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Cancer Diary: What can a Trojan horse do?

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  Now, here is something interesting:  Cancer Breakthrough As Yale Radiologists Develop 'Trojan Horse' Therapy.  Good reading for a Monday morning!  For other Cancer Diary posts, click  HERE . Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page,  Carl's Cancer Compendium , as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The CCC is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -- and be open to guest posts:  Cancer Diary .   Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested i

Book Jewel of the Month: Of God, Rattlesnakes, and Okra (Easterling)

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    What is a  book jewel ? A sometimes-overlooked book with remarkable insight and potential significance. Each month, we share near-daily, or as often as possible, reviews of the monthly book jewel - short, succinct reviews that can be read in 1-2 minutes with links to the reviewer by reviewers whose words are worthy of being heard and whose opinions are worthy of being considered. Sometimes a couple of minutes contains more impressive thought than ten times that many. We will let you decide that. This month's book jewel is  Of God, Rattlesnakes, and Okra  by J. Bennett Easterling.  Description: A heaping slice of old-fashioned Southern storytelling, this book gives readers a taste of genuine American life that will keep them coming back for more. Join the journey as a preacher's kid survives his father's stern discipline, rattlesnakes, and harvesting okra. The deep-fried characters are unforgettable, and the furry and feathered folks will steal the heart of animal lovers

Publisher's Pride: Books on Bestseller Lists - Learning to Feel (Girrell)

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  Today's publisher's pride is  Learning to Feel  by Kris Girrell -- #151 in the Amazon category of social and psychological biographies. AWARDS Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award Literary Titan gold award For more posts about Kris and his books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC?  We help writers become award-winning published authors. One writer at a time. We are a family, not a factory. Do you have a future with us? Turned away by other publishers because you are a first-time author and/or do not have a strong platform yet? If you have a strong manuscript, San Juan Books, our hybrid publishing division, may be able to help. Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Planning on self-publishing and don&#

The Story behind the Book: Sula and the Franciscan Sisters (Sula, Parish Cat)

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    This week's book back story is about the book,  Sula and the Franciscan Sisters , by Sula, Parish Cat at Old Mission. From the publisher: This book is the last in a series of books "written" by Sula, the late Parish Cat at Old Mission San Juan Bautista, a cat that soared to fame and pulled in scores of people at her funeral, when she finally succumbed to cancer. This particular book was written to honor the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, who lived at the convent at Old Mission San Juan Bautista when Sula was the parish cat. The book shares photographs of Sula's interactions with the nuns, who loved her as she loved them. For other posts Sula and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC?  We help writers

Publisher's Pride: Books on Bestseller Lists - Travels with Elly (MacDonald)

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` Today's publisher's pride is Travels with Elly by Larry MacDonald, which reached #118   in travel with pets books. Book description: This nonfiction book views Canada from a personal perspective, similar to John Steinbeck's view of America in his 1960 book  Travels with Charley . The author travels from coast to coast in a trailer with his wife and pets, including their Standard Poodle, Elly, in order to gain a better understanding of his adopted country. Interspersed between descriptions of history, cultures, places, and icons are the author's reflections on various things such as Elly's antics, signage, ferries, political injustice, environmental issues, and animal instincts. To provide a canine's perspective, Elly reflects on things of interest to her, including cats, cows, and other critters...but especially cats! Where was Canada's first settlement? What is its prettiest town? When and where was its most devastating shipwreck? And who was its greatest he