Deadly Dilemma by Anthony Gurley opens with a suicide letter the 73-year-old author wrote in May 2023 and never sent. Instead of acting on the thoughts, Anthony chooses to take a harder look at his life. What follows is a memoir that narrates a fascinating...

Center Stage Confidence by Justin Guarini is a concise view of the author’s career, but also a guidebook on gaining confidence to pursue your own dreams. Personal experiences and mentions of well-known celebrities and mentors are part of this book. This inspirational book is easy...

Cut to the Essence by Sneha Villalva is a self-help book that pulls apart the modern lie that doing more equates to being more. Villalva shares her life as a high achiever who looked successful on the outside but felt broken on the inside. She...

A Yankee Airman and his Southern Belle by Rita Morrin opens at 3 A.M. on December 8, 1973, with a phone call in a cold Anchorage apartment that no military wife ever wants to receive. Rita's husband Ken, an Air Force man from upstate New...

Let Me Lead by Seger S. Morris blends a memoir with a leadership guide. It is based on the author's own path from a difficult adolescence in Central Texas to a career in medicine and as a healthcare leader. He uses his journey as the...

In Rise and Climb, Ben Barbic looks back on a childhood shaped by his father’s motorcycle world in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where racing trophies made ambition feel almost normal. A wildfire destroys the family home when he is five, then the Loma Prieta earthquake...

Brother to Brother by Kevan L Waiters is a stirring memoir that shares the story of the Waiters family. There is a particular focus on the bond between brothers Kevan, the author, and Donald Frank (“D. Frank”) Waiters. Raised in a large, hardworking, faith-centered family...

Keith Thorn’s The Life I Still Want for You is a memoir of love written for the person who may one day have to keep living after his absence. Thorn begins with Melody, the woman whose presence taught him that love is happiness joined to...

Beyond the Veil by Rami Al Tobgy is a memoir that shows the full gamut of life’s experiences, including pain, suffering, reflection, healing, and an understanding of purpose and direction. The author is Egyptian by birth but was raised in Kuwait and later Dubai, in...

The Art of Losing to a Y-14 by Andrew Radu is a fascinating memoir that unmasks the psychological vulnerabilities of people who identify as high achievers. Drawing from his years as an elite Ivy League fencer and his current work as a psychiatrist, Radu explores...