The Buddha and the Bee: Biking Through America's Forgotten Roadways on a Journey of Discovery by Cory Mortensen is the story of a bicycle ride from Minnesota to California. Mortensen started without much planning, expecting a mostly trouble-free ride. But along the way he faced...

The Yin and the Yang of it All: Rock’n’Roll Memories from the Cusp as Told by a Mixed-Up, Mixed-Race Kid is a life story that illustrates the strength of music as an art form, giving power and voice to revolution, as John Kim Faye has...

Tales From the Cold War: The U.S. Army in West Germany, 1960 to 1975 chronicles the experiences of Michael D. Mahler. He recounts his sojourns in Germany not too long after World War II ended and the Allies occupied the western regions of Germany, but...

The Man Who Hacked the World: A Ghostwriter’s Descent into Madness with John McAfee by Alex Cody Foster is a fascinating insight into the world of one of the most notorious and misunderstood software geniuses, John McAfee. The book is neatly split into two halves....

The Cancer Complexity: Exploring Advanced Prostate Cancer and Leukemia: A Personal Experience by Anthony Edwards is about a cancer survivor who fought the odds. Edwards always thought he would live a long, fulfilling life. As a practitioner of Applied Kinesiology and Hypnotherapy, he believed he...

The Inside Story of Movement Theatre International's Mime and Clown Festivals is a work of non-fiction focusing on dramatic art forms. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Michael Pedretti, whose experiences working alongside mime and clown artists are...

Thistles and Thorns by Jessica Lee Peterson is a powerful and gut-wrenching memoir of a mother’s tragic struggle to overcome trauma following the death of her children, Amara, Sophie, and Cecilia, who died at the hands of their abusive father. Her harrowing account of domestic...

Jim Zervanos bares his soul and his harrowing cancer diagnosis in That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story. Jim’s cancer diagnosis didn’t happen the usual way. One day out of the blue he had the fright of his life when, looking in the mirror,...

The Color of the Elephant: Memoir of a Muzungu is the new autobiographical work from Christine Herbert. Covering several years of the author's life spent in the Peace Corps, the book shares her experiences of working in healthcare and education in Zambia. Covering a broad...

Two Floors Above Grief: A Memoir of Two Families in the Unique Place We called Home by Kevin O’Connor is the best self-published memoir I’ve read this year. This concerns a family of undertakers and provides an examination of the day-to-day concerns of family life...