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The story began as a fantasy based on a childhood memory about a Banshee in Ireland. As repressed memories surfaced, the story evolved into an memoir unlike any other. The story blends imagination with the true story about six-year-old Paddy in the 1960sand his life in New York City, to rural Kilkenny County in Ireland, and back to New York, and how he learned that Banshees are real while also man...

Wild Pitch is a true story that tears the human condition of a man's life down to the bare bone. Its pages paint a portrait of a childhood shattered to pieces by an alcoholic father that leaves Jeff Grose with an anger that grows into a beast born from his dad's belt. Jeff channels the beast inside him into extraordinary success as a baseball pitcher on high school fields and then inside professio...

What can you learn about someone when life throws constant challenges at them? For Randy Rauh, the answer was simple: everything. In A Letter Unwritten, Randy opens the pages of his heart to share the remarkable lives of two women who shaped his world his mother and his wife. Through a blend of heartfelt storytelling and powerful personal letters, this unforgettable and unique memoir honors the qu...

In the spring of 1862, widowed Rachel Barnum leaves three children with her farm’s hired man to search for her dying son, Dwight, a soldier in Michigan’s 2nd cavalry. Rachel’s decision to travel alone to Missouri, into the heart of darkness, is either a hero’s journey or a fool’s errand. Mounting obstacles lead to a large Rebel force entrenched on a Mississippi River island. Rachel fears her chanc...

Korea DMZ—1983. Rip Razorton, a newly minted Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, enters a military environment filled with danger. He learns the DMZ mission from a friendly NCO while being harassed by superior officers. What keeps him going is his love for his exotic Native American girlfriend, Angeni James. Razorton, collecting battlefield intelligence on the North Korean threat at Guard...

Arthur was determined to find a solution that would be able to save his child in the event of an emergency and end unnecessary choking tragedies. He used his inquisitive mind and his sharp business and building skills to bring LifeVac to market. Arthur has since forged LifeVac into an international medical device company that has received widespread media attention and saved thousands of people wo...

Back from Suicide reveals the suicidal mind through the misery of depression and the difficulty of coming out. It’s the enigma of self-destruction after a lifetime of success. It is a mother’s pursuit of the biggest question of humankind. Why do people kill themselves? Patrick Wood is a valedictorian with perfect SAT scores. A year after he graduates from Stanford with honors, his mother struggles...

After his mother dies during the pandemic, Brian Newman stumbles upon a legendary Scroll that creates life from clay. Seeking to bring his mother back to life, he enlists the help of a disgraced rabbi to obtain a gruesome list of ingredients for use in a ritual that changes everything. Pursued by mercenaries, a foreign weapons company, the police, a purveyor of ancient artifacts and an unscrupulou...

They say life is a journey, but it becomes a true adventure when you find someone who not only rides shotgun but cheers you on at every turn. In She's Not Just Along For the Ride: A Journey With My Biggest Fan, Keith Thorn invites readers into a soulful, humorous, and heart-filled memoir-turned-travelogue of love, second chances, and the beauty of shared roads. From the palm-lined coast of Port Is...

The book is a true story full of twists and turns, but it is not the whole story. It never could be. The “twists” are secrets and the “turns” are fateful choices. The characters struggle with confession, contrition, and forgiveness. They seek happiness, disrupted by unexpected pregnancies, and altered lives. This tale weaves together the secrets of the author, birth parents, adoptive parents, and...

The pull to overparent is intense in today's world -to raise up children to be superstars and to "have it all." This effort leaves marriage partners disconnected when the kids leave. This book highlights the impact to the marriage and the kids when the focus is on the wrong relationship first. Parent or Partner is a guidebook to prioritizing the partnership which in turn promotes healthy children....

Three children whose inquisitive minds find them on a family vacation smack in the middle of adventures that seem to be just waiting for them. Unknown to our intrepid vacationers, a long-ago group of brave and curious eighth graders on their remote destination island of St. Frederick formed a group of amateur detectives known as the Buccaneers. Together with the third generation Buccaneers, these...

Seth’s life until now has been a product of a diabolical, evil Truman Show, his entire upbringing a façade orchestrated for malevolent purposes. After his beloved dies, he undergoes a demonic metamorphosis, which causes the world’s fictitious walls to crumble. As he tries to piece a semblance of his life back together and move on, he meets friends who inspire, but even more harsh truths are reveal...

After my 26-year career at major Wall Street firms, I saw organized crime, pump-and-dumps, mafia fixers, and insider corruption up close. This is the unfiltered, true story—names changed—of what happens behind closed doors in high finance. Your audience builds on financial crime exposure and gutsy stories. I share the full saga: the corrupt traders, mob payoffs, and systemic chaos I experienced.

The Aananda Nath lineage is a branch of the Nath tantric lineage, a timeless tradition that is thousands of years old. This text contains real practices from the Aananda Nath lineage, and unfolds a rich display of characters, storylines and cosmology of this ancient lineage. In this book, an introduction is given into the system of Tantric Japa Yoga, along with reflections on the path. Tantric Jap...

“French Kiss” evokes a rare look into the most threatening years of the Cold War, a parallel to today's geopolitical climate. Hundreds of interviews with those whose livelihoods depended on work at the massive Dèols-Châteauroux U.S. Air Station provide intimate details on how the Kremlin had targeted France for Soviet domination. Communist provocateurs viciously condemned the American military bui...

"Better from Within," the long-awaited sequel to "Better with Age: The Ultimate Guide to Brain Training," reveals why your personal story drives how well you age from head to toe. Award-winning author and brain coach Phyllis Strupp helps you understand how your brain is designed to rewrite toxic memories and organize your story over age 40. Using the latest research findings, this step-by-step gui...

The third of eleven children, Jan spends her childhood in fear, striving to shield her younger siblings from the dysfunctional home life created by her father, a volatile man who can snap at any moment. With a loving but subservient mother who looks the other way at her husband's inappropriate behavior with their daughters, Jan unwittingly seeks approval from men for all the wrong reasons. Shy, re...

Author Christine Tate went through the fire of adversity during a seven year period. Through it all, she overcame the temptation to engage in wrong thoughts. In Mental Doughnuts: Overcoming Unhealthy Thoughts, she shares the wisdom gained through her trials from a Christian perspective. If life seems overwhelming and you are battling depression, anxiety, frustration, anger, and insecurities, grab...

In Whispers of the Mind, neurologist Carolyn Larkin Taylor shares stories, both professional and deeply personal, about her journey through the labyrinth of neurology. Composed of essays spanning from medical school to private practice, this memoir reveals Taylor’s growth as both a healer and a human being and, through vivid and compassionate storytelling, captures the essence of neurology—a field...

A dystopian SciFi novel set in the future where humanoid androids control society. They have forced human beings into servitude, in order to learn about human emotions and relationships. They have created a dating service called Sophia's Lovers that matches humans up with robot counterparts creating mandatory marriages between humans and robots. The humans seek to fight this dictatorship and some...

Young Lucinda Harper and her father, William Harper, are taking a late-night walk on Boston’s Long Wharf when disguised men run past their hiding place, jump into small boats, and rush out to the Dartmouth anchored in the harbour. As the Harpers watch, the masked men scramble up its sides and begin throwing chests of tea into the water, a warlike act that escalates the ongoing conflict. The Britis...

Step into a world of mythical creatures and ancient magic in the captivating Beast Heart Series: The Wild Shepherdess by Erin Tunney. Join our courageous protagonist as she embarks on a thrilling journey of self-discovery and personal growth. In a treacherous landscape filled with danger and uncertainty, she must navigate the challenges that come her way, drawing upon her inner strength and resili...

Taking the Stairs & Liking It: Seven Steps to an Amazing Life by Lauren Speeth, PhD presents a tested, 7-step methodology for personal growth and positive change rooted in President Jimmy Carter's wisdom and Speeth's own extensive research and global experience. Readers embark on a rewarding and inspiring journey towards the "Amazing Life" they were born to live. Speeth offers practical, actionabl...

"Thoughtful, moving and very funny sonnets. I enjoyed them immensely." - Alan Arkin Oscar winning actor & author "Unique and charming and frankly should be in every high school Shakespeare class." - John Kenney, New York Times bestselling author. If Shakespeare was a lady… Award winning author, Penny Peyser, AKA "Lady Penelope" serves up wit, wisdom with a bit of snark in Shakespearean sonnet form...