Nutrition Expert Rachel Beller Launches Life-Changing Book, SpiceRack–an Evidence-Based Nutrition Plan for Weight Management & Reducing Breast Cancer Risk

11 September 2023

SpiceRack (You Live Right Publishers, flexibind, available November 14, 2023, ISBN: 978-1-736-67565-6, $32.99) is the first-of-its kind action plan to fight breast cancer and lose excess body weight based on science, flavor, and the healing and health-promoting powers of spices.

Registered dietitian and America’s cancer nutrition expert, Rachel Beller, knows from her years of working with busy women and celebrities across the globe that a boring, tedious diet is a worthless diet.

SpiceRack’s easy-to-make recipes deliver Rachel’s 10 Nutrition Commandments based on evidence-based nutrition. SpiceRack principles include:

Discover the Power of Spicing—daily power and flavor in a pinch!
Fiber Up and Diversify for hormonal balance, gut health, and immunity
Strike a Sugar Balance for keeping blood sugar in check
Go Pro with Premium Proteins with benefits for cancer risk and beyond
Get an Oil Change for healthful fats

She puts these principles into practice with 100+ simple and delicious recipes:

Power Beverages: Bedtime Tonic; Anti-cancer Debloat Tonic
Breakfast: Fiberized Breakfast Cookies; Warm Apple Crisp
Complete Meals: Spiced Tahini Cauliflower; Shakshuka Your Way
Snacks: Oat Seed Energy Bar; Green Pea Fritters
Desserts: Power Chocolate Bark; Spiced Blueberry Crumble

Be empowered with this simple realistic plan that fits any busy lifestyle!

SpiceRack reveals the same evidence-based techniques that Beller uses with her clients, including A-list Hollywood celebrities. It provides a simple, easy-to-understand explanation of the latest scientific research on breast cancer and nutrition—including the link between body weight and cancer risk and the role of spices (even a pinch!), which can double or triple the antioxidant and cancer-protective power of meals, snacks, beverages, and desserts––plus flavorful power recipes and tips that readers can quickly incorporate into a healthier lifestyle.

“Forever grateful to Rachel for how she has guided me in my recovery from breast cancer,” says Robin Roberts, co-anchor, Good Morning America. “She has poured her heart and soul into this book!”

SpiceRack truly comes to life when combined with Beller’s 8-week online program, The Beller Nutrition Masterclass, and her Power Spice Blends, on which her recipes are based. Both are available from Bellernutrition.com.

With SpiceRack, everything is spelled out for the millions of women who want to live their best life.

About the Author

Rachel Beller, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian nutritionist offering private nutrition counseling and online classes that specialize in weight management and cancer risk reduction. She is the nutrition and media expert for Good Morning America and CNN, a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society, and the best-selling author of Eat to Win, Eat to Lose, Power Souping, and Power Spicing. Rachel has researched the role of nutrition in breast cancer risk reduction at leading research hospitals. She lives in Los Angeles. Learn more @bellernutrition or Bellernutrition.com.

Books-A-Million Begins a New Chapter with Same- and Next-Day Delivery for Thousands of Items

Jocie McKade

11 September 2023

……there’s no need to book it to the store for your next good read. Books-A-Million is turning the page by introducing same- and next-day delivery for customers across its 231 locations nationwide. Teaming up with Walmart GoLocal—Walmart’s white-label, delivery-as-a-service platform—Books-A-Million customers are bound to embrace the joy of same- and next-day delivery for orders placed online.

“There’s nothing better than curling up with your favorite book or exploring a new world for the first time. We’re excited to introduce this new delivery offering with Walmart GoLocal, which will make it easier for customers to order their favorite books and have their favorite stories at their fingertips,” said Olivia McDaniel, vice president of marketing at Books-A-Million. “As retail and consumer preferences continue to evolve, we’re thrilled to be bringing our customers this added convenience and serve them in new ways.”

Books-A-Million will be rolling out same- and next-day delivery in the coming weeks across its 231 locations nationwide, starting with its Southeast and Midwest markets. Customers will place an order online at booksamillion.com and select the “Same-Day Delivery” option during checkout. The order will then be picked up by a delivery driver and dropped off at the customer’s desired location. Orders placed before 3 p.m. will be delivered same-day, and orders placed after 3 p.m. will be delivered next-day on tens of thousands of products that are in stock in a nearby store, including all top-selling books, toys, games, and collectibles.

“We’re eager to hear customer feedback and are excited to enhance the e-commerce shopping experience. Ahead of the holidays, there’s no better time to introduce this offering and make it easier than ever for our customers to shop with us,” said Pete Zophy, senior vice president of e-commerce at Books-A-Million.

Books-A-Million is proud to announce this game-changing service for its customers. Their partnership with Walmart GoLocal not only aligns with the company’s commitment to enhancing customer experience but also showcases its adaptability in the ever-evolving retail landscape.

“Utilizing all of our stores nationwide for online delivery and fulfillment allows us to offer a fast, convenient and frictionless delivery option for our customers and is essential to our omnichannel transformation,” said McDaniel.

“It’s more important now than ever for retailers to meet customers where they are and offer a seamless e-commerce experience,” said Eliza Wendel, senior director and head of sales and business development at Walmart GoLocal. “We’re looking forward to powering Books-A-Million’s same- and next-day delivery offering and helping them deliver for their customers.”

For more information or to shop with Books-A-Million, visit www.booksamillion.com. For more information on Walmart GoLocal’s reliable, same- and next-day delivery solutions, visit www.walmartgolocal.com.

Sneak Peek: Lost and Found by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Jocie McKade

11 September 2023

Lost and Found by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Bestselling Amish fiction author Suzanne Woods Fisher has received high praise for her captivating, thoughtprovoking, and unusual storylines. Since the release of her first novel, The Choice (January 2010), Fisher has helped educate readers about the Amish way of life through her true-to-life narratives, charming settings, and enchanting characters. Now Fisher brings to light the Amish’s passion for birding in her newest novel, Lost and Found, which is a complement to Fisher’s bestselling A Season on the Wind. Packed with a love triangle, a dangerous chase, and a desperate attempt to defend and protect nature, this standalone novel is sure to win the hearts of Fisher’s many fans.

Trudy Yoder shares a passion for birding with Micah Weaver—and she has an even greater passion for Micah. Their friendship is finally turning romantic when Micah abruptly grows cold. Worse still, he wants to leave Stoney Ridge.

Micah Weaver thought he was over Trudy’s older sister. A year and a half ago, Shelley had broken his heart when she ran away from Stoney Ridge to pursue a singing career in Nashville. Then, out of the blue, she’s started to leave distressing phone messages for him.

When the bishop asks for volunteers to scout out a possible church relocation in Tennessee, Micah is the first to raise his hand. Despite scant details, he’s confident he can find Shelley. After all, his reputation as a field guide is based on finding birds that don’t want to be found.

What Micah doesn’t know is that what you’re looking for isn’t always what you find.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Suzanne Woods Fisher is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than 30 books, including The Moonlight School, Anything but Plain, The Sweet Life, and The Secret to Happiness, as well as the Three Sisters Island, Nantucket Legacy, Amish Beginnings, The Bishop’s Family, The Deacon’s Family, and The Inn at Eagle Hill series. She is also the author of several nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and Amish Proverbs. She lives in California.

PRIME VIDEO’S HIT SERIES, “THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA,” RECEIVES A PREQUEL COMICS TRILOGY

Jocie McKade

10 September 2023

PRIME VIDEO’S HIT SERIES, “THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA,” RECEIVES A PREQUEL COMICS TRILOGY BEGINNING WITH “THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA: THE WHITESTONE CHRONICLES—RIPLEY”

Official Critical Role stories crafted in collaboration with series creators

Learn more about beloved characters from Critical Role and Amazon Studios’ The Legend of Vox Machina animated series in the newest graphic novel trilogy from Dark Horse Books, The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles! The first volume in the series, focusing on Ripley, serves as a prequel to Prime Video’s hit animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina. The graphic novel is written by Marieke Nijkamp (Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin) with illustrations and coloring by Tyler Walpole (Blood of Dragons) and letters by Jimmy Betancourt.

Tragedy strikes the renowned de Rolo family of Whitestone when they’re massacred by the vicious Briarwoods. Luckily for Dr. Anna Ripley, the bloodshed and regime change present the perfect opportunity for her to further her own dark plans in service to Whitestone’s new ruling family. But just how much of her loyalty lies with the family, when compared to her work?

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley HC arrives in bookstores April 16, 2024 and in comic shops April 17, 2024. It is now available to pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore.

A 13-page teaser for the first volume is also now available on any digital reading platform.

Be sure to follow Dark Horse Comics on social media and check our website,www.darkhorse.com, for more news, announcements, and updates!

Praise for similar titles within the Critical Role comics and graphic novels line:

“If you’re a fan of Critical Role, and if you’re curious about the exploits of the show’s first cast of characters, this volume is a fantastic primer, and one you won’t regret.” –Women Write About Comics (Vox Machina Origins Library Edition)

“For those familiar with Critical Role and those not, Vox Machina: Origins II is a delightful quest adventure with a charming cast of characters and an intriguing adventure hook. Definitely worthwhile for fans old and new.”—The Brazen Bull

“Vox Machina Origins is a triple-threat treat to fans new, old, and uninitiated. Awesome artwork = check. Superb storytelling = check. Humour, heart, and a heavy right hook of action = check, check, check.” –The Fantasy Hive

“Vox Machina Origins II is one of the best comics adaptations I’ve read in a while. It oozes fun and personality, and serves as an excellent starting point for fans interested in what Critical Role has to offer. It’s also a great fantasy series that can be enjoyed by anyone who loves traditional adventures in high fantasy.”—Comicbook.com

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There’s a Book for That: Campus Novels

Jocie McKade

10 September 2023

Most students are back on campus by September which creates a feeling of nostalgia for parents who have dropped them off. If you relish the time you have for recreational, rather than assigned, reading check out the following “syllabus” full of stories of self-discovery, new relationships, and campus intrigue:

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou DISORIENTATION: A NOVEL by Elaine Hsieh Chou

A Taiwanese American woman’s coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a college campus in this outrageously hilarious and startlingly tender debut novel for readers of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout and Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown. Disorientation is a bighearted satire is a blistering send-up of privilege and power in America, and a profound reckoning of individual complicity and unspoken rage.

Real Life by Brandon Taylor REAL LIFE: A NOVEL by Brandon Taylor

Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends—some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of hostility and desire within their community.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt

Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.

Old Enough by Haley Jakobson OLD ENOUGH: A NOVEL by Haley Jakobson

A debut novel “as astute, funny, and loving as your best friend from college”* about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between the new life she’s creating for herself and the life she worked so hard to escape. With a singularly funny, heartfelt voice, OLD ENOUGH explores queer love, community, and what it means to be a survivor. Haley Jakobson has written a love letter to friendship, and an honest depiction of what finding your people can feel like—for better or worse.

The Idiot by Elif Batuman THE IDIOT: A NOVEL by Elif Batuman

The year is 1995, and email is new. Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives for her freshman year at Harvard. She signs up for classes in subjects she has never heard of, befriends her charismatic and worldly Serbian classmate, Svetlana, and, almost by accident, begins corresponding with Ivan, an older mathematics student from Hungary. Selin may have barely spoken to Ivan, but with each email they exchange, the act of writing seems to take on new and increasingly mysterious meanings.

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld PREP: A NOVEL by Curtis Sittenfeld

An insightful, achingly funny coming-of-age story as well as a brilliant dissection of class, race, and gender in a hothouse of adolescent angst and ambition.

For more information on these and related titles visit Campus Novels

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HOUSE OF THE MOON – SURVIVING THE SIXTIES By Donna D. Conrad

Jocie McKade

10 September 2023

HOUSE OF THE MOON – SURVIVING THE SIXTIES By Donna D. Conrad

A riveting memoir by Donna D. Conrad where drugs, sex, and rock ’n roll is just the beginning!

Covina, California, in the 1960s is a clean, white place tParentingo live just twenty-four miles east of Los Angeles. The maze of three-bedroom, two-bath housing tracts is the perfect place for a respectable undercover agent for the State, his wife, teenage son, and two daughters. But beneath the veneer of normalcy lies the truth of a violent, psychopathic father, an alcoholic wife, their pacifist son who is sent to war, and their two daughters—prime candidates for a cultural revolution that is gathering recruits with every toke. House of the Moon is a haunting and ultimately triumphant memoir about coming of age during the decade that changed the world. From encounters with Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and other legends of rock ‘n roll, to loaded shotguns at home, sexual violence in the streets, and flying high on drugs just to get by—this fast-paced memoir brings to life Donna’s quest to change the world—only to find herself changed by the times.

Amazon.com: House of the Moon: Surviving the Sixties eBook : Conrad, Donna D.: Kindle Store

“This is a very moving, involving, disturbing, and enlightening book that deserves extensive attention. Highly recommended.” Grady Harp – Top 100 Amazon Reviewer

“This astounding story is a book that you just can’t put down, there is always something interesting in every chapter. Overall, this book was an amazing read and gives people who have struggled hope that someday there will be a better future for them. Highly Recommended!” John Kerry – The Reviewer

“Raw, enlightening, and genius. Written in vignettes, House of the Moon, is a cohesive novel chronicling a teen’s drug-induced and violent journey into becoming an adult. This book is both disturbing and beautiful for its honesty.” Terry Persun, Award Winning & Bestselling Novelist, Author of Ten Months in Wonderland.

“Think you know about the 60’s? Think again. In her vivid, compelling, and raw memoir, Donna Conrad takes you inside the darker sides of that mythological time, including brushes with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. Conrad spares no detail, no matter how personal, to get to the truth about the challenges young people, particularly women, faced as the world convulsed with change around them. Read House of the Moon and you’ll never think about the 60’s the same way again.” William Kenower, author of Everyone Has What It Takes: A Writer’s Guide to the End of Self-Doubt.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Donna Conrad is an award-winning author, journalist, activist, and teacher. Her core values revolve around individual empowerment, a sustaining ideal running through the books she writes. Her writing interests include articles for fine-art periodicals, memoir/narrative non-fiction, as well as historical, flash, and paranormal fiction. She is a regular presenter at writers’ conferences. Donna’s life is as varied as her writing. She embraces change as an exciting adventure. She has studied writing with the likes of Alan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Jack Whyte.

Her first published book, House of the Moon: Surviving the Sixties, is a memoir that explores life in the tumultuous decade that changed the world. Her upcoming four-book historical fiction series, “The Magdalene Chronicles” has been acquired by Cold Creek Press. Book One, The Last Magdalene, will be released April 9, 2024.

Upcoming Release: On Moonberry Lake by Holly Varni

Jocie McKade

9 September 2023

On Moonberry Lake by Holly Varni

Debut novelist Holly Varni is poised to captivate readers with her heartwarming novel On Moonberry Lake. Drawing on her Midwestern upbringing, Varni crafts a tale filled with quirky characters and homespun charm set in the Minnesotan town of Moonberry Lake. Sure to appeal to fans of Jan Karon, Garrison Keillor, Fannie Flagg, and Debbie Macomber, On Moonberry Lake will lure readers into an enchanting story of reconciliation, growth, and community to discover how friendships can transform into families and how genuine love can heal even the most brokenhearted.

Cora Matthews life has been turned upside down. She has just broken off her engagement and her mother has died, leaving behind explicit instructions to be buried in the small Minnesota town she grew up in. Cora returns to Moonberry Lake with unresolved questions about her mother’s past and tugging memories from her own childhood that continue to haunt her.

Cora’s “quick” trip to Moonberry Lake is thwarted when she learns that her grandparents’ dilapidated lakeside lodge is her inheritance. But it comes with a surprising stipulation—she must live there for a year. With her life uprooted and nagging questions to answer, Cora resolves to accept the year in Moonberry Lake.

However, challenges abound for Cora, and the disheartening condition of the lodge is only the beginning. The residents of Moonberry Lake present their own set of conundrums, including a cantankerous handywoman, an eccentric artist, a grumpy neighbor, an elderly woman who spends all her time talking to the “residents” in the cemetery, and a very handsome neighbor who always manages to catch Cora at her worst. As Cora seeks to put together the physical and emotional pieces of her past, she must decide if she is also willing to open her heart to a new family and home that is more than she could have ever imagined.

This homespun tale of new friendships, sweet romance, and ordinary miracles will have readers wishing they could spend a summer (or a lifetime) on Moonberry Lake.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Holly Varni is a native Minnesotan of strong Norwegian and Swedish descent, who was raised in the Lutheran Church that Garrison Keillor made a career depicting. Between the lutefisk, grumpy grandparents, and crazy neighbors who mowed their lawn wearing pajamas, the seed to becoming a storyteller was planted in Holly. Though she, her husband, and their three sons live along the Central Coast of California, her beloved Midwest roots continue to haunt everything she writes. She hosts the Moments from Moonberry Lake podcast where she shares more stories of her beloved characters.

Dakota Country Poems By Gary Wietgrefe

Jocie McKade

9 September 2023

Dakota Country Poems By Gary Wietgrefe
POETRY FOR FUN!!

Rhyming light-hearted poems are rare today. There is no better stress reliever than a smile after reading Half-Assed Ranch, Duck Lesson, Innuendo, Rock in the Road, Need Credit, Can, Time’s Right, Anticipate Fishing, Dad’s Desk, or a book full of relaxing poetry. Keep Dakota Country Poems on your desk, end table, or nightstand and smile.

Gary W. Wietgrefe is an inventor with six patents, an internationally published researcher, military intelligence veteran, economist, agriculturalist, systems developer, societal explorer, cyclist, hiker, outdoorsman, poet, and an award-winning author of eight books. He writes poetry for fun!

Dakota Country Poems: Wietgrefe, G. W.: 9780999224991: Amazon.com: Books

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Gary Wietgrefe (pronounced wit’grif) is an inventor with six patents, internationally published researcher, military intelligence veteran, economist, agriculturalist, systems developer, societal explorer, cyclist, hiker, outdoorsman, and author. He and his wife Patricia live and travel from South Dakota. More information can be found about Gary at: https://www.relatingtoancients.com/news

Sneak Peek: THE LAST CLOSE CALL By Laura Griffin

Jocie McKade

8 September 2023

THE LAST CLOSE CALL By Laura Griffin

A talented genetic analyst and a detective team up to solve an elusive cold case in the next standalone romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.

Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police work has left her burned out, and she’s shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents.

Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career tracking down vicious criminals—with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist, a meticulous offender who has never been identified. When a new victim comes forward, Jack realizes the target of his investigation is escalating and Rowan is the only person who stands a chance of cracking this case.

Moved by Jack’s dedication to finding justice for the victims and the intriguing details of the case he lays out, Rowan agrees to help through her DNA research. As the data leads them down dark and twisty paths, Rowan and Jack must race against the clock to find a ruthless killer before he strikes again.

Apply for the PRH Audio Narrator Mentorship Program!

Jocie McKade

8 September 2023

Launched in 2021, the Penguin Random House Audio Narrator Mentorship Program is an initiative for actors new to audiobooks, offering them the opportunity to work with our team of producers to strengthen their craft and gain industry knowledge.

PRH Audio producers Kelly Gildea and Amber Beard founded the program as an inclusivity initiative; they’ve received thousands of applications from around the world and more than 50 narrators have participated in the program thus far. The vast majority of mentees who have completed the program thus far have gone on to narrate audiobooks for Penguin Random House Audio and other publishers, using the skills they developed during this mentorship.

PRH Audio is currently accepting applications for the January 2024 session. Over a six-month period, mentees will be guided by their mentors in individual coaching sessions, producing a demo sample, as well as preparing for and completing an audio audition.

Know an aspiring narrator? Learn more and apply here by Friday, September 8 at 11:59 PM ET.

Get to know two of our Penguin Random House Audio Narrator mentorship alumni:

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