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Publisher's pride: Books on bestseller lists - RV Oopsies (MacDonald)

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  Today's publisher's pride is  RV Oopsies   by Larry MacDonald, which reached  #46 in travel humor, #97 in hospitality, travel, & tourism, and #116 in business & professional humor.  (This book has been in the Amazon top 100 nearly every month since its release.) Book Description:  101 Hilarious (and Painful) Lessons from Real-Life RV Mishaps Every year, thousands of people hit the road in their RVs chasing freedom, fun, and the great outdoors—but even the best adventures come with their fair share of epic fails. From backing into trees and bending jack stands to the infamous black tank blunders, RV life is full of surprises… and not all of them are good ones. For over a decade, author [Name] has asked fellow RVers one simple question:  “What’s the dumbest thing you’ve done while RVing?”  The answers? Outrageous, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly educational. RV Oopsies  gathers  101 true stories of RV mistakes, misadventur...
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You're Not Too Old, and It's Not Too Late (Berns-Zare) Received 5-star Review from Literary Titan

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  Literary Titan awarded Ilene Berns-Zare's book,  You're Not Too Old, and It's Not Too La te , five stars. From the review:  I found this to be a generous and thoughtful book. It offers companionship, perspective, and a believable faith that a person can still grow wiser, more open, more alive.   Read the rest of the review HERE . Book Description Designed as an accessible 52-week companion, this inspiring guide invites Baby Boomers and Gen Xers to reimagine aging with confidence, vitality, and purpose. Drawing on research-informed tools and practical reflections, it encourages readers to tap into inner strengths, embrace meaningful shifts, and discover everyday “ah-ha” moments that spark renewal. Whether you seek greater wellbeing, deeper meaning, or renewed fulfillment from midlife through older adulthood, this uplifting resource reminds us that aging well is an active journey—and that the best chapters may still lie ahead. Keywords: midlife transformation; aging ...
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Alzheimer’s Starts Silently

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  Alzheimer’s doesn’t begin with the dramatic forgetting we imagine. It begins in the quiet margins of a life—small hesitations, subtle detours, moments that don’t quite fit the person we know. Long before a diagnosis, the brain is already changing. Proteins are misfolding, pathways are rerouting, and the mind is working harder to do what once came effortlessly. But none of this is visible from the outside. What families see are tiny shifts that are easy to reinterpret as stress, distraction, or normal aging. In the earliest phase, a person may pause mid‑sentence, not because they’ve forgotten the word, but because the word takes longer to reach them. They may repeat a story, not out of confusion, but because the memory feels newly vivid. They may withdraw from complex tasks—not dramatically, but with a quiet preference for the familiar. These changes are so subtle that even attentive loved ones often miss them. The person themselves may sense something is off, but they compensate,...
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