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Lux Lifestyle Magazine 2022 Hot Book List
Curated by Jane Ubell-Meyer, Founder, Bedside Reading®
“THE CHANGEMAKER: THE ART OF BUILDING BETTER LEADERS
BY DEKE COPENHAVER
A timely, relevant and extremely impactful as it illustrates that political leadership can be used to unite citizens around a common cause through a constant focus on serving the greater good. Simply put, given the toxic state of American politics it provides a message of hope that needs to be heard.” Deke is the former mayor of August, GA where he created a non-partisan platform for nine years. deke-copenhaver.com
BY JANE ENRIGHT
With humor, lived experience, and actionable advice, positivity expert and author Jane Enright offers an incredible true story filled with inspiration and hope to readers on accepting the unexpected, building resilience, and landing butter side up in the game of life. Her book, Butter Side Up: How I Survived My Most Terrible Year published by She Writes Press is available now, and her forthcoming book Jane’s Jam is available for preorder where all good books are sold and at janeenrightauthor.com.
KOBEE MANATEE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE GREAT BLUE HOLE HAZARD
2022 IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD WINNER!
BY ROBERT SCOTT THAYER ILLUSTRATOR: LAUREN GALLEGOS
Kobee Manatee® and his seafaring pals, Tess the seahorse and Pablo the hermit crab are swimming from the Cayman Islands to Belize to help his cousin Quinn at her new all-veggie underwater bistro. On their Caribbean journey, they encounter harmful effects of climate change and plastic pollution, along with several other unforeseen issues. Then the friends discover the amazing Great Blue Hole. Their adventures takes another surprising turn when Pablo plunges into its huge abyss! Can Kobee and his buddies save Pablo? kobeemanatee.com
THE DESIRE CARD SERIES: IMMORAL ORIGINS, PREY NO MORE
BY LEE MATTHEW GOLDBERG
Lee Matthew Goldberg is the award-winning author of ten novels in the Thriller and YA genres. He has been translated into multiple languages and his books are in various stages of development with film and TV. His pilots and screenplays have been finalists in Script Pipeline, Book Pipeline, Stage 32, We Screenplay, the New York Screenplay, Screencraft, and the Hollywood Screenplay contests. He is the co-curator of The Guerrilla Lit Reading Series and lives in New York City. LeeMatthewGoldberg.com
LAST CALL
BY VALERIE NIFORA
The turn of the 19th century. Harry LaCroix yearns to make up for lost time. After spending several years serving in the war in Africa, the English veteran is delighted to reunite with his last living relative and closest confidant. But his plans take an unexpected detour when he falls for a beautiful heiress with a missing fortune. Embarking on his journey to unearth the truth for the young lady, the faithful bachelor unknowingly unleashes a chain of events that could lead to his undoing. But as Harry becomes embroiled in wealthy politics, a vicious rivalry threatens to turn him into a pawn in a jealous game of love. www.valerienifora.com
THE FAIRMOUNTS
BY VALERIE NIFORA
The turn of the 19th century. Harry LaCroix yearns to make up for lost time. After spending several years serving in the war in Africa, the English veteran is delighted to reunite with his last living relative and closest confidant. But his plans take an unexpected detour when he falls for a beautiful heiress with a missing fortune. Embarking on his journey to unearth the truth for the young lady, the faithful bachelor unknowingly unleashes a chain of events that could lead to his undoing. But as Harry becomes embroiled in wealthy politics, a vicious rivalry threatens to turn him into a pawn in a jealous game of love. www.valerienifora.com
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