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My Shorts Brian Kagan What would you get if the Seinfeld, Reiner, Crystal, and Kagan families got together for dinner? You’d get fatter, guiltier, and hoarser from trying to get a word in edgewise and suffer muscle cramps from laughing. When you get into My Shorts, you get all that and more. This is an... |
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21 Days Donald R. Dragovich 21 Days is the chronological countdown to David's death as described by his brother, Donald. His written thoughts document what was happening to his brother David as he quickly succumbed to esophageal cancer. Donald describes his emotional turmoil in dealing with his... |
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A Time to Seek Susan Pohlman With wisdom, reverence, and grace, Susan Pohlman delivers a lyrical meditation on midlife and motherhood while traveling the cobblestoned streets of Florence, Genoa, and Rome. A Time to Seek is a must for those navigating the empty nest or a period of personal transition. As the journey through Italy unfolds, Pohlman... |
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Onslaught K.O. Samuels An impulsive decision. A chance to gain a lot or lose everything. An odd discovery catapults Sam Whayler into a world of crime and intrigue. Just when he thinks he's on the verge of a breakthrough the worst happens. Sam finds himself on a spine chilling quest for answers. He soon realizes that nothing is as it seems. Onslaught... |
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Closure Has Come, Goldman Sachs Bobby Sachs You heard about my book, you saw me on the front cover just a few seconds ago, you’re debating in your mind right now whether you should read it or not. You are on the internet or standing at Barnes and Noble ready to make your decision. This is my first autobiography... |
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Silver Wings, Iron Cross Tom Young From air combat veteran Tom Young comes the explosive saga of two enemy combatants—an American pilot and German U-boat officer—united by fate in an epic fight for survival. World War II Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down... |
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This America Jill Lepore At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America, a follow-up to her much-celebrated history of the United States, These Truths. With dangerous forms of nationalism on the rise, Lepore, a Harvard historian and... |
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Jane Digby's Diary C.R. Hurst Bright, beautiful, and bold, Jane Digby led a remarkable life. Born to privilege in 1807 at Dorset, England, she soon scandalized Europe with her reckless pursuit of of freedom. She sacrificed home, family, and respectability for her passions. Kings, princes, barons, brigands, lords, and sheikhs were among her lovers. A gifted artist and musician, as well... |
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Pearls Dot Nuechterlein What's it like to grow older? More than 80 American women from across the country, aged middle 50s through late 90s, offer thoughtful insights on many aspects of advancing in years—the ups as well as some downs, joys along with sorrows, happy memories from the past plus... |
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Elly Uncomposed Valerie Niemerg Rehearsal pianist Elizabeth Kirtenpepper loves her cramped, corner studio and the cool, unseen depths of the orchestra pit. But when she's mysteriously transported into a real-life 18th-century opera—The Marriage of Figaro—Elizabeth finds herself in a very different kind of pit: the scullery of the ruthless and domineering Count... |
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Floating Underwater Tracy Shawn Part psychological fiction and part mystical fiction with a dash of magical realism, Floating Underwater follows a woman’s astonishing journey through the extraordinary and, ultimately, to her own self-actualization and power. Fearful that her lifelong premonitions not only predict the future but can also change its very course, Paloma... |
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Beneath a Veteran's Honor Naomi Elie As a mother and 20-year military veteran caregiver, Naomi Elie shares the stages of the onset of schizophrenia encountered by young Navy Corpsman London Elie while on active-duty at Balboa Navy Medical Center in San Diego, California. As Corpsman Elie enthusiastically assumes his military career role at Balboa... |
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L'héritage des Lumières Antoine Lilti Les Lumières sont souvent invoquées dans l'espace public comme un combat contre l'obscurantisme, combat qu'il s'agirait seulement de réactualiser. Des lectures, totalisantes et souvent caricaturales, les associent au culte du Progrès, au libéralisme politique et à un... |
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Grace listens to a story told to her by her Grandmother. Her Grandmother shares her wisdom. Grace learns the lessons of nature and of the heart. The greatest lesson of all is that we are all "Kin." Grandmother talks about basic traits that are appreciated and important. She focuses on our common humanity. Most of all... |
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Feelin' It: A College Journey of Epic Proportions Eric V. Warren Every year, thousands of Black students head off to predominantly White colleges and universities. Have you ever wondered what it is like to be one of those students? Feelin' It is a deep dive into the thoughts, feelings and experiences of a Black student finding his way through a small university in Michigan's untamed Upper Peninsula. |
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Turn Within Vibha Sharma People think that they cannot have spiritual life if they have to become successful in their professional and personal life. This thinking is far from reality. The reality is you enjoy your life more when you connected with the spirit inside, your formless self, your eternal self. A 'missing link' that everybody is... |
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