In his coming of age memoir, Michael K Willis examines the changing culture and constant history of his childhood home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Life of Mikey – A Memoir
90 Days to Live
Alternately heart-wrenching and heartwarming–and delivered in an engaging dual-author format–90 Days to Live will speak to anyone struggling with an “incurable” disease, building a business under trying circumstances, or anyone who just loves a good old-fashioned, “beating-the-odds” story. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Path of Leashed Resistance: The Buddy System
This book is a hilarious and heartbreaking look into the life of a family that fell into canine rescue completely by accident but now lives to protect and care for their dogs absolutely on purpose. A great read for anyone who loves dogs!
When Robert and Beth Hading-Yostlot rescued Buddy Lee, they had no idea what they had started. How one dog would spark such compassion in them for mistreated and abandoned animals. But that spark turned into a blazing fire that burned brighter and hotter than they could have ever imagined.
Fueled by destroyed furniture, food follies, bizarre accidents, and near death experiences, the fire spread to every corner of their lives. They experienced both the pleasure of seeing unloved and damaged dogs be made whole and healed by the love of a family and the love of other amazing dogs, as well as the hardships of having to make such great sacrifices to give them what they needed to grow in strength and joy.
They also experienced the happiness of watching a dogs spirit be lit up by life, along with heartbreak when it was extinguished by death.
Forty-plus dogs later, they’re still living a life dedicated to canine rescue and what it means to live by the Buddy System. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Tiger in the Yard
The Thing Is
Addicted to Dimes (Confessions of a Liar and a Cheat)
How does a good girl go bad? Based on a true story, told in the author’s own words, without polish or prose, this haunting tale of addiction, family secrets, abuse, sexual misconduct, destruction, crime and recovery! One day at a time, one page at a time. Learn of this remarkable and brave story. $2.99 on Kindle.
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
Free: My Different Orient: A Memoir
When you see the world, the world sees you.
Dietmar Vogelmann left his country years ago and took a chance, starting a new life in Vietnam. Luckily, his experience in hotel management got him hired at a 5-star beach-side resort, but his initial impression was less than favorable. In fact, he wanted to leave as soon as he arrived.
But something made him stay. Maybe it was the friendly native population who welcomed him with open arms, or perhaps the endless business opportunities he could see in this small country brimming with potential. It took years, but Vietnam eventually lived up to its magical reputation and changed his life in more ways than one.
Through the success and failure of various business ventures, Dietmar learned how determination, a strong work ethic and the support of a loving family can overcome any challenge and desperation. My Different Orient exposes the good, the bad and the ugly side of a life abroad. Free on Kindle.
Growing Up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl
Growing Up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl delivers a treat as delicious as oatmeal cookies hot out of the oven – a memoir of a happy childhood. In charming and memorable vignettes, Carol Bodensteiner captures rural life in middle America, in the middle of the 20th Century. In these pages you can step back and relish a time simple but not easy, a time innocent yet challenging. If you grew up in rural America, these stories will trigger your memories and your senses, releasing a wealth of stories of your own. If the rural Midwest is foreign territory to you, Carol s stories will invite you into a fascinating and disappearing world. If you like to reminisce, this is the book for you. It brings back all the good memories. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Israeli Missed Connection
Seeking Myself
Woman In Scarlet
An inspirational memoir of one woman’s 28-year journey from aspirations of becoming one of the first female officers within the fabled Royal Canadian Mounted Police, to overcoming the harsh realities of discrimination, injustice and personal violation.
Told with exuberance, humor and astonishing honesty, Woman In Scarlet, is a thrilling police car ride-along, as well as a deeply personal and courageous view of one woman’s evolution from a fledgling cadet to a respected trailblazer for social and political change. $0.99 on Kindle.
Finishing Off the Bottle
Free: The Life of Mikey – A Memoir
Michael “Mikey” K. Willis spent his most impressionable years in southern Appalachia. In his eye-opening new memoir, he perfectly captures the local culture of 1960s rural North Carolina. Willis’s memoir shows both the unique heritage of the region and his personal struggles as a young man growing up in an abusive family.
The mountains of North Carolina serve as a deterrent to outsiders, but the locals embrace the beautiful scenery and rugged isolation. This isolation serves to make Mikey’s life a living hell. Even in the wild beauty of the mountains, he can’t escape the violent actions of his parents. If his father isn’t missing, he is beating young Mikey. But his neighbors know Mikey’s father only as the pastor of the local Baptist church. As Willis explores this early-childhood trauma, he also chronicles his encounters with southern gospel music, baptisms, and revival meetings.
Things change for his family when his father accepts a position at a church in Asheville, North Carolina. Mikey suddenly finds himself in the big city. As he makes new friends and encounters the pangs of first love, he finally stands up to his father and plans a better future for himself. Free on Kindle.
Aim for Justice
A respected engineer and devoted family man undergoes an unplanned surgery and then spirals into mental illness because of inexcusable treatment in our medical and mental health systems. When he finally takes a stand against his uncaring health professionals, a judge unexpectedly punishes him by stripping him of his Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Despite his traumatic ordeal, he struggles back to normalcy and then takes aim at the impossible: clearing his mental health record and reinstating his right to bear arms.
Aim for Justice is a fast-paced, emotionally taut, and inspiring true story that offers a unique perspective of mental illness and gun rights, and shows just how far one man will go to reclaim a life that was unjustly taken from him. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Life Is A Moment
As an MMA fighter, Marcus Kowal knows what it’s like to push his body to the limit. He has endured tremendous physical pain during his career, but it was nothing compared to the loss that awaited him.
The second he met his son, Liam, Marcus knew that his life had changed forever. He had to stop merely thinking like a fighter and a businessman and start thinking like a father. There was nothing more important than the tiny baby in front of him. Marcus cherished every moment he spent with his son, but there would never be enough. In 2016, Liam was struck by a drunk driver. He never regained consciousness.
Through his memoir, Marcus shows you the depths of his grief. His candid writing covers every emotion he felt when he was confronted with the loss of his son. He was devastated, but he was also determined to stop Liam from becoming just another faceless statistic about the dangers of drunk driving. He and his wife, Mishel, embarked on a new fight to give Liam the justice he deserved. Free on Kindle.
Living Forward, Looking Backward
If we’re honest, we’ll admit our days are filled with normal routines like eating cereal and sitting in traffic. We often wonder, “is this it?”
But do we really have to quit our jobs and travel the world to find a fulfilling, purposeful life? Is it possible to find significance in our daily routines, right here and now?
After experiencing a rapid series of major life changes within a single year, Nate stumbled upon a reality that’s shared by us all: there’s profound meaning in our ordinary, everyday moments, but we can’t see it.
Through painfully-honest storytelling and candid conversation, written from a Christian perspective for both spiritual and non-spiritual readers, Nate shares how years of mistakes and missteps uncovered a simple framework that reveals the greater purpose behind our everyday lives, and why the answers to life’s deep questions are often backward from what we expect.e expect. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Reflections Upon A Sunny Day
Fred H. Kornahrens III is one of South Carolina’s most famous criminals. He was condemned to death row and then, to the shock of the entire state, managed to escape. In the years that followed, people discussed Kornahrens’s story. Everyone had an opinion about the man, but few knew the truth. Now, he tells all in Reflections Upon a Sunny Day.
As a child, Kornahrens suffered from the unstable parenting of his mentally ill mother and an aggressive father. When the two weren’t fighting each other, they were taking out their frustrations on a helpless child. Kornahrens’s mother was eventually hospitalized numerous times for schizophrenia but found no relief in the asylum.
Kornahrens himself began exhibiting signs of mental illness, but his upbringing hadn’t given him the tools to cope. He thought he found a purpose when he joined the military, but his career did not last long. He hoped he could make up for his parent’s faults by providing for his own family, but this proved to be the biggest mistake of all.
Finally, Kornahrens’s damaged psyche collapsed, and the resulting tragedy devastated the community. He has written his story, trying to make sense of what happened—for himself and for his readers. Free on Kindle.
Fascinating New Yorkers
A prostitute’s daughter who got to know two ex-kings and a future emperor; a cardinal archbishop known in certain circles as “Franny;” a serial killer who terrorized the city; a pioneer in female erotica who had two husbands and kept a “lie box” to keep her two lives straight – they’re all here in the wild and crazy city of New York. $0.99 on Kindle.
Grief Map
Grief Map is Sarah Hahn Campbell’s lyrical account of her partner Lia’s death, her terrible grief, guilt, and self-doubt, and her rediscovery of hope and the possibility of happiness. This book that is part memoir, part poetry and part elegy has won the Golden Crown Literary Society award for Excellence in Non-Fiction. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: First Mistake: Facing Death, Finding Life
“First Mistake” is both a love story about defying the odds (even certain death) and a spiritual memoir about the search for identity, partnership, and the meaning of life. After the trauma at age 9 of witnessing and feeling partially responsible for the death of her caregiver, Ah Kung, he becomes the author’s life’s spirit guide.
For 40 years, he has been with her on her journey to make sense of the world around her — from South African Apartheid to the AIDS epidemic to the fight for marriage equality — and with her, as she grew in love, faith, and purpose. “First Mistake” is a memoir that should speak to anyone who, like the author, is still on a quest for the meaning of life. Free on Kindle.
The Life of Mikey – A Memoir
In his new memoir about coming of age in rural Appalachia, Michael K. Willis examines the changing culture and continuing history of his childhood home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the book, Willis perfectly captures the local culture of the 1960s, showcasing the heritage of the region and his personal struggles growing up in an abusive family. $3.99 on Kindle.
Until Forever
“An earnest account of a passionate marriage.” –KIRKUS REVIEWS.
“In this irresistible memoir, Luisa shares fascinating details of her life.” –Authors Reading.
When Luisa’s mother died, Luisa was left to take care of her family. Her dream of leaving Naples for a better life died too. Until one day she met a U.S Marine stationed in Italy. $0.99 on Kindle.
Man & Horse: The Long Ride Across America
In 1974 John Egenes rode his young horse, Gizmo, across the United States. The book is a recollection, a memoir, and a look back at an America that no longer exists. It’s about a young man coming to terms with himself, and how a little Quarter Horse gelding showed him how to do that. Ride with them on a journey that could only be experienced step by step, mile by mile, with a view from between a horse’s ears. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
“This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day.”
FINALIST for the 2014 RONE AWARD
A True Romance Memoir
Love was then.
Love is now.
Love is forever.
When tragedy struck, I thought for sure that my own life was at an end. I was wrong. This is the true story of how two stray rescue cats and a woman named Kitty, whom I finally met after a wild ride of internet dating, brought love, romance, and laughter back into my life.
If you love reading feel-good memoirs, then don’t miss THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE, where “Mike Meyer pens a tender tale of love, loss, and renewal. The depth of emotion is palpable…The Three Kitties will tug at readers’ heartstrings, as they ride through the emotional highs and lows of Mike Meyer’s remarkable story.” – InD’tale Magazine. $0.99 on Kindle.