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The Hipster's Legacy

by Lorraine Gibson Cohen

The coming of age of a late bloomer and quiet dreamer set in a small beach town community of southern California during the early 1960s. Born into a musical family and raised on dreams of fame and glory, twenty-two-year-old Lorraine is finding it tough going on her own when she moves to Hollywood. Finally accepting defeat, she takes the twenty-mile ride back home. But home isn’t quite the same at 230 Culper Court. Lorraine’s life takes a different turn as she learns to fit in with her... more

Sleeping with Ghosts: Poems & Musings

by Jennifer Payne

AN INTIMATE EXPLORATION OF MEMORY AND MEANING. Known for her meditations and musings about our outside world, Connecticut author Jen Payne takes readers inside this time…into the heart and mind of a poet, where memories wander, hearts break, and ghosts appear in dreams. Those ghosts — her lovers, soulmates, and muses — reveal themselves slowly, one at a time, chapter by chapter, in this wistfully reflective, time-traveling memoir.

The Mishaps of Traveling

by Pam Hlady

Since laughter is indeed the best medicine and truly takes us away from our humdrum lives and trials, I aim to be a source of laughter in the lives of my readers. I attribute my sense of humor to the Eberhart side of my family, the family I grew up with. Though we faced trials, humor was always present, ready to be found in every situation. Consequently, I developed what I call a silly sense of humor, one that laughs long after the incident has passed, the kind that may make others wonder what t... more

Temporary Beauty

by Myles Katherine Coleman

Temporary Beauty is a collection of memories, poetic ponderings, travel adventures, journal entries, nightmares, and love stories, following Myles through her picturesque childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains and on to her adventure-filled twenties as a photographer in the Pacific Northwest, discovering herself as an artist. After her diagnosis of Panic Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in high school, she spent her college years struggling to find her footing, finding solace in art, med... more

The Obedient Daughter

by Amber Nicole Hayes

Born into obedience. Freed by defiance. Five-year-old Amber Hayes doesn’t ask for much. There isn’t a lot left to go around after her brothers have had their fill, so she does what comes naturally to little girls: Smile and do as she’s told. Amber’s older brother Chad is her closest friend and hero, protecting her when their parents descend into violent rows. Even their fickle, sometimes explosive mother softens in Chad’s presence. But the boy has an unusual fixation with his developing bo... more

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.

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