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  You Will Die in Prison - A story...

  Bernard Phelan

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  'An affirmation of the power of love, kindness, courage and human resilience' - Lara Marlowe, author of Love in a Time of WarBernard Phelan was working for an Iranian tour operator when he was arrested on false charges of spying on 3rd October 2022, becoming a political hostage.He shared "Satan's block" in Mashhad prison with political prisoners and drug traffickers - and condemned inmates awaiting execution.He was released from prison in May 2023 after being held hostage for seven months.Bernard Phelan grew up in Stillorgan, Dublin and lives in Paris with his husband.

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  Invisible Ink - A Family Memoir

  Martha Leigh

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  Martha's parents were both extraordinary people living in extraordinary times. Ralph was a brilliant, poor Jew from the East End. Edith, also Jewish from a bourgeois family in Central Europe was a gifted pianist. They met as students in Paris in 1937 and were separated by the war. Their intimate, emotional and sometimes humorous correspondence throughout the war led to marriage in 1945. Each bore scars. She, from escaping the Nazis, he from childhood tragedy. Overshadowing them both was a secret that burdened Ralph for most of his life. After the war he became the world expert on Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Edith devoted herself to her piano, performing and teaching. Invisible Ink is a compassionate, astute and ultimately uplifting portrait of their relationship.
  The author has also unearthed many other stories: her uncle's heroism and pioneering work in medicine, her grandmother and cousin's miraculous escapes from the holocaust. These are threads entwined in the greater tapestry of social and political history of the twentieth century. In discovering the truth about her family, Martha has also taken an inner journey towards understanding herself.

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  Vietnam Warhorse: A Huey Pilot's...

  Richard Guay

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  Have you ever wanted to pull up the curtain and look at what the US Army was really like during the Vietnam War? 
  From enlistment through Basic, Officer, and Flight training, veteran pilot Richard Guay will take you on a journey many have never witnessed... 
  Sit with Richard in the cockpit of the venerable UH–1 Huey helicopter as he maneuvers the sky to accomplish missions, protect his troops, and put to the test his years of training to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. 
  Through a journey from steamy jungles to war-torn skies over battlefields, Richard's raw and informative recollection is a story of not only war, but of brotherhood and the will to survive. Through countless helicopter flights, readers will experience both the fear and the excitement of war first-hand. 
  Vietnam Warhorse is a thrilling memoir detailing years of US Army training, helicopter warfare tactics, and piloting techniques employed during actual enemy engagement. With a touch of humor, this is an intense and fresh perspective on the Vietnam War for anyone interested in history or aviation!

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  Frozen Shadows - The Hunt for...

  Myles Henman

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  In the vast, unforgiving expanse of Alaska's wilderness, where the biting cold conceals secrets beneath layers of snow and ice, a chilling predator stalked the remote communities, earning the moniker "Alaska's Butcher Baker." "Frozen Shadows: The Hunt for Alaska's Butcher Baker" by Myles Henman is a gripping true-crime narrative that delves into the harrowing investigation of one of the most elusive and ruthless killers to ever haunt the Last Frontier. 
  Myles Henman meticulously reconstructs the terrifying series of murders that sent shockwaves through Alaska's tight-knit towns, where neighbors relied on each other for survival against the harsh elements. As bodies began to surface in isolated areas, the community was gripped by fear, unsure of who among them could harbor such darkness. Detective Sarah McAllister, a seasoned investigator with a relentless pursuit of justice, leads the charge to uncover the truth behind the brutal killings. 
  Navigating the challenges of Alaska's rugged terrain and extreme weather, McAllister and her team employ cutting-edge forensic techniques and psychological profiling to track the elusive butcher. Henman masterfully portrays the intense pressure on law enforcement to solve the case before the killer strikes again, highlighting the personal sacrifices and emotional toll on those dedicated to bringing the predator to justice. 
  As the investigation unfolds, "Frozen Shadows" reveals the intricate dance between hunter and hunted, exploring the complex motivations and twisted mind of the Butcher Baker. Through interviews with survivors, law enforcement officials, and experts in criminal psychology, Henman provides a multifaceted perspective on the nature of evil and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable horror.

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  Collateral Damage - A Daughter's...

  Lisa Mahoney

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  The disappearance and subsequent murder of one of Western Australia's most infamous underworld crime figures, Frank La Rosa, is only the tip of the iceberg. 
  This is a true account, the untold story of Frank's daughter Lisa Mahoney, told in intimate detail as only Lisa herself can tell it in this rollercoaster of a memoir. 
  It is more than a story of life as a drug dealer's daughter, and Lisa opens up about how her life was thrown into chaos on more than one occasion, including the many months of dealing with a missing person, to the somewhat closure she had when all hope was lost. 
  In this must-read book, you will take a journey into the shadows of a damaged heart as Lisa recalls the many trials and tribulations endured during her father's colourful lifetime and even beyond his death. 
  Many know the Frank La Rosa story. 
  Now it's time to read the story of the one who called him Dad…

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  Reckon

  Logan Phillips

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  “Reckon illuminates all that tries to hide.” — JAVIER ZAMORA, author of Solito: A Memoir 
  “Logan Phillips’s Reckon is a hell of a book... Arizona needs this book. America needs this book. You do too.” — ANDER MONSON, author of Predator: A Movie, a Memoir, an Obsession 
  In Reckon, artist Logan Phillips returns to the fabled town of Tombstone to face the history he was raised on as a boy—gunfights, outlaws, and Hollywood cowboys—for a new, personal confrontation with the West’s foundational mythology. This hybrid memoir also explores sexuality, whiteness, masculinity, parenting, and what it means to love a land rife with contradiction and “slathered in murder.” 
  As innovative as it is moving, this memoir is constructed of essays, photography, poetry, newspaper clippings from the Tombstone Epitaph Local Edition, and of course, movie screenplays. As he writes the characters of his past––including Youngfather and Teenme––Phillips finds the real history to be much more complex than the stories he was told. This is Tombstone in the 1980s and 90s, a century after the West’s most famous gunfight––a fifteen-second event still performed every day in historical reenactments––where Phillips’s father works as a historical exhibit designer at the Courthouse Museum and his uncle as a stuntman at Old Tucson Studios.  
  With an original, searing voice, Reckon is an essential answer to the tough questions of past and future, inheritance and reinvention, all from the perspective of a boy stuck in the middle. 
  NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR. Cover: art by Logan Phillips, design by Leigh McDonald. 
  “A full-throated consideration of the antecedent of sultry desert queerness—the cowboy.” — RAQUEL GUTIÉRREZ, author of Brown Neon 
  “Reckon implodes the braggadocio and myth of the gunslinging West.” — ANTHONY CODY, Whiting Award winner 
  “Flying through masculine silence, Reckon is the owl.” — SESSHU FOSTER, author of City of the Future

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