Success1010 For Living
Winner
2017 London Book Festival

Raimond Volpe Success1010 for living is a guide to living your most successful life. When we are stuck in life, we feel emotionally drained, and life looks doomed. Why and from where do these feelings arise? Success1010 For Living explores how to dig deep to uncover these stuckburies® -unresolved emotional complexes – to see them…

My Sister’s Mother
Honorable Mention
2017 New England Book Festival

Donna Solecka Urbikas Donna Urbikas grew up during the golden years of the American century. But her Polish-born mother and half-sister endured dehumanizing conditions during World War II as laborers in Siberia. War and exile created a profound bond between mother and older daughter, one that Donna would struggle to find with either.

My Cells Made Me Do It
Winner
2017 Amsterdam Book Festival

Robin R. Hayes “Why did I do that?” My Cells Made Me Do It, is a biological examination of human behavior. How our cells perceive and respond to the stimuli around them determines our reactions. These responses are determined by the cells surface proteins and current environmental chemicals. Ultimately, is our will free or cellularly…

THE THINKING WOMAN’S GUIDE TO BREAST CANCER
Winner
2017 Southern California Book Festival

Janet Maker, Ph.D. Designed to empower breast cancer patients to go beyond the current one-size-fits-all “standard of care. “Highly recommended… should be in every general-lending-library and in every health or women’s-issues-collection.” ~ Midwest Book Review “A must-read for any breast cancer patient looking for an insightful and up-to-date resource.” ~ Oncology Research Scientist, UCLA

Earth As It Is
Winner
2017 Great Midwest Book Festival

Jan Maher A small-town hairdresser is not quite what she seems in this novel of life under cover…The unconventional, even subversive, impulses of misfits and ‘ordinary’ folk find a place in a convincing whole. A quietly luminous tale…that’s entertaining and authentic.” – Kirkus Best Indie Books of 2017 2017 Grand Prize Winner, GMBF

Angelic Insights
Winner
2017 Great Midwest Book Festival

Annmarie H. Pearson Angelic Insights: An Epiphany of Biblical Manifestations is a personal journey through the Bible guided by the angels of the author. Annmarie Pearson, with the assistance of her Guardian Angels, delve into subjects such as: The Art of Listening, Faith, Bereavement, Hope, Thanksgiving an Attitude of Gratitude, Baptism, Forgiveness, Knowledge, Worship, and…

Los Feliz Confidential : A Memoir
Runner-up
2017 Southern California Book Festival

Nora Novak Los Feliz Confidential is an adventurous and seductive romp through the ’60s and ’70s. This thrill ride of a memoir is infused with art, fashion and rock ‘n’ roll, fueled with a heady dose of glamour and decadence.

Do You QuantumThink?
Winner
2017 Hollywood Book Festival

Dianne Collins Drawing on cutting-edge quantum insights, ageless spiritual knowledge and revealing the essential role of mind for living effectively within modern pop and world culture—with cheeky wit and solid wisdom, Dianne Collins makes sense of dramatically changing times, offering new thinking at this critical juncture for humanity. Entertaining and enlightening!

Shadows of Shame
Honorable Mention
2017 New York Book Festival

Bruce Ashkenas Harold Apple is a Jewish reporter willing to do anything for a story. When he’s asked to risk his life to infiltrate the Nazi Bund in late 1930’s New York, he jumps at the chance. Leaving behind his fiancée and the safety of his home, Apple goes undercover in search of the real…

Father, Who Art
Honorable Mention
2017 Hollywood Book Festival

Drew O’Brien Alone, neglected, lost in the foster care system. Armed only with the voice in his head that is unflinching with the truth, Gem runs away to find a father he has yearned for. From an orphanage in Hollywood to the suburbs of 1972 southern California, a harder life just got harder. At the…