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“The Geiger Counter” book launch party

Geiger CounterCelebrate with author Matt Geiger on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at  Wisconsin Brewing Company  in Verona from 6-8 p.m.  The official book launch  party will include a signing, copies for sale and a  chance to chat with the author.

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Geiger’s debut book finds humor, inspiration in the unknown

Middleton Times-Tribune
11/27/16

“We all have so much in common. You wouldn’t think it from the endless cavalcade of animosity and discord on the Internet, but we do,” observes author Matt Geiger as he prepares for the release of his debut book. “We all live, we all die, and we are all far more confused by the world around us than we like to admit.”

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Geiger’s debut book finds humor, inspiration in the unknown

Middleton Times-Tribune
Erin Vander Weele
11/27/2016

We all have so much in common. You wouldn’t think it from the endless cavalcade of animosity and discord on the Internet, but we do,” observes author Matt Geiger as he prepares for the release of his debut book. “We all live, we all die, and we are all far more confused by the world around us than we like to admit.”

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Author Mary Dowell Featured in Business Journal

 Q&A: Milwaukee executive Mary Dowell writes book highlighting women who overcame obstacles

Playing Through the FenceMark Kass
Milwaukee Business Journal

Nov 7, 2016

Milwaukee business executive Mary Dowell has released a new book that highlights women who challenged and overcame obstacles in their personal and professional lives.

The book, “Playing Through the Fence,” features 19 stories of women, including 17 from the Milwaukee area, who challenged stereotypes, prejudice and other barriers to achieve career success.

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Fermenting Cellars: Read Between the Wines with Wisconsin Authors

HenschelHaus Author Nick Chiarkas will appear at Read Between the Wines. He looks forward to Read Between the Wines and discussing his novel “Weepers”, which just won Third Place in the Public Safety Writers Association’s 2016 national competition for “Best full-length Published Novel.”

Time: Saturday, September 17 at 12 PM – 3 PM

Fermenting Cellars Winery, 2004 W. Manogue Rd., Janesville, WI 53545

Admission: Free

Enjoy a day of tasting wines and meeting nine Wisconsin authors at Fermenting Cellars Winery. Picnic lunches available for purchase.

Authors in attendance with their books for sale/sampling include:

Julie Castle, Nicholas Chiarkas, Sherry Derr-Wille, Linda Godfry, Margaret M. Goss, Pat Hall, HR Jones, Jerry Peterson, Leanne Lippincott-Wuerthele

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Woman gets greatest gift by reconnecting with dying father

Milwaukee News
June 18, 2016

The subtitle of Marian Freund’s book is what grabbed me first: “Teaching My Dying Father How to Love Me.”

Resonating in those eight words are notes of unfinished business, loss and finally triumph of the heart.

“What I realize,” she writes, “is that I am having a relationship with dad that I have never had in my life, and it is all overshadowed by the fact that he is dying. To lose what is just beginning is hard to contemplate, much less accept.”

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From Suburban Housewife to Outdoor Guide

Life on the LooseThe Shepherd Express
Cari Taylor-Carlson’s passionate memoir of Venture West
By Jenni Herrick
May. 17, 2016

Milwaukeean Cari Taylor-Carlson has always been wildly passionate about the outdoors and is no stranger to kayaks, camping tents or canoes. But after a painful divorce in the 1980s, she took her passion to another level when she abruptly left her suburban existence to found Venture West, an outdoor adventure travel company. In her new memoir, Life on the Loose: My Journey from Suburban Housewife to Outdoor Guide, this conversant Wisconsin writer provides a courageous and honest account of her 30-year business venture with Venture West, leading weeks-long group tours across the country to destinations ranging from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore to Zion National Park.

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Rick Wehler embraces life ‘North of Normal’

North of NormalThe Star, Sun Prairie
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:00 am
By Tamar Myers

Rick Wehler has viewed his life with humor — from medical travails, raising three sons and adventures in both Wisconsin and his Minnesota hometown.

Rick started writing stories about his life when emailing back and forth with his sister. He eventually began sharing them with friends and family and after years of their urging, he just published a collection of stories and anecdotes titled North of Normal: Minne-Sconsin Stories.

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Elkhorn native in print again

The Beacon
March 11, 2016

Richard Van Scotter has published his fourth book, and first novel, “Thin Ice: Race, Sports and Awakening in the1950s.”

The Elkhorn native has set the story in a southeastern Wisconsin city named Elk Woods, which he says is “mildly disguised and based on actual settings and events with creative license.” Walworth County residents will have little trouble  identifying the models for villages, their high schools and teams.

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“The Uncommitted” is an engrossing debut novel

by Michael Popke
The Isthmus
December 3, 2015

Catholicism plays a central role in the debut novel from Madison author Margaret Goss, but readers need not share her beliefs in order to relate to The Uncommitted — a surprisingly dark tale of spiritual struggle.

Published by Three Towers Press in Milwaukee, this story set in St. Paul, Minn., contains references to such Madison institutions as UW Children’s Hospital (now American Family Children’s Hospital) and Culver’s, and revolves around Josephine Reilly, a 35-year-old mother of three who can communicate with the dead via dreams, visions and telepathy. While experimenting with what she initially considers a “gift,” she unlocks an invisible evil that threatens her family and drives her to the brink of self-destruction.

Beginning at about the halfway point, diligent readers will be able to put together some of the pieces and anticipate the book’s conclusion, but they should keep reading. An epic final scene set in a desolate Arizona cemetery attempts to bring closure; then Goss adds a provocative twist in the epilogue.

Read the full review at The Isthmus

 

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Local nonprofit founder, writer releases his book ‘The Pivotal Life’

By Maile Bucher
Town News Today
Mequon, WI
11/25/15

“The Pivotal Life: A Compass for Discovering Purpose, Passion & Perspective” invokes readers to consider a more conscious life plan.

The book shares stories from Mequon resident and Homestead High School alum Jeff Wenzler’s “pivotal life,” which encompasses the major points of humility, wisdom, belief, honor, reflection, shared life, movement and opportunity. Read more…

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Five HenschelHAUS Authors USA Book Awards Finalists

HenschelHAUS Publishing is proud to announce our 2015 USA Book Awards Finalists

Feng Shui & Charlotte Nightingale
by Pam Ferderbar
HenschelHAUS Publishing, Inc.
978-1595983985
Finalist in the Fiction: Chick Lit / Women’s Lit Category

Our Final Melody: Teaching My Dying Father How to Love Meby Marian L. Freund
HenschelHAUS Books
978-159598409-8
Finalist in the Health: Death & Dying Category

In Warm Blood: Prison and Privilege, Hurt and Heartby Judith Gwinn Adrian & DarRen Morris
HenschelHAUS Publishing, Inc.
978-1595982735
Finalist in the Multi-Cultural: Non-Fiction and True Crime: Non-Fiction Categories

The METUS Principle: Recognizing, Understanding, and Managing Fearby Brian A. Peters, M.Ed., M.S.A., M.B.A.
Mavenmark Books
978-1595982872
Finalist in the Philosophy Category

Healing the Soul: Unexpected Stories of Courage, Hope, and the Power of Mind
by Bhupendra O. Khatri, MD
HenschelHAUS Publishing, Inc.
978-1595983442
Finalist in the Health: General and Self-Help: Motivational Categories

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Norwich Cathedral graveside ceremony for Edith Cavell

BBC News
Oct 10, 2015 | Norfolk

A graveside ceremony has been held at Norwich Cathedral ahead of the 100th anniversary of the death of World War One nurse Edith Cavell.

Ms Cavell served in a hospital in Belgium and treated Allied, German and Austrian soldiers.

She was executed by a German firing squad on 12 October 1915 after helping Allied prisoners escape to Holland.

Hundreds packed the grounds of the cathedral, including dignitaries from Belgium and Germany. Read more…

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Novelist Terri Arthur to speak in England

By Jan Gardner Globe Correspondent
September 12, 2015
Boston Globe

Heroic WWI nurse gets her due

Ten years ago East Falmouth resident Terri Arthur visited England to research the life of fellow nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed by the Germans during World War I. On that trip, Arthur wandered into a ceremony in Cavell’s hometown commemorating the nurse’s wartime heroics.

Cavell, who operated a nursing school and hospital in German-occupied Belgium, had helped smuggle at least 200 Allied soldiers into the Netherlands so they would be safe from the Germans. In August 1915, she and some of her associates were arrested by German authorities. Convicted on charges of treason, she was executed by a firing squad.

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Award Winning Author Given Citation

Author Given book award from the Midwestern Independent Book Association and a Citation of Recognition by the Boston House of Representatives for Book Award

Awards-citationIn addition to officially receiving her first place award from the Midwest Publishers Association for her novel Fatal Decision, East Falmouth resident, Terri Arthur, was also honored by State Rep. David Vieira with a Citation of Recognition from the statehouse signed by House Speaker, Robert DeLeo.
The ceremony was held on July 24th  in Falmouth and attended by over 80 friends and colleagues.  Arthur’s’ publisher, Kira Henschel from Henschel Haus Publishing in Milwaukee, WI, presented the prize.
“I am so honored to receive this award,” said Arthur. “A lot of hard work went into this book. It was well worth all the effort because it is a story that needed to be told.”
Arthur’s book, Fatal Decision: Edith Cavell WWI Nurse, tells the powerful story of the legendary Edith Cavell, a British nurse who defied the brutal German military in WWI by working with the resistance movement in Belgium to rescue Allied soldiers and escorting them to safety.  Arthur is also a Registered Nurse.
Fatal Decision is now in its second printing. The British edition is available as Fatal Destiny: Edith Cavell WWI Nurse. An audible version of the book is available on Audible.com. The CDs are due to come out in August.

ONE FOR THE BOOKS - Kira Henschel (left) of Henschel Haus Publishing (Milwaukee, WI) stands with E. Falmouth resident Terri Arthur, author of the award-winning book, Fatal Decision, after presenting her with the first-place award for the Midwestern Publishers Association for historical fiction last Friday at a ceremony in Falmouth. State Representative David Vieira (right) honored Arthur with a citation from the state house.  
ONE FOR THE BOOKS – Kira Henschel (left) of Henschel Haus Publishing (Milwaukee, WI) stands with E. Falmouth resident Terri Arthur, author of the award-winning book, Fatal Decision, after presenting her with the first-place award for the Midwestern Publishers Association for historical fiction last Friday at a ceremony in Falmouth. State Representative David Vieira (right) honored Arthur with a citation from the state house.
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Hard Boiled

Matt Geiger
Middleton Times Tribune
Tue, 06/16/2015

Longtime Middleton resident Nick Chiarkas’ debut novel, “Weepers,” is a gritty tale of crime, revenge and redemption on the streets of New York City where the author spent his formative years.

The air was thick with pesticides and the shouts of children. Adult voices hurdled down from apartment windows. Gang members, merchants, cops, priests and mothers lived side by side, playing out their individual dramas on concrete stages of streets and stoops.

“If I close my eyes and imagine it, there is always a hint of DDT in the air,” recalls Nick Chiarkas, smiling tenderly as he envisions the housing project where he grew up on New York City’s lower east side. “As kids, we would chase the trucks that drove through the city spraying it. Elsewhere people were shouting from windows. Men would urinate in the street, between parked cars, and that was considered okay.”

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