Books published by Robertson Publishing

They Played Baseball for the Yankees explores over thirty-five players that you may have forgotten or didn't know donned a Yankee uniform, including two NFL Hall-of-Famers and two pairs of brothers. Explore the fascinating stories surrounding how these players became a Yankee, and what they did while they were with the team.

This book is about my surprising journey from a dirt road on the outskirts of Yuma, AZ to an endowed professorship at the world's greatest public university, and the nine life lessons I learned along the way. Each enabling me to live a life filled with happiness and meaning. I know I am not completely there yet, but I'm off to a good start.

Revised Edition. Book appriate for ages 14 and up.In a time before cell phones and helicopter parents, there was a time of freedom and adventure.When Freddy O'Brian's mother finally marries her Hispanic boyfriend Ronaldo, the family moves into Ronaldo's home in the Union City barrio of Decoto. Despite some trepidation, Freddy quickly makes friends, including his best friend Mike, and soon learns that a barrio is just like any other neighborhood, except maybe a little bit more so.The story takes place over three years of high school or three seasons of wrestling, where Freddy has established a place and an identity for himself. Over these years, though, Freddy has grown up at a slower pace than his friend Mike, who works his way through a series of girlfriends and keeps forgetting about his best friend Freddy.Decoto Kids is a funny and touching story of friendship, identity, loss, and wrestling.- - - - - - - - - - - - -About the Author: Franklyn O'Connor grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and lived in Decoto while wrestling at James Logan High School. He retired in 2015 after teaching English for thirty years in the Los Angeles Unified School District. His experiences coaching wrestling in East L.A. along with his years in Decoto have shaped this story.

The 1970's produced some of the greatest fighters in the history of professional boxing.Several of the champions in the 1970's including Muhammad Ali, Carlos Monzon, and Roberto Duran were considered by many boxing critics to have been the greatest fighters ever in their respective weight divisions.The Ali versus Frazier 1 fight in 1971 was called the Fight of the Century and it paved the way for other million dollar purses for fighters in other weight divisions.This book takes a close look at all the top fighters in each major weight division during this fabulous decade of boxing, and the author's choice for Fighter of the Decade, and Fight of the Decade.The author has also included a section on boxers in each major weight division who he feels have been unjustly bypassed for induction into boxing's Hall of Fame, due to the faulty selection process, and politics of boxing.

13-year-old Danny Tyme is alone in the isolated mountains of Eastern Oregon after his mother leaves for a two-day trip into town. While chopping wood, he slips, hits his head and is knocked out. When he wakes up, he is lying on the living room floor. Something is wrong; someone is in his house. Danny escapes through a window and takes off running. He is taken prisoner by a boy dressed in military fatigues who marches him to Mama's House, a group home for rebellious teens. There he meets Desiree, a brilliant and volatile girl who takes Danny to a remote part of the forest where they dig up a rusty metal box. Within it lies the answer to a family mystery and the secret to an incredible material that has the power to change the future.

The CrackerjackJackson Kingman changes his last name to bury traumatic childhood incidents. Through guts, guile, and determination he becomes an advertising mogul known as the Sign King. His prosperity and prominence, however, won't buy what Jackson yearns for most until an enigmatic woman tracks him down to unlock a door into his past he has been reluctant to open. The adventurous path can lead Jackson to the illusive happiness he seeks or forever doom his chances to achieve it.

This cookbook is a collection of everyday vegetarian recipes based on the culinary traditions of Bhojpur region of India. The recipes presented here are simple, wholesome, and full of flavor. Some may find them nostalgic...reminiscent of one's mother's and grandmother's kitchen. May all the food I partake be pure, May there always be pure environment while making food, Food that upholds great strength and invigorating power... -¿ig-Veda, Book 1, Hymn 187 About the Author:Vidya Sinha, born at Kajipura and raised in Bhojpur district of India, has a B.A. in Hindi Literature. This book is based on early learning from her mother, grandmother, and years of experience. Through the recipes presented here she has tried to preserve the Bhojpur-style of Indian vegetarian cooking.

What Happens to the Moon? This is the story of Louie the Loon and his pursuit in trying to find out why the moon changes shape in the nighttime sky. Join Louie the Loon and his pal Ollie the Owl in their adventures around Lake Satchakoon. About the author: Tom Lowe is a resident of Gloucester Township, New Jersey, and is a high school history teacher. He is the father of three children, Douglas, Samantha, and Christopher. Tom has written a book on genealogy, and is an avid canoeist on the waterways around his South Jersey home.

Necessary Revlections ~ Six Short StoriesThe individuals in these stories emerge from cathartic events, more certain of who they are, and their place in their world. At times there is no direct route to the understanding of oneself, but rather a more circuitous path to identity is required.About the Author: Lee Holt currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. Raised in the Midwest, his stories draw from the rich fabric of these two unique regions of the country. Necessary Reflections is the first compilation of short stories from this author. He is currently writing and illustrating a children's book.

A day after their wedding in 1949, Denny whisks his new bride, Betty, to the boys' dorm on a college campus in Nebraska, where they are to serve as houseparents and role models. The strict church-based campus prompts the young wife to act smarter than she thinks she is and holier than she knows she is. Coming from a down-to-earth family that indulged in much of what is forbidden by the Christian college (including drinking, smoking, cussing, and dancing) requires that she smooth out a lot of rough edges. In the process, Betty learns lessons as a surrogate mother to eleven high-spirited young men that will prepare her for the real thing. Reading Living with Twelve Men feels like time travel; it's a moral and emotional snapshot of mid-America in the 1950s. This was an era without television, cell phones, computers, and social media. The concerns of individuals in small-town middle America were so unlike those of the present day that the differences are breathtaking. Most of the time, we judge a book by its contents. This work speaks loudly by what isn't said, and the silence offers a priceless perspective on genuine human values. Living with Twelve Men is Betty Auchard at her best. - Charles D. Hayes, author, September University: Summoning Passion for an Unfinished Life, and A Mile North of Good and Evil. These stories are like an episode out of a good novel. You would not have to know the characters to appreciate the experiences and, most likely, you'll be reminded of your own past. People in the Midwest, in the days leading to our own time, were survivors. We're used to hearing, "Forget the past," but maybe it's not so bad to remember the past if in it one finds pleasant memories and laughter. Betty does that with both dignity and grace. I would recommend that you read the story to see for yourself. - Dr. J. Benton White, retired professor, San Jose State University Betty was born to write, even though she may not have figured that out until later in life. A captivating storyteller, she lures you in from the first sentence, and no matter how old you are, or in what era you grew up, you can identify with the thoughts and events she recounts with humor, poignancy, and great insight. - Nina L. Diamond, journalist, essayist, author, and former Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) judge, 2004-2011 About the Author: Betty Auchard, a retired art teacher, was sixty-eight when widowhood prompted her to begin writing. At the age of seventy- five, she completed her first memoir, Dancing in My Nightgow, which became an IPPY Award (Independent Publisher) finalist. The Home for the Friendless, published when she was eighty, received first-place awards for content and book design from the National Independent Publisher Awards (NIEA). Living with Twelve Men is Betty's 85th birthday present to herself, and she and her editor have already started work on a fourth book. The oldest of three children, Betty grew up in the Midwest and spent the early years of married life in Nebraska. When her husband, Denny, landed a position as a college professor at San Jose State University, they relocated to the Bay Area of California, where they raised four children and a herd of grandchildren. Betty continues to write in the family home.Books printed in the US and the UK.

Time to put the oxygen mask on!I have spent more than 25 years training chemical dependency counselors and they are my favorite people. For the most part, they're either in personal addiction recovery or they are family members who have been touched by the chaos of addiction. The very passion that brings us to this work is the potential foundation for burnout and relapse if those issues are not identified and addressed throughout a counselor's career. I plan to address codependency from early attachment disruption perspective, which results in both codependent behaviors as well as immune system damage. When I see counselors relapse or abruptly leave a career they trained to enter I always wonder about the triggers they faced that they couldn't manage without imploding. Our clients and co-workers can put their finger on our unhealed wounds on a regular basis due to our ability to identify with them. In fact, our identification is a mixed blessing. I can draw compassion from my ability to identify. I can also step into my own blind spots and reactivity that may go unchecked without proper support and awareness. Working with a cognitively impaired, emotionally reactive and defensive population with profound trust issues is a challenge that only people with a calling will enter and remain. This book addresses the challenges and offers tools to help talented counselors remain in the addiction counseling profession. We need you. About the Author: Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min., LMFT, LPCC, LAADC, CADCII is the co-owner of Connections Counseling Associates in San Jose California, and is the Program Coordinator for the San Jose City College Alcohol and Drug Studies program she developed in 1990. Mary has authored five other texts: Awakening Hope. A Developmental Behavioral, Biological Approach to Codependency; Afraid to Let Go. For Parents of Adult Addicts and Alcoholics; Codependency and Men; Welcome to My World, and The Work Goes On. For more information visit: www.marycrockercook.com Books printed in the US and the UK.