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The Spanish Teacher
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Winner of the Gival Press Novel Award
“…De la Cuesta’s novel maintains an accumulating power which holds onto a reader’s attention not only through the forceful figure of Ordóñez, but by demonstrating acutely how ordinary lives are impacted by the underlying social and political landscape. Compelling reading.”
-Tom Tolnay, publisher,
Birch Brook Press and author of Selling America and This Is the Forest Primeval
“Barbara de la Cuesta’s The Spanish Teacher has everything to thrill you-pace, a great balance of description, gesture and action, charmed, perfectly-tuned dialogue, and most notably, a character we follow as closely and sympathetically as if we were living right there inside the story with him… So many books show us a character who seems to capably hang and move like marionettes from the strings of a fairly competent puppeteer, but rarely do we see a full drama like this, where every bit of the writing extends from, grows out of, is part and parcel with the author’s complete realization of and connection to her character…”
-Don Berger, judge for the Gival Press Novel Award
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The Men of Genesis
Price range: $3.99 through $18.99With so much going on in today’s world, there is no longer greater time than now for preteens and young adults to learn, perhaps for the first time or maybe just to be reminded of, the stories that graced the pages of the book of Genesis. The Men of Genesis brings the young reader into the lives of the men whose faith in the Lord sustained them through various, some unimaginable, hardships. these were men who believed in God, desired to obey His commands, sacrificed much but did so for His glory, not for the satisfaction of or acceptance by their fellow humans. Much can be learned from them.
The Men of Genesis was written for young readers to get acquainted with God’s handiwork in the first six days of earth’s creation. They will read about God’s blessings bestowed on a man named Noah who believed in and obeyed God. And it was that-his faith-that saved him and his family. Following Noah are the stories of Abraham and God’s covenant with him, Abraham’s son Isaac and his wife Rebecca and their struggles with favoritism, the difference that went on between brothers Jacob and Esau, and the beautiful story of Joseph who successfully overcame the betrayal of his brothers nearly two thousand years before the birth of Jesus Christ who would also victoriously overcome the betrayal of His own people.
As the reader turns the pages, he or she will be reminded of God’s immense love for His people-His desire to have a relationship with those who truly seek Him, yesterday and today.
The Men of Genesis is a book that details the strength and perseverance of our ancestors and provides the first glimpse of a truly loving God.
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Tales from a Far Off Place Called Home
Price range: $3.99 through $23.99Hickshaw, Georgia is home to Mave and Shirley, life-long friends that separate after high school graduation. They each travel far from their small town beginnings but remain true to their values while happening upon a revelation on their journey into adulthood. Mave is a promising student about to graduate and accomplish great things, except life circumstances mandate she marries, and for Shirley, life takes her on an adventure after her parents’ failed attempt at marrying her to the town’s most eligible son.
Spanning 20 years beginning in 1965, the women grow into extraordinary women. Mave struggles with the role she has been given as wife and mother all the while longing for the independence and freedom to pursue her dreams. Shirley, on the other hand, travels the world in search of the thing that she discarded so easily years ago.
Tag along as these two women face heartbreak and disappointment forcing them to choose different paths. As their friendship is tested by separation and betrayal, follow these two women as they remain close to one another, even when it seems their friendship might not last the pettiness and intrusion that characterize this fictional small town. Tales from a far off Place Called Home is about a journey of self-discovery that comes at the price of growth.
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The Ladies’ Room: Where 115 Famous Women Dish The Dirt About Men, Sex, Dating, Marriage, Divorce
Price range: $3.99 through $18.99THE LADIES’ ROOM WHERE 115 FAMOUS WOMEN TALK ALL ABOUT MEN, SEX, LOVE.
Are you ready for love? Is love ready for you? Has love given you heartaches? Do you think you’re through with love, or will never love again? How can you find true love? You’ll find answers to those and many more questions of the heart inside The Ladies’ Room.
While powdering their noses and refreshing their lipstick, 115 famous women of the present and past—movie, television, rockstars, authors, psychologists, politicians and others—tell about the men in their life and men in general. Imagine them not all in the powder room together at the same time, but several at a time. Revealing their most intimate feelings to each other about men and women, love, marriage, divorce, relationships, sex and sexual preference, careers and career mothers. Sometimes catty about other women, their wit and wisdom and advice constitute a women’s playbook not only for survival, but happiness.
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The Impact of Organizational Capital Investment on Employee Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry
Price range: $3.99 through $8.95This study involved an exploration of the impact of organizational capital investment on employee innovation in the manufacturing industry. The
overarching question was: Does organizational capital investment impact employee innovation in the manufacturing industry? Organizations tend to
place much emphasis on how skill drives innovation, but not on how capital investment impact employee innovation. The research was guided using a
qualitative phenomenological case study design to probe the impact of capital investment on employee innovation. Participants were selected through a convenience and purposive sampling method using the researcher’s personal professional network as well as the snowball method to seek participants from individuals’ referrals. Data collection involved personal interviews, audio recording, and note taking. The assumption was that employee innovation is not an option but a necessity, because organizations compete on global fronts for resources and market share. Consequently, capital investment in machinery and employee innovation becomes symbiotic in nature, not mutually exclusive. Results showed employee innovation can be impacted and enhanced through the acquisition and application of appropriate technological capital investment. The researcher recommends further research to ascertain whether the amount of organizational capital investment is proportional to the development of employee innovativeness.
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Captain Jack Goes North To Alaska
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Captain Jack is an old geezer who creates the life he hopes to live before he dies. He is generous to a fault, bribes his family, his employees and their proposed marriage partners to go north, convert to Christianity, and join and eventually own his newly acquired business shipping freight among the islands of Alaska. He is a successful author, an accomplished craftsman, a builder and a man whose hard work, courage, generosity and greatly inflated self-image impacts an Indian village, a town, assorted small businesses and three generations of his family. With plenty of time to spare before he kicks it, the bucket is emptied.
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Like The Moon, Mr. Purple
Price range: $3.99 through $39.99God creates the human families and grants them the ability to weave stories of their own existence. The Morada Clan of Bicol, therefore, as any family in the world, cannot claim a monopoly on life’s blessings and crucibles. But let me tell our peculiar stories just the same.
We are neither perfect, nor are our stories grandiose, but it’s our imperfections and their simplicity that make our stories more compelling and relatable. Even before the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, we told ourselves that someone had got to narrate them, or they could lapse and fade into insignificance and oblivion. That’s how and why my role came into being.
At work in Texas, they called me Mr. Purple. from an obscure corner of the Third World came this educator with his bio, love affair, work exploits, bittersweet memoir, and family history replete with actual events and genuine people, rolled into one. With the pandemic as standpoint, here is a look-back at the itsy-bitsy events that form the collective tale of my family and me – and my pursuit of the American Dream.
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I’m Not Chinese: A Tale of Satori, Cooking and Self-Discovery
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99For the past thirty years I’ve operated a Szechuan take out concession at Grateful Dead like musical events, dog shows, Harley bike events, you name it. Sold 16 tons of noodles and thousands of egg rolls doing it, met lots of great people, had lots of self-discovery, learned how to profitably operate a business, and lived the talk as well as the walk. Please, ask me questions. The book is about all of the above and the title is a pejorative reference to things not always being what they are assumed to be. It’s about claiming responsibility for your life, operating a business, finding fulfillment and joy and finding an escape clause for being who I am and whom I wanted to become. A self fulfilling prophesy. This is a how to tale for anyone wishing to take charge of their lives and begin living their dreams. Hopefully it is easy to read, easy to comprehend and perhaps even the inspiration we need to ‘get on with living the dream’.
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You Deserve To Be Loved
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99This book is intended to help those who want to reflect upon their current or future relationships. It contains reflective exercises meant to help you identify the major characteristics and attributes that you want your significant other to possess. Additionally, there us a discussion on compatibility. Likewise, there is a discussion of relationship pitfalls to avoid.
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My Journey To Spiritual Restoration
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Gurmay had a rough start in life. At three months old, she was poisoned by her 12-year old cousin. Burned and unable to swallow, she was in intensive care for several months, then discharged with a grim prognosis. But Gurmay survived, only to be raped at 4 years-old, violated as a teenager, experienced domestic violence, plus a variety of serous medical conditions and the removal of a large and extremely rare tumor. With the help of God, the Author and Finisher of her faith, she was able to embrace the experiences that shaped her and began her spiritual restoration. Now, you experience your own journey to spiritual restoration, and receive the radiance of God’s anointing in, on, and through your life.
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Turning Points: How Deception Steals Freedoms
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Ever wonder what is happening to our country? In Turning Points; Terry W. Bettis, takes you through the history of this country, looking at how through the years our Republic has had its ups and downs. As you read, you will learn about things that have given life to this country, as well as things that have drained the life from it. You will discover things that you thought were a blessing to this country, only to find that in fact, they are destroying our freedoms, and our Constitution, turning our country from one filled with God’s blessing to one of slavery. Discover those things which are causing our Republic to fade completely away. The United States was founded on Christian principals, though far from perfect, it has been blessed by God because we had put Him first. Being attacked on many fronts God is being pushed out the door of America. We are seeing the results. In Turning Points, you will learn how this is happening, plus the effect it is having on our country, churches, families and the future generations, yet to be born. It is a deep desire of Terry’s to awaken the American people to what is happening to our beloved United States. You will learn and be blessed with this book as well as with, Terry’s first book, Guards at the Gate hopefully finding understand about what our country is experiencing and what we are leaving for our children and grandchildren.
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Sahaja Yoga: Heal and Integrate the Subtle Energy System
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99The book Sahaja Yoga: Heal and Integrate Your Subtle Energy System, written by Saraswati Raman, describes at length the process of activating the dormant Kundalini energy lying within the sacrum bone in each one of us and raising it upward through the chakras along the spinal column through the Sushumna Nadi until it reaches the Sahasrar, or the fontanel bone area, where it unites with the cosmic energy. She speaks of the various healing benefits of Sahaja Yoga: stress management and its utility in attaining an emotional balance.
The second part of the book deals with the use of sound, musical notes, and ragas in the activation and energizing of chakras. Music also has been widely used as therapy through its impact on the energy vortices and, thereby, its influence on the various glands and systems within the body.
The third part speaks about incarnations and how the various Avataras incarnated to give an impetus to evolution on earth more particularly toward helping the momentum in the evolution of humanity. The work is the outcome of her own application of Sahaja Yoga and its impact in bringing about an all-around integration of the personality—physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual.
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Beyond Now
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99Beyond Now is a collection of poems penned by a man of unusual character and discipline. As in his previous books, each of the poems in Beyond Now includes something to which we can all relate.
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A Sure Thing
Price range: $3.99 through $18.99This thriller romance with a racetrack backdrop, depicts a journey on the trail of uncertainty for the main character as he seeks to find his destiny in life. Although under different circumstances, have we not all been on that road?
He must survive the powerful struggle of a young love that is seriously challenged by the standards of an impenetrable High Society. The development of a champion racehorse, beclouded with the violent, brazen intrusion of the underworld into the racing world and the lover’s lives, evolves as the intrigue develops. These aspects are all authentically intertwined with the realistic everyday events of Thoroughbred racing, the Sport of Kings, the oldest sport in America.
