NEW YORK—April 20, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, Defining Moments: The Transformational Promises of Faith Based Travel, by Rick and Susan McCarthy, encourages travelers to take faith-based vacations and create “defining moments” that change their lives forever. 

Defining Moments helps travelers turn ordinary, mundane trips into experiences of spiritual revelation that will bring them closer to the Holy Spirit. Instead of a fact-based historical tour, a faith-based trip places the traveler in communion with God to experience his presence and hear his voice. Rick and Susan McCarthy offer practical lessons to meet God in potent and personal ways for anyone to invigorate their faith. 

Defining Moments explains the historical context of important biblical locations for travelers to understand God’s role and how visiting those sites inspires meditation and reflection. Rick and Susan McCarthy include timelines, profiles of key figures, and suggested resources for further study. Individuals reading Defining Moments will see how each historical location plays a key role in Christianity and how God uses his environment to speak to his followers. 

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Rick and Susan McCarthy, please contact authorsupport@morganjamespublishing.com.

About the Author: Rick and Susan McCarthy reside in Newport Beach, California. When they married in 2004, they realized that they both shared a love of travel and adventure and an even bigger love of their Lord. They are big fans of faith-based travel and have seen it done with excellence by pastoral leaders that have witnessed transformational change in participants. Their dream is to bring this same level of faith travel ‘aha’ moments to everyone- from armchair travelers to those intrepid souls that want to see it all. Susan is also the author of Captive to Captivated, sharing a few of her God stories to encourage others to “set the captives free”.

More About This Title: Defining Moments: The Transformational Promises of Faith Based Travel, by Rick and Susan McCarthy, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 20, 2021. Defining Moments —9781631952449 —has 584 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $27.95.

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NEW YORK— April 20, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, All We Need Is A Pair of Pliers: A Divine Appointment by Mark Richard and June Gaston, tells an incredible story of how God used a rebellious young man’s life to change the world for many, one person at a time. Mark’s life is a testimony as to how God can use anyone who is willing to be obedient to His call, in order to bring blessings to many.

Mark Richard grew up with little parental supervision after his parents divorced in his early teens. With undiagnosed learning disabilities, he struggled in school, which led to a life of rebellion and drugs within the hippie culture. However, his unstable family life prompted him to always seek “more” in life.  Miraculously, God got his attention and saved him.  With God’s guidance and Mark’s reckless faith, he started a ministry by delivering a trailer of donated wheelchairs to Guatemala in 1988. This first trip led to many, eventually culminating in the development of The Beeline, a line of wheelchairs uniquely developed for unserved people with disabilities in developing countries.  Throughout his life, God provided the means, opportunities, and people Mark needed to fulfill his calling.  His obedience resulted in a ministry which meets the assistive technology needs of many who otherwise would not have been served. 

All We Need Is A Pair of Pliers tells this story of how one man, burdened with a turbulent childhood and significant learning disabilities, changed thousands of lives. With God as his guide, Mark’s life testifies to how his obedience made life-changing impacts for so many. This amazing tale reminds all of us that God can use unfavorable circumstances, and anyone who is willing, for His will and glory.   

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Mark Richard and June Gaston, please contact Mark Richard at mrichard@beelinewheelchairs.org. You can also find his website at https://beelinewheelchairs.org.

About the Author: Mark Richard currently resides in Guatemala with his wife Esther, splitting his time between the wheelchair factory and the coffee farm. God uniquely prepared him in many ways throughout his life for his calling– no school could have taught what Mark learned as he journeyed through life, paying attention to God’s hand on him.

June Gaston resides in South Dakota with her husband, Kent. She is an educator who met Mark during a mission trip distributing wheelchairs. After talking with Mark for a few hours on a bumpy bus in the mountains of Ecuador, she realized that his incredible story needed to be told.

More About This Title: All We Need Is A Pair of Pliers: A Divine Appointment, by Mark Richard and June Gaston, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 20, 2021. All We Need Is A Pair of Pliers —9781631952241—has 280 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.99.

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NEW YORK—April 20, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, The Little Lark Still Sings: A True Story of Love, Change, and an Old Tuscan Farmhouse, by Victoria Smith, examines how even when true love goes awry, it can still transform into something new and exciting. Early readers say that The Little Lark Still Sings is a book for these times: finding themselves transported to Tuscany without leaving home, learning practical tips on dealing with a 24/7 relationship, and being inspired to visit Cortona as soon as holiday travel is possible. 

In The Little Lark Still Sings, Victoria and Larry, newly retired and very much in love, follow their dream to move to Italy and transform a crumbling stone farmhouse into their full-time home. They soon learn the truth about moving to a foreign country. What was to be a romantic adventure and enchanting new life quickly turns into a test of character that almost undoes them. 

Victoria, a former senior executive at a major Chicago advertising agency and one of the first women in marketing at Procter & Gamble, becomes intimidated and dependent facing unexpectedly daily challenges in their new culture. Larry, a consultant for decades, longs for personal time to study and write, not to be consumed with handling all the problems of the move and Victoria’s insecurity. With courage and vulnerability, Victoria shares their story honestly, hoping it might encourage others in their own struggles and inspire them to follow their own dreams. 

The Little Lark Still Sings showcases Victoria’s brilliant gift of detail as she brings characters, cathedrals and countryside to life and draws readers into Cortona, a community intact for centuries. She weaves a beautiful tapestry of their marriage, treasures of Italy, and the kind Cortonese. As a new resident with a sense of wonder, Victoria helps us pause to marvel at the beauty, art, history and majesty of Italy, and discover insightful and valuable life lessons in this captivating Italian adventure.

If you would like more information about this new release or to schedule an interview with Victoria Smith, please contact her at victoria.lark@lodolina.com. 

About the Author: Victoria Smith is a marketing executive who gave up her comfortable American life for the romantic adventure of moving to Tuscany with her husband. Typically undaunted ― one of the first women in marketing at Procter & Gamble in the early 1970s, mega-agency advertising executive in the 1980s, single mom for over a decade ― Victoria’s confidence was rocked by the hurdles of living in a foreign culture. Today, she and her husband are fully engaged in their hill town community, zip up narrow steep roads, press their own olive oil, host friends and family, and are inspired every day by Italy’s dolce vita. Victoria continues her writing and work with local and global entities and returns to the USA to enjoy time with their kids and grandkids.

More About This Title: The Little Lark Still Sings: A True Story of Love, Change, and an Old Tuscan Farmhouse, by Victoria Smith, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 20, 2021. The Little Lark Still Sings—9781631952197—has 512 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $24.95.

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NEW YORK— April 13, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, El Paso Sunset: A Novel by Louis Bodnar, is the continuation novel of the 2019 four-state regional bestseller, El Paso Sunrise. An intense psychological and political thriller, El Paso Sunset is the powerful conclusion of a story brought to life against the panorama of the radical transformation of the great American Constitutional Republic.

As the Continuation Novel, El Paso Sunset, concludes the story started in El Paso Sunrise that together takes psychological and political thriller enthusiasts on a wild and gripping journey through the fictional beginning of a Second American Civil War. Steven Vandorol and his friend and confidant, Vanessa Carson, must face the horrors of rape, kidnapping, and murder amidst the evil and total corruption of the Federal Government in Washington D.C. right before the fall national elections.

As a story of love, passion, obsession, hate, evil, violence, and horror, El Paso Sunrise and the Continuation Novel, El Paso Sunset, both by Louis Bodnar, depict the absolute power of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, to deliver humanity from evil and sin, while addressing issues of addiction, corruption, as well as the importance of healthy human relationships, and the possibility of true love, intimacy, and commitment.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with the author, Louis Bodnar, you can reach him by phone at 918.957.4444 or by email at ljb@LouisBodnar.com. His Website can also be found at www.LouisBodnar.com.

About the Author: Louis Bodnar is a naturalized American citizen, born in Vilshofen, Germany, as his Hungarian parents fled from Budapest at the end of World War II. Louis immigrated to Brazil with his mother and older brother before immigrating to the United States to join other family in South Bronx, New York City. He received an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and was a candidate for an L.L.M. at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Louis practiced law in Oklahoma, Washington D.C., Dallas and El Paso, Texas, and is now retired, living with his wife Joan in Broken Arrow(Tulsa), Oklahoma.

More About This Title: El Paso Sunset, a Novel, as the Continuation Novel of El Paso Sunrise, both by Louis Bodnar, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 13, 2021. El Paso Sunset—ISBN 9781631952548—has 238 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95, and is the continuation novel of El Paso Sunrise, a Novel, previously published by Morgan James Publishing on September 24, 2019 – ISBN 978164273253 – has 284 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $ 17.95.

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NEW YORK—April 13, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, Performance-Driven Journal: The Playbook to Script a Winning Attitude in Life, Leadership and Business by David L. Hancock and Bobby Kipper, uses the proven strategies from Performance Driven Thinking and pushes them a step further, providing a written field manual for motivated individuals to build a performance-driven life.

Performance-Driven Journal is a guided tour through Hancock and Kipper’s original Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling book, Performance-Driven Thinking. In Performance-Driven Journal, David L. Hancock and Bobby Kipper outline key concepts from their earlier work and offer practical exercises to identify and improve one’s current shortcomings.

As a guide that presents five categories of work, ten dirty lies from the Entitlement Mentality, three giant obstacles to Performance Driven Thinking, and six sloppy thought patterns of the status quo, Performance-Driven Journal takes individuals on a journey to change their lifestyles for the better.

By helping to understand the blessing of failure and how to provide Performance Driven Leadership, David L. Hancock and Bobby Kippers’ lessons will challenge the average way of thinking and transform men and women into versatile, forward thinking machines.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with David L. Hancock and Bobby Kipper, please contact authorsupport@morganjamespublishing.com.

About the Author: David Hancock is the founder of Morgan James Publishing, chairman of Guerrilla Marketing International Advisory Board, and co-author of twelve books, including The Best of Guerrilla Marketing and The Entrepreneurial Author. NASDAQ cites David as one of the world’s most prestigious business leaders, and he is reported to be the future of publishing. As founder of Morgan James Publishing, he was named a finalist in the Best Chairman category in The American Business Awards, hailed as “the business world’s own ‘Oscars’” by the New York Post. David was also selected for Fast Company magazine’s Fast 50 for his leadership, creative thinking, significant accomplishments, and significant impact on the industry over the next ten years.

David also serves on the board for Habitat For Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg, and chairman of the board of the National Center for the Prevention of Community Violence.

Bobby Kipper is a bestselling author, speaker and coach, and the co-founder of Performance Driven Thinking. He has spent over thirty years providing leadership development, training and coaching to both the public and private sectors. Bobby believes we were “born to perform,” and his motivational style of speaking and coaching has taken thousands to their best performance to date. In addition, Bobby is the director of the National Center for the Prevention of Community Violence and is passionate about quality of life and human rights issues for all Americans. His programs to prevent and reduce violence have been featured by the White House, Congress and thirty-five states across America.

More About This Title: Performance-Driven Journal: The Playbook to Script a Winning Attitude in Life, Leadership and Business by David L. Hancock and Bobby Kipper, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 13, 2021. Performance-Driven Journal—ISBN 9781631954474—has 100 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $14.95.

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NEW YORK—April 13, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, When I Fell: How I Rerouted My Life and Found Strength in a Severed Spine by Michael Murphy, depicts how a sudden, traumatic injury can irreversibly shape and change an individual’s life. 

When Michael Murphy was 21, he fell off of a roof at college and landed flat on his back, severing his spine. Murphy shares his story in When I Fell, explaining the challenges of adjusting to limited mobility and ultimately finding empowerment within his disability. By detailing the story of Murphy’s recovery and including the science of Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), When I Fell teaches victims of trauma how to survive setbacks and inspires them to take control and grow stronger.

When I Fell provides support for victims of spinal cord injuries, as well as family members of those dealing with trauma. In addition to sharing the details of his life in a wheelchair, Michal Murphy addresses the legitimate possibilities of adaptive sports for motivated individuals. Murphy’s writing delivers a timely dose of hope and humor for times when life won’t go as planned.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Michael Murphy, please contact authorsupport@morganjamespublishing.com.

About the Author: Michael Murphy is an 11-time marathoner with Top 5 finishes in New York and Boston. He is a Tough Mudder adaptive athlete finisher. He received his B.A. in History from Randolph-Macon College and his Masters in American Military History from George Mason University. He launched Michael Murphy Speaks LLC in 2015 to speak about and write his story. Originally from McLean, Virginia, Michael resides in Denver, Colorado, with wife, Casey, German Shepherd, Gunner, and new baby, Dylan. He is now a sit-ski racer pursuing his Paralympic dream for Team USA.

More About This Title: When I Fell: How I Rerouted My Life and Found Strength in a Severed Spine by Michael Murphy, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 13, 2021. When I Fell—ISBN 9781631952500—has 260 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95. 

About Morgan James Publishing: Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. 

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NEW YORK—April 13, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, Trading Gods: A Rationale for Faith by Brian Causey, is one man’s story of finding the answers to life’s biggest questions. Trading Gods explores Causey’s personal journey, his rationale for faith, and the supporting research that explains why God is the best answer to life’s most profound questions.

When the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook him from his spiritual slumber, Causey was prompted to search for the answers to the core tenants of his existence, asking questions such as, “How did the universe and life begin? Why is there suffering in the world? What happens after we die?” He was ultimately faced with a choice: continue to embrace the god he had been following, under which he could make his own rules without subscribing to any larger organization or authority, or trade his previous way of life for the “real” God?

Trading Gods details Brian Causey’s personal quest for answers, providing a concise summary of hundreds of resources regarding the questions of life, and weighing the evidence for and against a belief in a “real” God. Causey weighs theist and atheist perspectives (and conclusions) regarding the essential questions of human existence in an effort to explain his case for Christ. 

For Christians who are uncomfortable engaging in conversation with skeptics, Trading Gods is the guidebook that will equip them with the tools needed to feel confident in sharing their faith.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Brian Causey, please contact him directly at brian@briancausey.com / 425-765-8105 / www.briancausey.com.

About the Author: Brian Causey is Director at a Seattle, Washington based investment company, managing a team focused on various portfolio solutions for large institutions. A licensed registered representative and CFA® charterholder, over his career as a portfolio manager, Brian has instructed trades valued at approximately a trillion dollars. He is actively involved in local ministries, teaches apologetics classes at his church, blogs about spiritual matters, and speaks at men’s retreats. Brian and his wife, Karlie, have a son (Blaise) and live near Alki Beach in Seattle, Washington.

More About This Title: Trading Gods: A Rationale for Faith by Brian Causey, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 13, 2021. Trading Gods—ISBN 9781631952692—has 256 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $16.99. 

About Morgan James Publishing: Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. 

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NEW YORK— April 13, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, The Door to Inner Happiness: The Secret for Around the World for When Everything’s Going Wrong, by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood, inspires individuals to persevere through adversity in order to find their defined success and happiness and reach their lifelong goals. 

Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood tell the story of ordinary people experiencing extraordinary circumstances that place them in states of disappointment, frustration, and rejection. In The Door to Inner Happiness, motivated individuals show their journeys to find peace and happiness with renewed mental strength and a new outlook. Janet and Chris Attwood depict how unpleasant situations can prompt people into making life-altering decisions that reveal their character and resolve. The fortitude and tenacity that these individuals exhibit in their stories demonstrates how people can overcome adversity and tragedy. 

The Door to Inner Happiness reveals strategies that can be used when recovering from difficult circumstances, offering men and women a new perspective to their own issues and a pathway to new opportunities and joy.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Chris Attwood and Janet Bray Attwood, please contact authorsupport@morganjamespublishing.com

About the Author: Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood are co-authors of the New York Times bestsellers The Passion Test and Your Hidden Riches. They arranged 70% of the interviews for the movie and book, The Secret, and have played a key role in many of the alliances in the transformational industry. Together, they have trained more than 3,500 Passion Test facilitators in more than 65 countries so that The Passion Test has been taken by over 1,000,000 people worldwide and has become the #1 tool for discovering passion and purpose throughout the world. Chris and Janet’s new book, The Door to Inner Happiness, is not only written by them but also 15 other accomplished writers and teachers from all over the world, including bestselling author, Toyokazu Tsuruta, who has sold over 170,000 books in Japan. Janet has homes in Europe and Fairfield, Iowa, although she is traveling, teaching, and mentoring most of the time. Chris and his wife, Doris, with their three children, split time between Fairfield, Iowa and Hannover, Germany. Janet and Chris can be reached at www.thepassiontest.com.

More About This Title: The Door to Inner Happiness: The Secret for Around the World for When Everything’s Going Wrong, by Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 13, 2021. The Door to Happiness—9781631954153 —has 250 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $16.95.

About Morgan James Publishing: Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. 

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NEW YORK—April 13, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, Chronic Hope: Raising a Child with Chronic Illness with Grace, Courage, and Love by Bonnie O’Neil, tells the true story of one family’s journey to raise a child with chronic illness. O’Neil’s personal experiences color her writing as she offers necessary tools for parents facing a similarly emotional and unexpected path ahead. 

Drawing from the author’s personal experience as a caregiver, Chronic Hope offers a hopeful vision for navigating the emotional stress of raising a child with chronic illness. O’Neil shares practical insight and solutions in the tone of a friend who’s been there—a fellow parent who truly understands—as she introduces strategies for parents to find and demonstrate wisdom, patience, and love through the many obstacles of raising a child with chronic illness. 

By normalizing the unhealthy emotional responses associated with raising a child with chronic illness, Chronic Hope provides a vision of parenting where fatigue, fear, and anger are replaced with grace, courage, and love so parents can cultivate healthy relationships between themselves and their children. Chronic Hope combines research with personal experience, guiding parents to process their emotions and remember that behind the darkness of illness, suffering, and broken dreams, there is strength, resilience, and loving self-sacrifice.

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Bonnie O’Neil, please contact Bonnie O’Neil at bonjourbonnie22@gmail.com or 610-392-6881. 

About the Author: Bonnie O’Neil has a son and two siblings with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and is an active board member and strategic leader of the founding chapter of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), the world’s leading funder of research to cure, prevent, and treat T1D. As a member of JDRF’s National Speakers Bureau, Bonnie is a featured presenter at education conferences throughout the T1D community. She has contributed essays on raising a child with T1D to the heavily trafficked diabetes website BeyondType1 where her articles typically reach between 20-32K readers with high engagement. Bonnie is a spiritual director, the Executive Director of Alpha Mid Atlantic, and lives in suburban Philadelphia.

More About This Title: Chronic Hope: Raising a Child with Chronic Illness with Grace, Courage, and Love by Bonnie O’Neil, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 13, 2021. Chronic Hope—ISBN 9781631952289—has 224 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $16.95. 

About Morgan James Publishing: Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. 

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NEW YORK—April 6, 2021—Morgan James’ new release, Creating Value as a Senior Leader: Effective Strategies to Increase Engagement, Align with Your Employees, and Achieve Your Organization’s Goals, by Shona Elliot, helps leaders connect and engage with their greatest resource—their employees. 

Creating Value as a Senior Leader highlights ways to retain employees, increase employee engagement, and meet organizational goals while sustaining the employer-employee relationship. As a former CEO, Shona Elliot knows how to boost employee engagement and connect with them on a professional and personal level. Her objectives include teaching leaders how to prevent employee turnover, how to motivate employees to contribute to the organization’s mission, and how to get them to accept and follow its values and beliefs. 

According to Shona Elliot, being a leader involves creating a clear vision for your team, and requires excellent communication skills, patience, initiative, and other leadership qualities. Elliot shares her experience as a Senior Leader to show what and how she learned to retain top talent in the workplace and promote cohesion among employees. Business professionals, team leaders, and managers interested in learning the best ways to uphold employee morale and increase engagement will benefit from the lessons within Creating Value as a Senior Leader.      

If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Shona Elliot, please contact authorsupport@morganjamespublishing.com

About the Author: Previous CEO, Shona Elliott specializes in helping leaders connect and engage with their greatest assets – their employees – for the purposes of increasing employee retention, employee engagement, and achieving an organization’s strategic goals. Shona previously lived in Ontario, Canada, and now lives with her family in Edmond, Oklahoma.

More About This Title: Creating Value as a Senior Leader: Effective Strategies to Increase Engagement, Align with Your Employees, and Achieve Your Organization’s Goals, by Shona Elliot, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on April 6, 2021. Creating Value as a Senior Leader—9781631952142 —has 244 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $17.95.

About Morgan James Publishing: Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. 

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