Nonfiction
A Celtic Childhood
By Bill Watkins
Back in print, Bill’s book is now available in e-book format with a new introduction to the delightful trilogy
The lyrical narrative of a gifted and animated storyteller, Bill Watkins weaves a wonderful tale of misadventure and merriment.
A Celtic Childhood vividly portrays his eccentric and richly colloquial Celtic family. The fleádh nights with his family bring forth a rich understanding of young Bill’s place in Celtic history. The tales of Watkin’s boyhood as a good-natured miscreant find him disrupting weddings while dressed as a gangster, illegally operating a ham radio, and getting kicked out of Ireland for “vagrancy” while on a minstrel trail in search of his Celtic spirit and manhood.
Scotland Is Not for the Squeamish
By Bill Watkins
Back in print, Bill’s book is now available in e-book format with a never-before-read missing chapter
Rich and colorful, Bill Watkins deftly mingles Celtic poetry, history, and song with true and tall tales of his high-seas adventures and explorations of the Scottish highlands. After realizing his childhood dream of becoming a wireless operator at seas, Watkins takes his readers to the places he visits, the people he meets, and the work and predicaments he gets into. Tackling his rugged surroundings with humor and smarts, Watkins recounts the magic of his younger years of soul-searching exploration in animated detail, giving Scotland Is Not for the Squeamish the rare quality of equaling its predecessor.
The Once and Future Celt
By Bill Watkins
Twenty-one year old Bill is stranded in a Gypsy camp with an injured foot, cared for by the beautiful, unattainable Riena. The Gypsies, or Romany, suffer a negative reputation in Britain, a notion that Bill’s stay challenges. With his prowess on the fiddle and keen interest in their culture, the Gypsies—and Riena—grow to accept him. Bill discovers that his Celtic roots may not be so different from the misunderstood Romany.
Tragedy in South Lebanon
By Cathy Sultan
Cathy Sultan combines compelling history and vivid personal interviews to relate the lives of the oft-ignored civilians of southern Lebanon and northern Israel during the July war of 2006. Throughout the book, these narratives of mothers, soldiers, activists and ambulance drivers on both sides are memorable for their detail, honesty, and the deep sense of tragedy they relate.
Israeli and Palestinian Voices
A Dialogue with Both Sides
By Cathy Sultan
Begins with an account of Ms. Sultan’s adventure-ridden trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah to interview individuals on both sides of the conflict. The detailed interviews form the body of the book, followed by a primer on the conflict’s history. A book to open eyes to the human realities of life in Israel-Palestine.
A Beirut Heart
One Woman’s War
By Cathy Sultan
A memoir of fourteen years as an American living in Beirut—the last eight years during the brutal, destructive fighting in the city she loved. Even after a bullet pierced the apron that hung in her kitchen, she is determined to support her Lebanese physician husband and comfort her two small children. This is a war story from the perspective of a wife and mother.
Written on the Knee
A Diary from the Greek-Italian Front of WWII
Diary by Dr. Theodore Electris
Edited and translated by Helen Electrie Lindsay
Introduction by Louis de Bernières
During the Greek-Italian conflict of World War II, Dr. Theodore Electris, newly married and idealistic, was called up to the Greek-Italian front in the remote mountains of Albania. Homesick, hungry and desperately missing his young wife, Chrysoula, he kept an intimate journal to preserve his experiences for her.
Willow in a Storm
By James Peter Taylor and Kathleen Murphy-Taylor
In this raw, unflinching memoir, James Peter Taylor recounts the events of his unusual life, over forty years of which were spent incarcerated. Mentally and sexually abused by his adoptive father, Taylor receives a life sentence at age 30 when he kills a man during a robbery. He manages to survive in prison, despite rampant violence, in part by playing a woman’s role. Decades later, a reformed Taylor is released, bolstered by his marriage to the book’s coauthor, a former social worker.
Call to Liberty
Bridging the Divide Between Liberals and Conservatives
By Anthony Signorelli
Offers practical strategies for liberals and conservatives who want to come together and reclaim basic American principles. Call to Liberty shows how to maximize freedom with bold proposals that utilize both traditional and web-driven media and organizing methods.