Twenty Years of Unraveling by Ted Neill is a powerful and unsettling follow-up to his 2016 memoir, Two Years of Wonder. In this deeply personal and investigative narrative, Neill reconnects with young adults who were once children living in an orphanage for HIV-positive youth in...

Arta Lucescu-Boutcher’s memoir Loss, Voyage, and Rebirth chronicles her life from childhood in Romania through immigration to France and the United States, highlighting experiences of family, cultural adaptation, education, and identity. Raised by her mother, Mamica, and stepfather, Victor, under the Ceaușescu regime, she faced...

At First Light by Walt Larimore and Mike Yorkey is the biography of Phil Larimore, who was raised in Memphis during the 1930s and mastered navigation, survival, and horseback riding from a young age. Having trouble academically, he was sent to a military school, which...

Fifty Shades of True Crime by Douglas Fifer is a shocking collection of real-life crime stories from the police world. It focuses on crimes with extreme sexual behavior, strange fetishes, and very disturbing actions. An experienced Alaskan police officer tells these stories. The book mixes...

Breaking the Cage by Nassa Haymour is an inspiring tale of one young woman’s struggle to break free from the religious and societal constraints placed on her by culture and to “follow her dreams”. Like her mother before her, Nassa dreamed of a life of...

Bull Shark: The Story of a Dropout Turned Doctor by Marcus Brian Ward is a gripping memoir that chronicles the author’s tumultuous journey from a troubled youth to a successful dentist. The narrative provides an unflinching look at the challenges Ward faced, including addiction, family...

Can a person find God while imprisoned under desperate circumstances? B.D.H. Son certainly believes so, and he relates his extraordinary experiences in Book of Life: Prophesied from Book of Revelation. The author, of Vietnamese origin, was detained in Poland in 2003 on a criminal charge...

Improvising in Italian by Jennifer Artley is a memoir that documents Artley's move from New Jersey to Modena, Italy, motivated by her husband Michael’s business opportunities. Artley's daughter struggles to adjust and eventually leaves Italy after a few months. Michael, whose family history includes multiple...

Rubies in the Dust by Irene Cerklewski is a deeply moving memoir that traces the author’s early life in war-torn Hungary through her immigration to America. The author captures what it was like to live under the shadow of Russian occupation through the fear, the...

The Quirky Clan by Anna Rains follows both sides of her family, with one lineage traced back to William the Conqueror. She received help from the military archives of the UK armed forces, which enabled her to include many tales of her ancestors. As she...