Biography & Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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No Escape
Witness to a Canadian Genocide by Ron Gosbee
IN THE 1950S, AT FIVE YEARS OLD, Ron Gosbee, the son of the post manager for the Hudson’s Bay Company in remote Fort Albany, Ontario, was sent to the local St. Anne’s Indian Residential School with his two sisters. The only white children at the...
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Out of Sight!
Memoir of a San Francisco Hippie by Barbara Sanford Rahder
What was it like to be in the midst of the counterculture movement as a white teen girl with a critical eye? Out of Sight! is Barbara Sanford Rahder’s memoir, a coming-of-age story set in the iconic time and place of 1960s San Francisco. At...
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The Mohan Singh Biography
A Man with the Fine Taste of Life! by Lovemeet Singh
Dear readers, I wrote this book, the life story of my father, Sirdar Mohan Singh, according to the truth. I did not try to fictionalize or modify it, as I completely understand my responsibility toward the readers. I wrote this life story because...
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Realized Dream, An Autobiography
Part One by Gregory L. Prince
Realized Dream: Part One, is an autobiography about Gregory Prince when he was a boy growing up in Jamaica. The story outlines a vivid tale of his journey up to his late teen years. With his recollection, one can imagine being there and...
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Family, Entrepreneurship and Service
Count Hassanali R. Dedhar of Eldoret by Jenny Jina and Altaf Jina
Family, Entrepreneurship, and Service: Count Hassanali R. Dedhar of Eldoret is the biography of Count Hassanali R. Dedhar (1900–1978), an entrepreneur in Eldoret, Kenya. After migrating from Zanzibar to Eldoret in search of a better life and...
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Second Chances
Starting Over in the Peace Corps by Denise Sieber
Sooner or later, many of us find ourselves stuck, dog-paddling through life without purpose or direction. Sometimes, only the drastic will do. If this sounds familiar, Second Chances will resonate with you. This is a story about defying the odds...
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Namirembe Road
by Salim Rahemtulla
Salim Rahemtulla grew up in Kampala, as one of nine children in a close-knit family of modest means. In 1971, he received a partial bursary to study Computer Science at the University of Manchester, UK, which was meant to be a step toward a...
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Paradise Found
MORE Recollections of a Kid from Penetanguishene by Robert Popple
When Robert and Heather Popple moved to the Pacific Northwest to live in British Columbia’s Fairwinds on Vancouver Island in 2003, it marked the beginnings of an exciting retirement adventure. This companion volume to Born in Huronia summarizes...
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The Road to True Happiness
by Logan (Lj) Dominique James
We all struggle with a variety of issues in this life. What it boils down to is how you manage the struggle to keep yourself happy along the way. In The Road to True Happiness, Logan Dominique James (“Lj”) shares his journey of becoming the...
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A Lifetime Ago in Baghdad
An Armenian family history by Zagheek Markarian
Armenians can make anywhere home. They have faced different occupiers in their home country throughout generations while still maintaining their uniqueness. They have also flourished culturally in several different countries. Chameleon-like yet...
