Jim: 5732 books
The Loose Screw
The Shocking Truth about our Prison System
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Jim Dawkins left home at the age of sixteen to pursue his dream of joining the army, and subsequently served with the Royal Green Jackets, including tours of Canada and Northern Ireland. During that time he learnt many important lessons in the ‘University of Life’ that would serve him well in...
A Stray Cat Struts
My Life as a Rockabilly Rebel
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
In June 1980, 19-year-old James McDonnell (known as Slim Jim Phantom) boarded a plane from New York City to London with his childhood friends and bandmates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker. In less than a year, they went from being homeless, hungry, and living in punk rock squats to the toast of the London...
Through the Eye of the Tiger
The Rock n Roll Life of Survivors Founding Member
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Hey, yo, Jim . . . This is Sylvester Stallone. Give me a call . . .”It was these words that would set Jim Peterik on the road to rock ’n’ roll immortality. After he and his Survivor bandmates recorded Eye of the Tiger” for the Rocky III soundtrack, the song would go on to earn a Grammy, an...
Leeches & Smokes
Part 1 of Jim's Woods
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
'Leeches and smokes' is part one of a longer story. The story is called 'Jim's woods' and is published as a serial. It is the story of Richie, a young man growing up in the country. Exploring as he grows. He learns to appreciate the natural beauty of his surroundings. But in the natural world, with...
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From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
"Don't be surprised, Pussycat," said Helen Gurley Brown, still flirtatious at eighty-four, "We're all survivors and proud of it. We want to talk about it."
And they do. Eighty of America's most famous eighty year-olds reflect on their journeys to the big 8-0 and describe...
Punk Rock Dad
No Rules, Just Real Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Jim Lindberg is a Punk Rock Dad. When he drives his kids to school in the morning, they listen to the Ramones, the Clash, or the Descendents—and that's it. They can listen to Britney and Justin on their own time. Jim goes to soccer games, dance rehearsals, and piano recitals like all the other dads,...
The Awakening of HK Derryberry
My Unlikely Friendship with the Boy Who Remembers Everything
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
2017 Audie Winner: Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction Audiobook and Earphones Award from Audiofile Magazine
The Awakening of HK Derryberry is the inspiring story of how one man was willing to step out of his upper middle-class world into the life of a young, disabled boy with a dismal future....
South End Boy
Growing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
In this memoir Jim Bennet introduces us to Halifax of the 1930s and '40s: one full of coal smoke and rival gangs, chuffing freight trains and pine tar soap. He takes the reader along with him ''down the bank'' and off to adventures all over the city's south end and beyond, offering a glimpse of childhood...
by Jim Morris
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Former Green Beret Jim Morris goes on a mission with the Colombian anti-narcotics police who ferret out the coca-growing revolutionaries known as FARC in the mountainous Colombian jungles. The anti-narcoterrorist force is known as the Junglas (pronounced Hoon-glas), and with top grade U.S. equipment...
Love Wins
The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
The fascinating and very moving story of the lovers, lawyers, judges and activists behind the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that led to one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage.
In June 2015, the Supreme Court made same-sex...
by Robert Andrews, Jim Beane, Ruben Castaneda
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Brand new stories by: George Pelecanos, James Grady, Kenji Jasper, Jim Beane, Jabari Asim, Ruben Castaneda, James Patton, Norman Kelley, Jennifer Howard, Richard Currey, Lester Irby, and others.
Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories...
West Like Lightning
The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
2019 Spur Awards Finalist, Best Western Historical Nonfiction
THE NEW DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE PONY EXPRESS
"A groundbreaking work. ... The first comprehensive history of the legendary transcontinental experiment in mail delivery in sixty years." —True West
"This...
by Jim Morris
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
War Story author Jim Morris ponders the hated nickname "Baby Killers" given to Vietnam War soldiers, and then explains the extraordinary lengths U.S. soldiers go to in order to avoid civilian casualties, often at the soldiers' own expense.Jim Morris served three tours with Special Forces...
by Jim Perrin
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Using unpublished diaries, Jim Perrin, the acclaimed author of The Villain and Menlove, tells the story of the greatest exploring partnership in British history. In the 1930s Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They...