith, her hope, and her endurance during the years of her illness. In this true story, you will learn the how and why about the effects that changed her family's life-the author's Crohn's disease, the fourteen blood clots, toxic gut syndrome, c... more

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