(Hardback)

"Young crime reporter Hilde Lysiak shares, for the first time, how she started her own newspaper, the Orange Street News, and how she was able to not only survive the ups and downs of her youth but emerge from it all with a renewed sense of purpose and confidence"--

(Hardback)

"The first full biography of Billy Wilkerson, the owner and publisher of the Hollywood reporter and Tinseltown's premier behind-the-scenes power broker during the 1930s, '40s, and '50s"--

(Paperback, Second Edition, Second edition)

Previous edition: Chicago, Ill.: Lake Claremont Press, 1998, by Arnie Bernstein.

(Hardback)

Includes 8 plates of photographs, as well as hand-drawn doodles from the diary and copies of handwritten pages.

(Paperback)

Includes 8 plates of photographs, as well as hand-drawn doodles from the diary and copies of handwritten pages.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, Updated edition)

Explores the life of country singer, Patsy Cline who soared from obscurity to international fame to tragic death in just thirty short years. This book details claims about her birth, the battle between Cline's siblings for her possessions, and the influence Cline had on a different generation of singers.

(Hardback)

Presenting an expose of horse racing in America, this book goes behind the scenes at the track to provide a serious gambler's-eye-view of the action. It also contains various betting and handicapping strategies, including an account of wins, losses, and personal turmoil, which provide a look at gamblers, gambling, and life at the track.

(Paperback)

The author spent a year at tracks and off-track betting facilities in Chicago and across the country, profiling the people who make a career of gambling on horses. This account follows his personal journey of what it means to be a horseplayer as he gambles with his book advance using various betting and handicapping strategies along the way.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Earth science comes alive for children 6 to 9 through 60 engrossing games, activities, and experiments. This title helps learn how heat changes rocks by seeing how separate ingredients disappear when they bake Rice Krispie Treats. It is suitable for ages 6-9.

(Paperback)

With hands-on advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theatre director, this guide to starting a theatre company imparts essential backstage know-how for would-be playhouse practitioners on different things from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and successfully navigating tricky legal issues.

(Hardback)

"The story of meteorologist Wallace E. Howell's work as New York City's only official rainmaker, hired to seed clouds in the hopes of breaking the city's 1950 drought."--

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

"I Am Not Your Slave is the shocking true story of a young African girl, Tupa, who was abducted from southwestern Africa and funneled through an extensive yet almost completely unknown human trafficking network spanning the entire African continent"--

(Paperback)

Including interviews with women from various walks of life, this title presents an account that speaks to the single black woman's experience, addressing unique challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the 'Baby Mama Syndrome'.

(Paperback)

A collection of twenty slave narratives arranged chronologically in two volumes. The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, and witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites; and more.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Offering a look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this book presents a biography of the late Skip James. It draws on conversations with James himself, and paints a dark and unforgettable portrait of a man untroubled by his own murderous inclinations, and a man who achieved one moment of transcendent greatness in his life.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Presents a story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager who was kidnapped from her bed. This book reveals details of the largest investigation in Utah state history. It includes information culled from interviews with more than 150 people involved in the search and investigation, notes from family meetings, and more.

(Paperback)

An inside story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager, this book reveals details of one of the largest investigation in Utah state history. It also examines the role of the media, revealing the part played by John Walsh and others in facilitating Elizabeth's safe return, and the manipulative influence of Fox News and Bill O'Reilly.

(Hardback)

When it started, many thought the Great War would be a great adventure. Yet, as those who saw it up close learned, it was anything but. "In the Fields and the Trenches" traces the stories of eighteen young idealists swept into the brutal conflict, many of whom would go on to become well-known 20th-century figures in film, science, politics, literature, and business.