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Undercover: Operation Julie - The Inside Story

by Stephen Bentley

In a Liverpool night club, the Canadian mobster said, "Are you guys cops?"

Steve Jackson heard him. His blood ran cold.

Jackson wasn't his real name. He was an undercover cop.

Ever wondered about the life of an undercover cop?

What it takes to infiltrate a worldwide drugs gang?

What it feels like to live a double life? – to ‘live a lie.’

Read this gripping true story of B... more

The Church of Baseball: Making Bull Durham

by Jim Cryns

This is the story behind the making of the most popular sports movie of all time. Released in 1988, Bull Durham was rejected by every studio in Hollywood--twice. The film defied odds as it became a sports movie that actually made money--a lot of money. It has also been credited with breathing new life into the minor leagues of baseball. Writer and director Ron Shelton played professional baseball at the AAA level for five years. He voluntarily left baseball to pursue a Master’s degree. Later, he... more

Passion for Provence: 22 Keys to La Belle Vie

by Gayle Smith Padgett

Explosions of Joy: A Memoir of the Grief Counselor for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

by Trina A. Kraus

Paul Yin was the grief counselor for families of victims aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. His memoir tells the inspiring story of the paths he walked before that moment. In 1986 he was told, "psychology has no place in Chinese society and you know it!" which sparked his resolve to establish a meaningful place for the field in China. He injected himself and valuable psychology training into several crises in China including SARS and the Asiana 214 disaster which affected three Ch... more

Fish Like You Mean It

by DAVID ZOBY

Fish Like You mean It, by David Zoby

Pearl Button Press, Fort Collins, CO

311 pages, 14.99 paperback, 4.99 Kindle

From the golf course ponds of Tidewater Virginia, to the vacant uplands of North Dakota, to the windswept headlands of Alaska, David Zoby takes us on a contemplative tour of fishing and hunting destinations. His dogs come along too. Fish Like You Mean It is eleven thoughtful essays on the art of fly-fishing... more

What My Left Hand Was Doing: Lessons from a Grassroots Activist

by Joann Castle

This searing, unflinching account of social justice activism takes us into the heart of the civil rights and black self-determination movements, seeking lessons learned that have relevance today. A priceless activist history lesson, What My Left Hand Was Doing chronicles the more common, less discussed reality of the day-to-day efforts, interactions, triumphs, and failures that reflect every social justice movement. Today, as a new wave of activists respond to the latest ti... more

Best Friends

by Yvette Nachmias-Baeu

It is a book of letters that tell the story of two aspiring young women, Beth and Yvette, whose correspondence span a period of twenty-seven years—from San Francisco to a return to their roots in New York in the sixties, where they are involved in the Downtown art and political scene of the time, encountering and befriending people like; Bob Dylan, Dustin Hoffman, Shel Silverstein, Phil Ochs, Sam Shepard, Anna Halperin, Timothy Leary, Andre Gregory, Spaulding Gray, Eli Seigel, Andy Warhol, et ... more

Conch Shell Confessionals: A Millennial's Memoir about Sex, Love, and Self-Discovery

by Dax Marie

This is a book about love: hunting it, chasing it, losing it, tripping and falling into it. And yes, it's a book about sex: hunting it, chasing it, losing it, tripping and falling onto...ahem...it. But more than anything, it's a book about self-discovery, navigating the learning curve of adulting, and learning the kind of tough lessons that only come when you have to pick yourself off the floor, block a guy's number (for the second time), and clean some curious stains off your dress. I ... more

Every Breath Is a Gift: Reflections on My Leukemia Journey

by Erin Michaela Sweeney

With one phone call, author Erin Michaela Sweeney’s life changes forever. She becomes a terminal cancer patient.

This memoir recounts the harrowing months after diagnosis during which Sweeney endures eight- to ten-day chemotherapy rounds administered during hospital stays in the hope of getting into remission. If she makes it that far, then it is a race to find a donor who matches her profile. Will she receive a life-saving marrow transplant in tim... more

Every Breath Is a Gift: Reflections on My Leukemia Journey

by Erin Michaela Sweeney

With one phone call, author Erin Michaela Sweeney’s life changes forever. She becomes a terminal cancer patient.

This memoir recounts the harrowing months after diagnosis during which Sweeney endures eight- to ten-day chemotherapy rounds administered during hospital stays in the hope of getting into remission. If she makes it that far, then it is a race to find a donor who matches her profile. Will she receive a life-saving marrow transplant in time? And ... more

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'N Roll, and a Tiara: How I Celebrated Kicking Cancer's Ass

by Beverly Diehl

Nobody wants breast cancer, especially after watching their beloved mother die from it. Why would anyone say this journey was the beginning of the happiest years of their life? Because it had an awesome playlist, that’s why. Here’s how Beverly’s Kicking Cancer’s Ass soundtrack was built. She started with the classics: the support of sex-positive partners, fabulous family and friends. Mixed in plenty of feel-good music and added some medicinal marijuana. Spiced it up with books, body-positivity, ... more

Crawling Out " One Woman's Journey To Break the Cycle of Abuse."

by Casey Morley

Crawling Out shares the everyday struggles a victim and their family go through day in and day out. The horror of domestic violence and the toll it takes. How the author began her awareness of this national epidemic and her steps to begin her journey of Crawling Out, from years of dysfunction/ abuse to a happy well adjusted/ balanced life for her and her son.

MY JOB Book 2: Real People at Work Around the World

by Suzanne Skees

Book 2 of the series, MY JOB: REAL PEOPLE AT WORK AROUND THE WORLD, features fifteen true stories by professionals in the North America, the Caribbean, Central America, Southeast Asia, the U.K., and Africa, in such fields as addiction recovery, agribusiness, college admissions, ecotourism, and diplomacy. Each narrator begins by outlining what it's really like to do their job and ends up revealing their innermost traumas and dreams. More than a virtual travel guide to villages, farms, and cities ... more

Sunday Nights with Walt: Everything I Know I Learned from "The Wonderful World of Disney"

by Richard Rothrock

What were you doing on Sunday night? For many Americans, starting in the 1950s, the answer was: watching Walt Disney's TV show. Richard Rothrock's comprehensive history of that show, in its many forms, will take you back to long-ago Sunday nights spent together with family...and Walt Disney. Rothrock combines meticulous backstories and episode synopses with insight into how Walt's TV show shaped American culture and how it shaped his own childhood and adolescence, gently exposing him to the... more

sons of valor parents of faith

by james odonnell

As a retired 1st responder to wtc on 9-11. I have interviewd the parents of nine fdny firefighters and one nypd dectective killed that day. The book examines their lives and the emotional and spiritual journeys of their parents.

Captain Puckett

by William D. LaRue

Come along with retired Panama Canal pilot Kenneth P. Puckett as he shares "sea stories" and other personal memories that have made him a popular teacher and lecturer. For nearly 16 years, until he retired in 1996, he helped to guide ships through the historic Panama Canal on more than 1,400 transits. On these pages he navigates through tales of his rocky childhood in northern Kentucky; his military adventures in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army, where he served two tours of Vietnam; and what it... more

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