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NONFICTION • SELF-HELP
How to Change a Law
The intelligent consumer’s 7-step guide. Improve your community, influence your country, impact the world.
John Thibault and Sean Patrick Hopkins (narrator) 138 pages, $9.95, 9780692676707 A DIY manual for frustrated voters and small businesses who want to affect policy and change laws. ILOBBY • 650.490.0987 • ilobby.co
NONFICTION • AUTOBIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
Fourteen A Daughter’s Memoir of Adventure, Sailing and Survival Leslie Johansen Nack 349 pages, $16.95, 9781631529412 Intense and inspiring, Fourteen is a true coming-of-age adventure story set in the 1970s. SHE WRITES PRESS lesliejohansennack.com
NONFICTION • CAREER
The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Professional Edition Learn to Network. Get a Job. Nathan A. Perez and Marcia Ballinger, PHD 182 pages, $16.99, 9780985910648 Anyone can learn this easy 5-step approach to land employment through friends, family and strangers. CAREER INNOVATIONS PRESS 612.859.0611 • 20mnm.com
FICTION • HISTORICAL
Before the Court of Heaven Jack Mayer 530 pages, $19.95, 9780984111343 Revolution, assassination, forgiveness, love and redemption in Germany between the wars. LONG TRAIL PRESS jackmayer.net
FICTION • SCIENCE FICTION
Rediscovering Charlie J.P. Maximus 330 pages, $14.49, 9780995186705 Dr. Mackinnon tempts destiny using gene therapy. Challenge destiny and the challenge is the destiny. CREATESPACE 416.676.9099 rediscoveringcharlie.com
NONFICTION • TRUE CRIME
Crimesong True Crime Stories From Southern Murder Ballads Richard H. Underwood 328 pages, $35.00, 9781945049033 A compelling recounting of gripping historical events behind twenty-four American murder ballads. SHADELAND HOUSE MODERN PRESS smpbooks.com
FICTION • HISTORICAL
Gateway to Everywhere Ernest Frankel 682 pages, $19.95, 9780692755266 A Marine and his new wife flee China across pirate-infested seas to make a new life in California. HITHER LANE PRESS smile.amazon.com/dp/b01gr9huxc
FICTION • FANTASY
The Buried Symbol The Runes of Issalia, Book 1 Jeffrey L. Kohanek 356 pages, $19.95, 9781612966922 Discover a lost magic, long buried and forgotten... BLACK ROSE WRITING 210.767.3256 blackrosewriting.com
FICTION • LITERARY
Wild Raspberries Connie Chappell 318 pages, $17.95, 9781612965123 Callie Maccallum sews her first quilt after the death of her lover, Jack Sebring. BLACK ROSE WRITING 210.767.3256 blackrosewriting.com
FICTION • FANTASY
War of the Staffs Steve Stephenson and K.m.tedrick 366 pages, $19.95, 9781612967172 The search for two pieces of the ancient Staff of Adaman to counter Adois’ plans. BLACK ROSE WRITING 210.767.3256 blackrosewriting.com
FICTION • HISTORICAL
The Lady with an Ostrich-feather Fan The Story of theyusupov Rembrandts Frederick R. Andresen 308 pages, $14.95, 9780996502009 The power of love protects the famous Yusupov Rembrandts from revolutions, thieves, and American law. INGRAMSPARK 855.99SPARK • fandresen.com
CHILDREN’S • YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Clayton’s River Adventure Continues Cincinnati to Frankfort Linda M. Penn and Frank J. Feger 91 pages, $9.99, 9780985248840 Join Clayton, friend,austin, Grampy, and Mom on a houseboat cruise on the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. RACING TO JOY PRESS 502.262.7870 • lindampenn@gmail.com
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
BEARS Ted Rechlin 96 pages, $19.95, 9781591521860 Grizzly, Polar & Black Bear. Learn how these bears live in the modern world in 3 exciting stories! REXTOOTH STUDIOS 406.599.1747 rextooth.com
NONFICTION • REFERENCE
Blitzyour Book to a Best Seller 21st Century Joyce Spizer Foy andvirginia Clark 170 pages, $7.95, 9781537740256 Boost your book sales to a best seller using our tried-and-true marketing strategies. A VEGAS PUBLISHER vegaspublisher.com
FICTION • FANTASY
The Blue Unicorn’s Journey To Osm Coloring Book Sybrina Durant 104 pages, $9.85, 9781942740100 Learn, as you color, of the tribe of metal horn unicorns and their adventures in the companion book. SYBRINA PUBLISHING 281.332.6461 sybrina.com
FICTION • HISTORICAL
Toru Wayfarer Returns Stephanie R. Sorensen 274 pages, $16.95, 9780996932318 Revolutionary samurai take on Commodore Perry in this alternate history set in 1850s Japan. PALANTIR PRESS 310.210.2130 palantirpress.com
CHILDREN’S • JUVENILE FICTION
Summer of Courage Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow’s Nest Karen Pavlicin 160 pages, $12.95, 9781934617243 Multiple awards.“upbeat, wise, hopeful… sure to touch hearts.”—school Library
Journal.ages 8+ ALMA LITTLE/ ELVA RESA PUBLISHING 651.357.8770 elvaresa.com, militaryfamilybooks.com
FICTION • THRILLER
House of Eire A Hillary Broome Novel June Gillam 260 pages, $10.00, 9780985883867 Hillary’s travels in Ireland are haunted by a greedy developer trying to hide his shameful secret. GORILLA GIRL INK 916.599.9047 junegillam.com
FICTION • THRILLER Behind The Mask Dana Ridenour 334 pages, $14.99, 9781634899031 An idealistic FBI agent goes deep undercover to infiltrate a dangerous domestic terrorist cell. WISE INK CREATIVE PUBLISHING 800.901.3480 danaridenour.net
FICTION • WOMEN’S FICTION
HASHES & BASHES Novels in the ‘Jackie and Steve’ series PJ Colando 328 pages, $16.00, 9780692758977 A charismatic stranger visits a family farm, claiming to be kin, and hashes and bashes begin. PATTIS PRESS 949.212.0104 pjcolando.com