In The Chartreuse Garden, Jack Castiglione recounts discovering his sexuality, meeting a family who suffered at the hands of a mentally ill father and husband, and campaigning against hate and social injustice in Long Beach, California. As Jack was bullied a lot as a kid,...

The Human Snare is a non-fiction wildlife conservation book written and with art by Rick Wood. Wood is a wildlife photographer and journalist. He’s also filmed documentaries in his efforts to bring the plight of marine mammals and turtles to the public’s attention. When Cecil...

The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars by Debra Rosenman is an emotional collection of stories about captive chimpanzees that are eye-opening, heartbreaking, and soul-stirring. The stories are told from the perspectives of primatologists, primate sanctuary founders and workers, and...

This War Within My Mind: Based on the blog The Bipolar Battle by John Poehler is an engaging book that opens up about the author's life of living with bipolar disorder and how he was able to successfully deal with it because of the right...

The Greatest Fleecing of America: Veterans Disability Compensation by S.D. Price is written 'for the enlightenment of American taxpayers, the President, top officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Government Accountability Office, all Congressmen, and anyone in a position to influence or decide how our federal tax dollars...

The Dean’s Underwear: Living My American Dream by Don Gnecco encapsulates the author’s journey from that of living in poor conditions to that of an educator and songwriter. The author was born in the autumn of 1948 at the Keesler Air Force Base to chainsmoking parents. The...

The Biscuit & Timely Tales by T. L. Needham is a memoir written in a compilation of short stories that span the author's earliest recollections and traverses through to adulthood. The Biscuit is actually a pocket watch that a son reveals to his father, a...

The Little Breadwinner by Lucia Mann is, as the subtitle suggests, a tale of war and survival in El Salvador, a story that captures the devastating experience of the Civil War from 1980 to 1992. It is often said that when elephants fight, the grass...

The [New] New Patriotism by Jennifer Blackburn is an accessible book that brings to readers both American history and an analysis of the country’s political evolution. The book addresses core issues, ranging from the principles of democracy and liberty on which the American nation was...

The Borderland Between Two Worlds by Ayesha F. Hamid is a memoir that details the author's life in the United States after migrating from Karachi, Pakistan in the early 1980s. Leaving behind the luxury of a high standard of living and the consistency of cultural...