Wendy Wolf entered an iron lung at the age of four and emerged a polio survivor whose life illustrates the challenges of opportunity and acceptance people with disabilities face and the triumphs and successes this extraordinary woman achieved. Though she came close to death, she survived the iron lung and 7 subsequent surgeries, ultimately suffering almost total loss of use of all four limbs. She went on to earn 3 degrees, improve the lives of hundreds of children through her services as a Speech Therapist in New York and Mexico and Arizona, found the first Independent Living Center in...

This novel is based on the real life stories of three women who survived massacres, rape, and starvation during The Korean War, and their intimate relationship with a low ranking American Airman who is battling his own demons, from his failing marriage to his unfaithful stateside wife to his contentious relationship with his bigoted military boss. The author's year of duty in Korea's combat zone during the early 1950's is reflected in the detailed picture he paints of civilians struggling to survive the total loss of infrastructure and the special hazards three starving women face. The book...

Lenny Bruce was the most controversial comedian of the 20th century, and William Karl Thomas was his only writing collaborator, a collaboration that lasted ten years from before Bruce's rise to international fame until the night he died. Together they crafted the milestone comedy material in Bruce's pioneering first three comedy albums, wrote three screenplays too controversial to ever make it to the screen, and fought the good fight for First Amendment Rights in which Bruce's trials have become milestone court cases. Before there was a George Carlin or a Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce paved the...