Memoirs Books

When Doris Harvey's English grandfather, William Harvey, discovers a clearing at the end of a path cut by the feet of those running from slavery, he gives his name to what will become his family's home for generations. For Doris, Harvey River is the...

"A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age, following your dreams and discovering (or rediscovering) who you are, were and want to be." -- ParadeRescued from a Dumpster on the Upper...

The full-throttle autobiography of renowned bad-boy linebacker, Bill "Romo" Romanowski. Bill Romanowski is a caring, articulate, intelligent father of two. But when he walks onto the gridiron he becomes a wild man, the most hated and dirtiest player in...

When Ruben Cavazos changed his clothes at daybreak, he was no longer a CAT scan technician at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He became the man known--and, in a few special cases, feared--as Doc, international president of the...

"Boy Alone unlocks the heart and lets the emotions pour out: grief, despair, anger, love, devotion and wonder. Whether you are a parent or a sibling of someone with autism or just looking in from the outside through this rarely opened window into the...

The Washington Century chronicles the hundred-year rise of the nation's capital as it grew to become the most powerful city in the world -- a story made vivid through the history of three very different families, each representing an essential aspect of...

For more than a quarter century, Patricia Wells, who has long been recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, have lived the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. In this delightful memoir...

Don Henry Ford, Jr., is an unapologetic outlaw. For seven years he made his living smuggling marijuana across the U.S.-Mexico border in the Big Bend region of Texas. His business partners were some of the era's biggest narcotraficantes like Pablo Acosta...

A highly personal and moving true story of friend-ship and remembrance from the New York Times bestselling author of Duty and Be True to Your SchoolGrowing up in Bexley, Ohio, population 13,000, Bob Greene and his four best friends -- Allen, Chuck, Dan,...

The first commercial, in-depth biography of the American-born Roman Catholic priest who may well be declared a saint. . . . “Delightful. . . . No magisterial biography emanating a suffocating aura of pomp and self-importance, this book is as low-key...

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was perhaps the most dramatic single event of the Cold War and a major turning point in history. Though it ended unsuccessfully, the spontaneous uprising of Hungarians against their country's Communist party and the...

Cindi Broaddus didn't realize that her life was about to be forever altered as she sat in the passenger seat of a car on a lonely highway, speeding toward the airport in the early morning hours of June 5, 2001. A single mother of three and a delighted...

Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his...

As one of the country's foremost restaurant reviewers, Mimi Sheraton set the standard for food writing and criticism. In this engrossing memoir, the doyenne of food criticism explains how she developed her passion for writing about food and wine, sharing...

This book is not a manual on neurofeedback. Such a manual would require a thousand-page text written by an expert therapist. Rather, it tells the story of a father’s experience with neurofeedback as he witnesses this new science being applied day...

When our daughter asked me to be Santa Claus for our first grandson, our little grandson Jeffrey, who loves me, and I love him, how could I say no? I couldn’t. I told her I would rent a Santa suit, wig and beard and plan accordingly to be available...

We've all been through events in which we feel, at least in the moment, that there is no coming back. Maybe it was a severe break-up; a fall from grace as a leader; an occupational dream shattered; a psychological and emotional breakdown; or, as in many...

Nashville - aka Music City. ?A city where people can party too much and rideshare drivers deal with all sorts of situations. After leaving a toxic corporate environment, Archie decided to become a rideshare driver for Lyft and Uber while searching for...

Stephen Purvis is a retired chiropractor who sought alternative health care to treat a heart condition after being given five years to live in 2001. He discovered a way to rejuvenate his heart and made an unprecedented recovery. By sharing his protocols,...

This book is about someone who managed to somehow find the courage to come forward and tell her story about being sexually molested as a child of only six years old by a close family member and being constantly and severely physically beaten by her...

Sister Lucy Hennessy, a member of the Servants of the Mother of God, became interested in her family history after her parents died.With both of them gone, she wanted to connect with the relatives that walked the roads she walked, prayed in the church...

Despite the title, the brain injury to the right side of Simon's brain did not make him a vegetable, this story is about his (four and a half year) struggle of coming to terms with and poking fun at the Stroke Recovery process and through acceptance and...

How many times have you stood outside your door, or looked out the window and realised that all you see is just a little piece of sky? There is so much more than what you see above where you are. Under every little piece is a different culture, a...

In 2018, the Alzheimer Society of Canada website showed over half a million people in Canada were living with dementia. That same year, the Alzheimer Association website reported that over 5.7 million in the US were living with a form of memory loss...

June 8, 2015 was the end of a long weekend for Derek & Helena as they enjoyed one more night in a cabin in Sydney, Australia's Blue Mountains. Back home in Canada it is the start of spring. A beautiful Sunday evening where the weekend has also come to an...

A courageous, touching and deeply personal story about mental illness, Dawn Rodger's memoir will shed light on the dark days she experienced before discovering a life of health, happiness and balance. When Dawn, a passionate music teacher and a loving...

Helmut Lemke was born in 1926 in East Prussia. He recounts, often humorously, his life at the boarding school in Marienburg, in the Hitler-youth, the workforce and the military. In the last year of the war he was stationed at the eastern front and was...

Samantha's grandmother had lived in Alberta. As a child, her grandmother couldn't be a big part of her life. Sam remembered her grandmother's words of regret written in a birthday card she had sent to her on her twelfth birthday. Because of the distance...

When Grace Hournbuckle Walker talked for the last time with her eight-year-old son, Nathan, he shared his joyful hope and anticipation of his future in heaven with Jesus. That unforgettable exchange inspired Grace to create poetry and letters capturing...

Everyone has a story to share-even those that have passed on to other dimensions. In Meditations of an Adept, Gilda Schaut shares a collection of fascinating conversations with various souls, both living and deceased, who sought her out to be consoled,...

There is a perversion of the American Dream that says greed is good, and that we should live, love, work, and advance inside the fences drawn by politics, religion, and laws. It is wrong. Through senseless inner-city death, the My Lai massacre, the...

Three Roses: Living with Muscular Dystrophy and Marrying the Ideal Woman introduces a man who knew from his early childhood that he would face life with the ever-present reality of muscular dystrophy. Despite the challenges this condition presented him,...

Starting at an early age, Gordon Page was obsessed with anything that had to do with airplanes. Compelled to always look up to see what was flying overhead, he quickly developed the ability to identify anything with wings. Since then, Gordon has spent...

This is my real life story filled with actual journal entries of verbal and emotional abuse. A story of a marriage to an alcoholic filled with rage and how I coped with the verbal attacks on my faith, family, friends and spirit. The loneliness and...

Maria Russo is a retired Service Manager of Verizon Enterprise Solutions and is now an author of this non-fiction book about her life. Her goals in writing this book are to reach people who suffered from the same psychological challenges as her and the...

Pedro Nosa Halili was the one they called the medicine man. But he was more than that; he was a man with principles, pride, morals, and dignity. He was a giver; he gave to the needy who would knock on his door asking for a helping hand. In The Cry of the...

Some people collect cars, exquisite paintings, antique furniture, and fragile china sets. While Melissa Wolf appreciates and occasionally enjoys a few of those things, she collects something different: living and breathing beings with four feet, a...

This family story begins in the colonial days of Myanmar (then called Burma), and it's an important historical account that sheds light on the country's people, history, and place in the world.Continuing the account she began in A Journey in Time, Wai...

Every day, in every city in the world, people climb into cabs, but how much thought do they really give to the driver? How much do they know about their story, their lives, and their abilities?In his native Nigeria, Chuck Okofor earned a master's degree...

God Has No Blind Alleys chronicles an event that took place in author Ron Millson's life when he was asked to establish a Christian camp with others. These were sincere people, and enthusiastic about the project. Upon leaving his work and being sent...