Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake

by Roy Marshall with Janielle Kenworthy For Charley Willey, editor of the Lewis Standard, things were not going well. He was sick, he was going blind, and his paper was losing money. The Iowa Highway Commission made him a promise, broke it, and forever diminished his town. The state had some making up to do. [...]
Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water

by Roy Morris This is a collection of stories about the Morris family, our loved ones, friends and neighbors. It covers six decades of our efforts to survive, from growing up dirt poor to going out into the world seeking fame and fortune, then returning to our roots. We didn't find what we sought but we [...]
Unfinished Miles

Unfinished Miles

by Mark Manion Hallucinations, dreams, angels, and a miraculous recovery are all humorously but soberly woven into this heart-gripping autobiography. Mark and his cousin Mike were in a horrible crash while bicycling across the United States. Mark literally almost lost his head and was left paralyzed from the neck down. Sixteen years later, through a [...]
Brightest of Silver Linings

Brightest of Silver Linings

by Carol Masheter Few people have heard of Carstensz Pyramid, a sharp fin of limestone 16,000 feet above sea level, surrounded by mountainous jungle in Papua, a part of the world wracked by political and tribal violence, where kidnappings of climbers still occur. Why bother to climb such a troublesome, little-known peak? This book describes Carol [...]
The Medium who Baffled Houdini

The Medium who Baffled Houdini

by Elaine M. Kuzmeskus "Houdini the Magician Stumped," proclaimed the Boston Herald in 1924. Who was this medium who baffled Houdini? None other than Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon. "Margery the Medium" made headlines throughout the 1920s. She captivated not only Harvard professors, but the editors of Scientific American with her [...]
The Iron Men of Metz

The Iron Men of Metz

by Tobias O. Vogt The Iron Men of Metz is a colorful collection of oral histories offered in their entirety. The book begins with the circumstances leading up to World War II and an overview of the African, European and Pacific Theaters of Operation. An outline of the division's actions carries the reader along the blazing [...]
Nairobi to Shenzhen

Nairobi to Shenzhen

by  Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo The protagonist, upon arriving in China in the wake of 911 and the onset of a terrifying global war, is forced to confront his early experiences in Kenya and the United States as a result of his growing love for a beautiful Chinese woman and a young orphan. Parallels between [...]
No Magic Helicopter

No Magic Helicopter

by Carol Masheter When the bottom fell out of Carol Masheter's life at age 50, she took up high altitude mountaineering to cope with grief and anger. She was an unlikely climber. Afraid of heights, she also struggled with anxiety and depression. Little did she know that mountaineering would lead her to climb Mount Everest when [...]
A View From the Inside

A View From the Inside

by Thomas J. Durant, Jr. The author provides a detailed account of his journey from a small racially segregated town in north Louisiana to a large predominately white university, where he became engaged in the racial desegregation movement, during his 36-year tenure as a professor. Based on personal observations, experiences, documents, and reports, the book reveals [...]
Hopley

Hopley

by Roy Marshall Peter Hopley was indentured and spent his youth working the farm rather than going to school. Edna Everly's early years were in a dirt-floor cabin near the tiny settlement of Iranistan. He fought Indians and hauled freight for the Union Pacific Railroad. She was still a child when her drunken father was found [...]
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