The innocence of childhood shows that no matter what you grow up with, even in the South, she thinks the love of her mom and rest of her family, even the Ku Klux Klan and all its ugliness, does not dim the enjoyment that she finds being loved and life on the farm which is all she knows and being fine. She has the answers "if you would have just asked her!"

Frank Callas is nobody's fool and everyone's victim. He is a harmless, hapless, and curious young man who has extraordinary experiences at school in Switzerland and in elite levels of British society in the mid-1960s. His curiosity about people makes him vulnerable to other people's whims, and he often suffers the indignation of being out of place. He assumes James Bond posturing occasionally, trying to fool himself that he is something larger than...

What does it cost to live an inauthentic life? If anyone knows, it's Alon Ozery. Born in Toronto to an Orthodox Jewish father and a British mother, raised in Israel, and educated in Canada, Alon didn't come out of the closet, until he had a wife and three children. From his childhood on the shores of the Mediterranean to dodging young women and ducking work in the motor pool of the Israeli army, Even the Sidewalk Could Tell relates Alon's winding...

Life in rural Ireland in any townland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was far from easy. There were few opportunities for any kind of work outside farming. And, few were the farmers who could remunerate anybody to help on the farm. We are in danger of forgetting the struggle these people had to eke out a living from the reluctant soil, which only answered to the best weather conditions and even then, only too frequently in a poor...

"From birth to a car accident, to recovery and back to work! Now, Embracing the Graces and Miracles with this thing called LIFE!" I am writing this book for several reasons: 1) My shrink said, "When you get moody, write down your thoughts." 2) From what I have been told, I have had a busy life. Not crappy, but not fantastic. 3) I thought I would share it with others to show people that there are many different folks out there.

If you are a fisherman or woman, this book is for you! This fascinating memoir of Edward Murton's fishing experiences spans the course of 54 years fishing in 20 different locations, for over 20 species, as well as competing in 25 tournaments. He fished 11 tournaments in Hawaii alone. He fished on Lake Erie and in Canada for seven years for walleyes, and on Lake Murray, South Carolina, for stripers for five years. He has also caught 13 marlins. During...

Is your personal storm brewing? Do you work tirelessly and excel in your career, while feeling exhausted and unfulfilled? Do you lie in bed, feeling like giving up and wondering: Is there more to life? As Audrey Jo struggled with these same feelings and insecurities, her doubts about not being enough whirled around inside of her. The workings of a category three hurricane strengthened inside of her, which would result in an inevitable yet unforgettable...

In Being Selfish we meet Sarah facing a second unplanned pregnancy at the age of twenty-two. Her conservative Jewish, politically liberal, middle-class American upbringing fails to provide her with meaningful comfort or guidance. Depressed and disillusioned, she sets out on a twenty-year pilgrimage to explore sex, God, and herself. Her forays into orthodox Judaism, the sex trade, and new age spirituality don't satisfy the depth of her longing for...

Marcy Lange had spent her life as a homemaker and mother when her life took a turn: She got divorced, started a photography business and began taking aerial photos for local businesses. After her divorce, she went to a singles weekend at a ski resort and that weekend she met Hank. Hank was a pilot and airport bum who always dreamed of flying. Years later, they were married. She didn't know anything about airplanes, but soon learned how to read maps...

Here, Missouri Hall of Famer and sports educator Jim Aziere has crafted a remarkable true story, a classically American story, about an essential part of his youthful struggles and our own, featuring a one-of-a-kind Kansas City parochial high school called De La Salle Academy that flourished in the years between wars, 1941-1959, a time of great social strife in our city. It's an eye-opening tale of the seismic shifts in America in the 1960s, about...