Straightening My Crown: Conquering My Royal Mistakes
Publication Date: 10/19/2021
A raw, courageous account of a young woman determined to turn her turmoil into triumph. Small-town girl turned reality TV star Mackenzie McKee has grown up in front of the world as part of MTV’s hit reality shows 16 & Pregnant, Teen Mom 3, and Teen Mom OG. Fans have…
Behind the Headlines: How a Conservative Beauty Queen Became a Target of Fake News and Cancel Culture
Publication Date: 10/12/2021
Karyn Turk, the former Mrs. Florida sentenced to prison, opens up about the story behind the salacious headlines. In the days of clickbait news, it’s hard to see the truth behind today’s biggest stories. Karyn Turk, Mrs. Florida 2016, was no stranger to headlines. She worked behind the scenes as…
Lighten Up: A Hilarious Memoir and Guide to Reflective Meditation
Publication Date: 09/28/2021
What’s your story? We all have one. But what if the retelling of your story does you more harm than good? Do you understand how your cardinal memories are the keys to your story development? Or how these very same memories may limit your potential? Lighten Up is more than…
The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous: Stories from the Kennedy Center, the White House, and Other Comedy Venues
Publication Date: 09/28/2021
In The Man Who Made Mark Twain Famous, Cappy McGarr shares how he became an Emmy-nominated founder/executive producer of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and got involved in national politics—all with charming southern style and a self-deprecating sense of humor. For decades, Cappy McGarr has been…
The 4 Word Answer: Who Are You in 4 Words?
Publication Date: 09/21/2021
If you are not living the life you want to live—the answer is just four words away. Working for the biggest stars in the world—Jennifer Lopez, P. Diddy, Alicia Keys, and Jessica Simpson, officially as a publicist but in reality, as a confidante—Rob Shuter has seen it all. In fifteen…
Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation
Publication Date: 09/21/2021
“Ruth Wisse’s intellectual autobiography is a lasting work of profound moral force and scathing political discernment.... Its illuminations are likely to be as urgent one hundred years hence as they are now.” —Cynthia Ozick A Jewish child born into the worst of times in Europe grows up during the best…
Deep in the Woods: The 1935 Kidnapping of Nine-Year-Old George Weyerhaeuser, Heir to America’s Mightiest Timber Dynasty
Publication Date: 09/14/2021
It is a crime even the FBI must have considered fantastic and absurd. In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. The boy is kept manacled in a pit, chained to a tree, and…
Barefoot to Benefactor: My Life Story of Faith and Courage
Publication Date: 09/14/2021
An Asian American immigrant’s journey from poverty in India to the heights of the medical profession in America—and the faith that made his accomplishments possible. When Lenny Peters was a boy playing marbles among the lush mangrove trees in impoverished India, he had one overriding wish: to be the best…
A Complicated Jew: Selected Essays
Publication Date: 09/07/2021
Elegant and learned, personal and universal, literary, philosophical, historical—Hillel Halkin’s finely wrought essays on themes of Jewish culture are an education in themselves. Hillel Halkin is widely admired for his works of literary criticism, biography, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as for his celebrated achievements as a translator. Born and…
From Prison Cells to PhD: It is Never Too Late to Do Good
Publication Date: 08/17/2021
A captivating story detailing how resilience and inner strength can be combined to overcome mountainous barriers to reach one’s full potential. Growing up in Ferguson, Missouri, Stanley Andrisse began making poor decisions at a very young age. He started selling dope and was arrested for the first time at fourteen…