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Six years after Lev Livitski’s catastrophic break-up with sultry Angela Pizatto, he’s become a lawyer at a NY law firm. But Lev is haunted by his passion for Angela and by remorse over the collapse of their secret love affair. Doubting his capacity to love, Lev takes refuge in abstinence and isolation. Although raised Orthodox, he remains estranged from Jewish practice.

Cassandra never forgot the night her cousin died—or the ghost who appeared afterward. Thirteen years later, a weekend in the De Soto National Forest drags her into a world where past and present collide, and the line between sanity and the supernatural blurs. Two timelines, two women, one relentless spirit: Liza’s secret love and Cassandra’s haunted mind converge through Nancy, a ghost determined to rewrite a history of hatred and violence. As terror rises and mortal enemies close in, the women must join across time to survive, confront murderers, and reclaim the power stolen from them.

For the ones who wake to pain before memory, and who grieve in rooms no one sees. In Keep the Flowers, Ellie Williams recounts a life shaped by chronic illness and the slow-moving ache of loss. Diagnosed only after years of being dismissed and doubted, she learns to navigate a body that will not obey and a world that struggles to understand.

Imagine Roger Federer's tennis as a classic Greek sculpture and Rafael Nadal's as prehistoric cave paintings. Picture Lady Pink, the first lady of graffiti, painting Serena Williams. How many ways can a tennis player be a work of art? Drawing on expertise as a Professor of Humanities and a nationally ranked tennis player, David Linebarger delves into this intriguing question. In his exploration through art, literature, music, religion, and mythology, Linebarger examines the boundaries between athleticism and artistic expression.

New Orleans, 2014. Once a locally celebrated chef and now on the cusp of forty, Laurent Ladnier finally pursues his longtime vision: to bring “true world fusion” cuisine to his native city. His partnership with a struggling restaurateur, Wilson Turner, faces mounting roadblocks—staffing and fiscal challenges, substance abuse, family emergencies, persistent naysayers, recurring self-doubt, a saboteur, and a tempting job offer. Laurent fights to achieve his dream while haunted by the mysterious death of his father, a struggling chef who also died at forty.

In Love and Asperger’s: Jim and Mary’s Excellent Adventure, a memoir by Dr. Mary A. Johnson, we experience the possible unraveling of the marriage ties. The future rests on Jim’s willingness to accept his diagnosis of Asperger’s. Come along on Jim and Mary’s adventures—some fun, some difficult, some comical, but all loving—as they eventually work together to engineer an excellent solution!

What if change isn't something we do alone? What if it's something we grow into together? In Heroes of Change, Philip Molebash shares the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things: a Jesuit priest building kinship with former gang members, a bus driver turning routes into lifelines of belonging, a social entrepreneur reimagining education, a business leader redefining success, and an actor inviting deeper questions about meaning and purpose.

The year is 2701. Following a near-fatal disaster, roughneck freelancer Roman Matthews becomes unwittingly trapped at the center of a harrowing conspiracy. Hunted by Deorum’s government, the Coalition for Prosperity, Roman must use his deadly skillset to survive against all odds.

A young man named Kevin meets lovely Olivia in a bar, a random event, or so he thinks. They fall in love. But she turns out to be someone different than he thought, someone lethal. He goes on the road seeking to find out her true identity. It leads him down a trail of Olivia’s past, where bodies have a way of resurfacing. Each stop on the trail leads to new revelations that horrify Kevin and make him question how he can still have feelings for Olivia. Olivia, too, has been on her own road trip, making a new life in a new city while continuing to eliminate obstacles to her happiness.

In the summer of 1920, nineteen-year-old Sarita’s younger brother, JJ, bleeds to death in her arms after being shot by Javier Salsito de Ortega, a ruthless tequila smuggler. The Texas Rangers have their hands full with Prohibition and border issues. Still, Sarita is stunned when they refuse to help. JJ’s death devastates her father. Without a male heir, Sarita fears he will give in to the oil prospector intent on buying their family ranch, La Barroneña. Even in his despair, she knows her father yearns for justice, but he is too ill and weak to seek it. Sarita isn’t.

Did you grow up in a family of extreme narcissists and their enablers, or have you ever wondered what it's like to live in that kind of fishbowl environment? If so, The Jezebel Tracks is for you. Gardner Landry's essays feature both overt and covert histrionic narcissists-at least one of whom likely qualifies as a psychopath-while also exploring the bizarre psychodynamics of his family. Along the way, he reflects on Houston and New Orleans, and the curious ways these cities relate to one another.

Maggie McCoury, a generational healer woman, relies on family traditions, folklore, and beliefs gleaned from a local Cherokee tribe. Her daughter, Carrie Ann, believes her university training holds the answers. As they clash over the use of roots, herbs, and a dash of mountain magic versus the medicine available in the town’s apothecary, Josie Mae doesn’t know whom to follow. But what happens when neither family traditions nor science can save the ones you love most?

In 14th century England, Meg of St. Michael’s Mead endures a life of abuse and isolation due to her birth deformity. However, her fortunes change when the village wise woman saves her and teaches her the art of healing. After witnessing a shocking birth, Meg discovers her true purpose: to become England’s first licensed female physician and provide compassionate care to women. To achieve her goal, Meg seeks the tutelage of William of Oxford, a gruff surgeon who agrees to mentor her. But there's a catch.

Lev Levitski, devoted son and upright young man, walks the path of Jewish observance without giving it a second thought. But one day in college, Lev encounters Angela Pizatto, a dark-haired knockout, and suddenly, what used to mean everything to him is no longer enough. Angela pulls Lev from a prudish existence into a passionate romance that must remain a secret because she is Catholic and he is Jewish. As the young lovers gallivant throughout Brooklyn, and as their devotion to each other builds, they realize that they are headed toward a pivotal crossroad.

I Live You For Ever is a candid and penetrating memoir chronicling Meredith Rutter Marple’s nine-year journey caring for her husband, Gary, as mixed dementia reshaped the fabric of their marriage. What began as small slips—forgotten directions, mental-math errors—unfolded into a relentless progression of symptoms associated with vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and Lewy body dementia.

When COVID hits, Peter Hughes finds himself unemployed, out of shape, and living in his mother’s basement. Not where he thought he’d be in his mid-thirties. Then he discovers Ryan’s Fabulous Fitness, a gay-forward online workout program. Peter can’t look away, and before long, he’s not only transforming his body: he’s reckoning with his sexuality, too. Peter emerges from the pandemic newly out and totally unprepared. Nevertheless, he dives headfirst into gay life, stumbling through app-fueled hookups, steamy underwear parties, and New York’s chaotic dating scene.

A young woman from a blue-collar background—aspiring and driven—spent over twenty years quietly wondering if the family who raised her was truly hers. At thirty-two, she confirmed the unthinkable: she is the biological daughter of another, entirely unknown family. Her search unfolds like a page-turning mystery, leading to an astonishing discovery—her biological grandfather was a U.S. diplomat and author, photographed in the Oval Office with President Kennedy, greeting Charles Lindbergh on the tarmac, and meeting with Rosa Parks and international leaders.

Handbag designer Tess Holland is having a horrible day – her friendly little company is being acquired by a multi-national; her medical resident husband wants to go save lives on the other side of the world; and somehow there is baby poop all over her best jacket. Suddenly Tess – once the envy of all her friends with her two cute kids, glamorous job, understanding boss and handsome husband – is struggling to save her career, her marriage, and her flexible schedule.

History's rebels didn't follow the rules. Neither should your leadership strategy. This book takes history's most celebrated, feared, and misunderstood figures and does something no business school has ever dared—extracts the leadership genius hiding in plain sight.

What if your greatest pain served as your greatest teacher? From childhood wounds and family secrets to spiritual awakenings and boardroom battles, Jennifer Gauthier bares her soul in this fierce, unflinching memoir. Through Her Eyes is a roadmap for every woman and man who has ever felt unseen, silenced, or stuck. With raw honesty and deep compassion, Gauthier invites you to face the past, rewrite your inner narrative, and reclaim your power.