Recommended Books
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Walking Each Other Home: Intimate conversations on writing and life by notable poets of the 20th century.
$9.99Michael Hogan, as a poet and educator, has been gifted with friendships of fellow writers throughout most of his life. Three of these were Nobel laureates, still others household names: Seamus Heaney, W.S. Merwin, Charles Bukowski, Marge Piercy, Naomi Shihad Nye and Ray Bradbury, among a dozen others.
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Lost Roots: Family, Identity, and Abandoned Ancestry
$14.87A soldier goes missing two days before the Armistice ends World War I.
A decorated pilot encrypts his account of a failed diamond deal.
A national police officer is executed on the order of Joseph Stalin.
An industrialist loses everything he helped build, first in part to the Nazis, then totally to the Communists.
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The Peace Puppy: A Memoir of Caregiving and Canine Solace (Dogs in Our World)
$13.99As one of 67 million Americans who serve as caretakers to their elderly parents, Susan Hartzler cared for her dad for three years, gaining profound insight into Parkinson’s disease and the multifaceted challenges of caregiving. Throughout this period, Hartzler’s rescue dog, Baldwin, a precious gift from her late mom, provided unwavering support.
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The Kitchen and the Studio: A Memoir of Food and Art
$9.99The Kitchen and the Studio: A Memoir of Food and Art is a cookbook, an art book, a memoir, and a love story. Artist John A. O’Connor and Art Historian Mallory M. O’Connor met at the University of California, Davis, in 1962. They were married in January 1963. From the beginning, they shared a passion for good food and wine that has continued for over sixty years.
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Strangers and Angels: Finding Family in Unexpected Places
$2.99In Strangers and Angels, Gabe Reaume presents a new collection of stories about life, making a living, and living life to the fullest. From early days in rural America, to an unusual friendship as a young man with a woman old enough to be his grandmother, to an account of rising through the ranks in his chosen profession, these stories introduce an interesting cast of characters and a heart-warming look at what the world can bring you if you work hard and stay open to the unexpected circumstances and people placed in your midst.
Strangers and Angels is about making dreams come true, not only through perseverance and positive thinking but also through kindness–or, as Reaume prefers, “You win with people.” Everyone he meets along the way, from a Michigan dairy farmer to a cranky old rancher and above all, one very special granny plays a role in this bighearted memoir that will inspire and delight you.
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Anarchy At The Circle K
$9.99Anarchy At The Circle K is literally a punk tour-de-force. An in your face gut-wrenching, and at times humorous, tale of Patrick O’Neil’s stint as a roadie, road manager, and drug addict during punk’s heyday of the 1980’s. Crisscrossing the highways of America, on tour with such influential punk bands as Dead Kennedys, TSOL, Flipper, and Subhumans. O’Neil writes a brutally honest and no holds barred memoir depicting the sleepless nights behind the wheel, never-ending string of decrepit night clubs, a plethora of ruthless promoters, depressing dressing rooms, copious amounts of cheap beer, clandestine drug buys, riotous crowds, intense violence, inadvertent OD’s, and seedy motel one night stands. This book is an insider’s look at life on the road from back in the day and you’re along for the ride.