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  From Black and White to Living...

  Donald Davis

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  There was a time during Donald Davis's college freshman year when he wasn't really sure if he wanted to claim his hometown of Sulpher Springs, North Carolina. But a boy by the name of Stanley Easter changed his mind.
  "The year after that," he recalls, "I did go home from college for Thanksgiving. In fact, I had now become so proud of where I was from that I could hardly wait to get home. I no longer had to lie about where I was from. The world of childhood was quickly becoming a dear place to visit."
  
  This story of accepting one's roots endears anyone who has ever thought twice about admitting where they came from. And Davis, in his sly narration, acknowledges that a whole lifetime of thoughts and attitudes can be rearranged in a single moment.
  
  ©2008 Donald Davis; (P)2008 August House, Inc.

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  PLOT Past Lives Olden Times -...

  Jane Wilks

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  P.L.O.T Past Lives Olden Times is a fascinating look into the lives of a few who are buried in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland New Zealand. These accounts range from a scandalous tale of star-crossed lovers, to the story of an old boarding house in West Auckland. 
  Included in the book are recipes and poem readings for the listener to enjoy.

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  Unashamed - A Memoir of...

  Sammy Tippit, Jerry B Jenkins

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  This may be the most unusual autobiographyyou’ll ever read… 
   Sammy Tippit told his fiancée, “I can’t promise we’ll be rich, but life won’t be boring.” Sammy had no idea what an understatement that would become. Beginning in the bars of Baton Rouge and the nightclubs of Chicago, Tippit has shared the news of life-changing faith in Christ all over the world – including in the middle of a revolution in Romania, the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda, and war in Burundi and the Congo.  Sammy’s lifelong adventure has come at a great price. He’s been cursed, threatened, arrested, deported, and blacklisted. He’s also been personally broken, ravaged with illness, and devastated by grief.  Yet he continues to preach to in stadiums, in open fields, and via satellite technology to hundreds of thousands around the globe.

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  The Colonel and Little Missie -...

  Larry McMurtry

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  From the early 1800s to the end of his life in 1917, Buffalo Bill Cody was as famous as anyone could be. Annie Oakley was his most celebrated protegee, the "slip of a girl" from Ohio who could (and did) outshoot anybody to become the most celebrated starof Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.In this sweeping dual biography, Larry McMurtry explores the lives, the legends, and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill helped invent the image of the West that still exists today-cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buck-skin. The short, slight Annie Oakley-born Phoebe Ann Moses -spent sixteen years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West, where she entertained Queen Victoria, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, and Kaiser Wilhelm II, among others. Beloved by all who knew her, including Hunkpapa leader, Sitting Bull, Oakley became a legend in her own right and after her death, achieved a new lease of fame in Irving Berlin's musical Annie, Get Your Gun.To each other, they were always "Missie" and "Colonel" To the rest of the world, they were cultural icons, setting the path for all that followed. Larry McMurtry-a writer who understands the West better than any other-recreates their astonishing careers and curious friendship in a fascinating history that reads like the very best of his fiction.

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  Cleanse Their Souls -...

  Monty Woolley

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  A memoir of the lethal conflict in the former Yugoslavia, by a British soldier who was on the front lines.   This is a young cavalry lieutenant’s moving and shocking account of front line service in the cauldron of war. His troop of Scimitar light-armored vehicles was attached to the 1 CHESHIRE Battle Group, under the charismatic command of Colonel Bob Stewart. Fresh from Germany, he and his men found themselves in a highly political and lethally dangerous civil war.   They witnessed appalling atrocities and human tragedy on a giant scale. Yet both soldiers and civilians showed massive courage and resilience. Thanks to the author's diary, we have here an extraordinary, spontaneous, and important account of British troops performing vital military and humanitarian tasks, described by war correspondent and MP Martin Bell as “earning its place among the impartial narratives of the Bosnian War.”

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  Millennial Love

  Olivia Petter

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  A 2021 ‘BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR’ – THE INDEPENDENT 
  ‘A mouthpiece for our anxieties and a tonic for our hearts.’ Charly Cox 
  ‘Funny and honest.’ Pandora Sykes 
  ‘Offers readers of all stripes and ages a great overview of relationships in the digital era’. Matt Haig 
  In Millennial Love journalist Olivia Petter explores the questions, quirks and anxieties that consume the contemporary dating landscape. 
  Olivia scrutinises the myths surrounding modern romance and asks why, despite having endless technology designed to aid communication, it’s harder to meet someone now than ever before. 
  The book is based on the Independent’s chart-topping podcast of the same name and expands on some of the issues discussed on the show, including why contraception is a feminist issue, how dating apps have altered our understanding of attraction, and how 'Love Island' became the unlikely lens through which the consequences of so many of these things were exposed. 
  Other topics covered include read receipt anxiety, why we need to rethink our relationship with porn, and the significance of ‘sliding into someone’s DMs’. 
  By combining memoir with social commentary and insights from former podcast guests, including Munroe Bergdorf, Elizabeth Day and Lisa Taddeo, Millennial Love is an essential handbook on what it means to love today. 
  In Millennial Love, Olivia Petter delves into the personal and cultural aspects of modern dating, offering a long-term perspective on the evolution of love in the digital era. The book, a popular choice among readers, is a blend of autobiography and social commentary, making it a must-read for those navigating the complexities of relationships today. 
  For fans of Dolly Alderton (Dear Dolly), Taylor Jenkins Reid (After I Do), Nora Ephron (The Most of Nora Ephron), Catherine Gray (Sunshine Warm Sober), and Ginny Tapley Takemori (Convenience Store Woman).

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