This book tells the true story of how our family was torn apart by harassment from our next-door neighbors and their associates. The harassment included assaults, death threats, threats to burn down our house, false accusations to the police, and malicious communications, including allegations of paedophilia. It explores how such harassment can spread within a community when the police fail to address it early on. The book also details the intentional failure of our local police force to p...

Major league baseball's first Ambassador for Inclusion shares "a passionate memoir of the challenges [he] faced as a closeted gay athlete" ( Sports Illustrated).With a relentless work ethic, exceptional talent, and a quick left-handed swing, Billy Bean made it to the majors, where he played from 1987 to 1995—an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres. But as a gay man in the brutally homophobic world of professional bas...

London, 1913. Fourteen-year-old Billy Bean is a thief. He's also a talented street performer, and he's picked up by Fred Karno's music hall company, that features Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin leaves Karno for the movies, and Billy is sent to America to replace him. Billy also wants to work in movies, and soon he gets his lucky break. When his luck runs out and the movie career goes badly, he finds himself back on the streets, with nothing but his childhood skills and a cheeky grin to keep him ...

A Human, Then A Building, Now A Rising StockBy: Billy BeansA Human, Then a Building, Now a Rising Stock follows the author’s journey through turmoil following the loss of his brother. This account chronicles the far-reaching damage and suffering felt by him and his family. Repeatedly seeing the person he believed responsible for his brother’s death exacerbated a destructive path for the author, leading to alcohol addiction and criminal actions to deal with the anger and hur...

Lane Hollar's seen little of the world beyond West Virginia—Parris Island and Vietnam—but that was enough. Now, thirty years later, he's estranged from his only son, Frank, and from society at large. Lane has his grandson, Toby; his daughter–in–law, Darlene; his bait shop; and his banjo, and he desires or needs nothing else.But then one day, he and Toby are out fishing when they witness a drug–related murder. Suddenly, the boundaries of his world are no longer his to define. An inv...

An autobiographical story of the too frequent lows and at times seemingly unachievable highs of surviving addiction.I was finally stabilized, it was time to leave my home in North Dakota and travel cross country. But the relapses kept hitting including in Alabama, Florida, and Las Vegas. Will stability be possible or will the history of addiction win?There are happy points in my journey: meeting previously unknown family, gainful employment, and revisiting a lost love. Howe...

subsidized by an agreement to watch over the place while the owner is away. Since the age of four, he worked toward becoming a concert pianist. But, at age 18, after the horrific death of his father and then a rejection from the San Francisco Music Conservatory, Billy no longer felt the passion to play the piano, so he quit.During his weekly inspections of the old mansion, Billy discovers a treasure, a beautiful Steinway concert grand piano. He is so inspired by the magnificent inst...

Billy Bean is an eleven year old boy with a fascination for the supernatural and wants to be a ghost hunter just like his idol, celebrity paranormal investigator, Roy Arnow. Billy meets his hero at a school assembly and practically begs Roy to give him a case. Billy recruits his friends, Keisha Washington and Raymond Davis and eagerly begin their first investigation. Things go awry from the beginning and continue to spiral out of control as Billy realizes it is not as easy as it looks on T...

With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Athletics fan should know. This guide to all things A's covers the team's amazing history including the Connie Mack and Charlie O. Finley dynasties, the "Earthquake Series," and all of their World Series titles. Author Susan Slusser has collected every essential piece of A's knowledge and trivia, including Billy Beane and Moneyball, Catfish Hunter, Stomper, and the "Bash ...

Whats this book about? Not Just Beans and Cornbread is a compilation of stories and poems on how to handle lifes adversities. This was written from a firsthand point of view by a true homespun storyteller, who loves to mix laughter at himself with profound advice on how to survive most of anything that life throws at you.

Dale Scott's career as a professional baseball umpire spanned nearly forty years, including thirty-three in the Major Leagues, from 1985 to 2017. He worked exactly a thousand games behind the plate, calling balls and strikes at the pinnacle of his profession, working in every Major League Baseball stadium, and interacting with dozens of other top-flight umpires, colorful managers, and hundreds of players.What makes Scott's book truly different is his unique perspective as the only ...

High-pressure situations can make us panic-but if we can change our perspective, what seemed impossible can suddenly become doable. Legendary pitching coach Rick Peterson is a master at this kind of reframing. He and bestselling author and leadership expert, Judd Hoekstra make this skill available to everyone.Everybody faces high-pressure situations, and in today's fast-paced, hypercompetitive world it's arguably worse than ever. But ace pitching coach Rick Peterson and organizatio...