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BookTrib Giveaway: Memoir Demonstrates What “in Sickness and in Health” Really Means

"This book is for anyone and everyone who wishes to be inspired to live our own best life with each breath we're gifted to breathe." —Dinah Lin, Amazon reviewer "Raw yet beautiful, sad yet truthful ... nothing short of courageous." —Lynda Dyer, Amazon reviewer —∞— Mike Murphy’s dream came true…

BookTribNovember 11, 2021

Fiction Miscellany Nonfiction Romance

Two AuthorBuzz Giveaways: Seducing a God and Seeking Out One’s Roots

Sorry, this promotion is over. Read on for two more great recommendations from AuthorBuzz! Twice a Daughter by Julie Ryan McGue | She Writes Press Dear Reader, Did you ever wonder what it would be like to grow up without any sense of your family history? As a child whenever I…

AuthorBuzzOctober 18, 2021

Fiction

“Secrets of the Solarium” Has Food, Life, Love and the Secrets of Happiness

A mysterious woman named Abigail. An even more mysterious psychiatrist named Lucciano. Two lives hiding many secrets. In the early 1900s, Abigail boards a train in the Italian city of Turin, determined to start a new life. With little money and no prospects, she is befriended by a young couple…

Joanna PoncavageMay 7, 2021

Fiction

“Back to Serve” Contemplates Life, Liberty and a Veteran’s Next Pursuit

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” It’s an iconic line in the third installment of The Godfather movies, as a mafia kingpin trying to go legit just can’t seem to break free of his involvement in the family business. It’s the line — not…

Jim AlkonJanuary 22, 2021

Children's Books

Trevor Noah’s Memoir Adapted for Young Readers

Host of the "The Daily Show," Trevor Noah, has become a household name, revered for his quick wit and insightful comedy on current affairs. Until the publication of his memoir, much less commonly known was Noah's perilous childhood in South Africa. His own birth as a child of mixed races…

Rebecca ProulxApril 12, 2019

Business Business - Featured Nonfiction

From Professional Peaks to Personal Pitfalls, Katie Couric’s Memoir Spares No Detail

I loved this memoir amidst the backdrop of modern history. With so many tears and "laugh out loud" moments, this was a joy, a walk down memory lane and an eye-opener. When my kids were little, I was a loyal Today Show viewer and, like most who turned to NBC…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 4, 2022

Business Nonfiction

Steve Jobs’ Daughter Finds Her Own Voice in New Memoir

If you haven’t read Lisa Brennan-Job’s memoir “Small Fry” (Grove Press) yet, you will likely hear about it because Lisa’s father was Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. But this is not a biography of Steve Jobs. Rather, it is a portrait of growing up in California in the eighties and…

Just The Right Book PodcastNovember 23, 2018

Business Nonfiction

Patagonia Founder Shares Lessons From the Edge

Yvon Chouinard, the founder of the outdoor brand Patagonia, began as a blacksmith, eventually creating Chouinard Equipment Ltd., which mainly focused on forging climbing pitons. He was a major player during the Golden Age of Climbing in Yosemite, making first ascents of the North America Wall with climbing legends Royal…

Daniel ModlinApril 30, 2019

Business Nonfiction

“From the Corner of the Oval:” A Job Landed by Craigslist

Beck Dorey-Stein is not unlike any young adult fresh out of school and focused on herself, her friends and her love life. Her boyfriend shenanigans and drinking escapades are typical and par for the course. But her job was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and captured in her memoir, From the Corner…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 17, 2018

Book Club Network Nonfiction

“The Sun Does Shine:” Hinton Stares Down Death Row

The Sun Does Shine (St. Martin's Press) is a powerful and important memoir, showing a discouraging side of our legal system and an incredible testament of stamina and hope from one special individual Anthony Ray Hinton. In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of murder in Alabama and sentenced to the…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 6, 2018

Book Club Network Nonfiction

Freedom Fighter Turned Diplomat in Search of Peace

A Dream for Peace (Dr. Ghoulem Berrah Foundation) is the personal memoir of Dr. Ghoulem Berrah, tracking his incredible journey as a freedom fighter for the independence of his homeland Algeria, a man of science, and international diplomat who dedicated his entire life to working for peace. It was a…

Jim AlkonApril 17, 2019

Book Club Network

October Choices: Secret Lives, and a Stirring Memoir

Members of the Girly Book Club are voting on the following four titles to determine the book selection for their October club meetings in 70 chapters around the world. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward (Harper Wave) by Mark Lukach (320 pages) A heart-wrenching yet hopeful memoir of a young…

BookTribAugust 5, 2018

Better Self Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“Pace’s Post” Brings Life Insights From a Doctor With Directive

Pace’s Post: Ramblings of Wisdom From a Middle-Aged Doc by Victor M. Pace, MD allows the reader to pull up a chair with the author as he offers his insights on life and a life well-lived. Sections cover extremely wide-ranging conversations, and the author explains in the introduction that "I decided to…

BookTribMay 21, 2021

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction Young Adult

An Inspirational Journey From Traumatic Childhood to Wholeness Through God

“To look at us, you would have thought we were the great American family,” Cheryl Glaiser writes in the first pages of her memoir, Use It, Don’t Abuse It (Gatekeeper Press). She goes on to set an idyllic scene of growing up in the 1960s in the small town of…

Barbara WilkovDecember 13, 2021

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

A 50-year-old woman is beginning to resign herself to a life without romantic love. She moves to Tulsa for work, without knowing anyone, and attends a Toastmasters District Conference with the intention of just meeting potential friends. At the event, she strikes up a conversation with some friendly women, and…

BookTribNovember 17, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction

Co-Founder of Melissa & Doug Transforms Darkness Into Light in Memoir “LifeLines”

Melissa Bernstein, the creative genius and co-founder of Melissa & Doug Toy Company, has bared her soul in her upcoming book, LifeLines: An Inspirational Journey From Profound Darkness to Radiant Light. She has been struggling with existential depression and anxiety her entire life. She was denying her despair, hiding it…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 18, 2021

BookTrib Giveaway: Memoir Demonstrates What “in Sickness and in Health” Really Means

Two AuthorBuzz Giveaways: Seducing a God and Seeking Out One’s Roots

“Secrets of the Solarium” Has Food, Life, Love and the Secrets of Happiness

“Back to Serve” Contemplates Life, Liberty and a Veteran’s Next Pursuit

Trevor Noah’s Memoir Adapted for Young Readers

From Professional Peaks to Personal Pitfalls, Katie Couric’s Memoir Spares No Detail

Steve Jobs’ Daughter Finds Her Own Voice in New Memoir

Patagonia Founder Shares Lessons From the Edge

“From the Corner of the Oval:” A Job Landed by Craigslist

“The Sun Does Shine:” Hinton Stares Down Death Row

Freedom Fighter Turned Diplomat in Search of Peace

October Choices: Secret Lives, and a Stirring Memoir

“Pace’s Post” Brings Life Insights From a Doctor With Directive

An Inspirational Journey From Traumatic Childhood to Wholeness Through God

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

Co-Founder of Melissa & Doug Transforms Darkness Into Light in Memoir “LifeLines”

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