Co-developing with exceptional figures
The following releases are a sampling of content that I have had the pleasure of co-developing with exceptional figures. In some cases, they talked, I wrote. In others, they wrote, I edited. Either way, we transformed words into magic.
Featured
Publications
Life’s a PIC/NIC…When You Understand Behavior
By Aubrey C. Daniels & Alice D. Lattal
Bring out the best in people through the application of the optimistic science of behavior and its demonstrated truth about the unlimited potential of human beings. (Sloan Publishing)
After the Storm: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse with Conviction, Connection and Compassion
By Ava St. Pierre & Shereé Cogburn
As a multi-title pageant holder, Ava ST. Pierre achieved her best on stage with focus, vigor, poise and exquisite beauty. Most importantly, Ava burst through the cycle of debilitating mental illness that her mother suffered from and effectuated in violence toward her and her siblings. Ava followed her father’s lead—to live a life of genuine empathic compassion and enlightenment, helping others survive after the storm and speaking up for the helpless and haunted. With assistance by her daughter and co-author, Shereé Cogburn, Ava ST. Pierre’s story demonstrates the beauty within.
The Stairway to Heaven is Not ADA Compliant: My Journey Through Cuba with Guillain-Barré Syndrome
By Samantha Holvey
Imagine being a star athlete and beauty queen, then waking up one morning with half of your face paralyzed, unable to open your eyelid or breathe. Guillain-Barré syndrome, an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, affects 1 in 100,000 people. A former Miss North Carolina USA tells her story of battling GBS and how a mission trip to rural Cuba revived her spirit. (CreateSpace)
Deliverability Inferno: Helping Email Marketers Understand the Journey from Purgatory to Paradise
By Chris Arrendale
Deliverability is the art and science of getting emails into the Inbox. The book dives deep into multiple areas of email deliverability including bounces, complaints, spam traps, content, authentication, compliance, and more. You will learn how to better deliver marketing emails to the major ISPs, network filters, and mailbox providers. Read about "tales from the trenches" to learn how certain marketers have successfully traveled the path from purgatory to paradise!
Twelve Sundays
By Connie Mack
Inspired by true events, Connie Mack’s novel is set along the bayou, where heroin addiction, scandalous family secrets, a corrupt prison and rapturous love come to roost. Mack’s characters are so colorful and lovable (even the criminals), readers can only hope for the sequel. (Archway Publishing)
One Shot
By Brian Gatesk
In this atmospheric thriller, meet Jack Shot, a bartender with a happy-go-lucky attitude, content to drift through life at his leisure…until one night a strange man pulls up a seat at the bar and flips his life on end. (Melange Books)
Medical
Sleep: What the World Needs Now
White Paper
This white paper commissioned by BreatheWear is loaded with insights and solutions to what the World Health Organization has deemed a “global health epidemic.” Contributing experts include Andrew Pugliese, MD, a 3x Board Certified physician in Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine, and Carolyn Campo, principal of Carolyn Campo Consulting, who possesses more than 20 years of experience in sleep medicine practices across the spectrum of care.
Inspirational Leadership
50 Promises: Faith-Based Strategies for Health, Wealth and Happiness
By Steve Akinboro
Steve Akinboro’s autobiographical vignettes, paired with spiritual teachings, will help you discover the answers and guide you to abundance, transcending any previous definition of the term as we know it. (Next Century Publishing)
Entertainment and Humor
Hang-Ups and Hangovers
By Kyle Milligan
With the help of friends and booze, David seeks to turn around his luck with the ladies to write his own erotic novel before his dwindling bank account dries up and he finds himself living on a park bench. Will he master the art of seduction in time? (All99 Publishing)
Psychological Thriller
Kill Her James
By Judith Russell
In this much-anticipated sequel of Judith Russell’s To Clair, years of preparation have given The Brotherhood a maniacal plan to be tromped by the ghost of a previous kill. Preacher Edward Clower and his followers have one objective: to keep the white race pure. (Melange Books)
Industrial Engineering
Engineering Solutions to America’s Health Care Challenges
by Ryan Burge
Covering the technologies, systems and processes that are emerging in hospitals and the White House to repair healthcare in the United States, Burge’s guide presents a systems approach to changing the way healthcare professionals do business and take care of their patients. (CRC Press)
Memoir
A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family Story
by Eustacia Cutler
A memoir in its second printing, the book chronicles Eustacia Cutler’s story of raising her autistic daughter, Temple Grandin, an internationally renowned animal sciences professor and designer of livestock handling facilities. Thorn details life in the fifties, when autistic children were routinely diagnosed as “infant schizophrenics” and wrongly institutionalized. (Future Horizons-Autism Books)
Manufacturing
Beyond World-Class Productivity: Industrial Engineering Practice and Theory
by Shigeyasu Sakamoto
An industrial engineering practice and theory guide, Sakamoto’s book shows why a return to traditional management techniques in the automotive and semiconductor industries can help companies meet today’s challenges in the manufacturing sector. (Springer)
Workplace Performance
Bring Out the Best in Every Employee
By Don Brown and Bill Hawkins
A management book written for every business leader, this is an essential road map for capturing the full potential of a workforce. Backed with a foreword by Marshall Goldsmith, Harvard Business Review’s “#1 Leadership Thinker,” Brown and Hawkins have created a revolutionary approach to energizing teams. (McGraw-Hill Professional)
Cover stories, catalogs and nonprofit collateral.