Tampa re s i d e n t s
Robin Joy Firestone
and Gary Starta have
collaborated on a
BOAORKT S
new Stanford Carter thriller
that in addition to being a
murder mystery, explores
the ying and yang of its
two main characters and
their interaction with a
young go-getter. Detective
Stanford Carter and his
wife, forensic scientist Jill
Seacrest, make an unusual
team. Remarkably, the
detective and the scientist
tend to balance each other as
much as they clash in their
philosophies of life and social relationships. The book’s authors
weave a compelling story, exploring the personality traits that
make the fictitious couple they’ve created an unlikely pair.
The Killing Collective is available at amazon.com.
Sports psychologist
Harold Shinitzky
has worked with
O l y m p i a n s a n d
professional athletes for
more than 30 years to help
them become champions. In
his new book, A Champion’s
Mindset, he sets forth 15
mental conditioning steps
that will help each athlete
reach his or her optimal
performance. He brings
these lessons to life through
helpful techniques, practical
lessons, evidence-based
research and stories of those
he has coached to go on to
greatness. He will teach you how to manage stress, develop
an optimistic attitude and establish realistic goals, along with
a dozen other key elements necessary to become a champion.
A Champion’s WFLA Mindset:Channel 15 Mental 8
Conditioning Steps to Becoming
a meterologist Champion Athlete Leigh is available Spann
from amazon.com and other
retail outlets.
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SEND THE MOON
The fourth-grade
elementary school
photo that adorns
the cover of author
Lonni Whitchurch’s new
book reflects the childhood
feelings expressed in one of
her poems. Send the Moon
is a book of original poems
by Lonni, who grew up in
Minnesota and became an
educator, teaching school
there for seven years before
moving to the Tampa Bay
area in 1987. Once here, she
created Lonni’s Sandwiches
Etc., a chain of cafes based on
Minnesota Wild Rice recipes,
which she owned for 21 years. She, her husband Ron and their
two cats live in Clearwater, where she has a rescue group
called The Cat’s Meow Gang. Lonni’s poems resonate with
the feelings of loss, and needs for comfort, tenderness, love,
trust and companionship. Her book is available at amazon.com.
The Descendant, a book
by local authors David
Lyon, Eli Gonzalez and
Darrell Chichester, is
about a superhero-type
individual and trained
archaeologist who believes
his special powers are derived
from his ancestors. He and
a young reporter research
his extreme physiological
anomalies. Together, they
proceed until they discover
what his father had learned
before dying. The fast-paced
book is published by Dog Ear
Publishing and is available
on amazon.com a n d a t
Barnes & Noble and other book retailers. For the author’s
upcoming book signings, visit descendantbook.com.
MORE THAN
A MYSTERY
SECRETS OF THE
CHAMPIONS THE DESCENDANT