Keith O'Brien

"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--

"A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures, baseball immortal Pete Rose; and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same...

In Long Term Game, Joakim Achrén, former co-founder of Next Games, draws upon years of experience in gaming startups to provide clear and honest guidance on how to found and build a thriving games company. Building a games company is usually thought to be by trial and error. But in the real world, this isn't an effective way. It causes lots of misery and needless pain for entrepreneurs, who all go through the same mistakes. They are all suffering...

Donald Jurgens buries his father but is goaded by his irascible Aunt Mildred to find his family's old trunk. It contains family photos, but some very unusual items - a pair of passports, a Luger and a Nazi Iron Cross medal. In addition, the trunk contains notebooks, diaries kept by Don's Mother, Frieda, that detail the years, from 1929 through 1945. At first, the diaries tell of a young couple struggling to get through the Depression, start a business...

Another plane exists just below ours, just as another plane exists above ours: like paper stacked atop paper. These are the stories of two twins, L-on, and Kai'rah, who transcend these planes. Through them, the ebbs and flows of our lives become waves of consequence. Each represents half of the universe, and each brings to us the soft chaos in our lives. It often feels as though our days are a series of tests. This framework is not lost in the stories...

Life lessons from an investor who forged his own path to success Through their entertaining conversations, Ken Hersh and his interviewer, best-selling author Steve Fiffer, recount Ken's improbable life journey, both personally and professionally. And what a journey it has been! Knowing nothing about the energy industry, Ken ventured in and ultimately helped pioneer an investment methodology that built one of the country's most successful private...