Nonfiction Memoir

As a woman in today’s world, you know what it’s like to feel pressure on all sides from clashing cultural expectations. How can you stay true to who God has uniquely created you to be in the face of the script you’ve been given? What’s more, how can you stand your ground with grace? The classy confidence you know and love - whether it’s on set at Full House or Fuller House, Dancing with the Stars, The View, or Candace’s Hallmark films - is no act. But it hasn’t come easy. In fact, learning to stay true to herself with grace has been one of the biggest fights of Candace’s life.

After Bill Herschberger made the difficult decision to leave the Amish, the response from his community was immediate and relentless. Bill was a church member with a wife and child. It was imperative that his soul be saved from hell. If he didn't return, Bill knew that he would be shunned and excommunicated. What he hadn’t expected, and what he struggled to accept, was discovering the deception and deceit perpetuated by the Amish for generations. LETTING GO OF THE REINS offers a glimpse into the reclusive Amish as told from the point of view of both Bill and his friend and co-worker, ...

In Don't Tell Anyone or Else..., I share my raw and real journey through childhood sexual abuse, trauma, and the struggle for healing. This isn't a story with a neatly tied-up happy ending, but a testament to resilience and strength. I reveal my darkest moments and the lifelong impact of the abuse, shedding light on hidden truths that many survivors face. My narrative is both vulnerable and powerful, aiming to inspire others to find their voice and share their stories. Join me as I confront the past and seek a life beyond the shadows. Grab a cup of coffee, sit down, and prepare to be moved ...

She slept with the devil. She killed with the devil. She never stopped loving the devil. July 1963: All of England is rocking to the music of Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and Elvis. It’s also the month when Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, two of England’s most prolific serial killers, would claim their first victim. He was a child they buried in the muddy, swampy moors near Manchester. Sleeping With The Devil: A Shocking True Crime Story of the Most Hated Woman in Britain is the tale of two bloody years in the 1960s. It was a time when British parents hugged their children a little tighter to ...

Many indeed are the biographies of Winston Churchill, one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. But what was that influence, and how did he use it in the furtherance of his and his country's ambitions? For the first time, Professor William Nestor has delved into the life and actions of Churchill to examine just how skillfully he manipulated events to place him in positions of power.

Myra says, "This is a book about how to overcome life's worst tragedies and your own dumb-ass decisions." It was the scandal that rocked the world of music and destroyed a career. In 1958, rock-and-roll sensation Jerry Lee Lewis stepped off a plane in London to be greeted by a frenzy of fans. His entourage followed, including a teenaged girl. When a reporter asked how she knew the performer, she innocently gave an honest answer. “I’m his wife.” Within hours, headlines erupted with the shocking news that Jerry Lee had secretly married his thirteen-year-old cousin, Myra. The scandal ...

Dijiste:Anyone can write a good biography as long as they are able to overcome their initial fears, with dedication and with the intention to look deep into their own lives. When we are writing, some of our initial doubts have to do with how to start, how to organize our memories, and if we should use the first or third person of the singular. And new questions come up as we write along, being the most distressing one if we will be able to make it. And, although I don’t have an answer for that, I do know that we can get results if we are constant in our objectives. But I also know that ...

Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over 40 years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.

From this book, What Papa Told Me, you will learn about the story of Murray, a young Jewish boy from Poland whose courage and sheer will to live helped him survive eight different labor and concentration camps in the Holocaust, start a new life in America, and keep a family intact in the aftermath of his wife's suicide - one of the Nazis' last victims.

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds.

At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State - and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than “an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.” But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.

When a sister they never knew appears, they are determined to find answers to what caused their separation. Their search leads them to discover the atrocities they endured at the hands of a broken foster care and adoption system. Will they find answers or realize that it’s still happening? Endorsements: The Glider tells a story - Linda’s story - of the beauty that can come from brokenness. While not shying away from the life-long effects trauma, foster care, a flawed child welfare system, and even adoption can have on a child, she illustrates the life-changing potential of adoption to ...

In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad.

A True Story of Resilience Survival and Unbroken Spirit A Civilian Dutch Woman in Europe During World War II Treasures of Sadness is the story of Corrie's unbroken spirit. If you love historical fiction, don't miss reading this real life memoir and page-turner: Treasures of Sadness Treasures of Sadness is a real life account of a woman’s journey that began during World War II. Corrie grew up in an affluent neighborhood in Amersfoort, Holland in the 1940’s. From there she fell in love with a German soldier, rubbed elbows with royalty in Vienna, Austria and ended up in a coal mining town ...

HOW long have you been planning to write your book? Wouldn’t it be fantastic, if you could create a book outline that makes the book feel as if it’s practically writing itself? By combining a basic book outline with Frankie Johnnie’s revolutionary thick-paragraphs book outline process, you’ll discover that outlining isn’t so bad after all. Using this method, there is no more staring at the blank page or being puzzled about what you should write next. You will be able to finish your book fast. IN THIS BOOK, YOU'LL DISCOVER: - The Step by Step system to outline your Nonfiction Book ...

Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When US marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture.

" La Mia Famiglia is more than the usual coming-of-age story. Anthony Scarpo's personal journey against struggles outside his control, is framed against the backdrop of growing up in his father's bar business, the insular world of 1960s and 70s Tampa, and the unnerving specter of the Mafia. An intriguing, and well-paced, story that belongs firmly in the Tampa history canon." Scott M. Deitche. Author Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld From modest beginnings in a Pennsylvania coal mine to the height of success in Tampa, Florida, there was one constant threat in the ...

"25 Real Patient Stories" reveals the untold experiences that unfold within the walls of hospitals and outpatient clinics, offering a touching glimpse into the humanity that binds patients and medical professionals together. Join a junior doctor working in psychiatry, family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, and many more medical specialties. Poisonous mushrooms, naked streakers and bodily waste on the walls - follow along 25 crazy, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking stories of real patients. Each story brings to life the raw emotions, tough decisions, and unexpected moments that shape ...

What happens when the house of your dreams becomes the cause of your nightmares? In The Haunting of Pensacola Avenue, Julie Still-Rolin shares her chilling, real-life experience of living in a haunted house for over a decade. Nestled in a quiet Southern neighborhood, the house seemed perfect—until it didn't. Very quickly Julie started experiencing things that she tried to explain away but eventually came to accept as paranormal. From an unsettling Ouija board session to a late-night visit from paranormal investigators, this deeply personal memoir takes readers on a journey through 11 ...

…until you looked beneath the surface, and the ugly, hidden realities appeared. How is it possible for two utterly broken people to survive a marriage and build a family while fraught with deep wounds from the past and often crippling stresses from the present? Especially when hidden agendas are at work, and power and control patterns run the show? The Sullivans were seen as “the perfect family” by most people in their community and church family. Ann was known as a stellar mom, and Tim, a successful farmer, landowner, and premier home builder. Beneath the surface lay serious ...