Many folks have no idea that regular people live in an area like Cony Island. But just beyond the boardwalk are streets with houses, apartment buildings, stores, churches, synagogues and people, people with stories. The author grew up in Coney Island. Some of the incidents in this book are true, some are created and some are a combination of both. The entire story gives a glimpse of life beyond the boardwalk and the beach. There is a lot more to Coney Island than Nathan’s, and this book will have you swiping your finger across your e-reader looking forward to the next fascinating fact.

When chubby cat Sammy Salami's owner Pete goes missing, Sammy boards a train to look for him, is adopted by a passenger and has a nice vacation, but he continues to look for Pete.

Author Ira Spector played poker for years with an artificial turkey inseminator, and had after-tennis "prayer meetings" with his pals where they screamed and shouted at each other and solved all the worlds problems in one hour. He was slowly infected with an itch to document the most memorable episodes in the jar of jelly beans that has been his life. He chronicles his story in seventy-one essays and poems which are frank and at times outrageous. His eventful and unusual romps through six continents and eighty one countries, the diversity of his career and the characters he met are amply described in this rich narrative. He talks about: Losing his virginity in a whore house in pre-Castro Havana Barely avoiding a mid-air collision when another airplane flew through his four plane formation. An atheist says a jewish prayer for the dead with his hand on one of the one hundred skulls wall mounted in a Cambodian prison. The very first piece of art work he ever did-a 24' X 6' sand cast mural for a major department store. This enticing memoir is a journey through the exciting highs and memorable adventures encountered in one hell of a lifetime.

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home! Charles loves Sweetie at first sight. For such a small pup, she has a whole lot of charisma and she's amazing at learning tricks. But Buddy is jealous every time the new miniature poodle gets near the family. Can Charles find a home for this cuddly sweetheart without upsetting his own puppy?

The best sports writing of Hal Lebovitz, the dean of Cleveland sportswriters for six decades. Many of his columns were anthologized in "Best American Sportswriting" and other collections, and he won countless national and regional sportswriting awards--among them induction into the writers' wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

From Lou Gehrig to Derek Jeter, here are 26 players, including one woman, fans will want to get to know better because of their courage, determination, charity, and sacrifice.