Non-fiction: memoir, biography and true stories
The agency's non-fiction list leaned towards memoir and personal testimony. The best known author in it is Schuyler Jones, the anthropologist who later directed the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford; his autobiography A Stranger Abroad was listed in 2009. Kamal Amin's Reflections From The Shining Brow recalled his years as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. Lt. Col. Joseph W. Hoffler's Promotion: Denied described being passed over for colonel at the Air Force Academy in 1984 and why he believed it happened. Wayne Klatt's Final Justice was an inside account of a corrupt narcotics court.
Two of the non-fiction titles were published. Dr. Larry Forness' Don't Get Duped, a consumer's guide to the health and fitness industry, came out from Prometheus Books, and The Men's Club by Bert Gottlieb and Thomas J. Mawn, M.D., a patient's and a doctor's account of prostate cancer, appeared on the agency's domestic publications list. Other listings include Marie Estorge's Louisiana family memoir Storkbites, Laurence Smith's true-crime study The Last Christmas of Jon Benet Ramsey, and Letters from Grandma, a set of letters about growing up in rural upstate New York.
- ADIBEParenting guideWinning the Child Care ChallengePatience AdibeA mother's account of eleven years, from 1986 to 1997, spent finding quality child care for four children while studying and working. It…
- ALEXANDERSelf-helpHyper-Sex: Pathways to EcstasyAlexanderA guide for consenting couples that teaches suggestion-based techniques meant to heighten desire, responsiveness and intimacy in lovemaking.
- AMINMemoirReflections From The Shining BrowKamal AminAn Egyptian architecture graduate apprentices with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and finds a community shaped by Olgivanna Lazovitch and…
- DALESHistorical non-fictionLetters from GrandmaMildred DalesA memoir in letters about growing up in a large, poor family in rural upstate New York early in the 20th century, covering everyday topics…
- DEANMemoirThe Altered EyeJean Small DeanA painter born with a heart defect was told in 1959 that surgery would kill her. She refused that verdict and describes the years of…
- ESTORGEMemoirStorkbitesMarie EstorgeA memoir of a wealthy Louisiana family with nine children, a mother who swings between sobriety and drunkenness, and a young mother…
- FORNESSNon-fictionDon't Get Duped - A Consumer's Guide to Health and FitnessLarry FornessA consumer guide to the health and fitness industry that examines supplements, equipment and treatments and shows how to test whether a…
- GIBBONSRelationship guideHyper-Sex: Pathways to EcstasyGibbonsA guide for consenting couples that uses the power of suggestion to set the mood, heighten responsiveness and strengthen closeness in…
- H-SMITHBiographical novelTeresitaZenaida Hernandez-SmithIn 1960 Cuba, Teresita's fifteenth birthday is interrupted when Castro's soldiers occupy her sugar cane village, and she becomes a runner…
- HOFFLERMemoirPromotion: DeniedJoseph W. HofflerA decorated Air Force Academy security police commander recounts being denied promotion to colonel in 1984 and links it to race, drawing on…
- JONESAutobiographyA Stranger AbroadSchuyler JonesThe autobiography of anthropologist Schuyler Jones, a longtime director of the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford and an expert on Nuristan in…
- KISELMemoirCELEBRATION OF LIFEColleen Nagle KiselA mother's journal to her son, diagnosed at seven with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, covering treatment, family strain and the search for…
- KLATTTrue crimeFinal JusticeWayne KlattThe true story of prosecutor Terry Hake, who offered favors for bribes in the largest undercover operation in U.S. history, aimed at a…
- KLUCKMemoirOne-Pound BlessingDebra Rowell KluckA veterinarian describes her daughter's premature birth and the six months in neonatal intensive care that followed, guided by the idea…
- LEICHTERMedical legal dramaWitch-HuntLarry R. LeichterA young African-American physician, Roy Lawrence, faces hospital hearings brought by the chief of staff, and when that powerful doctor is…
- LOCKHARTMemoirSome Other JoyLockhartSet in Dallas in 1986 over six months, the memoir follows a twelve-year-old girl, her mother Joy, newly diagnosed with Multiple Personality…
- MANFREDEBiographyFaithful DevotionLisa Lillian Manfrede-SmithThe life of Alvin Louis (Pete) Smith, Jr., a Washington, D.C., native who joined the Navy at seventeen and later led a unit of Korean…
- GOTTLIEBTrue storyThe Men's ClubBert Gottlieb and Thomas J. MawnA patient and his urologist tell, in alternating voices, the story of a prostate cancer diagnosis, surgery, incontinence and eventual cure.
- MELICHAutobiographyShe, The ForeignerGisela MelichA memoir-style family history set on Madeira, opening with the murder of the author's great-great grandfather in Prazeres. It follows her…
- MORALESTrue storyOut of the DarknessRalph Morales Jr.The story of Dr. Jon Edgar Lindstrom, born with Klinefelter Syndrome, who at the height of success and a terminal diagnosis sets out to…
- RIELYAdoption memoirAnd Then There Were ThreeLinda RielyLinda and Charles Riely tell how they adopted Samantha, who had spent over five of her first eight years in foster care, and the simple…
- SCHAEFERSatireWomen: DOWN through the AgesJerry SchaeferA satirical account of how men's ownership of the world and domination of women followed the agricultural revolution, and of the social,…
- SMITHTrue crimeThe Last Christmas of Jon Benet RamseyLaurence SmithA psychologist examines the death of a little girl on Christmas night 1996 in Boulder, Colorado, analyzing the staging of the crime and the…
- WILLISMemoirThe CarebridgeRick WillisA Nashville police officer and youth football coach shares the story of eight-year-old Kwame Kyler with his team, which dedicates its…
Questions
Which non-fiction books were published?
The agency's Published Works page listed Don't Get Duped by Dr. Larry Forness (Prometheus Books) and The Men's Club by Bert Gottlieb and Thomas J. Mawn, M.D. The other non-fiction listings carried no publisher.
Why does Hyper-Sex appear twice?
The agency kept two pages for the same book under different author names, both captured in 1998. The archive preserves both as found rather than merging them.