Category: Biographies & Memoirs

The Last Lonely Traveler – From the Extremes: Adventure Autobiography Supporting a Centrist Political Position

The Last Lonely Traveler – From the Extremes highlights Mr. Baker’s path to moderate and tolerant perspectives typical of less vocal centrist citizens. Reading Traveler, you will be shocked at his recklessness and inappropriate comments, yet be surprised at how you ultimately agree with many of his remarks concerning our disrupted U.S. culture. Mr. Baker wandered haphazardly through life as a mechanic, scientist, attorney, and a world-traveling hippy bum, finally settling into his mixed-rac... [Read More...]

Determined to Persist: General Earle Wheeler, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Military’s Foiled Pursuit of Victory in Vietnam

Determined to Persist takes readers inside the White House, the Pentagon, and U.S. military headquarters in Hawaii and South Vietnam. Based on exclusive contemporaneous correspondence, recently declassified top-secret documents, interviews with participants, and their memoirs, this book traces the internal debates, tensions, and critical inflection points of the Vietnam War during an extraordinary six-year period. The longest serving Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Earle G. Wheel... [Read More...]

Hunger For More in Life: Conquer Mental Struggles, Defy Limitations, and Discover Purpose Through Epic Achievements

I am JD Tremblay, a finisher of some of the world’s most extreme triathlons, including the Epicdeca. Here to share with you that it’s acceptable to have lofty ambitions if you put the effort in the right direction. Setting high objectives should daunt you. However, they should also provide a driving force to achieve whatever you prearranged for yourself. In this book, you will find how I overcame some of my challenges to be one of only three athletes worldwide to complete the Epicdeca, ... [Read More...]

Dreams Takeoff: How One Father’s Love and Support Nurtured His Son’s Endeavor to Fly

Are you grieving the loss of a loved one? Perhaps right now, you’re alone, feeling lost, not knowing your life’s purpose? This book shares with you an everlasting bond between a father and son. A little boy’s dream becomes a reality due to his father’s unfailing love and support. A father’s love nurtures his son’s drive to succeed. The son never wanted to leave his dad’s side, so he followed his dad everywhere: into the hospital, to the airport, the nursing homes, you name it. Jas... [Read More...]

Confessions of an Indian Immigrant: Dawn of IT Opportunities in the Land of Promise

In the always-connected, always-online digital age and social media world, we tend to forget how life was before the ubiquity of laptops, tablets, mobile devices, smartwatches, and so on. The terms such as outsourcing, offshoring, nearshoring, and many more did not exist. The Indian IT industry was in its infancy. Aithal takes us on an exciting walk down memory lane as he weaves his narration to pen his experiences migrating from Mumbai to New York—a culture shock. As the title suggests, the ... [Read More...]

The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother

Can a mother be both loving and selfish? Caring and thoughtless? Deceitful and devoted? These are the questions that fuel psychologist Dr. Judy Rabinor’s quest to understand her ambivalence toward her mother. While leading a seminar exploring the importance of the mother-daughter relationship, Dr. Judy Rabinor, an eating disorder expert, is blindsided by a memory of a childhood trauma. Realizing how this buried trauma has resonated through her life, she sets off to heal herself. The Girl in t... [Read More...]

Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle

In Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle, Deanne pours her memories onto paper, immortalizing in vivid detail their experiences in one of our country’s most remote regions, including the ways in which the Inupiaq people supported the Burches throughout both exhilarating triumphs and agonizing tragedies. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Mum, Meet Mandy

In this true account, Helen tells of how the life she wanted for so long starts, at last, to become a very real possibility. With many emotional, funny, and downright crazy twists and turns, you’ll be rooting for her to have the sixtieth birthday she deserves, with the tribe she has always yearned for. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Box Set:Three Bev and Carol Adventures

This is a box set of all three of the Bev and Carol adventures. They are all stand-alone stories based on the author’s various experiences and are meant to entertain and amuse. “What makes this such a good book is that as well as being so amusing it’s beautifully written. Subtle inter-cutting of Bev’s deeper thoughts and observations; scenes depicted with a poetic use of language demonstrate, once again, what a talented writer Bev Spicer is. Highly recommended.” Ama... [Read More...]