In When Your Hand is in the Lion's Mouth, Nita Whitaker recounts her father Green Whitaker's life and his core values of family, hard work, and faith. Despite the unimaginable pain of his wife's passing, Green remained devoted to his children with total resilience and...

Life never dishes out what we expect. Indeed, life can be brutally unfair. But we’ve been told that we’ll only get what we can handle. Bruce Ballard’s Invitations takes a look at his life as a writer with Parkinson’s disease. He was a young man...

I have read missionary stories (starting with The Life and Diary of David Brainerd) for the past sixty years. Lauralee Lindholm’s Out of Darkness into Light stands with the best of the missionary books I have read. I have personal friends who were missionaries in...

In The Fight for Equity in the Bronx: Changing Lives and Transforming Communities One Scholar At a Time, Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez describes her life growing up in the South Bronx where the challenges facing the Puerto Rican community are enormous. Poverty, hunger, crime, sex...

She Took a Turn is penned by author Kristi J Smith in the memoir, spirituality, and inspirational writing genres. In this heartfelt work with plenty of honesty and heart, the author recounts her journey from a prescribed life of conformity as a devout Christian and...

The Reformer’s Dilemma is penned by author Ricardo Rosselló Nevares in the memoir, political consciousness, and sociocultural writing genres. This interesting personal account addresses the challenges of enacting meaningful reform in a polarized political landscape. Drawing from his experiences as a scientist, entrepreneur, and former...

The Unknown Face is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, grief, and psychological writing subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience as it contains discussions of suicide. Penned by author Gregory Duncan, this true-life account follows a marriage that unravels...

In By Way of Conshohocken: A Fictionalized Family Memoir by Cydney Iris Afriat Menihan, the author includes some interesting facts that are key factors in the fictional history of her family. She goes with her family to a musical that moves her grandfather, Bob, to...

Nostalgia: Stars of Yesteryear by Jack L Hawn is a retrospective of some of the many interviews of entertainers, actors, sports stars, and media personalities conducted by the author in a career of covering sports and entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. Many of the...

Seeing Around Corners is a memoir by Stanley C. Middleman, founder of Freedom Mortgage, who began his entrepreneurial career during the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations by running souvenir stands while attending Temple University. His ventures, including a locksmith business and a restaurant, taught him crucial lessons...