Lynne Podrat's poignant memoir "Listen To Me" shares her deeply personal journey as the devoted guardian of her Down syndrome brother, Bruce. With raw honesty and heart, Lynne navigates the challenges and joys of caring for Bruce over decades, from his birth in 1973 through his battle with advanced pancreatic cancer in the 1990s. This beautifully written book intimately explores the complex world of disabilities through Lynne's eyes. It delves into the lack of institutional support, societal stigma, and constant caregiving pressures families face. Yet Lynne's unwavering love and advocacy for Bruce shines through, even during his dialysis treatments and cancer treatments. Full of warmth and w...

If you are curious about what life was like for regular conscripted army personnel in Apartheid South Africa, then read on as we follow an army medic through his National Service, including everything from navigating the five months of personal hell during basic training to setting a plaster cast and stitching someone's nose back on - oh yes!We have resilience, contrasts, growing up and responsibility. But also boredom, exuberance and youthful abandon. Then we'll throw in a dash of history for context as we explore the blinkered micro-world that was our life at the time. It’s a spotlight on a part of the army that caught a lot of flak from the other armed services, and we had some rather s...

The Village that Betrayed its Children is the story of a rural village where a crime was committed in the 1950s and 60s. Although the teacher of the two-room village school assaulted most of the female students, he was never brought to justice - in fact he was protected and continued to teach. Many of the small town's parents allowed their children to continue going to the school though fully aware of the teacher's activities. In this chilling account, Lee describes the man who was the perpetrator, the villagers, the children, and the laws at that time. She also relates the legacy of child molestation through her own story.This book  is a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book award...

Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview   is my memoir, the story of my rock radio-related early life and career wrapped around John Lennon’s final interview which I co-conducted for RKO Radio at the Dakota in New York back on December 8, 1980 mere hours before he was shot and killed !  I definitely wrote my book to attract tons of readers and create awareness of my rock radio related existence, which has always been important to me since as a toddler, I began living with a transistor radio in my ears to stay away from my dysfunctional family!  I tell my readers all about being a teenage runaway thanks to my violent, un...

New York Times Bestseller * A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * A New York Times Editors' Choice"No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer." —The GuardianA masterpiece of reporting based on-the-record interviews with six former CIA directors and scores of spies, station chiefs, and top operations officers: The Mission is a gripping and revelatory history of the modern CIA, reaching from 9/11 through its covert operations in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s secret battles with Russia and China, concluding with the Agency's own fight for survival under the current president of the United StatesTim Weiner's epic successor to Leg...