A.J. Sidransky

Author: Incident at San Miguel

Award-winning novelist A.J. Sidransky’s most recent book is Incident at San Miguel (release date: May 19th). Alan has penned numerous articles, short stories, and historical fiction novels including his debut, Forgiving Maximo Rothman, which is Book One in the Forgiving Series, and The Interpreter, Book One in the Justice Series.

Alan is fluent in Spanish and considers the Dominican Republic his second home and an inspiration for many of his stories. A Bronx native, Alan is a longtime resident of Washington Heights where he lives with his wife, a digital advertising consultant.

Incident At San Miguel is set in 1959 Havana Cuba, during the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. The story focuses on a Jewish Cuban family. Specifically, we follow two brothers Aaron and Moises Cohan who are on diametrically opposed sides of the political spectrum. The Cohan brothers have little in common other than a shared Jewish heritage.

For this impressive historical fiction piece, Alan collaborated with Miriam Bradman Abrahams, a storyteller and Cuban born daughter of Cuban Jewish refugees. The Cohan brothers were inspired by the true story of her father Juan Bradman and her uncle Soloman Bradman. The main theme of the story is love, loyalty, and responsibility to family.

Daughter's Destiny by Frances Altman

Alan likes to write stories that focus on ordinary people who face real struggles “I hope to bring to light the stories of those who have triumphed over oppression”.

“I focus on the personal experience of everyday people faced with extraordinary circumstances. What does one do when faced with events beyond their control? As a member of a family ravaged by the Holocaust, I am determined to tell the stories of refugees and survivors I’ve known.” An avid reader and history buff, Alan was inspired and influenced by many writers including Boris Paternak (Doctor Zhivago) and Hemingway.

Unlike a memoir or a nonfiction book, Alan appreciates how broad a fiction work can be. A work of fiction allows the reader to get very close to the character, feel their emotions, and understand their circumstances, according to Alan.

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Cinda Klickna, author of Out of the Beaks of Birds: Our Crazy, Pesky…Verbs

2023 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite

"Children learn language beginning at birth through hearing adults and later through their own reading. It is crucial that parents use correct grammar. Reading Out of the Beaks of Birds: to pre-K children allows them to hear correct verbs. You can check your own verb usage so your conversation reinforces correct verbs. Lastly, this is a great gift for young readers to see correct wording."

INSPIRATION Radical Love

By Satish Kumar

To see peace in our lifetimes, we have to practice love. Kumar’s simple yet radical message focuses on helping us to love ourselves, others, and all beings on planet Earth—even those that seem unlovable.

Radical Love distills Kumar’s experience as a lover, parent, activist, and educator into simple lessons. This book is an exploration of the transformative power of love in all its forms, romantic, love for one’s family and community, to love for the planet and all beings.

Radical Love expands our understanding of love to include a sublime universal state—what a great gift to share with those we love.

Available anywhere books are sold.

https://www.parallax.org/product/radical-love/

ISBN 978-1952692352

Paperback: $15.95 / Ebook:$12.99

INSPIRATIONAL/MOTIVATIONAL Your Honor, Your Honor: A Journey Through Grief to Restorative Justice

By Judge Leonia J. Lloyd

In 1949, twin sisters came into this world surprising everybody including their parents and the doctor because he had heard only one heartbeat.

On a path ordered by God, these twins touched the lives of many in their roles as teachers, attorneys, and judges. e rocky road they followed to achieve these professions was God’s way of preparing them for life.

Lost and alone, Leonia was in the storm of her life; despair had an iron-clad grip around her. She turned to God for guidance, and her prayers were answered. Your Honor, Your Honor chronicles her life experiences including her relationship with her twin, her struggles against racism, her account of the grieving process, and her stride toward justice.

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all online book sellers. www.JudgeLeonia.com

ISBN 978-166320184

Purchase Price: $19.99

If Roses Were Blue

By Debbie Jenae

College student Chris believes her young sister’s friend is keeping a terrible secret—one that Chris had also kept at that age. With tenderness and insight she tells her story, going back to a decision that marked the beginning of a series of rescues, including her own! A lady of light, a boy named Gus, and a stolen dog all share in this award-winning adventure of courage, trust, and friendship.

“A unique and extraordinary read… Should be a part of every community library collection.”

–Midwest Book Review

Available on Amazon and other online retailers. www.Inspired101.com

ISBN 978-0988987913

Purchase Price: $15.95

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES | READING SKILLS Out of the Beaks of Birds: Our Crazy, Pesky…Verbs

By Cinda Klickna

Five varieties of birds chirp and cheep as they teach correct verb usage. Colorful illustrations and actual photos of birds, along with facts and websites, are included. Appropriate for preschool through 5th grade and ESL learners of all ages.

Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and independent booksellers www.cindaklicknabooks.com

ISBN 978-1954437104

Purchase Price: $16.99

LOSS & RECOVERY

This Fall: essays on loss and recovery

This Fall is a testimony of personal recovery told through a record of my daily walks in the woods over about a month’s time during the first stunning autumn after my wife Carol’s sudden passing.

Paul Kameen is the author of numerous books of poetry and personal essays--all founded on his daily walks in the woods or by the water--and award-winning scholarly books (along with many scholarly essays) on teaching and poetics. Visit paulkameen.com to read all his work for free.

PDF free at http://paulkameen.com/

ISBN 978-0998694962

Purchase Price: $8.00

Chasing Ordinary

By Prissy Elrod

Chasing Ordinary tells the story of life after loss, of one chapter ending and another beginning, as well as second chances - at love, at finding yourself, and the importance of not closing doors, but having the courage to step through them.

Prissy metaphorically portrays her incredible journey of transformation with semblance to the epic caterpillar to butterfly metamorphosis. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world ended it became a butterfly.”

Available on Amazon and author’s website https://www.prissyelrod.com/

ISBN 978-0991242092

Purchase Price: $14.99

MEMOIR

Home Is Within You: A Memoir of Recovery and Redemption

By Nadia Davis MOM. ATTORNEY. ACTIVIST. AUTHOR. KUNDALINI YOGA TEACHER.

“Dear Son, I’m going to tell you a story, the most difficult one to share.”

From a young Latina lawyer on a meteoric rise to the depths of darkness including trauma, addiction, and the choking grasp of public shame – this is Nadia Davis’s brutally honest story from brokenness to wholeness, from recovery to redemption. HOME IS WITHIN YOU.

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound.org https://www.nadia-davis.com/

ISBN Paperback - 978-1-954854-94-9

ISBN eBook - 978-1-95854-95-6

Purchase Price: $18.95

MEMOIR / PHILOSOPHY

Becoming Nobody: A Personal Account of One Man’s Search for Self-Knowledge

By Rick Branch

This book is a candid reflection of my journey of self-discovery from 2008 to 2018. It is based on the correspondence I shared with a friend who was also interested in exploring the nature of identity and reality. Backing up my conclusions with philosophy, psychology, science, and life experiences, I found that acquiring self-knowledge is not a matter of addition, but subtraction; that finding out who we truly are is not about gain, but loss.

Available on Amazon.com https://www.becomingnobody.net/

979-8687307949 ebook- $0.99 / Paperback $12.95

MYSTERY An Elegant Corpse

By Helen A. Harrison

When a wealthy artist and collector is found dead in his fabulous East Hampton mansion, the search for his killer untangles a twisted thread of betrayal, jealousy, and revenge.

Book four in the Art of Murder series.

Available on Amazon, or Ingram Wholesale helenharrison.net

ISBN 978-1915904256

Kindle: $9.99 / Paperback: 308 pages, $15.99

Prissy Elrodt, author of Chasing Ordinary

Stepping out of your comfort zone is when you grow, blossom and change. The formula is simple, yet so very hard.

When a brain tumor stole my husband, it also stole my identity. I began an excavation of self to find my new purpose in life. With positivity, perseverance, and patience, I penned and published two memoirs with white-knuckled fearlessness. This led to my second chapter in life and an unexpected, entrepreneurial career.

“What lies behind us and what lies in front of us pales in comparison to what lies inside us.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson