Sample Books
Fiction and Non-Fiction Books
SAMPLE BOOKS: OPINION AND MOTIVATIONAL
Mary Lucas has sold tens of thousands of copies of her book Lunchmeat & Life Lessons: Sharing a Butcher’s Wisdom, a loving collection of stories and advice from her dad who dispensed choice-cut wisdom and grade-A compassion to his customers, friends and family—along with the ground beef and bacon. The book has been named as required reading by The University of Indiana as well as high schools and corporate leadership programs all over the country. Lucas’s collection has now gone international—it’s even published in Asia. Her father used to say, “Remember to put the ‘comeback sauce’ on everyone you meet” and Mary offers a healthy dose of that sauce, which will empower every reader to reach their full potential.
Former radio talk-show host Gregg Jackson has earned over $1.3 million so far and garnered testimonials by Glenn Beck, Thomas Sowell and David Limbaugh! His modern political classic: Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies was #1 on Amazon and Barnes & Noble (and was immediately linked to Ann Coulter’s latest book), became a national best seller, and led to appearances on CSPAN, the Fox NewsChannel and hundreds of radio stations. It drew attention from Regnery Press, Thomas Nelson and other major conservative publishers and was endorsed by just about every major Republican superstar in the country. The spectacular success of his book, a brilliantly executed political bombshell that had Democrats quaking in their Birkenstocks, turned Gregg into one of the country’s fastest-rising media stars. His articles have appeared in The Wall St. Journal, Washington Times, and Human Events, and he is a much sought-after public speaker.
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SAMPLE BOOKS: MEMOIRS
“A first time self-published author with a cause.” That’s how J.L. Vallee, a single mom, going to college, working a full-time job, described her experience exposing the horrors of (Non-Combat) Civilian Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. With her stirring story Severed Soul (chock-full of excellent information and resources about PTSD), Vallee has reached thousands of battered and abused women and veterans. She spoke at women’s shelters and at other events, as well as on Facebook.
The Afro: perhaps the most famous hairstyle and fashion statement of the twentieth century. The man behind the Afro is multimillionaire hair-care legend Cornell McBride, whose line of salon products is known throughout the world. So where does one of the biggest names in fashion go to create his own mark, his own style?: Us, where Mr. McBride knew he’d get a book that would turn heads. A Cut Above and its author have appeared all over the media, at universities and at trade shows—even churches! This powerful story of rags to riches, faith and perseverance has resonated with people everywhere. The first 10,000 copies sold out in just a few short months.
While his story is already a part of Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation, David Karmi decided to also publish Survivor’s Game, his riveting, suspenseful memoir of the Holocaust. Praised by Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly, the book targeted a younger generation so that they “never forget” the genocidal mania of the Third Reich — and by extension other homicidal governments engaged in genocide. Hurled into a nightmare of death camps, forced marches, sickness, violence and depravity, Karmi describes in riveting detail how he survived Auschwitz, Dachau, and the Warsaw Ghetto. He endured forced marches, starvation, and persecution even after the Allies freed him from the camps. This is a story of strength, courage, some luck — and an amazing man, told in his own words.
St. Martin’s Press offered a two-book deal to Meryl Getline, author of the memoir The World at My Feet: The True (and Sometimes Hilarious) Adventures of A Lady Airline Captain. In addition, USA Today gave her a newspaper column (“From the Cockpit”) and New York Times best-selling author John Nance’s super-agent decided to represent her! Here’s how the book took off: When one of the world’s first female commercial airline pilots was cruising for a publishing company, she looked at many firms but ultimately landed with Arbor Services. This pioneering aviator decided we had the right stuff. Look for the high-flying Captain Getline to appear across the nation in newspapers (The Denver Post and others), TV (The View) and in your inflight magazines—the ones stowed in the back of the seat in front of you—aboard EVERY plane in the world. Check out her Wikipedia Page.
SAMPLE BOOKS: BUSINESS
The Philadelphia Inquirer (and other media outlets) profiled Our Way, Bill Yoh’s acclaimed family memoir and profile of his father, Spike. Having taken over the reins from his dad, Bill now owns and runs Day & Zimmermann ($2.5 billion in yearly sales; 45,000 workers), an extraordinary company which is involved in construction and engineering, plant operations and maintenance, staffing, security and defense (i.e., they maintain nuclear power plants, guard U.S. embassy staff, build missiles, and much more). In clear, succinct prose, Bill offers penetrating insight into the complex dynamics behind creating and maintaining multi-generation family businesses.
Interested in having their client join the growing ranks of CEOs with their own business memoirs, Stern Advertising and Ogilvy and Mather contacted Arbor Services on behalf of Pearle Vision, Inc., and its parent company, Italy-based Luxottica Group (market cap $12 billion; sales revenue $2 billion). American icon Dr. Stanley Pearle—the man behind “nobody cares for eyes more than Pearle”—was a business pioneer who took a small company and grew it into a national chain: there are now 800 Pearle locations in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Impressed by our publishing and writing expertise, Stern and Ogilvy and Mather hired Arbor Services to create and help market Dr. Pearle’s memoir, a fitting tribute to an extraordinary career that could also be used to leverage PR opportunities. The result was Dr. Stanley Pearle: A Man of Vision.
Now in its seventh printing, with over 100,000 copies (plus an audio book!) sold, the classic real estate investment book Buy & Hold Forever: 7 Steps to a Real Estate Fortune by Dr. David Schumacher was selected as one of the top ten books of the year by the Los Angeles Times. Dr. Schumacher passed on an offer from his original publisher, John Wiley, and instead opted for Arbor Services to create his new book. With the addition of contributing co-author Steve Dexter, the book has added to its list of accolades by winning the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award.
Featured on national news outlets including CBS News, CNN, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Newsday, Dr. Evelyn McKnight is co-author of A Never Event: Exposing the Largest Outbreak of Hepatitis C in American Healthcare History, which chronicles the horrifying story of the Nebraska hepatitis C outbreak. One of ninety-nine cancer survivors who contracted hepatitis C through reuse of syringes during chemotherapy at the Fremont, Nebraska Cancer Center, her book has launched her second career as a renowned patient safety advocate and public speaker.
New York City’s Village Voice and major local TV channels profiled Charles Castro, author of NYPD Blue Lies. And no less than Frank Serpico, legendary NYPD officer and subject of the Academy Award-winning movie Serpico called the book a revealing look at what it is like to be let down and victimized by a hypocritical and corrupt bureaucracy in order to protect its own image.” As the author himself put it: “This is a very personal account about my life as a member of the NYPD, including a disturbing look at the darker side of Rudolf Giuliani’s acceptance of corruption and rogue police officers within the NYPD.”
SAMPLE BOOKS: HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher HCI picked up the rights to (Betty Ford Clinic) Dr. Scott Davis’s brilliant book Living Jonathan’s Life: A Doctor’s Descent Into Darkness and Addiction. The Former Inpatient Medical Director for the world-renowned Betty Ford Center, Dr. Scott is a public speaker and expert commentator for CBS News. He is now widely regarded as a leading expert in the field of Addiction Medicine, garnering requests for his substance abuse expertise from numerous professional organizations and government agencies as diverse as the California Board of Registered Nursing, American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), the U.S. Government’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), he National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the United States Justice Department.
Better Homes & Gardens, the third-largest magazine in the country (circulation: 8 million readers!) interviewed Dr. Vikki Petersen and featured her hot-selling health book The Gluten Effect. A Chiropractor and Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Dr. Vikki is co-founder and co-director of the renowned HealthNow Medical Center in Sunnyvale, California. She has appeared on CNN and as a public speaker and international radio personality, she makes regular national radio appearances, and headlines speaking events for Silicon Valley and Fortune Five Hundred companies, covering topics such as diet, managing stress and women’s health.
SAMPLE BOOKS: NOVELS
AJ Scudiere’s books have garnered Audie nominations, options for TV and film, as well as over twenty Best Suspense/Best Fiction of the Year awards. While she’s sold tons of books and had her novels collected in boxed sets, it all began with her first independently produced book Resonance. A self-described “nerdgirl,” AJ holds an MS in Human Forensic Identification as well as another in Neuroscience/Human Physiology. Now she spends time writing, traveling, promoting and selling her ever-growing catalog of critically acclaimed books!
Stefania Shaffer’s books have led her to second careers as a motivational speaker and author, as well as garnering media appearances on radio and TV. When she’s not teaching and advising, finds time to write middle-grade fiction, and non-fiction for adults (9 Realities of Caring for an Elderly Parent quickly had over 14,000 downloads and and hit Amazon’s bestseller list in four different categories). Her first critically acclaimed middle-grade novel, Heroes Don’t Always Wear Capes was about a student finally finding a few extraordinary teachers who become her heroes for life. Her second effort turned into a trilogy, the Mischief series, about little mischief-makers in elementary and how they grow forward.
SAMPLE BOOKS: STYLE AND FASHION
Christine Schwab’s fashion trendsetting book The Grown-Up Girl’s Guide to Style: A Maintenance Bible for Fashion, Beauty, and More… was picked up by HarperCollins (William Morrow). Now one of the top TV experts on fashion, beauty and lifestyle, Christine has appeared on Oprah!, NBC Nightly News, CBS-The Early Show, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, Rachael Ray, Inside Edition, CNBC News, Fox News, E! Entertainment and Weekend Today. She’s also been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Vanity Fair,Ladies Home Journal, Women’s World, The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and The Washington Post. She’s been a spokesperson for America’s leading fashion and beauty companies, including Estee Lauder, Revlon, and Lenscrafters, as well as working with ABC, Disney, Universal Studios, and WABC-TV.
Random House (Clarkson Potter) acquired the fashion blockbuster Forever Cool by Sherrie Mathieson, the super-talented New York Film Critics Award-winning Godspell costume designer. Having costumed Academy Award-winning actors, sports figures, comedians, rock stars, dancers, industry leaders—and worked with top directors in the film industry, Sherrie turned her expertise to the (let’s face it) style and fashion-needy folks over 50. The result was a personal makeover book complete with before and after full-color photos. Now Sherrie dedicates much of her time to seminars on the subject of ageless, youthful and modern style for boomers (and a growing number of Gen-Xers). She now has her second spectacular book out!
Barbara Trujillo Gomez and Blanca Rodríguez have worked as personal trainers in the fitness industry for over fifteen years. (Blanca has previously partnered with the Discovery Channel to create the Family Fitness Challenge). They were intent on helping women, in particular Latinas, accept their bodies and let go of the stigma and daily challenges that come with trying to look “Hollywood” or like a supermodel. They wanted women to accept their inner beauty while never compromising their culture and beautiful physical assets. When Trujillo Gomez and Rodríguez decided that what they needed was a book targeting Latinas, they chose us, and the result was Barbara Por Atras, filled with delicious, healthy Latin recipes in addition to workouts for all, from the beginner who has never exercised to the advanced athlete seeking a new challenge. The authors have since become speakers at Macy’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and appeared in the Los Angeles Times, La Diva Latina Magazine, theledger.com, Despierta America and the Sun-Sentinel. And as if that weren’t enough, their book is being considered by literary super-agent Curtis Brown.
SAMPLE BOOKS: CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS
Super public relations firm PainePR and one of their major clients, Duracell, were looking for a project to help protect America’s kids. They teamed up with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to create a book and turned to us for ideas, creativity and expertise. We contributed the writers, illustrators and publishing know-how and the result was The Great Tomato Adventure, which provides the latest safety lessons from the NCMEC. It also offers parents and kids an excellent opportunity to discuss the different situations the book’s characters encounter and the choices they make along the way. Throughout The Great Tomato Adventure, readers find important teachable moments—indicated by a small Duracell flashlight icon—and at the back is a convenient teachable moments guide with questions, conversation starters and tips on how to talk with kids about safety. Actress Jada Pinkett Smith (Scream 2, Ali, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa as well as the hit TV show Hawthorne), wife of Hollywood superstar Will Smith and mother of Jaden Smith (The Karate Kid) provided the book’s introduction. Reading is a key to success in life—it’s a fact.
To help instill
a love of reading in kids, Kraft Foods and their public relations firm, Weber Shandwick, decided to produce a children’s book for their Oscar Mayer Lunchables brand in conjunction with First Book, a nonprofit literacy organization, and celebrity mom/actress Lori Loughlin (star of the CW’s current 90210 series and the long-running hit comedy series Full House). Together they turned to us to conceptualize and execute the book project. The result was Adventures in the Stars, an engrossing illustrated story about three kids who attend space camp, where they team up to complete challenging missions and earn their astronaut-in-training merit badges. Loughlin wrote a special foreword for the book, in which she shares the impact reading together as a family has had on her life: “I’ve found there is no more important activity for preparing my children to succeed than reading, and I’m delighted to team up with the Lunchables team and First Book to highlight the importance of reading together as a family.”
SAMPLE BOOKS: EVEN MORE SUCCESS…
Though Bill Phillips might not be a household name, the company that bears his name, Phillips Service Industries, employs over 600 people (as well as three generations of the Phillips family), generates over $130 million in revenue per year and, through its commitment to our national interests, helps Americans sleep more securely at night. The company is at the heart of revamping systems on the B-52 bomber, developing the B-1 bomber control system, rebuilding US nuclear missile silos and designing components for the Mars rovers and the space shuttle’s robotic arm. So when the company that America counts on went looking for a company they could count on, Phillips Service Industries chose us for its publishing project. The resulting book, An American Entrepreneur by William T. Phillips received rave reviews from President George Bush, and he had endorsements on his book from UN Ambassador Rodger Young, Ralph Wilson, Jr. (owner, Buffalo Bills) and David Brandon (chairman, CEO, Domino Pizza).
An international sensation (including European book tours), Kimberly Weiner’s originally self-published middle-grade and young-adult book Not My Reality was seen on Amazon by an agent who then sold it to a British publisher who retitled it My Sister’s A Pop Star—and signed Kim to a spectacular three-book deal.
Infomercial and cable-TV guru Anthony Morrison, author of The Hidden Millionaire: Twelve Principles to Uncovering the Entrepreneur in You, has branched out with a new book, media appearances and moneymaking Web sites. Since launching his first business in 2004 when he was just twenty-one, Anthony, a self-taught Internet mogul, has started eleven additional companies and a charity (Christmas For Kids) and now operates one of the most successful seminar tours—Hidden Millionaires—in the United States.
The Military Channel’s top-rated show Weaponology featured author John Giduck, author of Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America’s Schools. The book, which has a five-star rating from Amazon reviewers, tells the story of a school siege that occurred in Russia on September 1, 2004, including its victims—the soldiers who were there—and the history of events leading up to the tragic incident. More than just telling a story, though, this book highlights the lessons we cab learn to protect America’s school system against similar terrorism.
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill signed Andrew Horowitz, author of The Disciplined Investor: Essential Strategies for Success, to a large book deal. He has appeared in The Wall Street Journal andThe Financial Times.
FOX Business News (FBN) invited Braun Mincher, author of The Secrets of Money: A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy, to be a regular contributor. His articles are appearing in the New York Daily News, The Christian Science Monitor, Woman’s Day and more. Mr. Mincher has also appeared in Newsweek and The Economist as well as on CNN, MSNBC and Fox Business with Neil Cavuto. With five-star reviews on Amazon.com, The Secrets of Money is a common-sense guide considered by many to be the encyclopedia of personal finance—and it even comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee from the publisher, so readers have nothing to lose and everything to gain!
Oprah and Friends featured Nightmare Nation: Redefining the Pursuit of the American Dream,the impressive book by former Donald Trump apprentice Jessie Conners. The book officially became an “Oprah Select”!
The Saturday Early Show, FOXNews, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Emmy Awards, First for Women magazine and iVillage featured Dr. Isabel Shaw’s The Shoe Diet. Here’s the skinny: Take two great American obsessions—weight loss and shoes—then combine them with self-publishing and what do you get? A best seller! Author Dr. Isabelle R. Shaw couldn’t find a publisher for her cutting-edge method for losing weight, The Shoe Diet. So, she took the next step: she published and marketed her book on her own. Faster than you can say “Manolo Blahnik alligator boots” she found herself walking onto The Today Show and into the pages ofFirst for Women. Who knew that a diet of Gucci and Ferragamo could help you lose weight! Remember, anything worth doing is worth doing in a fabulous pair of shoes—especially self-publishing!
Boston Globe ran a full-length feature on Dr. Kenneth Edelin’s brilliant book Broken Justice.
Hollywood’s Miramax Films was reported to be seeking the movie rights to Nicole Kallis’ Secrets of a Tee Time Girl, and Golf Digest has featured her several times!
CNN, The Associated Press and The News & Observer have named Karen Delise, author of The Pit Bull Placebo, as their go-to expert—especially in light of the imprisonment of NFL star Michael Vick—for the cruel mistreatment of animals.
US Weekly did a cover story on Lisa Beres, author of My Body, My House. She was also featured on E! Entertainment Television and The Martha Stewart Show.
The New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure section ran a major front-page article on Henry Grinberg, author of the novel Variations on the Beast.
The subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Murder on a Sunday Morning, Brenton Butler went on to write his own version of his fight for his life: They Said It Was Murder, the shocking, true-life account of Brent’s horrific ordeal from accusation of murder to imprisonment and from trial to final exoneration. With appearances scheduled on 60 Minutes, Oprah, Montel, Inside Edition and many other major TV and radio shows, as well as features in newspapers, Brent Butler and his family are delighted that they took the chance to tell their side of the story.
The O’Reilly Factor and FOX News featured interviews with beloved veteran actor Alan Young, star of TV’s memorable comedy series Mister Ed and author of Mister Ed and Me and More! Mr. Young starred as Wilbur and played opposite a very opinionated talking horse.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper the Miami Herald featured Susan Bosscawen, author of Blueprint Your Future: Creating Powerful Personal and Career Results Through Alignment and Action.
The PBS program Living Smart with Patricia Gras interviewed Dr. Myron Bernstein, author of Have You Been Royally Screwed?
Fox News Las Vegas featured a profile of Patti Ann Bengen, author of The Devil’s Dance and Danger in the Tulip Fields, who was inducted into the Cambridge Who’s Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry!
America’s top astronauts and NASA Space Center directors gave rousing endorsements and rave reviews to David L. Cisco and his book Full Circle, which is on sale at US Space Centerbook stores. The book is a revealing insider’s account of America’s successful effort to put a man on the moon told from the perspective of one of the few African-American engineers on the team.
Congratulations to Readers Favorite Award winner Timothy Bramlett, the author the young-adult science fiction thriller Sharkey and the Parallel Universe, one of the three exciting books in Bramlett’s popular space-pirate adventure series.
Sponsored and underwritten by pharmaceutical giant UCB, Inc., Kay Mixson Jenkins’ Who Is Pee Dee? Explaining Parkinson’s Disease to a Child is now an instant classic in the field. Ms. Jenkins is the founder of Parkinson’s in the Park, an affiliated chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation, and the Georgia state co-coordinator for the Parkinson’s Action Network.
Congratulations to Dara Viane, whose book No Greater Love is a winner of the Readers Favorite Award in three categories: historical romance, Christian fiction and Christian romance. Her book received five-star reviews on Amazon and raves from The Midwest Book Review, and Ms. Viane has appeared in the Christian newspaper The Good News. Her books are being sold at her local Family Christian Store.
International fashion model Jada Collins, author of Be-You-Tiful: The Three Fold Process to Becoming You!, appeared on CBN’s 700 Club with Pat Robertson—which has 300 million viewers worldwide, She was also featured in Ebony magazine.
Glen Schulz, author of Unlawful Flight, appeared on Dr. Phil. His book was optioned by Hollywood’s Trancas International Films, producers of the “Halloween” movies.
Michael Starr, author of the children’s book The Great Willow, is now a visiting author in the Wonder of Reading Program, which promotes writers throughout America’s schools.
Congratulations to Judy Joseph Hamlin, whose book From Riches to Happiness was a finalist in the Readers Favorite Award Contest. Judy’s book is the true story of a real housewife of Orange County.
Will It Hurt? A Parent’s Practical Guide to Children’s Surgery by Armen G. Ketchedjian (Dr. Ketch) received rave reviews from the Midwest Book Review, ReaderViews.com and ReadersFavorite.com. The book was also profiled in the Washington Post’s “Family Almanac.”
Chaos to Balance—A Life-Changing Strategy by Raymond Salcido received five-star reviews on Amazon.com and raves from the Midwest Book Review.