Saturday, July 16, 2011

New Book Release: Shaylee Druid's Staff

Shaylee Druid's Staff by Bret Jordan

As Shaylee faces the world on her own will she be able to do it and still hold on to her magic?

Without Gorm, Shaylee is lost and alone in a coastal city where her dryad magic is weak and her friends are few. It’s time to move on but can she still move on and keep her dryad powers, or will she be rooted to one spot by the ‘life oak’ that holds her magic?

New Book Release: Maaneh Lashon

Maaneh Lashon by Eliyahu Touger, trans.

The second Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi DovBer, put together a collection of prayers to be said at the gravesite of his father, the first Chabad Rebbe. The text of this Maaneh Lashon is now recited when visiting the gravesite of the righteous.

New Book Release: Getting It Done

Getting it Done: Experienced Healthcare Leaders Reveal Field-Tested Strategies for Clinical and Financial Success by Kenneth Cohn

Nothing is more valuable than experience. Overcoming a challenge builds skills, knowledge, and confidence.

This book shares the hard-earned lessons of healthcare leaders who removed roadblocks to clinical and financial excellence. Each chapter describes a real-life dilemma, distills the lessons learned, and provides step-by-step guidance. Use the strategies presented in this book to tackle similar challenges in your organization with greater speed, confidence, and success.

Physician engagement and collaboration are the common themes of these stories. Administrators, physicians, and nurses provide firsthand accounts of how they worked together to overcome obstacles and transform care for their communities.

New Book Release: And This is The Light

And This is the Light by Lea Goldberg

And This Is the Light is the first and only English edition of Israeli author Lea Goldberg's only novel, Vehu Ha Or one of the first novels published in Hebrew by a woman (1946).

It is set in the summer of 1931, when twenty-year-old Nora Krieger returns to her small-town home in Lithuania from university in Berlin ready to present her new, mature self. Instead, her time at home becomes a period of unrequited love, difficult memories and introspection, when she must accept the limits imposed on her by a class-conscious, increasingly anti-Semitic society. And This Is the Light is a lyrical coming-of-age story by one of Israel's most important writers, beautifully translated to retain the clarity and elegance of the original.

New Book Release: House of Moon Dark

House of Moon Dark by Crymsyn Hart

When a librarian meets her knight, her destiny is revealed.

Jan has spent her life among books until one night everything changes. She's dragged into the realm of fairy only to discover there are assassins after her because she is the next heir to the throne. She comes to trust her guide in the fey world, Corin.

As Jan learns more about her heritage, her affection for Corin grows. Sent on a quest to prove she is the rightful heir, Jan faces her worst enemies. Kidnapped and dragged to the enemy's castle, Jan must figure out a way to escape.

With enemies looming, Jan must look at options at hand. Her heart yearns for one man, but is it for the good of the kingdom? Who will she choose?

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

New Book Release: Nicky Fifth at the Jersey Shore

Nicky Fifth at the Jersey Shore by Lisa Willever

The latest title in the acclaimed Nicky Fifth chapter books series, follow Nicky Fifth and T-Bone as they Explore the Jersey Shore. Set in real locations along the 127 mile coast, Nicky and T-Bone lead readers from beaches to boardwalks to water parks and lighthouses. Includes a Passport that readers can have stamped as they follow the boys' adventures...literally.

New Book Release: Doing Love Right

Doing Love Right by Diana DeRicci

Trust when life knocks you to the ground and things look their worst, Fate has something better in store.

RJ Sommers has been dumped, his best friends have just tied the knot, and the final nail—his roommate’s lover just arrived from Texas to sweep him off his feet. Life just loves laughing at RJ. That is until Julian arrives.

Julian has been watching RJ, waiting for the chance to meet the vibrant entrepreneur. When RJ’s beau leaves for greener pastures, Julian takes the chance to crash a party RJ planned. When finding him in the crowd turns more into a rescue mission, Julian does what’s necessary to keep the other man from becoming a victim of an over-zealous suitor.

Discovering himself along the way through the love and support of his friends, RJ opens himself up to more than just the love of a new boyfriend. When he thinks life doesn’t like him anymore, something bigger and better than he’d ever dreamed is in store. If he can survive Julian’s persistence, his friend’s interference, and the loving affection of one yellow lab, he just might find more than he’s ever known his entire life.