Biography & Autobiography, Historical
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Secrets, Surprises, and Love
My Childhood Journey by Julie Russell
Growing up on a hard-working farm in the fifties, Julie and her siblings know the power of sticking together. Through accidents, near-escapes, bullying, and occasional racism, they rely on each other, delighting in the landscape and fierce seasons ...
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American Mosaic
The Known Ancestors of Robert Hilton Squires II by Richard Endress
This book covers the history of multiple families whose only overarching connection is that they were all the ancestors of Robert Hilton Squires II, my brother-in-law. But these various genealogical strands intersected with many pivotal eras in ...
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The Lost American Industrialist
The Story of William Madison Wood by Bob Fournier
William Madison Wood was a gifted and successful Portuguese-American industrialist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His rags-to-riches story is the fulfillment of the American Dream: • His accomplishments in textile manufacturing ...
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My Life in the Northern Skies
Daring Adventures of a Helicopter Bush Pilot by Wayne Bailey
For 40 years, Wayne was a pilot who served wilderness areas along the Alaska Highway accessible only by helicopter. His book brings you in the cockpit as he herds reindeer, fights wildfires, flies for the controversial wolf cull, comes face-to-face ...
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Mǫ́lazha
(Child of a Whiteman) by Richard I Hardy
Mólazha (Child of a Whiteman) weaves three central tales together to tell the story of Richard I. Hardy, commonly known as Rick, against the backdrop of his ancestors. This is a story of survival and resilience. Rick’s European ancestors started ...
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My Father's Amazing Journey of Faith
A True Story / Journals by Sang Sun Lee and Dr. Stephanie Chung
Sang Sun Lee was a refugee in South Korea during the Korean War. He fled North Korea, leaving behind his wife, children, and parents. During a narrow escape from death, he made a promise to God in exchange for his life. Lee was true to his promise ...
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Briar Cottage
Summers in a Town called Gimli by Joe Mackintosh
The story is a memoir. It’s a slice of history—the story of Gimli, Manitoba—come to life. There’s the mystique of rail travel; there’s rafting on the pond; there’s swimming at the harbour. There’s dancing to the Men of Note. There are bonfires and ...
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Homesteading in the Last Best West
Based on JB Hansen's Personal Memoir by Elaine Melby Ayre
THE AUTHOR TOOK HER GRANDFATHER JB HANSEN’S memoir, written before his death in the mid sixties, and by augmenting it with a variety of interesting primary sources, and her own personal comments, she brings new life to the realities of southeastern ...
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The Englishman in the Valley
by Leslie J. Tunison
To a passerby, Aubrey Rooke is an unassuming man with little to his name. To those that know him, Aubrey is an eccentric, kind, and community driven man. Be it railroads or elections, Aubrey is known to dedicate all he has in support of his ...
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Who's On Today?
Life in a Brooklyn Commune by Elayne Grant Archer
A Commune Grew In Brooklyn Before Park Slope became “Park Slope,” an affluent and sometimes derided Brooklyn neighborhood of “stroller moms,” entitled children, and complete lack of parking spaces, it was a community in decline. This started to ...
