Never Say Invisible

Never Say Invisible
Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, Jeremy shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS. As this devastating disease robs him of movement and speech, he is abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns people with disabilities. But it’s not all doom and gloom. He finds love, support, and a powerful purpose to share with the world. Smart, clever, and humorous, Jeremy’s story is a testament to what can be learned and achieved despite a terminal illness. Foreword by Augusten Burroughs. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Running Back in Time: Discovering the Formula to Beat the Aging Process and Get Younger

Running Back in Time: Discovering the Formula to Beat the Aging Process and Get Younger

Dr. Zeev Gilkis is a cancer survivor who began running in his sixties.
He decided to give himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday – running a Marathon!
Join Zeev in this adventure & discover that age doesn’t matter & you too can achieve anything you dream of. $1.99 on Kindle.
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Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960’s Post-War London Through One Family’s Story

Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960's Post-War London Through One Family's Story

Explore South East London in 1963; a world of nostalgia that sadly cannot be visited anymore.
On Lamlash Street, Cockney families have more character than money, living among the bombed out and condemned buildings. Post WWII London will change swiftly into the era of The Beatles, Twiggy, and modern space-age, swinging London.

Experience the lively true story of a girl on her way to womanhood, coming of age at a moment in London’s untold history unlike any other. Jill Phillips tries to secure her first kiss while navigating a world turned upside down and the trauma that her father, mother, and uncle experienced during the war.

If you like non-stereotypical women characters, working-class endurance, and a biography about rallying from abundant loss, then you’ll adore this heartfelt and funny historical memoir. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Sink or Swimwear: My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry

Sink or Swimwear: My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry

Constantly battling life-altering trauma, PTSD, a traumatic brain injury, and the cutthroat fashion industry, Just Bones Boardwear founder Jennifer Berk Weisman refused to let the accident define her and steal her identity.

She had to do more than reinvent the boardshort. She had to reinvent herself. The powerful true story of recovery, hope, and resilience that will inspire you to channel your own inner strength to overcome trauma or chase your entrepreneur dreams. $1.99 on Kindle.
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Free: Where is Ser

Where is Ser
A powerful story as seen through the eyes of an American veteran who in 2016 during the bloody civil war with ISIS flew alone to Iraq.

There, he was able to join the Kurdish militia, YPG as a combat medic sneaking into Rojava, Syria. These pages are his personal story and they take you to the front lines of battle in a way that will make you smell the dirt. Free on Kindle.
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Life Interrupted, Dr. Dua’s Survival Guide

 

This book is about a 34 year old Dentist’s reflection of life as he faced his own mortality due to Oral Cancer. He found wisdom in his parents, beauty in small things, learnt to face fear, learnt from failure and never lost hope. $2.99 on Kindle.
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Junkies, Hookers, Dykes… and Others I Have Known

Junkies, Hookers, Dykes... and Others I Have Known
“It was 1961. John Fitzgerald Kennedy had just been elected President. The Freedom Riders were working to integrate bus stations in the South. Vietnam was a long way from the horror it would become, and I ran off with my daughter’s eighteen-year-old babysitter.”

Actress, switchboard operator, model, encyclopedia salesgirl, wife, mother. Patricia Herd’s life in 1960s California was unusual, but she was a “good girl” with dreams of stardom. Married to a struggling actor and raising a newborn, Herd saw her own dreams of being an actress stifled. Deep within her was an attraction to the dangerous and the wild, an attraction that would break free and lead Patricia into the counterculture of the period – a world filled with Junkies, Hookers, and Dykes.
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Free: Playhouses

Playhouses

Three cousins fiercely defended their roles within the sanctity of their playhouses. But a six-year stint in a fundamentalist religious organization thwarted Scott’s developing understanding of sexual orientation. Homosexuality was an insidious, infective spirit that conferred fear upon her adolescent naivete, eventually eroding the relationship with her cousins.

“Reconciling who we were took years, but survival led to relational ties without fear and a heart for activism in the face of rising institutionalized discrimination.”

Playhouses is a journey from corrosive indoctrination to celebrating the differences in others. Free on Kindle.
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The Complete Jane Digby’s Diary

The Complete Jane Digby's Diary
“As the depth of truth of one’s life can only be penned upon the pages of a diary, Jane Digby leads us through her passionate life . . . A wonderful piece of historical fiction that will delight your senses as well as your heart.” – Peggy Lee Sprague, Author of The Truth Hunters series

Based on a true story . . .

Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of freedom. She sacrificed home, family, and respectability for her passions. Kings, princes, barons, brigands, lords, and sheikhs were among her lovers. A gifted artist and musician, as well as a superb horsewoman, she spoke several languages, read widely, wrote eloquently, and embraced all manner of culture and travel.

An amusing, thoughtful, and moving work of historical fiction, Jane Digby’s Diary offers a compelling account of the life of a woman who truly lived all for love. In the series Jane tells her story in diary form, as if she is speaking to a friend, creating an intimate and compulsively readable look at her life and her times. Will she find the true love and freedom she so desires? There is only one way to find out. Come join her on her path to a life well lived.

The Complete Jane Digby’s Diary includes the entire four-part series: To Begin. Begin, A Rebel Heart, Following an Eastern Star, and White Lady.

“Told in fictional diary form, this story based on the real life of a free-thinking, passionate woman who scandalized high-born society with her escapades is beautifully written and swept me into her world . . . An unexpected treat.” – Kristy Dark $2.99 on Kindle.
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Another Fuggin’ War Story

Another Fuggin' War Story
This story is written by a lifelong pothead. Me. Most of it is probably true, if not a little exaggerated. So, if there’s any question on the veracity of my tale, I’ll refer to you elsewhere because only those who were there know the truth. What I can tell you is how overwhelming it is to have someone’s life in my hands while secretly wondering what the hell to do next. But here I am, everyone looking for me to save them. No matter, I’ll keep my guys alive if it’s the last thing I do. Then, when it’s over, I’ll undoubtedly find some trouble to get into because life’s too short not to have a little fun. The waiting joint is my reward, promising great ideas to keep me busy. If only they didn’t backfire so spectacularly – like the time I took on the rat infestation with C4 and an ammo can, when I caused myself to be whipped by a 100-foot tree, or the time I blew up half of the encampment. Now all I have to do is stay out of my C.O.’s line of sight, which is not as easy a task as you might think.“This is not a traditional war story, but instead a journey of a young man coming of age in a war-torn country. From the moments of crisis where he shows his true grit to save a life, to the trouble he gets into daily, you won’t be bored. And it’s all true.” – P. B. Lee, Spec. 4 $2.99 on Kindle.
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Free: The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity

The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity

Do you believe society needs genuine, healthy masculinity? Masculinity, in any form, has been viciously attacked for decades with serious unintended consequences. We need boys to grow into responsible, productive men and fathers. We need their strength to face down evil, and they need a guide to help them navigate this new wilderness, to find and define their masculinity in the gender-confused world of today. This memoir is filled with modern male friendships, advice, career tips for Christian men, and stories about Savage’s own experiences on a quest for answers. Savage hopes this will not only be able to help inform individuals, but that this work of God’s will writing for men will be a group ministry discussion- starter for adult Christian men.

In The Savage Path, David Savage uses humility and humor to highlight the hard-won wisdom gleaned along his path— – successes, failures, friendships, and family. Much of what he shares comes from real wilderness adventures. This is a quest memoir about Christian men and how they can live a physically, mentally, and morally healthy life in modern society. Come sit by the campfire, feel its warmth, and let it draw you into the intimate storytelling environment that only its flickering flame and the expansive night sky can provide. You are entering a sacred place to engage in the genuine pursuit of authentic manhood. Free on Kindle.
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Free: Unsolved True Crime – 10 Frightening Cases of Mystery, Murder & Mayhem (The Ones You’ve Never Heard of) Volume 2

Unsolved True Crime - 10 Frightening Cases of Mystery, Murder & Mayhem (The Ones You've Never Heard of) Volume 2
The author of ‘Unsolved Serial Killers’ is back with the second volume in the new series ‘Unsolved True Crime.’ Step into the tragic lives of these victims and find out what happened to them…after you lock your doors. Free on Kindle.
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Hits, Heathens, and Hippos

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He’s survived a fierce hippo attack and a sting from the world’s most venomous insect, but can he survive an over-the-top father, who prays aloud in restaurants, faith-heals his old Toyota, and believes demons possess his Masonic Lodge watch? Find out in the hilarious new memoir from multi-award-winning author Marty Essen! “Marty Essen’s book, Hits, Heathens and Hippos, takes you on a comedy journey that never ends. It’s a wicked funny ride. And I know funny.”—Karen Pickering, comedian $0.99 on Kindle.
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Unconventional

Unconventional

An inspirational story about taking a chance, following your vision, and thriving in one of the US’s wildest emerging industries, 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite, Unconventional, profiles Jamie Andrea Garzot’s journey as one of California’s legal cannabis industry pioneers. $0.99 on Kindle.
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How I Learned to Like My Mom

How I Learned to Like My Mom
This is the story of a woman who drank too much, parented too little, and MARRIED SEVEN MEN! She was beautiful, talented, wrote country songs, and she just happened to be my mother.
Can you love someone but not Like them?
Can you forgive what you can’t forget?
Is it ever too late?
Set in the Midwest UA, this Tears to Cheers memoir details the journey of a traumatic childhood of alcohol, abuse, divorce, neglect and poverty. But don’t despair … healing is possible when forgiveness is present. $1.99 on Kindle.
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No Word Of a Lie

No Word Of a Lie
No Word Of a Lie: A completely accurate account of the last 185 years, told through the eyes of Jonathan, the world’s oldest Galapagos tortoise. $2.99 on Kindle.
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Twice a Daughter

Twice a Daughter
Julie is adopted and a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers—which becomes an issue for Julie when, at 48, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. Following an 8-year journey, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated quest that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door. $0.99 on Kindle.
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Kyrie Eleison

Kyrie Eleison

An artist from the 60s navigates through painful situations throughout her life while protecting her creative soul amid overwhelming turmoil she must face. In this short memoir you will hang onto your seat in this page turner and marvel at the authors tenacity.to break away from bad people and unbelievable situations. $9.99 on Kindle.
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Wheels of Injustice: Saving My Child from the Child Savers

Wheels of Injustice: Saving My Child from the Child Savers
Six weeks into a blissful honeymoon, life turns into a nightmare when Susan’s 9-year-old daughter is taken away and her husband is falsely accused of child sexual abuse. Dragged under the churning wheels of the child protection system, Susan is given a choice: cooperate in prosecuting her innocent husband or lose her daughter. When the couple doesn’t give in to pressure, Susan loses custody of her daughter, and her husband is charged with a felony that carries a 16-year prison sentence.No one wants to hear the facts.No one wants to know the truth. It’s the 1980s—a decade of unfounded abuse accusations, hysterical claims of orgies at daycare centers, families controlled by courts, and a child protection system that has become the very thing it was created to eradicate.

Wheels of Injustice is a curtains-pulled-back true account of the out-of-control child protection system of the 1980s and the victims who risked everything to expose its egregiously unjust acts and reform it. The book is a tribute to God’s faithfulness and a message of hope to others who have struggled to overcome adversity, fight injustice, or turn an upended life the right way around again.“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”?

Dietrich BonhoefferPraise for Wheels of Injustice—”The author was acutely aware of her spiritual journey throughout the ordeal. She includes summaries, prayers, and even poems to highlight her emotional turmoil in a real, honest way. I really appreciated the “where are they now” epilogue at the end so as a reader you know how it ended for all involved. THAT is the best proof of all there is calm after every storm!” $0.99 on Kindle.
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Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging

Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging
Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers—which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. To launch the probe into her closed adoption, Julie first needs the support of her sister. The twins talk things over, and make a pact: Julie will approach their adoptive parents for the adoption paperwork and investigate search options, and the sisters will split the costs involved in locating their birth relatives. But their adoptive parents aren’t happy that their daughters want to locate their birth parents—and that is only the first of many obstacles Julie will come up against as she digs into her background. Julie’s search for her birth relatives spans eight years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journey’s end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated quest—one that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door. $0.99 on Kindle.
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TEN DAYS WITH DAD

Have you ever learned more from someone in ten days than you did during their entire lifetime? What if that person was your father as he battled Alzheimer’s during a global pandemic?

Within four years of his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, my dad could no longer drive, cook, or take his medications. When the dementia demons took over, he couldn’t stay in his home, either.

He spent ten unforgettable days with my family prior to moving into assisted living, and eventually a nursing home. Over the course of eighteen months, we shared more than 200 meals and 600 cups of coffee, during which time I got to know him—and myself—better than at any point in our lives.

During the darkest days of COVID-19 and my dad’s Alzheimer’s, his memory, dignity, and, ultimately, his life were stolen from him. So how did I find purpose, passion, and peace in my life?

Ten Days with Dad is a story about family, progress, personal growth, and healing, born out of a terrible disease and a once-in-a-century global pandemic.

• Is dealing with a personal tragedy or caring for a loved one crushing your physical, emotional, and mental mindset?

• Do you let past regrets, grudges, excuses, and self-imposed limitations prevent you from achieving your goals, forging meaningful relationships, or finding inner peace?

• What obstacles, perceived or otherwise, are preventing you from becoming the best version of yourself?

• Are you looking for practical and effective routines to build better habits, improve your mindset, and transform your priorities?

• How can you find purpose, passion, and personal fulfillment in your life right now?

Get motivated to wake up each day a little happier and more grateful than the day before, and a lot more fulfilled in the buckets of your life that matter most.
Allow my story to be your inspiration to pursue your passion and find purpose and fulfillment in your life.
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Summary Judgement

Summary Judgement

During the summer of 1984, Tommy Hamilton, the product of a deprived childhood in rural Alabama, shoots and kills his boss. Before facing the electric chair, one final appeal offers the chance to save Tommy’s life, if only his two Chicago-based lawyers and a nun from Alabama can prove he is not legally guilty…even if he is not truly innocent.
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Free: Letters From Captivity – The Israeli Pilot and his Wife

Letters From Captivity : The Israeli Pilot and his Wife

On June 30, 1970, seconds after a missile hit his plane, Israeli pilot Rami Harpaz found himself hovering between heaven and earth. The earth below, however, happened to be Egypt.

In the twinkling of an eye, Harpaz went from being the highly-skilled pilot of a Phantom Jet – then the spearhead of the Israeli air force – to a prisoner in an Egyptian prison where he was to be held captive for the next three and a half years.

A few hours after his plane had gone down, Harpaz’ wife, Nurit, and his children received the bitter news. Nurit had just entered the final months of her latest pregnancy, a pregnancy that unexpectedly culminated in the birth of twin girls.

Throughout the years of his captivity – on both sides of the Sinai Desert – Rami and Nurit went through many upheavals, happy moments vying with dispiriting disasters, hope mingling with despair. The story of their lives during that time – together and separately – could easily form the basis of a nail-biting television drama.

‘Letters from Captivity’ has been written in the form of an epistolary novel, blending together the moving, authentic correspondence that passed between Nurit and Rami. These are the very real letters that reveal the physical and mental struggles this rare couple had to overcome. They provide deep and meaningful insights into the crises and obstacles life puts in our way, and how we might face and overcome them.

‘Letters from Captivity’ is a real story, told by those who lived it, but which has been written in the most captivating prose. It is a fascinating, breathtaking, epistolary novel which does not allow the reader a single moment’s respite. Free on Kindle.
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ADA IN LONDON – SURVIVING THE TRAUMAS

Ada in London, Surviving the Traumas is the story of a Nigerian Headteacher who is persuaded against her will by her husband, to relocate to the United Kingdom, in order to work and save her family from financial ruin. This is after he, Fred, had gone abroad and lost a huge sum of borrowed money, under suspicious circumstances. Fred, instead of taking the plunge himself, of relocating to a foreign country, to put right the mess he has made, he insists that Ada should abandon her family and go abroad.

Ada refuses over and over again, but her husband uses all bullying tactics to make her believe that, if her family got into financial ruin, it would be Ada’s fault and it would be simply because she is very selfish and doesn’t care enough about her family’s welfare…

Ada succumbs to all the pressure from her husband and her children and travels to London with very little money in her pocket ..

All through her first few years in London, Ada suffers from all sorts of problems:
– acute cold
– racism
– degradation
– acute loneliness
– lack of money
– total lack of love and support from her husband
– several heart-rending bereavements
and so on and so forth.

If you are wondering how Ada manages to survive the traumas, just get a copy of the novel and read her story for yourself.

Here’s one review from Outskirts’ Press who first published the book in 2005.

“A lot of burning and topical issues are covered by Gracy Ukala in Ada in London. Such issues include a woman’s ability to survive nobly without succumbing to “selling her body”, or compromising her
human dignity. She touches on other issues such as “faith in God” and “faith in oneself”. Ms Ukala’s most poignant and passionate theme remains the need for equality of the sexes to some extent, especially, in relationships or marriages. She believes fiercely that every woman has a right to choose what makes her happy, instead of being forced to remain in a relationship because that is what society expects of her, or because that would make her man happy!”

There are many more issues that Ada has to tackle in order to be true to herself and to her God. Ada’s survival is mainly due to her own determination to succeed. Ada’s hard work, her leadership skills and her absolute faith in God, all combine to see her through her dark moments of suffering.

Here’s another review:
“Ada in London is full of suspense. It is fast-moving, simple, and very easy to read. Any one from the age of 18 onward, would enjoy the story thoroughly, as the issues tackled in this book are about mature life situations. This is a very well-written book by an award-winning novelist. I promise you, once you pick it up, you won’t want to put it down until you finish reading it!

I heartily recommend Ada in London-Surviving the Traumas, to you. Happy reading!”
Jonathan Edwards.
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Pick up Ada in London now and enjoy!! $9.99 on Kindle.
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Free: The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity

The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity

Do you believe society needs genuine, healthy masculinity? Masculinity, in any form, has been viciously attacked for decades with serious unintended consequences. We need boys to grow into responsible, productive men and fathers. We need their strength to face down evil, and they need a guide to help them navigate this new wilderness, to find and define their masculinity in the gender-confused world of today. This memoir is filled with modern male friendships, advice, career tips for Christian men, and stories about Savage’s own experiences on a quest for answers. Savage hopes this will not only be able to help inform individuals, but that this work of God’s will writing for men will be a group ministry discussion- starter for adult Christian men.

In The Savage Path, David Savage uses humility and humor to highlight the hard-won wisdom gleaned along his path— – successes, failures, friendships, and family. Much of what he shares comes from real wilderness adventures. This is a quest memoir about Christian men and how they can live a physically, mentally, and morally healthy life in modern society.

Come sit by the campfire, feel its warmth, and let it draw you into the intimate storytelling environment that only its flickering flame and the expansive night sky can provide. You are entering a sacred place to engage in the genuine pursuit of authentic manhood. Free on Kindle.
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