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Highlighted Titles
Every issue, Highlighted Titles recognizes the best newly released, independently published titles received by our editorial staff. These books are honored for exhibiting superior levels of creativity, originality, and design and production quality. A Highlighted Title garners well-deserved attention for the book, author, and publisher.
Our current selection of standout, independently published books can be read below.
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Category: Anthology/Spirituality
Patterns: Make 'Em and Break 'Em
Swedenborg Foundation Press, West Chester, PA; www.swedenborg.com; 272 page paperback; $15.95 (March 2013) ISBN-10: 0877852448What are the patterns that define our lives? How do we create them? How do we know when it’s time to break them? How do we handle it when they’re broken for us? The more…
Category: Business / Customer Service
Hospitality From the Heart: Engage Your Employees, Deliver Extraordinary Service, and Create Loyal Guests
Beavers Pond Press; Edina, MN; www.beaverspondbooks.com; 152 page hardcover; 18.00 (February 2013) ISBN-10: 1592985793You may serve great food. You may have a beautiful building and grounds. You may have the hippest decor. You may have all of the newest technology wants and needs. In today's more…
Category: Business / Public Speaking
HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (Harvard Business Reveiw Guides)
Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA; www.HBR.org/books; 256 page paperback (October 2012) ISBN-10: 1422187101Terrified of speaking in front of a group? Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the more…
Category: Business/Leadership/Women's Issues
Not In The Club: An Executive Woman's Journey Through the Biased World of Business
Deep Canyon Media, LLC, Beverly Hills, CA; www.deepcanyonmedia.com; 175 page hardcover; $24.99 (February 2013) 098590271XWhile a number of women have risen to top levels in corporate US-based organizations, statistically they are exceptions at the executive levels and in boardrooms. Even when more…
Category: Caregiving / Alzheimers
Dr. Ruth's Guide for the Alzheimer's Caregiver: How to Care for Your Loved One without Getting Overwhelmed . . . and without Doing It All Yourself
Quill Driver Books/Linden Publishing, Fresno, CA; www.QuillDriverBooks.com; 188 page paperback; $16.95 (November 2012) ISBN-10: 1610351355More than 15 million Americans are responsible for the care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, a situation that can quickly lead to feeling overwhelmed while trying more…
Category: Children's Non-Fiction / Science / Art
Draw Plus Science
Peel Productions, Vancouver, WA; www.peelbooks.com; 64 page softcover, $8.99 (Oct 2012) ISBN: 0939217910Research shows that active visual processing enhances learning and remembering. Adding colorful drawing activities gives students a new way to approach science, and have fun more…
Category: Children's Picture Book
Neighbors: The Yard Critters Too
Filsinger & Co Ltd, New York, NY; www.filsingerco.com; 32 page hardcover; $20.00 (January 2013) ISBN-10: 091675426XThese neighbors don't give a fig about fences. Refers to other birds, insects, and wild animals we often find in our suburban yards, country landscapes, and city streets. more…
Category: Children's Picture Book / Holiday
The Santa Story and Tina
Downstream Enterprises, Philadelphia, PA; www.thesantastory.com; 32 page paperback; $9.95 (June 2012) ISBN-10: 0982532822Tina likes to imagine herself playing all the different roles in her favorite stories. At Christmastime she hears magical stories about Santa and eagerly shares in all the more…
Category: Children's Picture Book w/ Music CD
Maximus Musicus Visits the Orchestra
Music Word Media Group; www.animusia.com; 40 page hardcover w/ music CD; $24.99 (November 2012) ISBN-10: 1937330176Icelands best-loved rodent discovers the wonders of music and the symphony orchestra in his own joyful and charming manner. The book, written by members of the Iceland Symphony more…
Category: Children's Picture Book/Animals
War Dogs: Churchill and Rufus
Charlesbridge Publishing, Watertown, MA; www.charlesbridge.com; 48 page hardcover; $17.95 (February 2013) ISBN-10: 1580894143Winston Churchill, often noted for his tenacious, bulldog-like personality, was one of the greatest wartime leaders of the modern era. But few people know that he was also a more…
Category: Childrens Picture Book
Maggie McNair Has Sugar Bugs in There
SBA Books; Daphne, AL; www.maggiemcnair.com; 36 page hardcover; $14.95 (January 2013) ISBN-10: 0971140464Maggie McNair has not been honest about brushing her teeth. As a matter of fact, she hasn't been brushing at all! That's when the sugar bugs sneak out and start making their more…
Category: Education/Teaching
Handbook of Response to Intervention in Early Childhood
Brookes Publishing, Baltimore, MD; www.brookespublishing.com; 512 page hardcover; $56.95 (April 2013) ISBN-10: 1598571745Response to intervention (RTI) is improving student outcomes in K–12 classrooms across the country, but how can it best be applied in early childhood settings? Find out more…
Category: Enviromental / Do-It-Yourself
More Food From Small Places: Growing Denser, Deeper, Higher, Longer Vegetable Gardens
Great River Books; Salt Lake City, UT; www.greatriverbooks.com; 128 page paperback; $17.95 (May 2013) ISBN-10: 0915556421This book presents new methods devised and tested by the author to maximize food production from a small yard. By tightly spacing plants in deep, fertile soil, training plants more…
Category: Fiction (Translation)
Murder
Litmus Press; Brooklyn, NY; www.litmuspress.org; 80 page paperback; $18.00 (April 2013) ISBN-10: 1933959177Originally published in 1964 by Éditions Gallimard while Collobert was living as a political exile in Italy, this prose work was written against the backdrop of the Algerian War. more…
Category: Fiction / Gambling
Becoming Bobby
Vegas Lit; Las Vegas, NV; www.huntingtonpress.com; 240 page paperback; $11.95 (January 2013) ISBN-10: 1935396617He quit his job. He abandoned his wife. He left his home and checked in at the Nirvana Hotel and Casino. In Michael Konik's darkly satirical debut novel, an American more…