The Enchanted Suitcase: A Window onto My German Father's World War II Life by Helga Warren is a revealing account of one German soldier's life. Compiled from both handwritten letters and the two memoirs he had written, Warren has pieced together the previously untold story...

The Apocalypto Kid Goes to College by Grant Harper Reid is an intriguing autobiography about one man’s quest to get a college education. Upon graduation from high school, Grant attends Lincoln University. However, after only three disappointing days at Lincoln, Grant returns home to Teaneck,...

The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes and Mysteries by Mitzi Szereto is a compendium of some of the many unsolved crimes and mysteries. We all expect crimes to be solved but many never do, going cold over time and raising plenty of questions....

The 4C Heart: Curls, Kinks, and Knots of My Dry, Thirsty, Single Soul by Anna E Styron is a bold, brave, and sometimes confrontational personal story of the author’s journey as a woman. It opens by explaining the title. “Black hair, like the heart, can...

True Ghost Stories and Hauntings by Barb Shadow is an otherworldly experience. Being the co-founder of the Sullivan Paranormal Society, she has a vast well of knowledge of the subject. This book has hundreds of accounts from eyewitnesses and their brush with the paranormal. We...

In The Last Jewish Gangster: The Middle Years by David Larson, Michael Hardy opines, “I developed a keen sense of where danger lurks, what money can buy, and some of the unstated rules,” as he languishes in La Mesa Del Diablo Prison. He had been...

The Open Book: A Family Memoir of Adventure, Trauma, and Resilience is told using the voices of three women: Roselle “Rosie” Madrone, Robin Detmer, and Kris Dutter. Kris, the mother of Roselle and Robin, embraces the dream of building a life outside the confines of...

If you enjoy memoirs about ordinary Americans who seem in retrospect to live extraordinary lives, Two Good Deals by Ken and Shirley Deal is for you. The Deals, born in 1926 and 1925 respectively, write about growing up in the Great Depression, living through WWII,...

Eileen Bader Williams is a charismatic and energetic woman who relates her life story from her difficult childhood in the '50s to her wedding in the early '80s. Eileen left her family and college to follow an uncertain path. As a young girl, she questioned...

James Francis William Driscoll lived his life in the words of Frank Sinatra: “I did it my way.” The second to last child in a family of nine, James had a rough childhood that could have crippled him in many ways later in his life....