Biography / History / Memoir

Wild Pitch- A Memoir of Baseball, Booze, and the Beast

Wild Pitch is a true story that tears the human condition of a man's life down to the bare bone. Its pages paint a portrait of a childhood shattered to pieces by an alcoholic father that leaves Jeff Grose with an anger that grows into a beast born from his dad's belt. Jeff channels the beast inside him into extraordinary success as a baseball pitcher on high school fields and then inside professional ball parks after he is drafted by the New York Mets at age 16.

Paddy and the Banshee: A Mythical Memoir Unlike Any Other

The story began as a fantasy based on a childhood memory about a Banshee in Ireland. As repressed memories surfaced, the story evolved into an memoir unlike any other. The story blends imagination with the true story about six-year-old Paddy in the 1960sand his life in New York City, to rural Kilkenny County in Ireland, and back to New York, and how he learned that Banshees are real while also managing to navigate and survive a broken home and a variety of other early-life challenges.

Truth on the Run- A Memoir

When life went up in flames—literally—Kate Santoro laced up and and wrote straight through the wreckage for 450 hours with a pen, paper and six notebooks. This is true unique story, of one woman who lost her two babies sons in London, her recent home in a California wildfire, and she uses her past experiences like the Boston marathon bombing to show her reader an intimate look into her heart.

Robbie Williams: The Last Pop Star

From Take That heartthrob to record-breaking solo artist, Robbie Williams has lived one of the most dramatic lives in British music. This intimate biography explores his rise from Stoke-on-Trent, his struggles with fame and self-doubt, the highs of Knebworth, and the grounding power of love and family. A moving portrait of music, resilience, and the price of stardom.

The 1800s: A Century of Extreme Drought and Intense Cold

Information about the climate as reported by the mass media is both incomplete and misleading. Climate Change or "Global Warming" is portrayed as a new phenomenon caused almost entirely by human activity. However, a thorough analysis of North America's climate reveal that both warming and increased precipitation have been a long-term trends that are documented since the earliest instrument records begin in the late 1700s.

Free Bird

Free Bird by Mark Neely is a memoir of transformation, showing how mystical awakenings, love, and acceptance guide him from fear and struggle toward inner peace and self-worth.

Lydie Marland's Letters to Grace Murray 1926 1945

After his wife died, E.W. Marland, 54, the world's most successful independent oilman during the Roaring Twenties, married their adoptive daughter, Lydie, 26. He built a 55-room mansion in Ponca City and commissioned statues of himself, his adopted son George, and Lydie. The infamy of violating the taboo had little effect on him: he was elected to Congress six years later, then became governor of Oklahoma in 1935. However, Lydie had lifelong emotional problems.

Richard and Me - A Supercalifragilistic Friendship

Bruce Kimmel first fell in love with the songs of the Sherman Brothers when he was just thirteen and saw The Parent Trap—the first show on opening day, June 23, 1961, in Hollywood. He became an instant lifelong fan of their songs. What he never could have imagined was that thirty-seven years later he’d meet Richard M. Sherman through a bizarre and mind-boggling set of circumstances, the odds of which were probably a million to one.

The Lovebombing Chronicles: A Memoir of Faith, Fear and Finding My Voice

The Lovebombing Chronicles: A Memoir of Faith, Fear, and Finding My Voice is a powerful story of survival, silence, and reclaiming truth. Candace Sinclair takes readers inside her lived experience of lovebombing, narcissistic abuse, and the betrayal of a faith community that chose image over integrity. What began as a whirlwind romance quickly unraveled into manipulation, intimidation, and non-contact physical abuse that threatened her safety and her daughter’s. When the very community she trusted remained silent, Candace turned to her own voice—first on TikTok, and now in this memoir.

Queens of Islam: The Muslim World's Historic Women Rulers

An examination of how these various women rose to power. The book reveals that women leaders in Islamic societies were not merely the exceptions to the rule and offers evidence that Islam’s attitude towards the role of women in politics and society is far from monolithic, thus refuting the stereotype of Muslim women as universally subservient, marginalized, and repressed.

The book -- and the talk -- will appeal to readers interested in feminist history, women's studies, empowerment of women, Islamic history, world history.