Personal interview with Cecilia Velástegui, author of Gathering the Indigo Maidens. The author reveals the meaning of “indigo maidens,” and what prompted her to write about human trafficking for sexual exploitation. The author urges book clubs to read this psychological thriller dealing with art theft and human trafficking. Learn about the book and its author, http://gatheringtheindigomaidens.com/ General fiction, historical fiction, Thriller, Suspense
The workbook addresses several concepts and starts with the prevention of relapse. The major part of the workbook is how to develop support systems for maintaining recovery that contribute to successful recovery. The text shows many elements that contribute to addiction. It goes into detail about the genetic aspects of addiction. There is also a segment of how executive functioning of the brain can get impaired with addiction that compromises judgment, impulse control, and the ability to organize. But these impairments can be temporary with practicing having good judgment and impulse control, since new neuropathways can develop with exercising these functions. The stages of recovery and change are reviewed as well as the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. One chapter is dedicated to powerlessness and unmanageability. At the end of each chapter, there are references for the reader to consult that have been used for the content of the workbook chapters. Find out more at https://www.amazon.com/Successful-Recovery-Relapse-Prevention-McCausland-ebook/dp/B079648R6X Non-fiction, self-help
At a crossroads in their lives, four old friends; a New York lawyer, an empty nester, a frustrated artist, and an aging starlet, come together again in their old hometown. As Young As We Feel Melody Carlson Book Trailer Find out more about this author here http://melodycarlson.com/ Find out more about this book http://tiny.cc/OIAHy Fiction Contemporary Women
From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. Find out more about the author at http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/ find out more about the book at http://bit.ly/ComicDrama non-fiction, graphic novel, gay/lesbian
Tia’s most powerful weapon is belief in herself. She must survive being kidnapped on a strange world and find her way back to her friends. But first, she is going to figure out a few ways to right a few terrifying wrongs. The magic is in her hands and the pendulum’s swing is mighty. Learn more about this book here, http://bit.ly/rdq5Uo and its author here, http://www.anneelizabeth.net/ Paranormal/Science Fiction Comic/Graphic Novel
The epic series is back. The Earth is being invaded, but no one knows. When Jake and his friends stumble upon an alien spaceship and its dying pilot, they are given a power to transform into any animal they touch. They become Animorphs, unlikely champions in a war for the planet. Learn more about this book here, http://bit.ly/ewdKPP Children, Pre-Teen
The quaint Irish village of Ballybucklebo is full of colorful characters and eccentric patients that two country doctors must tend to, but with love in the air each doctor has their hands, and hearts, full. NY Times bestselling author Patrick Taylor transports us back to the Ireland of the 1960s with his beloved Irish Country Books series. Find out more at http://us.macmillan.com/anirishcountrywedding/PatrickTaylor. Fiction, historical fiction
An Eye for Glory follows the historical exploits of the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and deals with the war experiences of a Christian soldier who loses his faith and himself in the heat of battle. Learn more about this book here, http://bit.ly/hySAbx and its author here, http://www.kbacon.com/ Historical fiction
An Extra-Ordinary Beginning, the debut novel by A.D. Winch about a new kind of superhero, is out now. Children and adults around the world who are tired of the stereotypical superhero – white adult male with his underpants outside his trousers – will find this story is for them.
Ursula and Eric are characters readers can relate to and whose super powers are within their reach. Ursula is originally from Africa and promises to be the first significant superhero for girls regardless of colour, nationality or race. In a genre in which girls are seen as side-kicks or sub-plots, along comes a female character who is central to an entire series of books. This is not to say that the internationally educated Eric is irrelevant. There are more than three million students being educated worldwide who now have a hero who shares their experience and can truly be described as a global citizen.
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Celebrating life’s simplest but most essential values, packed with laughter and tears, this is a story of forgiveness and the power of love. You will never forget the special moment in time that is an An Amish Christmas. Learn more about this book and author: http://bit.ly/9hsCLy
A Princess of Roumania fantasy, with an extraordinary, intense, compressed SF novel in three parts, each set in its own alternate-history universe. The sections are all rooted in Virginia and the Battle of the Crater, and are also grounded in the real history of the Park family, from differing points of view.
The first section is set in the aftermath of the Civil War, in a world in which the Queen of the North has negotiated a two-nation settlement. The second, taking place in northwestern Massachusetts, investigates a secret project during World War II, in a time somewhat like the present. The third is set in the near-future United States, with aliens from history.
The cumulative effect is awesome. There hasn’t been a three part novel this ambitious in science fiction since Gene Wolfe’s classic The Fifth Head of Cerberus. Find out more at http://us.macmillan.com/allthosevanishedengines/PaulPark Fantasy/Scifi
A widowed travel writer looks to past boyfriends to find a husband. Lana Patterson has amazing adventures with a DC firefighter, an Argentine millionaire, and an English baron, but each has their failings. Which man will she end up with? The readers get to choose their favorite ending. Find out more at http://marilynkelly.net/ All The Boys I Ever Kissed by Marilyn Kelly
