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Too F*cked Up To Quit, Too Stubborn To Die

Brandy never expected to survive her addiction - and she certainly never expected to find life worth staying for. What began as a desperate attempt to numb her pain became the very thing that nearly d...

Listen To Me: How My Down Syndrome Brother Saved My Life

By: Lynne Podrat

Lynne Podrat's poignant memoir "Listen To Me" shares her deeply personal journey as the devoted guardian of her Down syndrome brother Bruce. With raw honesty and heart, Lynne navigates the challenges ...

The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight Sun

The Understory: A Female Environmentalist in the Land of the Midnight SunWhat happens when a young woman chooses a life at the edge of the known world—and discovers that the wilderness will challeng...

Cannabis Is Not Chill

By: Christopher Sciarappa

Cannabis looks chill from the outside.Behind the dispensary counter, it can feel like a knife fight.Cannabis Is Not Chill takes readers inside the pressure, absurdity, heartbreak, and dark humor of wo...

Flock of Quackers: A Prayer With Every Step

A journey of Faith, Healing & Stewardship that later inspired the Sunny Stella® Book SeriesAn adult memoir of faith, recovery, resilience, and real-life transformation following a traumatic brain...

Stagehand: A Backstage Pass to my Life Stories

Mick Jagger, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton and Prince, I have worked with them all. Along with actors such as Michelle Rodriguez, Will Smith, and Roddy McDowall. And many more. I travele...

CORRECTION OFFICER: The Other Side Of The Wall

This work offers a fascinating account of my twenty-year career at the medium security Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, in a prison system that is, for the most part, out of sight an...

DREAMS

By: Slavica Joković

Have you ever thought about the meaning of dreams? Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the dream?Dreams constantly arouse people's curiosity and amazement, although they infinitely exceed common u...

Name Drop, Me? Never!

Hugging Eric Clapton... drinking espressos with Ronnie Wood... tea with Emma Thompson in her kitchen... turning down an audience with Roger Moore in St. Moritz… it’s all in a day’...

Too F*cked Up To Quit, Too Stubborn To Die: When Getting High Broke Me

Brandy never expected to survive her addiction - and she certainly never expected to find life worth staying for. What began as a desperate attempt to numb her pain became the very thing that nearly d...

SHITHOLE PARADISE: One year in Bocas del Toro, Panama. A Memoir

Beaches, babes, booze, blow, Bocas. The harrowing true story of a young woman struggling to keep her head above water in her very own Shithole Paradise. On a beautiful Caribbean island off the coast o...

San Francisco's LAST TOP 40 DISC JOCKEY

Before playlists, algorithms, and automated radio feeds, there was personality-driven Top 40 radio—fast, loud, improvisational, and alive.This memoir--accepted in the Rock & Roll HOF Library--ta...

Tucson 9-1-1: Do the Right Thing!

By: Michael LaFond

When I was an Emergency 9-1-1 Operator, I would infrequently answer calls from very young toddlers, three or even a bit younger. Usually, they would be playing on the phone, but we were trained to be ...

Singing in the Saddle, The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip

By: Nan Weber

Yellowstone Chip Samuell’s contributions as an entertainer and wrangler caught author Nan Weber’s imagination. After finding traces of Yellowstone Chip’s writing at the historic OTO Dude Ranch n...

Gentle Musings About Life

By: Robert Hall

Gentle Musings About Life is the story of discovering wholeness after loss. At 73, the author reflects on grief, devotion, and the eternal bond with God. The sudden passing of his beloved Mary Jo beco...

The Last, The Least, The Lonely and The Lost. A memoir of medicine, meanderings and the marginalised

This eclectic memoir spans nearly 70 years, including over 50 years of medical experiences, and describes the intriguing journey of a doctor in a changing world. From working class roots in Glasgow, t...

Moments. A personal anthology from the life of a peripatetic physician

Moments charts the intriguing journey of a Scottish doctor's life, traversing twelve countries across five continents, on a rollercoaster ride of personal and professional experiences. Spanning ...

Thirty Dollars and a Dream

SynopsisIn 1969, with thirty dollars stitched into the hem of his jeans and a rucksack slung over his shoulder, a young Indian man climbs the gangway of a cargo ship in Bombay. He has no visa, no guar...

Faded Dreams

By: Carlos Rubio

Faded Dreams is an epic autobiography by my fellow writer and good friend Carlos Rubio. Beyond being a very personal story of a young man growing up to the backdrop of this remarkable country of Cuba,...

A Love Story

By: Robert Hall

A moment of destiny disguised as an ordinary day. Two souls met by accident, only to recognize a love older than memory. One glance, one shared silence, and something timeless awakened, an energy beyo...

Two Faces, One Life: The Journey Within

By: Robert Hall

I'm 73 years old and have had 20 different careers. Miracles, losses, mistakes, awakenings. I survived a 30‑ton crane, bankruptcy, and the night my wife died in my arms. I wrote through the darkness...

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