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Alice Carrière tells the story of her unconventional upbringing in Greenwich Village as the daughter of a remote mother, the renowned artist Jennifer Bartlett, and a charismatic father, European actor Mathieu Carrière. From an early age, Alice is forced to navigate her mother’s recovered memories of ritualized sexual abuse, which she turns into art, and her father’s confusing attentions—her childhood is spent in an adult’s world, with little-to-no boundaries or supervision.

Growing up on a strict Amish farm, rebellious Naomi Swartzentruber covets her “English” neighbors and longs for all the worldly freedoms that her religion forbids. Despite a happy childhood, as Naomi comes of age, she begins to experiment with anything and everything that could have grave consequences, and finds herself craving a life that goes against everything her family believes in. After running away, Naomi embarks on a relentless pursuit of freedom that proves how naive and ill-equipped she is to navigate life outside of “Amishland.”

This book is a memoir about a woman who loved to work but was unhappy with her work life. When she was forty-five in 1989 she up and changed everything to spend the rest of her life doing what she wanted to do — being outside with dogs and horses while pursuing a meaningful and rewarding career. She and a neighborhood friend joined together and created a nonprofit: Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. in Rehoboth, MA. This book takes a look at all the improbable stories that took place behind the scenes of this remarkable organization.

A powerful revelation changed everything. When a rare Cherokee genetic test revealed my unexpected ancestral connection to the legendary Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, a spiritual journey began—one rooted in mystery, memory, and the voices of the past. Through dreams, visions, and sacred insight, I found myself drawn into a deeper understanding of heritage that went far beyond anything passed down through family stories. This journey awakened something ancient within me—an echo of wisdom waiting to be heard.

No matter the intensity or vastness of any challenge, Favorite's raw depictions of her nearly 50 year journey with her Buddhist practice unfailingly proves the proof for turning poison into medicine is in the pudding. And, she happily divulges the ingredients needed to become your own champions!

You don’t always know when you’re rising. Sometimes, it looks like getting up again. And again. And again. Built from wreckage. Carried by grit. She became the light they said she’d never find. The Big Light is a memoir about rising through the ruins and finding light in the places no one thought to look. Nicole Legerra doesn’t offer a polished narrative, she offers the truth. From the streets that shaped her to the silence that nearly broke her, this is a story built from grit, and grace. It’s about pain that didn’t just leave scars, it carved purpose.

Queen Mother Osunnike shares Tapestry of My Soul as a perfectly imperfect mosaic that retraces the fragmented blueprint of her soul’s spiritual journey. It mirrors her raw, vulnerable, tender sacred feminine power, brilliance, and resilience intertwined with other-worldly imagery and flashbacks of her past and present lifetime soul journeys. Tapestry of My Soul magically weaves her soul’s fragmented remnants back into her original greatness, spiritual perfection, and ultimately wholeness/the perfect sacred union from the inside out.

Leisa Marie Carzon, Ph.D., chronicles the extraordinary life of Sister Deirdre "Dede" Byrne, a professed religious sister, renowned surgeon, and retired U.S. Army colonel. The narrative details her journey in discerning and living her vocational calling, including providing free medical care to the poor, delivering a heroic national keynote address, and proposing Christ to everyone she meets with fearless abandon and determined love.

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks is a musical visionary, a poet, and an enduring style icon with a truly phenomenal life story. The Omnibus enhanced Dreams, Visions & Rumours is a celebratory examination of this tale, tracing Stevie's life from her Arizona childhood, the magic moment when she joined Fleetwood Mac, and the hedonistic turbulence that followed.

The Rose Among Thorns is based on the life experiences of Valerie Faulkner-Beal. She was 12 years old when her dad murdered a man in her family's home. That man was the biological father of Guns n Roses front man, Axl Rose.

D. M. Stone is a woman who loves the beauty, peace, and harmony she is able to bring to the life of others through her writing, ministry, and interior design skills. Although she is a relatively new novelist, she has been offering her gifts through her ministry and interior design talents for over forty years. During that time, many women, and sometimes men, have shared their fears about entering a new relationship, because rejection is just an extremely hard pill to swallow.

Those Who Stayed is Claudia Krich's personal firsthand account of the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the beginning of the new Provisional Revolutionary Government. Her vivid impressions of those intense, historic days emerge primarily from her journal, capturing the uncertainty, fear, and excitement as the North Vietnamese soldiers arrived. She intertwines personal, sometimes heartbreaking episodes with major historic events.

Growing up in the Deep South of the USA during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, Sidney Kate’s early life was marked by turbulence and uncertainty. Born into a complex, blended family, her journey unfolds against a backdrop of racial tension, gender inequality, and intergenerational challenges. Through her collection of stories, Sidney Kate explores coming of age during a time of profound change. She delves into the complexities of family dynamics and the struggles faced by a young woman determined to break free from societal constraints.

At the age of fifty-nine, Anne has never been to a concert. Then, she reluctantly goes to a Bruce Springsteen concert—a man she knows nothing about—to spend time with her son and daughter-in-law. For three-plus hours Bruce Springsteen’s energy, humanity, and enthusiasm lift her out of her lifelong depression and makes her feel alive. A year later, due to increasing classroom violence where she taught, Anne walks out the door thinking, I’m never coming back.

The Mermaid League is a memoir that delves into the intimate complexities of adoption, the strength of friendship, and the courage it takes to confront life's most profound challenges. It explores the power of reclaiming one's destiny in the face of cancer, loss, and the journey toward healing.

Amid the chaotic world caused by Covid, Gail receives an expected diagnosis, not having had any symptoms it is a total shock to her. How does she cope with this news and get her head around it, as she is going through her treatment, the bombshell of her husbands illness is added into the mix. Life is certainly different, It's never going to be the same again, trying to find a new normal, whatever that is, a roller-coaster of ups and downs and emotions. Trying to navigate a path that is so different, sometimes so hard and difficult, yet is now part of her everyday life.

Raised in chaos and violence, I carried my wounds into early motherhood, young, overwhelmed, and repeating the very patterns I swore I’d never pass on. I screamed. I hit. I walked away when they needed me most. And eventually, I gave up custody of the children I loved more than anything. This is not a redemption story with a neat bow. It’s a raw, unflinching memoir about what it takes to break generational cycles from the inside out. About failing -deeply- and still choosing to come back. About learning how to parent with intention after years of surviving on instinct.

Enough of This Shit isn’t your typical self-help memoir. It’s the raw, unfiltered story of what happens when a woman stops pretending, stops performing, and finally chooses herself. After decades of doing everything “right”—marriage, motherhood, career, healing workshops, all of it—I still felt like I was chasing peace that never came. Then the Lifequake hit: betrayal from the man I loved and the daughter I raised. It shattered me—and set me free.

Fans of Fourteen: A Daughter’s Memoir will love this follow-up title. Here is what happened next. In the mid-1970s, Leslie Nack’s family returned from sailing to French Polynesia and began the integration process into American life again, which included being tossed back and forth between an alcoholic, mentally ill mother and an abusive, overbearing father. To find love and acceptance, Leslie chases a myth that throws her into the path of nefarious older men, where she eventually falls into drug and alcohol addiction.

Rock n Pole is the raw, hilarious, and unfiltered memoir of Aimee Bushong—an aspiring rock star who stripped to fund her music career and refused to give up her dream, no matter how sideways it got. By day, she fronted a gritty indie band. By night, she danced under blacklights and hustled lap dances in Denver’s sleaziest clubs—juggling guitar strings and g-strings, heartbreak and hangovers, hope and humiliation.