Joe: 3835 books
Balsamic Dreams
A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
The author of the bestselling Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon takes aim at the boomer generation in a hilarious work of social commentary.
It's become fashionable to vilify baby boomers. Professional iconoclast and baby boomer Joe Queenan, however, takes a somewhat more benign...
Liquor in the Land of the Lost Cause
Southern White Evangelicals and the Prohibition Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2007
In the late 1800s, Southern evangelicals believed contemporary troubles -- everything from poverty to political corruption to violence between African Americans and whites -- sprang from the bottles of "demon rum" regularly consumed in the South. Though temperance quickly gained support...
by Joe Woodward
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
From his name to his college transcript to his literary style, Nathanael West was self-invented. Born Nathan Weinstein, the author of the classics Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939) was an uncompromising artist obsessed with writing the perfect novel. He pursued his passion...
by Joe Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
An irreverent look at the rules of raising kids from a regular guy's perspective. The author has all the same problems as you: not enough money, space, or time. But he has still managed to be an extraordinary dad to his three kids.
Short, funny, and to the point, You Are Going To Get Poop On...
The Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard
Chief of Scouts, U.S.A.
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The true story of the one of the most thrilling figures of the Wild West.
Every army needs its scouts. A good scout knows the enemy and the enemy’s terrain as well as his own, and is resourceful and incisive, cool-headed and courageous. A great scout is irreplaceable. And no greater scout...
Queenan Country
A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In this hilarious romp through England, one of America's preeminent humorists seeks the answer to an eternal question: What makes the Brits tick?
One semitropical Fourth of July, Joe Queenan's English wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue....
Authentocrats
Culture, Politics and the New Seriousness
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
"The Authentocrats" claim to the be the new voice of common sense that speak for the common man and woman; right-wing, traditional and dangerous, Joe Kennedy argues that they are everything but what they purport to be.
In contemporary Britain, a lot has been said about what it is...
Real-Life X-Files
Investigating the Paranormal
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2001
As a former private investigator and forensic writer, Joe Nickell has spent much of his career identifying forged documents, working undercover to infiltrate theft rings, and investigating questioned deaths. Now he turns his considerable investigative skill toward the paranormal, researching the most...
The Mystery Chronicles
More Real-Life X-Files
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
With a foreword by James Randi Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell has spent more than thirty years solving the world's most perplexing mysteries. This new casebook reveals the secrets of the Winchester Mystery House, the giant Nazca drawings of Peru, the Shroud of Turin, the "Mothman" enigma,...
by Joe Putignano
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Author is a world-class athlete who has just completed a tour with Cirque du Soleil Totem. He played the main character (Crystal Man) in the touring show.
Author has been featured on CNN's Sanjay Gupta's Human Factor. CNN will produce two to three more videos following the author as he undergoes...
by Joe Nickell
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2005
The carnival sideshows of the past have left behind a fascinating legacy of mystery and intrigue. The secrets behind such daring feats as fire-eating and sword swallowing and bizarre exhibitions of human oddities as "Alligator Boys" and "Gorilla Girls" still remain, only grudgingly...
Aussie Prison Breaks
Not All Escapees Are Desperados
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
In Brisbane's maximum-security prison awaiting trial, Joe Tog composed a series of short narratives for his defence-barrister. The barrister said that the notes gave him a clarity that he did not normally get from cold, hard facts and dates. Out of that comment grew this story.
by Joe Nobody, P.A. Troit
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
In book two of Joe Nobody’s highly acclaimed series, Secession, the Republic of Texas becomes the target of a diabolical plot hatched by international terrorists.
The task of saving the new nation falls on the Texas Rangers. Zach and Sam soon find themselves embroiled in a desperate struggle...
Abraham Lincoln, a Man of Faith and Courage
Stories of Our Most Admired President
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
How Lincoln's Faith Shaped His Leadership
Undoubtedly the most revered leader in American history, Abraham Lincoln has had more books written about him than all our nation's presidents put together. But for all that's been written, little has focused on his faith and how this quality shaped...