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On March 26, 2001, single mom KD Wagner and her son Bud found themselves in the throes of grief over the murder of her son and Bud's brother, Jeffrey. They both struggled to reassemble their shattered lives when September 11, 2001, struck, and their...

My life was exactly where I wanted it. I reached everything that I was working so hard to get, and I was steadily moving forward. Then a nasty controversial pandemic started the landslide that was becoming my new life. I was viewed as an anti-vaxxer and...

The story of the Liberian civil war may have fizzled out of the minds of those who were old enough to read about it or watch it on television. It was one of the many recorded atrocities of the twenty-first century when humans turned on themselves for no...

This is a true story about Brandon C. Gandy, who overcame 15 birth defects, 28 surgeries, a medically induced coma, and cancer, and became the 8th person in the world to have a testicular and kidney transplant. During all of his near-death medical...

In My Real Mother, storyteller Tina N. Katamay explores the casualties of war, mental illness, and substance abuse, their effect on her family, and how abandonment, disappointments, failures, and the human condition nearly destroyed them all...

Seventeen people flee their home country in a tiny fishing boat on the open sea.They sneak out of communist Vietnam under the cover of darkness, heading for the South China Sea-and freedom.On board is a pregnant mother, carrying her third child. Two...

Ein junges Mädchen ist plötzlich auf der Flucht vor den Nazis in ihrer Heimatstadt in Polen. Nachdem sie eine Aktion überlebte, mit der Czestochowa vollständig judenrein gemacht werden sollte, versuchen sie und ihr Vater in den späten Nachtstunden zurück...

Esta es la historia sobre el camino inimaginable de una mujer extraordinaria a lo largo del régimen nazi, la Segunda Guerra Mundial y sus consecuencias. La historia de supervivencia de Mania Lichtenstein está narrada por su nieta Adena Bernstein...

Une jeune fille se retrouve seule soudainement, obligée de fuir les nazis qui ont envahi sa ville natale en Pologne. Ayant survécu à une aktion, perpétrée dans le but de débarrasser Częstochowa de tous ses juifs, Halina et son père essayent de regagner...

At the outbreak of WWI, the Spiegels flee their home in Poland. The Hasidic couple struggles to adjust to life in Vienna. One daughter is in love with a man from an unsuitable background. Two sons drift from orthodoxy, embrace Zionism and face...

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...

Chosen To Be Broken will take you on a journey where you will experience the power of God's unchanging love. This book focuses on helping those facing challenging situations and needing divine intervention from the Almighty God. It will teach, instruct,...

Life has a way of making you strong. It is not necessary for it to go your way, but that's okay. Because in the end, you carve your own path to your destiny.For a baby born in a third-world country, I, Sonia Domarasky, was lucky enough to be adopted by...

International Book Awards FinalistIndependent Press Award Distinguished Favorite Alex Kuisis was a happily married early-childhood-educator-turned-health coach, living a happy, fulfilling life in Denver, Colorado when the doorbell rang on September...

"老卒"是上世紀中期兩廣一代逃港群體中，對於多次逃港者的稱呼。本書作者借用為筆名，創作了這部自傳體小說，講述了中國從1950年代延續到1970年代末期的"大逃港"浪潮中的一个个案。 主人公杨帆是一名具備獨立思想的廣州青年，高中時被下放到農村"支援農村建設"。經歷多年人生曲折之後，他成為千万名对現實不滿，渴望以逃港改變人生境遇、尋求自由民主的青年中的一員。 ...

Cancer Set Me Free by Glenn Sturm takes you on a vicarious journey through a life of wealth, stealth, abundance, privilege, power, and other curses. To whom much is given, much is expected, but sometimes, those who give abundantly of time and resources...

In 2022, events in Ukraine were tragically reminiscent of Eastern Europe in the late 1930s. This true story of one young survivor suggests parallels that are deeply and disturbingly similar.This is a true story of Tadek, a young farm boy living an...

Chiropractor and Integrative Medicine practitioner, Sage Campione, finds herself as the patient in the ICU in Saint Simons, Georgia, with an extreme case of COVID-19 in March of 2021. "Eight Days Under" tells the harrowing journey of Dr. Campione being...

An Extra Life is an inspiring story of love and miraculous rebirths. It is a gripping firsthand account of Fabio's near-death experiences and his battle against a widow-maker heart attack that less than 10% survive. The absolute light in Heaven gives him...

Are you prepared for the worst?In How to Survive Being Tortured, Bill Frank provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the dynamics of torture, building mental and physical resilience, developing survival skills, and strategies for psychological and...

Process the grief, shame, and loneliness of having a child in prison and move toward healing.Hear this first: you didn't screw up.Kids don't have to be bad, have bad parents, or live in bad homes to suffer mental health breakdowns, addiction, or...

"ፍለጋ" የተሰኘው ይህ የባለ ሦስት ቅጽ እኔ በእንተእኔ ሁለተኛ ጥራዝ፣ በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠሩ የየመን ሙዋላዲኖች (በውጭ ሀገራት ተወላጅ የሆኑ የመኖች) ለእኩል መብትና ለዜግነት ፍቃድ ስለሚያደርጉት ትግል ያወሳል። መሃይምነትና ተከታታይ የጎሳ ግጭቶች ልማትንና ዘመናዊነትን በማጨናገፍ፣ አሁንም ሀገሪቱንና አካባቢዋን በማወክ ላይ ናቸው።ወደ ቅድመ አያቶቹ ምድር በተሰደደ አንድ የአሥራ ስድስት ዓመት ልጅ...

El nombre de este libro tiene una historia, que tiene que ver con una serie de personas, que han caminado conmigo, muy cerca del abismo. Sin su ayuda este libro no hubiera sido escrito nunca. Probablemente, parezca un tanto confuso el titulo, sin ninguna...

En los ultimos anos, la inmigracion ha aumentado notablemente, con personas arriesgando sus vidas a traves del mar, aire y tierra en busca de una nueva vida. Esta obra se escribio en solo un ano y esta basada en hechos reales. Te mostrara desafios...

Klondike Mike, first published in 1943, recounts the life of the legendary Alaskan folk hero Michael Ambrose Mahoney (1878-1951). Mahoney, famous for his extraordinary strength, was successful in his search for gold, and author Jack London would base two...

Goli Otok: The Island of Death, first released in English in 1984, are the series of letters of the Bulgarian poet laureate Venko Markovski (1915-1988) written after his release from the island prison of Goli Otok in the Adriatic Sea. Markovski was...

We don't cry because we are weak! It is our healing power speaking. As a survivor of abuse I carried the burden alone for 60 years. When I did speak out I changed; my world changed. So did my words. The djinn of denial could not be put back in the bottle...

My Walk Through Shame will transport you to Unit M in Seke in the Harare Province of Zimbabwe, the dusty roads of Kenzamba, Regent House in Cape Town, the corridors of Red Cross Children's Hospital, right to the seat of the massive metal bird, Boeing...

Life is never easy, but there are times when it feels like everything is against you. Tyra Hodge grew up feeling the world's weight pressing down on her. A nagging feeling awakened, whispering how she would never amount to anything the older she got...

Diagnosed with advanced liver disease, coupled with a fracturing marriage, a father of three young girls knows there's no time to engage in anxiety or self-pity. Doug laughs between the tears as he pulls every ounce of courage possible to face the...

I chose the title A Childhood in God's Arms because, throughout my life, my father hurt me. And God gave me a vision of Him picking me up and setting me on His lap as a child who was being abused. I laid my head against His chest, and there were tears...

"But, Hey! What Matters Is What's In Your Heart & Mind" by Dr. Sofia Adams delves into the complexities of identity, discrimination, and societal influences in a world filled with diverse cultures and lifestyles. Drawing inspiration from personal...

A gripping tale, beautifully told."My Appalachian Trail is an epic autobiography of love and family, as well as a portrayal of Dale Hall's dedication to Earth's land, water, and wildlife. The author's book is one of respect, honesty, and...

The author's upbringing journey provided him with unique tools to understand and help the human soul.Raised by a father battling undiagnosed mental illness, he learned the virtues of stoicism and warmth, transforming his pain into a source of strength...

A Promise Too Big is a captivating memoir that speaks to the indomitable human spirit of never giving up. It is an inspiring story of how a young man, against all odds, found ways to overcome overwhelming adversities to fulfil a precious promise. At...

I would not have survived my struggle with mental illness without my faith and more specifically my relationship with Jesus. He has been the secret weapon I have relied upon to fight this battle and gain the victory. I would have followed my father and...

It is one thing to go through a traumatic event when you are the victim.  It is another thing when your only daughter is left for dead, and all you have is faith to keep her alive.On one particular October night in 1997, Aisha left her family...

Girl in Flight by Cat Buchanan is a gripping and poignant memoir that takes readers on a whirlwind journey through the glitz and chaos of Manhattan and Hollywood in the 1960s and early 70s. George and Meyera Buchanan have everything-lavish holidays,...

No ordinary childhood of a young immigrant girl growing up in Alberta, Canada, rolls out fast, exciting, colourful and authentic. The astonishing thing is life was really like that.Left alone in a tiny, dark closet, with only a cardboard box, I tore off...

The seeds of alcoholism are often planted deep in the shadows of childhood, growing silently and unnoticed until it inevitably blooms into an active problem that can derail and destroy lives, careers, and families. Surviving Magnelia Monsoon: Beyond 1215...

"Narcissists cannot love you," writes Mrs. O. Boy, "because they do not love themselves." With insight, openness, and honesty comes one woman's story of how she survived an abusive, codependent relationship with a narcissist. Learn, Grow, Go is an...

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Research has shown that up to four percent of the population in this country are sociopaths. Many people are unaware of what a sociopath is and what they are capable of. Some may feel that something is off about their partner but don't even realize that...

Hans Gussmann, a German soldier, endured nearly three years of internment by the Allies after World War II-a forgotten chapter overshadowed by the more well-known tales of prisoners held by the Russians. "Prisoner of Peace" unveils this untold story,...