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  Simply Chekhov

  Carol Apollonio

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  Born in the port city of Taganrog in southern Russia, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) survived a difficult childhood with an abusive father and put himself through school (while supporting his family), qualifying as a physician in 1884. At the same time he began practicing medicine, he also became celebrated for his short fiction, which redefined the genre with its formal innovations and psychological depth. His first serious play, The Seagull, was booed at its premiere in 1896, but—along with his other plays Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard—it came to be seen as a masterpiece, bringing a new realism to the theater and to acting, which continues to reverberate today. Afflicted with ill health for much of his life, Chekhov died of tuberculosis at the age of 44, prematurely depriving the world of a great writer and a great humanist. 
  In Simply Chekhov, Professor Carol Apollonio provides a concise and accessible introduction to Chekhov, both within his time and place (Russia on the eve of revolution) and as a master of world literature. Readers will meet the major figures of Chekhov’s era—as well as his colorful family, lovers, colleagues, and friends—and gain an appreciation for the ways in which this real-life cast of characters are reflected in Chekhov’s stories and plays. 
  Drawing on insights from her more than three decades of Chekhov scholarship, Apollonio not only presents strikingly original insights into Chekhov’s major works, but explores the concerns—from the place of humans in the natural world to the threat of homelessness—that made him such a compelling figure and that remain relevant to the crises we face today.

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  Victorious - A Mother and...

  Katie Piazza

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  Victorious records the true story of a little girl's battle with an aggressive brain tumor through the personal lens of her mother's journal. Told primarily through direct journal entries, readers are ushered into the heart of a mother whose world is shattered overnight when her previously healthy ten-week-old daughter is diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. This diagnosis begins a twenty-one month battle for life. Yet in spite of the continual threat of darkness, the story is permeated with light, with love and even with joy. Readers are welcomed into a story of victory that ends in a paradoxical triumph. 
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 
  Katie is an emergency room nurse with a B.A. in psychology. She is pursuing certification as a biblical counselor through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). She has a passion for helping others see God's abundant love and goodness, starting with those within her own home. She lives in Avon, Ohio, with her husband and two boys and is an avid reader and writer.

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  Sex Drugs & Jesus - A Memoir of...

  De'Vannon Hubert

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  ***INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER*** 
  First Place - LGBTQ+ Nonfiction 
  True Crime - Finalist 
  ***FIREBIRD BOOK AWARD WINNER*** 
  First Place - LGBTQ+ Nonfiction 
  First Place - True Crime 
  Third Place - Memoir 
  "A bleak but often engrossing real-life story of an eventful and sometimes-dangerous life." - Kirkus Reviews 
  “Sex, Drugs & Jesus is a riveting memoir that will capture your heart and take you inside the trials and tribulations of Mr. Hubert’s life. I was hooked from the first page.” - USA Today Bestselling Author, Theresa Hissong 
  My memoir delves into raw detail about my war with my myself. I open up about my crystal meth addiction and being a drug dealer in Houston, Tx. The pain of growing up in poverty under the hand of an abusive dad is also put on display. The time I spent serving in the Air Force during Don't Ask Don't Tell, and the promiscuity that went along with it, is divulged as well. I talk about how I received my HIV + diagnosis on a voicemail and my Hep B + diagnosis in the postal mail. My story gets more intense as I share about how I got 3 felonies, the time I spent in jail, and how I ended up homeless after S.W.A.T. kicked my door in. I talk about the biggest heartbreak in my life which happened when I was kicked out of a megachurch, that I had served with my whole soul for years, just because I am a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and refused to accept the conversion therapy package they offered. 
  So often people judge those who have been in similar situations. My hope is that my honesty can offer a glimpse into these issues from the inside, rather than from the outside looking in. 
   

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  The Cowboy Detective - A True...

  Charles Siringo

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  A fascinating, true-life memoir of an undercover agent in the wild, wild west of the late 1800s!After years of cowboying, Charles A. Siringo settled down in Caldwell, Kansas to run a store— until an acquaintance told him that he was "cut out" for detective work. Thereupon, Siringo joined the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, where he worked for more than twenty years.
  A Cowboy Detective chronicles Siringo' s adventures as an undercover operative in the wilder parts of the West, where he rode with the lawless and escaped violent death more than a few times. Using more guises than Sherlock Holmes, he survived labor riots in Idaho, hounded moonshiners in the Appalachians, and infiltrated Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch as an outlaw on the run for murder!

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  sorry i keep crying during sex -...

  Jesse James Rose

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  A powerful, provocative, and genre-bending literary memoir that grapples with victimhood, recovery, and resilience 
    
  In the before, Jesse James Rose is happy. She has a beautiful boyfriend with melty glacier eyes, she’s on a euphoric journey of gender exploration, and New York City is perfect. In the after, she’s single, making dinner for her grandfather, and wondering if he’s going to forget her name today. Except, in the before, her first-grade music teacher lead her into a dark room to show her something he shouldn’t have. And in the after, she’s finding healing and comfort in coming into her own, even as her grandfather declines. 
    
  In the before, she was fine, more or less. But in the after, she has to reckon with whatever the hell restorative justice really, truly means. 
    
  Following the aftermath of an assault, and the heartache of caring for a grandfather with Alzheimer’s, sorry i keep crying during sex tells a captivating story of identity, recovery, grief, survivorship, and transness. Through lists, theatrical scripts, flashbacks, and Grindr DMs, Jesse James Rose’s genre-defying memoir is raw and hysterically funny, and takes readers on the wild ride of overcoming the struggles of a trans twentysomething. 
    
  “A visceral, raw portrayal of trans and queer life, sorry i keep crying during sex will have you holding on for dear life. This book doesn't pull a single punch. Jesse Rose writes with exactly the type of tender, aggressive, in-your-face narrative gumption we need right now. Don't call it a debut: bitch, it's an arrival.”—Jacob Tobia, author of Before They Were Men and Sissy

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  Good Newes From New England - A...

  Edward Winslow

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  Good Newes From New England is Edward Winslow's journal which covers the events that occurred between 1622 and 1623 at Plymouth Colony.  It includes firsthand information from the earliest American colonial history such as Tisquantum's death, the sickness of Massasoit, Thomas Weston's Wessagussett Colony, and many more.

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