Some Awfully Tame But kinda funny stories about early Missouri's Ladies of the Evening by Bruce Carlson, 169 pages

 Missouri's Ladies-Of-The-Evening is a book about those girls back around the turn of the century who practiced that age-old profession in Missouri. This isn't a book of passion, lust, or heavy breathing. It's simply a collection of stories about incidents, situations, and people of a couple of generations ago. These aren't profound stories of historical significance or cosmic importance. They're just stories that would have gotten lost if I hadn't gotten 'em down here. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed collecting and writing them.

Rake's Progress by Marion Chesney, 169 pages

 The newest master of 67 Clarges Street--that good address in London's fashionable Mayfair--is a single gentleman, the handsome, rich, and notorious rake Lord Guy Carlton. After years of fighting in the wars against Napoleon, the dashing lord is determined to kick up his heels with wine, women, and song, undeterred by appalled reaction.

Never before have the Clarges Street servants earned so much money or eaten so well, but their pleasure-loving master seems liable to die of dissipation. In desperation, the staff, led by the witty and resourceful butler, Rainbird, sets out to find a 'good woman' who can calm the lord's boisterous spirit and save his black soul. Their search ends with the discovery of Miss Esther Jones of Berkeley Square, a prim and righteous woman who seems the perfect reformer.

But complications lie ahead as the servants' ingenious scheme creates warmhearted chaos both above and below the stairs at 67 Clarges Street, and no one, not even Miss Jones herself, is prepared for the transformation that ultimately takes place.

True Tales From Dickerson Park Zoo: There's a Crocodile in the Bathtub! by Mike Crocker, 169 pages

 Rowdy reptiles, belligerent birds, crafty cats, and more...

I pulled the croc back to me and bear-hugged him to my body. He was around seventy pounds and about all I could manage by myself. I put him in the bathroom, which curiously had no door. Hoping to keep him in there, I piled the room furniture in front of the bathroom door...

I was moving a Burmese python when it struck me... The snake coiled rapidly around my hand and leg, pinning my right arm to my right leg, I tried to get the snake off with my left hand, but it was no use...

One Sunday a call came in that a tiger was loose in the zoo. I jumped into a truck and drove over in time to see Horsefly, the adult female tiger, walk right past my truck!

Read about these and more crazy animal stores in True Tales from Dickerson Park Zoo.

Weird Wild West: True Tales of the Strange and Gothic by Keven McQueen, 169 pages

The Wild West is infamous for its outrageous stories, cowboys, and gun battles. But the region is also known for its ghost stories, unexplained deaths, bizarre murders, and peculiar burials.


In Weird Wild West, author Keven McQueen brings together a fabulous collection of tales of the darker and stranger side of Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washington. Exploring mysterious deaths, true crime stories, and paranormal activity, this eerie collection uncovers long buried and disturbing stories of the region. Included are the unforgettable tales of the body-snatching of Billy the Kid, the revenge curse of a former deputy district attorney in Colorado, and the weird tale of Mr. Moon, who couldn't keep his dearly departed wife in the ground despite his best efforts.


An intriguing, frightful, and entertaining exploration of the strange and gothic side of the Western states, Weird Wild West promises to send chills down your spine.

Reading Along With Laura Ingalls in the Big Wisconsin Woods by Dan. L. White, 169 pages

Little House in the Big Woods fans can now enjoy that beloved story a little more.

Reading along with Laura Ingalls in the Big Wisconsin Woods delves a little deeper into Pa’s stories about panthers and bears and honey bee trees, the dance at Grandpa’s house, going into the town of Pepin, and the other goings-on in Laura’s book.

Read along and discover how Laura wrote her book and how the times were, in and beyond the Ingalls’ cabin. Most of all, you can join in the warmth and wonderful family life that is tenderly talked about in Laura’s book and in this book.

The Pinks by Chris Enss, 169 pages

The true story of Kate Warne and the other women who served as Pinkertons, fulfilling the adage, "Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History." Most students of the Old West and American law enforcement history know the story of the notorious and ruthless Pinkerton Detective Agency and the legends behind their role in establishing the Secret Service and tangling with Old West Outlaws. But the true story of Kate Warne, an operative of the Pinkerton Agency and the first woman detective in America--and the stories of the other women who served their country as part of the storied crew of crime fighters--are not well known. For the first time, the stories of these intrepid women are collected here and richly illustrated throughout with numerous historical photographs. From Kate Warne's probable affair with Allan Pinkerton, and her part in saving the life of Abraham Lincoln in 1861 to the lives and careers of the other women who broke out of the Cult of True Womanhood in pursuit of justice, these true stories add another dimension to our understanding of American history.