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A Beirut Heart
In 1969, Cathy Sultan fulfills her dream of living abroad, moving with her Lebanese husband and two infants to Beirut—cosmopolitan, beautiful, and dangerously seductive. She comes to love the city like a dysfunctional lover, even as civil war erupts in 1975. Using cooking as calm amid chaos, she fights to keep home life comforting and hospitable while bullets strike her kitchen and bombs shatter the city. A Beirut Heart is her gripping story of preserving family and humanity in war.
There is nothing like an intelligent woman, spouse and mother of small children, to carry one into the midst of war, with its horrors as well as its capacity for soul-building,,, Her narrative enfleshes our disjointed news of the Middle East.
—David Burrell, CSC, Hesburgh Professor in Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame and Director, Tantar Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem -
A Breviary for the Lost
What is prayer but acknowledging one’s relationship to the Divine—and what is poetry but prayer in image and metaphor? This collection offers intimate poems as testimony to the author’s spiritual life, from entering religious vocation in 1965 through the pandemic pause of the 2020s. These are prayers for times of transition, vivid metaphors of lived experience, and reflections on what it means to be human.
He is at the top of his game
—Bill McCarthy, author of Past Sins and Fall Risk -
A Firm State of Heart
In Bob Gilbert’s A Firm State of Heart, Minneapolis writer Samuel Meckler tries to compose a long poem that can rise above the chaos of the Trump years. Paying bills as a waiter at an upscale Pennsylvania Avenue restaurant between the White House and the Capitol, he becomes an eyewitness to politics through diners ranging from lawmakers to diplomats and media stars. His nights move between salons, trap houses, and Capitol Hill bars, as an affair unfolds amid COVID, recession, and George Floyd’s death—an idealist searching for a new American narrative.
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A Fortnight of Fury
Amid escalating Cold War tensions and post–Beirut bombing fury, Reagan sets his sights on Grenada. Far to the north, a bumbling crew of island misfits steals a boat and kidnaps the girlfriend of dive master Captain Jay. Jay and his tight-knit friends launch an island-hopping pursuit across the Caribbean—arriving in Grenada on the eve of Operation Urgent Fury.
Never a dull moment
—Bluegrass on Amazon -
A Grave Matter
A cemetery should be peaceful—until a cryptic call draws P.I. Spencer Manning to one that isn’t. As disappearances mount, Spencer uncovers a graveyard where bodies may not match the names on the stones. Linking the mysteries could expose a scandal reaching frightening heights. To crack the case, Spencer must set a trap—with himself as bait—in his eighth and most perplexing investigation.
it connected with my emotions on every level
—Karen Bedore on Amazon -
A Place to Be
Jatinder Cheema survives the 1947 Partition as a child, then builds a long career with USAID, serving across Asia, Africa, Central Asia, Armenia, Afghanistan, Eritrea, and more. A Place to Be follows the choices that shaped her life as a woman moving from post to post, turning unfamiliar countries—often hardship assignments in remote regions—into home. Her journey illuminates the complicated intersection of development, humanitarian aid, and American diplomacy.
The issue of belonging and home resonates through this fascinating memoir
—Rita Mae Reese, author of The Book of Hulga -
A Prophet and a Scribe
In this third installment, Michael Lutterschmidt—a self-described “Targeted Individual”—recounts an apprenticeship with Daniel Collazo, a young man he believes has extraordinary perception and access to unseen realms. As Michael’s sense of reality shifts, he reframes his life as an apostolic calling: to share hard-won insights, the “bounties” he says await everyone, and warnings about looming threats he insists demand attention.
this book is going to change the future of how we perceive our universe
—Lori, verified review on Amazon -
A Reluctant Madonna
A foreign land grab in the Dakotas, a strangulation, a lecherous artist, a psychotic stalker, a Ponzi scheme, illicit lovers, and an ovulation cycle—all combine to lead our young heroes on a dizzying path, capped off in a frightening climax.
…more twists and turns than the Pikes Peak Highway.
—Bob Junghans on Amazon -
A Sapien’s Conundrum
Pollution, famine, pandemics, extreme weather, social unrest, and inequality stem from humanity’s collective choices. Drawing on research on the Anthropocene, David Walter explains how our drive to survive—paired with our unique capacities—made us a threat to our own future. Blending science and cultural history, he traces Homo sapiens from tribal origins and stone tools to the atomic age and internal combustion, then offers a rational path toward a sustainable future—and the role each of us can play.
Thorough, well-written, and a bit scary.
—Wanda Isle on Amazon -
A Song in My Heart
A Song in My Heart, book one of a trilogy, follows Alejandra Stanford, born into a privileged bicultural family in early-1900s Minneapolis. Immersed in American, Hispanic, and European influences amid turbulent national events, she discovers music as her calling. A gifted pianist and budding composer, she dreams of becoming a conductor. Chasing that ambition through the great cities of the U.S. and Europe, she encounters legendary music, formidable obstacles, and two intellectually matched suitors—each offering a different future—until love and passion shape her destiny.
flows softly and rhythmically
—Ana Luisa Fajer Flores, Consul General of Mexico, St. Paul, MN -
About Power
Accelerating climate chaos and deepening inequity persist because electric utility service is built backwards. Utilities profit when they sell more power and pollute more; conservation cuts earnings. Meanwhile, costly transmission lines are built for remote renewables instead of prioritizing community-scale projects that need little new infrastructure. About Power argues that better energy management can reduce major social and environmental harms—and insists nuclear power is not the answer—offering history, diagnosis, and a path to fix what’s broken.
The world is in crisis over Climate Chaos and multi-dimensional inequities. About Power shows how the electric utility industry contributes to this crisis, and how delivering electric utility services properly could instead provide solutions.
—Mark Ritchie, former Minnesota Secretary of State and civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army -
Accidental Journey
Richard Lentz has written a novel abounding with life’s complications. At once a probing family saga and the story of a man’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury, Accidental Journey is the richest sort of book. It immerses you in the injury, then pulls you out on the other side. You’ll feel as if you’ve gone through the recovery yourself, and, standing at the crossroads you find on the light end of the tunnel, you’ll be as resolute as these finely drawn characters. You’ll also be wiser. And fuller of heart.
a book that is well-paced—painfully slow and paradoxically urgent
—Hal Steiger, PhD -
Advance Man
Advance Man is a political adventure. Set in the hard-fought early days of the 2008 Democratic primary season, it is an insider’s look behind the scenes at seventy-two hours in the most challenging and secretive, yet most public part of American presidential politics—the Advance operation that creates and controls the media image of a presidential candidate, as well as everything that happens within a quarter-mile radius.
funny, riveting and engaging political thriller by Democratic advance legend Steven Jacques
—Even Grossman, verified review on Amazon -
Albert Park
Step into the mind of Albert Park, an unreliable narrator who turns his guilt-ridden life into a surreal, thrice-told fairytale of tragic misadventures, haunting memories, and elusive truths. From abandoned orphan to scheming life coach to world-famous neurosurgeon (or so he claims), Albert spins a charming, contradictory tale riddled with dubious recollections and denial of his role in cascading calamities. Darkly funny and deeply moving, Albert Park: A Memoir in Lies probes guilt, identity, and redemption—and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Koefod’s masterful tale is a portrait of our times: a modern picaresque novel that examines the nature of truth, lies and memory.
—Carla Hagen, author Hand Me Down My Walking Cane and Muskeg -
Alexander Hamilton’s Religion
This study examines Alexander Hamilton’s religious life and thought. After a brief biography of his early faith, it explores Hamilton’s Christianity, views of the Bible, and perspectives on Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam. It also addresses ethics, religious freedom, prayer, slavery, and nationalism. The book argues Hamilton was deeply religious early and late in life—less so in between.
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Alterio’s Motive
El Simpatico, a brutal trafficker who feeds enemies to sharks, needs a new way to launder hundreds of millions. Enter Alterio Delgado—unscrupulous, charming, and pitching a pristine Caribbean island off Mexico as “the next Cancun.” The island’s poor but content fishermen, descendants of pirates, buy his promise of billions, unaware tourism will erase their culture. What Alterio doesn’t know: El Simpatico has engineered this play for years—and will claim Mexico’s next resort at any cost.
a fantastic fusion of riveting adventure and enlightening narrative on sustainable development
—Jordan Alexandra
