Odyssey Moscow by Michael Calvey offers a gripping firsthand account of the author's journey from a respected American financier to a prisoner in one of Russia's most notorious detention centers. For decades, Calvey built a successful career navigating the complex and often unpredictable business environment...

Danika Smith aspired to gain admission to veterinary school. When she failed and worried about her future, she decided to travel for a year to reflect and clear her mind. Luckily, she found a website that allowed her to exchange work for room and board....

Old Roots, New Shoots by the Immigrant Writers Association is an anthology of various immigrant experiences through fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and other styles of work. In The Awakening of Layla, a Kurdish woman from Iraq rebuilds her life in Toronto, balancing independence with love and...

I have read missionary stories (starting with The Life and Diary of David Brainerd) for the past sixty years. Lauralee Lindholm’s Out of Darkness into Light stands with the best of the missionary books I have read. I have personal friends who were missionaries in...

Opposing Forces: A Memoir is a non-fiction work in the memoir, cross-cultural writing, and inspirational writing subgenres. Penned by author Francis Mont, this interesting work chronicles the intellectual autobiography of an East European physicist escaping from Communism to capitalism. Mont reflects on his journey from...

Lynda, a white university student, and JT, a black athlete from the inner city, share a deep connection from the moment they first meet. Despite the distance between their schools, they continue to express their longing for each other through letters and poems. Their chemistry...

Andrew Kaplan, an author better known for his best-selling spy thrillers and his award-winning television series, Homeland, takes a more light-hearted approach in his latest work, Once Upon a Villa: Adventures on the French Riviera, a memoir based upon his family’s time spent during the...

Why do people travel? And how does it impact one's life? With On the Face of It, Andrew Corbley takes a deep dive into an activity humans have participated in since their first steps out of Africa -- traveling. In this book, the author explains...

On the Corner of Liberty and South Loring is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, autobiographical writing, social and cultural writing subgenres. Penned by author Francis Coughlin for the general reading audience, this is a heartwarming and nostalgic journey through the life of the...

Once Our Lives: Life, Death, and Love in the Middle Kingdom by Qin Sun Stubis is a non-fiction memoir that traces the author's family legacy back generations and forms a full picture from the evolution of the Chinese Communist Revolution to the Cultural Revolution. Stubis...