The #PACE Process for Early Career Success

This book was launched with a major author event on April 8, 2022, followed up by popular book signings, including at the June 2022 American Library Association conference in Washington, DC.

The career landscape is rockier than ever, and navigating it takes more than just résumé if you want to find your perfect job.  Mark Zides' The #PACE Process for Early Career Success is designed to help you unlock the mindset, traits, and techniques needed to Plan, Apply for, Commit to, and Explore your ideal career path. Whether you plan to enter the corporate world, join a startup, or start your own business, you will learn how to build a network, master interviewing skills, leverage your personal brand, and even how and when to move on to your next opportunity.  

Leveraging 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, businessman, and CEO, Mark teaches young adults the skills they need to get their feet in the door, climb the ladder, and not stop achieving until they find success. Using real life examples, research, and a little tough love, The #PACE Process will equip you to not just survive the modern workforce, but to conquer it. 

The publication date was May 6, the 80th anniversary of the surrender of the Philippines.

Dr. Thomas McKenna's Moro Warrior tells the remarkable true story of the Philippine Muslim (Moro) resistance fighters of World War II—the most successful and least-known guerrillas of the Pacific Theater. It is the story of Mohammad Adil, a sword-wielding warrior chieftain commissioned as a junior officer in Douglas MacArthur’s guerrilla army while still a teenager. 

Confident in his secret protective powers learned from a Sufi master, Adil roamed the highland rainforests with a price on his head, attacking Japanese outposts, surviving ambushes, and gaining a reputation as a man who could not be killed.  

It is also the story of the colonial official Edward Kuder, foster father to Mohammad Adil and a rare American friend to the Moros, who sheltered him during the Japanese occupation.  Kuder was the sole chronicler of the early Moro resistance—an armed opposition so vigorous that the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army found themselves outfought time and again by Moro irregulars.   When the soldiers of the Empire of Japan invaded their homeland, the Moros, sometimes with swords as their only weapons, bravely fought on alone after the rapid American surrender of the Philippines. At the urging of Edward Kuder, they later joined the American-led guerrilla movement that emerged in 1943 and served with distinction, but their exceptional contribution to the defeat of the Japanese occupiers and the liberation of the Philippines has never been properly acknowledged. Here, based on the vivid recollections of Mohammad Adil and the wartime writings of Edward Kuder, the extraordinary achievements and sacrifices of the Moro freedom fighters of Mindanao finally receive their full due.   

The publication date is July 20, 2022.

In her article for Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan provided a beautiful introduction to the importance of Janet Levin's book:

READING MATTERS: HOW LITERATURE INFLUENCES LIFE draws important connections between reading choices and decision-making processes, using a range of literary examples, from Herman Hesse's spiritual journey in Siddhartha to the passage of time and its impact on memory in Virginia Woolfe's To the Lighthouse. 

More so than most literary analyses, Reading Matters explores a sense of self, place, and society that are represented in these major works. It considers the impact of these works around the world and links them in chapters which move between analyses to cross-compare the literature and its impacts on other countries and individual lives.

Endorsements for the book give complementary insights into its value:

 Janet Levine's thoughtful and creative approach to the act of reading is greatly important.  She has selected a distinguished and diverse set of readings to underscore what we often take for granted--that reading matters.  We readers bring to the works a unique set of experiences and beliefs.  The texts then help us to grow and evolve.  For a reader who fought censorship most of her life, this book showed me how the freedom to read is an essential link to personal growth and our ability to take action and make a better world. 

 -- Barbara M. Jones, Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom at American Library Association, International Library Consultant 

The stunning endorsements for Janet Levine's Reading Matters say it all. It is a book by a renowned author that belong in every library and on every shelf of people who know and value the importance of great literature.

An inspiring demonstration of how great literature can change our minds, and our lives.  

--Tom Harper, author of The Orpheus Descent 

This book will launch as part of our celebration of International Women's day 2023.

This meticulously referenced book presents eight lessons (or “pearls”) learned by a successful woman in medicine--Dr. Elizabeth Kagan Arleo. Benefits to the reader include improved work-life integration; more easeful relationships at work with colleagues and at home with family; better time management in both spheres; and core tenets for thriving as a professional working mother. 

 The chapters cover eight key lessons the author learned in her ongoing journey as a professional working mother, including:

1. Eat your frog
2. 168 hours: you actually have  more time that you think
3. If you fail to plan, you are  planning to fail
4. Remember the pre-meeting  meeting
5. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good
6. Stop apologizing  unnecessarily
7. It doesn’t hurt to ask  politely
8. Have a growth mindset

In FIRST, EAT YOUR FROG, Elizabeth Arleo gives ample credit to the authors and mentors who inspired the lessons and provides explicit guidance--and highly entertaining stories--to help readers move toward work-life balance.

  **

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”

Mark Twain quote posted in the author's office

Publication date is December 16, 2022.

Kevin Ball enjoyed a highly successful career as a Hollywood stuntman--and then discovered that the action he really craved was where human beings struggled to survive. HEART OF A STUNTMAN brings his adventures as a humanitarian with NGOs to life.

Here is a taste of what he found in the field:

  Cambodia

Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined locations on the planet. Clean water wells, medical facilities, and schools are often accessible only by a small foot path leading directly through a live landmine field. Deviation from these paths can lead to maiming or death.  

Kosovo

A snowy runway in Kosovo, still pockmarked by war, accepted us onto its frozen tarmac. Littering the country, unexploded cluster bombs still threatened the citizens daily. The HALO Trust was in a desperate battle with the elements and with international governing voices to clear this deadly refuge of war . 

Guatemala

The hidden village of K’ekchi’ Indians, deep in the jungles of Guatemala was desperate for dental care. International Health Emissaries invited us to help reach these people, spotlighting a frightening reality: When you can’t eat due to decaying teeth, you suffer a slow death of malnutrition. The dentists of IHE saved them.

India

Facial deformities and cleft palates afflict millions annually across the globe, but in rural areas of India, these abnormalities can be deemed a curse by the gods, bringing shame to a family and leaving children locked away for life. Operation Smile chose Guwahati, India, a place seldom visited international medical teams, to be a hub for free facial surgeries.

Publication date is December 15, 2022.

JUST KEEP SWIMMING: A CRASH, A QUEST, AND WAVES OF HOPE tells the true story of a mom's crisis, a daughter's paralysis, and incredible travels that carry them from a small town in Ohio to Harvard, Capitol Hill, and around the world.

After a car accident, a heartsick mom battles depression and guilt while a shy but determined teenager fights the harsh physical challenges of quadriplegia. Fourteen-year-old Beth believes everything will be okay. Cindy feels sure that nothing will ever be okay again. 

Together they embark on an extraordinary journey of change and reinvention to create a new normal. Cindy and Beth find joy in unlikely adventures—riding the wave to the end of an era that leaves them transformed. As Beth knew the night of the accident, everything really is okay.

Hope is an incredibly powerful thing. And if you never give up? Hope wins.  

  “JUST KEEP SWIMMING is a breathtaking story of grit and the power of possibility. This book is a must read on how we can all better serve as champions to help people realize their full potential. Just Keep Swimming inspired me to write my first book and it changed my life: as a mother, author, and sports executive.”

Kara Buckley, Co-Author, Pure Grit: Stories of Remarkable People Living with Physical Disability and Senior Advisor, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee

“We can live without many things but living without hope is damn near impossible. Cindy and Beth’s story reminds us that no matter the circumstances or diagnosis, with hope and love, joy is possible, and life is worth living. I am simultaneously challenged and inspired by their shared journey.”

Terry McGuire, Founder of Giving Voice to Depression 

Publication date was October 12, 2022.

Volume I of ECONOMICS AND ALL THAT explains fundamental concepts of economics to both students and members of the lay audience who want to learn more about such things as markets and money and banks and finance. The title of this book is borrowed from the tongue-in-cheek thousand-year history of England called 1066 and All That, which has been a classic for almost a century.

The book uses humorous examples to help readers understand many of the basic concepts of economics, some of which are:

Supply and Demand

Conspicuous Consumption

The Invisible Hand

Paradox of Value

Pareto Efficiency

Moral Hazard

Game Theory and the Prisoner’s Dilemma

Normal and Inferior Goods

Giffen Goods

Perfect Competition

The Time Value of Money

Derivatives

Financial Bubbles

The Yield Curve

Cryptocurrencies

Jefferson Hane Weaver is a transactional attorney who specializes in corporate law, real estate law and estate planning. He earned a degree in Economics and Political Science at the University of North Carolina and received his J.D. and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. 

Publication date was November 22, 2022.

Charles Lowenhaupt helped readers begin the chase for freedom from wealth with his first book, built on it with his second, and now helps his maturing readers continue the chase into old age. 

The Chase Continues is a guidebook to following your dreams and achieving self-actualization throughout the final phase of life, despite the challenges of old age. You may be thinking about how to continue the chase for yourself, or you may be thinking about how to help others—parents, clients, those for whom you feel some responsibility—fulfill their dreams. In every case, starting now is not likely too soon.

Chapter by chapter, Lowenhaupt helps readers explore the critical topics related to living life well in later years as well as establishing meaningful ways to sweeten life for others. He focuses on 

· Setting priorities

· Living well as your brain ages

· Selecting experts for your support team

·Planning for health challenges

· Where to life out your life

· Loving in late life

· Balancing independence, control, and safety in staying mobile

· Enjoying travel and navigating the risks of it

· Enhancing and protecting your reputation

· Continuing to provide value as you age

· Managing collections of valued objects 

· Engaging with civic and social commitments

·Obituaries, funerals, and legacy

Publication date for hardcover and paperback is December 8, 2022.

NO TODOS SON BUENOS is the Spanish language edition of the bestselling NOT EVERYONE IS NICE. It is Armin Lear's first foray into publishing a foreign language book for a global audience.

 Kathy is waiting for her mother outside of school when a strange car approaches. The smiling man inside offers to drive Kathy home, suggesting that her mother may be hurt or sick. Just before Kathy is ready to climb in, her mother arrives and the man speeds off. Kathy is confused and hurt that the nice man would leave so quickly.

Later that night, Kathy's parents use examples from nature of pretty but lethal plants and fish to show her that animals and people that look or seem nice may be very dangerous. 

Translated by the team of Claudia Mazzucco, Gina Cavallaro, and  Ana Maria Mardones, NO TODOS SON BUENOS teaches children what to do if a stranger approaches and reminds them that looking or acting nice doesn't mean a person is safe. 

This "stranger danger" book has been lauded for the past 18 years for its effective, yet gentle, teaching of how to keep children alert to threats posed by adults with ill intent.

Illustrator C.S. Fritz brings a wealth of experience illustrating children's books to the project and is, in fact, the cover designer for most of Armin Lear's titles.

The first if the Qwyrk tales series, publication date was May 25, 2021.  It was followed by LLUCK, CHANTZ, and FAYTTE.

QWYRK  has drawn  praise from bestselling author Peter S. Beagle, author of the classic fantasy, The Last Unicorn:

"Charming and funny, the characters are delightful. I wouldn't have missed it for anything."

Qwyrk is having a bad day; several, in fact. One of the Shadow folk tasked with keeping an eye on humanity, she’s ready for a well-earned break in Yorkshire, but now she’s (literally) run into a girl, Jilly, who just saw something quite supernatural and truly awful happen in her town. 

As Qwyrk tries to unravel the mystery, layers of villainy are exposed, and she’s stuck with an assortment of unlikely folk that she’d rather not have “helping” her. Together, they confront ancient magic, medieval conspiracies, and the possible end of the world (that again?). It’s not the holiday Qwyrk was hoping for! 

Qwyrk is the first in a series of four novels about the adventures of a group of misfits at the edge of reality in modern northern England, a world of shadows, Nighttime Nasties, sorcery, intergalactic councils, tacky nightclub attire, an abundance of sarcasm, and even elves… though they are a bit silly. 

 Tim Rayborn lived in England for nearly seven years and has a PhD from the University of Leeds. He has written books and magazine articles about music, the arts, history, and business.  He is the author of popular histories of macabre events, Beethoven's Skull and Shakespeare's Ear.

Publication date is March 11, 2024.

Monsters do exist and they are one vacation away. 

The Custodians is a character-driven thriller series about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, as in a sleepy little town with a big bad secret. British couple Tom and Catherine Grayston head to a picturesque town in Southwest France called Rousinac, to save their marriage. But the idyllic setting is a trap. It harbors a lethal conspiracy protected by a secret society founded in World War II. 

The tourists' disappearance piques the curiosity of mutual friends: a New Scotland Yard forensics expert David Frankel and a famous criminal profiler James Harrison. 

When the duo arrive in Rousinac, they have no idea how quickly they’ll get sucked into the same black web spun over 70-years from the town’s castle dungeons. 

The Custodians, takes us down a rabbit hole, tapping into our collective fears about monsters, conspiracies, Nazis, secret societies and the Deep State.

Publication date was December 8, 2020.  This contemporary thriller was the debut novel for our Thousand Acres imprint. It was followed by DEADLIGHT in February 2022.

 Rayne Foster is on a covert mission to surveil the estate of Florida mafia boss, Donato “Cheese” Chesario. Photographing from a tree in a violent thunderstorm, she spots a camo-clad intruder sneaking into the mobster’s estate using a grappling hook. His intent: steal a box stamped with a Nazi swastika containing an enigmatic object Chesario brought back from Germany after WWII. Fatal complications slam Rayne with blistering surprise when a rogue FBI agent and his nefarious cohort known as the “Magician,” kill their way into the estate to also steal the box. But the object of everyone’s intent has disappeared—an item that, in the wrong hands, will have severe international consequences. Rayne senses her CIA field director has duped her. And as he intended, Rayne is now the bait. And she has no idea what is inside the box.

Prepublication reviews and pre-sales have set records for Armin Lear. Publication Date is July 26, 2023.

NEUTERING THE CIA describes and explains a remarkable change in the organizational culture of the CIA, which previously had emphasized apolitical public service. Policies of Obama Administration officials were the most important causes of the change, which led current and former intelligence officers to publicly oppose what they perceived to be potential threats to those policies when Donald J. Trump became a serious presidential candidate in 2016, and then president. Hence, the CIA’s effectiveness during the Trump years was undermined by political agendas.

The book is a vivid, yet scholarly, attempt to understand the causes and implications of a startling new political phenomenon. It does not assess or defend the Trump presidency, yet the evidence points to a harsh reality: The CIA President Trump inherited was set up to function with a conflicting agenda.

“The Biden administration has made no effort to address the politicization because it has benefitted from it,” according to author John A. Gentry. Although they have been quiet since 2021, Gentry expects overt political activism by intelligence officers to re-emerge in 2024.

Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer for Midwest Book Review described it as "Eye opening and controversial."

This book was launched with a major Zoom event on June 24, 2021.

LIVING WITH GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE: HOW I STOPPED FIGHTING CANCER AND STARTED HEALING by Brad Buchanan, PhD, is an intimate and groundbreaking account of managing a sometimes-devastating disease. No other current books combine a synoptic account of GvHD symptoms and treatments with a patient’s own story of surviving.

LIVING WITH GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST-DISEASE tells the story of the author’s survival against the odds, outlines his often rocky path to long-term recovery, and offers unique and important insights into acute and chronic GvHD. Using poetry as a touchstone, it draws on the author’s own experiences as a two-time blood cancer survivor and stem-cell transplant recipient to encourage GvHD patients to move beyond the “warrior” mentality promoted by much of the current cultural discourse surrounding disease, treatment, and survivorship. It also advocates a full understanding of the current best practices in the treatment of GvHD, an attitude of acceptance and emotional openness, and the practice of writing as a self-healing activity.

While recovery from transplant is unique for everyone, first-hand experiences help to tear down the walls of isolation. We are incredibly grateful to people like Dr. Buchanan who share their personal story. His is both profound and relatable; written with humor, honesty and hope. 

—Be The Match®

Publication date was August 16, 2021.

In an era that has experienced a once-in-a-century pandemic, two United States-involved wars and events such as the tragedy of September 11, the demographic of the chronologically younger widow has grown dramatically, alongside widows in all age groups.

WIDOWS WEAR STILETTOS: A PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL GUIDE FOR THE YOUNG WIDOW recognizes and discusses the many issues facing widows today--regardless of a widow’s age, marital status, sexual orientation, length of time widowed or the specific circumstances surrounding spousal death. 

Rather than discussing grief exclusively, the book also addresses many other vital issues: practical (financial and legal transitioning); emotional (dealing with personal transitory feelings, helping children through the grief of losing a parent); health, beauty and self-awareness (diet, exercise, makeup and fashion); and even entertaining (dating). WIDOWS WEAR STILETTOS does it all with actionable advice,  empathy and when appropriate, a wry humor. 

After enjoying 12 years as an international bestseller, the book is being re-released with new content and brand features, including:

*Information  dedicated to unmarried survivors and members of the LGBTQ  community. 

*A  comprehensive list of resources and contact information for widowed who are in  crisis.

*Targeted advice  and direction in coping with a variety of challenging situations.

Most importantly, the book offers gifts of hope and promise for an abundant future. 

Publication date was April 8, 2021.

Everything in nature evolves by trial and error. Uncertainty is inherent in trials and knowing how to deal with it proactively creates advantages for you every day. This book gives you ways to combine knowledge with efficient thinking and emotional intelligence to make the most of uncertainty—particularly in your professional world.

Trial, Error, and Success steps beyond the illusion of certainty to account for both chances and causes in our indeterministic world, which is neither perfectly predictable nor perfectly uncertain. Abandoning the traditional view that nature is governed by the laws of physics, the main premise of the book is that everything in nature evolves by trial-and-error processes. 

The consequences of not understanding and not accepting the randomness and imperfections in nature are twofold: (1) unnecessary surprises due to false expectations and (2) lost opportunities to utilize the positive effects of random events. 

The book presents a framework of insights to help you navigate the uncertainties of daily workplace challenges and make the most of them. Practical benefits are 

· new knowledge to help you sense a potential problem in advice or expertise, 

· sharpened intelligence so that you can crystallize relevant questions, and 

· improved emotional intelligence to deal with the questions in a way that helps your team.

This book is the product of a collaboration between the American Foreign Policy Council and Armin Lear Press.

Across the Muslim world, religion and politics have come increasingly to be mixed in the past century, with devastating consequences. But there are signs that the ascendancy of political Islam my be coming to an end. 

In this context, the experience of Central Asia and Azerbaijan as Muslim-majority states that insist on secular laws, courts and education is a much-overlooked model that is bound to attract greater interest. 

This is the first study of the Central Asian model in the realm of the interaction of religion and the state, which examines its particular characteristics as well as how it relates to other frequently-touted models in the Muslim world.

Publication date is November 9, 2023.

In Power Barometer: How to Manage Personal Energy for Business Success, Josefine Campbell gives steps to increase awareness and navigate between different states of mind—agile, mellow, narrow, fragile—to improve personal and team mental agility. Armin Lear Press launched the book at its booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair, October 18-22, 2023.

Filled with case studies and tools, Power Barometer details how to enhance your personal energy when managing or collaborating with others to become more mentally agile and productive. 

“In this book, Josefine Campbell focuses on the essence of being a good leader—how can we become a better version of ourselves? The combination of optimizing energy and mental presence is a powerful message that many leaders will be able to use to become a better version of themselves.”

—Jesper Sabroe, Finance Vice President, Carlsberg Group

“Don’t ruin your career by getting ‘hijacked.’ I’ve seen it happen too many times to count. Talented, experienced people get fired every day for not managing their energy. The tools are simple. I’m recommending this book to all of our companies.”

— Clay Douglass, chair, Tarida Capital

Publication date was July 23, 2020.

 In GAME PLAN FOR GETTING PUBLISHED, literary agent Maryann Karinch tells non-fiction authors how to present a book project to an agent and work with a commercial publisher.

Karinch, who founded The Rudy Agency in 2004, describes a query letter and proposal in detail and provides samples of each. She also introduces the reader to the process of working with a publisher.

The book is concise, humorous, and includes references to other material that would be useful to a first-time author of any genre of non-fiction. Authors of novels would also benefit from the insights included on writing a query letter and book promotion.

GAME PLAN FOR GETTING PUBLISHED has generous doses of insider information, some of which come from Maryann's own experience as a commercially published non-fiction author. The book also gives step-by-step guidance on development of a  promotion plan, which is now a required element of most proposals for works of non-fiction. 

Publication is scheduled for early March 2023.

In DADDY'S GIRL, Michael Schnabel shares an intimate view of a family’s love, relationships, and parenting during a crisis.  Growing out of raw and eloquent expression of daily events in his journals, the author's memoir draws readers into the phases of pain and confusion related to his daughter's diagnosis, as well as the grit, faith, and medical triumphs that (spoiler alert) gave her the ability to live with only an 8% chance of survival.

In each person's life there are events that forever change their course. Twenty-seven-year-old Stephanie experienced two of these events in fourteen days; the birth of her only child and discovery that she had an eight percent chance of living. She is haunted by the thought that this baby will only know her through pictures until that becomes her motivation to survive.

At the time, Mike Schnabel though the best way to capture the courage and essence of his daughter--to pass this on to her newborn child--would be to record what was happening, what they said, and how they felt. He could not have imagined the powerful thoughts, emotions, science, and spiritual energy that ended up supporting his daughter's commitment to living.

The publication date of the paperback version of this popular book published in hardcover and eBook by Rowman & Littlefield was February 22, 2022.

We live in a time when empathy is not only lacking but on the decline. Kids are bullied because of their weight, color of their skin, religion, identity, and more. Bullying and cyberbullying are increasing, especially for children of color, LGBTQ youth, and Asian, Jewish, and Muslim youth. Fueled by decreases in respect, kindness, and compassion, our civil society is in decline.

The good news is that empathy--the ability to "walk in someone else's shoes"--can be learned and developed. This book coaches adults to teach empathy to kids. Kids with better social-emotional skills, including empathy, end up as better friends, co-workers, spouses, partners and parents. Families with a higher empathy quotient have a more peaceful, loving culture at home.

In this guide for the busiest adults, parents and educators are coached to help their children and students develop social skills that will equip them to better make pro-social choices with self-compassion and empathetic concern--from preschool to high school.

The content reflects the decades of success Kidsbridge founder Lynne Azarchi has had teaching kids empathy!

Publication is part of a launch event at Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2022.

The author, known as Doctor Persuasion, is economist, attorney, and popular presenter Yaniv Zaid. He gives clear, unequivocal and universally applicable guidance on "mastering the ten commandments of marketing, negotiation, and persuasion."

His commandments address specific guidance related to:

Pricing

Branding

Fandom

Being center stage

Relevant clients

Differentiation

Persuasion selling

Network action

Personal attention

Confidence and trust

THE 21st CENTURY SALES BIBLE has been a hit in Israel and Armin Lear is now bringing it to a North American audience.

Publication date was January 26, 2022--the day  the Ellington-Horton Black, Brown and Beige premiered at Steinmetz Hall.   

Karen Barbera and Randall Keith Horton were strangers who met on a train. A cordial conversation led to an eight-year collaboration to tell new and enlightening stories about Duke Ellington and to bring his forgotten masterpieces back to life. The results are concerts and this book—a biography of both Ellington and Horton centered on their unique relationship and the musical and cultural importance of Black, Brown and Beige and Sacred Concerts.

Duke Ellington: The Notes the World Was Not Ready to Hear illuminates the historical significance of the compositions that helped create a paradigm shift in American music, race relations and culture. It is an engrossing story of “mysterious callings” that led Ellington to choose Randall Keith Horton as his assistant composer, conductor and pianist in 1973, and the author’s serendipitous connection to Horton.

Artist Gale Fulton Ross created the watercolor at the heart of the cover design. She currently works from a studio in California where she is creating an exhibition in homage to Black artists and thinkers of the 60s.

C.S. Fritz is an award-winning author and illustrator with published titles such as The Cottonmouth Trilogy, Good Night Tales, The Moonman Cometh, Moth, Seekers, and many more. He designs covers and creates illustrations for Armin Lear Press.

Publication date was September 7, 2021 with availability in paperback and hardcover--at prices parents can afford!

This  bestseller was first released by New Horizon Press in 2003, and the latest full-size edition has all new illustrations by C.S. Fritz.

 Kathy is waiting for her mother outside of school when a strange car approaches. The smiling man inside offers to drive Kathy home, suggesting that her mother may be hurt or sick. Just before Kathy is ready to climb in, her mother arrives and the man speeds off. Kathy is confused and hurt that the nice man would leave so quickly.

Later that night, Kathy's parents use examples from nature of pretty but lethal plants and fish to show her that animals and people that look or seem nice may be very dangerous. 

NOT EVERYONE IS NICE teaches children what to do if a stranger approaches and reminds them that looking or acting nice doesn't mean a person is safe. 

This "stranger danger" book has been lauded for the past 18 years for its effective, yet gentle, teaching of how to keep children alert to threats posed by adults with ill intent.

Illustrator C.S. Fritz brings a wealth of experience illustrating children's books to the project and is, in fact, the cover designer for most of Armin Lear's titles.

Publication Date was April 17, 2023.

Liv’s Secrets is a passionately envisaged saga of one fictional South African Jewish family, the Weiszs, immigrants from Eastern Europe. One among a great wave of Jewish immigrants in the latter part of the 19th century, washing up mainly in America, but a wavelet of Lithuanian Jews on South Africa’s shores. 

Alongside the Weisz family, other characters inhabit the novel where historical figures interact with the fictional cast amid the background of South Africa’s racial turmoil and apartheid’s authoritarian iron fist. 

Decades pass, generations of Weisz family members play out the fully fledged saga—romance, lust, betrayal, true love, despair and elation, cruelty and evil, hope and fulfilment. In the background the chilling reality of World Wars and escalating racial tensions within South Africa that culminate in the bloody Sharpeville Massacre, March 1960, and its aftermath. 

From 1960, the saga pivots on the third generation, embodied by Liv Weisz. Five years earlier, a recent divorcee, passionate and headstrong, she heeds the call to become part of the resistance to the authoritarian White apartheid government. And pays an unimaginable price with resounding consequences for many characters.  

Janet Levine’s first work Inside Apartheid earned media attention throughout the United States. She is also the author of Reading Matters (2022), nominated for multiple awards, and The Enneagram Intelligences, nominated for the 2002 Grawemeyer Education Award.

This groundbreaking book first released by New Horizon Press in 2009, has been updated and redesigned. Publication date was June 8, 2021--the first of two titles released by Armin Lear in June to support PTSD Awareness Month. The second was LIVING WITH GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST-DISEASE.

 Sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behavior often steal a person's ability to achieve emotional or sexual intimacy. Both addicts and their partners may suffer in isolation, ashamed and afraid, not knowing where to turn for help. YOUR SEXUALLY ADDICTED SPOUSE shatters that stigma and shame and provides understanding and empathy for the addict and his or her spouse.
 

Partners of sex addicts, historically thought of as codependent or “co-addicted” have often felt unheard, misunderstood and as a result, were not able to receive the help and support they needed to heal. In her groundbreaking 2005 study, Dr. Steffens found that 70 percent of betrayed individuals experienced significant post-traumatic stress symptoms following the discovery of repeated sexual infidelity and betrayal. The study was the first to show that partners are not codependents but post-traumatic stress victims.
 

Dr. Steffens explains: “The betrayed spouse seeks what she cannot find: safety in an unsafe situation.”
 

Co-author Marsha Means' personal experience provides insights, strategies, and critical steps to recognize, deal with, and heal partners of sexually addicted relationships.
 

Firsthand accounts and stories reveal the impact of this addiction on survivors' lives. Chapters end with "On a Personal Note" questions and propose new paths that lead from trauma to empowerment, health, and hope. Useful appendices list health and mental health care providers and clergy. In the book, readers understand that the distress they are experiencing are symptoms of trauma, not co-addiction. This information has changed everything for betrayed partners and is changing the support they now receive. Betrayed partners now have a vision and a hope for healing of their trauma. 

 Publication date was August 29, 2020.

Golfers live in a world of continual experimentation. Every week, and sometimes every day, they are trying new things to improve their game. They are in search of the Holy Grail.
What are they searching for? Timing. Timing is the Holy Grail, producing fluid motion, but elusive and almost impossible to teach. 

Until now.

In a revolutionary book that is sure to change how coaches explain and players play, Steven Yellin’s SIMPLICITY teaches a simple and powerful program that allows golfers to enter the Zone. 

There is one process in the mind that, when accessed, produces career rounds and major championship victories. The only problem is athletes never know when it will show up, how long it will last and when it does leave, how to get it back.

SIMPLICITY  teaches golfers how to access that process by design. 

 Publication date was March 4, 2021.

Steve Bodansky, PhD is known for the groundbreaking work in extended massive orgasm  that he has done with his wife of several decades, Dr. Vera Bodansky. In this book, he guides the reader to healthy, satisfying sexual pleasure through explicit instruction--and humor. 

ORGASM MATTERS belongs in every intimate relationship:

 Steve and Vera Bodansky’s work on orgasm is the most accurate, helpful, practical, and insightful work on this subject that one is likely to find anywhere. I highly recommend this book.      

Christiane Northrup, MD  The New York Times bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

Another outstanding book by Steve Bodansky on the benefits of pleasure, how to create orgasm with a partner, self-pleasuring and more.
Francoise Devresse, Welcomed Consensus
The book goes beyond the moment of bliss and into how orgasm is part of our vital life force.
Betsy Blankenbaker, Author,  Autobiography of an Orgasm

A joy to read. This book is not only insightful, but it is also an incredibly practical approach to expanding our collective perception of pleasure!
—Gia Lynne, Author,  On Blossoming: Frank and Practical Advice on Our Bodies, Sexual Health, Sensuality, Pleasure, Orgasm and More

What I learned from Steve and Vera changed my life and improved my marriage tremendously. The ideas and practices in this book will transform your sex and your relationship.
Dave Ellis, Author,  Becoming a Master Student 

 Publication date was July 11, 2022.

WARDING OFF EVILDOERS is an exposé of those who commit evil and represents a vivid piece of forensic psychology that explores the creation, intent, and operations of the criminal mind. . .[it is] of prime importance in establishing boundaries, inspections, and savvy that will help protect citizens and their families from evildoers in society.

Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review

WARDING OFF EVILDOERS is a must-read book for anyone serious about understanding violent offenders and the origins of evil. This book is packed full of interesting details and studies and provides some great insight into the architecture of evil. Joan has a knack for writing in a very engaging and conversational tone, and the end result is a scholarly book that reads almost like a novel. Do yourself a favor and read this important book. You will be glad that you did.

Kevin Beaver, PhD, professor of criminology

at Florida State University in Tallahassee

WARDING OFF EVILDOERS taps not only the knowledge, observations, and analyses of forensic experts, but also scientific study findings to see what they can tell us about who evildoers are, how they got that way, and most crucially, how we can protect ourselves and our loved ones from them.

Joan Arehart-Treichel is an award-winning science writer. For 15 years, she worked as a senior staff writer for Psychiatric News.

 Publication date is September 20, 2022.

ABOVE QUOTA PERFORMANCE:   

Tips & Techniques to Becoming a Master Sales Pro reflects three decades of Steve Weinberg's sales triumphs.

In the words of the author:

 It is my intention, in this book, to help sales pros improve their effectiveness and decrease the chances of being fooled during the sales process. My goal is to have fewer greyhounds chasing the rabbits they can never catch. The sales profession offers a lot of individual freedom and creativity, merit advancement, travel, opportunities to meet new people, and it can be financially rewarding. But I have also seen the ugly consequences of low sales performance on marriages, families, and employers, and it’s time to change the status quo.  

At the height of his career, Steve led the sales team at Accuity, a British-Dutch technology company that provides anti-money laundering and electronic payment solutions, to new heights. Steve closed the largest sale in the company’s history and sold products to Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, eBay, PayPal, Google, Facebook, Costco, Nike, Silicon Valley Bank, Intel, Prudential, Wyndham Worldwide, General Motors, Coca Cola—all of which he converted into new customers. 

 Publication date was June 7, 2022. This the second edition of the popular book first published by New Horizon Press.

I'M GRIEVING AS FST AS I CAN is a guide for young widows and widowers through the normal grieving process that highlights the challenging circumstances of an untimely death.

This updated version of the popular book considers the impact of 21st century "killers" such as COVID-19 and wars in Iran and Afghanistan, among other causes. 

Young widows and widowers share thoughts and dilemmas about losing a loved one, what to tell young children experiencing a parent's death, returning to work, and dealing with in-laws.

Linda Sones Feinberg, MSW, founded the first nonprofit statewide organization for young widowed people in Massachusetts in 1983.

 Publication date was February 4, 2021.

INTO THE ETHER, the debut novel of popular blogger Dr. David Sherer, is one of the first novels released by Thousand Acres, the fiction imprint of Armin Lear Press. It features a crooked anesthesiologist at the center of a financial thriller full of action and adventure.

Adrian Wren MD is a man on the cusp of middle age, burnt out on medical practice, bitter about his alimony payments and resentful of his pig of a boss. A chance doctor/patient encounter with a powerful government official enables him to glean valuable, privileged information, which he uses to turn his leveraged savings into a fortune.  In the process, he falls for his financial advisor, settles an old score with an attorney nemesis, and skips the country under a new identity. Once on his new dream yacht, with the help of two Irish sailors, he sails to the Mediterranean where he enjoys life as a rich man-until he is betrayed, hunted down, and returned to the United States. To his surprise, he is offered an alternative to prosecution, a deal involving the US President and connected to a crime committed decades before in the slums of Boston.

David Sherer, MD earned his BA in Music from Emory University, his MD from Boston University and trained in Anesthesiology at the University of Miami. He writes the popular blog “What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You” for Bottom Line Publications and is the author of four non-fiction books. 

 Publication date was February 22, 2022.

An unprecedented international political thriller that takes us behind today’s headlines, DEADLIGHT plunges us into intrigue, tension, and suspense. This sequel to Vincent dePaul Lupiano's first Armin Lear novel, ONE MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT, is the second volume of The Rayne Foster Series.

Rayne Foster, a covert asset of the Special Operations Group, is caught in a plot to overthrow the United States government by capricious US National Guard commander General César DeJean. Codename: Deadlight. 

Foster has forty-eight hours to acquire a phone containing encrypted codes that will launch an aerial electromagnetic attack and shut down the electrical system in the United States—leading the way for DeJean’s unprecedented hammer stroke. Where is the phone? How to acquire and survive a nefarious plan to assassinate Foster and disable that phone before it is too late?

Complicating the plot: millionairess Elora Sinner and her intense attraction to the beautiful Rayne. Is the phone in Sinner’s possession? If so, where must Rayne Foster’s moral compass go to get it? How must she engage Elora to get the job done?

“You can exhaust the thriller thesaurus on this novel. Deadlight is a heart-pounding, page-turning tour de force that, like a symphony orchestra, moves with unrelenting power and unique tone. Filled with never-forget villains, twisty plot turns, and characters that live long after the last page. One never doubts the absolute reality Vincent dePaul Lupiano creates on every page. The writing has white-hot kinetic energy all its own. Visceral. Written with the grace of a literary novel.”

Boris Brott

Artistic Director and Conductor National Academy Orchestra of Canada, Orchestre Classique de Montréal, Founding Conductor New West Symphony, Los Angeles

 Publication date was July 14, 2022.

APOTHEOSIS begins with the illegal practice of a ritual in the backwoods of Indiana. Those responsible assert their cultural and religious rights when arrested for performing the ceremony in which a very young widow—merely a child—throws herself on a funeral pyre.

APOTHEOSIS is set in the small rural village of Principia, Indiana. Two teenage deer hunters happen upon a bizarre ceremony deep in a local forest early one November morning.  An investigation uncovers the debris of a funeral pyre in which the corpse of a ten-year old girl is discovered, atop the remains of another body.  

The local prosecutor soon finds himself embroiled in a spectacular case, swirling around issues of religious toleration, cultural bigotry, and multicultural diversity, which sweep the small community into a vortex of national publicity and communal conflict.  

Bruce Westrate contributed a chapter on the subject at the center of this novel to Rediscovering the British Empire (Krieger, 2002), titled Acknowledged Truths: Lord Bentinck and the Abolition of Sati.  

Publication date was January 1, 2022.

We face risks every day, in both our personal and professional lives. How we navigate those risks--whether we call them opportunity, adventure, or danger determines our course in life. Instead of protecting yourself from chances that can deliver challenge, wealth, and accomplishment, learn to analyze opportunities with a fresh perspective, and implement strategies that will change the way you make decisions. Discover your personal Risk Quotient so you can broaden your understanding of your true risk profile.

Guided self-assessments and in-depth discussions guarantee a change in attitude, insights into your skill set, and, ultimately, personal success.

Reading THE POWER OF RISK is an adventure. This fast-moving, thought-provoking tutorial will take anyone to the next level. 

Brian Day O’Connor

Venture Capitalist & Seven Summits Mountaineer

Jim McCormick has created a set of tools that can profoundly change your life by removing the most limiting factor of all — the ones you impose.

Greg Hartley

Human Behavior Expert/ Author I Can Read You Like a Book

Operating Partner at Current Capital Partners

Jim McCormick provides a guide for identifying meaningful opportunities, mitigating downsides, and improving the chances of arriving at the best outcomes. 

Jonathan Schanzer 

Author of four books on the Middle East

Jim McCormick is founder of the Research Institute for Risk Intelligence and author of the bestselling book First-Time Manager (HarperCollins). He holds 15 skydiving world records and was a member of an international expedition that skydived to the North Pole. 

Publication date was May 10, 2022.

A WELL-BAKED PIE is a fresh, relatable, and entertaining read with loads of practical, year-by-year college advice and examples – to help Gen Z students land corporate jobs. It's like a great friend, successful older sibling, trusted corporate mentor, enthusiastic college professor, and experienced career advisor all rolled into one! Includes guidance on:

· Making the most of college

· Zeroing in on your major

· Elevating social skills 

· Designing a stand-out resume

· Creating a professional digital presence

· Building and using your network

· Making the most of on-campus job fairs

· Landing a killer internship

· Job hunting with intention

· Storytelling for employers

· Crushing interviews (including via video)

· Negotiating a stronger offer

It was a quick read and is very relatable for students with its balance of advice and informality. I wish all our students would read this book.

Megan Spaulding, Experiential Programs Manager, Albers Placement Center, Seattle University 

The advice was super easy to understand. I loved how it was short, sweet, and to the point – and was laugh out loud funny at times.

Tessa King, Alliance Manager, Slalom Consulting (recent graduate from Chapman University)

It’s a fresh concept that creatively adds a much-needed sense of light heartedness to an extremely important, but sometimes dull topic.

Deb Walters, Guidance Counselor, Skyline High School 

Publication date was November  24, 2021.  This is the second book in the four-book Qwyrk Tales series.

All Qwyrk wanted was a few days of rest in the small town of Nettles in Yorkshire, but of course all goes wrong immediately. One of the shadow people, tasked with looking after the vulnerable of  humanity, has been busy searching for supporters of the medieval sorcerer William de Soulis, whom she and her friends defeated last summer. Now, with the winter holidays approaching, she’d just like to take a break and visit her young human friend, Jilly Pleeth.

It turns out that Jilly and her not-so-imaginary friend Blip have met a remarkable boy named Lluck, who seems to be able to bend events to his favor. But Lluck is on the run, and someone— or something—awful is chasing him. Qwyrk and co. soon learn of an ancient spirit trying to make a comeback to our world in a big, and very bad way.

Qwyrk, Jilly, Blip, and their channeling friend, Star Tao, are confronted with a great evil poised to menace the world, stupid goblins with

an attitude and superpowers, a hapless would-be guardian of Leeds, and… bloody hell?

 Tim Rayborn lived in England for nearly seven years  and is the author of QWYRK and popular histories of macabre events.

Publication date was November  4, 2020.  

The coherence effect is the healing effect from making the mind and the body more orderly or coherent. The book contains specific Ayurvedic diet, digestion, detoxification, meditation and exercise/yoga strategies that reliably create coherence, thereby strengthening the immune system and leading to the reduction or elimination of anxiety, depression, PTSD, high blood pressure, fatigue, and other disorders.

Certain chapters show that Transcendental Meditation produces almost immediate brain coherence. That technique is compared to mindfulness and other meditation programs, which are difficult and don’t generate significant brain wave coherence. Brain wave coherence is  the new frontier in brain science because it  is crucial to high performance mental functioning and the elimination of many disorders, and a lack of normal coherence is associated with reduced mental functioning, autism, schizophrenia and the like. If you haven’t succeeded at meditation, 

The Coherence Effect will convince you that you’re not a terrible meditator—you just need a different technique, one that creates brain coherence.

Publication date was September 1, 2021.  This is the updated second edition of a popular book originally published by New Horizon Press.

Named one of the “16 Best Books on Narcissism & Narcissistic Personality Disorder”  (Choosing Therapy)

Drawing from her 20 years’ experience as a researcher and educator, Cynthia Zayn exposes the carefully constructed narratives of the narcissist, as well as the confusion and chaos  often experienced by those unwittingly “playing their role.” Her conversational style and non-clinical approach to explanation put readers at ease, allowing them to absorb new information with clarity and understanding. 

The book’s format centers on real-life case studies, making it relatable. If you find yourself questioning relationships with narcissistic parents, partners, siblings, or friends, you will find the answers here.

Publication date was August 20, 2021.  

As an Account Executive, Caren Laverty met with many couples, single women, and widows and she saw how many women shy away from the investment world. They found it  boring or complicated. Caren helps empower women in one of the most important aspects of their lives.

A must read for any woman looking to learn more about herself and finances! Great practical advice for women at any stage of life. Well done!

—Steve O’Connor, President, Managing Partner Altus Wealth Management

Caren’s straight forward education about financial planning, explanation of choices for investments and how to develop an income stream with our investments was invaluable to making choices about my retirement.

—Suzette Middleton, External  Relations Manager, Procter & Gamble

Publication date is September 12, 2022.

 The relationship between men and catheters has been adversarial at best. For many men it is a horrible, necessary experience. The purpose of this guide is to try and peel away some of the mystery about living, short or long term, with one and to also try and make the experience more physically comfortable and less emotionally damaging to our self-image. 

Mathius Mack Gertz has been a life-long collector of experiences. Wearing a catheter was not one of his favorites, but what he learned--the hard way--by having to do it inspired him to share every, single bit of practical information with other men faced with the same challenge.

As a general urologist with over 20 years of experience in private practice, I highly recommend Mr. Gertz’s Men and Suprapubic Catheter Survival Tips. Despite our expertise as surgeons, it is quite apparent that the urology community has fallen short on educating patients on the real-life issues associated with the long-term management of the SPT. This book does an excellent job of identifying these problems, and offers simple, practical, ingenious solutions that simply go overlooked in a busy urology practice. I think the recommendations are very medically sound, and I would highly recommend it for all my future patients who may need a long-term suprapubic tube. Very well done!!!

Dr. Shawn Blick Valley Urologic Associates A Division of AZCCC Phoenix, AZ

Publication date is August 4, 2022

The book is a gripping memoir: Nabil Khouri’s journey from Arab militant to proud American.

As a young boy growing up in Jordan in the 1960s, there were only two things he believed in: the power of his automatic rifle and the certainty that Western culture was evil. THE YOUNG TERRORIST recounts his transformation from a proud member of a Palestinian militia group to an even prouder American citizen. 

Nabil spent much of his youth in Jordan. He experienced the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, as well as civil wars in Jordan (a conflict known as Black September) and Lebanon in the 1970s. At the age of eleven, he joined the Arabic Liberation Front (ALF) not out of any great allegiance to the Palestinian cause but for a child’s reason: It would convince the Jordanian Muslim boys to stop bullying him for being a Lebanese Christian. 

This memoir describes what followed: his experiences confronting death and violence as a preteen terror group member, the first tastes of Western culture as a teen in Spain, an unexpected return to the Middle East during Lebanon’s civil war, and his escape to America. Becoming immersed in the group’s radical militia ideology warped his sense of identity and tore at the fabric of his family. However, he ultimately appreciated the opportunities and freedoms of life and education in the United States, unlocking his own “American dream.”

Publication date was September 18, 2020.  

The world of sales and marketing has transformed dramatically. Technology is the clay from which marketing programs are formed. Professionals have an intimate relationship with that technology, always keeping a high-powered computer (aka smartphone) in their pockets and purses. 

The owners of Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook, and other mega-companies now rank among the richest persons in the world. That’s because their services provide sellers with extraordinary reach and buyers with exceptional convenience. People buy feelings, not things. What you make motivates buyers less than how your product makes them feel. 

A Guide to Growing Your Business addresses these issues of choice, motivation, and more with practical steps to convert a vision into the business they promised their customers, investors, family, and themselves. 

Release of the eBook and paperback versions commemorate the 100th anniversary of the author's birth and bring enduring, yet fresh, ideas to  discussions of public policy.

The book is evidence of how change for the better in America has been rooted in contrarian thinking. It also describes how contrarian thinking can shift policies and leadership in the United States to create a much brighter future for the nation.

Both the evidence and the description  are often illustrated by historically significant stories from the life of Robert L. Saloschin, known as "The Wizard of FOIA" for his leadership in implementing the Freedom of Information Act.

Robert L. Saloschin had an illustrious career in the United States Department of Justice and, after his retirement, served as a community leader in suburban Washington, DC 

Publication date was October  1, 2020.

 For centuries, a war has raged between singers, musicians, bands--and the authorities. The conflict comes to life in Music vs The Man.

What is it about musicians like John Lennon, Billie Holiday, Paul Robeson, Michael Jackson and Pussy Riot that has put them so frequently in the cross-hairs of the police, immigration officials, city councils, the FBI, and the Kremlin?

Music vs The Man explores the question in chapters featuring artists from Strauss and Shostakovich to Sinatra and the Stones. 

Music wields the type of revolutionary power that politicians and authorities only dream of. Music has the power to open hearts, change minds, and motivate people to stand up for what they believe in. That’s why, through the centuries, authorities have been trying to censor it, by throwing musicians in prison, raiding their homes and sometimes even killing them.

In Music vs The Man acclaimed filmmaker and author Peter Rowe tells the wild stories of the efforts of a wide group of musical artists to make their voices heard, and the bold and forceful efforts of the authorities to shut them up.

Publication date was February 14, 2021. This groundbreaking history of the clitoris was the debut book for Armin Lear's Wild Pansy imprint. The book won gold from the IBPA for its contribution to women's issues.

The book is the product of years of research by first-time author Sarah Chadwick who interviewed, and was reviewed by, some of the leading authorities in the field of human sexuality.

For millennia, scientists thought women were inside-out versions of men, and male anxiety about female sexuality generated ludicrous

ideas and perpetuated inaccurate information. 

THE SWEETNESS OF VENUS s is a provocative, straight-talking history that exposes the

denial, misunderstanding, brutality, and lies endured by this taboo part of human anatomy. It challenges Western culture’s definition

of female sexuality and will have you laughing out loud, shouting “clitoris!” with abandon, and championing sex equality and pleasure for all.

  In recommending the book for health and women’s history holdings, Diane Donovan, Senior Review, Midwest Book Review, notes, “This lively, engaging tone is unexpected and welcome, allowing non-history readers and those with little background in the subject to engage on a more personal and passionate level.”

Foreword Review’s Ashley Holstrom writes, “A fun, straight talking history of the clitoris, The Sweetness of Venus is a win for feminism.”