Evelyn LaTorre's book illustrates the trials and joys in the blending of two cultures. Love is tested when Evelyn falls in love with Antonio, a handsome Peruvian university student. At the end of her two-year Peace Corps commitment in Peru, Evelyn finds herself pregnant. The two 23-year-olds marry in Cusco and move to Northern California. Evelyn expects her husband to support their family as Antonio tries to take his place as head of the household. But he must first learn English, complete college, and find a job.

Herded by Miracles: An only child, a burden to her single mother and born in South Africa in the middle of a war, the author had to discern life's purpose by living it. She rides through the widest emotional landscapes of contrast: the Apartheid conflict between black and white, between Boer and British, and the disconnect between African and European cultures, the generosity of strangers, the betrayal of friends, and rejection by family. Through all these mirrors, the patchwork pilgrimage is towards the transcendent lovingness of Creation.

In pursuit of a meaningful life, Jeff Richards and his friend Rick Sager decide to start a commune out in the Rocky Mountains. It doesn't go as planned.

An intense search to find, prove, and accept a past life as a Confederate from the Civil War is the author's memoir embedded within a novel about editing and publishing the book. Full of historical details, the book includes a twenty-page biography of a Confederate Major General, well known for his participation in the Battle of Gettysburg. The difficulty of accepting another person's life as your own led to a great spiritual lesson and an expansion of consciousness.

This inspiring collection of memories, stories, and tributes from colleagues in the entertainment industry, childhood and lifelong friends, Arabian horse enthusiasts, and fans is a homage to a man who not only was an immensely talented performer, but who also was a hero. Patrick has left a legacy of many works, including movies, television shows, Broadway shows, dance performances, and songs.

Author Peter Ticktin was Donald Trump's former platoon sergeant at New York Military Academy when they were both 18 and to this day, they have remained lifelong friends and Trump occasionally as his lawyer. Peter outlines in this book why he always has and always will stand behind Trump, who is today President-elect of the United States, which will be his second term in this high office. In What Makes Trump Tick, Peter presents an eye-opening account of what made Trump the awesomely successful businessman, a U.S.

The Perils of Beginnings weaves two periods of history to tell the story of an ancestor, José Narciso Cavazos, one of the early Texas settlers. In 1969, 18-year-old Barbara, the narrator, hopped into her spicy Auntie Eloisa’s new GTO to embark on a road trip from Texas to Tampico, Mexico. While searching for her baptismal certificate, Auntie shares the history of Narcisco, a bold visionary who, in 1793, left an aristocratic life in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to cultivate the 600,000 acres of land awarded to him by the King of Spain. As Narciso’s story unfolds, so do the secrets of the two women.

'From Budapest to Hollywood: Searching for the Promised Land' is a story of resilience, hope, and the pursuit of a better life. Katherine MK Mitchell's memoir begins with her birth in Nazi-occupied Hungary. From there she survived war, the ill-fated S.S. Exodus, and communism before fleeing her home country once the Russians crushed the Hungarian Revolution. Her journey as a refugee brought her to New York, where she overcame countless challenges, ultimately making a name for herself in Hollywood.

What was it like to be orphaned at birth in the winter of 1942 in Munich, to spend the next eleven years as a foster child in the family of a former SS-officer? What was it like, after the death of my foster mother, to live for seven years in a home for children under the aegis of Catholic Sisters? What was it like to immigrate to the United States at age eighteen without family support or knowledge of English? In telling my story, I draw portraits of people that have affected my life for good or ill.