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2025 International Impact Book Award Winner.John writes powerful descriptions of people, places, and things.Gripping story that keeps you in the moment. The author paints a vivid picture that has you right in the middle of the action.Thrilling with a lurking sense of constant danger and death.In this page-turning story of bravery, fear, anger, and determination, the soldiers come to life.Realistic and gritty. The author is a great storyteller“When Can I Stop Running?” is the forerunner to this book.     Only a couple of hours had passed since returning to the firebase. Now, ...

Amazon #1 Best Seller in its category for several weeks.2020 Rave Review Book Club Awards: BOOK OF THE YEARJohn Podlaski tells a military story like few others can. He is a gifted writer and will make all of your senses come alive.Written with great attention to detail, putting the reader solidly in John’s shoes.Cleverly Written, Dynamic Story TellingAn amazing story that brought a night of terror into perspective.     Step into the shadows of the Vietnam War and join two young soldiers, alone in a listening post (LP), in the pitch-black jungle of Vietnam. The night seems to g...

A painfully accurate description of the life of a combat infantryman serving in the jungles of Vietnam.For those who never served, it’s an eye-opener. For those who did, it serves as a reminder of that life long ago."Cherries" presents an unvarnished account, and upon completion, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the trials these young men faced throughout the year.It's a narrative that grips the reader throughout.     In 1970, John Kowalski was among many young, inexperienced soldiers sent to Vietnam to fight in a war that was already controversial. Referred to as �...

Jump Gate III – RoadMaker is the book that was destined to unite books two (Teleporter) and book four (Jump Gate). And sure to be the most difficult to write.This tale was intended to be the story of a journey to our closest, possibly habitable planet, orbiting Proxima Centauri. It is four and a half light-years away. There is, of course, an emergency. We needed one to build a story around. One that gives us a scant one hundred years to reach our destination.Mostly, between here and there are millions and billions of miles of empty space. Potential miles and days, months, years, of very empt...

"Bailey's Big Adventure: The Happy, Crazy Springer Spaniel" A magical, heart warming tale about a joyful dog and the unforgettable journey he shares with his best friend, a young girl named Mia. In their cosy home on Maple Street, Bailey, an energetic Springer Spaniel with floppy ears and boundless curiosity, brings laughter, love, and chaos to everyone he meets.When a simple backyard treasure hunt leads to the discovery of a rusty old key, Mia and Bailey stumble upon a hidden door and enter a secret garden filled with wonder, colour, and new animal friends. Guided by a wise old tort...

STINKERBELL the FARTING Fairy, and the TOYBOX Toys!Meet Tink, a fairy with a very unusual magical problem…Every time she waves her wand — PFFFFFT! — something terribly smelly happens!Inside the toybox, chaos erupts as teddy bears, robots, dolls, and dinosaurs try to solve the mystery of the terrible pong filling the room. Who is causing the thunderous toots? And can the Toybox Toys stop the stink before bedtime?Bursting with giggles, rhymes, and wonderfully silly surprises, Stinkerbell the Farting Fairy is a laugh-out-loud children’s picture book and audiobook perfect for storytime, ca...

What if the centuries between life and death were missing… and you were the proof?Joseph William Horne was born in Devonshire in 1739, the son of a country surgeon, educated in the brutal realities of eighteenth‑century medicine and the unforgiving logic of the Enlightenment. His life should be known only to parish records and fading archives.Instead, he is found alive in 1952.As Joseph recounts his youth, his voice carries the texture of another age: the smells of the anatomy theatre, the peril of Atlantic crossings, the rigid hierarchies of shipboard life, and the moral certainties—and...

Between Two Worlds: An Odyssey BeginsCharlie Barley is adrift—literally and figuratively. Once a Royal Navy man, now a castaway on the sleepy island of Petit St Louis, he’s haunted by heartbreak and the bottle, drifting through sun-bleached days and rum-soaked nights. But when a young journalist arrives, chasing the legend of the mysterious Splitwind, Charlie’s world is upended. What begins as a playful interview soon becomes a journey into the unknown, as Charlie is swept into the orbit of Captain Josiah Patch, a grizzled sea gypsy with secrets of his own.Together, they set sail aboard ...

Some places never forget.And some stories refuse to stay buried.Thirty years ago, young sailor Vincent Brown went ashore on a remote South Atlantic island with his shipmates, Frank and Nobbay. What should have been an unremarkable visit left him instead with a memory he could never explain: two young girls, a moment of strange joy, and whispers carried on the wind.Now, Vincent returns to the island with his daughter—older, haunted, and searching for answers. As he walks the scarlet slopes of diddle dee and the wind‑scoured cliffs above a restless sea, the past begins to surface. History, m...

When everything familiar is taken from her, Rosie Winterbourne does the only thing she knows how to do: she goes to sea.A gifted naval sailor with a fierce will to endure, Rosie is already fractured by loss when her life begins to unravel—her career derailed, her loyalties tested, and her sense of reality itself called into question. Haunted by memory, driven by guilt, and carrying a secret she barely understands, she turns to the one place that has ever offered her clarity: the open ocean.Alone aboard a small yacht, Rosie sets out on a journey that is as dangerous inwardly as it is outwardl...

Some people move tourists.Some people move terrorists.Rosie Winterbourne is a former Royal Navy NCO with an unusual skill set: she speaks Arabic, remembers everything she has ever seen, and sails alone with absolute confidence. When a covert British intelligence unit recruits her to quietly observe yacht traffic in Gibraltar, Rosie expects to find drug runners and people‑smugglers.What she finds instead is a secret humanitarian network rescuing baby girls from ISIS‑controlled territory.But salvation has a price.As Rosie digs deeper, she discovers that the same maritime routes are being use...

How far would you go to save a friend—if the people trying to stop you are on your own side?When British intelligence trainee Rosie Winterbourne learns that her closest friend, yacht skipper Michael McCaffey, has been kidnapped by a Daesh splinter group in Libya, she makes a choice that will change her life forever.She disobeys orders.She disappears.And she goes in alone.Armed with her gift for languages and an infallible memory, Rosie crosses North Africa under false identities, pursued by her own agency and aided by men she knows she should never trust. To reach Michael, she must pose as a...

A jewel stolen from legend. A curse that never left the sea.In 800 BCE, a slaver seizes a gold pendant said to be a gift from King Solomon to the Queen of Sheba—and the ocean answers with a storm that swallows ship, crew, and treasure alike.Nearly three thousand years later, Royal Navy petty officer Patrick Redman is on leave in Mombasa when a routine dive turns into a nightmare: a squall erupts out of nowhere, their boat vanishes, and the sea takes one of his friends in a brutal shark attack. Redman survives the impossible swim back to shore—battered, half-conscious… and carrying a heav...

Return to Saba: search for the Eye is the gripping continuation of The Eye of Saba tale—where a lost relic, a fabricated murder case, and a brutal countdown collide.Patrick Redman thought he’d escaped Kenya for good. Haunted by guilt and a past he can’t outrun, he returns in secret to the coast where it all began—only to discover the nightmare has grown darker. Hannelore Friedmann and her friend Thomas Dennie have been condemned to die for a crime they didn’t commit, framed by evidence that shouldn’t exist and a system that won’t listen.With time running out, Patrick hunts for th...

A rogue ex‑operative. A hijacked yacht with hostages. A smuggling route that leads straight into Russia.After losing her dream job at Firegate, Rosie Winterbourne rebuilds her life inside Michael’s yacht brokerage—launching a new enterprise dedicated to tracking down stolen boats. It should be clean work. Insurance cases. Paper trails. Recoveries.Then Sir Tamlyn Battersby’s £2m yacht is taken—along with its skipper and Battersby’s daughter.Rosie is hired to bring them back. But the hunt drags her into a shadow network moving sanctioned goods into Russia: electronics, weapons compo...

Pranita Upadhyay has everything she thought she wanted — a dream job, a promising career, a life that shines from the outside. But when tragedy strikes, the glittering façade of the corporate world shatters, leaving her alone with an irreparable loss.Haunted by what she cannot change, Pranita leaves behind the chaos of the city and retreats into the Himalayas. There, under the guidance of a wise yogi, she discovers a different way of being — a path of meditation, introspection, and renewal.Years later, she returns, transformed and ready to build a life not just for herself, but for countl...

Forgotten Objects traces the life of Anna d’Amio, daughter of opera singers Louis and Francesca d’Amio, from Mussolini’s Italy to the city of Pittsburgh during the mid sixties. The novel proper is made up of three parts: Italy, Cuba and United States. Married at seventeen and widowed at twenty, Anna leaves war-torn Italy to find her fortune in Cuba, she eventually meets Ramón Contreras, a wealthy tobacco grower who later becomes her second husband. The idyllic world that the couple had so laboriously built suddenly comes crashing down after the communist take over of the island and Ram�...

Faded Dreams is an epic autobiography by my fellow writer and good friend Carlos Rubio. Beyond being a very personal story of a young man growing up to the backdrop of this remarkable country of Cuba, there is as well a political subplot of a country that is dragged through the mud by one of the most ruthless dictators in recent world history. The people who populate his world all fantastically come alive on the pages; Carlos does so well in telling how special they were to him, and are still special today. This book now gives us a close-up, in your face look at the very human side of Cuba as ...

A neobaroque novel that immerses the reader in a bedazzling and surrealistic vortex where a search for an idealized goal often turns into a mirage. The four protagonists, Li-Tzu, Candy Slice, Dhalia Meanor and Adela Carroza anxiously await the arrival of Mr. Ioso, the Greek who will fulfill their dreams. It is during this anxious wait that they recount the story of their turbulent lives which are often distorted by desire, ambition and revenge. (Spanish)

Arraigada en el folklore afrocubano tan bien captado por Fernando Ortiz, Lydia Cabrera y Alejo Carpentier, Orisha dibuja una elipse que magistralmente enlaza el ámbito primigenio de la isla con el contemporáneo. Desde el punto de vista anecdótico, toda esta nueva novela de Rubio traza el desenlace del vaticinio de un babalao lucumí que anuncia con detalles el nacimiento y futuro de Ignacio Benítez, alias Agua Dulce. Mulato de ojos azules, Ignacio es el elegido sucesor del brujo lucumí y el encargado de ratificar la veracidad del pronóstico de los caracoles courís sobre su propio destin...

Un aparato de aire acondicionado descompuesto, cerveza tibia, bomberos dementes y una misteriosa carta. Estos son los puntos de partida de SAGA, una novela que arrastra al lector en una búsqueda obsesiva de una mujer.  Su siempre cambiante imagen sumerge al protagonista en un laberinto surrealista de deseo, y a la postre en una alucinante sucesión de imágenes donde la realidad se desvanece para convertirse en una distorsión de sí misma.

LOS OJOS DEL CORONEL  es la historia de Opalina Lamar, cantante famosa  y mejor conocida como La Divina.  Hija ilegítima del coronel Froilán Garmendía, desde temprana edad intuye que los escuetos datos que posee sobre su supuesto padre son apócrifos.  Es entonces que comienza una  incesante y obsesiva búsqueda sobre la verdadera  identidad de su padre. Una serie de sucesos  aparentemente inconexos, reforzados por el  vaticinio de una pitonisa, le dan las pistas necesarias para desentrañar el enigma que la ha acompañado a lo largo de su vida.  ...

Basada en un hecho real sucedido en la ciudad de La Habana a finales de los años 40s(el asesinato de una prostituta llamada Lola a manos de uno de sus amantes), la novela Doble Filo nos conduce a través de sus páginas hasta este violento suceso.La mayor parte de la novela está narrada en primera persona, desde el punto de vista de otro de los amantes de Lola, un abogado prominente cuya relación con ella comenzó cuando él era aún estudiante universitario. Un narrador omnisciente nos ofrece, en tercera persona, episodios de la niñez de Lola, los cuales hacen relucir su personalidad ego�...

En este volumen Carlos Rubio nos ofrece Hubris --palabra griega que significa arrogancia pronunciada-- una novela corta que describe la accidentada llegada del norteamericano Jason West al pueblo costero de Costa Blanca. Desde el principio vemos sus frustraciones y dificultades con el idioma, con los habitantes del pueblo y con las costrumbres en general. También presenciamos su cambio radical después de conocer a Nara Montero, residente del pueblo y su sorprendente reacción cuando ya está libre de regresar a los Estados Unidos. Además de la novela, el autor nos ofrece unos...

Expert Latin-American satirist Carlos Rubio presents a new tongue-in-cheek masterpiece that scales new heights of satire even as it follows the life of a young protagonist in his journey through growing up and into manhood. Rubio pulls out all the stops on ironic humor in American Tripytch.Rubio explores the potential of transformation in a young boy as he moves from one experience to the next in three volumes filled with the ironical embellishments of the Neo-Baroque writing style. In the first part entitled The Neophyte, Rubio unfolds the life of a young boy rescued from a flood by a somewha...

Creativity isn’t a talent you’re born with.It’s a habit you can build.In a world of constant distraction, The Creativity Habit: 21 Days to a Creative You offers a calm, practical path back to curiosity, focus, and original thinking. Through simple daily practices, reflective prompts, and real-life stories, this book helps you reconnect with the creative mind you already possess.Designed for busy adults, educators, parents, and lifelong learners, these 21 days don’t demand more time — they help you see differently and approach problems creatively. One small shift at a time, you’ll r...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKMilo Jenkins is the king of lost things. Pencils, socks, and especially homework vanish in the black hole of his messy backpack. But when his maths homework disappears for the third time in a week, Milo discovers something amazing. At the bottom of his bag is a glowing zipper that opens to another world.He tumbles into the Planet of Lost Homework, a wild place where forgotten assignments soar like butterflies, and excuses grow on trees.With the help of Scribble, a wobble-eyed alien guide, Mi...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKZara and the Zero Waste Quest is a picture book that inspires eco-friendly habits in an easy, and enjoyable way.When Zara notices her neighbourhood becoming cluttered with rubbish, she sets off on a quest to find out how she, and everyone else can help. Along the way, she learns about,RecyclingCompostingAnd reusing materials, that all make small changes that have a big impact on the planetThe book has:Vibrant artworkInteractive ideasAnd a hopeful message, that should encourage children (and ...

Not All Curses Can Be Broken...Yelena, a hardworking laundress and pleasure-woman, is driven from her village by false accusations of dark sorcery, forced to leave behind everything she knows and loves. Her only recourse is the dark forest, from which a fungal rot is oozing and infecting all in its path. When the voices of the restless dead guide her to a cursed castle at the forest's heart, she discovers a forgotten tyrant from centuries before, still living in the form of a monster, much changed from the brute he used to be, and whose name is an echo of her own. Yelen and Yelena quickly...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKA Journey Through Numbers and Puzzles is an enchanting, math-filled picture book adventure that takes young readers on a thrilling journey into a world where math and magic collide. Join Sam, a curious but frustrated boy, as he is transported into a maze powered by numbers, fractions, patterns, and shapes. With the help of Digit, a clever black cat with a cape and monocle, Sam faces fun and engaging puzzles that teach key math concepts in a creative, interactive way.In the maze, Sam must nav...

Punkin is a mischievous little pumpkin who loves rolling in pumpkin juice, jumping in muddy puddles, and playing silly pranks on everyone in Pumpkin Patch Valley. Unlike the other pumpkins who follow all the rules, Punkin thinks being naughty is much more fun. But when one of his tricks makes sweet Poppy, his kind and gentle friend, burst into tears, Punkin starts to wonder if kindness might feel better than causing trouble.Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners, Punkin The Rebellious Pumpkin is a beautifully illustrated friendship picture book that teaches empathy, caring, and...

Max hates brushing his teeth! Until he discovers a mysterious toothbrush named Brushy that can travel through time!What starts as a boring bedtime routine turns into an epic adventure through the ages.With Brushy as his cheerful guide, Max is whisked away to surprising destinations: ancient Egypt where pharaohs invented early toothpaste, a medieval castle where knights wore wooden dentures, a pirate ship full of toothless sailors, and even the futuristic world of the year 3000 where brushing is a high-tech game! At every stop, Max learns fascinating facts about how people took care of their te...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKDeep in the countryside, where silver leaves shimmer under moonlight, a secret waits to be heard. Saffi, a curious and gentle-hearted girl, discovers she can hear the whispers of the trees. Their voices speak of forgotten promises, hidden magic, and a forest in need of her help.Drawn by the glow of ancient branches, Saffi steps into a world where the wind carries secrets, rivers hum lullabies, and every tree holds a story. Guided by the forest's wisdom, she learns how even the smallest acts ...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKEllie thought she knew every nook of her favorite library, until a mysterious whisper led her to a hidden doorway and into the Library of Invisible Animals. There, she meets the animals:Alba the anxious axolotl,Tiko the disoriented tardigrade,Pippa the stage-shy pangolin,Norwin the dreamy narwhal,Hazel the hyper hedgehog,Glint the gecko afraid to glow,Olive the overwhelmed octopusSuma the sloth with a secret.Guided by a magical clipboard, Ellie uses her curiosity, compassion, and courage to ...

The Secret School Beneath The Sea. Protecting Oceans One Wave At A Time.Dive into a magical underwater adventure where friendship, teamwork, and environmental action come to life!The Secret School Beneath the Sea. (Protect the Ocean. One Wave at a Time) is an illustrated, heartwarming children's picture book that follows Lena, a curious young girl who discovers a hidden ocean school filled with sea creature classmates and powerful lessons about protecting our planet.Invited by a dolphin messenger and welcomed by the wise Professor Shellstein, Lena joins an extraordinary class where octopuses o...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKA heart-warming, empowering picture book that helps children explore the language of emotions through the eyes of a young child named Riley. When Riley wakes up one morning tinged in blue, they begin an extraordinary journey through a week of color-shifting feelings. From red-hot anger to yellow-bright joy, nervous green, foggy gray, and more.With the gentle guidance of Miss Arlo, a wise and caring teacher, and the comfort of family and furry friend Bongo, Riley learns that every feeling has...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKWhen dark fog clouds the bright waters of Brainport Bay, Captain Brain and the Thought Pirates launches into a courageous quest across the Sea of Emotions. Calm, Confidence, and Kindness have been stolen by a sneaky crew of Thought Pirates, and it's up to Captain Brain and his sparkly sidekick Neuron to get them back.From the buzzing Island of Anxiety to the echoing Caves of Criticism, from the wild Feelstorm to the healing Inner Island, readers follow an emotional odyssey full of talking wa...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKIn this enchanting picture book, follow Luna, a curious girl with a glowing Leaf Locket, as she travels through diverse and vibrant ecosystems — from melting Arctic ice to whispering forests, coral kingdoms, and desert secrets.Each chapter reveals a new part of the natural world that needs care and remembering.With rich, vivid illustrations and gentle storytelling, Luna's journey teaches children and families aboutecologyconservationAnd the power of listening to nature's quiet voices.As Lu...

The Sock Who Ran AwayWhen Sully, the orange sock with yellow stars, wakes up to find his matching twin Sunny missing, he refuses to stay behind in the laundry basket. Determined and a little nervous, he hops out on a daring journey through the house and into the great wide garden beyond.Along the way, Sully meets a parade of curious bugs, joins frog “pirates” on a puddle adventure, outwits a nest-building bird, and even befriends a wise old sneaker and a patch who remembers every thread in the yard.Through courage, kindness, and a few muddy missteps, Sully discovers what it truly means to ...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINKIllustrated, heartwarming collection of magical short stories about invisible comfort, emotional healing, and the quiet power of hope.No one sees them, but everyone feels them.Elias and Orion are the Empathy Brothers. They are silent companions in a loud world. They drift across oceans and cities, mountains and rainstorms, drawn not by sight, but by sorrow. Wherever someone is losing hope, they arrive, invisible and glowing, to offer comfort, courage, and healing.Through ten deeply emotional...