Ghana: An African Portrait Revisited, Peter E. Randall Editor and Photographer, Peter E. Randall Publishers LLC`.
Six American photographers journeyed to Ghana to document that country on the eve of its fiftieth anniversary of independence. From Accra to Bolatanga, and Elmina to Aflao, the photographers made images of a country that is changing yet still retains much of its traditional character. With more than 150 photographs, the book presents Ghana at an historic moment in time, remembering its past and traditions, while looking ahead to a bright future.
Good Night & God Bless: A Guide to Convent & Monastery Accommodation in Europe, Volume 1: Austria, Czech Republic, Italy by Trish Clark, Hidden Spring, a division of Paulist Press, ISBN 978-1587680533, 2009.
Trish Clark’s unique travel guide, GOOD NIGHT & GOD BLESS, A Guide to Convent & Monastery Accommodation In Europe, puts the holy into holiday and is sure to delight devout tourists, mainstream travelers, history buffs, and adventure seekers looking for something unusual in the way of accommodation. Clark’s user-friendly guide dishes up the details on affordable accommodation, local tourist information, and places of pilgrimage. Bathed in the golden light of history and religion, the author’s enticing travel tidbits and anecdotes will appeal to real life and armchair travelers alike.
Winds Against the Mind by Lola Bamiboye, Building Toward Success, ISBN 978-0981753706, 2nd edition, 2009.
Drawing on her experience as psychiatric nurse, Bamigboye describes depression, Alzheimer’s dementia, bipolar, schizophrenia, autism, alcoholism, drug addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other common mental health disorders as “winds against the mind.” Her use of real life stories, with first-person narratives, provides a deeply personal look at how disorders are manifested, including the reaction of others to the individual with a disorder as well the impact on family.
Leaving Religion, Following Jesus by Ronnie McBrayer, Smith & Helwys, ISBN 978-1-57312-531-4, paperback, July, 2009.
Leaving Religion, Following Jesus, challenges readers to rethink their personal relationship to religion, faith, and Christian spirituality — and to discover new ways of following the revolutionary example set by Jesus. Each chapter is followed by workbook-style questions that challenge readers to reflect, dig deep, and answer tough questions that, ultimately, point to a road away from religion and onward to the Christ.
The Great Improbability, An Autobiographical Mystery by the People of Earth, David Sayre, Peter E. Randall Publishers LLC, ISBN 978-1-931807-93-7, soft cover, 376 pages, 2009.
Here is a groundbreaking, thought provoking mystery, in the fantasy genre. Similar to Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home, this title was collectively “written” by the People of the Earth. Author, entrepreneur David Sayre, has reinvented our world and peopled it with characters, who are each on journeys that criss-cross and intersect in unforgettable ways. Alone and peculiar, the characters become entangled in a mystery of post-Darwin evolution, set in the most desolate and powerful places on earth. They are we.
Follow Me, David! by Jonathan Russell, Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC, ISBN 978-1-931807-61-6, softcover, 240 pages, 2009.
Author Jonathan Russell’s Follow Me, David! is a serious, yet often times humorous, love story that chronicles the life of an adopted greyhound by a well-to-do widow, Jennifer, and her devotion to this docile, giant, handsome dog whom she names David. A tour-de-force! Part of the profits received from this book will be donated by the author to organizations working to help rescue Greyhounds.
Women Own All the Vaginas: Why Men Do What They Do, Richard Nocera, Dick ‘n Jane Publishers.
Drawing on 40 years’ experience as a hairdresser and confidant to men and women clients, Richard Nocera offers profound insight and advice about male sexuality in his book, Women Own All the Vaginas. Nocera’s provocative book, a consciousness-raising memoir, is a wise, caring, razor-sharp response to the question he hears daily throughout his career: ‘Why do men do what they do?’