Category: Biographies & Memoirs

Rudolf Höss, the SS officer appointed to create and serve as the commandant of Auschwitz, has been called the greatest mass murderer in history. From 1940 to 1945, more than one million men, women, and children, mainly Jews and Poles, were put to death at Auschwitz. Höss’s testimony at the trial of major Nazi defendants at Nuremberg after the war established that Adolf Hitler ordered the extermination of the Jews in the Final Solution. After Nuremberg, Höss was taken to Poland to stand tri... [Read More...]

USA Today Bestselling Author Terry Keys takes aim at the racial divide facing America today in this breathtaking memoir. Terry Keys takes you through his journey of being a black man in south Texas. Travel with him as he discusses being in an inter-racial relationship to his days in law enforcement. Keys revisits some of his darkest days as he recounts the racism that he’s endured. $4.99 on Kindle ... [Read More...]

Alaska Unwilling is the story of how life in the harsh and unforgiving wilderness of bush Alaska brought about peace, how being still in a lifestyle that shunned busyness and personal comfort enabled Jennifer to hear the very real, clear voice of God. And how she learned to listen. $0.99 on Kindle ... [Read More...]

Like an Egg in a Bowl of Cherries is partly a travel memoir, and partly an illustration of the transformative power that culturally immersive experiences can have on expanding cultural humility and facilitating healthy identity development. Drawing from hand-written journal entries and emails sent home while living and working for a year in Dalian, China (2002-2003), readers are taken on an entertaining ride filled with humor, sarcasm, and irreverence. With topics ranging from the challenges an... [Read More...]

Read it in order, look at the drawings, take it for what it is. A simple but beautiful glimpse into the thoughts and gut wrenching fears of a person who has lived,loved and lost. The morsel of the earlier years of my life packaged up for your eyes only. Thank you. $1.99 on Kindle ... [Read More...]

Michael Sunset’s memoir describes textbook narcissistic abuse. It details the way he was systematically manipulated by his ex-wife, her father, his mother, and sister to believe he had a mental illness that he did not have. His ex-wife worked to manipulate mental health professionals and the family court system to obtain control of their finances and daughter during their divorce process. He describes how confusing this type of abuse is to experience and how to defend against it. Many vic... [Read More...]

Meet Dawn, a woman bound in the addiction of heroin and crack cocaine. Witness as she commits crime upon crime, to obtain her fix. Which leads her to a lengthy prison term. It’s there that the real struggles begin. With all that she faces and all of the trials. Will she come out of this alive? Could she be saved? Learn of a love so relentless and a redemption so radical, that it changed the course of her life, and many others, for eternity. See Price on Kindle ... [Read More...]

Becoming American is the inspiring story of the author’s transformation from a child of Holocaust survivors in post-war Europe to an American lawyer, academic, and activist associated with such famed political leaders as Robert Kennedy, George McGovern, Jerry Brown, and Tom Hayden. ... [Read More...]

Jennifer Lawrence’s Mother Unleashes Revealing Tell-All in New Memoir Bombshell book details the Hollywood star’s early childhood years, estrangement from her mother, and bizarre disappearance. Long before “Jennifer Lawrence” landed the lead role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, she was a simple, humble young girl living in Grand Lake, Colorado. What happened to Jennifer and her family during her early teenage years is nothing short of heartbreaking. As the famous actres... [Read More...]

It’s a wild ride into the mystery of what it means to find God’s strength in my weakness after a simple prayer supplication was made. After 36 months of frustrating unemployment, God reveals a path leading to Guangzhou China. At the end of the road is a mustard seed that is planted in a provincial classroom. I need to go where the seed would produce. The dilemma: If I don’t go to Guangzhou am I being disobedient to God? I am 55 years old and live in Chicago. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]