Biography & Memoirs on page 17

"Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." When asked about Paul Revere, this is probably about all the average person could tell you. Elbridge Goss says as much in some of the last words of this book, "But he deserves better than this. His career symbolizes much more than this ride to Lexington, with his 'cry of alarm,' which went 'to every village and farm;' for, besides the various trades in which he exhibited such deft handiwork, he was an important character in many ways." Goss's book (actually a 2-volume set, which has been combined for this book offering), with the gracious help of the Revere family and the people of Boston, seeks to flesh ...

Stories of the Pioneers that settled Matthewsville, Arizona.

When Emma, a 40-something divorcee, sober alcoholic, desperate to transcend her abusive childhood and snag a man, attends a meditation meeting, she finds herself talking to a curiously wonderful stranger, wearing a sign saying, ‘More Love,’ and is set on a serendipitous, magical and sometimes terrifying, metaphysical trajectory of healing possibility and the opportunity for love and new life. One woman’s story of transcendence from victim to victory, this 2nd Edition of The More Love Club, includes a tell-all preface. Ms. Alexander identifies herself as an incest survivor, declaring that the characters and situations presented in the book are based on real life events. Although her te ...

The Real Life of Sergei Lesnoy, by dipterists Valery Korneyev and Neal Evenhuis, is a free and enhanced English translation from the original Ukrainian version by the first author published in Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 5(1) in 2014. Paramonov was an outstanding, world-renowned taxonomist specializing in bee flies (family Bombyliidae) and other parasitic Diptera. His friend and colleague Edgar F. Riek wrote in a tribute (1967): “Sergei Paramonov was one of the last “old-world” scientists — a naturalist of varied interests... with the Bombyliidae [the bee flies], his first love — “meine Lieblinge” as he refers to them in both literature and correspondence. One might obtain an impression t ...

In THE SON OF JOE THE MOLDER, retired San Francisco internist Dr. Carmen Romeo chronicles his life across the decades of 20th century America. With poignant reflection and candid honesty, he provides a glimpse into the challenges and complexities of being the eldest child of Italian immigrants to Erie, Pennsylvania. His simple writing explores the faith, family and friends that propel him through heartbreak, doubt and betrayal and lead him to love, belief and self respect. The story mixes unlikely happenstance and touching sadness with the sheer joy of being alive. Begun as a promise to his grandson, this memoir is a true legacy, not just to family, but to anyone who steps into its ...

A look at the life of Virgil Flowers, a man who lived what he called a dull life, but his family would call a blessed and fulfilling life. He lived 99 years before passing naturally and wanted others to know his story.