Inspired by personal anecdotes and direct experiences with indigenous ceremonial and Western therapeutic modalities following his time at some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies, Andres Schabelman’s Captains Wanted ( Feb. 11, 2025 ) combines elements of magical realism and literary fiction to offer an utterly unique, experiential take on success and self-growth. The reader’s surrealistic journey begins with […]
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Book Teaser: Bits of String Too Small to Save
The audiobook of Ruby Peru’s Bits of String Too Small to Save will be available this December! The long-awaited release of the audio format for the book won the 2022 Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize. Narrated by the author herself, Ruby Peru, and voiced by a wide cast, this full-cast recording brings the novel’s colorful, imaginative characters to life in […]
Book Teaser: Sad Sacked, A Memoir
The last person Liz Alterman expects to hear from during her Thanksgiving prep is her husband, Rich. He never calls from his job at a busy Manhattan newsroom. And he never will again, because he’s just been laid off. Two months later, Liz is downsized, too. At first, Rich is enchanted with his new leisurely […]
Book Teaser: Amber’s Way
Jessica Langston’s storybook romance turns to tragedy when her husband is killed in the Iraq War shortly before the birth of their daughter Amber. Despite Jessica’s grief, she makes a promise that Amber will live a happy life. Her pledge is tested when her high-spirited daughter is diagnosed with cancer when she is four years old. But Amber summons her warrior spirit […]
Book Teaser: UnSuited
A YOUNG WOMAN MUST DECIDE IF SHE CAN LEAD THE REBELLION AGAINST A CLASSIST, UBER-CAPITALIST SOCIETY IN THIS EXCITING SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE AUGLAND SERIES Ashton has escaped. She’s made it outside the walls of the faux-utopian theme park Augland where the wealthy and powerful artificially augment their bodies and lives. But is the rebellion […]
Book Teaser: The Trouble with Drowning
Heather Hach, screenwriter and Broadway book writer turned her considerable writing chops to fiction during Covid when Broadway and Hollywood were both shutdown, and found that novel-length fiction was a great outlet that she enjoyed very much. Her latest, soon-to-be bestseller hits the shelves this month! The Trouble with Drowning by Heather Hach. When Eden […]
Book Teaser: Under The Java Moon
Uncover the harrowing account of a Dutch family separated by WWII in 1941 during the rarely taught Japanese occupation of Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies) in writer Heather B. Moore’s novel Under the Java Moon. This historical fiction novel is based on a true story where Marie Vischer retells her family’s personal journey of […]
Book Teaser: A Very Dinosaur Birthday
Your family will roar with laughter at this funny read-aloud from Adam Wallace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the How to Catch series. What if dinosaurs showed up at your birthday party? From prehistoric presents to games crashing out of control and your snacks going extinct, it’s a dino disaster! Dinosaurs are big, and […]