Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating The 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions About Black Men by Michael Taylor is a ground-breaking work that will challenge readers to rethink the way they view black men. On a personal note, this is one of the books that...

Jalaysha Malik’s poetry collection Salted Caramel brings to life the past, present, and future of African Americans, each with their own chapter. The poet pours out their journey and tribulations and uses first person to do so. Her words don’t hold back, and they shouldn’t....

Survival: Transforming Childhood Trauma: 8 Steps to Reclaiming Your Life is a nonfiction, motivational self-help book written by David Brady. Brady’s childhood was, to all intents and purposes, an idyllic one. The family lived in a lovely home in Timmins, Ontario, where evergreen trees scented...

Silent Words: A 50-Year Family Saga by José Álvarez is an inspirational memoir, a story of love, faith and hope, centered on human disability. Follow a family in their joy and frustrations, but above all in their faith in life and love, and their commitment...

There have been many stories about the horrors of the Holocaust before and during the Second World War, but Surviving Remnant by Hanna Perlstein Marcus is one of the few that tells us what happened to those who survived. I learned so much from this...

Socialcide: How America is Loving Itself to Death by Leo J Battenhausen takes readers into American society which is slowly disintegrating and killing itself because of its loss of basic values. The author speaks about the loss of connection with God, spirituality, and morality, and...

If She Let Go of My Hand by John D. Wattson weren’t about such a serious subject, and weren’t so full of pain, this memoir would make a great sitcom. But funny it isn’t, as there’s nothing funny about getting divorced after 33 years and...

Sunshine & Tears by Ruth O'Neill is a real life narration of an alcoholic man's wife. The story begins when Rosie, a teenage girl, is stood up by Jay, the boy whom she had a major crush on. She is in an inconsolable state, but...

One of the hardest things for victims of sexual abuse and rape to do is to tell others about what happened. After the initial shock, most simply go silent, not knowing where to turn, who can be trusted, what help is available, and where and...

Sade on the Wall by Kaylene Campbell is a young adult novel that follows Sade saving Jackie, her best friend, from a secret she thought wasn't a big deal. That's until Jackie had gone destructive. Sade depended on their code of secrecy until she realized...