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Educating America In The 21st Century
Vicki Ebeling, Ph.D., LMFT, CET
Little Leaf Press
553 North Pacific Coast Highway, #B343, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
1893385116 $19.95 1-310-375-4690 www.amazon.com
Written for parents, professionals, and students alike, Educating America In The 21st Century by
Vicki Ebeling (Board Certified Educational Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) is
an impressively presented and informative compendium that focuses on managing a child's
education
in the most efficient, positive, and practical manner possible. Covering a wide range of critical
issues, including learning differences and disabilities; special education; compulsory education
laws;
support services; government's role in education; standardized testing; college issues; and much,
much more, Educating America In The 21st Century is an very strongly recommended general
reference handbook and a superb introductory resource for grappling with tough contemporary
educational questions and issues.
What Made Us Who We Are Today
Mary Timpe Robsman
Terra Sancta Press, Inc.
7777 N. Wickham Rd. #12-313, Melbourne, FL 32940-7976
0965346749 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Compiled by Mary Timpe Robsman, What Made Us Who We Are Today: World War II Oral
History is a compendium of vignettes and personal testimonies drawn from United States military
and civilian men, women, and children during the troubled times of World War II. Focusing on
the
lives, struggles, triumphs, and terrible costs paid by those who lived during the war era, the
individual chapters are grouped about six different holidays (Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day;
Memorial Day; American Gold Star Mothers' Day; Veterans' Day; and Independence Day)
bringing
the experiences of ordinary Americans vividly to life. What Made Us Who We Are Today is an
impressive and highly recommended contribution to American History and World War II History
collections.
How To Adopt Internationally
Jean Nelson Erichsen and Heino R. Erichsen
Mesa House Publishing
c/o Two Coyotes, Inc.
3228 College Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76110
094035215X $22.50 1-817-920-0114
Now in a revised and updated edition, How To Adopt Internationally is a very practical guide to
adopting a child across international borders. Individual chapters accessibly address the steps
necessary to choosing the proper agency, obtaining state approval and preliminary INS approval,
filing an orphan petition, the adoption trip and the first meeting, as well as providing information
on
everything needed to prepare for the trip home, including health problems common to orphans
from
developing countries, guidelines for parenting and adaption, and aiding the child with the
inevitable
transition through culture shock. How To Adopt Internationally is highly recommended as being a
truly first-rate guide which filled from cover to cover with practical and sound advice for both
agency-directed and independent adoptions.
With A Passion Unprecedented!
Justin Michael Scott
Hooverse Publishing
PO Box 292, Carnegie, PA 15106-0292
0972324100 $9.95 1-412-561-6114
With A Passion Unprecedented! is a volume of brief yet energetic rhyming poetry by Justin
Michael
Scott, expressing a creative explosion of wonder about the seasons, natural beauty, togetherness,
the
workings of fate, and much, more. With A Passion Unprecedented is a soulful and vibrant literary
experience. "If together we unite,/For freedom we shall fight!/For the weak and meek I speak/Of
an
outcome far from bleak."
Everything Happens For A Reason
Suzane Northrop
Jodere Group, Inc.
PO Box 910147, San Diego, CA 92191-0147
1588720438 $24.00 1-800-569-1002 www.jodere.com
Everything Happens For A Reason: Love, Free Will, And The Lessons Of The Soul is a
thoughtful
treatise by Suzane Northrop on why people are born, the nature of death, and why there is so
much
suffering in life. Expanding awareness on humanity's spiritual journey that transcends the brief
phase
of life, Everything Happens For A Reason is a profound contribution to metaphysical studies and
highly recommended reading for anyone seeking to understand the never-ending, always evolving,
journey of the soul.
Spytalk: The Language Of Terror
G. D. Johansson
St. Ambrose Press
PO Box 6908, Houston, TX 77265-6908
0972373349 $22.96 1-713-961-2800 www.amazon.com
Spytalk: The Language Of Terror by G. D. Johansson is a chilling and detailed guide explaining
the
code words, commonly used terms and phrases, and evolving abbreviations commonly used in the
ruthless and deadly world of international spying, assassination, and covert or "black box"
operations. Presented dictionary-style, defining words that have been used throughout the
decades,
Spytalk is a "must-have" reference for spy-novel writers, or anyone interested in learning more
about
the real world of secrecy, espionage, surveillance, political murder, twilight and stealth.
Braveheart And Broomsticks
Elycia Arendt
Infinity Publishing.com
519 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041-1413
0741412330 $11.95 1-877-289-2665 www.buybooksontheweb.com
Braveheart And Broomsticks: Essays On Movies, Myths, And Magic by Elycia Arendt is a
intriguing
collection of scholarly essays laced through with a wealth of thoughtful insights about the
different
marketing styles for big-name vs. independent movies; the big-budget movie Braveheart; the
immensely popular Harry Potter series; a female perspective of the movie Labyrinth; the future of
Wicca as a "new religious social movement"; and fairy tale women in the novels of Willa Cather.
A
thoughtful selection of informed and informative works, Braveheart And Brooksticks offers the
reader diverse, engaging, accessible series of thoughtful and thought-provoking ideas.
Women & Thru-Hiking On The Appalachian Trail
Beverly "Maine Rose" Hugo
Insight Publishing Company
Wilderness Press, dist.
PO Box 4189, Sevierville, TN 37864
1885640609 $16.95 1-800-443-7227 www.wildernesspress.com
Women & Thru-Hiking On The Appalachian Trail is a collection of useful advice drawn from
hundreds of female long-distance hikers. This is a compendium of practical, insightful, useable
advice concerning proper preparation, safety issues, dealing with bodily functions such as
elimination
and menstruation, and much, much more. Women & Thru-Hiking On The Appalachian Trail is a
practical advisory which is strongly recommended for any woman contemplating the sport of long
distance hiking in general, and traversing the Appalachian trails in particular.
A Spark From Heaven?
Adrian W. Savage
PNA Publishing
1130 Route 202 South, Raritan, NJ 08869
0971836906 $17.95 www.nettps.com
A Spark From Heaven? by Adrian W. Savage is a straightforward treatise promoting emotional
and
psychological self-improvement. Individual chapters inspiringly address such issues and necessities
as learning to seize opportunities when they arrive; making conscious choices instead of
unconscious, programmed, or automatic ones; valuing learning over habitual thinking styles;
letting
go of negative beliefs; and much, much more. A thoughtful and well-informed guide to living a
more
open and balanced life, A Spark From Heaven? is especially recommended to readers who are
receptive to new ideas and seek to become better able to face life's challenges.
The Bellevue War
Susan K. Lucke
McMillen Publishing
304 Main Street, Ames, IA 50010
www.mcmillenbooks.com
1888223383 $22.95 softcover, 1888223375, $39.95 hardcover
The Bellevue War by Susan K. Lucke is the fascinating and true history of a deadly mass gunfight
on
the American frontier, and one which involved an estimated one hundred men. The gunfight took
place in Iowa in 1840 -- a rough and dangerous era when what is now considered the Midwest
was
once justifiably reputed as being the Wild West. Author Susan Luke offers a fascinating glimpse
into
the West as it really was by meticulously piecing together events in the preceding years that led up
to the murderous showdown, and examining the outburst and its repercussions. The Bellevue War
is
an original and very highly recommended addition to American History and Western History
reference shelves and supplemental reading lists.
The Health/Medicine Shelf
Fifty And Beyond
Susanna Starr
Paloma Blanca Press
PO Box 1751, Taos, NM 87571
0972008446 $14.95 1-877-520-4890 www.PalomaBlancaPress.com
Fifty And Beyond by Susanna Starr is a solid and "user friendly" guide to improving physical and
spiritual health during the golden years of fifty and beyond. Individual chapters cogently address
basic health measures such as regular exercise, a balanced diet, avoiding addictive foods, and
weight
maintenance, as well as finding new opportunities, adult sexuality, inspirational teachings, and
more.
Fifty And Beyond is confidently recommended as an enjoyable, practical, and thoughtful
testimony
to making the most of the later years of life.
I Want To Live
Dani Hart
Mountain Stars
PO Box 270607, Fort Collins, Colorado 80527-0607
9726554098 $12.95 www.mtnstars.com
I Want To Live: Gastric Bypass Reversal is the personal and compelling testimony of Dani Hart, a
woman who underwent a highly controversial weight loss surgery (gastric bypass) to achieve
significant weight loss, and later had to have the surgery reversed due to health hazardous
complications. An absorbing, frank, candid, and honest account, I Want To Live is very highly
recommended for its informed and informative glimpse into what life with (and after) gastric
bypass
weight-loss surgery can be like.
Health Basics
Michael S. Richardson, M.D.
Next Decade
39 Old Farmstead Road, Chester, NJ 07930
0970090854 $22.95 www.amazon.com
Written by Michael S. Richardson (a doctor of internal medicine at the Charlotte Medical Clinic in
North Carolina and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina School
of Medicine) in accessible, "down-to-earth" language for the non-specialist general reader, Health
Basics is a straightforward and reliable guide to improving personal health, guarding against
sickness, as well as providing the basics of how illness affects the body's systems and what to keep
in
mind when visiting a doctor. Health Basics is highly recommended as being an extremely practical
and "reader friendly" guide for taking care of oneself and knowing what questions to ask of a
physician when things go wrong.
The Fiction Shelf
Guarding Hanna
Miha Mazzini
Scala House Press
PO Box 17964, Seattle, Washington 98107
0972028714 $15.50 www.ScalaHousePress.com
Guarding Hanna by Slovenian novelist Miha Mazzini is an emotionally charged novel about a
nameless man whose facial deformities have condemned him to a solitary life, making a living as a
debt collector for the elderly patriarch of one of Berlin's most notorious gangster families. When a
woman named Hanna Woyczik witnesses a crime that could shift the underworld balance of
power,
the protagonist is charged with protecting her for a week - a task that begins to change him from
the
inside out as she shows him another side to embracing daily life, even as he struggles to keep her
safe against all odds. Guarding Hanna is commended as being a particularly involving and deftly
written saga.
Christopher And The Quasi War With France
William P. Mack
The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America
1250 Fairmont Avenue, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
1877853658 $22.95 www.nauticalaviation.com
Christopher And The Quasi War With France is the second book in William P. Mack's historical
fiction series about the early American sailing navy. Written by a veteran vice admiral who served
aboard destroyers in World War II, Christopher And The Quasi War With France engagingly
recounts a shipbuilding's family travails as ship's captain Matthew Christopher and his crew
aboard
one of his family's newest ships, the Mary, is abruptly drafted to ward off the French while trading
in
the Caribbean. Christopher And The Quasi War With France is a dramatic and engaging naval
narrative. Also very highly recommended are William Mack's early novels: South To Java
(0933852703, $24.95); Pursuit Of The Seawolf (1877853127, $TBA); Checkfire! (1877853178,
$24.95); New Guinea (1877853321, $24.95); and Straits Of Messina (1877853348, $24.95).
The Parent Killer
Ashley Blake
RA Publishing, Inc.
Phenix & Phenix (publicity)
300 Park Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10022
0970698321 $26.95 www.ra-publishing.com
Ashley Blake's The Parent Killer is a suspenseful and thrilling novel about child abuse and ghastly
revenge. Set in a small town down South, the story traces the ruthless path of a protagonist driven
to free children from the horror of physical and emotional abuse through violent and deadly
means.
The Parent Killer is a simultaneously grim and exciting tale -- and not recommended for the
squeamish.
The Palindrome Conspiracy
David Toy
Barclay Books, LLC
6161 51st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33715
1931402345 $15.95 www.barclaybooks.com
The Palindrome Conspiracy by David Toy is an adventurous thrill ride based upon an evil cartel of
Philippine and American politicians. Seeking to control the world and its money, the conspirators
plot to start a war between the Philippines and China, elect a Philippine president who is in their
pocket, and more. Only Otto Belzer (a German Interpol agent) and Hannah Sabino (a beautiful
American-Asian woman) can subvert their deadly plans in this original, fast-paced and exciting
novel.
It's A Young, Young World
Glenn Meganck
Beachfront Publishing
POB 811922, Boca Raton, FL 33481
1892339102 $23.00 www.beachfrontentertainment.com
It's A Young, Young World by Glenn Meganck is the story of an aging American senator and his
compatriots who are mysteriously drawn by a scientist's dying words about the secret of eternal
youth and the ability to live forever. Struggling to keep up in a youthful world, retiring Senator
Chauncy and his 20-something bride purse an opportunity to recapture the power and excitement
of
youth in this fast-paced, wryly told, deftly written adventure laced with a very special insight into
today's youth-centric culture. Highly recommended.
Recompense
Russ Hamachek
Hara Publishing
PO Box 19732, Seattle, WA 98109
188369762X $14.95 1-425-398-3679 www.amazon.com
Set in the wilds of New Guinea in 1944 by author Russ Hamachek, Recompense: A World War II
Novel is the fictional saga of real-life heroes who worked against the Japanese - a group called the
Coastwatchers. These were the observers and informants living throughout Australia, New
Zealand,
and various island chains and who risked torture and death to convey vital information to the
Americans and the British about Japanese forces and movements. Recompense is a highly
recommended, tense and gripping tale brought vividly to life by a man who served in that theater
of
war as a PT boat captain of the New Guinea area Squadron 8.
Aureole
Carole Maso
City Lights Books
261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
0872864103 $12.95 www.citylights.com
Carole Maso's Aureole is a sexy and sensual novel about the essence and sublime nature of desire,
following individual women on their erotic journeys of love and lust. The narration style flows
from
prose to poetic verse and back again in this uniquely told, attention inviting, highly recommended
passion play.
The Reincarnation Of Bennett McKinney
Steve From
None the Less Press
20332 W. 98th St., Lenexa, KS 66220-2650
1932053069 $12.95 www.nonethelesspress.com
The Reincarnation Of Bennett McKinney is a novel by Steve From which blends spiritual insight
with the story of cowboy life in twentieth-century America. An exciting saga filled from cover to
cover with vivid presentations of a rodeo school, roundup and calf-branding in the Rocky
Mountain
foothills, and the exhilaration of riding some very ornery beasts, The Reincarnation Of Bennett
McKinney is superbly written and highly recommended.
Journey Within
Robert Ross
MacH/4 Press
405 Glenullen Drive, Suite 2, Pasadena, CA 91105
0966958845 $22.95 www.amazon.com
Journey Within: A Tale Of Astral Travel by Robert Ross is an engaging metaphysical novel about
a
quest beyond the boundaries of the flesh, as well as a love story told between chapters of space
and
time. A man's bittersweet reunion with a romance from twenty years ago is interrupted by the
near-perfect woman of his dreams... forcing him to evaluate the nature of his relationships that
transcend the length of a short human lifespan. With its engaging narrative, Journey Within is
entertaining, thoughtful, recommended reading.
Spam Cans, Rice Balls, And Pearls
Bruce Muench
Turn Key Press
Phenix & Phenix (publicity)
2525 W Anderson Lane, Suite 540, Austin, TX 78757
0972345906 $14.95 www.turnkeypress.com
Spam Cans, Rice Balls, And Pearls is a novel by Bruce Muench that draws heavily upon the
author's
personal experience and service in World War II. A 17-year-old Navy recruit and a Japanese
soldier
are brought together by chance in a post-war trial, and develop an unusual yet strong friendship.
Presenting the grim realities of war in human terms, and with a careful eye on disparities between
American and Japanese culture, Spam Cans, Rice Balls, And Pearls is an fully engaging and highly
recommended read.
Space Ark
Thomas Hubschman
Saga SF
473 17th St. #6, Brooklyn NY 11215-6226
http://savvypress.com/sagasf/index.html
0966987756 $12.95 1-718-965-3756
Thomas Hubschuman's Space Ark is a welcome reissue of a 1981 science fiction "cult classic". A
small band of humans and renegade "Simminoids" must strive to build Space Ark to save
themselves
from an exploding supernova, while a shadowy evil force hounds them beyond the depths of space
and time. A rousing and adventurous science-fiction saga, Space Ark is confidently recommended
reading to a new generation of science fiction buffs.
A Conspiracy To Ponder
Margaret I. Williams
Bedside Books
c/o American Book Publishing
PO Box 65624, Salt Lake City, UT 84165
1589821092 $18.00 www.american-book.com
A Conspiracy To Ponder is a captivating novel of suspense and murder by Margaret I. Williams.
Joe
Clark, a police detective who must follow a winding trail of clues to learn once and for all who
murdered his brother years ago. Joe must uncover the vile secret behind the disappearances of
thirteen women and take a hazardous stand against a cruel and shadowy figure who uses his
wealth
and power as a shield against the law. A Conspiracy To Ponder is recommended as a superbly
crafted, thoroughly exciting, page-turner of a mystery.
The Biography Shelf
My Kids, My Life
Audrey Hayes Wood
Guardian Books
PO Box 281, Coe Hill, Ontario, Canada, K0L 1P0
1553064046 $22.99 www.heavenwontwait.com
My Kids, My Life: Young Mother's Struggle For Justice is Audrey Wood's autobiographical
account
of a long-suffering tribulations as a mother having to raise her children with an uninvolved first
husband, the pain for struggling to make tight funds stretch to feed many young mouths, and her
faith in God. My Kids, My Life is highly recommended as an intensely personal and thoroughly
absorbing narrative.
Strong Woman
M. Sue Benford
Source Books, Inc.
PO Box 292231, Nashville, TN 37229-2231
0966531221 $17.95 1-800-637-5222 www.sacredspaces.org
Strong Woman: Unshrouding The Secrets Of The Soul by M. Sue Benford is the personal and
candid memoir of a deeply spiritual woman whose remarkable life includes surviving childhood
cancer, achieving the three-time title of World Powerlifting Champion for the 97 lb. weight class,
working as a registered nurse, and experiences with psychic phenomena. Strong Woman is
recommended as the engaging and heartening story of divine inspiration, hope, transformation, a
mystical journey in search of the images and truth of God.
Jim Clayton: First A Dream
Jim Clayton with Bill Retherford
FSB Press
PO Box 15169, Knoxville, TN 37901
0972638903 $24.95 www.fsbpress.com
Jim Clayton: First A Dream is the autobiography of James L. Clayton, a lawyer, engineer, pilot,
teacher, TV host, banker, country singer, philanthropist, and retired CEO of the Clayton Homes
company. James Clayton's skill in leading his company to nearly thirty consecutive years of
increased
profit; his wisdom and business lessons; his techniques for encouraging production, unity, and
teamwork fill this the pages of this inspirational and highly recommended life story.
Prophet
Douglas Gillies
East Beach Press
PO Box 6890, Santa Barbara, CA 93160
0970270534 $24.95 www.eastbeach.org
Prophet: The Hatmaker's Son is the biography of Robert Muller, who was once described as being
"The most brilliant man in the U.N." by Margaret Mead. Biographer Douglas Gillies begin
documenting Robert Muller's life in 1994 when he interviewed for television and then
subsequently
produced "Passion", an audio cassette in which Muller talked about lessons learned at the U.N.
and
how they related to the meaning of life and death. Devoting his life to promote peace after seeing
the
horrors of two world wars, Muller's exemplary life and work are remembered in this outstanding
and
highly recommended survey of his life and accomplishments -- with an especial focus on his
memorable and pivotal contributions to global politics.
The Business Shelf
Bell Labs
Narain Gehani
Silicon Press
25 Beverly Road, Summit, NJ 07901
0929306279 $29.95 www.silicon-press.com
Bell Labs: Life In The Crown Jewel by web technologies, software and database expert Narain
Gehani showcases the history and modern-day workings of one of the most successful research
labs
of the twentieth century. Narain Gehani draws upon his experiences as a former employee who
worked faithfully at Bell Labs for 23 years. A fascinating and highly recommended account, Bell
Labs offers a unique and informative insights into the daily life and workings of this nationally
famous research institution, complete with accounts of corporate jostlings, research excellence,
office politics, and much, more.
Pyramids Are Tombs
Joe Phelps
IMC Publishing
901 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401
097150010X $29.50 1-310-752-4400 www.amazon.com
Pyramids Are Tombs is an articulate and systematic denouncing of traditional 20th century
corporate structures. Author Joe Phelps offers new business methods to replace departments and
petty office politics with dynamic organizational techniques for maximizing efficiency. From
empowering self-directed teams, to low-cost ways focus the attention of the entire company on
the
project at hand, Pyramids Are Tombs is a practical, insightful, and confidently recommended
treatise
on how human dynamics can be best harnessed for a successful corporate future.
A Knight's Code Of Business
Gene Del Vecchio
Paramount Market Publishing
301 S. Geneva Street, Suite 109, Ithaca, NY 14850
0972529004 $24.95 www.paramountbooks.com
A Knight's Code Of Business: How To Achieve Character And Competence In The Corporate
World is a unique and "reader friendly" business guide to finding an ethical and moral fulcrum for
corporate functioning in today's scandal-riddled world of big business. Individual chapters
cogently
address character flaws that can bring harm to corporate prestige and profitability such as anxiety,
insincerity, aristocracy; signs of incompetence to avoid; ill-advised traits in employees and
managers
(including chronic denial); and much, much more. A personal code of conduct oriented and
honor-driven sourcebook, A Knight's Code Of Business is highly recommended reading for all
levels
of business management.
The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing
Jed McKenna
Wisefool Press
221 E. Market St., #294, Iowa City, Iowa 52245
0971435235 $21.95 www.WisefoolPress.com
Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing by author, teacher, and spiritual master Jed
McKenna presents the quest for enlightenment in plain, simple, accessible, understandable terms.
Brief, almost vignette-style, chapters explore the deeper meaning behind common conundrums of
life, as well as the search for meaning and understanding in a complex world. Filled with a deep
appreciation for life, thought, and love, and ideal for truth-seeking readers of all education levels
and
backgrounds, Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing is very highly recommended.
Salam
Shyam D. Buxani
SAU Salam Foundation
PO Box 3151, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163
0972395539 $34.95 1-866-SAU-SALAM
Salam: Divine Revelations From The Actual God is a profound and spiritual 600-page treatise
presenting Shyam D. Buxani's revelations about the true meaning of life, the root of conflict and
bloodshed among religions, and the origin of suffering itself. Examples of the teachings penned
within these pages are the condemnation of all "visual worship" of anything that can be seen with
the
eyes such as idols or pictures, the importance of solemnizing marriage, the refutation of sexual
intercourse during dating, and proscriptions for seeking and encountering divine enlightenment.
Salam: Divine Revelations From The Actual God is a visionary compendium written with true
spiritual fervor and an intense desire for humanity to better itself.
James A. Cox
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