Biography
Joe Tait: It's Been a Real Ball
Stories from a Hall-of-Fame Sports Broadcasting Career
by Terry Pluto | Joe Tait
Legendary broadcaster Joe Tait is like an old family friend to three generations of Cleveland sports fans. This book celebrates his hall-of-fame career with stories from Joe and dozens of fans, media colleagues, and players. It's co-written . . . [Read More]
Six Inches of Partly Cloudy
Cleveland's Legendary TV Meteorologist Takes on Everything--and More
by Dick Goddard
Legendary Cleveland TV personality and pioneering meteorologist Dick Goddard celebrates a remarkable 50 years on television with this grab-bag of personal stories, witty cartoons, fun facts, and essays about weather, pets, Ohio history, the TV business, and much more . . . [Read More]
This Is Larry Morrow . . .
My Life On and Off the Air; Stories from Four Decades in Cleveland Radio
by Larry Morrow
One of Cleveland's most popular celebrities shares favorite stories about remarkable people and extraordinary events from a long and varied career . . .
Hundreds of thousands of fans tuned in to Larry Morrow each morning for an amazing four decades on four . . . [Read More]
Crazy, With the Papers to Prove It
Stories About the Most Unusual, Eccentric and Outlandish People I've Known in 45 Years as a Sports Journalist
by Dan Coughlin
Dan Coughlin is not crazy, but for 45 years he covered sports in Cleveland, which means he lived life under a full moon. In this book, the award-winning Plain Dealer and WJW-TV reporter reflects on the most unusual . . . [Read More]
Tales from the Road
Memoirs from a Lifetime of Ohio Travel, Television, and More
by Neil Zurcher
After a million miles and four decades as a TV reporter, Neil Zurcher has a lot of great stories to tell . . .
He met Prince Charles in a bathroom, and tripped and fell on President Gerald Ford. He raced on an . . . [Read More]
Love You More Than You Know
Mothers' Stories About Sending Their Sons and Daughters to War
by Janie Reinart | Mary Anne Mayer
In these stories, 45 mothers of U.S. service men and women open their hearts and share what it feels like when your son or daughter leaves home to fight a war.
Some were stunned when they learned that their “ baby . . . [Read More]
Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
From the Projects to Prep School: A Memoir
by Charlise Lyles
NEW updated, softcover edition . . .
A memoir of race and education, this is the story of a girl who grew up and out of the Cleveland projects in the 1960s and '70s.
While growing up in Cleveland, young Charlise Lyles experienced . . . [Read More]
Cleveland Cops
The Real Stories They Tell Each Other
by John H. Tidyman
Gritty, scary, hilarious, heartbreaking, and wild . . . these remarkable true stories will take you on the roller coaster ride that is life as a Cleveland police officer.
These are the real stories cops trade with each other after the shift, over . . . [Read More]
America's Polka King
The Real Story of Frankie Yankovic
by Bob Dolgan
Frankie Yankovic, the foremost musician in American polka history, never wanted to play it safe. His life was filled with triumphs, defeats, crises, and controversies. An uninhibited original, Yankovic earned his international reputation.
For half a century, the Cleveland native . . . [Read More]
We'll Always Have Cleveland
A Memoir of a Novelist and a City
by Les Roberts
When novelist and television producer Les Roberts arrived in Cleveland from Los Angeles for a short-term consulting job in 1986, he wasn't entirely prepared. It was January, and he'd brought no overcoat, no boots. That chilly Northeast Ohio surprise . . . [Read More]
Barnaby and Me
by Linn Sheldon
Now in paperback . . .
One of the most beloved figures in Cleveland entertainment history, Linn Sheldon enchanted children and charmed parents for decades as Barnaby, the master storyteller, Now he shares his own extraordinary life story. From a Dickensian childhood in . . . [Read More]
LeBron James: The Rise of a Star
by David Lee Morgan Jr.
He has been called the best high school basketball player ever.
He made the cover of Sports Illustrated as a junior, was featured on national television, and signed more than $100 million in promotional contracts before the end of his . . . [Read More]
The Toe
The Lou Groza Story
by Lou Groza
Back in print, with a new design. Lou “ The Toe” Groza played for the Cleveland Browns longer than anyone (1946-1967), becoming a beloved football icon along the way. His autobiography vividly recalls a golden age of professional football that spans . . . [Read More]
Omar!
My Life On and Off the Field
by Omar Vizquel | Bob Dyer
You don't have to be a baseball fan to be an Omar Vizquel fan.
Omar doesn't just make the tough plays look easy. He makes the toughest plays look fun. Widely considered one of the best defensive shortstops in the . . . [Read More]