An "exceptional" historical detective story that follows one man's quest to find the German commander who saved his mother—and many other Jews ( Booklist).Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good's book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilnius ghetto —including the life of Good's mother, Pearl. Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often?After ...

Bait & Switch: The Battle for Leavenworth is a fast-moving nonfiction account of how a local zoning dispute in Leavenworth, Kansas, grew into a much larger confrontation involving CoreCivic, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security, the courts, and the limits of local government authority.For decades, the detention facility at 100 Highway Terrace was part of Leavenworth's correctional landscape. Operated by CoreCivic and previously u...

In prison, the official rules are only part of the system.Politics on the Yard takes readers inside the unwritten power structure of prison life, where reputation, race, geography, alliances, information, and influence can shape daily survival just as much as institutional policy. Michael Good examines how cars form, how shot callers gain influence, how respect becomes currency, and how rumors, debts, favors, staff interactions, and group loyalty can quick...

Staff on the Yard examines the complicated relationships between correctional staff and incarcerated people-and what can happen when professional boundaries begin to blur.Michael Good takes readers inside the daily power structure of prison, where correctional officers, counselors, case managers, teachers, medical staff, supervisors, and other employees can influence nearly every aspect of an incarcerated person's life. The book explores the difference between professional...

You would think prison would be the last place in the world where somebody could get high. But incarceration does not automatically end addiction. Sometimes it only changes the environment where addiction takes place.High on the Yard is Michael Good's honest look at drugs, addiction, and the search for escape behind prison walls. Drawing from personal experience and observation, Good explores why people continue using substances even in one of the most controlled environme...

One afternoon. One moment. A story that changed everything.At a high school track meet in Atchison, Kansas, seventeen-year-old Malik Carter finds himself separated from his team as a storm rolls in. Looking for shelter, he steps beneath another school's tent and immediately feels the weight of being somewhere he is not considered to belong. What begins as discomfort and suspicion quickly becomes something far more serious.As rain pounds the athletic complex, confusion sprea...

Federal prison is not a movie, a street story, or something to glamorize. It is a complete disruption of freedom, routine, privacy, relationships, and identity. Paused But Not Gone is Michael Good's practical and personal guide to surviving federal prison without allowing the experience to destroy your mind, dignity, or future.Drawing from lived experience and observation, Good walks readers through what to expect before surrendering, the first seventy-two hours, prison po...

Cooking on the Yard takes readers inside the creativity, culture, and resourcefulness of prison food. Michael Good explores what happens when people have limited ingredients, limited equipment, and limited choices-but still find ways to make meals that bring comfort, flavor, and a sense of normalcy behind the walls.More than just a collection of recipes, this book looks at how food becomes community. Spreads, ramen creations, burritos, wraps, improvised pizzas, snacks, and...

Coming home from prison is supposed to feel like the finish line. For Michael Good, it became the beginning of an entirely different challenge.When You Get Home is a personal look at reentry, freedom, accountability, relationships, patience, purpose, entrepreneurship, self-forgiveness, and the difficult work of building a life after incarceration. Michael Good reflects on what happens after the gate opens, when the excitement of release gives way to questions about work, t...

Money still matters in prison. The difference is that behind the walls, the economy operates by different rules.Money on the Yard takes readers inside the financial world of prison, where commissary, prison wages, outside support, skills, reputation, debt, scarcity, and informal hustles all shape daily life. Michael Good examines how incarcerated people earn, spend, trade, borrow, save, and adapt in an environment where almost every financial choice is restricted.T...

Violence on the Yard examines the reality of prison violence beyond the stereotypes. Michael Good looks at the pressure, fear, pride, respect, retaliation, group politics, and survival decisions that can turn a small conflict into something with life-changing consequences.The book explores how fights begin, why some conflicts stay personal while others become larger group problems, how custody level changes the atmosphere, and how debt, disrespect, stolen property, relatio...

Prison separates people physically, but it does not erase love.Love on the Yard explores what happens to relationships when one person is incarcerated and the people who care about them are left to keep living on the outside. Michael Good examines the emotional reality of phone calls, visits, distance, jealousy, money, family, loyalty, heartbreak, and the pressure placed on relationships trying to survive years of separation.The book looks at the sacrifices made on...