For me, as a reader, there's nothing more satisfying than picking up a book that I just can't put down. That usually only happens if the book is a thriller or a mystery written by a very skilled writer. It rarely happens when I read...

Awakening in the 21st Century: Surviving a Spiritually Dormant Society by Grace Sara is a book that will shock many readers — positively — and it is a marvel to think that a work of such depth is written by a seventeen-year old writer. In the introduction...

The Korean War (1950-1953) has been called the “Forgotten War”. Tucked away between the sweeping victories of WWII and the debacle of Vietnam, details of this first armed conflict of the “Cold War” have been swept under the rug. So too have the sordid details...

"In Our Duffle Bags, Surviving the Vietnam Era" is a true story of hope and an account of survival set in two countries worlds apart, East/West Germany and North/South Vietnam. Such is the factual account of the two authors, Geschke and Toto. In Our Duffle...

I first heard of the Westboro Baptist Church when they picketed Matthew Shepard’s funeral in Laramie, Wyoming. Mr. Shepard was beaten to death by two men because of his homosexuality. As I listened to “Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church” by Lauren...

Keeping Mother's Secrets was both difficult and easy to read. Easy because the story of how Tracy May escaped a past filled with horrific abuse captivated me; difficult because of the subject matter. Written with frank, matter of fact prose, May’s account of her psychotic...

Breast Cancer Mardi Gras: Surviving the Emotional Hurricane and Showing My Boobs to Strangers by Dawn Bontempo is Dawn's journey on the road to breast cancer remission. From the initial pain that she just wrote off, to the Facebook post announcing her cancer, to the...

It could never happen to you. Not your husband. He would never cheat. But then...he does. All of a sudden, your world is turned upside down. What happens now? How do you deal with kids, relatives, etc. when you can barely see past the pain?...

Diana Sims bares her soul as she shares her experience of losing her third son just days before he was due to be born. Her book, Forever King: Surviving The Loss of My Unborn Child, reaches well beyond the concept of a heartbreaking memoir. ...

Confessions of a Mad Inventor by Robert Gross is appropriately subtitled Surviving Failed Inventions. If Tom Sawyer had grown up to be an aerospace engineer, this is the kind of story he would have written. The marvelous inventiveness of "Little Robert's" youth is only surpassed...

Fighting Shadows: Survival Has its Costs is the second book in the Cortii series by JC Steel, an absorbing sci-fi read that will enthrall fans of the genre. The scientific elements of the story come out clearly from the very first line when the “mellifluous...

Strength for Parents of Missing Children: Surviving Divorce, Abduction, Runaways and Foster Care by Marie White is a self-help and spiritual guide for parents, guardians, and loved ones of children who have been removed from their lives under a variety of circumstances. White's book details...

Through Fire and Rain: Surviving the Impossible with Love, Music, and Precision Medicine by MaryAnn Anselmo and Joseph Anselmo with Lisa Cerasoli is an uplifting story of a family that went through many highs and lows, yet pulled themselves together and back into the race...

A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment is a nonfiction occupational resource book written by Katia Vlachos. Vlachos describes herself as a “seasoned expat” who has lived in a number of cities, countries and continents around the world over the last thirty...

Pain Management Decoded: Surviving and Thriving with Chronic Pain by Dr. JB Kirby is a non-fiction self-help book relating to chronic pain management. In this fairly short book, JB talks about her own extensive background as a medical professional and a nurse practitioner who has...

Another Place Called Home: Surviving Foster Care by Susan DuMond is a memoir of the author's experience of foster care at The Susquehanna Valley Children's Home from the age of eleven until she left to go to college at the age of 18. This is...

From Despair To Hope: Survival Guide For Bereaved Parents by Linda Zelik is the painful and heartrending story of a mother who lost her child. Linda gives advice on how to cope with emotions, different stages of grief, and how to take care so that...

Love Never Quits is a true to life memoir penned by author Gina Heumann which recounts the experience of ‘Surviving and Thriving After Infertility, Adoption and Reactive Attachment Disorder’. This heart-breaking but ultimately heart-warming family drama focuses on Gina and Aaron, a married couple who...

Your health is important. Each one of us has various types of challenges whether it's losing or gaining weight or being genetically predisposed to various diseases or illnesses that tend to control our lives. In this humorous yet candid work, Welcome to the Zipper Club:...

It's often joked about that between the Boomers and the Millennials, there's an entire generation that hates them both. We are Generation X, and in the ranks is author Steven Manchester, an aficionado of all things 1980s, wrapped up in the pages of Bread Bags...