Biographies & True Stories Books

Django Reinhardt is a legend. But Django -which may have meant "He who wakens"- was twice born. A first time in the snow, during the winter of 1910 in a nomadic gypsy family stationed in Liberchies, Belgium. The second in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, in the...

A lively, fascinating story of one of the greatest stars of Rock, who was way ahead of her time. A biography in comics of the amazing rock singer Janis Joplin with the highlights of her journey from childhood after the Second World War to her abrupt...

When the Rolling Stones hit the scene in the 60s it was to play Rhythm & Blues, nothing more. They were far from imagining that they are not just going to change music but also become the mouthpiece of a changing world. Sticking their tongue out at...

This book is presented to celebrate the 40 years of graduation and contains some of the anecdotes lived as a student at the National School of Agriculture, now Chapingo Autonomous University (UACH) during the years of study from 1973 to 1980, from where...

Mrs. Daniels and Paula spend their afternoons after school having tea and learning about all the different places Mrs. Daniels has visited. Their friendship grows over cups of tea and bouquets of roses, and becomes an instrumental part of Paula's...

This isn't just any ordinary story this is my story, A story filled with lust, love, lies. A story about a young, successful, beautiful black woman who just wanted to have it all. A story about men, drama and my trauma I've experienced. In this book you...

No Risk, No Reward examines the life and career of golf course architect John Sanford, from an insider's point of view. After a childhood spent on major league baseball fields, Sanford turned a passion for golf into a successful design career. Explore...

Edward Victor Dick began life as a simple farm boy but was always attracted to music. Growing up amidst the cultural revolution of the 1960's was fertile ground for his exceptionally active imagination. A dramatic epiphany in his early 20's led him to...

These poems and short stories you are about to engage in, are inspired and based on true events. Experiences and inner thoughts are dazzled with a sprinkling of the esoteric occult and fiction. When you read these poems and short stories, try to find...

"Rooster-Fighter Pilot" is a riveting story about a boy who had a dream about flying that he has never let go. He would concentrate while dreaming and lifted off the ground and flew over the fields and farms where he lived in France.He lived out his...

On December 22, 1993, a murder took place just after midnight. There was very little investigation done. The Case was closed before a key witness could come forward, and when she did, no one believed her. The book reveals the sequence of events that lead...

A fun mystery and adventure fiction about three regular hardworking accountants taking on the challenge of finding a lost treasure within the walls of the HBCU where they work. Will they let time, fear, or work keep them from what could be the best...

This book is meant to be the memoir of one persons' experience and challenges! It is dedicated to all the people on the planet who have suffered discrimination of any type. I have written this book to show that, with love in your heart, the human spirit...

A lifetime of questions led us to discover that the grandfather we never knew had led a surprisingly interesting and varied life, having occupied himself as a farmer and a Populist, a town builder and a merchant, a Freethinker and a pioneer of the Great...

Daenerys Moonbeam (Dana) is a black lab that shares her adventures while prompting children to share their own. Dana is an advocate for inclusivity and gratitude. She shares experiences and themes that children can relate to while providing support,...

Why does God heal some and not others? When caring for a seriously ill parent, spouse or child, when is it appropriate to pray for healing and when is it time to simply accept things as they are? These questions circled in Jean Sullivan's mind when faced...

"Student of the Woods" follows one young man as he embarks on a journey through life as a hunter. Deep in the woods, life's hardest lessons were learned from firsthand experiences and the natural process of searching for answers. Inevitably, these...

Dickie Regan shares his journey through the turbulent waters of NCAA Division I college football at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina while experiencing the myriad conflicts associated with military cadet life. Despite being listed at...

Society often questions and ridicules the pace and depth at which we grieve a loss, but especially the loss of a pet. The same pointed questions and hollow phrases are repeated over again, which ultimately create more pain and social withdrawal as we...

This book details how the founders located Lifebridge Foundation in NYC that funded four grants to enable the members to sponsor many important activities during the 1990's. The book tells the story of the first Soviet-American Peace Walk venturing...

Murphy's Kids. What a strange moniker. It corresponds with the so-called Murphy's Law that states if a series of things can potentially go wrong, they will. As incredible as it sounds, there are some kids who, from the day they are born until they leave...

There's one common thing that everyone on this earth can relate to, and that's struggle. It doesn't matter your background, ethnicity, religion or financial status; the pain that's inflicted from that struggle tells a story. Rondr Brooks, commonly...

In this book, you will learn about the residents he has given care to and the stories his patients have shared with him. Caregiving in the wake of COVID, Samuels shares what he saw and how his patients have been treated up to end of their lives. This...

How does a square peg survive in a world of round holes? What happens to our sharp edges as we careen into our seventh decade of a wild life? Follow this cage-rattling lady from down-and-out in Central Florida, where she finds herself unceremoniously...

Each chapter includes stories of things we hold on to, whether it is an actual object like rosary beads or a prayer card, or intangible things such as love, our realizations, or a sense of humor. It's what we hold on to through both good and bad times...

An 86 year old man looks back at 60 years of spearfishing.

Surprising events unfold as an earthly messenger is asked by Spirit to deliver a message during her own extraordinary experience in a Peruvian Ayahuasca Center. Her journey coincides with the message she has been asked to deliver, this realization coming...

An autobiography of a Mentalist and a Medium describing the exciting, yet scary trials and tribulations along their path. The authors, Fred and Debbie Osborn, weave an astounding account of their lives together and as individuals. Their tales of close...

Hermon Atkins MacNeil has been written about in a variety of anthologies of American sculpture with brief, sometime quite serious essays, but never in a full book. Through the use of sound and thorough scholarship, Hermon Atkin MacNeil: American Sculptor...

In Imperfect Equilibrium is a collection of written work by 22 student writers that provides a glimpse into the minds of today's youth and the growing pressure placed upon them. Whether it be pressure from relationships, social norms, climate change, or...

"This memoir's reward is insights shared by a man honest with himself and his strengths and limitations in a way that is compelling, actually quietly fascinating." -- Jay Levin, Founder of LA Weekly newspaper"Could not put it down" -- multiple...

This is the story of Jose Luis Flores' transformation from the world of drugs and gangs, to being a devoted follower of Christ.In his early life, Jose was introduced to the world of heroin addiction by a friend from New York at the tender age of twelve...

The trip began with a plan, a few dollars, and a few days. What could possibly go wrong? Seven men find themselves deeply involved in a life-threatening foreign experience of their own making. Six are family-centered, conservative, corporate, button-down...

As an Architect, we often think of 'Way Finding", starting when one approaches the site we create signs to point to the emergency access, the normal access, and delivery dock. Once inside the facility, we provide directories and directional signs. In...

The personal account of Willie Leroy Jones describes clearly how a man, who had never been arrested prior to his murder conviction, became a resident on death row. It establishes the fact that anyone can be convicted. In addition, the State can execute...

Your Feet walk , Your Mind Travel is the story of the difficult journey I and my family took with cancer- or ,as i like to call it ," Mr. C."It's also the story of an Italian immigrant who came to the United States in 1974 at the age of 17. Finally it is...

In her memoir, Erika reflects on being born at the beginning of WWII in Dusseldorf, Germany and how her innocence during bombing raids, destruction, an evacuation and an eventual escape helped shape who she became. The family's home was bombed and...

"Cantina Psalms" main characters include penthouse politicos, icy homegrown drug czars, and a mysterious redhead who creates havoc for everyone. Caught in the middle, is the Mayor's bodyguard, who has to protect himself from good trouble and bad,...

Candice DeLong has been called a real-life Clarice Starling and a female Donnie Brasco. She has been on the front lines of some of the FBIs most gripping and memorable cases, including being chosen as one of the three agents to carry out the manhunt for...

"Rescued at Birth" is a breathtaking story about identity, belonging, and family. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow up never physically identifying with anyone, or seeing pictures of immediate family members who bare any resemblance to...

When your best girl friend is Coco Chanel, your life can't be too dull. When your enemy is Napolon, your life can't be too ordinary either. And when you are flirting with Hemingway at the Ritz bar in Paris, even your love life is glamorous. This is the...

In her memoir, "The Last Sandstorm", Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson tells the story of her first 25 years in Saudi Arabia, before her daring escape to the West. The author was born in the 1970's and grew up in the shadow of Riyadh, a city that was burgeoning...

A riveting look at the perpetrators, victims, and whistleblowers behind financial crimes, from forensic accounting expert and documentarian Kelly Richmond Pope.Have you ever wondered why Bernie Madoff thought he could brazenly steal his clients'...

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty delivers a powerful combination of memoir, leadership lessons, and big ideas on how we can all drive meaningful change.Ginni Rometty led one of the world's most iconic companies, and in Good Power she recounts her...

In Jeff Bezos's own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin, with a 10,000-word introduction penned by Walter Isaacson - bestselling biographer of Steve Jobs,...

In Japan it's called the 'Ghosn Shock' - the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire.Even more shocking was his daring escape from Japan, packed into...

Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Storiesaims to bring the riches of contemporary Ukrainian literature-and of contemporary Ukraine, too-to the world. While Ukraine is under sustained attack, many in the West have marveled at the nation's strength in...

A poetry collection where personal is inevitably political and ecological, Motherfield is a poet's insistence on self-determination in authoritarian, patriarchal Belarus.Julia Cimafiejeva was born in an area of rural Belarus that became a Chernobyl zone...