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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
1 THE INDIGO JOURNALS
Spiritual Healing For Indigo Adults & Other Feminine Souls Yol Swan A spiritual road map for highly sensitive, creative and empathetic souls yearning to discover their feminine power and purpose, to balance an overly masculine world. 978-0986365423 | $24.95 | Paperback 978-0986365430 | $9.99 | eBook Available from New Leaf Distributing Co. Sri Devi Press info@sridevipress.com TheIndigoJournals.com
CAREER
4 MY REAL JOB IS BEING AN ARTIST
How to produce a body of signature art and build the foundations of an art business Aletta de Wal, M.Ed. An indispensable reference book about how to prepare for success as a fine artist. 978-0-9833531-1-9 | $29.95 | Paperback Available from CreateSpace, Ingram, Baker & Taylor Artist Career Training aletta@artistcareertraining.com artistcareertraining.com
CHILDREN’S
2 MIRACLES MASTER THE ART Nancy Lynne Harris Includes 12 Steps to Heal Yourself Without Medicine. By adding certain words to your thinking, you can control your own health, wealth, and peace of mind. 978-0-9815-0464-3 | $14.95 | Paperback 978-0-9815-0463-6 | $14.95 | eBook Available from Baker & Taylor, Amazon GodSpirits United, LLC nancyharris.gsu@gmail.com GodSpiritsUnited.com
BUSINESS
5 OCEAN ADVENTURES WITH JAX Pamela Jackson Jax is a young bottlenose dolphin learning how to navigate his world. Written for pre-K – 3rd grade. Jax teaches kids good life lessons and more. 978-0-9904169-4-4 | $19.95 | Hardcover Available from Ingram, CreateSpace, Amazon EverythingOceans, Inc. EverythingOceans@gmail.com EverythingOceans.com
6 OE WANTS IT TO BE FRIDAY
A True Story of Inclusion and Self-Determination
3 BEYOND HEROES
A Lean Management System for Healthcare Kim Barnas The story of how ThedaCare, a major health system in Wisconsin, implemented leadership standard work, visual management, and daily management as they created their own management system. 978-0-9848848-2-7 | $35.00 | Hardcover Available from Baker & Taylor, Bookazine ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value orders@createvalue.org createvalue.org/beyondheroes
Jo Meserve Mach and Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier OE and her coach, Austin, both have Cerebral Palsy. That doesn’t stop them from having a wonderful time together at Boccia practice. English and Spanish 978-0-9968357-5-6 $8.99 | Paperback Available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Rainbow Book Company Finding My Way Books findingmywaybooks@gmail.com findingmywaybooks.com
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COOKBOOK
7 EAT REAL FOOD OR ELSE Eat Your Way To Health
FICTION
11 OUTRAGEOUS, THE VICTORIA WOODHULL SAGA Volume 1: Rise to Riches
Lien Nguyen, Mike Nichols M.D., Chef Charles Vollmar A nutrition manual, cookbook and beautiful coffee table book, in one! 304 pages. Offers not a fad diet, but tools to make healthy dietary decisions. 978-0986252013 | $40.00 | Hardcover with Dust Jacket Available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Pathway Book Services Golden Lotus Publishing cdavis@ingenuous.net eat-real-food-or-else.com FICTION
Neal Katz Award-winning historical fiction of woman empowerment, overcoming adversity and hope as told through the eyes of Victoria Woodhull, an icon of Victorian American feminism. 978-0-9964860-1-9 | $29.95 | Hardcover 978-0-9964860-0-2 | $18.95 | Paperback Available from Ingram Top Reads Publishing TopReadsPublishing@gmail.com thevictoriawoodhullsaga.com
12 PAULINE’S PERILS OF PERPLEXITY A Parody on The Perils of Pauline
LS Wagen Pauline wasn’t afraid to persevere. My book is a coming-of-age comedic parody set in the eighties on the old classic. 978-0965253048 | $9.99 | Paperback 978-0965253048 | $2.99 | eBook Purchase eBook at bit.ly/1Txqxjq Purchase Paperback at Ingram Wagen-Load Productions lswagen@cox.net | lwagen.blogspot.com
8 CHASE THE SUN
Nine Short Stories of Passion, Betrayal, and Revenge Christine Silk These riveting tales will surprise, entertain, and haunt you. If you enjoy short stories rich in atmosphere and psychological depth, this anthology will delight you. 978-0-9963498-0-2 | $10.97 | Paperback 978-0-9963498-1-9 | $7.49 | eBook Available from Ingram Chartwell Press publisher@chartwellpress.com ChristineSilk.com
9 NO IVORY TOWER
Book Two of The Miss Oliver’s School For Girls Saga
Stephen Davenport A young African-American headmistress puts her job on the line to defend the school from the attack of a right-wing talk show host. But when she fails to confront the collapsed performance of a legendary teacher, she learns it is the quiet problems, at the core, that threaten the most. 978-0-9769255-0-7 | $14.99 | Paperback 978-0-9769255-1-4 | $4.99 | eBook Available from Ingram, CreateSpace H.H. Bonnell, Publisher stevdav@comcast.net | stephen-davenport.com
10 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MARRIAGE: 2ND EDITION Louise Farmer Smith “Smith has given us a wonderfully satisfying work of imagination [and] a perceptive dose of social history. I also admired the surprise ending.” —Gail Godwin 978-0-9964395-5-8 | $18.00 | Paperback Available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor Upper Hand Press staff@upperhandpress.com upperhandpress.com
FICTION: HISTORICAL
13 DOVE M.H. Salter A mind-expanding trip through 1970 with the hippie movement, Vietnam War, and Kent State Shooting at its heart. How far would you go for freedom? 978-0-9925267-2-6 | $12.99 | eBook 978-0-9925267-3-3 | $21.99 | Paperback Available from Ingram, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Daytime Moon Publishing admin@daytimemoon.com.au daytimemoon.com.au FICTION: MYSTERY
14 INSANITY BY MURDER W. Rosser Wilson A riveting yet humorous tale of a surgeon driven mad by guilt and remorse following the death of his patient that leads to a murder. 978-1-4787-5614-9 | $15.95 | Paperback B010NTY96I | $4.99 | eBook Available from Amazon Books & Kindle, Nook, Outskirts Press Inc, Parker Colorado wrosserw@comcast.net outskirtspress.com
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FICTION: ROMANCE
15 FATE BALL
HUMOR
19 HANDY ANDY SAVES THE WORLD Adam W. Jones When Ava’s devil-may-care spirit injects her and Able’s relationship with a tortured side, a youthful love story becomes Able’s determined quest to save his first love from herself. 9780692578308 | $19.99 | Hardcover 9780692475348 | $13.99 | Paperback 9780997211801 | $3.99 | eBook Available from Amazon, Ingram Wisdom House Books clara@wisdomhousebooks.com wisdomhousebooks.com
EJ Altbacker A luckless handyman is asked by aliens to repair their spacecraft for a peace mission. After helping, he learns they mean to destroy the planet. 978-0986311314 | $4.99 | eBook 978-0986311307 | $10.99 | Paperback Available from Amazon Old Bakery Press EJ@EJAltbacker.com EJAltbacker.com LAW
FICTION: SUSPENSE
16 THE SAINTS OF THE LOST AND FOUND
20 PLAN YOUR ESTATE Denis Clifford This comprehensive guide covers everything from wills and living trusts to sophisticated tax-saving strategies and health care directives. 9781413322859 | $44.99 | Paperback Available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon NOLO sodom@nolo.com nolo.com
T.M. Causey In this Southern Gothic suspense, Avery Broussard can see loss—from misplaced keys to missing children. No wonder the FBI wants her back in the fold. 978-1-937054-23-6 | $24.00 | Hardcover 978-1-937054-24-3 | $15.00 | Paperback 978-1-937054-26-7 | $6.99 | eBook Avail. from Baker & Taylor, Follett, Ingram The RoadRunner Press info@theroadrunnerpress.com TheRoadRunnerPress.com
MEMOIR HEALTHCARE
17 MANAGEMENT ON THE MEND
The Healthcare Executive Guide to System Transformation John Toussaint, MD In his third book, physician and former ThedaCare health system CEO, Dr. John Toussaint provides a framework for healthcare leaders that will guide them on their transformation journey. 978-0-9848848-5-8 | $35.00 | Hardcover Available from Baker & Taylor, Bookazine ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value orders@createvalue.org ManagementontheMend.org
21 MISTER B.
Living With a 98-Year-Old Rocket Scientist Lynn Byk Mister B is the Rhode Island son of Polish immigrants. Born in 1916, his scientific aerospace memoirs capture the essence of the Greatest Generation. 978-1-5168-4529-3 | $20.00 | Paperback 978-0-9971625-1-6 | $4.99 | eBook Available from Ingram, OCLC, Skyriver Capture Books lb.CaptureBooks@aol.com CaptureMeBooks.com NONFICTION
HUMOR
18 CROWDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Dr. Bo Brock Laugh or cry with this witty, personable, story-filled journey from a rural country veterinarian. The book is as much about people as it is about animals. 978-1-62634-264-4 | $17.95 | Paperback Available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and Readerlink Greenleaf Book Group selizalde@greenleafbookgroup.com greenleafbookgroup.com
22 BEAUTIFUL SCARS Kilee Brookbank and Lori Highlander After being severely burned in a house explosion at age 16, Kilee Brookbank discovered an inner strength she never knew she had. 978-0-9970815-3-4 | $18.95 | Paperback 978-0-9970815-2-7 | $24.95 | Hardcover 978-0-9970815-1-0 | $9.99 | eBook Available from Ingram, Amazon KiCam Projects contact@kicamprojects.com KiCamProjects.com
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NONFICTION
23 DO YOU CALL THIS A LIFE?
PHOTOGRAPHY
27 EXPLORING WINE REGIONS—ARGENTINA
Gerbert van Loenen Dutch journalist van Loenen chronicles two realities: the public face of euthanasia—and the hidden hands that put it to work. 978-1-897007-28-0 | $20.00 | Paperback Available from Ingram Ross Lattner Educational Consultants jim@rosslattner.ca rosslattner.com
Michael C. Higgins Insiders travel guide to Argentina’s top three wine regions in beautiful coffeetable quality, packed with spectacular photography, entertaining stories and educational journey into exploring Argentina. 978-0-9969660-1-6 | $34.95 | Paperback 978-0-9969660-0-9 | $19.95 | eBook Available from Ingram International Exploration Society hello@ExploringWineRegions.com | ExploringWineRegions.com
24 HEALING THE WOUNDS OF CHILDHOOD
A psychologist’s journey and discoveries from wretched beginnings to a thriving life Don St John, Ph.D. An inspiring story of the author’s victory over a traumatic childhood, and an understanding of how body, mind, stress, health, love and relationships are related. 9780997130102 | $16.95 | Paperback Available from Ingram CreateSpace don@st-jon.com healingthewoundsofchildhood.com
SELF-HELP
28 QUANTITATIVE MEDICINE: A Complete Guide to Getting Well, Staying Well, Avoiding Disease, and Slowing Aging
Mike Nichols M.D., Charles Davis Ph.D. A self-help book with a twist, readers determine their own optimum health strategies. Prevent and reverse all chronic disease! 978-0-9862520-0-6 | $20.00 | Paperback 978-0-9862520-2-0 | $9.99 | eBook Available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Pathway Book Service Golden Lotus Publishing cdavis@ingenuous.net QuantitativeMedicine.net
25 ON THIS ROCK
What People Really Believed About Jesus Christ in the Early Church…and Why it Matters Rev. Aaron Simms Examines the background and evidence for the truth of the Biblical account of Jesus Christ. 978-0692213957 | $14.99 | Paperback Available from Createspace, Amazon St. Polycarp Publishing House info@stpolycarppublishinghouse.com stpolycarppublishinghouse.com
SOCIAL SCIENCE
29 THE BOOK OF MEME LAW
How Human Social Organisms Create Gods, Build Cities, Form Nations; Unleash Devils, Make War and Kill Us Dead! Britt Minshall, D.Min We are all bound to Social Organisms— MEMES. Memes operate under universal rules now discovered. [Social Science/Organizational Dynamics] 9780964277373 | $14.95 | Paperback Available from Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Atlas Renaissance Institute Press ripress@juno.com | memelaw.com
26 SCAPEGOAT
A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption Emilio Corsetti III True story of an airline crew wrongly blamed for causing a near-fatal accident and the captain’s decades-long battle to clear his name. 978-0-9972421-0-2 | $27.95 | Hardcover 978-0-9972421-1-9 | $18.00 | Paperback 978-0-9972421-2-6 | $11.99 | eBook Avail. from Independent Publishers Group Odyssey Publishing, LLC EmilioCorsetti.com For ARC copies: contact Anja@pitchingpress.com Available on Netgalley.com
YOUNG ADULT
30 AVELINE Lizzy Ford In post-apocalyptic Los Vegas, assassin-intraining, Aveline, is forced to protect a wealthy politician’s daughter and the dark secret the powerful family will kill to keep. 978-1-62378-259-7 | $14.99 | Paperback Available from Ingram Captured Press Sarah@CapturedPress.com CapturedPress.com
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YOUNG ADULT
31 SCENES FOR TEENS
50 Original Comedy and Drama Scenes for Teenage Actors Mike Kimmel (Foreword by Kevin Sorbo) A teaching tool to simplify and demystify acting and auditioning. Develops conversational, realistic dialogue skills for TV, film, stage. Ideal for teens, parents, teachers. 9781497557031 | $14.99 | Paperback Available from Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon CreateSpace mikekimmelauthor@gmail.com amazon.com/author/mikekimmel mikekimmel.com
YOUNG ADULT
33 THE AGE OF AMY
Mad Dogs and Makeovers Bruce Edwards A late-night caller implicates 16-year-old Amy in a terrorist plot. But when he mysteriously vanishes, Amy becomes the prime suspect. “We’re all guilty of something!” 9780983760498 | $9.95 | Paperback 9780692541159 | $2.99 | eBook Available from AgeOfAmy.com, MidpointTrade.com Lambert Hill | Books@LambertHill.com LambertHill.com
34 THE LAST OF THE FIREDRAKES
32 SCHISM
The Avalonia Chronicles
Britt Holewinski 2017: A global viral holocaust kills billions; only children are immune. In the aftermath, a tenacious group of teens struggles to survive amidst the chaos. 9780988300750 | $12.99 | Paperback Available from Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble Delirious Pixie thefracturedroad@gmail.com brittholewinski.com
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