The collapse of the Soviet Union is one of the most significant events of the twentieth century. Camel from Kyzylkum is the story of the author, Lara Gelya, an immigrant from the Soviet Union who left her motherland in the late ‘80s and arrived in...

In Cleared Hot, Lt. Col. Brian L. Slade describes his military and social activities during the war in Afghanistan, as well as the events that shaped him into the man he is today. While piloting an Apache attack helicopter in Afghanistan, he was coping with...

Armed with bravery and a desire for adventure, Regina Petra Meyer examined the prospect of traveling to faraway places to deal with a distressing restlessness that had been seething inside her for a long time. She accomplished exactly that and found a new love in...

Chasing Stolen Gold: How a Ten-Year Quest to Find Lost Gold Led to a Spiritual Awakening is a work of non-fiction in the memoir and self-discovery subgenres. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience owing to some use of explicit language and...

Captured by COVID: Deceit, Conspiracy and Death - A True Story by Michael E. Bowers is a chilling memoir that details the author's harrowing experience while being treated for Covid-19. On December 31, 2020, Michael, his wife Diane, and son Brandon tested positive for Covid-19....

Blue Andrews is a suicide survivor who managed to turn his life around. Choosing Life is a candid confession in which he details his descent into depression and alcoholism. He begins his story from his early junior year of high school in Kirkland, Washington. Once...

Wow! What a motivating adventure! This thought crossed my mind as I read this fantastic memoir. Humans have a propensity for being naturally competitive in the race of life. Scientific research shows that competitive people typically live happier lives if they avoid becoming overly anxious...

Sue Tidwell and her husband's first memorable experience in Africa involved a species that not many would look forward to seeing in their motherland continent: tsetse flies. Getting attacked by possibly infected tsetse flies was one of the many surprises that lay in store for...

If you have studied at almost any university, Dave Rotell’s memoir, College in the 80s: One Syracuse Story – which encompasses the typical characteristics of drinking, partying, drugs, financial distress, and making lifelong friends – is likely to sound quite familiar and relatable. However, the...

Cowboy from Prague: An Immigrant’s Pursuit of the American Dream by Charles Ota Heller is a powerful memoir that tells of a frightened young boy coming to America following the Second World War and his family’s determination to assimilate into their new country and literally...