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Transformed
Transformed explores a transformative decision-making process built for the complexity of modern life—from individuals and families to organizations, communities, and nations. Introduced to the authors in 1968, it has guided their marriage, parenting, caregiving, health challenges, and service-centered careers as a coach/OD consultant and a psychotherapist. Applied with clients in crisis and conflict, the methodology yields wise, practical decisions while fostering healing, deeper understanding, spiritual growth, social advancement, and unity for all affected.
filled with useful charts and consultation models
—David W. Carlson on Amazon -
Twisting Trails
Twisting Trails is a young adult historical adventure set on Minnesota’s northwest frontier during the fur trade (1831–1837). Alexander Whitney, a fictional Fort Snelling soldier, and Angelique Reaume, a Métis girl with Ojibwe and French-Canadian roots, meet and form a bond amid real history and famous figures of the era. Their travels range from Fort Snelling to Lake Itasca, maple sugar camps and wild rice beds, the Red River Trail bison hunt, and the Dakota pipestone quarry—culminating in Mendota during the Treaty of 1837 negotiations.
brilliantly synthesizes a compelling fictional adventure story with nonfictional historical personalities and events
—Haderslev. Review on Amazon -
Ukrainian Nights
Ukrainian Nights is a gritty noir that drives its protagonist to the edge of obsession. Hunter, a young New York Times journalist, heads to post-Soviet Kyiv to investigate sex trafficking and money laundering. Not a tough guy, he falls hard for Alina—the mistress of Karasov, Ukraine’s most powerful mob boss—and refuses to let her go. Their doomed romance unfolds amid brutal violence in Kyiv and New York, fueled by geopolitics, drug money, human trafficking, crooked banking, and the spoils of oil and gas—leaving readers unsure who’s right or wrong.
One page in, I couldn’t stop reading
—John Wirth, Executive Producer/Showrunner of Hell on Wheels and The Sarah Connor Chronicles -
Ultimate Breakthrough Planning
Most business plans are static documents for bankers and investors. Ultimate Breakthrough Planning replaces that with Mike Ferrell’s Business Funnel Approach—a step-by-step system to build and execute real growth. You’ll analyze six key business elements, set priorities, create an actionable game plan and six-month framework, and align employees with your vision. Based on Ferrell’s workshops, it removes the guesswork so you know exactly what to focus on—and why.
the right formula for making your business soar!
—Connie S., review on Amazon -
Unseen Worlds
Marilène Phipps’s extraordinary life begins in Haiti—land of Vodou spirits and the world’s first Black republic—where paradise and hell coexist. In this powerful memoir, she traces a family descended from both European aristocrats and African slaves, and encounters rebels, Vodou priests, popes, astrologers, monks, exorcists, Mormon bishops, scholars, and missionaries. The 2010 earthquake shatters her world, propelling a search for modern answers to ancient questions of identity, origin, and destiny.
reveals why all of us should keep searching!
—Tete Cobblah, verified review on Amazon -
Unwillable
At the height of her success as a young trial lawyer, Jackie M. Stebbins hides crippling anxiety and depression—until burnout becomes undeniable. After pleading to be committed, her world goes black. A month later she wakes to a shocking diagnosis: a rare brain illness that steals her career and nearly her life. Unwillable follows her harrowing path to answers and recovery—an emotional, sometimes psychedelic ride of terror, grit, and hard-won hope.
an inspiring story of a brilliant woman’s battle with autoimmune encephalitis
—Susannah Cahalan, author of NYT #1 bestseller Brain on Fire -
Upon the Altars of Gold
Upon the Altars of Gold is the result of more than twenty years of research by Ostaro into the reasons for our failure to succeed. Learn proven techniques to help you attain your hopes, desires and aspirations. Be the master of your own destiny.
an extraordinary and timely book
—Vijay K. Rekhi, MBA, Former President & Managing Director, United Spirits Limited -
Voice of the Elders
In a near-future Earth shattered by climate refugees, Rohini Haakonsen attends a UN summit when humanoid aliens—the Elders—appear, offering to fix the crisis. Chosen as an ambassador to their world, Rohini becomes a target: masked gunmen try to kidnap her, exposing fierce resistance to the aliens’ plan. With Agent Jane Smith and a Daoist secret society, she flees worldwide, hunting the truth before Earth destroys her.
A probing science fiction novel with compelling environmental themes. I’d call this book Daoist Cli-Fi. A new sub-genre.
—Dan Bloom, editor, The Cli-Fi Report -
Vote for America
Vote for America! examines the U.S. electoral system—past, present, and future—and asks why a nation founded on liberty still ranks below the world’s full democracies. It interrogates the ‘land of opportunity’ promise in a limited democracy where many are excluded. From suppression and miscalculation to domestic and foreign manipulation, the book shows how the vote—an indirect whisper of power—can be marginalized, distorted, or nullified even in a government ‘by the people.’
a refreshingly honest look at the impact of US politics on American life
—Lisa Brundage Gehm, verified Amazon review -
Waiting for the Fall
This debut collection of nineteen interconnected stories follows the Woodstock generation—especially women—coming of age in the turbulent 1960s. With insight and wisdom, Rose Ann Findlen explores social class, American landscapes, and the shifting hopes and fears of her characters across decades. Their pleasure, pain, resilience, and determination to love fully despite loss will resonate with baby boomers and the children trying to understand them.
This book is full of surprises. It has celebration, it has sadness.
—Reader review on Amazon -
Water Wheels
Water Wheels is historical fiction following two immigrant teens in 1870s Minnesota. Halvor Dahl, the son of poor Norwegian Lutheran farmers in the Cannon River valley, and Emelia Meier, daughter of German Catholic merchants in St. Paul, meet and set off on adventures across the state by train, steamboat, and buggy. They face blizzards, fires, crimes, swarms of insects, and a comet while witnessing sweeping social and political change. Along the way they cross paths with figures like James J. Hill, Theodore Hamm, John Pillsbury, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Jesse James.
gives the reader insight into early farming and early merchant life from 1868 to 1882
—Barbara Parrish, review on Amazon -
Where You Come From Is Gone
After Army service in postwar Germany, Pete Brennan returns home to his father’s fishing boat—until a split-second accident costs him a leg and threatens the family business. His brother Wayne, a former hockey player turned mink farmer, sinks into alcoholism as feed fish vanish and animal-rights pressure mounts. Their father, Arthur, struggles to hold the family together as tragedy strikes again, forcing impossible choices. Where You Come From Is Gone is a multigenerational portrait of resilience, identity, and the cost of letting go.
An unforgettable novel about family bonds, the pleasure and pain of hard work, and the forces at work against rural communities.
—Peter Geye, author of A Lesser Light -
Wishbinder
Wishbinder whisks readers from Earth to Elvenswolde, a realm of elves and dragons where wish fulfillment is run by Ramón, the Wish Maker. When a dark power threatens to twist enchantments into malice, Septimus—half-elf, seventh son of a seventh son—must fulfill prophecy to restore balance. A mischievous dragon hatchling helps, bringing trouble, humor, and heart to this magical adventure.
one of the most delightfully imaginative books that has appeared in years
—Michael on Amazon -
Workbook for a Career in Wildlife Management and Natural Resource Conservation
This concise history traces how the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shifted from hunter-focused game management to an ecological, biodiversity-based approach with the creation of the Nongame Wildlife Program in 1977. A national model, the program supports surveying and restoring species from butterflies and bats to bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and trumpeter swans. Written for Minnesotans who donate via the Nongame Wildlife Checkoff—and all who use DNR guidance—it shows how citizen generosity has protected wildlife and habitats.
I plan to begin using it in my college wildlife classroom
—Bill Faber, professor of wildlife, Brainerd Vocational Tech -
Zandros in Love
Sam Zandros is a major-league poker player from a Greek-American family in the bookmaking business. He falls for Clare Russell, a gifted photographer with no one to protect her—and he vows to be that person. But Clare’s secrets draw danger: ruthless men target her for a cut of Sam’s winnings. Love or money? Family or lover? How far will Sam go?
Sexy, romantic suspense
—Bruce Rubenstein, #1 bestselling noir author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -
Zandros Rising
Clare seems to have it all: a man who loves her, money, and freedom to pursue her art. But her future is bound to a haunting past—and to marrying into a not-quite-legal family business. Can she trust a gambler always looking over his shoulder to keep her safe from his world and her secrets? Love may not be easy.
