Jean Johnson had a vision, to create a senior women’s tap dance group. Through her persistence, and with the support of Bernie Shrum, her collaborator, she built an award-winning world-renown precision dance team. Her Hot Flashes spell-bound hundreds of audiences. She proved that older women could be vibrant, respected and productive as they learned a new skill. The author danced with the Hot Flashes for eleven years, keeping journals of all their performances. She describes the challenges, humor, embarrassments, and successes of life on the stage and behind the scenes.

The Hot Flashes: Award-Winning Senior Tap Dance Troupe

Arts & Photography

Fuller, Leona Claire

Performing Arts

Glue Pot Press

In 1998, Jamie “Jaz” Sloan was at a crossroads. At the age of 27, she had experienced enough of life to know that she wanted something beyond the illusory American Dream. Driven by passions and guided by intuition, she boarded a plane with an around-the-world ticket and not much else in her pocket. From the jungles of Nepal to the beaches of Greece, from the wild nightlife of urban Australia to the wilds of the Irish countryside. Can she get home again, and who will she be when she gets there? The road into the unknown is uncertain and unpredictable, but synchronicity guides her steps and expands her understanding and love for life. Follow Jamie’s worldly adventure to discover the insights and universal truths that wait for all who are brave enough to seek them out.

ON THE ROAD TO FIND OUT (Revised Edition)

Travel

Sloan, Jamie

Specialty Travel

Christel: Scenes From A Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Jonge Vos, Christel

Memoirs

INSCRIBED by AUTHOR, STATED FIRST PRINTING.. 2015 Glue Pot Press trade paperback, Rosemarie Floreck Elrod. Rosemarie’s story, from her youth under the bombs in Cologne to the strict upbringing by her grandparents and uncles made her rebellious and focused on being able to support herself and fulfill the dream of living in America. Follow her journey as a young girl discovering secrets in her family and later as she works and travels through Europe in the hip 1960’s.- Amazon

Born into Chaos: A Memoir: 1941 to 1964

Elrod, Rosemarie Floreck

Community & Culture

Dear Lucy: A Memoir

Martin, Dr. Phyllis

Parenting & Relationships

"I am trapped," she screamed silently, no one in the room hearing her inner pleas. "I am trapped in a cage of poverty and mediocrity and If I don't get out I will die." Only the sound of her typewriter could be heard that night echoing throughout the shack that she had called home.Grace Metalious had penned her infamous novel Peyton Place, which had taken the young wife and mother from obscurity in a small New Hampshire town, to the top of the literary world in the 1950's. Her life, like her writings, were a whirlwind, creating havoc and controversy with every strike of the typewriter key.The Seasons of Grace is an unauthorized tale of Grace Metalious and her desire to tell the stories that no one dared to tell before that time. From small town life in New England to the hustle and bustle of New York City and to the unforgiving film studios of Hollywood, Grace's story unfolds. This is a classic scenario where art imitates life and so does this story. The young author is coping with literary and financial successes. The author without realizing it, was creating her own Peyton Place where she herself had to live.No novel had achieved greater recognition than her first. One out of every 29 Americans had read Peyton Place. They would dog eared the pages, underlined their favorite passages, stuffed it in the back of a drawer to concealed it from the prying eyes of others. This novel was a true sensation in both the literary world and helped form popular culture as we know it. The legacy is lastly and continues to this day.It has been nearly 65 years since the release of her novel in 1956. The Seasons of Grace is a fictional account based on the author's life; sometimes dark, sometimes shocking, but always authentic.

The Seasons of Grace: The Unauthorized Backstory of Peyton Place

Literature & Fiction

Dodge, Dave O

Genre Fiction

Betty: A Life Interrupted, is a historical novel of Betty Hill and her extraterrestrial life set during the turbulent 1960's. Betty and her husband Barney, were a well-established interracial married couple living in white New Hampshire. They were the very first documented case of an alien abduction by extraterrestrials while driving through the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. Their story begins with a late-night drive and continues through multiple investigations from government agencies, months of forensic hypnosis, critical response from the public, and multiple strange occurrences throughout their lives. The couple went on to be the reluctant face of the UFO phenomenon that was sweeping the nation, and is now she is considered the 1st lady of alien abductions during that sensational time and continues today. Betty was a well-respected social worker and admired by her colleagues. Barney was a postman, who become an esteemed volunteer with the State of New Hampshire and its efforts for economic growth, as well as a member of the NAACP. Both Hills were very active with the Democratic Party and even garnered an invitation to the inauguration for Lyndon B. Johnson.Betty and Barney were catapulted into the media limelight, with countless appearances on national radio, and national TV and features in periodicals, including, Look Magazine. Appearing at the first UFO Conference, they told the story of that night, never wavering from the experience that interrupted that drive so late at night. Their story has been told in a non-fiction account of the occurrence, which went to be a movie-of-the-week on network television in 1975. Betty; A Life Interrupted is the story of a loving wife, well educated, self-determined, and professional woman; who had her life that was turned upside down, and how she handled it. It is a fascinating read, steeped in detail, based on truth and salted with emotion.

BETTY: A Life Interrupted: The Untold Story of Betty Hill's Extraterrestrial Life

This memoir is a compelling and deeply personal account of a remarkable life shaped by culture, identity, and spiritual transformation. Born into a missionary family in Egypt, McClanahan vividly recounts a childhood marked by isolation, bullying, and early stirrings of sexual identity. Through his experiences in Japan, New York, and Washington, D.C., he grows in self awareness and acceptance, living as an attractive gay man in the vibrant pre-AIDS world. His spiritual journey takes him through Europe and Central America and culminates in his becoming a board-certified chaplain and ordained deacon. We accompany him across continents and emotional landscapes. A 12 step program plays a central role in his acceptance of himself and offering that compassion to others. Uplifting and honest, this is an excellent memoir which resonates across boarders, and every reader is likely to find something meaningful in its pages.

Egypt to Mexico: A Gay Man's Journey in Addiction and Faith

MCCLANAHAN, DAVID

AYA Life's Garden Manual: As You Are (AYA Garden Books)

Self-Help

Personal Transformation

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