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Date Published: November 30, 2023

 

In the summer of 1914, 16-year-old Evan Sinclair leaves home to join the
Great War for Civilization. Little does he know that, despite the war raging
in Europe, the true source of conflict will emerge in Ottoman Palestine,
since it’s from Jerusalem where the German Kaiser dreams to rule as Holy
Roman Emperor. Filled with such historical figures as Gertrude Bell, T.E.
Lawrence, Winston Churchill, Faisal bin Hussein, Chaim Weizmann, and Achad
Ha’am, “Wages of Empire” follows Evan through the killing
fields of the Western Front where he will help turn the tide of a war that
is just beginning, and become part of a story still being written.

Readers who enjoy Wages of Empire should know that the story continues with
the sequel, Crossroads of Empire, the second book in this series.

About the Author

Michael J. Cooper

Michael J. Cooper emigrated to Israel in 1966 and lived in Jerusalem during
the last year the city was divided between Israel and Jordan. He graduated
from Tel Aviv University Medical School, and after a forty-year career as a
pediatric cardiologist in Northern California, he continues to do volunteer
missions serving Palestinian children who lack access to care.

His historical fiction novels include Foxes in the Vineyard, set in 1948
Jerusalem, which won the 2011 Indie Publishing Contest grand prize and The
Rabbi’s Knight, set in the Holy Land in 1290. Wages of Empire won the
2022 CIBA Rossetti Award for YA fiction along with first-place honors for
the 2022 CIBA Hemingway award for wartime historical fiction.

He lives in Northern California with his wife and a spoiled-rotten cat.
Three adult children occasionally drop by.

 

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Published: 1/15/2025

 

 

A murdered boy. Tortoiseshell eyeglasses. A letter written by a young man
to another that reads like a lover’s spat. One portable Underwood
typewriter. Two confessions.

Will Babe and Manny live or die?

 

It’s the early 1920s and arrogant teenagers Noah “Babe” Lieberman
and Roman “Manny” Loewe have it all: money, brains, freedom. They
reside in the same affluent Chicago neighborhood, come from successful,
respectable families, and enjoy privileged lives. Both are intelligent
prodigies who graduated high school early. But Roman, an extrovert, is
handsome and popular whereas Noah is average-looking and spends most of his
time with birds and books. After meeting, they embark on a wild journey of
vandalism, burglary, and arson. Their personal relationship escalates, and
their criminal acts morph into more sinister behavior as the two flout the
laws of the “common” man and live their version of the
Übermensch, or “superman” as defined by Friedrich
Nietzsche.

One hundred years ago, the world was stunned to learn that Nathan Leopold
and Richard Loeb, two wealthy, brilliant university students, had confessed
to kidnapping and murdering fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks. Why did Leopold
and Loeb do it? For “pure love of excitement, or the imaginary love of
thrills, doing something different,” they said.

 

D.L. Scarpe’s Übermensch fictionalizes the Leopold and Loeb case,
focusing on the reason why the gifted teenagers’ lives took such an
unexpected turn, destroyed three families, and captivated the country in
what was dubbed at the time as the “crime of the century.”

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EXCERPT

Quotes From the Book…

Man is the cruelest animal.

Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?

What is the truth, but a lie agreed upon?

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.

Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. 

If these don’t/won’t work let me know and I’ll come up with something else.

About the Author

D.L. Scarpe

D.L. Scarpe has always had stories rattling around inside her head, locked
up tight, only set free on those endless childhood nights spent swapping
tales with her best friend. The story-weaving continued into
adulthood–her little secret. However, raising a family; managing a
household; building retaining walls, patios, or fire pits from stones (rock
“jigsaw puzzles”); refinishing oak floors and furniture; or
helping her husband on a roof–although she tried to pay attention when
on a roof–kept her too busy for that other side of her to come out.
So, it remained a secret.

But kids grow up and bodies get too tired for physical labor, and now
it’s time to pursue her own passions and dreams. Working on her bucket
list, she picked three things that make her happy, and she’s pursuing
them all with no apologies:

Writing.

Shoes.

Tattoos.

 

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Published: 1/15/2025

 

 

A murdered boy. Tortoiseshell eyeglasses. A letter written by a young man
to another that reads like a lover’s spat. One portable Underwood
typewriter. Two confessions.

Will Babe and Manny live or die?

 

It’s the early 1920s and arrogant teenagers Noah “Babe” Lieberman
and Roman “Manny” Loewe have it all: money, brains, freedom. They
reside in the same affluent Chicago neighborhood, come from successful,
respectable families, and enjoy privileged lives. Both are intelligent
prodigies who graduated high school early. But Roman, an extrovert, is
handsome and popular whereas Noah is average-looking and spends most of his
time with birds and books. After meeting, they embark on a wild journey of
vandalism, burglary, and arson. Their personal relationship escalates, and
their criminal acts morph into more sinister behavior as the two flout the
laws of the “common” man and live their version of the
Übermensch, or “superman” as defined by Friedrich
Nietzsche.

One hundred years ago, the world was stunned to learn that Nathan Leopold
and Richard Loeb, two wealthy, brilliant university students, had confessed
to kidnapping and murdering fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks. Why did Leopold
and Loeb do it? For “pure love of excitement, or the imaginary love of
thrills, doing something different,” they said.

 

D.L. Scarpe’s Übermensch fictionalizes the Leopold and Loeb case,
focusing on the reason why the gifted teenagers’ lives took such an
unexpected turn, destroyed three families, and captivated the country in
what was dubbed at the time as the “crime of the century.”

About the Author

D.L. Scarpe

D.L. Scarpe has always had stories rattling around inside her head, locked
up tight, only set free on those endless childhood nights spent swapping
tales with her best friend. The story-weaving continued into
adulthood–her little secret. However, raising a family; managing a
household; building retaining walls, patios, or fire pits from stones (rock
“jigsaw puzzles”); refinishing oak floors and furniture; or
helping her husband on a roof–although she tried to pay attention when
on a roof–kept her too busy for that other side of her to come out.
So, it remained a secret.

But kids grow up and bodies get too tired for physical labor, and now
it’s time to pursue her own passions and dreams. Working on her bucket
list, she picked three things that make her happy, and she’s pursuing
them all with no apologies:

Writing.

Shoes.

Tattoos.

 

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Date Published: 10-10-2024

Publisher: Books to Go Now

 

 

Amidst the devastation of World War I, a young American woman named Abigale
Belorman discovers a profound calling: to restore hope to the WWI wounded
soldiers. In France they were called ‘Gueules Cassees’, or
‘Broken Faces’. Using her sculpting skills, she begins crafting
intricate masks that conceal the scars of war, offering a semblance of
normalcy to those who have endured unimaginable suffering.

Colm Harp, a skilled metalsmith, is driven by his own wounds and a personal
tragedy to join Abigale’s mission. His younger brother, Danny, has returned
from the war with devastating facial injuries, and Colm is determined to
give him a chance at a life worth living. Together, Colm and Abigale embark
on a journey of compassion and resilience, their work becoming a beacon of
hope for countless wounded soldiers.

 As they navigate the challenges of war-torn Europe and the
limitations of early 20th-century medicine, Abigale and Colm discover the
transformative power of human will. Their story is a testament to the
resilience of the human spirit, the enduring power of love, and the
extraordinary lengths people will go to make a difference in the
world.

 War changes all their lives, but if you can improve one
person’s life, is yours not for the better? What if you could help
hundreds? What would you give up?

 

 

 

 

About the Authors

 

Broken Faces is a collaborative new fiction from Chris Karlsen, the winner
of the NYC Big Book Award and Chanticeer’s Global First Prize for
historical suspense.

Jennifer Conner has over 80 books and has landed in the Amazon top twenty
authors.

 

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Paris 1980

Who is Luc Kasten? A wealthy French industrialist? A wanted man? A Jew from
Avignon who has led a forged life? Or is he all three? Now, 35 years after
the end of WWII, he is ready to unburden himself and hires a veteran
journalist, Diane Jameson, to write his memoir. But years of hiding his
identity make him hesitate to share his grim secret. A chance encounter with
a past enemy spurs him to violence, and Diane, who finds herself falling in
love with him, joins Kasten in his struggle to outwit the man who can expose
him. What ensues is a cat-and-mouse thriller and a love story set against
the somber background of France during and after WWII.

 

 

Praise for The Polish Woman:

 

“A meticulous .. raw study of the relationship between Catholic and
Jewish Poles…” ~ The New York Times

 

“Vividly drawn characters … compelling, combining romance and
mystery and reminding us of the difficulty of unearthing personal truths
when one of history’s great cataclysms has buried them.” ~ The Wall
Street Journal

 

“A haunting portrait… Strongly evoked … The understated and
moving story of a woman whose memories open so many old wounds.” ~
Philadelphia Inquirer

 

 

Praise for Sunrise Shows Late:

 

“A deftly written story, full of danger, intrigue, suspense and
passion …” ~ Christian Science Monitor

 

“An austerely beautiful novel … love blossoms amid the chaos, rubble
and danger in a tale narrated with a calm restraint that adds to the
passion. ” ~ Publishers Weekly

EXCERPT 

 

 

There was always something intimate about meeting in a hotel room.

Diane had done her share of interviews in more than ten years as a journalist. Informants often liked to meet in cafés, speaking in hushed voices hoping to be swallowed up by the clatter of forks on plates and waitresses interrupting to refill water. It was neutral ground, easy to stand up and retreat if the questions got too difficult. But she had also shouted questions over the faraway clatter of gunfire at army bases; she had offered her most nonthreatening smile through the glass of correctional facilities; she had even once, memorably, conducted an entire interview in whispers between stalls in the third-floor ladies’ room of the UN.

Hotel rooms were different. They were quiet, for one thing, words dropping into the still air with a heightened gravity. The intimacy? It was impossible to avoid the knowledge of the double bed behind the door, even as they sat on the other end of the room in plush armchairs.

About the Author

Eva Mekler

Eva Mekler is a writer and psychotherapist known for her work in fiction and non-fiction, often exploring themes related to Jewish identity, history, and psychological resilience. She has authored novels as well as books that delve into the psychology and dynamics of the acting profession. One of her well-known books, The New Generation of Acting Teachers, profiles influential acting coaches and explores their techniques and philosophies. 

Mekler’s fiction work frequently draws from Jewish cultural and historical contexts, sometimes addressing the Holocaust and its aftermath. Her novels tend to focus on characters navigating personal and historical trauma, resilience, and identity.

 

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