Still Standing…: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra
Publication Date: 06/09/2020
As seen on Huckabee! A behind-the-scenes look into the life and groundbreaking entertainment career of Tom Dreesen. “Excellent material, superb delivery, impeccable timing...[he] is the quintessential comedian.”—Larry Wilde, author of The Great Comedians From shining shoes in dark saloons on the south side of Chicago to traveling the country as…
Operation Jacknap: A True Story of Kidnapping, Extortion, Ransom, and Rescue
Publication Date: 06/02/2020
The incredible true story of one of America’s largest ransom cases—and the massive FBI and police manhunt to bring the radical captors to justice. The New York Times described what happened to New York businessman Jack Teich as a “front page horror.” Two hundred FBI agents and Nassau County police…
Italy Is My Boyfriend
Publication Date: 05/26/2020
Would wonderful beaches, great sunsets, wild friends, endless cocktails, and fabulous food be enough to keep this relationship together? Annette Joseph’s years in Italy revealed this truth: Italy, in all its multifaceted, glorious history and culture has to be experienced in full. Over almost three decades, Italy has fed, entertained,…
Tom Seaver and Me
Publication Date: 05/26/2020
The story of a forty-year friendship between two strong-willed, talented men—one a great success as a baseball pitcher, the other an abject failure. I tell him what Hemingway said about writing talent, “It’s like a knife blade. If you save it it gets dull and rusty. Better to use it…
Trump and Churchill: Defenders of Western Civilization
Publication Date: 05/19/2020
Trump and Churchill both fought valiantly to protect Western Civilization, and while fighting different forms of tyranny, Trump could very well be to the twenty-first century what Churchill was to the twentieth. What do Winston Churchill—the eloquent, eternally quotable wordsmith, pudgy politician of fifty years, wealthy aristocrat, war-time Prime Minister…
Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup: The Bad Girl’s Guide to Getting Your Sh*t Together
Publication Date: 05/19/2020
Finally, a self-help book for the millennial party girl who hates bullshit advice from “experts” who know nothing about the trauma of drinking and sex, the acute pressure of keeping up with the rest of the Adderall poppin' world, and the insecurity that comes along with feeling like you have…
Parenthood Unplanned: A Survival Guide for the Unexpected
Publication Date: 05/05/2020
From a middle-school dropout and single-teen-mom-turned-educator, author, and pro-family advocate, comes a unique and candid memoir about a woman who was pregnant at sixteen and willingly chose to have her baby. Parenthood Unplanned provides an in-depth perspective of both the raw and sobering truth—as well as the humor, joy, and…
Graced by Waters: Personal Essays on Fly Fishing and the Transformative Power of Nature
Publication Date: 04/28/2020
John Dietsch—Brad Pitt’s stuntman and fly fishing coordinator for the film A River Runs Through It—explores the miraculous power of Spirit within waters and its potential to heal our deepest wounds in order to live more meaningful, balanced lives. In a collection of more than two dozen personal essays cataloguing…
The File: Origins of the Munich Massacre
Publication Date: 03/31/2020
Over eighty years of international turmoil, discriminatory agendas, and vicious acts of violence.…this is the haunting Olympic history of Israel and Palestine. Three people living in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem embark on distinct journeys that converge at “the file”; their efforts to admit Palestine to the Olympics in the…
Discussion Materials: Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker
Publication Date: 03/31/2020
From “the now-former investment banking associate at Deutsche Bank who authored perhaps the most bracingly honest and no-f***s-given farewell email in the history of the form.” —Dealbreaker (https://dealbreaker.com/2018/02/investment-banking-associate-leaving-deutsche-bank-writes-master-class-email-on-how-to-leave-deutsche-bank) A newly-minted MBA recounts his first years as a Wall Street investment banker—unredacted. “Why aren’t you using LTM EBITDA for credit metrics?” asked…