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A Must-Read for 2025: Why This Historical Nonfiction Book is So Relevant Today
January 31, 2025
Politics, Partnerships, & Power: The Lives of Ralph E. and Marguerite Stitt Church is an engrossing and entertaining read about a remarkable couple in twentieth-century Illinois politics with themes that still resonate in 2025. America is on the brink of change. Swings in congressional cycles. Evolving policy decisions. While any of these phrases could be headlines from recent decades, they are also recurring themes
Check out this new review of one of our first titles, The Monroe Building: A Chicago Masterpiece Rediscovered. Just like the building the book is about, this large coffee table volume continues to captivate and inspire long after its creation. The author of this review is Heidi Ruehle, who is currently the Executive Director at Unity Temple Restoration Foundation. Unity Temple, designed by Frank
The Other Side of the Wire by Harold Coyle offers a plethora of resources for diverse parties. Aside from the comprehensive appendix full of historical context within the novel itself, its publishing company Master Wings Publishing has also worked to provide resources online. Check out a reading discussion group questions here, an analysis of the cover design here, or an author interview here. Below
In the publishing world, a book cover is a critical component to success. Compelling design makes a strong first impression before the audience even reads a single word. It sets the mood and takes the first swing at a sales pitch. The cover’s overall purpose is to give away just enough to persuade the reader and capture the story inside, without revealing too much.
When educator Tiffany P. picked up The Other Side of the Wire, she could not put it down. “I read it in one night because it was so gripping,” she wrote. “I felt like I was there, in that point in history.” Harold Coyle’s latest work is a thought-provoking, historical fiction book that not only tells an empathetic, coming of age transgender story, but
Master Wings Publishing recently released The Other Side of the Wire by Harold Coyle, a thought-provoking fictional novel that not only tells an empathetic transgender story, but also delivers on Coyle’s thorough research of the time period. The book is available for purchase here. With an extensive glossary and sixteen pages of historical notes included, The Other Side of the Wire and Master Wings
Harold Coyle broke into the literary scene with his techno-thriller novel Team Yankee in 1987, which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. “Coyle’s unusual skill as a novelist brings to life the realities of combat as very few writers are able to do. I found it absorbing, exciting, and was literally unable to put it down,” writes author W.E.B. Griffin on Team Yankee.
What’s harder to read than a doctor’s shorthand? An 18th century doctor’s shorthand. When putting together a manuscript that prides itself on its selections of primary source reference material, the value of typing up handwritten items is clear. The goal of any nonfiction project is accessibility—establishing legacy and providing to an audience greater than the author themselves. This is achieved through a presentation of