Baki Topal’s memoir, Cutting Into the Silence, explores his humble beginning in a small mountain village in Turkey. We get a glimpse at his family dynamics, culture, life experiences, and the events that set him on the path to becoming a surgeon in Belgium. Topal...

James R. Mapp’s Chance or Circumstance? A Memoir and Journey through the Struggle for Civil Rights gives a firsthand account of the civil rights battle in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The book captures both the intimate details of Mapp’s upbringing and the sweeping social changes he fought...

Commi Kitchen by Cole Crocker is a raw, funny, and profoundly human novel about grief, ambition, and the unpredictable theater of the culinary world. Brand is a young chef with vision, drive, and wounds he has not yet begun to name. As he throws himself...

Cooking with Judith: Comfort Foods Create WOW Eating by Judith Briles is an exciting cookbook full of tasty home meals and party dishes with detailed, step-by-step guides on how to make them using simple ingredients. Judith brings together a wide variety of easy recipes prepared...

Circle of Sawdust, penned by Rob Mermin, is a circus performer’s memoir about a life lived under the big top. Beginning in the late 1960s, Rob chronicles his experiences in many different circuses through visual and written snapshots. For Rob, being a circus performer is...

Lori LoCicero’s Clouds Far Behind Me is an exquisitely crafted memoir about loss, grief, and healing. At just forty-one, LoCicero seems to have the best life—a loving husband, two young children, and a thriving business. However, her world is shattered by her husband Joe's devastating...

Charlotte by Charlotte Adelman and Mala Blomquist tells a riveting story of love, hope, and sheer willpower in the face of one of the most devastating periods in history—the Holocaust. As a Holocaust first-generation survivor, Charlotte retells her story with the help of Mala, who,...

In 1996, Pres Maxson was 16, spending his summer vacation in Paris alongside his young sister, Liz, at their aunt and uncle's place. While roaming through Chinatown, an encounter with a street musician named Lucky Chain left a deep impression on Pres' young mind and...

Is there more to life than the physical? Can we connect to the spirit world without having to transition to the other side? Craig Philip Staufenberg writes for those who find these questions and similar ones worth contemplating. In Cracking the Shell of the Egg:...

Cleaved: A Story of Loss, Legs, and Finding Family by Jane Cafarella offers a deeply moving narrative that beautifully navigates her life’s trials and triumphs. The book explores Cafarella’s journey of growing up with Milroy’s disease, an incurable form of lymphedema that causes progressive swelling....