“American Airman” is a story of vulnerability, resiliency, and hope. No veteran returns home the same as when they first enlisted. More often than not, the scars and wounds go unseen and the battle doesn’t end at discharge. This airman’s story bears witness to the men and women who, in fighting for our rights and freedoms, make unimaginable sacrifices and, then, must search for that elusive “new “normal” after sacrifice becomes reality. American Airman grapples with several issues regularly covered in the media including mental health, veteran health care, and the impact of a recovering veteran on their family. $8.99 on Kindle.
American Airman: A Memoir of a Wounded Veteran
Dear Sam: Letters for a Great Life. All My Love, Always, Dad
In his debut book Dear Sam, Dewey Wright talks about the life lessons he figured out as he raised his
daughter. With words to ponder and fatherly insight, it captures the heart of a father passing life wisdom
to his child. Not how to change a tire or fill out a job application wisdom, but how to have a great LIFE.
How to handle all the little things this life seems to throw at us and walk through with a smile on your
face. So that one day when you get to the end of this road…maybe you enjoyed the trip a little more. $4.99 on Kindle.
Prove Them Wrong: Defying All Odds, How a Triplet Survived a Chicago Gang and Graduated From the U.S. Naval Academy
This is a book for people who want to take action.
At twelve years old, Dre Evans felt proud to participate in his first drive-by shooting.
Everyone craves belonging and purpose in life. How far would you go to satisfy that need? Dre started by joining a Chicago street gang. But one terrifying day, as bullets flew past his head, he wondered if that desire was worth dying for.
What happened next shocked the entire city.
Dre and his brothers made history by becoming the first set of African-American triplets accepted into the U.S Naval Academy. $0.99 on Kindle.
Good Morning, Hope: A True Story of Refugee Twin Sisters and Their Triumph over War, Poverty, and Heartbreak
An inspiring memoir about the Zalli twin sisters and their parents, forced by war to flee their home and rebuild their lives in a new, uncertain land. Their powerful story shines a light on the refugee crisis and on the unwavering determination of those who must start over in the face of immense adversity. “Readers will be fascinated.” (Kirkus Reviews) $0.99 on Kindle.
General & Mrs. Earle Wheeler: Their Rise to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Amid America’s Descent into Vietnam (Military Leadership in Action)
General & Mrs. Earle Wheeler takes readers inside the White House, the Pentagon, and the household of the most senior officer of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Since the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was established in 1949, only 20 officers have attained this pinnacle of the U.S. military profession. Each of their stories is remarkable, yet the biography of perhaps the most distinguished member of this small, elite fraternity has only now been written.
General Earle G. Wheeler, U.S. Army, became the senior military advisor to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and continued in this capacity under President Richard Nixon. In disgust with their administrations’ disastrous Vietnam War policies, Wheeler shredded his memoirs. He died three years later. In consequence, the biography of one of the most important figures of the Vietnam Era has remained inaccessible — until now.
The companion volume to this book, Determined to Persist: General Earle Wheeler, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Military’s Foiled Pursuit of Victory in Vietnam, explores Wheeler’s contributions to national security policymaking and civilian-military relations during an extraordinary six-year period marked by America’s growing involvement in the Vietnam War, its zenith, and the beginning of U.S. disengagement.
General & Mrs. Earle Wheeler complements that volume by tracing Wheeler’s exceptional, 46-year military career against the backdrop of growing American involvement in Southeast Asia. Based on exclusive, contemporaneous correspondence, official records, interviews, and memoirs, it also highlights the unheralded, yet vital roles played by military spouses and reveals the challenges of military family life. $1.99 on Kindle.
Farm Boy, City Girl: From Gene to Miss Gina
Everything Is Perfect
The true story of a woman caught in one of the most riveting, talked about political scandals of our generation.
Seven years into her second marriage, Kate Nason discovered her husband was cheating on her. Then, the unimaginable happened. She woke to the news that one of her husband’s “other women” was at the center of a presidential scandal. The press surrounded her home, clamoring for details, and quickly transformed Kate’s private heartbreak into public humiliation.
Nason’s memoir uncovers the little-known side of a well-known story, unveiling a cautionary tale about the ways we deceive ourselves when we allow ourselves to be deceived by those we love. Everything Is Perfect is an intimate reveal of infidelity, gaslighting, and the silent wife at the press conference. Nason explores the roles women inhabit throughout their lives, how they carry trauma, and the lengths they’ll go to protect their children and save themselves. It’s a fierce and often funny self-reckoning, a meditation on learning to trust one’s intuition, and a case study of how one woman undid a bad “I do.” $0.99 on Kindle.
Dirty Love
Garage Band Days: A Memoir
In the vibrant 1960s, my brother Ronnie and I, armed with classical piano skills, formed a band, recruiting friends with no musical experience. Our journey from humble beginnings to securing a record deal, getting represented by a top agency, and appearing on national TV, unfolds in this memoir. It’s a tale of youthful ambition and rock ‘n’ roll dreams, abruptly ending when the Vietnam War claimed our lead guitarist’s life. This story captures our adventurous ride through the era’s music scene. $4.99 on Kindle.
#FitToBeWilliamson
#FitToBeWilliamson is about a woman who buys a Fitbit so she could be around to take care of her daughter who was recovering from being in a coma for 3 months. Little did Tiffany know the Fitbit was not just going to help her lose weight, but this Fitbit was a part of a grand design to help Tiffany break generational curses. Her journey goes from saying goodbye to her 13yr old daughter to removing her mother from her life to marrying the man who was able to see pass the pain and build her up to be a woman of God. $4.60 on Kindle.
It’s Time to Turn Up! No More Trauma (Life Change Series Book 1)
Living your best life begins by unleashing the points of power within. It’s Time to Turn Up, No More Trauma, Volume 1, celebrates the power of owning our stories and making peace with the past. Buried beneath the story of every trauma survivor lies an inner strength and indestructible body of truth capable of changing the trajectory of their lives. This volume paves the way for kindred spirits by rolling out compassionate and battle-tested guidance for tapping into the inner strength required to reframe and transform painful life events into opportunities for growth. Lady D drops the mic on lessons learned, positive affirmations, life skills, self-care routines, and spiritual insight used to mitigate the adverse effects of trauma arising during a seventeen year stay in foster care. You will discover how to use your gifts and talents and spirit of creativity to navigate pathways for healing within reach to open doors for living your best life and experiencing positive life change. $4.99 on Kindle.
Rooted HEIR
A memoir that speaks through scars and helps transform trauma into wisdom.
Trauma f*ucking sucks! There is nothing gentle, pretty, or rosy about it! It’s painful, dark, and lonely. Rooted HEIR is a vivid and transparent memoir that takes you on one woman’s journey of suffering, self-discovery, and forgiveness.
In a span of three days the illusion bubble burst. Christina finds herself sitting in a dark room feeling so small and insignificant. She has a choice to make, more of the same or change. After more than two decades of avoiding the painful truth, running from herself, and pretending it was time to drop the shackles of shame.
Have you ever asked yourself, who am I, when you strip away the titles and roles that you’ve been defined by? Well, she did, and she didn’t have a clue. She needed to hold up the mirror, grab the shovel, and start unearthing the traumas that held her freedom. But where do you start? …At the beginning.
In her own words Christina reveals the most intimate parts of her life from the childhood abuses to her own self-destructive ways, and the lessons she has learned along the way. Rooted HEIR is a courageous story filled with the voice of brutal honesty. Her voice that was silenced so many times now can be heard in hopes that others will know they too can speak. Let’s heal, be empowered, be inspired, and redefine our lives. THE TIME IS NOW!
$0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Lost in Beirut
A young American travels to a foreign land seeking adventure and finds unexpected love, moments before Lebanon tips into war overnight. Running away from rocket fire, in the darkest of moments, his spirit awakens.
Lost in Beirut, reads like a suspenseful romance, immersing you in an unforgettable journey through danger and spiritual enlightenment. Free on Kindle.
When Hope is Enough
I am not sure that I believed in miracles before all this happened, but I guess you don’t have to….That’s what makes them miracles.
When Hope is Enough, tells the heartbreaking, tear jerking, happy ending story of Melissa when she is admitted to an Orlando ICU, 38 weeks pregnant, and in serious respiratory distress.
This raw and emotional story is told through the eyes of her mother, Wendy, who watches with heartbreak as doctors place Melissa on a ventilator and then on life support machines when the ventilator is not enough.
With nothing but hope and an army of doctors and nurses, Melissa’s mother prays for a miracle. The doctors say that Melissa will not survive, but after six weeks on a life-support machine, she proves them wrong. With the tiniest flutter of her fingers, she proves that miracles exist.
After reading this story, you will hug your children a little tighter, watch them sleeping a little longer, call them a little more often, and be forever grateful for the miracle of motherhood. $2.99 on Kindle.
The Grunts of Wrath
Combat diaries from elite operators and commanding officers dominate the space. But what happens when regulars face the fire?
Ronny Bruce is a renaissance man: philosopher, drifter, Gen X rock ‘n’ roller, and gentleman. At thirty-two, divorced and burnt-out with the burbs, Ronny bails on his teaching career and seeks army infantry. It’s no joke when boot camp is mandatory since his marine corps’ service ended ten years beforehand. Assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Ronny’s platoon hunts an Afghan foe who’s never surrendered. Half collapse from wounds.
Ronny’s decade-long postwar journey examines victory and failure. Realities include grieving over friends’ deaths and processing crimes or addictions of old battle buddies. Six men expire before thirty-five as a result of four suicides, one unexplained death, and murder. Labels for the living include felon, vagrant, drunk, addict, depressed, and suicidal. Ronny checks some boxes. Graduate, businessman, engineer, teacher, accountant, and rich describes other paths. Ronny checks some of those too.
War through the eyes of this offbeat ATLien provides explosive payoffs that get smothered by each turning page – answering an age-old question: what drives warriors over the edge? $6.99 on Kindle.
Salted Plums
Salted Plums is a moving coming-of-age tale for anyone who has ever felt as if they don’t belong.
In the tradition of coming-of-age memoirs such as Sigh, Gone and Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, Salted Plums explores the nuances of race and culture for a young immigrant girl growing up while caught between two worlds. $1.99 on Kindle.
BLACKLISTED: The Earl Meanor family story: How this family survived through crises with integrity and character
Earl Meanor was Blacklisted and saw his world fall apart because a small group of tight-knit men at General Electric and the Knolls Atomic Power Lab decided to ruin him. This is the true story of a man who never gave up and made sure his family came first. You need to read this book! Earl Meanor was blacklisted just because a few people decided they did not like him and were determined to hurt him and mess up his life. This story tells you about the blacklist and the other terrible things that happened to him. The stealing of an invention, trouble over taxes and a car wreck, and more. Throughout all of this Earl Meanor kept his family together through the most challenging times. He was a man of character and integrity and deserves recognition for the kind of man that he was. With mom at his side, he raised a family and never gave up. You will be inspired and motivated by this book to fight on no matter what the challenge. You too will decide to never give up! $5.99 on Kindle.
Journey of a Twelve-Year-Old, To a Woman of God : Limited Edition
“Life is like standing in quicksand when you don’t have faith! But the Creator always provides.”
The story of a girl’s journey to adulthood, guided by family and faith as; she navigates life’s struggles. Discover how she overcame grief, trauma, and challenges to her morality to emerge the triumphant woman she is today.
The Beginning Journey from childhood to a woman of God delivers a valuable message to us all: there is courage to be found in turmoil and strength to be gained in adversity.
A lifetime of lessons, wisdom, and observations, this intriguing story will keep you firmly gripped and help you forge your path through life with faith. The lessons learned on this journey will ring true to readers of all ages.
As a man, woman, or discovering faith in God yourself, you will find the Bible verses helpful, inspiring, and motivational. They are a blueprint to help you journey through life’s many challenges.
$6.99 on Kindle.
The Fun Master
A self-involved academic struggling to cope with his own neurological problems, Jeff could hardly take care of himself, let alone a child with special needs, when his son, Ethan, was born. But despite multiple surgeries, hospitalizations, serious breathing and swallowing problems, hearing loss, and a challenging social environment in his first months of life, Ethan thrived—all the while teaching Jeff to take things as they came. And eight years later, the arrival from China of adopted baby sister Penelope took Jeff’s on-the-job training to a whole new level. $0.99 on Kindle.
Reconstructed – A Survivor’s Memoir
Have you ever seen your life flash before your eyes? Follow one man’s journey of positivity and resilience as he reconstructs his life after a near-fatal accident!
Atta Ahmad was determined to make his dreams come true. So unwavering, in fact, that he was willing to forgo sleep just to reach his goals.
Eventually, it caught up to him on September 5, 2015.
That fateful day, an exhilarating road trip from Boston to Michigan turned into a fight for his life when his exhaustion drove him to fall asleep at the wheel.
It all happened in an instant.
One minute, he was blasting music with the windows down, while drinking water and enjoying snacks. The next, he was flying through his truck’s windshield and catapulted into a ditch.
A promising and ambitious young man was reduced to a mangled, bloody heap of flesh and bone on the ground. Any other person would have given up and let go. But not Ahmad.
Ahmad is a survivor and “Reconstructed: A Survivor’s Memoir” is his story of determination, grit, and triumph… despite the odds stacked against him.
“Don’t let anyone put you in a box and tell you ‘this is how it should be.’ Go get your second wind and keep running toward that finish line.” — Atta Ahmad $2.99 on Kindle.
Burl: Journalism Giant and Medical Trailblazer
The riveting biography of Burl Osborne, former chairman of The Associated Press and publisher of The Dallas Morning News, who waged and won one of the last great newspaper wars in the U.S.
Burl is the story of one man’s unlikely rise from the coal mines of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism. After being diagnosed with a fatal kidney disease as a child, Burl Osborne pioneered home dialysis treatment and became the 130th person to undergo a live kidney transplant in 1966—then an unproven, high-risk operation. $1.99 on Kindle.
Free: When Love Sticks Around
Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter
When Amy Daughters reconnected with her old pal Dana on Facebook, she had no idea how it would change her life. Though the two women hadn’t had any contact in thirty years, it didn’t take them long to catch up—and when Amy learned that Dana’s son Parker was doing a second stint at St. Jude battling cancer, she was suddenly inspired to begin writing the pair weekly letters.
When Parker died, Amy—not knowing what else to do—continued to write Dana. Eventually, Dana wrote back, and the two became pen pals, sharing things through the mail that they had never shared before. The richness of the experience left Amy wondering something: If my life could be so changed by someone I considered “just a Facebook friend,” what would happen if I wrote all my Facebook friends a letter?
A whopping 580 handwritten letters later Amy’s life, and most of all her heart, would never, ever, be the same again. As it turned out, there were actual individuals living very real lives behind each social media profile, and she was beautifully connected to each of those extraordinary, flawed people for a specific reason. They loved her, and she loved them. And nothing—not politics, beliefs, or lifestyle—could separate them. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Real Jack Ryan: Former CIA Analyst Tells The Real Life Story of the US Government’s Top Secret Spy Agency
Don’t Call Me Nev
Don’t Call me Nev begins with the adventures of a boy growing up in the North Queensland bush with constant companion Rover the kelpie-cross, an air rifle and a pet cockatoo.
Early chapters recall shooting pigeons from the walls of one of the state’s major jails, almost drowning in a flooded creek, being stung by a freshwater stonefish, exploring a sinister hidden cave, surviving a cyclone, and attending a primary school where pupils learnt to cope with a sudden influx of migrant children who couldn’t speak English. He also learns how to catch mud crabs without setting a pot, after a chance encounter with an indigenous man willing to pass on his skills in a remote setting.
Moving back to his old hometown of Bundaberg brings its own problems, teen romance and adventures in having to deal with a bullying teacher. He quits to begin a successful pharmacy apprenticeship, eventually meets his soulmate on a blind date, but tosses all that in to head off on a spearfishing adventure around Australia with a vagabond young Victorian.
Not all goes smoothly. One chapter recalls a close encounter with a two metre shark while diving alone in a big swell.
Fate awaits as the road trip leads back to new horizons, more misadventures and a chance new career in journalism on life’s long and winding road. Quirky humour mixed with drama, romance and adventure make it an M-rated tale with a uniquely Aussie theme. $2.99 on Kindle.