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11. Reliable fundraising in unreliable times : what good causes need to know to survive and thrive, Kim Klein. I checked this book out as a potential source and inspiration for writing grants. I’m investigating grant writing to continue the computer classes I had been teaching. Not sure if it was good for that purpose, [...]
Breaking night : a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard, by Liz Murray. Wow. I didn’t think anything could be harder to read than Halse Anderson’s “Wintergirls.” This autobiography was well written, even lyrical, and the view so honest– but it is very hard to read at times because it [...]
5. Ash, by Malinda Lo. This is a different take on the Cinderella story. There are many common elements with the well-known fairy tale: Ash, or Aisling, is a happy, contented girl until her mother and, later, her father dies. Her stepmother makes Ash a servant to pay off her father’s debts. Ash serves both the [...]
Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington’s Scandal Culture, by Mark Feldstein. A great read for history buffs (although you might want a comic chaser afterward). It’s an interesting and well-written account of the backgrounds and relationship between former president Richard Nixon and muckracker columnist Jack Anderson. To say it [...]
Crazy, with the Papers To Prove It by Dan Coughlin $14.95 Gray & Company, Publishers www.grayco.com For those who love tales of Cleveland sports and stories which have helped make the town a Mecca of athletic legend, Dan Coughlin’s “Crazy, with the Papers to Prove It,” by Gray and Company Publishers, is the book to [...]
Things I’ve Learned from Watching the Browns by Terry Pluto and hundreds of Browns fans $14.95 Gray & Company, Publishers www.grayco.com This book is full of information that even longtime Cleveland Browns fans may not have known. When the Browns drafted the man who would become the greatest football player of all time — fullback [...]
This is Larry Morrow by Larry Morrow $19.95 Gray and Co. Publishers www.grayco.com Larry Morrow, a veteran radio personality, shares his thoughts and stories about his long career in the business. Larry hit the Cleveland airwaves in 1966 at rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse WIXY 1260 as one of the “WIXY Supermen,” who led that station [...]
The Last Days of Cleveland by John Stark Bellamy II $14.95 Gray and Co. Publishers www.grayco.com While John Stark Bellamy may have moved from Cleveland to Vermont, he still continues to entertain and educate with his collections of stories on Cleveland crime and disaster. The latest, “The Last Days of Cleveland,” is a must for [...]
Tales from the Road by Neil Zurcher Gray & Co. Publishers $14.95 www.grayco.com Thousands of people recall Neil Zurcher as “The Travelin’ Man” or “Mr. One Tank Trip,” but his Cleveland television career goes back much further than his “One Tank Trips” segments. For 40 years, he appeared on WJW Channel 8 — now Fox [...]
Becoming Wives Who Please God by Kim and Cindy Howdyshell $31.99 Tate Publishing www.tatepublishing.com Cuyahoga Falls resident Kim Howdyshell, along with Cindy Howdyshell recently published “Becoming Wives Who Please God.” “As I walked down the aisle, I had all sorts of ideas about marriage,” Kim said. “Like many, I created a perfect picture of married [...]