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The Sixteenth Street Chronicles: Where Violence Met Character

by James Aziere

Wash Your Face With Holy Water

by Melissa Hawks

Four years ago, Melissa Hawks set off to have the adventure of a lifetime solo traveling Europe and the UK and ended up in a war for her life. Her trip began with walking the Camino up the Portuguese coast into Spain, then exploring Ireland and Italy. Her journeys took her from Porto to Dublin to Amalfi to Florence to the beautiful Umbrian countryside, and the many tiny coastal towns in each country she visits. These stories may make you laugh, some will probably make you cry or rage but a... more

Confessions of a Third-Rate Goddess: Traipsing Through a World Gone Weird

by Kathy Biehl

Columnist and zine pioneer Kathy Biehl romps through sexual ambiguity and other weirdness of single life in the 1990s. Featuring perils of fan mail * traveling statues * backstage dramas * driveway parties * ludicrous journeys * celebrities (real and impersonated) * divine manifestations * the author's accidental attainment of goddesshood * and other mystery-marvels of life on the bridge to the millennium.

Brother Broken

by Cecile Beaulieu

‘Brother Broken’ is not a tale of woe. It’s not a romance novel, a how-to handbook, a travel guide, a pot-boiler, a sci-fi sequel or a fantasy adventure. It’s a Saskatchewan true story. A slice of history that’s not dark or depressing. A memoir of hope and gratitude, with a touch of ridiculous―though some parts are complicated, because there is nothing straightforward pertaining to ‘broken’. Three of my brothers died. I wish I could say they died of natural causes, but there is nothing nat... more

Don't Tell Mom! Shenanigans of a Small-Town Kid

by Greg Schweiner

The book takes us back in time for a nostalgic look at time before parents were described as helicopters and tigers. We follow the adventures of a little boy and see the world through his eyes as he grows up in a era when video games didn't exist and phones were attached to walls.

The stories and characters are relatable to anyone who lived through the period, or anyone who wants to know what life was like back then. The lessons learned are timeless.

Part-Time Nomads

by Anne M. Breedlove

The ad in the back of Bicycling magazine read: “Self-guided bicycling tours in rural France.” Eight days on furnished bikes, in pre-arranged lodging opened our eyes to the possibilities of bicycle travel. PART-TIME NOMADS tells how we metamorphosed from middle-aged, suburban working parents to international bicycle travelers. For ten years we stole time from work and parenting to bicycle 10,000 miles in seven states and three countries. Starting in Northern California with “credit card cycling... more

She May Be Lying Down But She May Be Very Happy

by Jody Gelb

Everything was going right in the delivery room until, suddenly, it wasn't. The baby's brain was damaged; the new mother, unprepared for the life she and her family would now be living.

In dense, lyrical prose, Jody Gelb pays tribute to her daughter's short life. SHE MAY BE LYING DOWN BUT SHE MAY BE VERY HAPPY is a marvel of compression and potency. Gelb lays her experience bare in the full range of its emotional complexity, from profound suffering to ecstatic joy. It is a m... more

Reflections from the Shadow of Los Angeles

by Byron Schneider

Reflections from the Shadow of Los Angeles captures the unique mix of orange groves and ocean beaches, Disneyland and drugs, freeways and false landmarks that defined the Golden State in the 1960s and ‘70s. But there is hidden trauma in this paradise – family secrets that can’t stay buried forever.

Mob Island

by Bubba Haupt and Teresa E. Ward, Ph.D.

“Some things are not what they look and feel like.” — “Louie the Tailor” Rosanova Lou was right. Who would have believed that Savannah, Georgia, specifically the Savannah Inn and Country Club, played a significant role in mobster relations? Leading figures in the Mob during the seventies came together for important meetings at the Inn. And there were good reasons why they chose Savannah for these meetings (and the ultimate burial site of Jimmy Hoffa). \tMore important, who would believe th... more

Diamonds Beneath the Darkness: Life thru Lyrics ...the journey to become (part one)

by Nicole Danielle

Most people are just living to die. Here I am, just dying to live—is the whisper Nicole Danielle heard on the darkest night of her life. A beauty queen who committed a crime. A lover who committed a sin. A dreamer told to get her head out of the clouds. A bright light dimmed by the world. Life got dark and every time Nicole tried to change the narrative, the noise was just too loud— “You’re not enough.” “You will never be anything more than what you are.” “You’re a dime a dozen.” “Your... more

The Road Unpaved: Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike

by Risa August

After a shocking diagnosis for a rare pituitary disease and with her eighteen-year marriage in shambles, Risa’s life has fallen far from picture-perfect. Recovering from brain surgery and desperate to get back to her former self, she signs up for the bike tour of a lifetime—six weeks from Canada to Mexico on the Pacific Coast Highway. The old Risa could have done the ride in her sleep, but for the new Risa, trapped in a body that no longer feels like her own and stuck in the company of her brai... more

A Paper Orchestra

by Michael Jamin

In his debut collection of personal essays, Emmy-nominated screenwriter Michael Jamin (King of the Hill, Just Shoot Me, Beavis and Butt-Head, Wilfred, Maron, Rules of Engagement, Tacoma FD) recounts the true stories of a sensitive, anxious man searching for the things that are most important: identity, love, forgiveness, and redemption. A cross between David Sedaris and Neil Simon.

Hop, Skip and a Jump!: Life: Proceed With Caution

by David Richard Hughes

“Poignant, zany, and at times tragic, Hughes' story is a hyper observant travelogue of a life lived in full--and perhaps, out of control. And, naturally, there are hookers involved as well as a first heart attack at age 50 (in which no hookers are involved). "

Bloodlines

by Tracey Yokas

It should have been Tracey Yokas’s time to heal. With the recent death of her mother, she was given a brand-new chance to redefine herself and her happiness on her own terms. But just as she prepares herself to spread her wings, Tracey discovers that her only child, Faith, is battling issues of her own—carrying forward the legacy of disordered eating, depression, and self-harm Tracey is so desperate to leave behind. Tracey is determined to save her daughter, but she has no idea how to reach h... more

Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man

by Jim Wilson

The unique confluence of Jim Wilson’s two careers—piano technician and confidant to the stars and a globally successful recording artist—has led to extraordinary experiences with some of the world’s most exalted music legends: singing Beatle songs with Paul McCartney, limo rides with Elton John, road trips with Carole King, and horseback riding with Dan Fogelberg. But beyond this everyman’s unique telling of intimate celebrity tales, Tuned In is an inspiring story of one man’s relentless pursuit... more

Mattie, Milo, and Me

by Anne Abel

Anne grew up in an abusive home, leading to severe depression and a determination to do better as a mother. One of her sons wants a dog from the time he is a baby; Anne very much does not. For years she appeases him with creatures who live in cages and tanks, but on his tenth birthday she can no longer say no – and she proceeds to fall in love with their new four-legged family member, Mattie. Then, Mattie dies a sudden and tragic death, and Anne feels herself begin to sink back into depression. ... more

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