Speaking of Writers

Staying the Distance  showcases the much-needed leadership lessons that sport can teach us: how to improve, perform and achieve, in ways that are effective and sustainable. Leadership can be hard. It can certainly be relentless. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the well-being, health and sustained performance of many senior leaders, and yet strong leadership remains central to the performance of...

A collection of poetry Johnnie wrote when he was in the midst of a severe depression, all the while continuing to raise his son and deal with various medical conditions. Although the poems are in no specific order, they document his journey from depression to finding the joy in life again. About Johnnie Williams: After getting a divorce my life took a turn for the worse and I had to find new ways...

The story of recorded sound--the technological developments, the humans that made them happen and their impact on society, from the phonograph to LPs, EPs and the recent resurgence of vinyl. In  Into the Groove,  vinyl collector and music buff Jonathan Scott dissects a mind-blowing feat that we all take for granted today--the domestication of sound. Thomas Edison's phonograph, the first device...

BROTHERS AND SISTERS: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the 70s (St. Martin’s Press) by Alan Paul is a deep dive into the time before and after 1973’s Brothers and Sisters. It was not only the band’s best-selling album, at over seven million copies sold, but it was also a powerfully influential release, both musically and culturally, one whose influence contin...

From the author of beloved novels like World’s End, East Is East, The Road to Wellville, and Drop City, comes a family tale utterly in sync with the absurdity of modern life. The family at the center of BLUE SKIES wants—as so many of us—to do right, get by, in the face of a looming ecological calamity. But, like Job, they are tested over and over by the gods—along with a Burmese python named Willi...

Stephanie Clifford is an investigative journalist and a bestselling novelist. As a New York Times reporter for almost a decade, she covered courts, business and media. She now writes long-form investigations about criminal justice and business for the Times, the New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, Elle, Bloomberg Businessweek and other publications. Her accolades include the Loeb Award in investigati...

Finding Moonlight  is a poetry collection for those who are looking for an answer. It's for those who are looking for a sign. There is no such thing as a cure for the things that haunt you at night. No matter what, you are worth every breath that you take. Find knowledge and hope in the light at the end of the tunnel. These poems are meant to be a breath of fresh air for those who feel silence...

ABOUT THE PUZZLE MASTER Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity—in this suspenseful thriller from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Angelology “In short:  The Puzzle Master  = ( The Da Vinci Code  +  The Silent Patient  + sprinkle of Stephen King) x gorgeous writing.”—Angie...

Soul - Inspirations Breathed Through My Heart Finding inspiration comes easily from the inspirational messages found on the pages of inspirational words and inspirational quotes in Soul. Inspirations that fill your heart and comfort your soul. The seen world is powered by the unseen world. What is seen in this material world can be changed with a thought. Your thought, your intention can change wh...

Not many shed light on the struggle of an Autism Parent. The highs and lows that come with parenting an Autistic child are far greater than with a child who develops without disabilities. The struggle is real, and so are the emotions these parents feel deep down in their hearts. These emotions are buried and hidden most of the time, and may only be expressed behind locked doors. The Autism spectru...

Aleah Bass wrote this book for her senior writing project class in her senior year of college. It was a two semester class that included a lot of editing and adding to the book throughout it all with the help of her professor and classmates through Zoom since they were online her whole senior year. Aleah loves reading romance novels or dramas. Her inspiration for this piece was to make it seem lik...

Dutton Caliber will publish the final volume in McManus’ all-encompassing Pacific War trilogy on May 2, TO THE END OF THE EARTH: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 (Dutton Caliber; May 2023). In the series’ final book, McManus wastes no time dropping readers into the violent, complicated, and heroic chaos of the Pacific War – from the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrende...

It is 1883, and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an idealistic young professor has managed to convince Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Confederate memoirist Forrest Taylor, and romance novelist Lucy Comstock to participate in the first (and last) Auburn Writers’ Conference for a public discussion about the futu...

I hope you find this book helpful in ways you may or may not have been looking for. This may be a book for the girl or woman that never had that special someone to discuss sexual things with, and I am glad to be that person. I hope that if you have hit a dry spell with your partner, need a sexual energy boost, need to feel sexy in your skin again, or want to learn more about sexy things; then this...

While most successful sidemen are lucky to spend a decade in the music business, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rivera is working on his fifth. Best known as Billy Joel’s saxophonist as well as Musical Director for Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, Rivera has shared the stage with some of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s greatest performers, including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, F...

The Path to Break Free From Burnout: Recharge and Reclaim Your Life is divided into three parts : Part One helps readers understand which stage of burnout they are in and empathetically covers the emotional, physical, and mental deterioration they are experiencing. Part Two moves into how to heal from burnout through an interactive, nine-step journey. At each stop are action items for readers to c...

The solution to every problem, the means to every dream, and all that anyone every needed, wanted or hoped for resides in the sea of energy, vitality, enlightenment, wisdom, and power that dwells within you and within the world around you. This book will help you to discover and access this energy, vitality, and wisdom that will help you to thrive through challenges and adversity. You will be guid...

Enter a world filled with aliens, devils, and other gruesome creatures as author Alan M. McDaniels brings nightmares to life on pages of The Eleventh Hour. You You can purchase the book here

Dr. Gerard Varlotta is a graduate of Colgate University (1978) and New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (1983). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is Board Certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He achieved the aca...

When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, “The Number Ones”—a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, in chronological order—he figured he’d post capsule-size reviews for each song. But there was so much more to uncover. The column has taken on a life of its own, sparking online debate and occasional death threats. The Bill...

From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation’s founding. New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery, and was the Constitution a pact with slavery or a landmark in the antislavery movement? Leaders of...

In this exquisitely produced book, experience the extraordinary life and career of the original “shock rocker” through 75 key releases and events . Pythons, guillotines, stage blood…Alice Cooper is widely considered the godfather of shock rock thanks to his inventive concoction of vaudeville, horror film conceits, and three-chord rock ’n’ roll. In Alice Cooper at 75 , veteran rock journalist Gary...

Long ago, the Untveski Empire conquered the eastern half of Alaris and have ruled their subjects with an iron fist ever since. Within this subjugated land is Owen, a young, Alarian mage and a member of the Headhunters Mercenary Company. Being a mercenary allows for more freedom and better pay than most Alarians are given under Untveski rule, but it also requires them to fight alongside the Untvesk...

This book is about different types of sexual encounters from personal experiences, and most of it will make someone laugh and most will want to try some moves out. But this really just gives someone entertainment to read and also learn from someone's personal experiences. Each chapter has a learned lesson and it's important women or anybody who reads knows the lesson and also get a laugh out. Abou...

Legendary Giants coach Tom Coughlin takes readers inside his coaching masterpiece: Super  Bowl XLII when Eli Manning and the underdog Giants beat the undefeated, 18-0 Patriots of  Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. Super Bowl XLII was the greatest upset in NFL history. In A GIANT WIN, Coach Tom Coughlin  recounts the strategies and people that made it possible. Coach Coughlin reveals the...