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   Today's Publisher's Pride is  From Tuscany with Love  by Lauretta Avina, which reached #252 in emigrant and immigrant biography.  From Tuscany with Love  has appeared in Amazon best-selling categories nearly every week since its release, including holding the #1 red banner ranking for nearly a week after it was released. Book Description: From Tuscany with Love  is an emotional memoir capturing the heartfelt journey of a scared, little girl from the rolling hills of Lucca to the bustling life in America. Through evocative stories and cherished family recipes, the author pays tribute to the rich culture, love, and flavors that shaped her life. This memoir beautifully blends personal reflections on family, resilience, and the timeless traditions of Tuscan cuisine, offering readers a deeply personal and flavorful look at an immigrant's path to finding a home and a sense of belonging in a new world. A Reviewer's Comment: "a cookbook that brought a tear ...

  Inner peace is one of those phrases we toss around as if it were a destination on a map—somewhere you can arrive if you just meditate enough, breathe enough, journal enough, or finally get your inbox under control. But the longer I live, the more convinced I am that inner peace isn’t a place you reach. It’s a relationship you build. It doesn’t come from silence or stillness, though those can help. It doesn’t come from having your life “figured out,” because no one ever truly does. And it certainly doesn’t come from pretending you’re calm when you’re not. Inner peace begins in the moment you stop fighting your own experience. It’s the shift from Why am I like this to Of course I feel this way . From I should be stronger to I’m doing the best I can with what I have today . From I need to control everything to I can meet what’s here with steadiness . Peace grows in the small, unglamorous choices: choosing rest over performance choosing boundaries over resentment choosin...

    1948-2021 It is with great sadness that MSI Press notes the death of Carl Leaver, CEO of the Press and typesetter and graphic designer  par excellence . Many authors have expressed not only condolences but also a sense of legacy from covers he designed that they love.  Here is his obituary: On August 16, 2021, Carl Don Leaver of San Juan Bautista passed into eternal rest. A forester with the US Forest Service in Idaho and Montana, he turned to nature photography while working in the Bitterroot National Forest. His photographs graced national magazine covers and on a weekly basis the local paper of Hamilton, MT, the Ravalli Republican. He later worked on photography projects for the US Army (AFEES) and taught photography at the New York Institute of Technology in Amman, Jordan. His final career change led him to computer graphics and publishing as co-owner of MSI Press LLC; his many typeset books and book covers have helped MSI Press authors win a large number of ...

  1. The Question Does God exist. Not as a theological proposition, not as a debate-stage challenge, but as a human ache — the kind that rises in the quiet moments when no one is asking us to be clever. 2. The Human Angle There are moments — small, almost forgettable — when this question slips into the room unannounced. A child asleep on your chest, breathing in that slow, trusting rhythm. A sunrise that feels like it was painted just for the five minutes you happened to look up. A grief so sharp it rearranges the furniture of your inner world. A coincidence so precise it feels like someone nudged the universe into alignment. None of these moments prove anything. But they stir something. They make the question feel less like a puzzle and more like a pulse. 3. The Inquiry Across traditions, the question has been answered with: Yes, of course — God is the ground of being, the source of consciousness, the architect of order. No, of course not — God is a projection, ...