Clarion Reviews: ‘Fighting Back’
“Progressing at the taut pace of an espionage novel, Fighting Back is the engrossing biography of a defiant, passionate Jewish American soldier.”
Clarion Reviews spotlights Jeffrey and Craig Weiss’s biography Fighting Back, which explores the brief yet intrepid life of Stan Andrews, a Jewish American war pilot who fought for Israel during the country’s crucial War of Independence. Read Now
Kirkus Reviews: ‘Racing Against Time’
“An engaging and reflective life journey that captures the grit, grace, and quiet triumphs of endurance sports."
Kirkus reviews Racing Against Time: “The memoir’s honest reflections on physical challenges and mental resilience resonate alongside classics like Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, blending the physical demands of sport with introspective growth.” Read Now
The U.S. Review of Books
“Weiss' work is a raw and honest commentary on the human condition and the need to squeeze everything out of life while pushing past perceived limits to live life as it's meant to be lived—an adventure.”
The US Review of Books praises Racing Against Time as an inspiring, deeply human blueprint for redefining limits at any age. READ MORE
Clarion Reviews: ‘Racing Against Time’
“An encouraging memoir–cum–running guide, Racing Against Time is about pushing one’s athletic limits to succeed.”
Clarion Reviews spotlights Jeffrey Weiss’s Racing Against Time, praising his late-in-life transformation from first 10K to Ironman and ultramarathon feats, and highlighting the book’s message that disciplined reinvention and bold physical challenge can reshape aging, purpose, and possibility at any stage of life. Read Now
BookLife Review: ‘Racing Against Time’
"Weiss will inspire readers with this debut memoir of pursuing athletic fitness in middle age.”
In its review of Racing Against Time, BookLife spotlights Jeffrey Weiss’s gripping account of reclaiming purpose through endurance sport, praising the memoir’s candor, emotional depth, and vivid storytelling. Chronicling his leap from mid-life stagnation to Ironman finishes and ultramarathon grit, the review notes how Weiss blends physical challenge with personal renewal, offering an inspiring portrait of how bold goals can transform a life—at any age. Read Now
Reviewer’s Choice: ‘Fighting Back’
“Impressively informative, exceptionally well written, thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation, ‘Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force’ is an inherently riveting read from cover to cover.”
Midwest Book Review’s Editor in Chief James A. Cox named Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force a Reviewer’s Choice in August 2022.