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Just Play Like You Do in the Basement by Rick Porrello (Book Review #2249)
Rick Porrello’s memoir, Just Play Like You Do in the Basement, is a beautifully rendered coming-of-age story set against the glittering and turbulent backdrop of 1980s show business. With deft storytelling and unflinching honesty, Porrello recounts his astonishing journey from a Cleveland basement drum room to international stages alongside the legendary Sammy Davis, Jr.—a path paved by family ambition, natural talent, and the magnetic pull of jazz.
Read MoreRise and Thrive Above Cancer Journal by Dr. Achim Zinggrebe (Book Review #2252)
Published by wellness tracker Dr. Achim Zinggrebe, the “Rise and Thrive Above Cancer” Journal is designed for caregivers, friends, and family members of cancer patients. The journal focuses on enabling intentionality, encouraging emotional expression, and promoting resilience in all cancer patients.
Read More🎄 Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! 🎄 ✨ Celebrating 10 Years Together ✨
As we close out another wonderful year — and celebrate our 10th anniversary — I want to take a moment to thank every single one of you. To my readers, authors, writers, and contributors: your support, creativity, and dedication have shaped this community into something truly special.
For a decade, you’ve shared your stories, trusted your words with me, read our magazines, and supported my books. None of this journey would have been possible without you, and I am deeply grateful.
As we step into a new year filled with hope and inspiration, I invite you to continue this incredible journey with us. Explore our latest magazine issues, discover new voices, and, if you haven’t already, take a look at my books — each one created with passion, purpose, and love.
Thank you for 10 amazing years.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for believing in the power of storytelling.
Wishing you joy, warmth, and peace this Christmas season.
With heartfelt gratitude,
Jeyran Main
Editor-in-Chief
Oneness: The Simple Self-Healing Secret You Were Never Supposed to Know by LD Chen & MeiMei Fox (Book Review #2251)
What if the techniques you used: meditations, medications, therapies, diets, and exercises, only skimmed the surface of healing? What if the proper way forward for healing, clarity, and peace would be something much older and simpler than you can imagine?
Read MoreIsland Endgame by Rebecca Hodge (Book Review #2248)
Rebecca Hodge’s novel, Island Endgame, is a masterwork of emotional suspense filled with intrigue and mystery. It also has themes of survival, loss, and resilience, set against the beautiful backdrop of Puget Sound, Washington.
Read MoreThe Shadow of Wealth by Alex Brent (Book Review #2247)
In “In The Shadow of Wealth,” Alex Brent takes readers on a personal and honest journey to discover the most hidden yet powerful aspects of our relationship with money and wealth – our hidden relationship with wealth and its transformational power. This is NOT your average book about developing a money mindset: It contains no recycled affirmations or superficial suggestions. Rather, Alex employs a skilled, deeply searching, and psychologically sharp scalpel that digs into the emotional wounds, survival stories, and unconscious patterns of the mind that keep abundance from us.
Read MoreThe Luckiest Fool on Earth: The Twisted Yarn of America’s Greatest Flagpole Sitter, Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly by Phillip S. Roberts (Book Review #2246)
Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly, an American daredevil who had worked in many professions, including sailor, boxer, stuntman, and pole-sitter, is a unique character from the 1920s and early 30s. The author, Phillip Roberts, brings Kelly to life in The Luckiest Fool on Earth, a beautifully written historical fiction novel that incorporates numerous real-life events of Shipwreck’s life, as well as the unique challenges and triumphs he faced during an extreme life filled with both thrill-seeking stunts and an immense amount of public success.
Read MoreThe Great West Wood by Philip Palmer (Book Review #2245)
Philip Palmer’s The Great West Wood is a daring journey into the evolution of urban life. The novel deftly intertwines modern urban living with ancient mythology; family drama meets folklore; an .com-crime story meets the contemporary fantasy. This faith-filled collection of images, thoughts, and associations creates an imaginative, sensual, colourful, and deep expression of life in a surreal part of South London.
Read MoreThe Fractional Leader’s Playbook by Kellie Hinkle (Book Review #2244)
Kellie Hinkle’s The Fractional Leader’s Playbook is essential reading for the modern worker who has reached the end of the full-time working world and is ready to move on to an alternate way to lead. In this guide, you will find a complete plan for developing and running an effective, high-impact career as a fractional executive—an executive who adds executive expertise through part-time or contract service to multiple organizations without being limited to working for only one employer.
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