Steve: 6067 books
Ginger Kid
Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade . . . when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds. This YA nonfiction is sure...
Last Dog on the Hill
The Extraordinary Life of Lou
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
The moving story of the author's adopted Rottweiler mix, Lou, a free-thinking heroic dog who changed his life forever
Born of guard dogs on a secret marijuana farm in Mendicino County, Lou truly was one dog in a million. On the winter day that the ailing, tick-infested feral pup was rescued...
Beneath the Big Top
A Social History of the Circus in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
“A valuable and illuminating read, shedding a lot of light on the political, economic and technological factors that have driven circus evolution” (The Circus Diaries).
Beneath the Big Top is a social history of the circus, from its ancient roots to the rise of the “modern” tented travelling...
Who Killed Mom?
A Delinquent Son's Meditation on Family, Mortality, and Very Tacky Candles
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
"A touching -- if decidedly and deliberately offbeat -- family memoir...Expect to encounter laughs and tugs on the heartstrings in pretty much equal amounts." -- Booklist
"Burgess has written not only the funniest book published this year, but one of the most moving memoirs Canada's...
by Steve Bergsman
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Intellectuals and critics attacked Levittown unmercifully, essentially calling it a boring environment that crushed the spirit of its population. Popular authors, such as Richard Yates, author of Revolutionary Road, used the modern suburb as a metaphor for creative sterility.
When Pete Seeger sang,...
Crop Circles
Signs, Wonders and Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Each summer all over the world, gigantic and magnificent works of art are sculpted in fields of wheat, barley and other crops. Usually formed under the veil of darkness, in the few short hours between sunset and sunrise, they become visible as the mists of early morning evaporate under the rays of the...
Special Agent Man
My Life in the FBI as a Terrorist Hunter, Helicopter Pilot, and Certified Sniper
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
For decades, movies and television shows have portrayed FBI agents as fearless heroes leading glamorous lives, but this refreshingly original memoir strips away the fantasy and glamour and describes the day-to-day job of an FBI special agent. The book gives a firsthand account of a career in the Federal...
by S.F. (Steve) Tomajczyk
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2004
Comprised of smart, highly adaptable men and women, the Marine Corps serves as the aggressive tip of the U.S. military spear. Theirs is a smaller, more dynamic force than any other in the American arsenal, and the only forward-deployed force designed for expeditionary operations by air, land, or sea....
We Got Him!
A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
When U.S. forces exterminated Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, the world cheered not only the death of the 9/11 terrorist mastermind but the unmatched might, skill, and perseverance of America’s military elite. It was a brilliant example of history repeating itself in the most positive...
by Steve Vernon
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Detours are amazing creatures.
A detour can shortcut your existence or it can lead you down a forever long road that will linger far into the distant reaches of eternity. It is these unexpected tangents that people stumble across nearly every day that will haunt you in a frighteningly familiar...
by Steve Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
John Holmes was a schoolboy when World War II broke out in 1939, but even he jknew his destiny lay in the skies. 'Boys from these parts don't join the RAF', he was told on more than one occasion. But they were wrong.After many months undergoing selection and training he eventually made it into the...
The Pentagon
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built...
Through the Perilous Fight
Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem.
In the summer of 1814, the...
by Steve Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Belgium ... February 8, 1944 ... Shot Down and Alive
For the first time, the full and complete story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Susan Ruth is shared in unbelievable detail. Author Steve Snyder’s story of his father, Lieutenant Howard Snyder, and the Susan Ruth crew, provides in-depth details...