A Checkered Past    by William Van Poyck
Price: $2.99 USD. 118160 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Miami native William Van Poyck- burglar, bank robber, escape artist, and novelist - pens a sweeping, vividly sketched autobiography guiding readers on an unforgettable, four-decade odyssey, from barefoot youth to reform school to death row. Projected through the lens of raw experience, this is a brutally authentic look into the hardscrabble underbelly of America's criminal justice system.

Be Brave, Be Strong: A Journey Across the Great Divide    by Jill Homer
Price: $2.99 USD. 123090 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Bicycling.
(4.43 from 7 reviews)
This is an inspiring and often harrowing account of Jill Homer's record-breaking, 2,740-mile mountain bike ride from Canada to Mexico along the Great Divide. The book follows the thrilling adventure, grueling physical challenges, and emotional turmoil of an ordinary person trying to do something extraordinary.

Overlay: A Tale of One Girl's Life in 1970s Las Vegas    by Marlayna Glynn Brown
Price: $0.99 USD. 109820 words. Language: English. Published on January 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
*2013 Winner of a Next Generation Indie Book Award* Fans of The Glass Castle, The Liar's Club and Angela's Ashes will appreciate this award-winning true tale of survival and resilience recorded in spare and convincing prose. This memoir describes the author's turbulent 1970s Las Vegas childhood in a haunting voice full of simple youthful perception.