Adult autobiographical fiction / MemoirAli Anthony Bell, 51-year old American ex-pat, came to Morocco to live and work and embraced Islam. His prayers were answered when he met Imane while working as an English teacher in Casablanca. Meanwhile, he's now an illegal alien and has to work clandestinely. Follow him in his adventures from teaching job to teaching job in Casablanca through 15 years of hard knocks and great times. Everything happens for a reason, and when a door closes… a...

"Bell and Cortese clearly articulate the central importance of leadership to achieving high value, patient-centric health and wellness . . . compelling."—William B. Rouse, PhD, author of Understanding and Managing the Complexity of HealthcareHealthcare in America is wildly inconsistent and uncomfortably close to bankruptcy, and the only way it can be rescued is with leaders in all the different areas of healthcare stepping up with the right kind of leaders...

This is a self-help book for aspiring or practicing teachers to help them to find the great teacher that is within themselves, to motivate them to make change in the world, to really connect with their learners, and ensure the success of learning outcomes. While it is written specifically for teachers of EFL, English as a Foreign Language, the content is applicable for teachers in any field. The advice and examples are taken both from the author's experience and from respected sources.

Paul Jerome Barry is an American artist who attended the Chase School in Manhattan in 1901 and 1902. He fell in love with another student in the school, they married, and moved to Paris in 1903. His wife died in a fatal accident shortly after their arrival, but not before he had painted the best work of his life, her portrait. He found comfort and remarried. He struggled with disbelief in his own ability, an obsession with perfection, and the loss of his wife.His fate was forever ch...

Short Story MemoirSynopsisArriving at a decade of life in The Land of The Setting Sun (Morocco), having found his reason and purpose in life as an English teacher, the protagonist (the author) finally finds the job of his dreams in the school of his dreams. Every day is an adventure…but he soon discovers that it's a lion's den.

Adult Fiction based on real events in the author's lifeSynopsisA 50-year-old man struggling with beliefs, identity, and poverty sees an opportunity and moves from Paris to the Land of the Setting Sun to live and work. He lives in the Red City (Marrakesh) for a year, the most difficult year of his life. On what seems like a life-saving proposition from a philanthropist, he moves to another city, White House (Casablanca). The philanthropist turns out to be a misanthropist and o...

Adult Auto-biographical FictionA young white American boy, the son of a preacher, experiences an enormous culture shock when his family moves from the Blackfeet Native American Reservation at the foot of the Rocky Mountains to join a religious sect in the inner-city Black ghetto on the West Side of Chicago in 1969. The main message of the story is that every single life experience is necessary to make us the unique individuals we are. The story is set between 1964, when the boy is 4...

Fiction - Contemporary - FantasyTwo pairs of twins are born in different families; one pair are boys, and one are girls. One of each of the two twins dies, leaving only one boy and one girl. In a parallel world it is the same except that it is the other twin who dies. At one point in each of their lives a paranormal event happens which makes their memories switch places with their twins, so each of them finds themselves in the body of their twin in the parallel world. The switch tur...

Fiction based on real historical eventsAnthony Bannister, Investigative Journalist for NPR, interviews people who were witnesses to horrible crimes, human injustice, human suffering, and events which have been hidden or covered up. His reason and purpose are to incite compassion and care in the world and to make people aware of the true (hidden) face of America. He never talks politics or religion, never makes accusations, or blames anyone, using only the witness of suffering and in...

Short Story collectionGenre: Adult Creative Non-Fiction and Fiction, RomanceSynopsis: An American expat in his late forties goes through his mid-life crisis in Paris, France, just after shutting his company down and separating with his French wife after 24 years together. This is a collection of short stories in chronological order over a period of 33 months, all with the same main character and different women in each story. Based on real events in the author's life.

This is a self help book for speakers of other languages to help them to improve their English, and in doing so improve their probability of personal and professional success. This book is for teenagers, young adults, and adults with any level of English, including lower levels who desire a way of learning on their own and at their own individual pace which is not traditional, i.e. not a language center or school. The understanding level was set at Pre-intermediate, in order to be able to ...

Teen, Young Adult, or Adult FictionSynopsis: a man is beaten to death by three prison guards on the 15th anniversary of the day he met the one love of his life. He had written a letter to his lover with a poem, and an investigative reporter finds the woman and sends her the letter…we go back to the beginning and relive their story in the woman's memory.This is a short story inspired by a real event that occurred on August 26, 2015, National Cherry Popsicle Day, in the Santa C...