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More Than the Game
More than the Game is a fictionalized memoir of Coach Warrington, who has lost his locker room after a brutal season. After a final defeat, the athletic director pushes him to meet weekly with mentor Mitchell McClellen, a retired coach with a three-phase “Process of the ’Ship.” Reluctantly, Warrington learns that true success is culture and legacy—not just wins—and must decide if he’ll change.
Change… through daily core values
—Randy Jackson, author of Culture Defeats Strategy -
Mozart in Prague
Mozart in Prague explores the city that embraced Mozart as Vienna often did not. In musically literate Prague, he found true recognition—celebrated like a rock star at the 1787 premiere of the “Prague” Symphony. After his 1791 death, Prague honored him with a massive funeral that halted civic life, and its citizens helped support his penniless widow and children. Blending cultural history and vivid characters—including Marie Antoinette and Giacomo Casanova—the book reveals Mozart’s unique bond with this beautiful, cultured city.
a page-turning breakthrough in Mozart studies
—Patrick DeWane, Writer/Actor of The Accidental Hero -
Muslim Slaves In The Chesapeake 1634 to 1865
Based on a decade of research, this book investigates Muslim slaves in the Chesapeake Bay region from 1634 to 1865. It documents fifty-five Muslim slaves in Maryland and fifty-one in Virginia, and explores the broader system that shaped their lives—African slave forts and prisons, the Middle Passage, and the auction and dealer networks in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC
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My Father Against the Nazis
My Father Against the Nazis traces Steven Mayer’s decades-long effort to understand his father, Paul—a German Jewish refugee whose trauma surfaced when Steven wore his coat in a 1959 production of The Diary of Anne Frank. Drawing on family memories, hidden documents, and Paul’s words, the book follows his childhood in Köln, escape from fascism, service with the U.S. Army’s Ritchie Boys, and postwar pursuit of justice. Blending memoir, history, reflection, and an innovative Dos Passos–inspired structure, it asks what it means to resist tyranny across generations.
a tremendous piece of creativity and craftmanship
—Peter Faber, Film and Stage Actor -
My Father’s House
In 1910, twenty-year-old Karl Artur Johan Gustafsson leaves Sweden for America, becoming Carl Arthur Gustafson at Ellis Island. Settling in Forestville/Bristol, Connecticut, he marries Jennie Anderson and builds a family. Told by their third child, this multigenerational story follows them through WWI, the Great Depression, WWII, shifting technologies and roles, and the upheavals of the 1960s and 70s.
The potent story of the Gustafsons is also the story of America
—KIRKUS REVIEWS -
Mysterious Midwest
Are you ready to experience the resident spirits of Forepaugh’s Restaurant in St. Paul, the witch’s curse of Loon Lake Cemetery, the phantom of Wieting Opera House, the restless souls of a Masonic temple, and the ghosts of grisly murder victims? Adrian Lee’s chilling firsthand investigations, accompanied by rich historical details, will send shivers down your spine as he recovers history from the lips of the dead.
A great personal and book club read
—Aleestein on Amazon -
Mysterious Minnesota
Are you ready to experience Fort Snelling’s resident spirits, Wabasha Street Caves’ ghostly gangsters, Native American warriors, and the restless souls of criminals and murder victims? Join ghost hunter and historian Adrian Lee, along with his elite team of paranormal investigators, on a compelling tour of the most haunted historic places. Explore clashes between Native Americans and the early settlers, lavish parties during the Roaring Twenties, botched public executions, and the legend of John Dillinger.
Fascinating mix of history and the paranormal wonderfully told
—Diana Zirbel -
Now That I’m Here, What Should I Be Doing?
We’re in a decision-making crisis: life’s growing complexity is outpacing our ability to choose well. In response, a life coach/consultant and a psychotherapist present a transformative process that engages the whole person—spiritually, intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Designed for individuals, families, organizations, and communities, it strengthens relationships, surfaces latent capacities, integrates diverse viewpoints, deepens understanding, and produces creative, resilient decisions that rise above partisan bickering—aiming ultimately at greater justice and unity.
Powerful, with multiple layers of meaning…
—Carol J. Dahlen on Amazon -
Off the Record
Off the Record is an unauthorized, real-time journal of an Army nurse’s year-long tour in Vietnam, written within hours—sometimes minutes—of the events it records. A budding photographer, she includes private images that deepen the immediacy. The diary reveals how combat conditions, weather, cultural divides, and isolation shaped morale and performance, while lives—soldiers, civilians, POWs, and children—were altered or lost. Moving and unflinching, it transports readers to 1967 and the realities of trauma care.
Truly a Pepysian effort!
—Colonel Nickey McCasland, Ret, US Army Nurse Corps -
One Split Second
After losing his 19-year-old daughter, Shreya, to a distracted driver on November 1, 2007, Vijay Dixit transformed grief into a mission: ending distracted driving. With a foreword by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, this book combines expert insights from safety professionals and researchers, current data, and personal stories to explain the scope of the crisis and practical solutions. Dixit examines technology, education, and laws, and introduces a student-led model for distraction-free driving clubs in high schools, launched in Minnesota in 2015.
an important contribution toward raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving
—US Senator Amy Klobuchar -
Paupers, Parties and Plagues
In Paupers, Parties and Plagues, David Koehler continues his acclaimed history of German peasants, companion to Bakers, Brewers and Bricklayers (Midwest Book Award nominee). In vivid, non-academic prose, he shows how Germans endured war, plague, and famine while innovating—from the printing press to iron stoves and cuckoo clocks. Koehler explains Germany’s late Industrial Revolution, the failed 1848 upheaval, and how devastation—including the Thirty Years’ War—helped trigger mass emigration to the Americas after 1820.
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Peace for Our Planet
This book argues that history is shaped by two parallel forces: a constructive process building collective consciousness, and a destructive process clinging to divisive power. It traces how racism, nationalism, religious strife, gender inequality, and extreme wealth and poverty are increasingly delegitimized—prompting a frantic last stand by those who benefit. Amid collapsing institutions, it highlights the forward march toward peace and the practical role each person can play in advancing it.
the best I have read on the current condition of our world and the path forward toward peace
—Beal, E, PhD, verified review on Amazon -
Pivotal Moments
Life is shaped by pivotal moments—when you’re jolted, stuck, or inspired to change. In this book, bestselling author Jill Konrath offers fresh, practical strategies to regain momentum, uncover hidden opportunities, expand your options, and navigate challenges with confidence. Through actionable advice and real-life stories, you’ll learn how to get back on track and build a happier, more satisfying future—starting now.
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Protecting Mama
Léonie Rosenstiel battles a court-appointed guardian for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s, while centuries-old family myths and miscommunication complicate every step. Her mother wants their story told, but the courts insist guardianship records remain sealed—forever. After years of Kafkaesque struggle, Léonie and a brilliant, unconventional attorney go to war with the system to expose the guardianship swamp and help others navigate it.
It reads almost like a thriller
—Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series -
Ramblings from the Trail
Ramblings from the Trail explores the audacious spirit of Midwest exploration and the surprising connections among people and landscape. At its center is Elizabeth Fries Ellet—namesake of the Minnesota River interpretive trail and famed author of The Women of the Revolutionary War. Her evocative travel writing and nature observations place her alongside Emerson and Thoreau, pioneering an early “walking text” tradition.
allows the reader to explore as Ellet did, fully immersed in a sense of place, its habitat and its history
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Ramblings of a So-Called Paranoid Schizophrenic
In this follow-up to Extrajudicial Execution, Michael Lutterschmidt—who says he was targeted for surveillance, intimidation, and torture—offers provocative reflections on the unsettling and the bizarre. Dismissed by professionals as paranoid, he examines religion’s abuses, unseen social manipulation, magic, emerging surveillance and mind-influence technologies, possible aliens and paranormal entities, and conspiracies inside major institutions. These “rambles” aim to startle—and illuminate—open minds.
a warning for people out there
—Jacob Mainord, verified review on Amazon
