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!
Free: Being Authentic
Dr. Alachkar’s Memoir shares genuine emotion, heartbreaks and great successes, and encourages us to be our authentic selves. This Memoir highlights our humanity’s purpose to share our story and of our fear of being forgotten after death and yet to live each day. If you like easy and genuine reads that tell it to you ... Read more
With Angel’s Wings
Laura’s world spins as pediatricians throw words at her like heart failure, seizures, and g-tube feeds…when all she wants is to hold her baby tightly and be the mom she’d always dreamed of being. Join Laura on her unexpected and emotional journey in this best-selling, award-winning memoir $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Charlie’s Kid
Charlie’s Kid is riveting, horrifying, mesmerizing, and unforgettable. It haunts, and it inspires. It is a story you cannot escape whose imagery stays with you. This is is a story of monstrous child abuse, years spent alone on the mean streets of Chicago, a hardscrabble adult life—and, ultimately, redemption. Charlie’s Kid is a tale of ... Read more
M is for Mother: My Journey into Motherhood
A woman’s dream of becoming a mother finally comes true. Will motherhood be everything she imagined? See price on Kindle.... Read more
Believe!
Lisa Nicks-Balthasar’s Believe! offers a transformational message that will inspire you to live your greatest life. Her moving story of healing from the grief of losing her beloved husband and emerging to love again demonstrates how to open your heart in the most difficult of times. A rich, powerful story you won’t want to put ... Read more
Let Burn: The Making and Breaking of a Firefighter/Paramedic
WINNER OF THE 2014 FLORIDA AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION SILVER MEDAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD IN MEMOIRS In 1985, desiring a meaningful, high-paced career in public service, Rachel Wentz left her university studies to become a firefighter/paramedic. Only the eighth woman hired by the Orlando Fire Department, a highly competitive department steeped in tradition, Wentz excelled, completing ... Read more
Chasing Bones: An Archaeologist’s Pursuit of Skeletons
In January 2001, Rachel Wentz walked away from a career as a firefighter/paramedic in Orlando to pursue a PhD in anthropology, specializing in the analysis of human remains. Her studies at Florida State University focused on the ancient skeletons from the Windover site, but took her into the darker world of forensics and beyond. Travel ... Read more
Free: Being Authentic
Our existence is fragile. I learned that in many intricate ways, so I do not take today for granted. I do not know what tomorrow will bring. I do not even know if tomorrow will come. This memoir convinces the reader that it has something life or death worthy so that the reader can literally ... Read more
The Diary of an OCD Bookseller: One Book at a Time
Jim Bailey is a Gulliver walking the nooks and crannies of a beach community simply trying to sell his books, do his research, and find a port where he can write the Next Great American Novel and Worldwide TV Series – only to meet the weird, the wacky, and the odd – person or situation ... Read more
Athena in The Rathole (Biography)
Athena is born at the wrong time, to the wrong parents, and in the wrong country. Her parents are Greek immigrants trying to find their way in America. Athena bounces between two countries, two cultures, eating Greek eyeball stew and lamb’s brain on the one hand, and ice cream cones with sprinkles on the other. ... Read more
Little Pink Roses
Little Pink Roses is a story based upon real-life events about a young girl begging to be loved, seeking acceptance, and overcoming loss and abandonment. Through the Cycle of Life as a youngster, the Author shares events in a humoristic fashion as she endures challenges and blossoms into a young lady. From hanging out with ... Read more
Dancing with Death: An Inspiring Real-Life Story of Epic Travel Adventure
A tale of adventure, sacrifice & physical endurance! Two men, three years, seven countries, 3000 miles… Try the award-winning travel memoir “Dancing with Death” $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
My Life My Story My Journey & A Tall Tale
Winner of the Canada Book Award Literary Titian’s – Silver Book Award Dark night of the Soul, Spirituality, Ascension. These were all new concepts to K.R. A whole new world had opened up to him. Willing to explore this new world, KR embraced the future with an open mind. And then there was Theresa the catalyst ... Read more
Free: Cuban Exile Memories
Cuban Exile Memories: Journeys of Courage and Resilience in the Pursuit of Freedom is a collection of narratives about the Cuban exile experience of the mid-20th century. It is a testament to the courage, perseverance, and determination of the people whose lives were upended quickly, dramatically, and irrevocably by a political revolution. Each story is ... Read more
A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties
In the early 1960s, Ann Garretson is in love with two men—an army lieutenant and a conscientious objector—and both men are in love with her. Caught between the old mores and winds of change, Ann must make an agonizing choice. Funny, heartbreaking, and delightfully uncensored coming-of-age memoir. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Memories of a Synchronistic Gap Year
A true story of one man’s religious travels. From Gibraltar, he went first to India to experience the diverse range of some of the World’s Great Religions. Then on to Australia to understand the indigenous Australian Aboriginals’ spiritual beliefs. During which he would become the epicenter of a covert Government Brain-Machine Interface experiment. $0.99 on ... Read more
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
“This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day.” When tragedy struck, I thought for sure that my own life was at an end. I was wrong. This is the true story of how two stray rescue cats and a woman named Kitty, whom I finally met after a wild ride of internet ... Read more
Wacky on the Junk
“In this hilarious debut memoir, Kathy Varner reflects on a life lived on the fringes of ordinary. From an awkward childhood as the youngest of five, living off sweets and processed foods, to a wild adolescence of drinking, drugs, and Deadhead hijinks, to a harrowing career with social services, Kathy takes it all in stride, ... Read more
An Officer’s Journey
This is a story of one junior officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and how he came of age during a two-year tour of duty, one at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and one in Vietnam. Most Vietnam books are about the policy debacles or about the nitty-gritty of combat. This one is different. This ... Read more
Kyrie Eleison
Expect the unexpected in this intense life story about one artists harrowing journey to seek a safe lifestyle while along her tumultuous life’s path. M. Martin’s artwork is displayed in each chapter.. A survivor of sexual assaults; nothing deters her spirit to be creative as the destined sculptress that she becomes. $9.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: That’s Why You’re Here
How does a once harried soccer mom, who managed a 25 year State career, get flung out of her wheelhouse to become a Tarot reader and an author? For Erin Burrell, that life-altering moment began with a jarring knock at the door. A solemn detective delivered the news that a loved one had died. The ... Read more
Unlock Bliss: A Memoir Of Getting Happier
An inspiring memoir of a cancer survivor, who began competing in triathlon and surfing waves in his sixties, demonstrating that age doesn’t matter! $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Forever Haze of After: My Story of Resilience, Strength, and Companionship While Navigating My Afters
Every person has experienced a moment that changed them forever. Whether it was positive or negative, when it happened, you were never the same as you were just one second before. The Forever Haze of After is the realm you enter after that moment. Hilary Marsh takes readers on a journey through her life-changing moments—the ... Read more
The (un)Lucky Sperm
The (un)Lucky Sperm is a funny memoir—a collection of honest, harrowing, and absurd accounts. If you like stories full of sarcasm and observational humor, then you are going to love this book. $0.99 on Kindle... Read more
KING OF X
The True Story of an Ecstasy Empire. One man’s crazy journey through the underground drug world. $9.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Tall
“This is the real tall girl triumph. Indeed, it’s an everygirl triumph.” (Catherine Moore, author of Borrowings of the Shan Van Vocht). After a failed engagement and another serious boyfriend, she meets the man of her dreams, who is two inches shorter. She marries him anyway. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Hollywood Hollyweird – How People Survive And Make It!
Hello Everyone! First I would like to say that I am African-American & my book “Hollywood: Hollyweird How People Survive And Make It!” is about my nearly Decade stay in good ‘ole HOLLYWOOD, CA!! There as a bodyguard that got to network in & around such Celebrities as Paris Hilton, Chris Rock & Oscar-winner Jamie ... Read more
Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles
A quiz sparked Rivvy Neshama’s decision to live a different kind of life — and in this unique memoir, she shares the encounters that taught her how. “Written in the spirit of Elizabeth Gilbert or Anne Lamott, Neshama’s stories (and a few miracles) are uplifting, witty, and wise.” (Publishers Weekly) $0.99 on Kindle... Read more
Craving London: Confessions of an Incurable Romantic with an Insatiable Appetite
“Read Jessica Stone’s evocative memoir and prepare to be dazzled. When I grow up, I want to write like Jessica!” -Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Big Leap What if you could make anything happen…except the one thing you wanted most? Still single five years after a broken engagement, 29-year-old food ... Read more
Free: The Singing Widow of a Buddhist Priest
When Sarah Green discovers her destiny is to tie her life with Japan, nothing can stop her. As she climbs up the corporate ladder in her Tokyo-based, Japanese firm, everything else in her life falls apart. Only the singing widow of a Buddhist priest, a white Persian cat, an ex-sumo champion, and a handsome mystery ... Read more
To Argue With Oblivion
An emotional roller coaster of a read – Fifteen operations, two radiotherapies, a week in a coma and a month in a wheelchair. He died once, was crippled, brain-damaged and nearly blinded. Seemingly broken beyond repair, he desperately wanted his life back. But is it possible to defeat oblivion? This personal story of healing and ... Read more
Free: Bored on the Wild Side
Forty-five years of stumbling, bumbling, and striving to make the American dream a reality. Beginning in the mid-1970s and hitting the brakes days before the 2020 elections, this compelling memoir shows us where we’ve been and where we might be headed via one man’s memories and experiences. While it may read like a novel, every ... Read more
Eris Rising
Courtney Ramm was one of 229 offspring born from the controversial “Genius Sperm Bank”, a genetic experiment that existed in the 1980s and ’90s. With a predisposition for “genius”, Courtney found herself driven toward success. Eris Rising is a story of breaking deep karmic patterns, grappling with the calling of destiny, and changing long-held karma ... Read more
Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love
Growing up, they didn’t believe they had a future. Together, they are building forever. Alexis Black persevered through her mother’s death and her father’s imprisonment. And after escaping a long and abusive relationship, the college junior promised her foster parents not to date for at least a year. But when she meets an incoming freshman ... Read more
From Startupper to Cancer Fighter
Hamza Aboulfeth, a young Moroccan serial entrepreneur, publishes his first book, an autobiography. In the account of his life, this singular businessman tells the story of how he founded his first business—one that continues to thrive today—at the age of 17, and reflects on how his intrepidness and resolve to follow his dreams against all ... Read more
Just South of the Solar Plexus
Just South of the Solar Plexus, a memoir, is a story about finding voice and power, and then abandoning them in the red dust of the road when the world made it too hard to find her place. The place for her voice. So many of us—especially women—give up our voices, leaving who we are, ... Read more
My Wild and Precious Life (Memoir)
My Wild and Precious Life shares the tough realities of living alongside families in desperate poverty, while highlighting the extraordinary warmth of the African people. $4.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Hood Diamond
Hood Diamond is an Urban Drama based on a true story. Chanel is a product of Her environment In Detroit, MI. This book is raw and exposes secrets in the streets and in the Black Community. $9.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Ascension
In Ascension Dalton Lewis suffers a complete mental breakdown, unable to work or even communicate with loved ones and ranting at the walls. This realistic look at life with paranoid schizophrenia is harrowing, brilliant, and shows the real emotions and thoughts behind this terrible illness. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Other Side of Success
The Other Side of Success is the unvarnished account of one man’s search for meaning as his professional life is constantly challenged by the impact of love, family, religion, and race. In this intimate memoir, Sawa strives to find home in the truest sense, while struggling with the unforeseen costs of making it. $0.99 on ... Read more
