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The Real Gatsby: George Gordon Moore

by Mickey Rathbun

When author Mickey Rathbun began to investigate a longstanding rumor that her grandfather had been the model for one of the most illustrious fictional characters in American literature, she discovered closer connections than she had ever imagined. In her memoir, THE REAL GATSBY: GEORGE GORDON MOORE, she examines the striking parallels between the real person and his fictional doppelganger. Beyond their hardscrabble western origins, formative sojourns in England, extravagant lifestyles fueled by ... more

Selectively Lawless: True Story of Emmett Long, an American Original

by Asa Duane Dunnington, Bill Maddox

In the early twentieth century, money, power, and reputation were king. With outlaws like Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson roaming the streets, it was a lawless time, with lawless individuals taking their fates and fortunes into their own hands. Emmett Long was one of them. Bank robber, moonshiner, gambler, and on occasion even a killer, he made his own rules. But he varied from the typical story. Instead of dying at the young age of thirty-something in a blaze of guns and fury, he lived to... more

Paris for Life

by Barry Frangipane

Barry Frangipane experiences riots, bombings, culture clashes, and helps to save a famous mime's home from foreclosure in 1970s Paris.

Passports and Parasites: An Extraordinary Journey of Adventure, Resilience, and Healing

by Vashti Kanahele

"Passports and Parasites" is a mesmerizing memoir that invites you to embark on a remarkable journey with Vashti, an intrepid traveler whose life unfolds across the pages in vivid and unvarnished detail. This captivating narrative takes you on a rollercoaster ride through Vashti's life, from her daring adventures in war-torn regions to the serene shores of Curaçao.

Throughout the pages of this book, you will experience the full spectrum of human emotions—the e... more

Snapshot Of A Warped Man

by Michael Shashoua

Why are the awkward boys so awkward? In a time before smartphones and the internet, their coming of age happened with less supervision, but also less support. In “Snapshot Of A Warped Man,” Michael Shashoua tells his own story about being one of those awkward boys, and what it was like to be socially alienated, carrying unsavory sexual fantasies. He tracks a through line from there into adulthood, showing how that mindset got cancerous and disastrous -- but with an understanding of wha... more

The Most Wanted 2004-2005 by Maria Angela Leon

by Maria Angela Leon

The Funk Queen

by Dawn Silva

“One of the most honest-in-my-life in music and books you’re going to read, and one of the most exploratory.” Dave Thompson English Author

Tough Enough

by Lewis Tucker

This book will answer curiosities regarding what it's like to go through army basic training from a physical and psychological stance. These chronicles will make it seem as if you were right there.

Last Bohemian: The Life and Times of Jonathan David Batchelor Part 1

by Julia Antoinette Rosenstein

Artist Jonathan Batchelor based his life not upon finances or money, but upon philosophy, love of art and music. He was an archetypal free-spirited non-conformist who thrived in the San Francisco Bay Area the latter half of the twentieth century. Part 1 of his biography takes the reader from his humble beginnings as the child of a vaudevillian actor and musician. Together father and son struggle through the depression; Jonathan finally finds stability and the means to earn a good living through ... more

Losing My Identity

by Maggie Matthews

Losing My Identity is a moving and impactful story of a mother and her two children showing courage, strength and determination. Surviving a Domestic Violenece situation of abuse and violence towards the mother and her son. From having the perfect life on the outside with a successful business to a life of fear behind closed doors. Which led to a night of violence and rape, being held hostage and having to leave the family home for good. To be escorted through the night by the police to a women... more

Already Home: Confronting the Trauma of Adoption

by Howard Frederick Ibach

In his debut memoir, Already Home, adopted son, Howard Frederick Ibach, invites readers on an inspiring journey that ultimately debunks the widespread notion that adoption is an automatic ticket to suffering and abandonment.

As the son of a physician father and a scientist mother, Howard rarely questions his status as adoptee in a family that includes both an adoptive sister and his parents’ biological children. That’s because growing up in early 1960s-Wis... more

PURPOSEFUL EDUCATION: My Bet Against Poverty

by Ebrima Sawaneh

Purposeful Education is an inspirational story of a village boy who grew from grass to grace through the power of education, mentoring and self-development. The author, a small village boy flourished from managing a donkey cart operation to becoming a Group COO & CFO of three seaports with over a billion dollars of assets.

Bus Love: Stories of Life and Adventure with the VW Bus

by Tom Brouillette

The VW Bus in popular culture often shows drivers and passengers as carefree hippies. Though there’s an element of historical truth to the stereotype, it misses the richer and deeper story of VW Busing. Bus Love reveals the VW Bus owner as resilient, creative, resourceful, mechanically-vigilant, patient, and philosophical—and with a vehicle like this, you’ve got to have a sense of humor! In the first section of this book, Microbus Memories, several authors recount childhood or first experienc... more

Wheelchair Bound?

by James LaBelle

For over fifty years I have pushed my chair through a society that doesn't make it easy for wheelchair users. On September 2, 1969, at the age of 18, I dove into lake Independence - and my definition of independence changed. I'm not "wheelchair bound." I'm not "confined to a wheelchair." My chair gives me freedom, and my book questions the absurdity of the term wheelchair bound. As a C 5/6 quadriplegic, I earned a BA & JD from the U of Minnesota, passed the bar, married the love of my life, and... more

The Brass Age

by Gary Fadley

This is the story of an Appalachian boy becoming a man during the Nixon era and during the final years of Vietnam, when young Americans demonstrated against the war, African Americans demonstrated for civil rights, and women demonstrated for equal treatment. The story is biographical and very personal in nature, but the narrative intends also to paint the milieu and general history of those very interesting, very momentous years in the American experience. It includes an auspicious beginning to ... more

The Hayden Diary: Chasing The Prom From A Hospital Bed

by Jayme Louis Severance

Senior year of high school is often a transformational turning point between adolescence and young adulthood.

In an unfortunate turn of events, hapless high honors senior Jayme Severance finds an alternate way to spend the last year of high school: waking up from a coma at a rehab center after a near-fatal motor vehicle accident.

Closing his eyes in 2006 and opening them again in 2007, Jayme must come to terms with traumatic changes to a body that isn't his own. Torn from his ... more

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