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January 27, 2023

HE CHARGED ALONE

By John R. Strasburg
Biography
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

John R. Strasburg's HE CHARGED ALONE is an impeccably researched biography of one of the most decorated American soldiers in history - scrupulous, thoughtful, and...

IR Approved
January 20, 2023

LADY OF THE ARMY: The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton

By Stefanie Van Steelandt
Biography
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A magisterial recounting of the life of George S. Patton's wife Beatrice, Stefanie van Steelandt's LADY OF THE ARMY offers a frank and sympathetic portrait...

November 23, 2022

LOVE ALWAYS, ALICE

By Mary Matthews Fetterman, Captain Alice Matthews, ANC
Biography
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

In LOVE ALWAYS, ALICE, Mary Matthews Fetterman shares a collection of World War II letters written by her aunt, Captain Alice Matthews, that create a...

IR Approved
July 20, 2022

WALKS BY BIG ALEX’S POND

By Henry Van Berkel
Biography
Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

Exploring the cyclical nature of life through a pair of life stories set a century apart, Henry Van Berkel’s WALKS BY BIG ALEX’S POND is...

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June 10, 2022

LEAVES IN THE WIND (HOJAS AL VIENTO)

By Ricardo Suarez-Gartner
Biography
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Ricardo Suárez-Gärtner’s LEAVES IN THE WIND (HOJAS AL VIENTO) is an intriguing, unique journey through the author’s lineage, using brief stories and two languages to...

IR Approved
February 2, 2022

WARRIOR IN THE MUD

By Nicole Martin Salter
Biography
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Nicole Martin Salter's WARRIOR IN THE MUD is an uplifting memoir of an extraordinary life, written with skill, insight, and no small amount of courage.

IR Approved
October 13, 2021

TESLA’S WORDS

By Ellis Oswalt
Biography
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

TESLA'S WORDS is an excellent and inspirational document of a man's revolutionary talent and beautiful vision for a better world that speaks to us even...

IR Approved
August 9, 2021

MIDNIGHT FLIGHT TO NUREMBERG: The Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolf Hitler Into Power

By Marcus A. Nannini
Biography
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Marcus A. Nannini's MIDNIGHT FLIGHT TO NUREMBERG: The Capture of the Nazi Who Put Adolf Hitler Into Power, is an emotional true story and an...

IR Approved
June 30, 2021

WONDERS ALL AROUND

By Bruce McCandless III
Biography
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

By channeling a unique perspective informed by a lifetime of personal memories, Bruce McCandless III offers readers both a meticulously researched and well written portrait...

March 17, 2021

THIS BUSINESS OF LIFE AND BUSINESS

By Ray Byfield
Biography
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

Entrepreneur Ray Byfield puts it all out there in his biography, THIS BUSINESS OF LIFE AND BUSINESS, as he wades through the sticky dramas of...

IR Approved
February 1, 2021

JUSTICE DENIED: A Personal Requiem

By Roger Lawrence
Biography
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

JUSTICE DENIED: A Personal Requiem by Roger Lawrence is both riveting and disturbing and relays the true-to-life tale about how the judicial system can steal...

IR Approved
December 7, 2020

THE LIVES OF LOWBROW ARTISTS: Vol 1

By Fritz K. Costa
Biography
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Author Fritz Costa’s conversational storytelling brings life to biographic profiles of five Lowbrow artists in THE LIVES OF LOWBROW ARTISTS:  Vol 1, illuminating their common...

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