**An acclaimed author reflects on his upbringing in a post–World War II blue-collar family and comes to terms with the racism, sexism, and other toxic values he inherited.Finalist for the 2014 New England Book Award in Non-Fiction**Richard Hoffman sometimes felt as though he had two fathers: the real one who raised him and an imaginary version, one he talked to on the phone, and one he talked to in his head. Although Hoffman was always close to the man, his father remained ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.You're working harder than ever, yet it never feels like enough. Property descriptions, follow-up emails, social media content, market analyses, client questions you've answered hundreds of times before.The work is endless, and it's stealing your evenings, your weekends, and your peace of mind.You've probably tried chatgpt or experimented with an ai tool or two. But disconnected experiments aren't the sa...

I was a successful businessman who was always looking for a new adventure to invest in to make my legacy greater. I should have known my next adventure was going beyond anything previously encountered. Despite my disturbing dream, I was not aware of what was to ensue.At the onset, this adventure appeared to be quite lucrative. However, as the adventure progresses, in its unfoldment, it led me to some other unsettling paradigms. I found myself in other time zones and even on other p...

Interference & Other Stories of characters who express their feelings in a variety of ideas, thoughts and questions.Hoffman's writing makes us consider and question our own position on each subject covered in the book.The novel explores death, yearning, understanding and curiosity. We read about a police man who is still hurting from his son's death but is trying to move on by marrying his girlfriend. We learn about another man who is a recovered alcoholic and keeps busy by working in his ...

Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors—some eminent, some less well known—who grew up tough and talented in working-class America. Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between 1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation, these writers share a youthful precocity and...

This updated ninth edition of the leading medical physical examination pocket guide available today provides concise, authoritative guidance on how to perform the patient interview, physical examination, and other core assessments. This trusted pocket-sized reference includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques, retaining the easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on...

Two lovers awaken one thousand years into the future amid what remains of the world they once knew.As they seek out each other, and other remnants of their old lives, they discover strange and often hostile kingdoms spawned from the last breath of what had once been the United States of America.Justin's thousand-year sleep ends with an awakening into a society utterly devoid of men.All positions that men might have held, socially, emotionally or physically, have bee...

Two lovers awaken one thousand years into the future amid what remains of the world they once knew.As they seek out each other, and other remnants of their old lives, they discover strange and often hostile kingdoms spawned from the last breath of what had once been the United States of America.Laura's thousand-year sleep ends with an awakening in a land of pure pacifism.There are no athletics, all forms of aggression are outlawed, and any activity that expresses an...

Two lovers awaken one thousand years into the future amid what remains of the world they once knew.As they seek out each other, and other remnants of their old lives, they discover strange and often hostile kingdoms spawned from the last breath of what had once been the United States of America.Laura escapes the wilderness of Washington and finally makes her way to Boise.Boise is a strange city. Its interior sections are walled and each section contains a rank of ci...

A true account of a shoot-down, capture, imprisonment and liberation. The author was in Germany's Stalag 17B, force- marched across Austria, and had a horrifying brush with the holocaust. Patton's troops liberated him and returned him to front line duty. He helped capture many enemy troops before war's end.

Two lovers awaken one thousand years into the future amid what remains of the world they once knew.As they seek out each other, and other remnants of their old lives, they discover strange and often hostile kingdoms spawned from the last breath of what had once been the United States of America.Justin travels to Reno, Nevada where water is more valuable than gold.In the big cities of Nevada, people are either extremely poor or extremely rich, often with a slum separ...

The Bartletts are a wealthy, rich and distant family who had no interest in Ethan Bartlett whatsoever until the two last male members of his family are murdered and he is drawn across the country into the city his ancestors built.Bartlett Bay, Connecticut is a nice little fishing town, if a bit poor, located on the Long Island Sound and is of no particular note to those passing by on the freeway or landing on the private airstrip to the north, but under that veneer, beyond the smil...