Altar of Ashes

Altar of Ashes Publication date was October 24, 2023 ALTAR OF ASHES opens with two young hunters witnessing a horror in the backwoods of Indiana: the sacrificial rite of sati, with the bride on the funeral pyre a ten-year-old girl atop the corpse of her husband. Allen Southworth, the local prosecutor, soon finds himself embroiled […]

humAIn

humAIn Publication Date: January 7, 2025 We’ve all heard the sweeping claims: “AI will take over all our jobs!” or “AI will solve every problem and create a perfect world!” But what’s the reality behind these dramatic predictions? With the constant buzz about artificial intelligence, it’s natural to feel anxious, confused, and overwhelmed. humAIn cuts […]

Arabs, Turks, and Persians

Arabs, Turks, and Persians Publication Date: December 16, 2024 For decades, the Greater Middle East has been a leading challenge to American foreign policy. This vast region – ranging from North Africa in the west to Afghanistan in the east, and from the borders of Central Asia down to the Horn of Africa in the […]

Daughter of Sekhmet – A Novel of Ancient Egypt

Daughter of Sekhmet

Daughter of Sekhmet A Novel of Ancient Egypt Publication Date: November 11, 2024 “…a story that is hard to either predict or put down.” D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review In ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ramesses the Great, sixteen-year-old Sati wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps and join the royal […]

DEI Exposed

DEI Exposed Publication Date: April 1, 2025 Eschewing partisan opinion and replacing it with serious research and scholarship, Drexel University professor and best-selling author Stanley K. Ridgley illuminates the damage to higher education that misguided DEI enforcement has inflicted on our universities. This book exposes the deceptive component of DEI implementation—and the fear of retribution […]

Ending Redlining Through a Community-Centered Reform of the Community Reinvestment Act

Ending Redlining Through a Community-Centered Reform of the Community Reinvestment Act

Ending Redlining Through a Community-Centered Reform of the Community Reinvestment Act Publication Date: April 1, 2025 With the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) turning 50 in 2027, it’s time to take a close look at whether or it is achieving its goal of addressing inequities in access to credit, particularly for low- and moderate-income communities. The […]

The Forbidden Summoning – Book One of the Dark Renewal

The Forbidden Summoning Book One of the Dark Renewal Tim Rayborn Publication Date is November 11, 2024 “Exceptionally vivid, compelling reading.” D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review The earth bleeds and the Land Spirit must recede. Andra Illindrien wants nothing more than to enjoy a break from her musical and magical studies and return […]

Body Talk Animated

Body Talk Animated James O. Pyle and Maryann Karinch   Parents, teachers, school psychologists, and—most importantly—big kids reviewed Body Talk Animated and love it. Why? It’s a FUN way to learn body language: Face                 Upper body                  Navel down And after you get good with the FUN stuff, you explore the world of animated films—and learn […]

Countering Antisemitism & Hate

Countering Antisemitism & Hate by Lynne Azarchi   A How-To Guide for Youth (8-18), Family & Educators Authors Lynne Azarchi, author of The Empathy Advantage and Dr. Harlene Lichter Galen, offer this thought at the opening of the book: “Let’s heed the need to prepare our children to stop the cycles of hate, tropes, and […]

Hank Rattler and the Secret of the Cave of Kings

Hank Rattler and the Secret of the Cave of Kings by Ardyth Brott   Twelve-year-old Hank Rattler lives alone in his empty house in the countryside. Mrs. Plunkett lives next door and cares for him in the absence of his parents. Hank and his classmates, Ruby Basher and Sam Benedetto, win their Grade 8 Science […]