Edwin Stratton grew up in rural Iowa, where he experienced both the love and loss of his family. When he turned eighteen, Edwin left his small hometown to experience the world. His adventures began in Omaha, Nebraska, where he saved the life of a police officer and began work translating the German language for the local police department and the local hospital. Edwin also became a part of the Chinatown community, where he learned the language and met the love of his life, Mu Waun. Edwin h...

This book gives you a complete rundown of the world of money, making it easy to understand and fun to explore. It will help you hone the secrets of budgeting, saving, investing, and even smart risk-taking through tips catered to your age and lifestyle.Think it’s impossible to save for your first car, buy that iphone you’ve been eyeing, or avoid getting into student loan debt? All this is within your reach, so long as you have the knowledge and practical strategies ...

In the heart of Boston in the 1980's—a city engulfed in turmoil and racial tensions, an unlikely friendship develops between two students at Cathedral High School. Patrick is an Irish-Catholic born leader. His friends follow him with blind allegiance. Nate is a young, disciplined, black athlete—focused on finding his way out of the neighborhood alive. The two young men find themselves on hectic school grounds, in a culture that shuns friendships like theirs. Through a tragic turn of events...

New from Broadside Books' Voices of the Tea Party. I, Light Bulb: A Death Row Testimonial as told to Michael Patrick Leahy, demonstrates how the American economy has gone from free markets to politically correct, government controlled crony capitalism in the half century since Leonard E. Read wrote the classic essay I, Pencil. Leahy tells the story of the ban on the current generation of incandescents from the perspective of a condemned 100 watt light bulb. In the voice of the light bulb, ...

Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt's love for birds, a travel guide for contemporary bird watchers.As one of the country’s foremost bird lovers, Theodore Roosevelt makes an excellent guide to the best birding spots. From the icy shoreline of Maine to the tropical reefs of the Hawaiian Islands, Theodore Roosevelt watched, recorded, and championed the preservation of American birds. Never in his life were they far from his mind. Their coloration and dive...

The definitive narrative history of American immigration — Ellis Island, the great wave, Chinese exclusion, the 1924 quota law, and the Hart-Celler Act that remade the nation, 1880-1965.On April 17, 1907, 11,747 immigrants passed through Ellis Island in a single day — one person every few seconds, doctors scanning for trachoma with a metal hook, inspectors asking fourteen questions before waving each family through. More than twelve million people had followed Anni...

Riding through the forest, a young boy named Mike explores the natural world around him. He watches trout swim, smells the rain damp leaves and feels the cool waters of a snow fed stream as he rides his bike alongside his parents. This memorable ride leaves Mike eager to experience additional bicycling adventures.

Two worlds on a razor’s edgeThe racially charged streets of 1990s Boston have hit a record-high murder rate. With dominating drug lord Whitey Bulger out of the picture, several rising-talent gang leaders vie for the throne, leaving in their war’s wake more bodies than the corrupt police bother to deal with.Patrick, an Irish Catholic boxer fresh out of prison for something he didn’t do, returns to his old neighborhood and barely recognizes it with the prolif...

Henry and Barby are neighbors, classmates, and more. Barby's family is affluent and well-to-do, while Henry's family leads a simple life on a small income. Feelings of ambivalence pervade young Henry's adolescence as he becomes involved with both Barby and her sister. Brandy, Barby's older sister, seduces Henry, and their secret sexual escapades entrap them in a love they try to ignore. As llenry struggles to endure the love of two sisters, college and careers carry them into adulthood. Th...

About 50 percent of people alive today will face cancer. You would think a cure for all diseases that won the Nobel Prize in Medicine would make national headline news. So why didnt you hear about it? This book will help you understand why so many individuals die after traditional treatment for cancer. The story is getting worse. It is estimated that by 2020 more than half of all cancer in America will be medically induced from drugs or radiation, making our Medical establishment the leadi...

Henry and Barby are neighbors, classmates, and more. Barby's family is affluent and well-to-do, while Henry's family leads a simple life on a small income. Feelings of ambivalence pervade young Henry's adolescence as he becomes involved with both Barby and her sister. Brandy, Barby's older sister, seduces Henry, and their secret sexual escapades entrap them in a love they try to ignore. As Henry struggles to endure the love of two sisters, college and careers carry them into adulthood. The...

Today's Tea Party activists are motivated by the same ideological desires as our nation's Founding Fathers, argues Michael Patrick Leahy in this illuminating work of political history.Today's political class—in both parties and at all levels of government—shows a blatant disregard for both the letter and spirit of the U.S. Constitution. More and more Americans are fed up, and from this sweeping sense of discontent and anger the Tea Party movement has emerged, revitalizing the spiri...