Millhunks and Renegades: A Portrait of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood puts the story back in history. Through interviews with folks aged 12 to 96, Anita Kulina has pieced together what could easily be the story of many urban neighborhoods across the nation. Travel from the “old country” with Irish, Italian and Slovak immigrants to Greenfield, a small town now part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Share their dreams and hopes as, over generations, they fight Indian raids and corporate tyranny. Join them as they ride the Schenley Park carousel and spend their hard-earned leisure time at prize fights and sulky races. Walk with these strong, proud individuals as they build schools, homes, and lives as citizens of their adopted country, the United States of America.

Millhunks and Renegades: A Portrait of a Pittsburgh Neighborhood

History

Kulina, Anita

Americas

Brandt Street Press

What happens when someone shares a story with us - a true story, a story from their heart-of-hearts?  We feel connected. We realize the commonality of our emotions. How we are, as human beings, all the same. We all falter. We all fear. We all stumble. And we can all come back stronger. Every son-of-a-gun in this book of twelve new, true stories is different, but you'll recognize each one. We've all had them in our lives, these sons-of-guns. And whether we love them or we hate them, they are our teachers. They impart some kernel of truth that we carry with us always. You may not know these people, but you will know these stories. They're about emotions we all feel - fear, anger, temptation, even those times you slap yourself on the forehead and call yourself an idiot. The circumstances may be different, but the pain, the heartache and the triumph, those remain true. While the stories in this book are real, a detail may differ here or there. In certain cases, names were changed to protect the guilty. Enjoy these stories, dammit!

Dammit, I Learned a Lot from That Son-of-a-Gun (Dammit Books)

Biographies & Memoirs

Bill Collins

Mike Connell

Katherine Gross

Douglas Gwilym

John Highberger

Anita Kulina

Laura Lind

Nicodemo Manfredo

Cindy McKay

Judi Resick-Csokai

Seth Roskos

Scott Bradley Smith

Memoirs

Love can hurt. We all know that. Whether the love has been a parent, a child, a lover, a friend, we've all walked into a situation with stars in our eyes and left with a black eye instead. The 15 courageous people in this book share those stories. They remind us of what it feels like to hurt, but they also remind us of the strength those scars can foster. Being torn apart can be the one thing that makes us whole.

Dammit I Love You

Jones, Judy

Johnson, Thomas

Press, Brandt Street

Arnold, Megan

Benjamin, Bari

Dill, Brent C

Leigh, Stevie

Hyatt, Ellen E.

Then she saw it – a sheet of paper in the mailbox, underneath the mail. It was white with large black letters and said LEAVE IT ALONE. Mrs. B has a quiet life, and she likes it that way. Morning pinochle games at St. Mary’s Senior Center. Afternoon lunches with Myrtle, Anne and Rose. Peaceful evenings with a cup of coffee and the classic movie channel. But one day she wakes to a phone call, which leads to consequences she could never have foreseen. Secrets snowball and threaten to change the neighborhood of Burchfield forever. Someone has to make things right. It’s up to Mrs. B.

A Question of Devotion: A Mrs. B Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Neespaugot: The Legend of the Indian's Coin

Literature & Fiction

Mugglebee, John

United States

People don’t vanish into thin air. Yet no one has seen Alice since St. Mary’s Senior Center had their Supper Club outing on Sunday. As Mrs. B learns more about her friend, the disappearance seems to involve a burglary, an emerald necklace and maybe even a motorcycle gang. Where in heaven’s name is Alice?

Reason for Concern: A Mrs. B Mystery

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