Biographies & Memoirs on Kindle
This specific subgenre of nonfiction writing delves into the deep personal details of specific individuals. Here, you’ll find autobiographies and memoirs of current celebrities and popular icons, as well as biographies about people both living and dead. Brush up on your history or learn more about the fascinating world around you in these tell-all true stories!
Seeing Eye Girl: A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope
As the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. She was Strong Beverly at school—excellent in academics and mentored by caring teachers—but at home she was Weak Beverly, cowed by her mother’s ... Read more
Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler’s Daughter
A daughter shouldn’t have to choose—her father or her life. Fans of Educated and The Glass Castle will love this jaw-dropping true story about family bonds, addiction and the price of holding on when it’s time to let go. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more
Beyond the Song
Beyond the Song is an autobiographical novel based on the author’s coming of age in the ‘sixties and early ‘seventies. A singer-songwriter like her alter-ego Carol Marks, Carol Selick begins each chapter with lyrics she wrote and still performs today. Taken together, the songs introduce the themes of her story and trace the development of ... Read more
Free: Motorcycle Days: Resurrecting the Spark
Seeing the world sparkle is what this book is really about. It’s so easy for our lives to get busy and narrowly focused Sometimes we need to just get away—even if it’s only getting away between the covers of a book. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Nuts! The Life and Times of General Tony McAuliffe
Award winning Author Tom McAuliffe, chronicles General “Nuts!” McAuliffe’s, Siege at Bastogne during WW2’s crucial Battle of the Bulge and his 35+ year career defending America. $6.49 on Kindle.... Read more
The Hero Within
He hadn’t a worry in the world until he received a deadly diagnosis. Would one man’s faith get him through the fear? Craig Huber was living the dream. Now a hard-working sales professional with an unswervingly supportive and caring wife by his side, after nearly two decades serving as a full-time minister in Central and ... Read more
The Intrepid Brotherhood: Public Power, Corruption, and Whistleblowing in the Pacific Northwest
Deep corruption threatened to ruin jobs and harm lives. Intimidation, distrust, and secrecy became the norm among the executive management group of Chelan County Public Utility. Even in a small and semirural American government, corrupt leaders aren’t simply dishonest and immoral. They’re dangerous. A board of directors should hold wrongdoers accountable, but sometimes that responsibility ... Read more
Camel from Kyzylkum
Camel from Kyzylkum is a memoir about the physical, emotional, and spiritual journey of immigrating from the Soviet Union in the late twentieth century. It touches on the themes of hope, struggle, family, and loss, while highlighting the compelling desire for people to focus on freedom and self-determination. Readers will gain a better understanding of ... Read more
Jane Digby’s Diary: To Begin, Begin
Based on a true story . . . Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of freedom. She sacrificed home, family, and respectability for her passions. Kings, princes, barons, brigands, lords, and sheikhs were among her ... Read more
GIVE FAITH A FIGHTING CHANCE: Healing WITHIN Tears to Success
Give Faith a Fighting Chance is an inspirational story of a young teenage immigrant who later became a mom of three boys and faced continuous struggles on her path to success. $9.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Sober Daughter
An empowering account of a lost daughter’s fight for her identity and sobriety—and her mission to help others. Fawna Asfaw felt her life shatter when she lost both her parents to illness. As grief pulled her into a downward spiral of addiction and shame, Fawna had to learn to rebuild her life with a new ... Read more
This Is Me Trying: Navigating Through A Lifetime of Trauma
Out of the deep, murky waters of neglect and abuse, Wilsdaryon Prescher used the power of music to find strength and heal, and overcame the odds stacked firmly against him. His book, This is Me Trying, tells the story of a boy who has blossomed into the man he knew he could be, despite the ... Read more
The Letters: A Lifetime Foreign Affair
The Letters/A Lifetime Foreign Affair is a love story about two countries, two cultures, two lives, and one love. And the authentic portrayal of an ultimate and profoundly satisfying love relationship evolved between the book’s author and her late husband. This powerful story is also a collection of two lovers’ letters, respect for cultures, individual ... Read more
Free: The Unexpected New Best Friend: If there is a broken one on the shelf, I will be the one who ends up with it.
Memoir of a man’s life and lessons learned, told through funny anecdotes and slightly fictionalized stories. Free on Kindle.... Read more
It Happened On Our Watch
It Happened On Our Watch” is my ninth book. Like the others it’s bite-sized, intended to whet the appetite and encourage the reader to learn more about different cultures and life experiences. Like the others it pays homage to being Black and an American facing historically challenging and triumphant times. It is my journey. So ... Read more
The Beautiful Addiction: Passing Through the Marathon Wall for the 70th Birthday
Dr. Zeev Gilkis is a cancer survivor who began running in his sixties. He decided to give himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday – running a Marathon! Join Zeev in this adventure & discover that age doesn’t matter & you too can achieve anything you dream of. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Villains Who Snapped My Spine: A Memoir
In June 2021, a typical 30-year-old self-proclaimed car and coffee enthusiast’s life was suddenly derailed. The humor-laced and nostalgia-infused debut memoir follows A. H. Nazzareno in his attempt to make sense of a rare diagnosis. Written in a hospital bed and in the immediate weeks following major surgery, courtesy of Dr. Summeroff, an uncertain yet ... Read more
God’s Final Prophet to Humanity: Prophet Muhammad-A Brief Biography
This book contains is compact but provides comprehensive information revolving around the life of Prophet Muhammad. It would be a good read for not only Muslims but for the people of every faith. Here’s a synopsis of the book: – A very interesting intro about humanity ancient Gods and beliefs – Prophet Muhammad’s childhood and ... Read more
Conversations with Ayahuasca
When All Known Roads Lead to a Dead End, It Is Time to Explore the Unknowable In Conversations with Ayahuasca, author Ol Serbon describes how a series of four annual journeys to the Amazon jungle to partake in Indigenous shamanic ceremonies involving the entheogenic beverage ayahuasca were a catalyst for healing issues in her life ... Read more
Never Say Invisible
Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, Jeremy shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS. As this devastating disease robs him of movement and speech, he is abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns ... Read more
Free: Success is a Mindstate: The Struggle, Hustle, and Evolution of Shiloh Jones
Success is a Mindset is Shiloh Jones’s incredible tale of rising above his childhood in the Northside of Richmond, Virginia, the murder capital of America, during the crack epidemic. Saddled with a speech impediment, an untraditional family, and the wrong sneakers, he butted up against adversaries of all kinds. Ultimately, he thrived through using ... Read more
Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler’s Daughter
Lynn would’ve followed her dad—a Miami undercover narcotics agent—anywhere. She followed him right into drug smuggling and addiction and lived to tell the story. Barely. A jaw-dropping, true story about family bonds, addiction and the price of holding on when it’s time to let go. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Running Back in Time: Discovering the Formula to Beat the Aging Process and Get Younger
Dr. Zeev Gilkis is a cancer survivor who began running in his sixties. He decided to give himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday – running a Marathon! Join Zeev in this adventure & discover that age doesn’t matter & you too can achieve anything you dream of. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960’s Post-War London Through One Family’s Story
Explore South East London in 1963; a world of nostalgia that sadly cannot be visited anymore. On Lamlash Street, Cockney families have more character than money, living among the bombed out and condemned buildings. Post WWII London will change swiftly into the era of The Beatles, Twiggy, and modern space-age, swinging London. Experience the lively ... Read more
Sink or Swimwear: My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry
Constantly battling life-altering trauma, PTSD, a traumatic brain injury, and the cutthroat fashion industry, Just Bones Boardwear founder Jennifer Berk Weisman refused to let the accident define her and steal her identity. She had to do more than reinvent the boardshort. She had to reinvent herself. The powerful true story of recovery, hope, and resilience ... Read more
Free: Where is Ser
A powerful story as seen through the eyes of an American veteran who in 2016 during the bloody civil war with ISIS flew alone to Iraq. There, he was able to join the Kurdish militia, YPG as a combat medic sneaking into Rojava, Syria. These pages are his personal story and they take you to ... Read more
Life Interrupted, Dr. Dua’s Survival Guide
This book is about a 34 year old Dentist’s reflection of life as he faced his own mortality due to Oral Cancer. He found wisdom in his parents, beauty in small things, learnt to face fear, learnt from failure and never lost hope. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Junkies, Hookers, Dykes… and Others I Have Known
“It was 1961. John Fitzgerald Kennedy had just been elected President. The Freedom Riders were working to integrate bus stations in the South. Vietnam was a long way from the horror it would become, and I ran off with my daughter’s eighteen-year-old babysitter.” Actress, switchboard operator, model, encyclopedia salesgirl, wife, mother. Patricia Herd’s life in ... Read more
Free: Playhouses
Three cousins fiercely defended their roles within the sanctity of their playhouses. But a six-year stint in a fundamentalist religious organization thwarted Scott’s developing understanding of sexual orientation. Homosexuality was an insidious, infective spirit that conferred fear upon her adolescent naivete, eventually eroding the relationship with her cousins. “Reconciling who we were took years, but ... Read more
The Complete Jane Digby’s Diary
“As the depth of truth of one’s life can only be penned upon the pages of a diary, Jane Digby leads us through her passionate life . . . A wonderful piece of historical fiction that will delight your senses as well as your heart.” – Peggy Lee Sprague, Author of The Truth Hunters series ... Read more
Another Fuggin’ War Story
This story is written by a lifelong pothead. Me. Most of it is probably true, if not a little exaggerated. So, if there’s any question on the veracity of my tale, I’ll refer to you elsewhere because only those who were there know the truth. What I can tell you is how overwhelming it is ... Read more
Free: The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity
Do you believe society needs genuine, healthy masculinity? Masculinity, in any form, has been viciously attacked for decades with serious unintended consequences. We need boys to grow into responsible, productive men and fathers. We need their strength to face down evil, and they need a guide to help them navigate this new wilderness, to find ... Read more
Free: Unsolved True Crime – 10 Frightening Cases of Mystery, Murder & Mayhem (The Ones You’ve Never Heard of) Volume 2
The author of ‘Unsolved Serial Killers’ is back with the second volume in the new series ‘Unsolved True Crime.’ Step into the tragic lives of these victims and find out what happened to them…after you lock your doors. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Hits, Heathens, and Hippos
He’s survived a fierce hippo attack and a sting from the world’s most venomous insect, but can he survive an over-the-top father, who prays aloud in restaurants, faith-heals his old Toyota, and believes demons possess his Masonic Lodge watch? Find out in the hilarious new memoir from multi-award-winning author Marty Essen! “Marty Essen’s book, Hits, ... Read more
Unconventional
An inspirational story about taking a chance, following your vision, and thriving in one of the US’s wildest emerging industries, 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite, Unconventional, profiles Jamie Andrea Garzot’s journey as one of California’s legal cannabis industry pioneers. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Kyrie Eleison
Follow one artist’s plight to ground herself through many trials and mishaps and heartbreak all compounded by her bi- polar depression. M Martin was raised in the freewheelin 60s, and she niavely beleives love is the answer but succumbs to many unloving situations like pitfalls………finally she resurfaces to the call of her soul and you ... Read more
How I Learned to Like My Mom
This is the story of a woman who drank too much, parented too little, and MARRIED SEVEN MEN! She was beautiful, talented, wrote country songs, and she just happened to be my mother. Can you love someone but not Like them? Can you forgive what you can’t forget? Is it ever too late? Set in ... Read more
No Word Of a Lie
No Word Of a Lie: A completely accurate account of the last 185 years, told through the eyes of Jonathan, the world’s oldest Galapagos tortoise. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Twice a Daughter
Julie is adopted and a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers—which becomes an issue for Julie when, at 48, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. Following an 8-year journey, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history ... Read more
Kyrie Eleison
An artist from the 60s navigates through painful situations throughout her life while protecting her creative soul amid overwhelming turmoil she must face. In this short memoir you will hang onto your seat in this page turner and marvel at the authors tenacity.to break away from bad people and unbelievable situations. $9.99 on Kindle.... Read more
