Just Imagine...
You're rejected whenever you apply for a job.
You're turned away every time you try to find a place to live.
You're shunned by potential friends
...all because of the choices you made.
 The author of this heart-pounding story knows what that's like.
Even though he can't justify the endless stream of bad choices he made from the age of 12 well into adulthood--choices that ultimately landed him in prison--he is determined now to make the slow and steady journey back into society.
 Drug addiction, reckless behavior, and rule-breaking are all a thing of the past but this story will put the reader along through every bad situation--including combat related PTSD--every thoughtless action over many years until the final wake-up call: incarceration.
John B. McIntyre surely is not alone. There are many others--men and women--facing the same struggles to start a new life. Perhaps his story can be an inspiration to them, and he believes he really can help the teen or young adult heading down the same path of self-destruction.

Choices Made, Prices Paid

Biographies & Memoirs

McIntyre, John B

Memoirs

Book House Publishing

Meet Ed, a young, Californian obsessed with a life on the radio during the 1980s, and the many women who came along for the ride. His life took left turns on the wrong river from day one, which deposited (or found, or left) him on the shores of personal and professional disaster, but at the bottom of the rapids were the seeds of redemption and true love.

For the Love of Radio: The hapless adventure of a media-crazed, sex-obsessed moron.

Literature & Fiction

Mann, Ed

Genre Fiction

Professor Luke Shannon gets upbraided by a Cuban exile at Seattle University. Thirty years ago, Luke didn't keep his promise to Ana Sanchez, a high-profile dissident and his former lover. Her uncle was Cuba's deceased Hero of the Republic, General Arnaldo Ochoa. Luke promised to tell his story to the world. Luke finds out that Ana is still alive but in failing health. In Miami, he catches Cubana Aviacion's last flight to Havana. Then COVID-19 hits Cuba in 2020. All bets are off if Luke will prevail. His odyssey takes him through police interrogations, steamy salsa clubs and tropical storms. The Inspector, tipped off by Cuban intelligence, is intent on taking him down. Whom can Luke trust? Startling news slaps him in the face. Now he must escape. Can Luke keep his promise or will he die trying? Note: The demise of General Arnoldo Ochoa is a topic of debate among expatriates and cognoscenti of Cuba. Ochoa's military campaigns in Africa are still taught at the U.S. and Russian War Colleges. This book is based on 65 interviews of Cubans in-country and from exiles abroad. Its places and names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Havana Odyssey: Chasing Ochoa's Ghost

Murphy, Stephen E.

United States

Be Someone's Miracle: Five Small Miracles You Can Perform Every Day

Shimer

John & Cindy Jones

Jack Fritz's memoir-Lifetime Adventure-is aptly titled. After reading it, you'll come away wondering how one man could have packed so much living into eight-plus decades.From growing up on the shores of Lake Michigan to living the majority of his life on the shores of Puget Sound, Jack checked all the boxes of a life well-lived-including the pretty wife and two kids that are an essential part of the fabled "American Dream." This is one man's memoir, but it's also a handbook on how to live life to the fullest. See how your life stacks up against it.

A Lifetime Adventure

Fritz, Jack

Historical

The United States is at a critical point. Our jobs, the prices we pay for products, and the heart of American entrepreneurship itself are at stake. Those betting against us say that China is outcompeting us, out-innovating us, and not playing by the rules and that, under these circumstances, our defeat is inevitable.\nIn Tell Me Why I Can't, Ron Simon describes how victory competing in the global market is not just possible but also intrinsic to America's capitalist DNA.\nBoth moving memoir and captivating case study, Tell Me Why I Can't explores the limitless potential of US entrepreneurism and its unparalleled ability to reward innovation, creativity, and positive disruption. Simon's rise to business greatness is a testament to the power and possibility of the American Dream.

Tell Me Why I Can't

Simon, Ron

Professionals & Academics

The United States is at a critical point. Our jobs, the prices we pay for products, and the heart of American entrepreneurship itself are at stake. Those betting against us say that China is outcompeting us, out-innovating us, and not playing by the rules and that, under these circumstances, our defeat is inevitable. In Tell Me Why I Can't, Ron Simon describes how victory competing in the global market is not just possible but also intrinsic to America's capitalist DNA. Both moving memoir and captivating case study, Tell Me Why I Can't explores the limitless potential of US entrepreneurism and its unparalleled ability to reward innovation, creativity, and positive disruption. Simon's rise to business greatness is a testament to the power and possibility of the American Dream.

Tell Me Why I Can't: Winning My Battle with China by Making It in America

Stuart Robles & Rod Robertson, partners in investment banking, with decades of experience, have created an exciting and easy-to-read book, citing case studies on how to create wealth. The book lays out all the steps and financial data necessary to make you a formidable entrepreneur, with a roadmap to buying, building, and selling your business. 
• Do you have the right stuff? 
• The many roads to entrepreneurship 
• New paths to ownership in the disrupted world 
• How to raise cash and buy a business 
• When is the right time to sell? 
• Your future fame and glory! 
The New World of Entrepreneurshipwill show you the road to riches and how to avoid the pitfalls that crush dreams. It is a perfect blend of pragmatic financial guidelines that will educate you with what you need to know in your quest to be your best.\nStuart Robles is a partner at Briggs Capital, an international investment bank that represents sellers and buyers of small- to medium-size businesses around the world. Stuart is a tech-driven entrepreneur and specializes in business development. He owned and exited two companies and since has coached many owners through their growth and exit cycle.\nRod Robertson is the founder of Briggs Capital and has represented the firm’s sellers and buyers for decades of international deal-making. He is a national voice on radio, podcasts, and media outlets, with more than 100 successful transactions to date. Rod knows the ins and outs of entrepreneurship—in all of its forms—like few others.

The New World of Entrepreneurship: Insiders' Guide to Buying and Selling Your Own Business in the Digital Age

Business & Money

Robertson, Rod

Robles, Stuart

Management & Leadership

In the 1950s, the US automobile industry had entered its Golden Age, and Southern California quickly became the world’s car capital. During this time, Paul Rusnak began establishing the network of dealerships. Driven from the start, Rusnak soon made his mark in retail car history. After fleeing the Communist takeover of his native country in 1948, Rusnak arrived in the United States speaking no English and having to navigate a foreign culture. Through working around the clock, he gained mastery of both. In 1959, at only twenty-five years old, Rusnak took his education and ambition and set forth building his automobile dealership empire, competing with accomplished business owners more than twice his age. But an immigrant breaking into an industry controlled by the old guard of long-established domestic car dealers was a near-impossible task. So rather than try to out-compete them, he tapped into his European heritage, trusted his entrepreneurial instinct, and set his sights on selling little-known foreign makes – those of Porsche and Audi. Rusnak’s marketing and business savvy, combined with Southern California’s massive consumer base and influence as an automotive epicenter, played a significant role in both companies’ eventual global success. Keeping Both Hands on the Wheel is a timeless story of American grit and immigrant triumph. As thrilling and wild as the automotive industry itself, his book is a testament to the American Dream – with brains, hard work, and an unstoppable drive to win, any go-getter has greater potential to succeed here than anywhere else on Earth.

KEEPING BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL A Testament to the American Dream

Paul Rusnak

Set in a downtown Minneapolis bar in 1973, good guy Jake Sherman-intelligent and witty-has two dilemmas: reconciling with his ex-wife, and surviving his position as manager of the Poodle Bar and Restaurant without killing or being killed. Told with edgy humor and cynicism, this is a raucous tale of one year in the life of an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.In his quest to win back his ex-wife, Jake accepts what he thinks is a management position at the Poodle Bar and Restaurant. Within days, he realizes he is a glorified bouncer, duty-bound to deal with everything from picketers to an Indian uprising, to the sexism, racism, and anti-gay sentiments of the time. Jake adopts the characteristics of his customers-tough, physical, loyal to a fault-in order to survive. But he is in over his head. He worries his existence is becoming like that of Jekyll and Hyde; good versus evil. Jake loses the battle of who he really is and what the job requires him to do, causing his life to spin out of control.When a young woman Jake hired-and promised her father to watch out for-is murdered, his feelings of responsibility kick into overdrive. He knows who killed her but neither he nor the police can prove it. His mounting frustration and depleted patience lead to increased drinking, fighting, and womanizing and take him farther from his dream of reuniting with his ex-wife. He rationalizes his self-destructive behavior as being part of the job, although he recognizes the vortex he is drawn into. At times, he can still see the humor in life, but the tension mounts as Jake's revenge is played out.

Jake's Dilemma

Miller, Marvin L.

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