Books
IT'S a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History [with Preston Shay and McKenna Shay]
Goodreads Top 25 Best Adventure Road Trip Book, 2022. Humorous travelogue/memoir of family cross-country road trip with tips, trivia, resources, links to attractions, and more.
- "Fascinating....Do you and your kids still speak?" - Samantha Brown, Travel Channel, PBS
- "A fine example of the classic road trip genre - more "American Family Vacation" than Jack Kerouac. A family adventure written in the style of Bill Bryson, with loads of well researched factoids and an incredible appendix of facts and figures." - Tom Hillegass, US Campgrounds, Swimming Holes
- "There's a movie in here somewhere." - World RecordSetter
Paperback, 222 pp. Random Publishers, 2022. ISBN 978-1881365853
Ebook, Amazon, 2022. ISBN 978-1881365839
DEATH of the Rising Sun: A Search for Truth in the JFK Assassination
Goodreads Top 200 Best 21st Century Nonfiction, 2021. Pulitzer Prize in History nominee, 2018. Ranked Second on Amazon Bestseller list, Presidents category, 2017.
- "Riveting and expansive."- Frank Cassano, Kennedys and King, author, A Player Cheats The House
- "Well documented cover to cover....professional old-school journalism at its best."- Stephen Michael Berberich, author, Night at the Belvedere
Paperback, 292 pp.2022. ISBN 978-1881365563
Ebook, 2022. ASIN B07448NG9P
WALKING through the Wall: The Adventures of a 6-foot-7 Reluctant Activist on a Mission from God
Goodreads Top Ten Best Activist Memoirs, Top 200 Best 21st Century Nonfiction Books, 2022. Winner of the 2002 International Peace Writing Award [manuscript], Omni Center.
A memoir covering the author's four years as a peace and social justice activist during the Cold War 1980s. Includes his participation in peace marches, such as the longest group walk in modern history, as shown on this Wikipedia list.
- "A fine mission." - former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Atlanta, GA
- "Most commendable." - late Alabama Gov. George Wallace
- "A courageous story." - Robert Ellsberg, publisher, Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY
- "An inspiring personal account of a remarkable commitment to peace." - Dick Bennett, founder, Omni Center for Peace, Justice, & Ecology, retired English professor, University of Arkansas
Ebook, 2022. ISBN 978-1881365761
Hardcover, 524 pp. 2012. ISBN 978-1105608810
Have Feet, Speak Truth, partial original manuscript, 132 pp. 1987. ISBN 978-1881365730
OPERATION Chaos: The Capitol Attack and the Campaign to Erode Democracy
Goodreads Top 200 Best 21st Century Nonfiction Books, Top 50 Trump Resistance Books, 2022. Amazon bestseller in Corruption and Elections, 2021.
- "Shay approached this as an actual crime scene, as he studied public FBI and police records, news articles, actual video, broadcasts, and social media. He even saw clues to this uprising a year earlier.... He does a commendable job of remaining objective throughout the book. Operation Chaos is a book that will be a great addition to any library for factual accounts of January 6, 2021, and its historical context." - JD Jung, Underrated Reads
- "Shay presents readers with the story of January 6th in a way that people most likely have not seen before.... He offers a complete timeline of events throughout the Trump presidency, demonstrating how January 6th was allowed to happen.... Shay draws comparisons with other moments in American history − moments that most believed would never happen again − and forces readers to see that these events are occurring again, and that true justice and accountability must be enforced to prevent it." - Angelina Clapp, eJournal of Public Affairs
Ebook, first comprehensive account of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, released March 2021. Updated 2022. ISBN 978-1881365570
Paperback, first released in December 2021, updated in 2022.
AND Justice For All: The Untold History of Dallas
Groundbreaking work that covers the social, racial, and civil rights developments of one of the largest cities in the United States.
- "A good start at providing a history of Dallas for everyone." - Craig Flournoy, Journalism professor, SMU, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The Dallas Morning News
- "Succeeds in documenting the ongoing struggle of African Americans in the city for voting rights and equal justice." - W. Marvin Dulaney, History professor, Director,Center for African-American Studies, University of Texas-Arlington
- "Rips the covers off the beauty queen we call Dallas and exposes her ugly scars of racism, bigotry, cronyism, and greed." - Martin W. Burrell, former vice president, American Airlines Center, DART
Ebook, Amazon, 2017. ISBN 978-1881365044
Paperback, 344 pp. CGS Communications, 1999. ISBN 0965050572
Time Change: An Alternative View of the History of Dallas, original paperback, 184 pp. 1991. ISBN 978-1881365037
A Parent's Guide to Dallas/Fort Worth
- "Great ideas for families to do in North Texas...Not just the Ballpark." - Scott Sams, co-host, Good Morning Texas, ABC-Channel 8
Paperback, 192 pp. Parent's Guide Press/Mars Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1931199248
SEX, Lies, & Newsprint: Tales from a North Dallas Police Blotter
- "Excellent.... You have given me a great idea." - Chuck Shepherd, author, News of the Weird
Paperback, 80 pp. The Register, 1991. ISBN 978-1881365723
DA 'Boys are Back: How the Dallas Cowboys Returned to the Super Bowl and Won
- "Details the return of the Cowboys to the top of the NFL from a 1-15 season in 1989." - Vertical File Index
Paperback, 96 pp. 1996. ISBN 978-1881365747
THE Lone Writer & Blazing Bonzo: Tall Universal Tales
Paperback, 52 pp. 1983. ISBN 978-1881365716
Booklets
RAINBOW Zebra: A Children's Book Written & Illustrated by Children
by McKenna Shay and Preston Shay
Amazon Best Seller
Paperback, 26 pp. 2019. ISBN 978-1881365846
Ebook, Amazon, 2019. ASIN B07Q2TKM53
NOT Your Enemy: The Role of Today’s Media and How to Work with Them
- "Practical tips [about] promotion through the media on a shoestring budget." - The Small Press Record of Books in Print
Ebook, Amazon, 40 pp. 2017. ISBN 978-1881365709