Published Books

There are three contexts in which you may be called upon to argue with an atheist. 1. You are in a formal debate. 2. You are in a conversation with an acquaintance. 3. You are challenged by that inner atheist, those doubts that arise in all of us from time to time (and sometimes prevail […]

Soon after receiving her Bachelor’s Degree, Emily Graves was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and given a prognosis that she would be confined to a wheelchair within ten years. Shortly thereafter, pregnant with her first and only child, Emily’s kidneys shut down. Thus, began a new chapter in Emily’s life: balancing chronic illness, motherhood, and the […]

A winningly simple yet comprehensive look at the source of happiness, based on interviews with some of the happiest people that the author knows, most of whom have had what others might consider difficult lives. Each “happy person” vignette includes an introspective mini-bio and advice for how readers can attain the same level of happiness. […]

How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately is the fifth edition of a “highly recommended” book that readers repeatedly rate as 5 stars. “Shekhtman’s ‘rules of communication’ are designed to build a relationship between a foreigner, who is learning a new language, and the native speaker who is already in command of that language. Recognizing […]

Heart energy comes from an always loving and wise Higher Source. Nurturing, warm, quiet, refined, and all encompassing, heart energy brings spiritual growth that fosters creativity, attracts loving relationships, and engenders peace and happiness. Grounded in psychology and focusing on a bigger picture than New Age philosophies, this practical book not only teaches you how […]

Self-care is more important now than it has ever been. It is exactly what to turn to when you need to stay calm in chaos. This quick read goes beyond the basics of eating well, exercising, and getting quality sleep. Packed with smart self-care strategies, this book can help you get through each day of […]

Easy-to-read and easy-to-apply simple steps that establish new structures, systems, and strategies to empower children to take responsibility for their own behavior, changing attitudes and promoting success the home, school, and social environment.

This book provides students of foreign languages with a guide to reaching near-native levels of proficiency. It helps students identify where they stand in terms of proficiency, determine what they need to do to get to the next higher level, and make plans to march all the one from beginner to very advanced levels of […]

Everyone should have a cat that captures the heart and captivates the imagination. That is what Intrepid did for us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carl and Betty Lou Leaver have rescued dozens of cats in Amman and California, integrating new cates into already-integrated families. They have had as many six formerly feral cats sharing their home at a […]

Abandoned, neglected and beaten by a mother who really did care about her but suffered from her own demons and addictions, left with friends and relatives, as well as placed in foster homes, molested and raped on more than one occasion, including by men considered upright, the little girl who grew up to become an […]

“Conversational” textbook for use in introductory world religions courses, compiled from the author’s lecture notes over many years of teaching experience. Very accessible for students.   ORDER FROM THE MSI PRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS APPLY!   a san juan book

Jesus has not limited his miracles to people who lived when he was on earth. Today, miracles continue–and nearly every day someone somewhere reports one.This book, written by award-winning author Bennett Easterling, shines a welcome new light on the miracles of Jesus. Thirty-six miracles are highlighted, then supplemented with helpful background information. Real-life applications applying to […]

Jesus has not limited his miracles to people who lived when he was on earth. Today, miracles continue–and nearly every day someone somewhere reports one.This book, written by award-winning author Bennett Easterling, shines a welcome new light on the miracles of Jesus. Thirty-six miracles are highlighted, then supplemented with helpful background information. Real-life applications applying […]

In this conversational, theological book, Tosto details a new spiritual approach for knowing God in the 21st century. This new approach is called Joshuanism, an evolved expression of Christianity (though it draws from other sources as well, such as Buddhism, existentialism, psychology, and science), rooted in the same son of God Christianity worships: Jesus. Yet […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching and reaching near-native foreign-language proficiency for teachers, students, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application. BACK ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MSIPRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS APPLY! To […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching and reaching near-native foreign-language proficiency for teachers, students, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application. BACK ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MSIPRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS APPLY! To […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching and reaching near-native foreign-language proficiency for teachers, students, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application. BACK ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MSIPRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching and reaching near-native foreign-language proficiency for teachers, students, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application. BACK ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MSIPRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS APPLY! To […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching and reaching near-native foreign-language proficiency for teachers, students, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application. BACK ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MSIPRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS APPLY! […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching and reaching near-native foreign-language proficiency for teachers, students, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application. BACK ISSUES OF THIS JOURNAL ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MSIPRESS WEBSTORE! ALL PERTINENT DISCOUNTS APPLY! […]

The purpose of the Journal for Distinguished Language Studies (ISSN 1547-7819) is to provide a forum for exchanging information about teaching to and reaching near-native foreign language proficiency for teachers, learners, and professional language users. Areas of interest include research, theory, and practical application.   The Journal for Distinguished Language Studies has been published annually […]

Lamentations of the Heart soulfully combines contemporary free verse poetry and nonfictional prose to tell the story of one mother’s grief following the death of her only child. The author interweaves scriptural passages with the inevitable struggles to accept and make sense of her new reality. All of it reveals the unending love for family […]

Las historias que se han seleccionado para este texto, de alguna manera se asemejan en ciertos aspectos a nuestras propias vivencias. Vivencias en el amar, en el perdonar, en el arte de reír, en la nostalgia del llorar, en el correr – a veces – sin sentido, en el trabajar desenfrenadamente, en el no saber […]

What if instead of trying to avoid the pain and uncertainty of labor, we asked what we could learn from it? In telling the intimate birth stories of her three children and miscarriage, Julia shows us how giving birth can be one of motherhood’s (and life’s) greatest teachers. Rather than giving advice on how to […]

Life after Losing a Child tells the poignant stories of a dozen individuals who have suffered the loss of a child, and describes how they learned to heal. This book will show readers who have suffered the loss of a loved one how to come to grips with the loss and handle the grief; how […]

This pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Overwhelmed with uncertainty, we naturally ask questions to make sense of it and regain our balance. When everything familiar is threatened, we ask: What do we value most? In this book, Dr. Ortman, a former priest and now practicing psychologist, reflects on 14 probing questions to help […]

We live with minds as open and spacious as the deep blue sky. Living in Blue Sky Mind presents basic Buddhist teachings that keep us on the wholesome path of self-realization toward a happy life.  Zen priest and teacher Richard Diedrichs offers simple lessons, anecdotes of personal transformation, and reflective questions to guide us along […]

Living Well with Chronic Illness is a self-help guide for anyone who has a chronic illness or who knows and cares about someone else who does. The 20 chapters concisely address a comprehensive range of issues including daily routines, relationships, medical and legal services, a joyful life, and much more. In our hectic, information-laden world […]

From their swearing-in all to the way until retirement, even the most hardened firefighters can be affected by mental health concerns. This book explores the why and explains the how to better prepare these individuals for a healthy and productive career and life, based on my personal experience as a counselor, who also has 27 […]

Mommy Poisoned Our House Guest is a collection of anecdotes about a “detail-oblivious” homemaker and traveler, told from the point of view of her mentally challenged son. The simplicity of language has made this book a favorite with ESL students, and the humorous “conclusions” about life from a child’s point of view endears it to […]

Noah’s New Puppy was written from veteran Richard Rice’s own experience  of post-war PTSD. The almost miraculous effects of his service dog, Abby, saved him and saved his  marriage, bringing him out of hiding. He shares this story with families of small children to help them understand the suffering of their parents  and the  healing effects […]

A heaping slice of old-fashioned Southern storytelling, this book gives readers a taste of genuine American life that will keep them coming back for more. Join the journey as a preacher’s kid survives his father’s stern discipline, rattlesnakes, and harvesting okra. The deep-fried characters are unforgettable, and the furry and feathered folks will steal the […]

Written for active vulnerable elders by a vulnerable elder, this book provides unique perspective on the meaning, adjustment, and management of “stay at home.”  Others made vulnerable by a pandemic will find support, practical guides and relevance in managing life disrupted by an invisible threat and a nation struggling to save itself.   AVAILABLE AT […]

Humanity is astonishingly diverse, and that reality can be at the same moment both beautiful and disconcerting. One of our greatest challenges as a species has been and continues to be how to hold with respect our almost endless diversity while at the same time recognizing our common humanity. How can we come together? Where […]

One Simple Text…tells the story of a victorious life, of triumph over tragedy. It was every parent’s worst nightmare. On a sun-drenched morning in April 2012, a Maryland state trooper knocked on Betty Shaw’s front door and delivered the grim news that her 17-year-old daughter, Liz, had been involved in a horrible car accident and […]

Overcoming the Odds contains real-life stories, excerpts from books on self-help, inspiration & religion, and memoirs, where the authors have successfully stepped over any number of obstacles in their lives. Full of wisdom, remarkable stories, and just plain good reading. Each excerpt is a story in itself. Great bedtime reading–or waiting room reading.

Parenting has always been a challenge. Under normal circumstances, the average parent is over-worked, under-slept, perpetually worried, and stressed to the point of visible aging. This was true long before we ever heard of the coronavirus. We now refer to that life as “the good old days.”   Courtesy of the pandemic, parents now have […]

Existence makes sense only if we include the afterlife as part of our history. Scientists are exploring the concept that life, including what is called the afterlife, may not be as we perceive it. New discoveries having to do with the simultaneous nature of time and the relativity of space coincide dramatically with the testimony […]

Porn and the Pandemic examines the early months of the exponential growth of Internet pornography during the time of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Author Joshua Shea, himself a former pornography addict, traces how segments of the population flocked to only pornography and tells the stories of those whose lives were impacted, including his own. Shea […]

The many and varied demands of the digital age require cadres of professionals capable of collaborating effectively and engaging globally in the world’s languages and cultures. This volume represents a collection of classroom- and field-tested practices used to prepare global professions to the highest standards of proficiency in their languages in order to meet these […]

Written from the perspective of an acquisitions editor for a publishing house who has also served as a reader and adviser for acquisitions editors at presses ranging from small to large to the leading presses in her field, the author helps new writers navigate the confusing myriad choices in finding a publisher. Typical missteps of […]

Having trouble getting your book published? Or are you a new author, wondering how to avoid the long wait through dozens of submissions find an author? This books is for you! Written from the perspective of an acquisitions editor for a publishing house who has also served as a reader and adviser for acquisitions editors […]

Este libro es un manual de vida y para la vida, donde desde las experiencias propias vividas por el autor, nos lleva paso a paso a abrir nuevas opciones de crecimiento, trascendencia y evolución para nuestra humanidad que está pasando por pruebas para acceder a maestrías de evolución permanente. Es una oportunidad para poder elevar […]

Rainstorm of Tomorrow: The Ever-Flowing Banquet of Philosophy dexterously weaves the storied philosophical themes of truth, ethics, and aesthetics together with the theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, neuroscience, epigenetics, social Darwinism, utilitarianism, evolutionary psychology, and modern art—from the soberest rationality to the wildest conjecture—to generate provocative or even alienated discourse on topics that readers might […]

Recovering from Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Stalking shares the true stories of women who overcame traumatic personal situations and began new lives. The author provides meaningful analysis on such topics as regaining self-esteem, dealing with fear, and handling remorse. Also included is advice from therapists on how survivors can heal themselves, and avoid the pitfalls of […]

What is the true source of authentic power? Offering a detour from the dead end of this “buy more, be more” culture, the authors demonstrate why the traditional routes to power are accessible only for an elite few. Wrapping warm, profound stories of empowerment around an extensive body of research, Road Map to Power is […]

Road to Damascus describes the Middle Eastern journey of an American who meets and falls in love with a Syrian when they are both attending school in New York. Giving up her country and her religion to follow her husband back to Syria, Elaine Imady has made a life that has successfully bridged two cultures […]

This one-of-a-kind book is a compilation of 10 years of research by the author on RV mishaps.  101 mishaps are ranked from Dumb to Dumbest with Helpful Hints on how ALL of them can be avoided. The book includes: an Introduction, in which the author confesses to some of his personal oopsies, an “About the Author” […]

A description of the lives of 21 saints–in both their imperfection and perfection–chosen based on the relationship to a Franciscan Mission, Old iMission San Juan Bautista, told through the eyes of the Mission’s cat. The sections of the book including saints related to the founding of the mission (St. Francis, St. John the Baptist, and […]