Tag: Books and Publishing

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 9, 2013: Starting at the age of 16, Aloha Wanderwell Baker became the first woman to travel around the globe in an automobile, a Model-T Ford. 'Aloha Wanderwell: Call to Adventure' (ISBN: 9781484118801) is a new book published by the Nile Baker Estate and Boyd Production Group that journals those adventures.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS May 8, 2013: Greenleaf Press today announced the upcoming release of 'The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business' by Loren Weisman. 'The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business' (ISBN: 978-1608325788, 7x9 Paperback) will be available nationwide on August 13, 2013 and will be published simultaneously in an eBook edition (ISBN: 978-1608325795) and an audio book edition.

ADDISON, Ill. /eNewsChannels/ -- Published at age 16, poet Aaron Ozee has written and self-published four poetry books through the self-publishing company, Lulu. 'Celestial Inferno: Poems of Another Realm,' initially released in hardcover, now will be available as an eBook and Kindle Edition through major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo Books, and more.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS Apr 2, 2013: According to retirement crisis expert. and author of 'Don't Go Broke Paying the Nursing Home' (ISBN: 978-0988902619), Karl Kim, CFP, CLTC; each year thousands of people are thrust into a 'care crisis' when a family member or loved one needs long-term care.

ASPEN, Colo. /eNewsChannels/ -- Cameron/Baxter Books announces the worldwide launch of the paradigm-shifting book 'THE TRUST FREQUENCY: 10 Assumptions for a New Paradigm' (ISBN: 978-098874713) at Explore Booksellers in Aspen, March 29 at 5:30 p.m. Sally A. Ranney, visionary environmental leader and author of the foreword to the book, will speak on the need for fundamental, whole-systems change to enable global-level collaboration for solving climate change.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online resource established in 2004 for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list. This is a round-up of 10 new and recent books from Q4/2012 and Q1/2013 which may have been missed due to not originating from major New York book publishing houses, or 'big name' writers.

CALIFON, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- Author DJV Murphy believes he may have uncovered a long lost mystery about a sizable estate left to the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. In doing research for the biography 'Who Was E. B. Gallaher?' (ISBN: 978-1480043770), Murphy discovered that a bequest left by the Connecticut millionaire to the Institute for the development of a research center was never carried out.

LANCASTER, Pa. /eNewsChannels/ -- It's a story that could only be written by one person. A compelling autobiography that not only pushes the boundaries of sanity, it takes readers on a frightening voyage to meet it face-to-face. 'Murder and Misunderstanding; One Man's Escape from Insanity' (ISBN: 9781479256969) is the story of Shuvender Sem, who in 2004 became known as 'The Maharishi Murderer.'

TAMPA, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ -- The magisterial 'collaboration' over half a lifetime between historian Dumas Malone and his subject, Thomas Jefferson, is the basis for William G. Hyland Jr.'s compelling book, 'Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson' (ISBN: 9781612341972). Malone, the courtly and genteel historian from Mississippi, spent 38 years researching and writing the definitive biography of the man who 'invented the United States of America.'

CALIFON, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ -- With the real estate market in flux and money for property investment tight as a drum, this might not be the best time to publish a book on property investment or on how to be a landlord. Author DJV Murphy considered the current market conditions as the backdrop to his latest book 'So You Want To Be A Landlord: Tales From The Crypt' (ISBN: 9781461087014).

WILMINGTON, Del. /eNewsChannels/ -- On December 16, 2008, The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware's largest local newspaper, ran a cover story with headline: Urban fiction author pleads guilty to drug trafficking: 10 counts could get the Wilmington man life in prison. This story was about Mustafaa As-Salafi, the author of 'Family Tiez' (ISBN: 978-0976224310 paperback; Level V Publishing), an underground, nationwide, bestselling novel that chronicles the story of a large-scale, illegal drug distribution enterprise in the Tri-State area.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. /eNewsChannels/ -- A new picture book, 'Healthy Hannah's Fitness Fables: A Promise to Yourself' (ISBN: 978-0985277307) published by KidsProsper Publishing, pairs father-daughter authors Jay and Hannah England in the fight against childhood obesity.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Author Arnold Rudnick and publisher Paraphrase, LLC, have donated 100 copies of new children's book 'Little Green' (ISBN: 978-0981587974) to the My Stuff Bags Foundation and have pledged all net profits from book sales for the month of December 2012.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Jennifer French, a quadriplegic and competitive sailing athlete who recently medaled at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London, will release her new book, 'On My Feet Again: My Journey Out of the Wheelchair Using Neurotechnology' (ISBN: 9780988234208; Neurotech Press), Oct. 23, 2012 at the Neurotech Leaders Forum in San Francisco.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- DKeeley Press announces publication of the first book in the new Paranormal Mystery series, 'Having a Whaley of a Time' (ISBN: 978-0578104836) by author and publisher Donna Keeley. By using the history and "documented ghosts" from the Whaley House in San Diego, Calif., the book weaves an enjoyable, fictional mystery with real facts.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- Diogenes Research, an independent history research group, today announced the publication of two new books on the previously rarely examined history of the Age of Discovery, providing resolutions to several contentious issues.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- If you've got passion, a plan and persistence, you don't need an agent to become a published author. Indie authors own a significant chunk of the book market, and newcomers can join their ranks with help from indie author mentor Dara Beevas, whose new book, 'The Indie Author Revolution: An Insider's Guide to Self-Publishing' (ISBN 978-1592985043), hits shelves this month.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- For the first half of 2012, Publishers Newswire (PNW), an online resource established in 2004 for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has today announced its latest semi-annual 'Books to Bookmark' list. This is a round-up of 13 new and recent books which may have been missed due to not originating from major New York book publishing houses, or 'big name' authors.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- The iconic Barker Hangar was the site, Saturday Sept. 15, 2012 for an evening of Music and Fashion. Audrey Magazine presented 'Audrey's Night Out 2012' sponsored by 360 Jets, at the historic Barker Hangar, located inside the Santa Monica airport.

STILLWATER, Minn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Stillwater-based parenting consultant Jenny Hanlon is releasing her first book, 'Your Family Compass: A Parenting Guide for the Journey' (ISBN: 978-1592984893), a terrific resource for people raising children from birth through the early teens. Parenting is hard work and it is easy for families to get off track.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. /eNewsChannels/ -- Phylius Press announces the publication of the Professional Edition of its best-selling book 'How to Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets' (ISBN: 978-0979080173), by attorney K. Gabriel Heiser. The new book, entitled 'Medicaid Planning: From A to Z' teaches attorneys, CPAs, financial planners, insurance agents, and other financial advisors all the rules and planning techniques necessary to advise clients how to qualify for Medicaid and get their nursing home expenses paid without going broke.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. /eNewsChannels/ -- Solving Light Books today announced that it has published 30 specific examples of scientific incompetence on the part of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The thirty examples appear as an appendix to the book, 'Outing the Moronocracy: Ending the Rule of the Blind, the Stupid, and the Disgraceful in American Society' (ISBN: 978-0970543882) by Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Terrifying as the headlines, Allen Shadow's thriller, 'Hell City' (ISBN: 978-0-9859688-0-9), tumbles New York City toward devastation yet again as it tracks the newest breed of jihadists bent on pulling off the 'big one.' The novel will be released on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 by Blue City Media.

TORONTO, Ontario /eNewsChannels/ -- Graphology, long derided as a parlor game in North America, is widely used clinically in Israel and Europe, according to Annette Poizner, Ed.D., a Registered Social Worker practicing in Toronto. Poizner, a certified graphologist, published doctoral research which explored graphology use within psychotherapy. That study, performed at the University of Toronto, is summarized in her just published textbook, 'Clinical Graphology: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners' (ISBN: 978-0398087265; Charles C Thomas Publisher).

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. /eNewsChannels/ -- In the summer of 2004 Margaret Meader and her family headed to the hospital excited for the cesarean birth of her second child. They, and their medical team, were shocked when Evan arrived with severe deformities that were later diagnosed as Apert Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder.