Do you channel your dog?That is, do you speak to your dog and then respond as your dog? In Bedtime with Buster, author Brooks Eason does. And does he ever!In this hilarious, insightful new book, the author and his handsome hound Buster debate a number of existential questions for dogs: Why don't they live as long as people do? Why don't they have thumbs? Why can't mixed-breed dogs compete for Best in Show at Westminster? And what did a hound dog ever do to ...

"A gripping, heartfelt story of friendship and the choices that define us. Brooks Eason captures the magic of boyhood bonds, the weight of life's hardest decisions, and the enduring pull of shared history. I Remember Everything is rich with warmth, suspense, and humanity—an unforgettable tale that lingers long after the last page."– David Magee, bestselling author of Dear WilliamSam Thompson and Jeff Freeman become best friends on the day they meet in the summer the...

Paul Eason was a Scoutmaster for more than sixty years. More than 350 young men became Eagle Scouts under his leadership. The troop he led began camping every month in the summer of 1951. In July 2023, the troop will complete seventy-two years of camping without missing a single month.The record is extraordinary, but it is far less important than Paul Eason's influence on the thousands of Boy Scouts he led on their journey from childhood to manhood. He was born to be a Scoutmaster. ...

The Law Is No Laughing Matter . . . Except When It Is.Brooks Eason practiced law in Jackson, Mississippi, for forty years. Then, one day in the spring of 2023, he decided he might be retired. But he wasn't sure. How, one might ask, could a man with a lifetime of experience and a post-graduate degree not know whether he's retired?Well, it's complicated.Though Brooks maintained both a title and an office with his firm, and though he remained on call for his biggest and b...

Redemption: The Two Lives of Harry Brooks is based on a true story about a man who rose from prison to the pulpit.

Redemption: The Two Lives of Harry Brooks is a work of historical fiction based on the life of Brooks Eason’s grandfather.In the first half of Harry’s life, he embezzled money from the Uniontown, PA, school district where he was the elected superintendent, left his wife for another woman, and sought to escape by booking passage on a Cunard liner to Liverpool. But his plan was foiled, Scotland Yard arrested him when the ship docked, and he was extradited, t...

Julie Francis was a beautiful, wealthy socialite from Tulsa with a golden future. But during the fall semester of her freshman year of college, she learned she was pregnant. She was only 17.Paul and Margaret Eason were a middle-class couple from Tupelo, Mississippi, who couldn't have children of their own. They had previously adopted a daughter, but they desperately wanted a son to complete their family.Their worlds converged at a home for unwed mothers in New Orleans. The ...

Brooks Eason and his best friend, Bobby Ariatti, live in the flatlands but love the mountains. They have explored the outdoors together for two decades, taking annual hiking trips to the mountains of the American West. This is the story of their first six trips. Their travels begin in Yosemite National Park in California. In the years that follow, they hike and camp in Glacier National Park in Montana, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, the Glacier Peak Wilderness in Washington, the Win...

This heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name.For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life—a story she’s never shared, until now. Of the medium she...

For more than 40 years, Runner's World magazine has been the world's leading authority on running—bringing its readers the latest running advice and some of the most compelling sports narratives ever told. From inspirational stories such as "A Second Life"(the story of Matt Long, the FDNY firefighter who learned to run again after a critical injury) to analytical essays such as "White Men Can't Run" (a look at what puts African runners at the front of the pack), the magazine capti...

" One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart." -- Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys WonIn 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois, playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats, defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience...

From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson & Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, all is revealed in this scrupulously researched, unauthorized biography by New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer.Often compared to the Kennedy clan because of the tragedies and scandals that had befallen both wealthy and powerful families, ...