Having spent ten years as Jayne Mansfield's press secretary, Raymond Strait knows intimately both the public image and the private person that were Jayne Mansfield. Sitting through hundreds of hours of interviews and private conversations -- not only with Jayne but also with her husbands, her lovers, and her children -- gave Ray the opportunity to present a revealing portrait of the woman. He records her drive for fame and success and her overpowering need to be loved and to

In 1860, the Pony Express revolutionized the U.S. Mail service with young riders carrying mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California in ten days. Ride along with fourteen-year-old Thomas Cummings as he becomes a rider for the Pony Express, enduring the risks and challenges many riders face. But, his journey doesn't end there. When he reaches California, he has another mission: to find his missing father as the nation teeters on civil war. Riding the Pony Express

"Tesserae: A Memoir of Two Summers stands above much of the crowd in its commitment to ask, 'What is it to remember?' Mathias B. Freese, tenderly plaiting a web that spreads from Woodstock, Las Vegas, Long Island, and North Carolina, locates friends and family, lovers long since gone, desire and passion sometimes quenched sometimes unrequited, and the harrowing agony that comes from that most soul-crushing word of all, regret. But Tesserae is not a work of sadness and grief.

In 1945, a couple left the safety of their home and started that long trek from Budapest, Hungary to Bremerhaven, Germany. The war was almost over, but they went through cities that were still in ruin. They had little to eat and were always vigilant about anybody looking at them for fear of being caught. There one goal was to get on a boat that would take them to America. All the odds were against them surviving. However, the deep desire to be free and the love they had for e

Twelve year-old Lacey loves horses. Everyday, she goes to Second Chance Ranch to take riding lessons and hang out. But, when money gets tight for Lacey and her mom, Lacey believes she will no longer be able to ride. Her dream of having her own horse is lost, until Miss Liz, the owner of the ranch, surprises Lacey with a horse named Penny. Lacey gets her dream horse, and all goes well until Penny ends up missing. Lacey discovers the kindness of others as she searches for Penny

She stared down the barrel of her first husband’s shotgun. She bore the pain and uncertainty of her second husband’s affair. For Sue Andrews, love was always a dangerous game, physically and emotionally taxing—and destined to end in heartbreak. But when a friend compared her plight to the book When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Andrews became determined: she would stop being a victim and take control of her life once and for all. So after two marriages, two divorces, and

Book 7 of The Advocate series

Blast to the Past Book 8 Get ready for a Stars and Stripes surprise! When Mr. C tells the class they’ll be learning about Betsy Ross, Abigail is confused. What could the “what-if” question be? Turns out that no one knows for sure if Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag! But whether she did or not, the kids have a job to do—Babs Magee is up to her old tricks and plans to take credit for sewing the flag. Abigail and the boys see this as their chance not only to stop Babs, b

When Steven Ray Thomas was only fourteen years old a violent argument with his father forced him to leave home. After a short period of homelessness the family of his best friend opened their home and hearts to the angry young man. He dropped out of high school to work fulltime in order to pay his own way. As the years passed he grew content in spite of the reality that he was not living up to his own expectations. Then, as his eighteenth birthday approached, his adopted fami

This is the story of a man who originally went to Australia to find a buyer to support his luxurious restaurants in Manhattan and Providence. Suddenly he finds that the Conclave he helped to craft, with four other industrialists after the war, was never accomplished. Now after thirty-five years he has to somehow make it right and get the millions that were stolen from three of the five industrialists. Walter had a son that he had never seen before suddenly show up at his esta

Mister Umbrella Man and stories about inventions. A collection of thirteen stories about inventions we all know.

“Spirit Dog” was the name the Indians called Adolphus a dachshund that traveled the Texas Road to Oklahoma Territory with Jeffery Martin and his family Adventure begins at Fort Gibson when they explore a riverboat where they discover a captive Cherokee Indian boy named Hawk. The threesome head for freedom only to be captured by fierce Osage Indians. Unlike the Indians’ wolf dogs, Adolphus is a strange new breed with a long, low body, short legs and drooping ears that fascinat