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Winter 2023
eBooks & Audiobooks
eBooks & Audiobooks
Historical Fantasy
Red Door by Alan McGill
Before there was A Cry in the Moon’s Light . . .This is the story of a beautiful peasant girl and a farm boy who fall in love in the South of France, years before she becomes mi Lady, the Duchess of Harcourt and he becomes . . . something else. It is also the story of William de Parlimae, their childhood companion, whose path takes a different turn.
As children, the three played together. But when the Lord’s son embarks on an important mission with his two closest friends, they find that they’ve stepped past the threshold of youth and into a long, dark night filled with nightmares, cruelty, and vicious beasts.
In the darkness, the two lovers seek refuge at an abandoned village deep in the Dark Forest. But will the moon’s light be enough for them to tell friend from enemy, poison from perfume, and the stuff of dreams from the horrors around them?
Before there was A Cry in the Moon’s Light . . .This is the story of a beautiful peasant girl and a farm boy who fall in love in the South of France, years before she becomes mi Lady, the Duchess of Harcourt and he becomes . . . something else. It is also the story of William de Parlimae, their childhood companion, whose path takes a different turn.
As children, the three played together. But when the Lord’s son embarks on an important mission with his two closest friends, they find that they’ve stepped past the threshold of youth and into a long, dark night filled with nightmares, cruelty, and vicious beasts.
In the darkness, the two lovers seek refuge at an abandoned village deep in the Dark Forest. But will the moon’s light be enough for them to tell friend from enemy, poison from perfume, and the stuff of dreams from the horrors around them?
Historical Fiction
The Fairmounts by Valerie Nifora
The turn of the 19th century. Harry LaCroix yearns to make up for lost time. After spending several years serving in the war in Africa, the veteran is delighted to reunite with his last living relative and closest confidant. But his plans take an unexpected detour when he falls for a beautiful heiress with a missing fortune.
Embarking on his journey to unearth the truth for the young lady, the faithful bachelor unknowingly unleashes a chain of events that could lead to his undoing. But as Harry becomes embroiled in wealthy politics, a vicious rivalry threatens to turn him into a pawn in a jealous game of love.
Can the devoted suitor unravel a tangle of lies and relish a newfound future?
The turn of the 19th century. Harry LaCroix yearns to make up for lost time. After spending several years serving in the war in Africa, the veteran is delighted to reunite with his last living relative and closest confidant. But his plans take an unexpected detour when he falls for a beautiful heiress with a missing fortune.
Embarking on his journey to unearth the truth for the young lady, the faithful bachelor unknowingly unleashes a chain of events that could lead to his undoing. But as Harry becomes embroiled in wealthy politics, a vicious rivalry threatens to turn him into a pawn in a jealous game of love.
Can the devoted suitor unravel a tangle of lies and relish a newfound future?
Personal Growth
Individual Influence by Brian Smith PhD and Mary Griffin
Demonstrated through real-life experience working with and leading teams, the authors cover many transformative concepts, including:
How to be your best self so that your unique influence radiates from you
Reaping the benefits of slowing down and existing within the moment
How to delegate, hold accountable, define values, and achieve balance
Setting realistic success criteria for yourself and learning to celebrate small victories
Gaining more significant influence over your own conscious thoughts and reshaping your reality
Individual Influence revolutionizes the paradigm of traditional self-help books, presenting a clear, logical flow in implementing solutions to everyday challenges we face. It is a call for readers to discover who they are, and in doing so, there is a new world filled with unlimited possibilities waiting to be explored.
Demonstrated through real-life experience working with and leading teams, the authors cover many transformative concepts, including:
How to be your best self so that your unique influence radiates from you
Reaping the benefits of slowing down and existing within the moment
How to delegate, hold accountable, define values, and achieve balance
Setting realistic success criteria for yourself and learning to celebrate small victories
Gaining more significant influence over your own conscious thoughts and reshaping your reality
Individual Influence revolutionizes the paradigm of traditional self-help books, presenting a clear, logical flow in implementing solutions to everyday challenges we face. It is a call for readers to discover who they are, and in doing so, there is a new world filled with unlimited possibilities waiting to be explored.
Make Your Life a 10 by Stuart A Lichtman PhD
This isn't your average self-help book. Make Your Life a 10 is a revolutionary book that will help you conquer obstacles and achieve your seemingly impossible goals by using the principles of Cybernetic Transposition (CT).
The journey to your level 10 life starts here with this practical, easy-to- use guide that teaches you how to communicate with your unconscious mind, overcome blockers (self-defeating unconscious habit patterns), reform your mindset, and get unstuck from negative thinking through motivational anecdotes and easy-to-follow steps.
If you are looking for a path to live the life of your dreams, then Make Your Life A 10 is a must-read! It's a gift to yourself, your loved ones, and the world on how to live a rich, productive life that makes you excited to wake up each day.
This isn't your average self-help book. Make Your Life a 10 is a revolutionary book that will help you conquer obstacles and achieve your seemingly impossible goals by using the principles of Cybernetic Transposition (CT).
The journey to your level 10 life starts here with this practical, easy-to- use guide that teaches you how to communicate with your unconscious mind, overcome blockers (self-defeating unconscious habit patterns), reform your mindset, and get unstuck from negative thinking through motivational anecdotes and easy-to-follow steps.
If you are looking for a path to live the life of your dreams, then Make Your Life A 10 is a must-read! It's a gift to yourself, your loved ones, and the world on how to live a rich, productive life that makes you excited to wake up each day.
The Science of Getting Rich for Women by Sara Connell
So far, women have lost $800 billion in the pandemic. For decades women have earned 75 cents to the dollar of their male counterparts, with an even bigger gap for women of color. The Science of Getting Rich for Women aims to be an antidote to this global financial gap and a catalyst for women's financial freedom and empowerment. Author Sara Connell shares the exact journey she took to go from struggling to make $20,000 a year as a writer and coach to making over $1,000,000 in one year as an author, speaker, and coach. She shares the step-by-step process she has used with 1000s of mothers, writers, coaches, leaders, and entrepreneurs to create impact and income through work that they love, using their mission, their stories, and their talents. You'll also read the stories of 25 women who started without investors, capital-or in many cases, anyone believing in them-and became self-made multi-millionaires. By the end of this book, readers have a proven toolkit to create millions, while changing lives and having a positive impact on our planet.
So far, women have lost $800 billion in the pandemic. For decades women have earned 75 cents to the dollar of their male counterparts, with an even bigger gap for women of color. The Science of Getting Rich for Women aims to be an antidote to this global financial gap and a catalyst for women's financial freedom and empowerment. Author Sara Connell shares the exact journey she took to go from struggling to make $20,000 a year as a writer and coach to making over $1,000,000 in one year as an author, speaker, and coach. She shares the step-by-step process she has used with 1000s of mothers, writers, coaches, leaders, and entrepreneurs to create impact and income through work that they love, using their mission, their stories, and their talents. You'll also read the stories of 25 women who started without investors, capital-or in many cases, anyone believing in them-and became self-made multi-millionaires. By the end of this book, readers have a proven toolkit to create millions, while changing lives and having a positive impact on our planet.
The Changemaker by Deke Copenhaver
You don’t need a title to lead.
Before running for mayor of Augusta, Georgia, Deke Copenhaver was an unofficial leader of social change and politics within his community. In The Changemaker: The Art of Building Better Leaders, Deke shares how all of us can be true and authentic leaders.
Leadership is never easy. Almost all leaders deal with both triumph and tragedy, oftentimes in equal measure. The fact of the matter is that leadership insists on a constant rejection of the status quo. True leaders demand continuous reflection and improvement of those around them, and even more importantly, of themselves. True leaders are Changemakers.
In Deke’s book, you will learn to become unafraid of doing something different in the service of a good cause and how to spark a movement that others can’t help but rally around. Deke’s Seven Attributes of Changemakers reveal how anyone can become a transformative leader:
You don’t need a title to lead.
Before running for mayor of Augusta, Georgia, Deke Copenhaver was an unofficial leader of social change and politics within his community. In The Changemaker: The Art of Building Better Leaders, Deke shares how all of us can be true and authentic leaders.
Leadership is never easy. Almost all leaders deal with both triumph and tragedy, oftentimes in equal measure. The fact of the matter is that leadership insists on a constant rejection of the status quo. True leaders demand continuous reflection and improvement of those around them, and even more importantly, of themselves. True leaders are Changemakers.
In Deke’s book, you will learn to become unafraid of doing something different in the service of a good cause and how to spark a movement that others can’t help but rally around. Deke’s Seven Attributes of Changemakers reveal how anyone can become a transformative leader:
21 Days to a Big Idea by Bryan Mattimore
Bryan Mattimore is a big idea guy. For the past twenty-five years, he has helped Fortune 500 companies create over $3 billion in new innovations using his unique creative-thinking exercises. In 21 DAYS TO A BIG IDEA: CREATING BREAKTHROUGH BUSINESS CONCEPTS, Mattimore takes readers through a disciplined creative process to create original and practical new business concepts.
By investing less than an hour a day for twenty-one days, you will:
1) learn a new toolkit of creative thinking strategies and problem-solving techniques that can be used for solving a wide variety of both personal and professional challenges, and
2) generate more than a dozen new concepts from which to choose the highest potential/winning idea for a new start-up.
Entertaining and easy-to-follow, 21 DAYS TO A BIG IDEA is a must-read for all aspiring entrepreneurs, helping you to discover and implement your first—or your next—biggest idea.
Bryan Mattimore is a big idea guy. For the past twenty-five years, he has helped Fortune 500 companies create over $3 billion in new innovations using his unique creative-thinking exercises. In 21 DAYS TO A BIG IDEA: CREATING BREAKTHROUGH BUSINESS CONCEPTS, Mattimore takes readers through a disciplined creative process to create original and practical new business concepts.
By investing less than an hour a day for twenty-one days, you will:
1) learn a new toolkit of creative thinking strategies and problem-solving techniques that can be used for solving a wide variety of both personal and professional challenges, and
2) generate more than a dozen new concepts from which to choose the highest potential/winning idea for a new start-up.
Entertaining and easy-to-follow, 21 DAYS TO A BIG IDEA is a must-read for all aspiring entrepreneurs, helping you to discover and implement your first—or your next—biggest idea.
Children's
Let Your Inner Golden Sparkle Shine by Sarah Vie
In this new children's book, author Sarah Vie takes you on a journey guided by the light of her inner child that will help support your kids as they face life's everyday challenges.
Little Vie is an adventurous girl who is not afraid of a little dirt! In her adventures, she experiences all kinds of new things like talent shows, a new little sibling, big scary storms and more. When things get tough on the outside, Little Vie chooses to dig deep inside herself to hear the "thump thump thump" of her heart so that her inner golden sparkle shines so bright!
It's through this conscious connection to our inner light that Little Vie can overcome ANY obstacle with grace, and glittery rain boots - of course!
Looking into the magic mirror on the back will help children remember where that light shines the brightest.
In this new children's book, author Sarah Vie takes you on a journey guided by the light of her inner child that will help support your kids as they face life's everyday challenges.
Little Vie is an adventurous girl who is not afraid of a little dirt! In her adventures, she experiences all kinds of new things like talent shows, a new little sibling, big scary storms and more. When things get tough on the outside, Little Vie chooses to dig deep inside herself to hear the "thump thump thump" of her heart so that her inner golden sparkle shines so bright!
It's through this conscious connection to our inner light that Little Vie can overcome ANY obstacle with grace, and glittery rain boots - of course!
Looking into the magic mirror on the back will help children remember where that light shines the brightest.
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Last Lumenian by S.G. Blaise
MOST PRINCESSES NEED SAVING. THIS ONE WILL SAVE YOU.
She is a rebel. Lilla is fighting for the refugees's freedom from oppression. The king, her father, lost touch with reality ever since Lilla's mother died. Now everyone else is paying the price. The arrival of Callum, a powerful Teryn general, complicates Lilla's life. His presence leads to conflicted feelings and friction with Arrov, a handsome pilot and fellow rebel. Her life is not what she imagined it to be. Not by far. Meddling gods, love interests and sudden magical abilities have no room in Lilla's world, but that has become her new reality. No matter how hard she pushes them away, it's too late. They all seek to control her anyway. Now the Era War between two ruling archgods forces Lilla to act: accept who she really is magic and all; find true love; fulfill her destiny by defeating the Archgod of Chaos and Destruction before He finds her. The Last Lumenian.
2021 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite: Fantasy
2021 Los Angeles Book Festival Runner-Up: Romance, Honorable Mention: Science Fiction
2021 eLit Awards Winner: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Winner: Romance, Winner: Book website for fiction
2021 Eric Hoffer Award - First Horizon Award, Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Award - Da Vinci Eye Award Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Award - Grand Prize Short List
2021 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable mention: Science Fiction/Fantasy
2021 Speak Up Radio Firebird Award Winner: Cover Design for fiction
2021 Readers Favorite Book Award Silver: Romance-Fantasy/Sci-fi
2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist in First Novel over 80,000 words , Finalist in Science Fiction
MOST PRINCESSES NEED SAVING. THIS ONE WILL SAVE YOU.
She is a rebel. Lilla is fighting for the refugees's freedom from oppression. The king, her father, lost touch with reality ever since Lilla's mother died. Now everyone else is paying the price. The arrival of Callum, a powerful Teryn general, complicates Lilla's life. His presence leads to conflicted feelings and friction with Arrov, a handsome pilot and fellow rebel. Her life is not what she imagined it to be. Not by far. Meddling gods, love interests and sudden magical abilities have no room in Lilla's world, but that has become her new reality. No matter how hard she pushes them away, it's too late. They all seek to control her anyway. Now the Era War between two ruling archgods forces Lilla to act: accept who she really is magic and all; find true love; fulfill her destiny by defeating the Archgod of Chaos and Destruction before He finds her. The Last Lumenian.
2021 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite: Fantasy
2021 Los Angeles Book Festival Runner-Up: Romance, Honorable Mention: Science Fiction
2021 eLit Awards Winner: Science Fiction/Fantasy, Winner: Romance, Winner: Book website for fiction
2021 Eric Hoffer Award - First Horizon Award, Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Award - Da Vinci Eye Award Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Award - Grand Prize Short List
2021 Eric Hoffer Award Honorable mention: Science Fiction/Fantasy
2021 Speak Up Radio Firebird Award Winner: Cover Design for fiction
2021 Readers Favorite Book Award Silver: Romance-Fantasy/Sci-fi
2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist in First Novel over 80,000 words , Finalist in Science Fiction
Classic
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval and excess, creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval and excess, creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
Memoir
The Cobbler by Steve Madden
Steve Madden is an entrepreneur, an award-winning designer, and a business titan whose eponymous company is currently worth over 3 billion dollars. He is also a recovering addict and a devoted family man. Over the past thirty years, the provocative shoe designer built a booming brand and nearly lost it all to “The Wolf of Wall Street,” only to rebound by giving back and creating a global empire.
30 years later, with over 200 stores across the globe, the acquisition of notable brands such as Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson, and Blondo, to name a few, standout collaborations with stars including Sydney Sweeney, Nessa Barret, Cardi B, Winnie Harlow, Ja Rule, Keyshia Cole, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the designer and entrepreneur continues the hustle.
While Madden can recognize success, he is mindful of his humble beginning and support he has received on his journey to achievement. As a recovering addict as well as someone who has learned to manage his ADD, Madden is an active philanthropist and mentor who supports several organizations that help those in need of a second chance.
Steve Madden is an entrepreneur, an award-winning designer, and a business titan whose eponymous company is currently worth over 3 billion dollars. He is also a recovering addict and a devoted family man. Over the past thirty years, the provocative shoe designer built a booming brand and nearly lost it all to “The Wolf of Wall Street,” only to rebound by giving back and creating a global empire.
30 years later, with over 200 stores across the globe, the acquisition of notable brands such as Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson, and Blondo, to name a few, standout collaborations with stars including Sydney Sweeney, Nessa Barret, Cardi B, Winnie Harlow, Ja Rule, Keyshia Cole, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the designer and entrepreneur continues the hustle.
While Madden can recognize success, he is mindful of his humble beginning and support he has received on his journey to achievement. As a recovering addict as well as someone who has learned to manage his ADD, Madden is an active philanthropist and mentor who supports several organizations that help those in need of a second chance.
Fiction
Rocky Mountain Yoga by Virginia Fox
Desires and karma are one thing. Jaz, a vegetarian, yoga teacher and dog lover, has just wished for more variety in her life and the next moment bullets are flying around her ears. After not trusting even the Seattle police, she flees to live with her grandmother in Independence, Colorado, leaving her job and cheating boyfriend behind. Only the king poodle Rambo takes her with her on her journey.
She quickly grows fond of the quirky inhabitants of Independence. It's not just the chance of her own yoga studio that keeps her here. She can't get a certain handsome sheriff out of her head either. But can she trust him?
This question soon becomes vital, because suddenly they are being hunted. Did the problems from the big city follow you to the mountains? Rocky Mountain Yoga is the successful start of the new series by the bestselling author Virginia Fox about the small town of Independence in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.
Desires and karma are one thing. Jaz, a vegetarian, yoga teacher and dog lover, has just wished for more variety in her life and the next moment bullets are flying around her ears. After not trusting even the Seattle police, she flees to live with her grandmother in Independence, Colorado, leaving her job and cheating boyfriend behind. Only the king poodle Rambo takes her with her on her journey.
She quickly grows fond of the quirky inhabitants of Independence. It's not just the chance of her own yoga studio that keeps her here. She can't get a certain handsome sheriff out of her head either. But can she trust him?
This question soon becomes vital, because suddenly they are being hunted. Did the problems from the big city follow you to the mountains? Rocky Mountain Yoga is the successful start of the new series by the bestselling author Virginia Fox about the small town of Independence in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.
The Birth Mother by Seymour Ubell
On a business trip, a high-powered American entrepreneur visits his partners in China. After their meeting, his Asian mentor invites him to an orphanage, a trip that will change the course of his family’s life forever. Without hesitation, he and his wife fall in love with Anglo/Asian twin girls and become their adoptive parents. The children grow up in a world of twists and turns with multiple coincidences and synchronicity. Their journey takes them from China to Europe to America and back to China where their unusual birth mother enters their lives. This powerful story is filled with drama at every turn as the daughters face internal and external challenges. The Birth Mother is a story filled with love, pathos, tragedy, and triumph. Read, laugh, cry, and learn. It’s a tale you will never forget.
On a business trip, a high-powered American entrepreneur visits his partners in China. After their meeting, his Asian mentor invites him to an orphanage, a trip that will change the course of his family’s life forever. Without hesitation, he and his wife fall in love with Anglo/Asian twin girls and become their adoptive parents. The children grow up in a world of twists and turns with multiple coincidences and synchronicity. Their journey takes them from China to Europe to America and back to China where their unusual birth mother enters their lives. This powerful story is filled with drama at every turn as the daughters face internal and external challenges. The Birth Mother is a story filled with love, pathos, tragedy, and triumph. Read, laugh, cry, and learn. It’s a tale you will never forget.
The Inheritance by R. Franklin James
A 30 year-old genealogist is forced to face the pain of her own past while discovering that her talents can be used to solve more than her clients' ancestor family lines -- including blackmail and murder.
Genealogist Johanna Hudson discovers that the intersection of unintended consequences and murder is unavoidable, and her determination to find an heir puts her in the path of a killer who is just as determined to stop her.
A 30 year-old genealogist is forced to face the pain of her own past while discovering that her talents can be used to solve more than her clients' ancestor family lines -- including blackmail and murder.
Genealogist Johanna Hudson discovers that the intersection of unintended consequences and murder is unavoidable, and her determination to find an heir puts her in the path of a killer who is just as determined to stop her.