Category: Biographies & Memoirs

Taking The Helm

More than the story of sailing 25,000 nautical miles across the Pacific, this memoir follows a woman who steps into the unknown and is changed by what she’s asked to face along the way. What begins as a bold adventure becomes a test of endurance, adaptability, and love—a lived story of courage, partnership, and hard-won confidence. It’s for anyone standing at the edge of a new direction, whether on the water or within. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Medicine at 50 Below: A Memoir of Healthcare, Healing, and Hope in Remote Alaska

A Nurse Practitioner’s Story of Grit, Care, and Innovation In today’s medical world, burnout is rising and rural clinics are left understaffed, and many clinicians feel trapped in a system that has forgotten its purpose. Professionals try cutting hours, switching jobs, even turning to corporate locum tenens agencies—only to find the same disillusionment waiting for them. The frustration is real: exhaustion, moral injury, and the sense that the heart of medicine is slipping away. But there... [Read More...]

Things Left Unsaid: My Dad, the Mob, and Growing Up in the Nevada Gaming Industry

In this true story, an unexpected revelation upends a son’s understanding of everything he thought he knew about his father-setting him on a journey of discovery as he attempts to piece together the truth. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: A Version of the Truth

After 40 years of sharing quiet companionship with Jack, meeting twice a week, living separately and loving each other in their own way, Marsh Rose is left with more questions than answers after a sudden crisis ends their time together. In her new memoir, Marsh reflects on the mysteries that even deep intimacy can never fully solve. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Debunked by Nature

What if nature—not modern culture—held the answers we’re so desperately seeking? Mollie Engelhart was a celebrated vegan chef living in Los Angeles, running successful restaurants and championing progressive ideals. But when she left the city behind to raise her family on a regenerative farm, her carefully constructed worldview began to unravel. In Debunked by Nature, Mollie invites you on a deeply personal and radically honest journey—from the grief of losing her best friend to the une... [Read More...]

Two GIs In Tokyo

December 1945. The bombs have stopped falling, but Tokyo is still smoldering. My grandfather always dreamed of publishing the story of his unforgettable week there—just months after Japan’s surrender—when two twenty-something GIs from Guam, armed with nothing but a seven-day pass and cases of black-market cigarettes, landed in the enemy capital they’d helped burn. What follows is an extraordinary week of the Pacific War: treasure hunts on the ashes of the Ginza, back-alley deals, dinner... [Read More...]

Twice the Family: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Sisterhood

In this coming-of-age memoir, set in Chicago’s western suburbs between the 1960s and ’80s, adopted twins Julie and Jenny provide their parents with an instant family. Their sisterly bond holds tight as the two strive for identity, individuality, and belonging. But as Julie’s parents continue adding children to the family, some painful and tragic experiences test family values, parental relationships, and sibling bonds. Faced with these hurdles, Julie questions everything—who she is, how... [Read More...]

Free: Thunderstroke: A Poetry Memoir Inspired by a True Story

“A poetry memoir forged in the aftermath of stroke and aphasia—an unflinching testament to the will to never give up” Thunderstroke: A Poetry Memoir Inspired by a True Story (drawn from A Cry in the Dark) is a deeply moving and profoundly inspiring collection that offers readers a wellspring of meaning and reflection. More than a compilation of poems, it is a poetic memoir—an intimate chronicle of resilience born from a true and daunting journey. From the opening pages, thunders... [Read More...]

Free: Daughter of the Drunk at the Bar

An honest, brave, funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately triumphant book. You will love Janie, a little girl born on the wrong side of the tracks with the right set of gifts that carry her up and away from it all, and into your heart. Fans of Educated, by Tara Westover, or The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, will enjoy this memoir. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Surviving Life’s Challenges

In the walk of life, nobody’s perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. SHIT HAPPENS! WE LEARN BY LIVING. Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Surviving Life’s Challenges is about the author’s “Kafkaesque journey” (Kirkus Reviews), which highlights personal growth and lessons learned that are testaments to the resilience of the human spirit. Every generation treasures inspirational stories and wayward adventures about courage, hard times, and unique lifestyles. Individuals are often motiv... [Read More...]