As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

In The Flow of Life Dr. Mitchell chronicles his trials and tribulations from boyhood to manhood as an African Americanfrom a one-room schoolhouse to the successful man he has become today. Dr. Mitchell hopes to inspire people in all walks of life to achieve greatness even in the face of great challenges. Brown vs. The Board of Education 1954 transformed educational sojourn Educational pursuit sent his siblings and him to parochial schools Gerrymandering kept the educational system unchange...

Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas PrizeShortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation AwardFinalist for the 2017 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism****Longlisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non FictionOn an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of t...

In Autobiography of a Baby Boomer you'll follow the journey of a post-modernist baby-boomer from Father Knows Best middle class Fair Lawn, New Jersey to the hippy trail through Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The overland journey in search of something more than he could find at Cornell University Medical College covers four years during a time when "dropping out," "turning on," and "free-love" were the gospel. Through his travels, drugs, séances, very far-out "Road People,...

In the early hours of the morning on Thursday the 14th of February 2013, world famous athlete Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead. Pistorius claims that it was a mistake - he thought it was a burglar. The police claim that it was a premeditated murder.This book offers the reader a quick-read biography of Pistorius's life, his amazing achievements as an athlete, and the events of that one tragic night. It looks at the facts put forward so far by each party, and asks a n...

When I was thirty-five, my wife and I were both reported dead by the first paramedics to arrive at the scene of a seventy-five-mile-an-hour hit-and-run. My wife Marcy died instantly that day. With brain damage from a massive stroke and my body broken, I wasn’t expected to survive either.”So begins Rise and Shine, the dramatic story of Simon Lewis and his remarkable recovery from a horrific car accident. Told through the eyes of someone who has lived through it” and succe...

From Inner-City Nobody to Brilliant NeurosurgeonWhen Ben Carson was in school, his classmates called him the class dummy. Many—including Ben himself—doubted that he would ever amount to anything. But his mother never let him quit. She encouraged Ben to do better and reach higher for his dreams, and eventually he discovered a deep love of learning. Today this young boy from the inner-city is one of the world’s greatest pediatric neurosurgeons. Through determination ...

Robert Davidson was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in October 2007 after having difficulties with the fitness test necessary to retain senior level soccer referee status. Rather than give in to the disease and die, he decided to fight and live as normal a life as possible, borrowing from Winston Churchill, the mantra “Never surrender”. He and his wife, Heather, believe it was this attitude that led to him “winning” a double lung transplant January 30, 2010, just weeks before he ...

Come take a stroll down the memory lane of medical history. Reflections on Pediatric Medicine from 1943 to 2010 recounts the struggles of a dedicated pediatrician as he attempts to strike a balance between a normal family life and the demands of the rapidly evolving world of modern medicine. Through vividly drawn stories compiled from a career that spans more than half a century, author Byron Oberst takes readers on an amazing journey from the early years of medicine, when there w...

“The life of a neurosurgeon isn’t an easy one, and Ben has been required to go above and beyond the call of duty almost constantly. The life of a neurosurgeon’s wife isn’t much easier. But it’s all been worth it. Together, we’ve been through poverty, tragedy, wealth, and joy, and we’ve had each other’s backs. I love that guy!” —CANDY CARSONLike most Americans, you might think of Ben Carson as a trailblazing brain surgeon and, in the last few years, as an outspoken ...

There are tons of books out there telling you how to improve your chances of getting into medical school. All of these tomes are based on the assumption that the prospect reader wants to become a medical doctor. The author of this eBook believes that in this day and age the question should be not how you can get into Medical School but whether or not you should ever consider going to Medical School in the first place. This book paints a very different picture of the medical profession than...

Jeff Croonen was a force, both on and off the field. As a player for six years with the Canadian Football League, he was determined and unyielding. As a pharmaceutical sales representative, he was a sales award winner many times over and a personality no client could resist. As an inspirational speaker and coach, he was full of wisdom gained from the worst kinds of experience: betrayal, injury, and abuse. But Jeff always came back stronger than ever, and he was at his happiest when he was ...