Recent Releases
Title: Tommy’s Diamond Dreams
Synopsis: LOVE BASEBALL? LOVE COLLECTING AND TRADING BASEBALL CARDS? You’re not alone! Popular TV sports anchor and author Tony Ventrella, like millions of other fans of America’s national sport, started collecting as a kid. Now, in this delightful children’s book, his little Tommy not only finds his hobby fun but, through the wisdom of his Gramps, learns an inspirational lesson to live by.
Title: Secrets of the Under-Under World: Water
Synopsis: First in the Under-Under World series, Water follows Sam as she falls into a subterranean world where all the rules are different. She meets The Great Hildiinski — the last survivor of a lost civilization — who tells her she must learn three life-changing lessons before she can return home. Things get worse when Sam learns of a sinister plan to steal the world’s water. Now, it’s up to her and her friends to save two worlds: Under-Under and the world above.
Review: Written primarily for a middle school audience, the series is appealing to kids, parents, grandparents – and everyone who loves a good story.
“A winsome tween protagonist steers this fun, quiet fantasy.” – Kirkus Reviews
Genre: YA/Young Adult
Title: Echoes Of The Panther: A Compelling Saga Blending American History And The Supernatural
Synopsis: Set in the 1800’s-1900’s in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas, this fictionalized story is based on family lore—stories of the mountain people, some descendants of the Cherokee who survived the Trail of Tears; others, mainly Scots-Irish, who inherited their beliefs from their own ancestors. Stories reflecting the rituals for the burial of their dead; the magical power of the many standing stones left behind by the glaciers as they departed eons ago; the mystical properties of the mountains and birds and animals. Following 10-year-old twins, Larkin and Willy, who find themselves embroiled in an end time of slavery and thrust into a Civil War—of which they know nothing but never question for which side they will fight—they take part in the great battles of the South and find themselves in a time of unrest and attacks by roving bands of cut-throat outlaws, the Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers. The story continues on through the Great War of 1917-18 and the impact of the Great Depression. Unforgettable characters—the twins’ Quaker grandpa; America, a minister’s daughter trained to be a spy for the South; Lazarus, head of a black family who become lifelong friends; Samuel and Martha, a life-saving, eccentric, middle-aged Arkansas couple. Through it all, stories of that elusive Panther, who by night roams the hills and hollows. Who appears to those few beings perhaps troubled beyond their comprehension, but whose hearts and souls are open to hear and receive his great knowledge and wisdom. The Panther, whose voice resonates through the hills and echoes through the ages.
Title: The Tooth Ferry
Synopsis: A warm and imaginable tale bringing back a little mystery from childhood, while sharing a universal lesson of love.
Genre: Children’s
Genre: Fiction
Title: Temporal Intelligence (TQ): for Leadership and Organizational Development
Authors: Flynn Bucy Ph.D., Rich Doherty
Synopsis:
TEMPORAL INTELLIGENCE (TQ) – EXPLORING A NEW CONCEPT IN ORGANIZING OUR THOUGHTS AND PROCESSES Washington, D.C. and Seattle, WA: TEMPORAL INTELLIGENCE (TQ) for Leadership and Organizational Development, by business consultants Dr. Flynn Bucy and Dr. Rich Doherty, goes beyond the popular EQ (Emotional Intelligence) and measurable IQ (Intelligence Quotient) to demonstrate the importance of recognizing and analyzing our use of time in our daily lives. This initial volume focuses on corporate structure, recognizing the decades of research by the renowned Canadian psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques, who studied and documented how time is a critical element to high-performance leaders and organizations. Both Dr. Bucy and Dr. Doherty have successfully guided corporate leaders for decades and case studies here give clear examples of how analysis of time frames – covering, in depth, intention, expectations, capacity, complexity — has brought new understanding and ultimate success in completion of projects. Discovering, refining, and leveraging one’s temporal intelligence is an essential asset that applies in a wide variety of situations. This book is a treasure trove of unique, practical, and valuable concepts about time and our multiple, but perhaps not considered, temporal skills that can be assessed, coordinated and improved. Self-awareness of one’s own time frames, awareness of others’ time frames, and the ability to sync with the time frames of others, are explained with great clarity and useful direction. TQ concepts are used to acknowledge and face common challenges in time frames, then offering leaders a roadmap for personal and professional development.