Letters to My Daughter

He feared escaping the daily terror of drug dealing and violence would overwhelm him, as it had so many other young men of color growing up in the housing projects. His life, and their lives, seemed destined to become more cruel statistics of the ghetto’s unforgiving reality.

Life After Divorce

Relationships are never easy to navigate, especially when they are in the process of disintegrating right before your eyes.

Have you ever wondered what you’re truly capable of? How do you face challenges like divorce, hurdles such as weight gain caused by stress, obstacles such as dealing with loneliness and explaining to family that you are fine and of course, friends who insist on setting you up on numerous blind dates?

These challenges work together to drive us. So, what if you’re divorced? That didn’t stop me. So, what if there happen to be a few extra pounds? Love it or leave it, I’m still a better me. How far are you willing to push yourself?

Some tests that we face are brought on by others, while some, we choose ourselves. Know that no matter what type of test you face, the result is a new empowered you. This book is about conquering your own doubts and rediscovering who you truly are and about knowing that you ultimately are in control. You have the power. It’s your world, everyone else is just visiting!

Life of the Party Girl

Life of the Party Girl is a raw and inspiring debut memoir of a top wedding planner reflecting on the moments that define us as human beings, both the traumatic and fantastic.

The author and subject, Megan Estrada, isn’t your typical wedding planner. She is tattooed, assertive, stylish, and doesn’t take no for an answer. She is reflective and decisive, in bringing a fresh and unique perspective to the special events industry. Estrada is a trailblazer in the event industry and harnesses her past experiences to create momentous occasions.

Before Megan Estrada became a nationally recognized wedding and event planner, she spent forty-years navigating a life of unexpected circumstances, one that was dictated by a twisted series of trauma and celebration. From enduring a school shooting, an unsuccessful suicide attempt, and a difficult marriage, to landing a record deal, becoming a mother of two, and leading the special events industry through the Covid-19 pandemic, Life of the Party Girl follows Estrada’s journey to self-worth and self-discovery.

Life on Ice

Ever wonder what life is like on a touring ice-skating show? How many people travel with the show, how do you pack two fifty-pound suitcases with a year’s worth of clothes, shoes, and supplies? Do you pay your own hotel and transportation? Speaking of pay, what do they pay? How do you cook in a hotel room? And who is hooking up with whom? This semi autobiography is a humorous look into the world of a traveling show about how to live this type of life on the road. It is a coming-of-age story where quirky characters become family, fall into and out of bed—I mean love—go on adventures, and grow up.

Like a Lotus

Veronica seemed to have what so many strive for: a good home, a wonderful fiancé, a well-paying job. But none of that gave her the purpose and joy she longed for. So in 2013, she began a journey of self discovery, adventure, and freedom.

Running a guesthouse in dusty and blissful Cambodia; climbing to mountain peaks in Indonesia and Nepal; even getting lost in the depths of Chinese countryside, she learned that the path you choose to follow doesn’t have to be the one laid out in front of you.

Lillian: A True Story of Multiple Personality Disorder

For most of us, the varied parts of our personalities are woven together and unified by our memories. But what happens when we have no memories? What happens when the components of memory (facts, feelings, and body states) are split apart and no longer relate to each other?

When this story began more than 40 years ago, doctors and psychiatrists were mystified by patients with more than one personality. The diagnosis at the time was Multiple Personality Disorder. Lillian was afflicted with this condition owing to severe abuse during her childhood. Her mind held each trauma separately. Each personality took over her body, developing a life and personality of its own.

Lillian’s aunt, Jean, became friends with 22 personalities. She played hide and seek with four-year-old Mary, taught five-year-old Amy to write, shopped for undergarments with Robin Jean, and communicated endlessly with each of the others. In the process, each personality revealed its beginnings. Over time, each personality revealed its own memories of their trauma and eventually became integrated.

This is an exquisite and beautifully written story of poverty, transgenerational abuse, mental illness, and the healing power of love, science, and spirituality.

As one reader puts it: “You will laugh, cry, turn away and come back again to its compelling truth.”

Live and Be Counted

In a poignant and hopeful memoir, Alfons Sperber’s courage, strength and unwavering faith shine through as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit during one of the darkest periods in history. Alfons has rarely spoken about his harrowing experiences during World War II – until now.

When the author’s 11-year old son, Eli, is assigned an immigration project for school, his Papa reaches deep into his past to unearth long-buried memories. Alfons begins to share his personal story with his great-grandson recounting how he came to America in 1948 – a journey that started at a parade in Vienna, Austria in 1938 when he too was just 11 years old.

As they talk regularly over Zoom, Alfons’ memories resurface with increasing clarity, and the depth of his story grows with each conversation as he describes his narrow escapes from the clutches of the Nazis through Vienna, France and Switzerland. In opening up about his past, Papa expresses fear that soon there will be no survivors left to share their experiences, and that the horrors of the Holocaust and stolen childhoods may be reduced to a mere footnote in history. Live and Be Counted stands as a testament to the power of strength and courage, faith and optimism, and above all, the love of family.

Living in the Moment

The first thing I was taught in my creative writing class was to write what you know. Well, I know the struggle, addiction, alcoholism, failure, fear, hell, hope, faith, love, victory, and joy. And I know them all well! There are two people who have been most influential in my life. The first being Jesus Christ and proverbs 3:5-6—“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.” The second being Vince Lombardi and his quote, “Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.” Wow! Now that’s a dynamic duo!

Lost and Found Me

Do you always feel something is "not right" about your relationship, while at the same time you are not sure what is really not right, and it's hard to describe to anyone else? Do you always feel that you are not being appreciated no matter how much you contribute to your relationship? Do you always feel that you just cannot get it right no matter what you try? Lost and Found Me will share with you real-life experiences from real people and will: * help you understand you are not alone, * help you recognize and acknowledge what is going on in your life experiences, * help you take back your personal power, * help you make a positive change in your life experience, * help you focus the right energy on the right person, * help you realize life is all about decision-making, * guide you on how to walk toward the light.

Lost in Mexico: Journey into an Exotic Land

A writer enters Mexico through El Paso/Juarez and travels three days to a West Coast destination. Within hours of his arrival, he realizes he has made a terrible mistake. Most of the next year is spent going up and down Mexico and Guatemala in search of the perfect location to write his book.

Lost in Mexico: Journey Into an Exotic Land is a rambling, wayward account into a magical country full of unexpected twists and turns. Equal parts travelogue/memoir/adventure tale, beautiful and harsh, humorous and heartbreaking, earthly and insightful, it is a perspective you are unlikely to get anywhere else. Get ready for a wild ride.

Lost Life

Vinnie was 35 years old when he was diagnosed with Endocarditis, a severe infection that damaged a valve in his heart. Vinnie needed major surgery to replace the valve. The odds were against him to survive.

Lost Life tells the story of Vinnie's experience. The story about facing obstacles then and now and how he overcame them to be here today. The story of his journey through emotions, feelings of hurt and pain both physical and mental. The psychological torture he endured and fought through to persevere. It also recounts the trials and tribulations of his wife and 3-year-old child.

Vinnie's journey began in 2001 and continues today. His fight to survive continues each and every day.

Get ready to read about his courage, his determination and "Will Not Quit" attitude as he continues his personal battle for survival. The battle for himself and his family.

Vinnie says, "There's a story that can be found in my eyes, in my soul... that I am inspired to and need to share."

Love at the End of the World

After thirty-five years of quiet acceptance, Tonia Rotkopf Blair returned to Poland and confronted the Holocaust. Growing into an outspoken survivor, she began to write precise, poignant stories. Some concerned her childhood or traveling halfway around the world, or New York City, where she raised a family and attended the renown Columbia University. But all grappled with memories, dreams, and the Holocaust, many taking us into its depths, notably the three weeks she endured in Auschwitz.
What makes Rotkopf Blair’s perspective unique is that, while working as a nurse in the Lodz ghetto or enduring the concentration camps, she remained very much a romantic young woman. As history’s most murderous war raged around her, she practiced love and kindness, and was sustained by encounters with decent people—including some Germans. So fresh are her views on these fraught subjects, Love at the End of the World includes an essay by her son, which teases those issues out by examining Darwin’s theory of evolution, revising it from “survival of the fittest” to “survival of the ‘lovingest.’”