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For years, Darius Marquis Kendrick served behind the keys, believing his gift would open doors, strengthen churches, and glorify God. But being chosen did not protect him from struggle. In many ways, it made him a target. Behind the music, he encountered power struggles, church politics, betrayal, spiritual warfare, broken relationships, unanswered prayers, and seasons that tested his identity, discernment, and faith more deeply than any sermon ever could.

A funny, honest and moving account of life as an older woman in today's Ireland. At 87, with failing eyesight and limited mobility, Ann Ingle is rejoicing in the unexpected freedom of being older, while remaining realistic about the challenges it brings. Still Here is her candid and uplifting reflection on ageing for anybody wondering what lies ahead. Ingle explores friendship, family and keeping fit, and tackles the big questions we all have around getting older.

The summer of 1957 pressed down on the Choctaw communities like a hand over a mouth, suffocating and relentless. In the pine-shadowed hollows of Neshoba County, Mississippi, the heat rose from red clay roads in shimmering waves, distorting the view of weathered houses that leaned like tired...

A Chip Off the Old Block is the true story of a little boy who grew up in poverty, without a father's love and with few advantages, yet discovered that God was quietly shaping every chapter of his life. Through hardship, mistakes, family, faith, and unexpected opportunities, he learned that our past does not determine our future. With honesty, humor, and humility, Chip Clay shares how ordinary people—and an extraordinary God—transformed a frightened child into a husband, father, mine rescue instructor, preacher, and servant of Christ.

Dusty Springfield Beyond the Grave and Me is a deeply personal account of one woman’s extraordinary spiritual journey, shaped by fascination, discovery, and a continuing emotional connection with the legendary Dusty Springfield. In this heartfelt book, the author shares experiences that opened a new understanding of love, loss, memory, and life beyond death. What began as a private journey grew into a story larger than herself, written for Dusty’s fans, for believers in the unseen, and for anyone who has ever wondered whether death is truly the end.

Millicent Rogers, though born into opulence and followed by the paparazzi, kept private many of her unique talents and skills. She loved books, she was a multi-linguist, and was involved in espionage during WWII, saving lives from the talons of Hitler. She created beautiful surroundings filling them with books, art, and fine furniture. She was well-known for her own sense of style and beauty, and loved many men though she kept her deepest love for her sons as far away from the public eye as possible.

Read by the author. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of Town & Country’s Best Books of the Fall "A sunny celebration of a life well lived in the South of France—except for the bloody plumbing." —KIRKUS REVIEWS In 1971, at the beginning of Monty Python mania, Eric Idle bought a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD This is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote. You may not know his name. Aubrey was a modest man, a gentleman-scholar who cared far more for the preservation of history than for his own legacy. But he was a passionate collector, an early...

In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, acclaimed novelist David Chariandy's latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race today. When a...

Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected...

Born in a remote village in Kenya, Nice Leng'ete saw the young girls she grew up with receive the cut, the rite of passage into female adulthood in Masai culture. Every girl got the cut, and once you did, you'd be married off to a man triple your age. You might be his second or third wife. You'd have children in your teens. This is exactly what happened to Nice's sister. To resist the cut meant becoming an outcast in Masai culture.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo...

Brandon Smith built the kind of life most people aspire to—seven-figure income, career success, family, status, and access. He was the guy who could handle pressure, read the room, close the deal, and keep everything moving. From the outside, nothing looked broken. In Nothing Was Broken, Smith shares the story of a high-performing man who never hit rock bottom, never lost everything, and never fit the traditional narrative of addiction or recovery.

A lockdown society dedication and tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle the Great. To reflect the life of Nipsey Hussle, works, music, and art form. From him being prolific, visionary, influencer, community activist, humanitarian, revolutionary, philanthropist, radical entrepreneur, youth funding developer, and a reintegrating advocate, along with so much more of his innovation businesses and movements. The Marathon history and continuance. Nipsey's legacy, principles, and elements, along with his epic All Money In slogan and concept behind the brand.

İki Darbe Arasında Bir Ömür – Mustafa Yılmaz 12 Eylül sabahı bir otel odasında başlayan serüven, Türkiye’nin darbe dolu siyasi tarihinden bir bireyin içsel yolculuğuna uzanıyor. Mustafa Yılmaz’ın kaleminden çıkan İki Darbe Arasında Bir Ömür, askerî disiplinin...

Part memoir, part philosophical reflection, part mentoring conversation, Reflections on a Golden Ball invites us not to chase perfection, but to better understand the forces already at work in our own lives.

He grew up without a father. Lost his mother at thirteen. Went in and out of jail. Sold drugs. Bounced at strip clubs. And ended up building churches in the mountains of Guatemala, rescuing orphans, and running a thriving business.

Comment je suis devenu turcophone retrace le parcours singulier d'un auteur francoalgérien qui décide un jour d'apprendre le turc. Ce choix inattendu devient le point de départ d'une exploration sensible des liens historiques, culturels et linguistiques qui relient l'Algérie, la France et la Turquie. Entre récit personnel, réflexion identitaire et éclairages historiques, Hakim Madi interroge les héritages ottomans, les circulations méditerranéennes et la manière dont les langues façonnent nos appartenances.

What happens when a man slows down long enough to notice his own life? In The Cowboy in the Park, Gregg Patten brings together humor, observation, and reflection in a warm and thoughtful collection drawn from ordinary moments on a park bench. With the voice of a man who has lived, lost, learned, and kept going, these pieces explore identity, healing, relationships, aging, regret, faith, and the quiet courage it takes to remain yourself in a noisy world. Part memoir, part meditation, and part gentle conversation, this book offers the kind of wisdom that does not shout. It sits beside you.

His Fight for Others’ Human Rights Led to a Struggle for his Own"Russian Silhouette" is the memoir of Daniel M. Jaffe, a Jewish Princeton student who spends two summers in the oppressive, antisemitic USSR of the late 1970s. While there, he befriends Soviet Jews, refuseniks (Soviet Jews denied...