Life and Death in Nyamata: Memoir of a Young Boy in Rwanda’s Darkest Church by Omar Ndizeye is the harrowing but true tale of his ordeal in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. He begins by describing his oftentimes hard, but loving and enjoyable life as...

The 4C Heart: Curls, Kinks, and Knots of My Dry, Thirsty, Single Soul by Anna E Styron is a bold, brave, and sometimes confrontational personal story of the author’s journey as a woman. It opens by explaining the title. “Black hair, like the heart, can...

Bittersweet: Experiences of an Iranian Living in Norway is a work of non-fiction in the autobiography and memoir subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by Karan Sotoodeh in which he recounts his personal experiences. As the title suggests,...

Sleeping With Lions: A Year in Tanzania is an inspirational memoir by Lee Anne McIlroy. Facing the anxiety of empty nest syndrome, Lee applies for a teaching fellowship in Tanzania. She chronicles her arrival, and all the extraordinary people she meets, lives, and works with,...

It all began with a black-and-white Border Collie and the desire to work with sheep. This is a unique memoir about the meaningful canine-human relationship between Luke and Naomi in Away To Me, My Love: A Sheepdog’s Tale of Two Lives by Naomi McDonald. A...

Following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 17-year-old Ronald Schulz chose to leave home, establish a commune in Chicago, and join the Yippee revolution. Thus began his road trip, in which he encountered a variety of characters, including a sexually unsatisfied deacon, homosexual guys who gave...

Intestinal Fortitude: A Memoir by Earl Llewellyn Goldmann is a brutally honest memoir in which Earl takes the reader through every painful and joy-filled moment of his life. Earl shares the most poignant events, from growing up, falling in love with basketball, and so much...

Some people can teach us better than others how to make a difference in our lives, and Peter Dankelson is one of them. Yet, in the beginning, his circumstances would not have allowed him to even imagine this possibility. He was born prematurely and was...

Virgil's Story is an autobiographical memoir in which Virgil D. Mochel recounts his entire life and the story of how the Mochel family found its footing in America. The book opens with Virgil narrating how his ancestors from both sides of his parents' family arrived...

The Computer Wasn't in the Basement Anymore: My Fifty + Years on Education Technology (1970-2021) contains insights from Anthony G. Picciano's journey of more than 50 years in the field of education technology and his activities in six public colleges in New York. Some of...