Synopsis Weaving the author’s coming of age in 1980s New York with his life as a father today, this Nick Hornby–meets–Cheryl Strayed debut memoir examines father-son relationships, the pain of early parent loss, and the importance of embracing your passions. For nearly fifteen years, Matt Fogelson didn’t recognize how deeply the early death of […]
Synopsis An intimate portrait of the world’s most iconic opera singer Maria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognized as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyn’s Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling audiences with her brilliant performances and defiant personality. Callas, […]
Synopsis FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family. Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more than a dozen times to posts from Miami to California to Germany as the government demanded. […]
Some true stories come with sharp edges—stories we try not to remember, and that history quietly lets slip away. Madman by M.F. Gross is one of those stories, and this haunting, immersive account brings it back with startling clarity. Set in postwar Florida, Madman unearths a 1949 murder that once transfixed the Gulf […]
Visual Voices Journal An Artist’s Life by Carlton Davis presents a chronicle of 50 years of artistic self-examination through 27 self-portraits. Designed as both a memoir and visual archive, the book explores the intersections of mental illness, creativity, and identity through Davis’s lens as an artist, architect, and writer. The narrative spans decades of […]
RICHARD COKE: TEXAN By Rosser Coke Newton, Sr. History / Biography Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 300 Publication Date: November 4, 2024 Synopsis Richard Coke played one of the most crucial roles in Texas history. His leadership of his beloved Texas still resonates today—150 years after he became governor. Richard Coke: Texan weaves […]
The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball By Barbara Radnofsky and Ed Supkis Biography / Golf / Space Travel Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 202 Publication Date: September 17, 2024 Synopsis In 1971, famed astronaut Alan Shepard returned from the moon and went to get a haircut. Before settling into the barber’s […]
Synopsis Set in the author’s homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of Leonor, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group. Paula Delgado-Kling followed Leonor for nineteen years, from shortly after she was an active member of the FARC forced into sexual slavery by a commander thirty-four years her […]
Synopsis Seven-year-old Chellamuthu’s life—and his destiny—is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage he is not an orphan, that he has a mother who […]
Synopsis Jacob Keiter entered federal prison on January 18th, 2018. At first glance he thought his life was over, little did he know his life was finally beginning. Throughout his incarceration he had one goal in mind, to grow into a better person than he ever thought he could be. In “Note […]