"He was a member of his own club, the sole member, the charter member who founded the club of one; he was its president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. One virgin. The One Virgin Club." This describes Kirk, the main character from Richard Stickann's new novel Hobbledehoy Boy. He's a boy who just can't get the coming of age thing right. Kirk's main nemesis, but not his only one, Sister Mary Norbert, knows everything about sins of the flesh and wayward boys, but she never answers Kirk's questions. And the girls who enter his life, the ones who frequently become his adversary, throw up...

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: The American Story is the first book in "The American Story" series. There are many biographies and accounts of individuals who fought in the Civil War, who went west to mine for silver, who piloted boats on the Erie Canal, who migrated west to become photographers, artists, historians, businessmen and adventurers. However, within these pages is the story of three men who, collectively, were all of these: William Sayre Gramesly, Charles Gramesly and Henry Gramesly, father and sons. The story begins in Palmyra, New York on the Erie Canal and takes the...