The book jacket describes this as "the astonishing true story of a high-society cat burglar." The timing of this memoir was dictated by the statute of limitations, which finally ran out on Mason's last heist. This is a real page-turner, describing not only the highs of pulling off complex jobs,...
Jane Bond is back at it again in this campy sequel by Mabel Maney. This time, Jane (Agent 007 1/2) will be in America keeping her brother's alcoholic, woman crazed image in good repair while Jane's girlfriend, Bridget learns how to turn on an oven. See Jane get kidnapped by...
I've been reading this book every summer since I was 15. Bless Me, Ultima follows Antonio from his mother's skirts to school and everywhere between. Antonio is an inquisitive young boy whose fortune (read at birth) predicts that he will become a man of great learning, but at a price....
Not just another funny, feel-good, look-how-miserable-my-family-is Thanksgiving flick. It has all that but also manages to show the true pain families can inflict as well as the deep human need for family connection. It is funny, too.
The tragic tale of a young soldier who falls in love with a transgendered nightclub performer. Based on actual events, this is a story about the army and the devastating implications of "Don't ask, don't tell;" but ultimately it is a love story. Nuanced performances by Troy Garity as Private...