Shenandoah Chefalo is on a wholly dysfunctional journey through a childhood with neglectful, drug-and alcohol addicted parents. She endures numerous moves in the middle of the night with just minutes to pack, multiple changes in schools, hunger, cruelty, and loneliness. Finally at the age of 13, Shen had had enough. After being abandoned by her mother for months at her grandmother’s retirement community, she asks to be put into foster care. Surely she would fare better at a stable home than living with her mother? It turns out that it was not the storybook ending she had hoped for. When a car accident lands her in the hospital with grave injuries and no one comes to visit her during her three-week stay, she realizes she is truly all alone in the world. Overcoming many adversities, Shen became part of the 3% of all foster care children who get into college, and the 1% who graduate. Despite her numerous achievements in life though, she still suffers from the long-term effects of neglect, and the coping skills that she adapted in her childhood are not always productive in her adult life. Garbage Bag Suitcase is not only the inspiring and hair-raising story of one woman’s journey to over- come her desolate childhood, but it also presents grass-root solutions on how to revamp the broken foster care system.

With Angel's Wings is the true story of Laura, a young wife and mother of a three-year-old daughter. Her husband, Kevin, a marine, is deployed overseas, leaving Laura to give birth to their second daughter and handle the two young children on her own.

Thirteen days after the birth of her youngest, the pediatrician detects a heart murmur. That leads to just the first of multiple diagnoses for both of her daughters, sending Laura on an unexpected and emotional journey into the world of parenting medically-fragile, special needs children.

Right when Laura fears she will break under the incredible pressure, she encounters the beauty of true love, in a most unexpected and unconventional way.

Life, Love, and a Hijacking: My Pan Am Memoir is an insightful, hilarious, sometimes seat-gripping look at the adventures of an ebullient flight attendant, who flew for the world’s most iconic airline, Pan Am. With the world at her fingertips, anything was possible...even the improbable. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the read as Wendy Knecht recounts the experiences of her lifetime. Travel with Wendy as she transforms from naive, frizzy-haired college student into a wined-and-dined, weight-checked woman of the world. After rigorous, eye-opening training and an aerodynamics lesson called PFM, she progresses to rich experiences around the globe. Fly along as she tells stories about a cockpit swimsuit competition, working the world’s longest flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, and all the perks, discoveries, and personal growth that came along the way. It wasn’t just a party, and world politics were always part of the Pan Am experience. An interview by the Secret Service details a threat on President Reagan’s life, and an assignment in India leads to personal involvement in the shattering, deadly 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73. Single until age 47, Wendy’s Pan Am story of her “life of freedom” is thought provoking and peppered with celebrity, adventure, tragedy, and a lot of laughter. Life, Love, and a Hijacking just might empower you to seek your own life’s adventure.

Winner Florida Book Festival - Best Memoir
Gold Mom's Choice Award
Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention
Readers' Favorite International Book Award, Honorable Mention - Best Non-Fiction Memoir

For anyone who ever played any sport...Unsinkable Spirit is a must read for parents, coaches, and children of all ages. This book is the amazing story of how efforts of one man changed youth sports forever. A popular motivational speaker, Engh chronicles h

is journey for the American Dream. Overcoming life obstacles that would have smothered the spirit of others, Fred Engh has become the nation's principal leader, and it's most respected advocate, for making sports safe and fun for children. His rise from Depression-era poverty on the shores of Eastern Maryland to creating a nonprofit organization, The National Alliance For Youth Sports (NAYS)--a nonprofit organization that works to provide safe sports for America's youth, has impacted young lives through the power of sports worldwide for more than 30 years.

A gifted speaker with an amazing story to share, Fred Engh has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN and ESPN, and is the author of Why Johnny Hates Sports: Why Organized Youth Sports Are Failing Our Children.

GREAT MIDWEST SELECTS "HARD DAYS HARD NIGHTS" AS GRAND PRIZE WINNER
CHICAGO_ An illuminating backstage pass to some of the greatest concerts ever held is the grand prize winner of the 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival.

Southern California Book Festival Runner-Up Best Non-Fiction
Readers' Favorite International Book Award, Best Non-Fiction Memoir

Hard Days Hard Nights is the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the birth and development of modern rock concerts, as told by one of its most illustrious proponents, Pat DiCesare.

For 36 years, starting with his first show in Youngstown, Ohio with the Four Freshman to his big breakthrough promoting the Beatles concert in Pittsburgh, PA in 1964, through his last major show in 1999, Pat DiCesare ruled the Pittsburgh concert scene.

Virtually every major rock and pop act of the area from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Bruce Springsteen passed through Pittsburgh during these years to perform in concerts produced and promoted by Pat DiCesare.

These are the backstage tales of those shows and how they came to be--the untold story of one of America's most beloved industries.

Shattered by the Wars won the 2015 SPR contest in non-fiction. Also it came in as a finalist in 2015  Beverly Hills Book Awards, 2014 Eric Hoffer Awards, 2013 Hippo Campus Magazine and 2013 Autumn House Publishing writing contests

I hate war. War kills. War maims. War orphans. And it leaves a deep scar not only on the land, that will take years to heal, but also in the hearts of those who are affected by the war. I am one of those who carry a deep emotional wound to this day, more than sixty years later. During World War II, under Japan, my father was imprisoned because he was a Christian minister who refused to bow down to the picture of the Japanese emperor. My elder brother volunteered to join the Japanese military in the hope of having his father released from the prison. He left home as a vibrant, fifteen-year-old boy and returned home as a worn-out, injured, eighteen-year-old man after the war; he died a year later. During the Korean War, two North Korean officers came to my house and took my father away because he was a Christian minister. He never returned. Shattered by the Wars is a story of love, sacrifice, faith, and suffering, all wrapped in one package. The heroine in the story is my mother, as seen by her youngest son. Mother prayed without ceasing. Through her unceasing prayers, she was able to walk through the dark tunnel of trials and tribulations and lead us onward with love and grace and absolute faith in God.

WINNER Indie Book Awards Best Inspirational Book
Gold Mom's Choice Award
Paris Book Festival Honorable Mention
Gold Readers' Favorite International Book Award
New York Book Festival Honorable Mention

In the summer of 2011, more than 14 million viewers each week watched with awe as a gifted vocalist from the coalfields of West Virginia rose to the top spot on NBC TV's "America's Got Talent." Soon, they will be able to read the amazing story behind Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.'s journey from washing cars to Hollywood stars.

The story of Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. is more than a rags-to-riches story of some singer who won a reality show it's a story of faith, hope, destiny, and dreams. To many people, Landau is the young man with dreadlocks who sings like Sinatra, but the story to be told is that of a hard-working man of enduring faith. When you're finished reading this book, you ll discover that, along with having a great voice, Landau is a world-class human being.

"God bless you three. You are the pride of America tonight. That is one of the best vocal performances we have heard thus far." ---Piers Morgan of America's Got Talent HIGHER THAN ME is a true story of faith: a three-generation account of a family tried by fire: a heart- warming saga of relationships and the power of forgiveness. It is a comforting witness of our one true God, who brings His goodness into our lives when we open the doors of our hearts and let Him love us. It is the tale of Mike Cole's family: a tale of poverty and hunger, fighting battles of flesh and spirit, soon ripping them apart. When love wasn't enough, Mike and his ten siblings scattered...the old children left in group homes...the younger ones in foster care, never to be together in a loving home again. It is Felicia Cole's tale of advantage, the merit of goal setting, hard work and a never quit attitude. Follow the thread of a young woman, who devoted herself to the Lord, allowing Him to lead her on the path that she should go. The story book romance of this seemingly unlikely couple met unexpected resistance as their plans to marry were revealed; still love reigned victorious. To this union came three talented children whose lives fulfilled a prophecy spoken before the youngest was even conceived. Higher Than Me tells about a simple man of faith who stood strong for his family through the darkest of times. It's a story of a simple woman of faith who planted good seed into her children while she was able, harvesting that seed unwittingly as they sang at her bedside in hopes of helping her regain consciousness. It's a tale of victims becoming over-comers. It's a tale of God's love and faithfulness. In Higher Than Me you will learn the process that took three young kids from Highland, New York, to worldwide recognition on America's Got Talent. This is a classic beauty from ashes story. Claudia Stewart Farrell is a writer with a single vision...to record the manifestation and magnification of the goodness of God in people's lives. She has been dubbed a "Scribe for God".