Martin Terrell’s memoir, You’re Only Innocent Once And Once Is Not Enough, is a moving account of a man navigating the courts and using the classroom to leave prison behind. When a long sentence for a burglary conviction came down despite his innocence, he decided...

Howard L. Dalton’s Four-Footed Sergeant is a beautiful account of a Marine armored unit officer and his fiercely loyal dog, Injector, who served beside him in the intense Pacific theater of World War II. Coming from a Texas farm background and holding a dairy science...

John Garis’s The World According To JG is a memoir assembled from short pieces that began online as a way for the author to put his thoughts into words. He starts with childhood memories, then follows himself into adulthood as work repeatedly sends him in...

In Forward Only, David Watson recounts growing up in Texas with his grandparents, Grandma and Pawpaw, whose home gave him his first sense of belonging. Losing Pawpaw at twelve changes that home, and adolescence is marked by a habit of leaving whenever he cannot see...

Teri Davis shares her own detailed journey in Caught in the (Balancing) Act, offering a close look at what it’s like to navigate the unpredictable realities of an autoimmune illness and permanent nerve damage. The author walks us through her transition from being completely self-sufficient...

In The Serra is Burning, American counselor Daral Boles shares her personal story of moving to the remote mountains of central Portugal to help build a prominent wellness project called the Real Change Retreat Center. What started as a plan for creating a genuine space...

If you have ever wondered how extensive health systems can move past rigid leadership, Why Not? by Robert C. Garrett and Jose M. Azar offers a fantastic answer. They explore growth and real-world milestones at Hackensack Meridian Health, showing how a simple, challenging question can...

In Embracing the Local: Extension Cords and All, when Glen Cantrell leaves the Bay Area for Twain Harte, California, he expects mountain life, not responsibility for keeping a business community afloat. Then he becomes president of the volunteer Twain Harte Area Chamber of Commerce as...

David Haldane’s A Tooth in My Popsicle is a fascinating look at what happens when an American expat packs up and moves to the Philippines. The book begins with a major financial crisis that costs Haldane his job at the Los Angeles Times, leading to...

In Leave the Kid Alone: A Fractured Remembrance, author Steve Zettler welcomes readers into the chaotic childhood of young Stevie during an unforgettable year in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Growing up right above a family-owned saloon and country inn ensures that Stevie’s daily life looks nothing...