A Fraction Stronger: Finding Belief and Possibility in Life’s Impossible Moments is a memoir by Mark Berridge. After sustaining devastating back and bone injuries during a bicycling accident, Mark faced a lengthy hospital stay and nine months in physical rehabilitation. While regaining some of his...

Sai Sri Sathya Baba (Avatar of God) was an Indian guru, who at age 14 claimed he was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba and left his home to serve his devotees. In Dr. Tommy S. Wong’s book How Sai Baba Attracts Without Direct Contact:...

Inside Passage: A Memoir is a story told by an unwitting young gypsy, Keema Waterfield. In this memoir set in Alaska, the author tells of traveling with her free-spirited twenty-something mother on the folk music festival circuit. Dealing with the fallout from her absent pot-dealing...

The Luckiest Boy in the World is written by Patrick McBride and Dennis McBride. The authors have taken a subject that is dear to any young boy’s heart, and even many adults' hearts, and written how baseball, basketball, and football can help youngsters find themselves...

The FIFO Wives' Tales is a work of non-fiction in the memoir and anthology subgenres. It is suitable for mature readers as it contains true stories featuring distressing content such as assault, harassment, and suicide to name a few, and was compiled by Yasmin Walter...

Soldiers, Space, and Stories of Life is a collection of essays by Philadelphia freelance writer Chris Gibbons. With one exception, these articles were previously published in the Op-Ed sections of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and other outlets in Houston, Washington, and Orlando...

What makes a successful memoir, one that others outside your immediate family might want to read? In my experience as a memoir writing coach, it takes the courage to bare your soul, tell the truth, and, above all, have a story to share to which...

Undeterred: How One Determined Vietnamese Orphan Carved Out a Place for Himself in America by Bruce Carlin is a biographical survival story of a boy who runs away from a precarious situation to survive and thrive. Long is stuck in Vietnam during the worst of...

When I Was Her Daughter is a work of non-fiction in the memoir and family social issues subgenres. It is best suited to mature adult readers owing to themes such as grief and abuse, and was penned by author Leslie Ferguson. In this harrowing and...

If you have studied at almost any university, Dave Rotell’s memoir, College in the 80s: One Syracuse Story – which encompasses the typical characteristics of drinking, partying, drugs, financial distress, and making lifelong friends – is likely to sound quite familiar and relatable. However, the...