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	Living Beneath the Radar; A Nine Year Journey Around the World	by Jeffrey Crimmel March 13, 2012	$5.99	78928 words	Sample 20%
	This is the story of a young man who had a desire to travel and see the world. This nine-year journey gave him the opportunity to see our planet with different cultures and religions. The experience changed how he sees the world forever. Journey with the author and see what the world was like from 1970 to 1979.
	Wavering Between Extremes	by Herman Garner March 11, 2012	$9.99	201392 words	Sample 10%
	When Herman set out to tell his story, he was preparing to graduate from law school. But his plan was shattered when the DEA arrested him for selling a few kilograms of cocaine. In this compelling memoir, Herman tells a story of Race, Love, Betrayal and his quest to live the American Dream.
	Change of Heart: A Black Man A White Woman A Heart Transplant, and A True Love Story	by Mitchell Fink Dec. 12, 2011	$2.99	26906 words	Sample 20%
	Robert Dunn experienced hatred and bigotry as part of a black family moving into Queens. At the same time, Dorothy Moore was abandoned by her Irish-Catholic parents. Their stories became one when heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz implanted Moore’s heart into Dunn. The prior events, and the terror Dunn walked through upon realizing his life was saved by a white woman led to his true "change of heart".
	True Life - The Soldier who Served Under Three Flags	by Brian Comerford Dec. 03, 2011	$0.99	1228 words	Sample 10%
	Clem Ryan, from Ireland, served in the Armed Forces of Ireland, Britain and the United States.He visited Hiroshima six months after the Atom Bomb. He provides a chilling first person account of that visit. He volunteered for service in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service. This is his story.
	Who am I Really?	by Anna Rosenburg Oct. 12, 2011	$6.95	36952 words	Sample 20%
	Taken away from her father aged 7, Anna Rosenburg spent the next 12 years in a children's home. All because a nosey neighbour thought her father was incapable of looking after her. She was desperately unhappy and started to rebel against the strict regime. Her misery was compounded by confusion over her own identity. What did her black skin mean?
	In Black In White	by L.T. Woody Aug. 19, 2011	$3.99	104902 words	Sample 15%
	Among several other themes, In Black In White looks at the idea of nature versus nurture. It's the true story of the "two educations" of a black youth; an education derived from attendance in the Baltimore City Public Schools (and surviving that city's streets); and an education acquired from time spent inside the ivy-covered Halls of the prestigious St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire.
	When God Made Martin Luther King Jr. Smile: The Man, The Leader, The Dreamer	by Sturgis Publications Aug. 18, 2011	$1.99	2586 words	Sample 5%
	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is all smiles as he watches over us as we celebrate his life and dedication to freedom. Author Raymond Sturgis has put in wonderful words the life work of Dr. King which was inspired by his faith in God. Martin Luther King Jr.
	All about Charlie Chaplin	by Raja Sharma Aug. 11, 2011	$1.50	8548 words	Sample 20%
	Whenever film comedy is discussed, one name can not go unmentioned, and the name is Charlie Chaplin. It seems that most of the following and the present comedians have some part of Charlie Chaplin alive in thier acting.
	Can Anything Good Come From Englewood	by Hannah Faye July 05, 2011	$0.99	8190 words	Sample 20%
	William Estese is a young man who grew up on the streets of Englewood, a well-known dangerous area in Chicago, Illinois. During the 90's, 88 people were killed in this area within a period of only four months. In John 1:46 Nathaniel asks Phillip of Jesus: "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" In this true biography we shall see if anything good can from Englewood.
	While I Run This Race	by Pocahontas Gertler July 04, 2011	$4.99	92876 words	Sample 12%
	A memoir by Pocahontas Gertler This African-Native American woman, born in the deep South during the Depression era, chronicles her courageous journey into the 21st Century. This is her story of persistence and triumph, of loss and struggle, of love and transcendence. It will heal, inspire, encourage and touch deep places in your heart.
	Latinalogue, Puerto Rican Nonfiction Part I	by Odilia Rivera-Santos June 27, 2011	$2.99	13530 words	Sample 5%
	Odilia Rivera Santos was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and moved at the age of six to the Bronx. Latinalogue is a collection of nonfiction essays in which Ms. Rivera-Santos explores loss, the experience of making the transition from one culture to another, and how she remade herself from an amalgam of experiences, failures and triumphs.
	The Devil's Waiting Room	by berry burgess June 23, 2011	$1.99	41169 words	Sample 20%
	The Devil's Waiting Room is biographical journey through my eyes as a 10 year old boy centred around the summer of 1969 in the fishing port of North Shields on the banks of the River Tyne. Racism was still very strong and open and had an iron grip on the town during perpetual time for change. Outside we ran. At home we persevered. And late at night, I would hear my father cry...
	HIDDEN GENIUS,Frank Mann, the Black Engineer Behind Howard Hughes	by H.T. Bryer May 12, 2011	$5.99	26638 words	Sample 20%
	Hidden Genius tells the little known story of a talented aeronautical and aerospace engineer, award winning sports car designer, soldier of fortune, WWII officer, and primary civilian instructor for the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
	Doorways to Significance: Finding Peace, Power, Passion	by Pat Holland Conner April 01, 2011	$4.99	46778 words	Sample 20%
	It's never too late to change the brokenness.
	The Sudden Death Of Michael Jackson: The Coroner's Report and Other Medical Facts About The Causes Of	by Andrew Dolan March 10, 2011	$3.99	23601 words	Sample 7%
	Michael Jackson had six different drugs in his body, but he need not have died: a common nontoxic neurohormone could have treated the chronic insomnia that led to his drug abuse and ultimate death.
	As The Waffle Burns	by Jay M Horne March 04, 2011	$7.99	15439 words	Sample 20%
	A line cook at Waffle House recounts his encounters with the colorful locale and shares shocking stories and hilarious pictures from customers and co-workers landing him jobless when the corporate office gets wind of it but on top of sales charts across the nation in the publishing community.
	El Rufián Ambulante	by Karlheinz Paulsen Jan. 19, 2011	$2.95	6203 words	Sample 20%
	La serie “La isla de los fracasados” narra de forma amena biografías breves (en parte ficticias) de emigrantes europeos que han encontrado en la Isla Margarita del Caribe un hogar y que tienen una imagen algo dudosa. En “El Rufián Ambulante”, se cuenta la vida de uno de esos personajes fracasados, cuya propensión al fraude tiene un matiz casi cómico, o al menos grotesco.
	Der Strizzi	by Karlheinz Paulsen Jan. 19, 2011	$2.95	5650 words	Sample 20%
	Die Reihe „Die Insel der Gestrandeten“ erzählt in unterhaltsamer Weise (teilw. fiktive) Kurzbiographien europäischer Auswanderer, die auf der karibischen Insel Margarita eine Heimat gefunden und zu zweifelhaftem Ansehen gelangt sind. „Der Strizzi“ beschreibt einen Gestrandeten, dessen betrügerischer Charakter auf eine seltsame Art nahezu komisch wirkt, zumindest jedoch grotesk.
	The Strizzi	by Karlheinz Paulsen Jan. 19, 2011	$2.95	7040 words	Sample 20%
	The series “The Island of the Marooned” offers entertaining, partially fictitious biographical portraits of European expats that have found a refuge on the Caribbean Island of Margarita where some have come to enjoy a rather dubious reputation. “The Strizzi” lampoons the fraudulent character traits of this marooned, whose acts of felony are sometimes grotesquely humorous.
	Sitting On The Gatepost: The Story Of Zora Neale Hurston	by Waln Brown Jan. 05, 2011	$4.99	4851 words	Sample 20%
	This biography of Zora Neale Hurston examines her childhood of poverty, abandonment and racial discrimination. After her mother died, Zora was sent off to a boarding school. When her father would not pay her expenses, Zora had to drop out of the school. Despite many struggles, Zora rose above her difficult childhood to be one of America's greatest African-American writers and folklorists.
	Satchmo: The Story of Louis Armstrong	by Waln Brown Jan. 04, 2011	$4.99	5051 words	Sample 20%
	This biography examines Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong's life, including his dropping out of school and firing a gun in public, which resulted in spending 18 months in a juvenile detention home for African-American youth, where the young Louis joined the Waifs' Home Colored Band and learned to play the coronet. Satchmo rose above his troubled childhood to become America's Ambassador of Jazz.
	Still I Rise: The Story of Maya Angelou	by Waln Brown Jan. 03, 2011	$4.99	4320 words	Sample 20%
	Maya Angelou grew up experiencing discrimination and segregation. At the young age of eight, her mother's boyfriend raped Maya. At 16, she had a son. Maya turned to prostitution to support her son and to drugs to hide her shame. When she became involved in the Civil Rights Movement with Reverend Martin Luther King, she turned her life around and rose above her humble and troubled beginnings.
	Sacred Journey	by Red Jordan Arobateau Dec. 18, 2010	$8.00	140228 words	Sample 50%
	The ongoing journal of an old transsexual man, an artist,writer, who is also a spiritual seeker. He fights poverty in his old age in San Francisco.
	Catwalk Supermodel	by Keith Hoare Dec. 02, 2010	$1.50	97738 words	Sample 20%
	Catwalk Supermodel is special. A non fiction book that follows the early life of a supermodel. Written as a story, it is both moving and fascinating, as this young girl climbs the ladder to what she perceives is success, but many of us know, success often comes at a cost
	EEOC: The Real Deal - Do They Really Support Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?	by Phillip Duse Sr. Nov. 17, 2010	$6.99	188726 words	Sample 10%
	The public will learn the “Real Deal” about the EEOC. This book explains why the vast majority of Title VII citizen complaints, as proven by statistical results alone, reflect a reality that complaints referred to the EEOC seldom receive the justice presumed available under the act. The public has an undeniable right to the truth!
	The Gordons of Tallahassee	by Sarah Weathersby Oct. 04, 2010	$2.99	16321 words	Sample 20%
	In the summer of 1955, our mother, Georgia recalled the details of the story I had heard all of my life. She was recuperating from a mastectomy, and I was trying to rearrange the pieces of my life. The continuous conversation under the ash tree on West Street, about Mama and all the kin folks was therapy for both of us.
	Inside Out: Book One	by Rae McCall Sep. 23, 2010	$5.99	15160 words	Sample 10%
	True short stories from Denver’s first Black Female Undercover Vice and Narcotics Detective. Rae started in 1973 and quickly achieved detective status.On loan to the FBI, CBI, DEA and other metro police depts. Due to political corruption, resigned the department in 1979 and moved to Georgia. Names have been changed, and parts have been added to make it steamy!
	God Has Smiled on Me: A Tribute to a Black Father Who Stayed and a Tribute to All Black Fathers Who Stay	by Daniel Whyte March 30, 2010	$2.99	26708 words	Sample 30%
	Daniel Whyte III's father, Rev. Daniel White, Jr., was not a perfect man, but he loved his family dearly. And even though there were many problems in the family, Rev. White did what so many black fathers today do not do—he stayed with his family through thick and thin. This book is a tribute to him—a father who stayed.
	Journey of Hope, Memoirs of a Mexican Girl	by Rosalina Rosay Feb. 28, 2010	$12.95	40682 words	Sample 13%
	Journey of Hope, Memoirs of a Mexican Girl is the autobiography of a Mexican girl who immigrates illegally to Los Angeles, California in the 1970's. Rosalina recounts her early childhood memories in a small town surrounded by farms in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Follow along the journey taken by one Mexican girl whose love for learning and appreciation for America will touch your heart.
	Black Not Blind	by Bryant K. Smith Jan. 05, 2010	$5.95	21502 words	Sample 25%
	Have you ever gotten mad to the point that you thought about killing the source of your aggravation? Are you familiar with the notion of being called an "angry Black man?" Have you ever had a desire to stand up in a crowded room (perhaps at school or work) and yelling, "I see what you are trying to do, I am Black not blind!" This book chronicles what it is like to be a Black man in the new south.
	Is Your Father Black ?	by Joseph Baraba Sep. 24, 2009	$2.99	35641 words	Sample 20%
	At the age of seven Joey loses his father,his mother is young and is left with five small chidren. Two years later his mother meets a man and falls in love. Joey could never understand why people would give strange looks to him and his step-father until he finds out he's black. This is the struggle and heartaches of a family in the 1950's Brooklyn, New York living as a bi-racial family.