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  • Sorry "Can't" Is A Lie by Arthur Lih
    Arthur was determined to find a solution that would be able to save his child in the event of an emergency and end unnecessary choking tragedies. He used his inquisitive mind and his sharp business and building skills to bring LifeVac to market. Arthur has since forged LifeVac into an international medical device company that has received widespread media attention and saved thousands of people worldwide, ranging in age from several weeks old to one hundred years old.
    His book Sorry, "Can't" Is a Lie, is told in his down-to-earth, approachable voice and supplemented by classic movie quotes and pop culture references, Arthur’s book is a quick and powerful read that is sure to be a fantastic addition to readers’ mental tool kits.
    One might say that Arthur’s lifework has already gone above and beyond in changing the world for the better—but it isn’t even close to being finished.
    14 min
  • Back From Suicide by Marie Lisette Rimer
    Back from Suicide reveals the suicidal mind through the misery of depression and the difficulty of coming out. It’s the enigma of self-destruction after a lifetime of success. It is a mother’s pursuit of the biggest question of humankind. Why do people kill themselves?
    Patrick Wood is a valedictorian with perfect SAT scores. A year after he graduates from Stanford with honors, his mother struggles to understand his suicide.
    Marie Lisette Rimer searches for answers through Patrick’s life, Berlin’s gay scene, and his death after rejection from a boy he wanted. She draws from Stanford psychiatrists, suicide research, media, and her own awakening. She finds answers through therapy and the science of depression to expose the hidden forces behind sadness, perfectionism, identity, and isolation. She weaves guilt and grief with evidence and understanding.
    Back from Suicide is the seeds of depression that lead to suicide. It’s how we find purpose in pain beyond death.
    16 min
  • Children of the Scroll by Rick Tabor
    After his mother dies during the pandemic, Brian Newman stumbles upon a legendary Scroll that creates life from clay. Seeking to bring his mother back to life, he enlists the help of a disgraced rabbi to obtain a gruesome list of ingredients for use in a ritual that changes everything. Pursued by mercenaries, a foreign weapons company, the police, a purveyor of ancient artifacts and an unscrupulous Russian private investigator, Brian and his family must hide, survive and fight forces of both man and darkness to keep the Scroll out of the hands of those who want to misuse its powers.
    16 min
  • She's Not Just Along For The Ride by Keith Thorn
    They say life is a journey, but it becomes a true adventure when you find someone who not only rides shotgun but cheers you on at every turn. In She's Not Just Along For the Ride: A Journey With My Biggest Fan, Keith Thorn invites readers into a soulful, humorous, and heart-filled memoir-turned-travelogue of love, second chances, and the beauty of shared roads.
    From the palm-lined coast of Port Isabel to the sun-drenched beaches of South Padre Island, every stop tells a story—of laughter echoing over poolside chats, of slow dances under Texas skies, of RV mishaps turned into memories, and of quiet moments that say more than words ever could. But above all, it’s a tribute to Melody—the woman who chose not just to come along but to believe in the dream, the writer, and the man at the wheel.
    This is a book for anyone who’s ever found love later in life, for winter wanderers, and for those who know that the best journeys are shared.
    14 min
  • Don't Tell Anyone by Michael F. Luck
    The book is a true story full of twists and turns, but it is not the whole story. It never could be. The “twists” are secrets and the “turns” are fateful choices.
    The characters struggle with confession, contrition, and forgiveness. They seek happiness, disrupted by unexpected pregnancies, and altered lives. This tale weaves together the secrets of the author, birth parents, adoptive parents, and their families to reveal the delicate and emotional parts of the whole. In this book, the nutshell is cracked, and secrets spill out. Some parts are myth, which serve as lessons; other parts are a quest for identity and treasured memories of heartfelt acceptance.
    The author found the process of unraveling truth from long-held secrets and uncovering two unknown biological family histories overwhelming. However, the bigger challenge for him was how to integrate “Who you really are,” is never really a secret.
    Provenance of identity is hard wired.
    14 min
  • Parent or Partner by Sally Livingston
    The pull to overparent is intense in today's world -to raise up children to be superstars and to "have it all." This effort leaves marriage partners disconnected when the kids leave. This book highlights the impact to the marriage and the kids when the focus is on the wrong relationship first. Parent or Partner is a guidebook to prioritizing the partnership which in turn promotes healthy children.
    Parent or Partner addresses the genuine struggle of this balancing act in a culture that says you need to be everything and do everything so your children can have everything.
    Author Sally Livingston uses her years of experience strengthening marriages and educating parents to bring practical solutions to this tension.
    18 min
  • The Monster Bones of St. Frederick Island By Linda Maria Frank and JoAnn Vergona Krapp
    Three children whose inquisitive minds find them on a family vacation smack in the middle of adventures that seem to be just waiting for them. Unknown to our intrepid vacationers, a long-ago group of brave and curious eighth graders on their remote destination island of St. Frederick formed a group of amateur detectives known as the Buccaneers.
    Together with the third generation Buccaneers, these clever kids discover some of the ancient mysteries of the island when they use these new-found friends at St. Frederick's local newspaper and the Native American community. Caves with ancient drawings, time travel and a mysterious skeleton pose the thrills that await them.. They solve the mystery of those monster Bones found on a St. Frederick beach that puzzled the islanders and the scientists for many years.
    16 min
  • The Monsters Among Us by Kent Priore
    Seth’s life until now has been a product of a diabolical, evil Truman Show, his entire upbringing a façade orchestrated for malevolent purposes. After his beloved dies, he undergoes a demonic metamorphosis, which causes the world’s fictitious walls to crumble.
    As he tries to piece a semblance of his life back together and move on, he meets friends who inspire, but even more harsh truths are revealed, perhaps too difficult to cope with.
    The very existence of life and reality is exposed as a machination of grotesque gods. And to defeat them, Seth will have to fill his emptiness, for which there’s only two options…bring the world to ruin, or learn to transmute his pain into strength.
    Fans of "Jerusalem" by Alan Moore, “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath, or “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov will enjoy “The Monsters Among Us.”
    15 min
  • Wall Street Mafia by Ben Skull
    After my 26-year career at major Wall Street firms, I saw organized crime, pump-and-dumps, mafia fixers, and insider corruption up close. This is the unfiltered, true story—names changed—of what happens behind closed doors in high finance.
    Your audience builds on financial crime exposure and gutsy stories. I share the full saga: the corrupt traders, mob payoffs, and systemic chaos I experienced.
    13 min
  • Tantric Japa Yoga by Cathie Frank
    The Aananda Nath lineage is a branch of the Nath tantric lineage, a timeless tradition that is thousands of years old. This text contains real practices from the Aananda Nath lineage, and unfolds a rich display of characters, storylines and cosmology of this ancient lineage.
    In this book, an introduction is given into the system of Tantric Japa Yoga, along with reflections on the path. Tantric Japa Yoga is a system of meditations involving chanting in Sanskrit. These practices can help us recharge and reconnect with the inner realms, and are designed to activate kundalini. In memoir style, Cathie Frank shares generously from her personal experience, while tracing the path of her own spiritual journey into the system of practices taught to her by her guru, Shajesh. She shares, with the permission of her guru,chanting practices formerly kept secret – passed on from guru to disciple. She also gives a thorough treatment of the spiritual dynamics behind the process of tantric chanting.
    15 min

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A professional interview program where new and seasoned authors in all book genres present their work to readers. Some interviews include short readings.