Biography & Memoirs

Kayla Jones was a beautiful, young, 17-year-old, girl who was well known for her strong willed personality and her gorgeous red hair. Approaching her senior year of high school, she had the world in the palm of her hands. She highly anticipated turning 18 on Christmas Eve of 2010. Achieving complete independence for herself was her ultimate goal in life. However, on July 3, 2010, Kayla’s world turned completely upside down when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). After a horrific 81 day battle with cancer, she passed away on September 22, 2010. She left behind a heartbroken mother and two younger sisters who admired and looked up to her as their hero. Kayla’s m ...

This is a biograpghy of my grandfather's childhood that led him to become the best Master Chief in the United States Navy.

As the young wife of a USAF pilot, the author is not authorized to accompany her husband when he receives orders for Vietnam. She decides to go anyway, on her own, and ends up in the country before her husband.Join her, as she arrives alone, the day after a coup, and in the middle of a cholera epidemic. Accompany her through her fears, challenges, and joys, as she taps into a hidden western culture that seems to flow as an undercurrent beneath the noise and clamor of an over-populated city. You also will witness her interaction with the Vietnamese people, and learn how she developed such a great affection for them and their country. It is the author’s hope that the reader will develop a ...

This little book is just a taste of Amboy’s yesteryears. It’s not meant to be an exhaustive history lesson or even a complete listing of eye-witness happenings. It’s the voices of people who lived in and around Amboy through the century; it’s a collective history, with some folklore mixed in.

Author Paul Hartman just turned 95 years old. He knows just when to encourage, when to quietly admonish, and when to speak through his life and not his words. A powerful example of this is the way he loved and cared for his wife. He constantly cared for her at home for 4 years. After she was moved to a care facility, he visited her every day for 2 years until she passed away. After that happened, Paul started writing down memories from his life to pass the time and keep from being lonely. He printed a small booklet of those stores in early 2017, but couldn't stop writing. This second edition is almost twice as long as the first edition and contains many more pictures. Paul is not famous. ...

One mans journal of the transition from a life being homeless to an RV life experiencing Slab City, the last free place in America. Filled with personal observations of life itself and the experience of owning an RV. Living completely off the grid and outside of the great social construct. A delightful short book with thought inspiring depth and insights. A great gift for the adventurous sole.

This is the story of one of the most charismatic, beloved and controversial figures in the History of Texas Freemasonry.

I have often told my children and friends that after 50 years of being a minister’s wife, helping to raise eleven children and married to the same man for 66 years that I could undoubtedly write a book about some of my experiences. I want this book to be for my children and my friend to remember me by; I pray, by the grace of God it will be a blessing to them.