"Wonder Boy" caps wonderful month as Sunbury Press bestseller for July

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Aug. 7, 2016 - PRLog -- Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for July. Lawrence Knorr's baseball biography of Carl Scheib, Wonder Boy, took the top spot. The Gingerbread Man's School Adventure by Sherri Maret was runner up.

SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for July, 2016 (by Revenue)
Rank  Last Month  Title  Author  Category
1  7  Wonder Boy: The Story of Carl Scheib  Lawrence Knorr  Sports Biography
2  NEW  The Gingerbread Man's School Adventure  Sherri Maret  Childrens
3  2  A Year of Change & Consequences  Mark Singel  Political Memoir
4  10  The B Team  Alan Mindell  Sports Fiction
5  1  Living in the Afterlife  Michele Livingston  Spirituality
6  --  The Savage Apostle  John Kachuba  Historical Fiction
7  NEW  Maybe Tomorrow  Mela Suśe Vigil Duran Carvalko  Memoir
8  --  The Penns' Manor of Spread Eagle and the Grist Mills of the Mahantango Valley  Steve Troutman  History
9  NEW  Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks  N Clair Clawser  History
10  20  Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed.  Mike Campbell  History
11  24  Winter of the Metal People  Dennis Herrick  Historical Fiction
12  --  Dying for Vengeance  J M West  Thriller Fiction
13  26  Call Sign Dracula  Joe Fair  Vietnam Memoir
14  19  The Closer  Alan Mindell  Sports Fiction
15  30  The Ripper's Haunts  Michael Hawley  History
16  13  Pit Bulls  Anthony Julian  History
17  --  There Is Something about Rough and Ready  Lawrence Knorr, et al  History
18  21  Raising Monarchs  Sue Fox McGovern  Nature
19  NEW  Keystone Corruption Continues  Brad Bumsted  History
20  4  Messages from Beyond  Michele Livingston  Spirituality
21  29  Hidden Dangers  Bob Stout  Geopolitics
22  3  Bitter Sweet  Catherine Jordan et al.  Short Stories
23  --  Murder in Tuxedo Park  William Lemanski  Thriller Fiction
24  --  Hour 30  Brandon Musgrave  Memoir
25  --  Adventures in Distant and Remote Places  William Lemanski  Memoir
26  22  That Night at Surigao  Ernie Marshall  History
27  25  OneWay: The Oracle  Robin McClellan & Ruth Watson  Metaphysical Fiction
28  --  The Politics of Prevailing  William Miller  Memoir
29  11  Jesus the Phoenician  Karim El Koussa  Religious History
30  --  The 10 Second Shift  Bill Foley  Self-Help
31  --  Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania  George P Donehoo  History
32  --  Mary Sachs: Merchant Princess  Barbara Trainin Blank  Biography
33  --  Keystone Tombstones Volume 1  Joe Farrell & Joe Farley  History
34  23  Choice of Enemies  M A Richards  Spy Thriller
35  --  Keystone Tombstones Civil War  Joe Farrell, Joe Farley & Lawrence Knorr  History
36  --  Lost in the Shadow of Fame  William Lemanski  History
37  --  The Cursed Man  Keith Rommel  Psycho Thriller
38  --  The Descendants of Johann Peter Klinger and Catharina Steinbruch  Max Klinger  Genealogy
39  --  Capital Murder  Chris Papst  Investigation
40  --  Howl of a Thousand Winds  Morris Workman  Thriller Fiction
41  8  The Keeper of the Crows  Kyle Alexander Romines  Thriller Fiction
42  --  Keep It Blue  Haley Dean  Literary Fiction
43  27  Dead of Autumn  Sherry Knowlton  Thriller Fiction
44  --  Flying Pants  Lola James  Childrens
45  --  General John Fulton Reynolds: His Biography, Words, and Relations  Lawrence Knorr, Michael Riley, & Diane Watson  History
46  --  The Hidden Legacy of World War II  Carol Schultz Vento  History
47  --  Rabid Philanderers, Inc.  Nancy Williams  Thriller Fiction
48  --  Bows, Bullets, and Bears  John L Moore  History
49  --  Between Good and Evil  R Michael Phillips  Detective Thriller
50  --  Fireproof Moth  Milo Thornberry  History

Lawrence Knorr's "Wonder Boy: The Story of Carl Scheib - The Youngest Player in American League History" nabbed the top spot thanks to a well-attended event in Gratz, PA honoring the former Philadelphia Athletic. The event also received substantial media attention. Knorr also grabbed #17 with "There is Something about Rough and Ready," #35 with "Keystone Tombstones Civil War" in tandem with Joe Farrell and Joe Farley, and #45 with "General John Reynolds." Sherri Maret's new childrens hardcover "The Gingerbread Man's School Adventure" placed thanks to advance purchases. Mark Singel's memoir "A Year of Change and Consequences" held strong at #3 due to media attention and planned events. Alan Mindell's "The B Team" #4 and "The Closer" #14 continue to benefit from author events. Last month's #1 by Michele Livingston - "Living in the Afterlife" - continued to sell well, holding at #5. Her "Messages from Beyond" nabbed the 20th spot.

The company debuted a top 50 bestseller list this month. History / Memoir / Biography / Genealogy titles took 25 of the positions. Thriller Fiction was the next most prevelant category.

The company released eight new titles in July:

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for July, 2016
The Gingerbread Man's School Adventure  Sherri Maret  Childrens
Maybe Tomorrow  Mela Suśe Vigil Duran Carvalko  Memoir
Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks  N Clair Clawser  History
Keystone Corruption Continues  Brad Bumsted  History
The Making of a Don  Charles Ursitti  Thriller Fiction
Franni and the Duke  Ann E Johnson  YA Fiction
Ice Canyon Monster  Keith Rommel  Climate Fiction
Taking Lady Gibraltar  Dick Schwirian  Historical Fiction

For more info: http://www.sunburypressstore.com/BESTSELLERS_c3.htm