NYPD True: True Stories From One of the NYPD’s Most Decorated Officers is the up close and very personal story of George P. Norris. He takes us through his days at the Academy, his rookie beats, and his promotions during his long and valued career....

If you enjoy reading inspirational memoirs, Overcoming Through Faith, Prayer and Perseverance by Reverend Dr. Harris T. Travis is for you. Although written from the perspective of the Christian faith and the African American experience of the 1940s to the 1990s, this is a quintessentially...

Lowell Douglas Bailey ​and Vergie Ellen Terry, who tied the knot on the 28th of May, 1945, belong to the generation of Americans that experienced the last years of coal camp life in West Virginia. In Forged by Coal, their first child, Terry Bailey, tells...

Chris Lengle introduces The Male Nurse Survival Guide as “a real, no-b[…]-s[…] survival guide” (elisions my own) to the world of nursing. As he notes, “[t]his is the raw, real, and uncensored guide to surviving as a male nurse” in the United States. As such,...

Mekdela tackles society’s views on plus-size people and campaigns for body positivity in Plus-Size: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Fatphobia, and Social Change. This book is an essay collection that analyzes and gives important insight into fatphobia, its psychological effects on the people scorned, the...

The Strength of Silk by Lakysha Laing is a non-fiction story filled with the author's struggles in her life. First, she had to go into foster care and deal with the grief of losing her twin sister. Then, she struggled as a black woman in...

The Pet Doctor’s Shoes: True Tales from the Trenches of Veterinary Medicine by Dr. Phil Caldwell is a funny and occasionally emotional collection of stories about being a veterinarian. Dr. Phil regales readers with multiple tales in his twenty-six years of practicing veterinarian medicine. From...

My Pain-Body Solution reveals how Michael J. Murray's struggle with undiagnosed pain helps him to discover the flaws in Western medicine and the powerful connection between the mind and body. Michael went from skiing the Alaska backcountry to being told that he needed a hip...

Moments in Flight: A Memoir by Jo-Ann Vega traces her family’s history from her resilient and brave grandparents who emigrated from Italy to the U.S. and connects it to her own enlightening experiences. The memoir is divided into three sections. The first explores the backgrounds...