by Robert Storms Retired educator Robert Storms provides a heartfelt and often humorous collection of “snapshots” from a forty-year career in public school music education. Primarily set in Ferndale, Washington, beginning in 1962, the book chronicles Storms’ experiences teaching band and choir at Alexander Junior High, Custer School, and Vista Middle School. Patterned after …
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by Frank Castelli In Castelli’s cinematic corporate thriller, an idealistic operations director battles a cold, algorithmic management culture to protect his team and honor a deep-seated legacy of personal accountability. Francis Castle, a gritty native of the Bronx built on direct eye contact and unbreakable handshakes, steps into the Mid-Atlantic operations hub of Apex …
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by Peter Abrahams In The Anfield Man, Peter Abrahams constructs a singular narrative that merges the high-stakes world of international football scouting with a deep, didactic exploration of spiritual and systemic reform. The story follows Alfonso, a Spaniard whose promising career at Real Madrid was derailed by a series of injuries, and Frank, a …
by Rev. Suzanne Dewees, PhD https://youtu.be/MIvpBgYHDS0 InBelieve in a Merciful Universe, the author offers a quiet yet purposeful meditation on spiritual orientation—an exploration of how individuals locate meaning, stability, and direction. Rather than presenting itself as a prescriptive guide, the book functions as a reflective compass, encouraging readers to pause, reassess, and identify the principles …
by Nancy Mangano https://youtube.com/shorts/j1E52o3Nubg?feature=share A fast-paced crime thriller introduces a sharp, conflicted private investigator whose hunger for real danger pulls her into a web of deception, obsession, and lethal intent. Nancy Mangano’s Deadly Decisions opens with immediate tension and never fully releases its grip, presenting readers with a gritty, character-driven mystery set against the morally …
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by Nancy Mangano https://youtube.com/shorts/sEnNIytWL7Q?feature=share In A Passion for Prying, Nancy Mangano delivers a fast-paced, pulp-inflected crime novel that blends private-investigator intrigue, dark humor, and heightened melodrama into a distinctly stylized portrait of deception, obsession, and moral ambiguity. Set primarily in Los Angeles, the novel follows Natalie North, a young private investigator who earns her living …
by Ryan Gavini A quiet, reflective parable about work, worth, and the slow rediscovery of meaning through craft and attention… The Carver’s Secret follows Kael, a burned-out call center employee whose life has been reduced to numbers: debt, schedules, and the suffocating repetition of night work performed under a borrowed American accent. When the …
by Mike M. Luster A morally charged thriller that blends erotic transgression, criminal peril, and spiritual reckoning into a high-velocity narrative of consequence and survival… Dangerous Hands opens with a seemingly contained act of betrayal—an impulsive sexual encounter during a routine couple’s massage—that quickly detonates into a far-reaching web of danger, deception, and self-examination. …
by Ryan Gavini A contemplative spiritual novel that blends metaphysical inquiry with quiet suspense, inviting readers into an inward journey as much as an outward one… In The Word, Ryan Gavini delivers a spiritually driven novel that follows Leo Serrano, a successful but inwardly exhausted real estate executive whose carefully constructed life begins to …
by Rye Lee A clear-eyed reintroduction of abundance thinking for the modern age… The Abundance Shift positions itself as a contemporary bridge between early 20th-century prosperity philosophy and the realities of today’s digital, creator-driven economy. Drawing inspiration from Wallace D. Wattles’ The Science of Getting Rich, author Rye Lee reframes classic abundance principles in …
