by Shirley Spires Baechtold It's Summer, 1954, in Louisville, Kentucky He's working in Louisville before going back to New York for his second season with the New York Knicks. She's back from Europe and playing the piano bar in the Forest Lounge at Iroquois Gardens Supper Club. It's been two years since they graduated from [...]
by Larry Northway Ten weeks at the Dairy Swirl, that was what his father sentenced Jack to. No one knew what a difference those ten weeks would make in Jack's life, in fact his whole family's lives. Watch a spoiled teenager become a man, and a real son.. Jack's journey is a bit rough, often funny, [...]
by Richard Black In September of 1940, Ned Smith, Professor of Physics at a small men's college in Illinois, gets a telegram inviting him to join a secret project at MIT. He jumps at the chance, even if it means parting from attractive and intelligent Dorothy Wilson, just as they are getting to know each other. [...]
by James P. Goss Vinyl Lives II continues to turn up the volume for independent record stores in the digital age. Chronicling the histories of 16 independent record stores, Vinyl Lives II also includes the stories of 9 record collectors. "An absorbing view of independent record stores, enhanced by portraits of record collectors." -Harold Bronson, Co-Founder, [...]
by James P. Goss Vinyl Lives is an intimate look inside the walls and hearts of 25 independently owned record stores. Examining and celebrating the important cultural role of record stores in the community, Vinyl Lives turns up the volume for independent record stores in the digital age. "Anybody who has an interest in record collecting [...]
by Dan Holden "Irish History: Beyond Shamrocks & Shillelaghs" is packed with fascinating and inspiring stories. Thoroughly researched and written in an engaging style, this eclectic collection of stories brings to life some remarkable characters of Irish and Irish American past. The individuals and events portrayed best exemplify the Irish traits of tenacity, perseverance, and the [...]
by Bobby Madura and Joey DiBruno "The Godfather" and "The Sopranos" are the greatest film and dramatic TV series of all time...for a reason. Chicagoans, Bobby Madura and Joey DiBruno explain how mob and mafia movies, despite their violence and criminality, also reflect the values of today's society.
by Diana R. Chambers A young southern woman, Evelyn-also known as "E"-is confronted by a CIA officer, Nick, who says her mysterious lover is being investigated as a foreign mole. Shocked, she agrees to cooperate, secretly. E thus enters the international world of espionage, with its intrigue, glamour, and danger. That world will mark her-and she [...]
by Cindy Moseley Now you can have delicious muffins, cookies, cakes, breads, and more without the ingredients you don't want! "Great Foods Without Worry" offers wonderful recipes without wheat, eggs, dairy, soy, nuts, and gluten that your entire family is sure to enjoy. This cookbook is a must-have for anyone with food allergies or gluten [...]
by Carol W. Hazelwood A View From The Jury Box is a journalistic approach to the long and complicated trial of Ron Blaney Jr., a deaf mute, who was accused of murdering and torturing his deaf girlfriend and her mother. The author, Carol Hazelwood, was the foreperson. This is the story of compassion, pettiness, stupidity, [...]
