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The author might not be Jewish, but City of Slaughter (Daniel and Daniel Publishers, Inc.) by Cynthia Drew is beautifully written from a Jewish perspective, with meticulous research that provides a powerful picture of the plight of women at the beginning of the 20th Century, and the obstacles they were forced to overcome. Already on Amazon’s list of Best Selling Jewish American Literature and Fiction, City of Slaughter is an exceptional work of historical fiction that is both exciting and inspiring and takes readers back in time to see the world through the eyes of another culture.

When fourteen-year-old Carsie Akselrod’s parents are murdered by Cossacks during a raid on the shtetl, Carsie flees with her younger sister, Lilia, touching off a turbulent journey that ends eight months later on New York’s Lower East Side. Plunged into the immigrant chaos of the most crowded square mile on earth, the two girls take sweatshop jobs – Carsie as a milliner’s apprentice and Lilia at the ill-fated Triangle Waist Company. It never occurs to Carsie that in her haste to live the life she strives for in America she hasn’t stopped to lament her parents’ deaths.

There is a surge of births through surrogacy and Hollywood is taking notice. E! News host Guiliana Rancic has a son by a surrogate mother, born late last month. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick also have children born of a surrogate, as do Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.

Crystal Travis has experienced the anguish of infertility herself, and selected surrogacy as a solution. “Every family has the right to realize their dreams of parenthood in an affordable and low stress way,” Travis says. She and her husband have a son born in India, and twins born two years later of the same surrogate mother. Because of their experience, Crystal Travis started a consulting service for intended parents.

Millions of people live what appear to be normal lives, yet they are secretly numbing their emotional pain with alcohol, drugs, food and many other lifestyle addictions. Michael Cartwright knows all about it; he transformed his life, becoming clean, sober and a respected pioneer in the recovery field. Now he shares his success in a practical and readable book, Believable Hope: Five Essential Elements to Beat Any Addiction (HCI).

“There was a time when the world wrote me off as just another useless addict with no home, no money and no future,” Cartwright says. “If I hadn’t found my own believable hope, my addiction and mental health issues would have definitely killed me.”

June 16th of this year, Nik Wallenda did something no one else ever did — he walked across Niagara Falls for the whole world to see. Wallenda did so in a place full of history, tourism and…ghosts! Some people scoff at tales of restless spirits. Then again, some people don’t know how to have a little fun. Join celebrated author Peter Andrew Sacco as he explores the shadowy regions of his home turf, the stunningly beautiful Niagara Falls area.

Niagara’s Most Haunted: Legends and Myths (Booklocker) visits the most haunted places, where people have witnessed ghost activity dating back hundreds of years up to the current day. In some spooky locales, paranormal investigators brought their equipment along to prove or disprove popular claims. The book includes many photos of the ghostly sites, including mysterious orbs caught on camera.

“When it comes to things that go bump in the night, Peter is always on target,” says Stan Mallow, acclaimed psychic and host of the TV show “Paranormal Niagara.” “As a result of his curious mind and investigative prowess he is truly the Sherlock Holmes of the paranormal world. His latest book is highly recommended.”