Raised in the Forrest Hills section of Newark, New Jersey, city life was an inherent part of Christopher Angelo Lento’s experience. While his Family relocated to Hunterdon County, NJ, in his late teens, high school graduation and a brief stint at Rutgers University was nowhere near enough to quench his thirst for adventure. An attempted career in modeling and acting took him around the world, yet the position of bartender and bar manager paid the bills along the way. Relocating to diff erent cities and abroad landed him in Hollywood.. An actor by trade and bartender by night give this barkeeps memoir an edge and truth into the underworld of bartending not seen before. This is the memoir the industry craves, yet doesn’t dare write.

These are the stories of six professional bartenders.Before marriage and family, and the never ending responsibilities that go with them, they chose bartending as a profession. These aren't kids trying to find their way, or want to be actors waiting to be discovered; they are Professional bartenders that take pride in their work and are very good at what they do. They work hard... play hard... and for many, this will be the best times of their life. They get paid to do a job, to be nice, and to serve, but really... There are only two reasons to be a bartender, to get paid... or to get laid... and with a little luck you may get both; while having a hell of a lot of fun along the way. Bartenders like to share... their life... their loves... and their stories...

Join Pauline Jacobs and her teenage friends as they are thrown into the world of mystery and suspense. During a future renovation of their home, diaries are discovered behind an old fireplace and they tell her first-hand experiences with criminals and the unknown. Join the group as they learn about the world, travel to exotic places, and learn valuable lessons about life and the unknown through their imagination and problems to overcome.

In The Diary of a Single, Train-wreck, & Fabulous Mom, Emelia overcomes an abusive relationship and embraces the role of single parenthood. Her daughters and veterinary technician career give her back the self esteem and strength she had lost long ago. Over the years of triumphing hardship through perseverance, Emelia realizes that she is capable of overcoming any obstacle. The pain and loneliness she endured as a single mom lead her down a spiritual path to finding her higher self. She learns to laugh through the days of endless disasters and find happiness in the midst of the never ending chaos. Through the dating catastrophes and single mom nights out amongst her “problem” of rescuing too many animals - Emelia realizes that although she is a complete trainwreck, she is fabulous.

This is his first attempt at publishing his work, with follow-up stories on life lessons in football, family, friendships, the classroom, and death.

Herb Evans raised himself on the streets of Brooklyn. He found away into the wider world through restaurant work. Diary of a Bartender is the story of one man's journey from Brooklyn to the Village, from Third Avenue to Lincoln Center, from Broadway to Malibu, and finally, home to Big Sur.***A restaurant is show business, and the bar is the stage. A bartender is the talent, the stage manager, and the director all rolled into one. Everybody wants to know the bartender.Herb's start in the business came at 80 Warren Street in Manhattan. Each day he'd be sent to a new venue, a new job. He always had work, because he never said no. Delivery boy, sandwich guy, griddle cook, waiter, or bartender. He'd get the gig and take the stage.Herb finished his career at Nepenthe, one of the world's most beautiful sets. What lay between lies within.

This little book ought to be read by Americans everywhere, both because Sergeant York is a national possession, and also because it teaches the priceless value of individual character and may warn us here in America from allowing our children, who have to use machines, from being themselves made into machines. His is the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York of Tennessee, the outstanding hero of the World War and one of the greatest individual fighters in the history of modern or legendary warfare. In the heart of the Argonne Forest on October 8, 1918, practically unassisted, he whipped an entire German machine-gun battalion, killing twenty-eight of the enemy, capturing thirty-five machine guns and with the help of a handful of doughboys bringing in one hundred and thirty-two prisoners.