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Phillippe Remy, an ordained pastor by Christian National Church with a joyful family with two boys, has completed his new book 'Success': a gripping and potent motivational guide to improving one's self and meeting the level of achievement that one desires.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - 'Tagging Along with Muffy' (published by WestBow Press) tells the tale of a little toy poodle named Muffy who rides over 25,000 miles with her owner on a recumbent bicycle. Told from the dog's perspective, Muffy shares with the reader a series of humorous adventures as she rides along with 'Daddy.'

Author J. L. Higgs brings the fairy tales of Cinderella and Humpty Dumpty into the modern day. In 'Ella: A Stepmum's Tale' (published by Balboa Press AU), readers will learn life lessons about not judging anyone by outward appearances alone.

When author Nunzio Acocella and his family immigrated to the United States, they struggle learning to adapt to a new environment, culture and people. However, this experience enabled him to grow into becoming a part of the community. He has written 'NUNU and his Best Friend' (published by Trafford Publishing) to encapsulate some of the stories of his childhood growing up in Brooklyn.

With 'Our Beloved, Our Friend: Explore the Word. Experience Jesus. Share His Love.' (published by WestBow Press), Judy Huitt provides readers with a devotional to enrich their relationship with Jesus Christ through a 'pattern' of 40 Bible-study meditations - each set in a Biblical 'pattern' to connect with God. Huitt says the book is a guide that will provide answers to readers' deepest needs that can only be found through faith in Jesus. She is embarking on a marketing campaign to expand the book's reach.

Unveiling the secrets that led to her guiding her author-clients to become bestselling authors, Diane O'Connell is inviting writers of all levels to join her on a Guided Novel Writing Retreat. This upcoming retreat will mark the fourth time Diane is sharing her insider expertise on writing a bestseller novel, with each hand-picked attendant receiving personalized, one-on-one coaching, along with group development activities, all in the breathtaking Berkshire Mountains. Diane O'Connell, an author and former Random House editor with over 25+ years of experience, wrote her award-winning book for new authors, The Novel-Maker's Handbook: the no-nonsense guide to crafting a marketable story, while on a writing retreat herself; this experience led her to develop the kind of experience she finds authors need to make leaps instead of strides. 'For years, I've been guiding first-time authors to develop stories that will resonate with readers and find a home in the publishing marketplace,' says O'Connell. 'I developed this retreat as a way to teach writers these successful techniques, with the goal of accelerating their progress. I've had attendants with as little as an idea or an outline, to an entire manuscript, who have benefited immensely from this experience.' Writers are often depicted as living the life of a recluse; Diane has pushed against this stereotype, finding that her author-clients work faster and better when alongside other like-minded authors. 'It's the simple rule of work ethics; we tend to work harder when we have companions with whom to share our experience.' Situated in the Berkshire Mountains, the historic Kemble Inn has partnered with O'Connell to bring the perfect atmosphere that encourages authors to channel their creative spirit. 'When searching for the perfect place to write my last book I came across the Kemble Inn,' notes O'Connell. 'Being there infused me with such rich creative energy; my past attendees have confirmed that this is a place where writers thrive.' Past attendee Carolyn Kay Brancato agrees: 'This retreat helped me jumpstart my next novel and I can honestly say that Diane has changed my life and helped me to get closer to my dream of being a published fiction author.' Registration is still open for the Novel Writing Retreat, with only a few spots remaining. Get more details and find out if the retreat is right for you by visiting writetosellyourbook.com/novel-writing-retreat

Redmond Channel Partner, published by the 1105 Enterprise Computing Group, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Editor's Choice Awards.

The Henry Ford announced today the acquisition of IBM and Marchesa's cognitive dress, the world's first-of-its-kind created using IBM Watson technology. Watson and Marchesa worked together to weave cognitive inspiration into every step of the design process, creating a dress that was both inspired and enabled by Watson technology. Model Karolina Kurkova wore the dress during its debut at the 2016 Met Gala.

Last June, New York City Opera inaugurated its Opera en Español series with the long-awaited New York premiere of Daniel Catàn's Florencia en el Amazonas. This May, following the critical success of the company's modern day revival of Respighi's rarely heard La Campana Sommersa, New York City Opera will present the second installment in its Opera en Español series with the American premiere of Antonio Literes's circa 1713 Spanish Baroque opera, Los Elementos. Richard Stafford will direct and choreograph the compact, one-hour work with sets by John Farrell, costumes by Janet O'Neill, lighting by Susan Roth and hair and makeup by Georgianna Eberhard. Sopranos Samarie Alicea and Chelsea Bonagura and mezzo-sopranos Melanie Ashkar and Kelsey Robertson will make their City Opera debuts as the four elements: Air (El Ayre), Water (El Agua), Earth (La Tierra), and Fire (El Fuego). City Opera veteran baritone Marco Nisticó returns to portray Time (El Tiempo) and mezzo-soprano Magda Gartner is featured as the Dawn (La Aurora). Pacien Mazzagatti, New York City Opera's Principal Conductor, will lead the New York City Opera Orchestra in Literes's evocative and atmospheric score.

Poets Choice Publishing working with the MeredithFoundation.org, has recently been established to promote high quality poetry by established and emerging poets, including this year's 2017 Meredith Award for Poetry presented to Peter Meinke. The William Meredith Foundation celebrates National Poetry Month with publication of Laura Brylawski-Miller's exquisite fourth collection of poems, FIRST, DO NO HARM. She is a writer of extraordinary talent and erudition, sensitivity and emotion, and praise for her work has been euphoric: 'These are powerful and life-affirming poems. They offer us, as a tree 'offers shady / comfort to the tiny / rabbit at breakfast / in the hospice park,' not hope, exactly, but affection, mercy, and ordinary kindness.' - Peter Meinke, Poet Laureate of Florida 'Her vision - both inner and outer - is exact, and she renders what she sees with a fine precision and a fine avoidance of fixity. Her world moves, in 'words like water in the sun.' - Henry S. Taylor, Pulitzer Prize -Winning Poet for THE FLYING CHANGE Like a soothsayer, or shaman she intuits nature as it interacts with human consciousness: the sun 'bleeds on the horizon,' 'The new-­?born sea' breathes quietly,' the seaweed 'holds winter's spent fury in long green fingers.' Like the imagist poet Paul Valéry, she knows that poems are not made of ideas, but of images, and this philosophy reveals the synchronicity of physical fact and spiritual reality. Mind and body become one, interacting with and creating the world at once, the method of magic. The mission of (WilliamMeredithFoundation.org) is to continue the legacy of the great American spirit, William Meredith: former US Poet Laureate, Navy Aviator in WWII and Korea, master arborist and beloved teacher at Connecticut College for nearly four decades. His name and work continue through support of the arts in residencies at the Meredith home in Uncasville, Ct., and sponsorship of exhibitions and publications through its auxiliary publishing house, Poets Choice (Poets-Choice.com). The annual William Meredith Award for Poetry was awarded this year to Peter Meinke for poetry and essays: TO START WITH, FEEL FORTUNATE. Laura Brylawski-Miller was born and raised in Milan, Italy where she was educated in Classic Humanities. She holds a degree in Health Sciences from George Washington University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from The American University. Previous poetry collections include: Luna Parks ,The Snow on Lake Como, and Exile at Sarzana. She is the author of three novels: The Square at Vigevano, The Medusa's Smile, and The Shadow of the Evening (L'Ombra della Sera.) She lives in Arlington, VA, and travels frequently between the U.S. and Italy.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) President Jeff Alexander announces the appointment of Stacie Frank as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective today.

Cartography, the second solo album by intrepid cellist Mariel Roberts, comes out Friday, May 19 on New Focus Recordings, with a 10 pm release show that evening at National Sawdust. Cartography features first recordings of dauntingly virtuosic pieces written for Roberts by four New York-based composers: Cenk Ergün, Davi? Brynjar Franzson,George Lewis, and Eric Wubbels, who joins her on piano for his gretchen am spinnrade. Inspired by Roberts' technical wizardry and interpretive élan, her collaborators have created music that takes the cello into uncharted realms, requiring intense concentration, razor-sharp precision, and almost superhuman endurance. Yet in Roberts' hands, the works transcend their technical demands to emerge as deeply moving meditations on time – the cartography of subjective human experience. 

Lightswitch Learning honors National Poetry Month with the release of their recently published children's picture book, The Boy Who Opened Our Eyes. The book was inspired by a poem written by the author, Elaine Sussman, over 60 years ago for a fifth-grade homework assignment. The book fulfills Ms. Sussman's lifelong dream of sharing the story of her blind younger brother, Mark, with the goal of encouraging kids to achieve greatness regardless of any disabilities or challenges they may face.

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ What started as a mission 33 years ago by Louise Hay to spread a message of self-love, has evolved into a worldwide movement selling millions of books and transforming millions of lives.

BroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking a talented and enthusiastic writer to contribute to our Cabaret division in New York City.

In 'Unpack Now - Get Rid of the BAGGAGE in Your Relationships' (published by One11 Publishing), veteran author Sedrik Newbern gives readers practical relationship advice and tools to 'Unpack the Baggage' that often causes broken marriages, broken children and broken families.

Building Your Home: A Simple Guide to Making Good Decisions (Brown Books Publishing Group) is exactly what it says it is. Author Kristina Leigh Wiggins breaks down each initially overwhelming decision and provides all options, from small scale to big picture, allowing readers to effectively focus on one element at a time.

This June, acclaimed pianist Simone Dinnerstein embarks on a tour with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra in their American debut to perform works from her new album, Mozart in Havana. Recorded with the orchestra in Cuba last June, it may be her most ambitious to date and is a testament to music's ability to cross cultural and language barriers. The tour will be the first time an orchestra of this size has traveled to the U.S. from Cuba since the revolution.

Olga Peretyatko will make her Met role debut as Violetta in tonight's performance of Verdi's La Traviata, replacing Carmen Giannattasio, who is ill.

Brown Books Publishing Group is proud to announce the publication of Sage Alexander and the Hall of Nightmares by Steve Copling. A crime novelist and veteran in law enforcement, this is Copling's first foray into young adult fantasy and serves as the foundation for a seven-book series.