Publishers Weekly - 27.01.2020

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96 BOOKLIFE, JANUARY 27, 2020

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her size and race intim-

idate men. To compen-

sate, she allows

strangers to fondle her

in dark theaters as she

grapples with learning

to love herself.

The Unforgotten World of Ava

Renee Scarrott.

BookBaby. $14.99 paper

(174p), ISBN 978-1-

5439-9272-4; $4.99

e-book, ISBN 978-1-

5439-9273-1

Amazon, Apple iBooks,

BN.com, Bookbaby.com,

Gardners Books, Kobo

A mystical love story of one woman’s

journey to a lost world—a world that is a

part of her in a way she could never have

imagined.

Nonfiction

55 Reflections of a Searching Skeptic:

Scanning the Depths of Spirituality

and Mental Health

Rich Melcher.

AuthorHouse. $29.95

paper (168p), ISBN 978-

1-72831-234-7;

$3.99 e-book,

ASIN B07TB57MN9

Amazon

Embellishing a wide variety of readings,

Melcher integrates spirituality, mental

health, and self-enrichment in this hon-

est and poignant memoir.

Apostasy Can Lead a Nation to Self-

Destruct: Will America Mend Its Ways

and Return to God?

Philip Wittig.

ReadersMagnet. $35.95

hardcover (104p), ISBN

978-1-950947-00-3;

$4.62 paper, ISBN 978-

1-949981-56-8

Amazon

This book presents a comparative study

of the ancient Hebrew Bible–era king-

dom of Israel and the United States—

two nations that are separated by

nearly 30 centuries of history.

Because It’s Wrong: Bullies vs. Nazis

Lydia Greico.

ReadersMagnet. $11.03

paper (178p), ISBN 978-

1-950947-50-8

Amazon

This book is intended

as a teaching tool for

opening up the con-

versation about bullying. Bullying is on

the rise, but few people want to talk

about the subject as if it is taboo.

Blue-Collar Beauty: Confessions of a

Plastic Surgery Coach

Michelle Emmick.

MyCoachMD. $17.99

paper (260p), ISBN 978-

1-73413-430-8

Amazon, Apple iBooks,

BN.com

Emmick shares her

heartfelt stories of working inside the

aesthetic industry with a different per-

spective on people wanting to look and

feel their best.

Break the Language Barrier! Improve

Your English and Improve Your Life

Carl W. Hart. Riverwoods

Press. $14.95 paper

(122p), ISBN 978-0-

578-59448-4

Amazon, Ingram

Hart seeks to teach

the reader how to

avoid mistakes in

English that may unknowingly cause

embarrassment and limit social and/or

professional advancement.

Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in

New York

Stanley Turkel.

AuthorHouse. $29.95

paper (420p), ISBN 978-

1-4634-4342-9; $4.99

e-book, ISBN 978-1-

4634-4340-5

Amazon

The 32 century-old hotels featured in

this book have defied the passage of time

for a variety of reasons, many explicable,

some beyond explanation, all miraculous.

Disease Is an Expiation of the Sins

Mira Bajirova. Partridge.

$21.45 paper (360p),

ISBN 978-1-5437-

5248-9; $3.99 e-book,

ISBN 978-1-5437-

5249-6

Amazon

Bajirova explains why

she believes that disease is an expiation

of the sins and why the ultimate cure for

all diseases is Ruqya, negative ions, and

prophetic medicines.

Elephants in My Room

Christie Nicholls. Christie

Nicholls. $9.99 e-book,

ASIN B07ZXKN67B

Christienicholls.com,

Amazon

Nicholls mines her past

for honest, if not humil-

iating, stories of her formative years, her

family, jobs, and romantic relationships

that are at once extraordinary and absurd.

How to Keep Your Mind While Everyone

Else’s Is Being Blown Apart by the

Land Mines of Life

Eddie L. Naylor Sr. Xulon

Press. $37.59 paper

(428p), ISBN 978-1-

60957-060-6

Amazon

Naylor presents his

personal steps for

unlocking secret, unique inner powers

and the life energy potential inside each

person.

I Was Hitler’s Baker

Glenn Peterson. Xlibris.

$19.99 paper (224p),

ISBN 978-1-79601-200-

2; $3.99 e-book, ISBN

978-1-79601-199-9

Amazon

This book tells a story

of friendship between