THE COLLECTIVE

BOOKS FROM INDIE PRESSES

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Fiction—fantasy The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great— Illustrated Edition

A Fable

Don Gutteridge,

A.T. Balsara (illustrator) 436 pages, $22.95, 9781234567897 “Champions hope, friendship, and overcoming differences.” —Foreword Clarion Reviews

WET INK BOOKS barnesandnoble.com

Nonfiction—self-help Why We Make Bad Choices

The God’s Labyrinth of Good and Evil Encountering the Self Maria Liviero

242 pages, $12.97, 9781399924450

“An innovative parable … drawing on psychology and the Bible.” —Foreword Clarion Reviews

AMAZON KDP maria-liviero.com

Fiction—historical Darcy

A Pride and Prejudice Variation Alice Mcveigh

280 pages, $4.99, 9781916882362 “Mcveigh’s prose and plotting are pitch perfect—she echoes the master herself.” —Publishers Weekly WARLEIGH HALL PRESS alicemcveigh.com

Children’s—juvenile Fiction The Big Aquarium Adventure

Learn About Frogs, Fish, Turtles, Sharks, and Skates! Nancy Roop, Marianna Boune (illustrator)

96 pages, $22.99, 9781957828015

Alex interviews Stephen; Jordan researches animals. They write a story: Stephen Visits the Aquarium! DEVELOPMENTAL TEXTS developmentaltexts.com

Fiction—thriller Sea of Red

James Bultema

424 pages, $16.99, 9798988075110 “High stakes and well plotted … a gripping military thriller.” —Foreword Clarion Reviews

P.D. PUBLISHING jamesbultema.com

Nonfiction—religion Toward a Holy Ecology

Reading the Song of Songs in the Age of Climate Crisis Ellen Bernstein and Bill Mckibben (contributor) 160 pages, $17.95, 9781958972199

“A well-researched and engaging exploration of a classic text through an ecological lens.”—kirkus See review on page 33 in this issue.

MONKFISH BOOK PUBLISHING monkfishpublishing.com

Fiction - Historical Alice B. Toklas is Missing

Robert Archambeau

264 pages, $18.95 978-1-64603-385-0

A witty love letter to Jazz-age Paris, Alice B. Toklas Is Missing is a scintillating mystery. REGAL HOUSE PUBLISHING regalhousepublishing.com

Nonfiction— Autobiography & Memoir A Wretch Like Me

A Modern-day Mary Magdalene Saved by Grace Nancy Major

174 pages, $21.95, 9798987793107

A Wretch Like Me is a bold, provocative, and raw memoir that will leave you breathless and inspired.

FEW INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS nancymajor.net

Nonfiction— Autobiography & Memoir Survival Food

North Woods Stories from a Menominee Cook Thomas Pecore Weso 312 pages, $24.95, 9781976600210

An engaging Native food memoir that mixes modern and Indigenous foodways with a great storyteller. WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS wisconsinhistory.org/ whspress