Let’s Take a Walk by Gina K. Trehus

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXQQV19D

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A piece of paper can be flattened out, but it will always have those crinkles in it. It will never be the same again.

Amalia Rose grew up in North Dakota with those words from her father etched into her heart—a reminder that while we can heal from life’s hardships, the marks they leave remain. She never expected that a simple walk to clear her head in California would leave her with a scar that would last a lifetime.

After witnessing a crime that upended her world, Amalia spent eleven years living in the shadows. To protect the people she loved, she accepted a life of silence, hidden away in protective custody where her past was a secret she carried alone.

Now, she has finally returned to the familiar horizon of her hometown. She has built a life of peace with a husband who supports her and a daughter to raise. But as the ghosts of her past are released back into the world, the safety of her new home is threatened. Amalia must decide if she will keep running or if she is finally ready to stand her ground.

In this poignant story of memory and resilience, you will find:
The Complexity of Healing: A moving look at how we carry our past into our future.
A Journey Across Landscapes: From the fast-paced uncertainty of the West Coast back to the steady, golden fields of the Midwest.
The Strength of Home: An exploration of what it means to truly belong and the lengths we go to protect our sanctuary.
Let’s Take a Walk is a quiet, powerful reflection on the paths we choose, the detours we endure, and the hope that waits at the end of the road.

Follow the road home. Order your copy today.

Permanent Revolution: Authoritarianism Fascism & Totalitarianism In The 20th Century by Sigmund Neumann, Nathaniel R Fridman

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1967927081

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Permanent Revolution: The Total State in a World at War is a groundbreaking political history and analysis by renowned scholar Professor Sigmund Neumann, one of the first intellectuals to define and explain the rise of Authoritarianism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism in the modern world.

Originally published during the turmoil of World War II, this newly updated edition brings Neumann’s influential work to a new generation of readers with improved formatting, accessible structure, bullet-pointed sections, and modern commentary by coauthor Nathaniel Fridman.

Drawing from the political collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin, Neumann examines how authoritarian regimes seize power, manipulate mass movements, destroy democratic institutions, and maintain control through propaganda, fear, nationalism, and permanent political conflict.

This powerful work explores:

The rise of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s authoritarian rule
The emergence of Italian Fascism under Benito Mussolini
Stalin’s Soviet Union and the mechanics of totalitarian control
The collapse of democratic institutions in Europe
Political propaganda, mass psychology, and dictatorship
The relationship between war, revolution, and authoritarian power
The continuing threat of fascism and political extremism in the modern world
Featuring the original 1942 introduction alongside a new 2025 introduction and epilogue by Nathaniel Fridman, this edition connects the lessons of 20th-century dictatorships to contemporary political and social tensions across the world.

Part political science, part historical analysis, and part warning for future generations, Permanent Revolution: The Total State in a World at War remains an essential book for readers interested in:

Political history
Fascism and totalitarianism
World War II studies
Democracy and authoritarianism
European history
Political philosophy
International relations
Modern political systems
Perfect for historians, political science students, educators, researchers, and readers of serious nonfiction, this timeless study offers critical insight into how democracies weaken, how dictatorships rise, and why understanding history remains vital in defending freedom.

About the author
Co/Author Nathaniel Fridman born in Boston Ma October 29 1960 the grandson of Professor Sigmund Neumann. Reader of political science books and history books. Associates Degree (Political Science Liberal Arts) from Umass/ Boston Harbor Campus 1982-1984. Lived in Prague Czech Republic from 1992-1996. Created Fridman Enterprise consulting on Paint Materials and Cleaning Products from USA. Painted the Airplane Hangers and supplied Paints to the electrical power stations. Travelled all over Europe including Greece Italy and Turkey. Russia and Ukraine. I Traveled to Asia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Vietnam. South America Chile Patagonia and Peru Machu Picco November 2019. Owned Victorian House Restoration from 1998-2010. Restored older homes back to the original historic style. Realtor from 2007-2025. When my mother Eva Jane Neumann Fridman passed away on January 15 2023. The rise of Authoritarianism and Fascism in Europe and Donald Trump. I felt this legacy needed to be out there. My mother raised the awareness of her Father in Germany during the 1980’s to 2015. Worked with various publishers. Looking to take the legacy back to the students for learning about Authoritarianism Fascism and Totalitarianism. Looking to keep the legacy going with more books.

The Promise: A Pioneer Firefighter’s Story by Antoinette Crawford-Willis

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMHTKGYK

The story of a street smart kid who grew up in the City of Memphis, Tennessee. A kid who grew up and challenged individuals by seeking equal rights for African American Firefighters in their city.

On the Life of Linda J. Albertano: From Trauma to High Art by Linda J Albertano

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1884743102

The work of award-winning poet, performance artist, actor, and musician Linda J. Albertano and her husband of 55 years, Frank Lutz, is collected in On the Life of Linda J. Albertano, including poetry, stories, and prose, as well as memorabilia from Linda’s astounding performance career.

Linda J. Albertano, award-winning poet and Poetry Diva of the City of Los Angeles, was an enchantress, musician, performance artist, actress, and filmmaker. As a child, she was reared in various unkindly foster homes. But this six-foot-four beauty with brains excelled and made her art speak for her. Frank Lutz was Linda’s lover, husband, partner, and best friend for more than 55 years. While Frank was the quiet one of the pair, his experiences as an athlete, scholar, pilot, sailor, and European aficionado provided the kernel for much of his narrative poetry. Together they were creative scholastic gems.

Re-Placed: Answering the Call of Leadership in the Age of AI by Kari Zeller

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1639081941

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Amazon Best Seller in Strategy & Competition, Business Mentoring & Coaching, and Business Technology Innovation
A Fast Company Press Book

AI didn’t arrive with a warning. It arrived with a question: what are you going to do now?

Today, leaders are caught in a cascade of contradictions. The technology that promises unprecedented capability also delivers unprecedented doubt. AI makes everything faster, cheaper, and more capable. It also makes the most fundamental question of leadership unavoidable: what are humans actually for? You did not choose this moment. But you are responsible for who you and your organization become in it.

In Re-Placed, Leadership Strategist and CEO Kari Zeller offers something rare in the AI conversation: a leadership book that starts with the human, not the technology. The arrival of artificial intelligence doesn’t have to displace us. But it will, unless we learn to re-place ourselves first—to consciously reposition who we are, how we lead, and where we create value in a world where intelligence is no longer ours alone. Through stories as practical as they are personal, Zeller shows how the strongest leaders take the helm during existential change, how re-placing ourselves is key to flourishing in this new era, and how what we choose to value matters more than what AI can do.

Drawing on decades of experience guiding senior executives through high-stakes transitions, from combat operations to the boardroom, Zeller provides a framework for the proactive, innovative leadership this moment demands. The linear thinking that built your success cannot survive this exponential wave. Re-Placed equips you to create the conditions where people and organizations don’t just survive the shift, but flourish in it.

The future will not be managed. It must be led.

About the author
Kari Zeller is a battle-tested leader, U.S. Air Force combat veteran, and Founder and CEO of TGN Consulting. She brings transformative strategies from the battlefield to the boardroom, advising boards, CEOs, and senior executive teams across Fortune 100 companies, healthcare systems, retail, private equity, and governmental organizations. Her methodology focuses on actively aligning strategy, culture, and leadership to create coherence and clarity when the stakes are highest.

She is the author of the forthcoming book Re-Placed: Answering the Call of Leadership in the Age of AI (Fast Company Press, July 14, 2026), which provides a provocative and essential playbook for executives seeking to mobilize their organizations for a future shaped by AI, robotics, and quantum computing.

Rather than allowing people to be passively displaced by technology, Zeller champions a strategy of consciously “re-placing” ourselves to harness disruption, reimagine value creation, and ensure human-centric growth.

The Empathy Evolution: Preventing Violence, Racism, Political Corruption, and Mental Illness by Creating More Caring People by Ronald Goldman

https://www.amazon.com/dp/195033662X

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What if the roots of America’s deepest problems begin earlier than we think?
In The Empathy Evolution, award-winning psychologist Ronald Goldman, PhD, explores a powerful idea: violence, racism, political corruption, and mental illness may not only be personal, social, or political problems. They may also be connected to deeper emotional roots formed from common adverse early childhood experiences, unmet needs, and trauma.

Drawing from developmental psychology, research, and personal insight, Goldman examines how empathy can be weakened, and how early emotional disconnection can affect individuals, families, communities, and society. This thoughtful and timely book looks beyond headlines and explains what can be done before early unrecognized harm affects behavior, belief, and lifelong emotional pain.

For readers searching for developmental psychology books, trauma psychology books, or meaningful emotional intelligence books, this book offers a clear and compassionate way to understand human behavior.

Readers will discover:

How empathy develops and why it matters
How early care and and doing what is natural influence emotional health and relationships
Why trauma and associated emotional numbness can affect behavior
How compassion can support healthier families and communities
Why prevention matters in mental health and social change

The Empathy Evolution is beneficial for parents, educators, counselors, health-care professionals, social advocates, and anyone interested in social behavior psychology. It helps readers understand why caring is not just a personal value, but a foundation for healthier people and a more compassionate future.

With awareness of our problem origins, we can create significantly higher quality of life.

About the author
Ronald Goldman, PhD, is an award-winning psychologist, researcher, speaker, consultant, and the author of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, “The Empathy Evolution: Preventing Violence, Racism, Political Corruption, and Mental Illness by Creating More Caring People.” Specializing in developmental and applied psychology, he educates the public and professionals about generally unrecognized origins and prevention of social and behavioral problems.

As a highly sought-after expert, Dr. Goldman has been featured in national and international media including TIME, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. His enlightening programs have been presented to universities, conferences, organizations, government groups, parents, and others.

The Forsaken Founder: Gouverneur Morris, the Unsung Patriot Who Wrote the Constitution, Stood Up to Slavery, and Survived the Reign of Terror by Scott S. Greenberger

https://www.amazon.com/Forsaken-Founder-Gouverneur-Constitution-Survived/dp/1668094940

Uncover the little-known story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant yet overlooked Founding Father whose visionary ideas from writing key components of the US Constitution to helping create America’s first bank to holding an unwavering stance against slavery shaped the nation’s future.

When George Washington and the Continental Army faced starvation, he turned to Gouverneur Morris to help devise a plan to provision the troops. When the fledgling nation needed a financial system to sustain the Revolution, Morris again was called upon to help design its first national bank and currency. When the compromises between North and South, large states and small, had to be stitched into a single governing document, the task of shaping the Constitution’s final language fell largely to him. At the Constitutional Convention, Morris spoke more often than any delegate save James Madison—and more forcefully against slavery. When Alexander Hamilton died in a tragic duel, his widow insisted that Hamilton’s closest friend, Gouverneur Morris, deliver the eulogy.

Morris continued to serve the republic after its founding as envoy to France during the Revolution and Reign of Terror, and as an early visionary who grasped that New York, not Philadelphia, could become the nation’s economic capital if a canal opened the interior to the sea.

And yet, despite these achievements, Morris’s legacy is little known today. In this deeply researched biography, The Forsaken Founder, Scott Greenberger restores this indispensable figure to history and asks why one of the most prescient and principled founders faded from memory. Was it his uncompromising opposition to slavery? His unapologetic aristocratic style? His belief that liberty required structure as well as passion?

Moving from the battlefields of the American Revolution to the salons of Paris and the blood-soaked streets of the French Revolution, this book restores Morris to his rightful place in history. It is the story of a man admired by giants, resisted by factions, and ultimately forsaken by memory—and of a republic still grappling with the truths he dared to speak.

About the author
Scott Greenberger is the executive editor of Stateline. He was a newspaper reporter at the Austin American-Statesman and The Boston Globe and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, and GQ. Greenberger has a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University and a master’s degree in international relations from George Washington University. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Love is the Main Ingredient by Angelee Schrouder

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Main-Ingredient-Angelee-Schrouder/dp/B0H6C981QH

Angelee is an experienced home cook. Cooking is truly her passion, which she developed at the age of nine, when she made her first meal. She was born in Jamaica, spent five years in Florida, twenty-two years in New York, and ten years in North Carolina. Her background and creativity create unique combinations of flavors with twists on food with Jamaican roots. This cookbook sums up her culinary journey of cooking with love. She wants to spread the love and have others learn to do the same through food.

The Zodiac Guardians: Annabelle’s Enchanted Adventures by Zhaoqian (Anna) Zeng
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964644313

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Best friends Annabelle and Olivia are thrust into a cosmic quest when Annabelle’s parents mysteriously vanish—only to be contacted by a secret alien force with one condition for their return: recover the 12 missing spirit eggs, hidden across magical Zodiac Worlds.

Each world, ruled by a different zodiac animal, presents vibrant landscapes, quirky characters, and unique challenges. From helping a timid mouse reclaim a stolen diamond to guiding a lost cow home, the girls must rely on their differences to uncover clues and unlock the eggs’ powers.

But this journey is more than a rescue mission. As they grow through trials, forge friendships, and face their fears, Annabelle and Olivia discover they may be destined for something greater: to become the next Zodiac Guardians.

A heartwarming adventure full of wonder, courage, and the magic of true friendship.

When the universe calls, will you rise to the challenge—or run from your destiny?

About the author
Zhaoqian Zeng, professionally known as Anna Zeng, is a unique blend of expertise in procurement, a passion for creative writing, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Throughout her journey, Anna thrived in diverse fields, balancing her professional career with her deep love for storytelling. Raised in China and later embracing American society as an adult, Anna brings a rich cultural perspective to everything she does, infusing her work with both tradition and innovation. From a young age, Anna was captivated by the power of words. She began writing small stories about the friendships of high school girls, quickly gaining encouragement from her friends. But it was after the arrival of her daughter that Anna’s creative spark truly ignited. As she watched her little girl dream vivid, colorful dreams, Anna was reminded of the excitement she felt reading Harry Potter as a teenager. She believes wholeheartedly that a good book can uplift spirits, teach valuable lessons, and inspire positive change in the world. Anna’s debut novel is a reflection of her personal journey—blending her imagination, the joy of motherhood, and her drive to pass on meaningful values to her daughter. With a heart full of passion and a mind shaped by Chinese roots and American experiences, Anna’s writing celebrates dreams, creativity, and the power of storytelling. The most important value Anna hopes her characters share is the power of women’s empowerment and collaboration. Through their journeys, she aims to inspire readers to believe in their strength, the importance of working together, and the incredible things that can happen when we lift each other up.

The Origin of Everything by Vernell Moss

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1665790687

Throughout history, humanity has endeavored to understand the origins of life, a pursuit often referred to as the “Universal Question.” From an early age, children ask their parents, “How did we get here?” This question is not limited to the context of human existence but also encompasses the origin of life. It is not just a single inquiry but a three-part exploration. It begins with our natural birth, extends to the birth of our parents, grandparents, and ancestors, and ultimately leads to questioning the origin of life. This complex question serves as the gateway to our journey of uncovering knowledge of everything under the sun. Similarly, scientists apply the same question while studying the natural world and the beginning of everything, seeking not only to unravel the beginnings of humankind but also to probe the genesis and significance of all that exists, starting with the very cosmos itself. Like orphans searching for their biological roots, we turn to science, religion, and philosophy for answers, unaware that these fields are also driven by the “Universal Question,” a curiosity. Curiosity is the “cause,” science is the “effect,” and religion, atheism, and philosophies about life are the results.

Biblical Prophecy Unveiled: Prophecy Made Easy by M.d. Elmore, Michael F. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1973629895 The Bible is Gods revealed message to humankind, and in it God shows us our collective, eternal future through an expansive history that is rich with prophecy. It is no wonder, then, that sometimes this divine message that spans the time from creation to todayand beyondcan be complex. Have you ever wished that you could better understand complex biblical prophecyand that it would be fun to read? In Biblical Prophecy UnveiledProphecy Made Easy, Christian author and physician Michael F. Elmore delves into the complexities of biblical prophecy and provides a simple, concise way to come away with new understandings and insights. With a longtime interest in the Bible and its propheciesand thanks to a love for making complex subjects easy to understandDr. Elmore explores prophetic themes like judgment, discipline, restoration, sovereignty, warning, and messianism and explains them through the lens of Gods incredible love for humankind. God wants us to be prepared for the last days, and the Bible and its prophecies reveal exactly what believers need to know in order to face the great tribulation without fear. Instead, we can have hope, excitement, and anticipation for Christs return, knowing that we can be confident in trusting in Gods Word thanks to a fuller, more complete understanding of his revealed truth.