Diane: True Survivor by Ward Lassoe is a powerful and intensely personal biography of Diane, an ordinary woman who led a tough, uncompromising, and often traumatic life. Born in 1960 to a prostitute in London, Diane was abandoned as a baby and spent her first...

Jaime Reyes shares his stories and others about auto resuscitation in his book, The Lazarus Syndrome. From infancy to older age, Reyes experienced the phenomenon many times during his life. He details the incidents and discusses other, similar situations where those thought to have died...

The Forgiveness Quest: A Search for Freedom and Peace by Annalyn J. Rasul is a self-help book that looks at forgiveness from various religious and spiritual perspectives, speaking on its significance in moral and spiritual growth. In Christianity, Rasul says that forgiveness is pivotal, as...

My Days with Emma by Paul Dunion examines societal views on aging and Dunion's personal journey toward accepting it. Dunion describes facing negative perceptions and his own fears, but through his interactions with Emma, an older psychotherapist, he shifts his perspective to see aging as...

Object by Kristin Louise Duncombe is a powerful and heartbreaking memoir that shows the author's experiences of trauma, survival, and healing. The narrative develops in various countries around the world as the author tries to remember and comprehend her childhood and life in foreign countries...

Often, people know what they need or want to do. But they don't actually do it because change is hard yet very much possible. With The BUT Book, Marielle M. Melling offers some key principles and tools to help readers maximize their potential, achieve their...

Custody: Blood is Thicker than Water by Danial Kenneth Mason is inspired by Mason’s true story of fighting for custody of his only son. Set in the 1960s, the book chronicles Mason’s emotional and legal battle against a biased legal system that favored mothers in...

Born Dead: Die Alive takes a deep dive into the ways technology can help better human life and extend human lifespan beyond biological boundaries. Salma Noun is a business consultant to government executives and private companies with a background in engineering and digital management. In...

Ghost by Lea Tonin is one of the most unusual memoirs I have ever read…and I have read a lot of memoirs! When Lea is 14, going on 15, she can no longer withstand the constant brutality of her Japanese stepfather. Any infractions or challenges...

In Survivor Times Two: A Poetic Memoir of Suicide and Divorce, Devi Nina Bingham talks about grief and her own experiences. Being a single parent for a long time, her daughter was also her best friend, which made the trauma worse when her teenage daughter...