In Spoken: A Memoir Sprinkled with a Little Quadriplegia, Robert A Rieck Jr recounts both the good and bad choices that led to a string of painful challenges and remarkable accomplishments. Like any child, Robert grew up with a keen desire to try new experiences,...

“See you tonight and promise to be a good boy,” were not only the last words Salo Muller’s mother would say to him but the last time he would know true happiness. For in a few days, Salo would lose his parents to a fate...

Dianne Corbeau had a rough childhood. At the age of 8, she ran away from her abusive home and started living on the streets of New York. She got entangled with alcohol and drugs and soon became an addict. Having been inspired by a respected...

Shifting Our Relationship with Trauma is about cutting ties with trauma. As the first installment in the Choosing New Ways Forward series, Elizabeth Jo refers to trauma as a relationship we have built on fear as a means of survival. These relationships fill us with...

If ever a story and its author were worthy of the accolades it has received, it’s the memoir Strip by Hannah Sward. I have read dozens of memoirs, even written my own, based on early childhood abuse and its lifelong effects on the child, but...

Stolen Innocence by Ronarose Train is uniquely and sensitively written. It is based on a true story of abuse, rejection, and betrayal. Abigail and her brother were left in the care of their grandparents by their mother. They did not fully understand the structure of...

If you, like myself, enjoy memoirs that deftly blend raw and honest openness with powerful insights then consider yourself in luck as Lisa A. Pruitt’s autobiography is a must-read. Soul of a Professor: Memoir of an Un-Engineered Life charts the author's life as her success...

Sleeping With Lions: A Year in Tanzania is an inspirational memoir by Lee Anne McIlroy. Facing the anxiety of empty nest syndrome, Lee applies for a teaching fellowship in Tanzania. She chronicles her arrival, and all the extraordinary people she meets, lives, and works with,...

Spirituality in the 21st Century by Frank Daversa is an inspirational book designed to guide readers to achieve a spiritually enlightened life in our fast-changing world. It contains fourteen chapters with titles like Want Versus Needs, The Relative Value of Success, Intolerance, and Levels and...

Deborah Morley had a great affinity with Jesus since she was a child. She accepted him from the first time she saw him, during an inspirational experience. She also saw him in dreams and visions. As the years passed, her visions acquired more meaning. Deborah...