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Awesome Kindness
Awesome Kindness follows best friends Jaylen and Langston, who build each other’s confidence by choosing joy and seeing the best in one another. When bully Kennedy targets them, they respond with unexpected kindness instead of anger. Their compassion helps Kennedy recognize her meanness is learned—and choose vulnerability and friendship instead. Together they sing, dance, and create more joy. The book also includes vocabulary “Word Power,” “Turning a Phrase,” and a virtues practice page for daily character-building.
an excellent story modeling kindness
—Paula H. Johnson on Amazon -
Sinners Choice
Oakton’s secrets run deep—deep enough for an evil beast to hide in plain sight. When it strikes, Kate Adams becomes its target, newly happy after surviving her father’s crimes and her family’s upheavals. As her mother embraces hidden Jewish roots and Oakton’s historic Gold mansion becomes Temple Beth El, the beast’s jealous rage turns lethal.
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Confucius in My Cubicle
Confucius lived 2,500 years ago, yet his wisdom still speaks to leadership and humane living. This collection of essays and stories blends his philosophy with modern leadership practice, drawing on the author’s client work and her life as an American businesswoman. Practical, pithy, and profound, it offers fresh insights to strengthen the leader within you.
A truly inspirational book.
—Lakshmi on Amazon -
Jungle Kings
Jungle Kings follows an unlikely friendship between Bentley, an elephant calf, and Carson, a lion cub. After they play and learn from each other, Bentley returns to a frightened herd as a pride of lions prowls nearby. When Carson slips into the protective circle, adults on both sides fear the worst—until the friends plead for acceptance. Through consultation, the herd and pride learn to coexist in harmony. Includes “Word Power,” “Turning a Phrase,” and a family consultation practice.
a delightful tail of friendship and acceptance
—DLB on Amazon -
Ten Years and Change
Michael P. Amram came of age during the Vietnam War and witnessed a nation convulsed by assassinations, riots, and political upheaval. He chronicles the McCarthy Democrats and Minnesota’s DFL dissent—locals who backed Senator Eugene McCarthy’s anti-war challenge to the Johnson-Humphrey administration. Their rare inside-the-system insurgency shows how a determined minority, starting in local politics, can influence national policy and redirect federal power.
a reminder that people can and should stand up for what they believe in
—Ila France Porcher, author of The Shark Sessions -
Peace for Our Planet
This book argues that history is shaped by two parallel forces: a constructive process building collective consciousness, and a destructive process clinging to divisive power. It traces how racism, nationalism, religious strife, gender inequality, and extreme wealth and poverty are increasingly delegitimized—prompting a frantic last stand by those who benefit. Amid collapsing institutions, it highlights the forward march toward peace and the practical role each person can play in advancing it.
the best I have read on the current condition of our world and the path forward toward peace
—Beal, E, PhD, verified review on Amazon -
Boundaries Without
An anthology of previously unpublished short stories, selected and edited by Steve McEllistrem and Cynthia Kraack, by authors of Calumet Editions, which includes a mixed genre short story by Ian Graham Leask.
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The Alchemist’s Children
After their mother vanishes, fourteen-year-old Gabriella and eleven-year-old Holden set out to find her—only to learn she’s a human-sized leprechaun who’s slipped into the leprechaun world. Guided by Uncle Robert, they enter a realm of goblins, dragons, and dangerous surprises. To rescue their mother, they must stop a leprechaun king from invading Earth through a magical portal and prevent a war between humans and leprechauns.
a delightful romp through a magical realm
—Carolyn Kerley, author of The Hummingbird’s Tear -
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 -
The Devereaux Deity
The Susquehanna Virus terrorists are stopped, but the threat may not be over. The virus’s effects linger, raising fears of global infection. Worse, an entity claiming to be God hacks computers and performs inexplicable “miracles,” suggesting a deity—or something else—has arrived. Walt Devereaux, Jeremiah Jones, Curtik, and Zora race to uncover the truth and save humanity again.
arguably the best book in the series
—Lawrence, review on Amazon -
The Man in the Mountain
After his beloved grandfather dies, Yosh—an orphan—spirals into depression and considers ending his life. A cracked, mysterious medallion found among his grandfather’s things pulls him into an investigation that leads to a ranch near Santa Fe and the friends who shaped his grandfather’s hidden past. As Yosh learns their philosophy, he begins to awaken from despair and seeks deeper wisdom from Mideol, a reclusive “man in the mountain.” A philosophical quest with echoes of Hesse, Camus, Gurdjieff, and Castaneda.
This novel will stick with you for a lifetime.
—Gary Lindberg, author of Ollie’s Cloud -
Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary gathers personal stories of everyday moments when the divine breaks through, drawing strangers together to offer hope and healing. These brief encounters reveal God’s love and light in ordinary life—if you pause to notice. Inspiring and challenging, the book invites you to awaken to daily possibilities, deepen your faith, and live with greater meaning.
Filled with hope and optimism
—Julie Westerlund, verified review on Amazon -
Chief Among Sinners
When a mutilated animal appears on Father Terry O’Reilly’s church steps, he isn’t frightened—until more grisly “gifts” follow. The trail exposes Oakton’s long-buried horrors and draws parishioners into confession. Torn between protecting his flock and honoring the seal of confession, Terry risks spiritual ruin as secrets, sins, and crimes close in.
Fans of Murder on the Orient Express will like this.
—Stuart H. Borken, review on Amazon -
The Devereaux Decision
A fanatical group has engineered a virus that could wipe out humanity. Retired agent Jeremiah Jones, with reformed cadets Curtik and Zora, must stop the outbreak before it reaches a tipping point—yet their only lead, Susquehanna Sally, has vanished. As genius Walt Devereaux succumbs, they face an impossible choice: let him die or risk everything to save his mind. From Indonesia to London to Washington, the race accelerates—while a mysterious Chinese spaceship nears Mars, silent and threatening.
a wonderful addition to the Susquehanna Virus series
—Avid Reader, verified review on Amazon -
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 -
The Devereaux Dilemma
In a near future where disease and religious upheaval push society toward collapse—and humans are enhanced by biology or machines—Jeremiah Jones must find the one man who might restore order: Walt Devereaux. Yet Devereaux may have engineered bioweapons capable of ending humanity. Is he a threat, or is Jeremiah being used? He must decide whom to trust—a protective nun, a betraying former lover, or an ambitious Attorney General—while battling the transgenic Escala and their mechanically enhanced foes, Elite Ops, with survival far from certain.
a well-conceived world of complex human characters and believable technologies
—Jeffrey Morris, FutureDude and author of Venus: Daedalus One
