Nonfiction/Memoir, Biography 2008

The Souls of My Feet: A Love Story

Nancy Howry
AuthorHouse (2008)
ISBN 9781438905464
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (12/08)


Goal: My Journey from Afghanistan

Mohammad B. Alikhail
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595470488
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Readers View (12/08)


Lake Effect: A Deckhand’s Journey on the Great Lakes Freighters

Richard Hill
Gale Force Press (2008)
ISBN 9780981737188
Reviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar for Reader Views (12/08)


My Buddy Butch: Confessions of a New Dog Dad

Jeff Marginean
Jemar Entertainment, Inc. (2008)
ISBN 9780981462103
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (12/08)


Divinely Inspired

Jerry J. Pollock, Ph.D.
Shechinah Third Temple (2009)
ISBN 9780981721255
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (12/08)


Dear Sebastian: Reclaiming the Power of Metaphor

Bianca Tora
Outskirts Press (2008)
ISBN 9781432725877
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (12/08)


The Bookmaker: A Memoir of Money, Luck, and Family from the Utopian Outskirts of New York City

Michael J. Agovino
HaperCollins (2008)
ISBN 9780061151392
Reviewed by Nicole Bonia for Reader Views (12/08)


Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street

Cherie Blair
Little, Brown and Company (2008)
ISBN 9780316031455
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (12/08)


Born on Friday 13th

Anna Murray
CreateSpace (2008)
ISBN 9781440453403
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (12/08)


A London Scrapbook: A Memoir

Polly Grose
Beaver’s Pond Press (2008)
ISBN 9781592982332
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (12/08)


Short and Sweet: The Life and Times of the Lollipop Munchkin

Jerry Maren
Cumberland House (2008)
ISBN 9781581825435
Reviewed by Lisa Kisner for Reader Views (11/08)


Against Medical Advice: One Family’s Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery

James Patterson, Hal Friedman
Little, Brown and Company (2008)
ISBN 9780316024754
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (12/08)


More Than a Memory: Reflections of Viet Nam

Victor R. Volkman, Editor
Modern History Press (2008)
ISBN 9781932690644
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Philliber for Reader Views (11/08)


The Deep Water Leaf Society

Claire M. Perkins
OPA Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780982105610
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (11/08)


Best Little Stories from the Life and Times of Winston Churchill

C. Brian Kelly
Cumberland House (2008)
ISBN 9781581826340
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Philliber for Reader Views (11/08)


The Last Undercover: The True Story of an FBI Agent’s Dangerous Dance with Evil

Bob Hamer
Center Street (2008)
ISBN 9781599951010
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Philliber for Reader Views (11/08)


50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days--and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

Dean Karnazes
Wellness Central (2008)
ISBN 9780446581837
Reviewed by Reina Santana for Reader Views (11/08)


That’s Life: It’s Sexually Transmitted and Terminal

Barry Friedman, MD
Lulu Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781435754362
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (11/08)


The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy: As told to Susan Griffin

Al Rivera
AuthorHouse (2008)
ISBN 9781438921204
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (11/08)


Confessions of a Bi-Polar Mardi Gras Queen

Marie Etienne
Alluvium Brooks (2009)
ISBN 9780974847412
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (11/08)


Out of Vienna: Eight Years of Flight from the Nazis

Ernie Weiss
Xlibris Corporation (2008)
ISBN 9781436312578
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (11/08)


Legal Tender: True Tales of a Brothel Madam

Laraine Russo Harper
Stephens Press (2008)
ISBN 9781932173949
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (11/08)


Liberty’s Quest: The Compelling Story of the Wife and Mother of Two Poetry Pulitzer Prize Winners, James Wright & Franz Wright

Liberty Kovacs
Robert D. Reed (2008)
ISBN 9781931741965
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (10/08)


Doctors, Lawyers, Indian Chiefs

Tom Benjey
Tuxedo Press (2008)
ISBN 9780977448678
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (10/08)


Boy of “Greatest”

David W. Lawrie
Heritage Special Edition (2008)
ISBN 9781934696170
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (9/08)



Not So Quiet on the Set: My Life in Movies during Hollywood’s Macho Era

Robert E. Relyea
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595713325
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (10/08)



Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir

Heather Summerhayes Cariou
McArthur & Company (2008)
ISBN 9781552786789                
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (9/08) 



A Promise for all Seasons (Heritage Special Edition)

Charles L. Williams
American Literary Press (2008)
ISBN 9781934696217
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (9/08)



Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran

Andy Taylor
Grand Central Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780446509305
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (9/08)



Trading Dreams at Midnight: A Novel

Diane McKinney-Whetstone
HarperCollins (2008)
ISBN 9780688163860
Reviewed by Jen Karsbaek for Reader Views (9/08)



Flashback Artist: The remarkable true story of one woman’s life and spiritual journey

Lisa L. Everly
AuthorHouse (2008)
ISBN 9781434372291
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (9/08)



Adventure in Borneo: The True Story of One Man’s Quest to Find the Bornean Peacock Pheasant

Jolan Durrah
Pheasant Tale Productions (2007)
ISBN 9780981700106
Reviewed by Jen Karsbaek for Reader Views (9/08)



Deception: Growing Up in an Amish-Jewish Cult, Book 2

Patricia Hochstetler
Baker Trittin Press (2007)
ISBN 9780978731656
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (9/08)



Delusion: Growing Up in an Amish Jewish Cult, Book 1

Patricia Hochstetler
Baker Trittin Press (2007)
ISBN 9780978731649
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (9/08)



Escape from the Pharma Drug Cartel: My Life as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel

Kimberly Cheryl
Outskirts Press (2007)
ISBN 9781432712808
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (8/08) 



The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story

Julia Reed
Ecco Press (2008)
ISBN 9780061136641
Reviewed by Nikki Pringle for Reader Views (8/08)



Great Peacemakers: True Stories from Around the World

Ken Beller and Heather Chase
LTS Press (2008)
ISBN 9780980138207
Reviewed by Jen Karsbaek for Reader Views (8/08)


The Constant Outsider

Thomas M. Cirignano
Xlibris Corporation (2008)
ISBN 9781436320931
Reviewed by Nikki Pringle for Reader Views (8/08)


River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Woman He Loved

Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Cumberland House Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781581826531
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (7/08)


From Vilayur to Baltimore

Gopal Dorai
American Literary Press (2008)
ISBN 9781934696095
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (7/08)


Starting Over Again

Susan Voyles
Infinity Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780741446190
Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (7/08)


Once Blind: The Life of John Newton

Kay Marshall Strom
Authentic Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781934068274
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (7/08)


The Accidental Warden: My unexpected year as Warden of the California Women’s Prison

Brook Carey
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595481668
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (7/08) 


No One Knows What It's Like To be The Cab Man

Ron Meyer
Ron Meyer Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781605853512
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (7/08)


What Everyone Believed: A Memoir of Intuition and Awakening

Christine Hoeflich
Between Worlds Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780979658907
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (7/08)


The Ones That Got Away: A Dating Memoir

M. Hill
HoneyBee Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780981750002
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (7/08)


Confessions of a ’Sixties Priest: But Probably Not What You’re Thinking!

James M. O’Brien
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595496150
Reviewed for Reader Views by Richard R. Blake (7/08)


An Almost Fatal Miracle: Realizing Reality

Roger Daniel Rizzo
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595439621
Reviewed by Wendy Cleveland for Reader Views (6/08)


Silent Screams from the Hamptons

Christa Jan Ryan
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2008)
ISBN 9781934759059
Reviewed by Wendy Cleveland for Reader Views (6/08)


Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship

Micha Berman
Lulu.com (2007)
ISBN 9781435706187
Reviewed by Wendy Cleveland for Reader Views (6/08)

One Time in Paris: A Memoir of the 1960s

Wade Stevenson 
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595486588
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (6/08)


Riding Through It: A Memoir

Carol McKibben
Outskirts Press (2007)
ISBN 9781598009415
Reviewed by Wendy Cleveland for Reader Views (6/08)


Unintended Consequences: A Memoir

Byron M. Church
American Literary Press (2007)
ISBN 9781934696040
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (6/08)


Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Tom Gillispie
Cumberland House Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9781581826388
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (6/08)


Storm Over Morocco: Finding God in the Midst of Fanatics

Frank Romano
World Audience (2007)
ISBN 9781934209431
Reviewed by Jen Cardwell for Reader Views (6/08)


The Bittersweet Journey of This Samoan Boy

Mika Tufuga-Valai
Outskirts Press, Inc. (2008)
ISBN 9781432718558
Reviewed by Dr. Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (5/08)


It was never about a hot dog and a Coke!

Rodney L. Hurst, Sr.
WingSpan Press (2008)
ISBN 9781595941954
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (4/08)


Stolen Fields: A Story of Eminent Domain and the Death of the American Dream

Jean Boggio
Colerith Press (2008)
ISBN 9780979933042
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (4/08)


Artificial Imagination

Kalpanik S
Center of Artificial Imagination, Inc. (2008)
ISBN 9780981476247
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (04/08)


Stand To…: A Journey to Manhood

E. Franklin Evans
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595450534
Reviewed by Dr. Michael Philliber for Reader Views (4/08)


I am a Jew

Mel Waldman
World Audience (2008)
ISBN 9781934209516
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (3/08)


Keep Walking

Larry Jones
Doubleday (2007)
ISBN 9780385521369
Reviewed by Dr. Carol Hoyer  for Reader Views (3/08)


The Internet Financing Illusion

Vincent Panettiere
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595385676
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (03/08)


Will Rogers, Performer

Richard J. Maturi and Mary Buckingham Maturi
21st Century Publishers (2008)
ISBN 9780960729883
Reviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar for Reader Views (2/08)


Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story

Shireen Jeejeebhoy
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595445448
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (2/08)


The Brutality of War: A Memoir of Vietnam

Gene R. Dark
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595458936
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (1/08)


Glori: A Different Story
Nicole Lynn Hannans
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595435562
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (1/08)
Seven Days of Hospice: A Memoir
D. M. Wilmes
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595463732
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (1/08)
The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same-Sex Marriage
Beren deMotier
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595439874
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (1/08)
Twin Voices: A Memoir of Polio, the Forgotten Killer
Janice Flood Nichols
iUniverse (2007)
ISBN 9780595433162
Reviewed by April Sullivan for Reader Views (1/08)