Joshua Tree Publishing
Based in Chicago, Joshua Tree Publishing specializes in works that uplift the human spirit, inspire people to reach for higher goals, and touch the hearts of readers. We are an innovative, traditional publisher dedicated to making your dreams of being a published author a reality. Not tomorrow. Not next year. But today.
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In the News
U.S. BOOK SHOW RETURNS TO NEW YORK AS A HYBRID EVENT
The third annual U.S. Book Show returns to New York City as a four-day hybrid event, May 22–25, 2023, taking place live at NYU’s Kimmel Center...
Junkbox Diaries Award
Junkbox Diaries made it to the Best Drug Addiction Books of All Time
Joshua Tree Publishing is happy to announce that Junkbox Diaries: a day...
The Legacy
Coming Soon to Joshua Tree Publishing is the latest novel by James Gilbert, The Legacy.
Part mystery and part romance, The Legacy is a commentary...
Yona Goes To the Magic Flute
Yona Goes To The Magic Flute is a fun-filled fantasy introduction to Mozart’s great opera, The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte).An extraordinary young girl travels with her...
Ingram’s Transformation of the Publishing World
If you’ve never heard the name John Ingram, you will be surprised to learn that his family has been instrumental in transforming the publishing...
New Releases
Nightmare of the Past
Life had always been hard on me. It kept playing with me and tormenting me, making me anxious and scared at every step of my life. Nevertheless, I did not lose hope and surrender myself into its evil trap. I freed myself from the hold it had on me.My life in Bosnia was so gruesome that I don’t even...
Going Home
Millie Parker found herself taking over her father’s veterinary clinic when her dad retired, and he and wife Carolyn moved to Florida. Millie’s life was on track, a profession she loved, established clientele, a great staff to work with, and old friends to reconnect with!As she settled into her childhood home, pursuing her lifelong dream to follow in her...
The China Connection: A Novel
It’s a year after Hong Kong’s reversion to China. Aaron and Kellie’s dual purpose Hong Kong trip for business and pleasure descends into chaos when Kellie fails to deliver the blueprint Chinese entrepreneurs seek in hopes of greater riches in the U.S. market. After a day-long meeting, she awakes the next morning across the border in southern China without...
Two Faces of the World: The Seeds of War
When King Arawn of Rhodareen was betrayed by his youngest son, who claimed his right for the throne, the main ally of the king, the lord of mystical creatures named centenarians, declared war on all human beings. The war started between two kingdoms engulfed almost the entire world and could destroy the very life itself.
The main characters of the...
Gramma Tell the Story
Maida’s memoir is a response to her grandchild’s request –
“Gramma, tell the story of how you came to America.”
Her story looks back at her early life:
growing up on a farm in Kerry, going to school,
and learning the fiddle from the famous Irish fiddle player,
Pádraig O’Keeffe.
Then she describes her journey to the United States
at the tender age of nineteen
and tells...
Another’s Child
1961 brought the promise of a family to couple Tom and Dot Cornell. Until one day, several days past her due date, Dot nearly collapsed to the floor in excruciating pain.
Knowing something was horrifically wrong, Dorothy made her way to the couch and laid down. She hadn’t felt her baby move in days. Everyone said that was normal, but...
Messages From The Mercy Seat
Messages From The Mercy Seat is a collection of meditations born from time in the presence of the Lord, words of encouragement drawn from studying the scriptures, and gleanings from the sermons and sharings in our congregation, Global Truth Ministries. Hopefully it will strengthen your conscious knowledge of the righteousness that Y’hoshua (Jesus) purchased for you on the cross. It...
From Fear to Faith: A Family’s Journey with Addiction, Recovery, and Grace
Have you, a family member, or a close friend been affected by addiction? We want this book to help you understand that addiction is a family disease and impacts everyone around the addict much like a pebble dropped in water creates a wide ripple effect. We want to lift the stigma of addiction and help break the generational trauma....
Letting Go
In 1962, seventeen-year-old Judy Bonner finds herself in love with twenty-year-old Curtis Murphy. She also learns that she is pregnant with his baby and due in June 1963! Filled with fear, shame, and secrecy, Judy hides her pregnancy from her family for as long as she can! With no mother to turn to and only an angry, widowed father...
The Biblical Role of Pastor: Correcting the Error of Our Ways
I love the body of Christ. I also see a significant need for us to get on track with the clear marching orders that Jesus gave us. There is no doubt that the vast majority of pastors currently leading American independent charismatic congregations are people above reproach. But we have all inherited a structure and an entrenched culture that,...
Yona Goes To The Magic Flute: One of Yona’s Adventures in Transforming Human Behavior
Yona Goes To The Magic Flute is a fun-filled fantasy introduction to Mozart’s great opera, The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). An extraordinary young girl travels with her teachers and her friend, Ulysses, to the Metropolitan Opera in the Flights of Fancy, a flying piano. Their adventure/lesson is a unique introduction to Mozart’s genius––for opera goers, their children, and grandchildren.
The young...
Emery’s Promise: A Novel
Emery Kincaid, independent realtor and recent widow, examines her life, determined to succeed and move forward, finds herself in an odd love triangle! A dear family friend for years, Mark Stanton, is a long-time architect. His feelings for Emery have evolved from friendship to something more. As he slowly courts her, plans to change his own career develop, as...
Authors
Patricia Ploss
Patricia Ploss is the author of one non-fiction book, The Dandelion Picker, and three fiction books, Emery's Promise, Letting Go, and Another's Child. She is also the Associate Publisher of Centaur Books.
Amra Podrug Kratina
Amra Podrug Kratina was born in Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Life had always been hard on me. It kept playing with me and tormenting me, making me anxious and scared at every step of my life. Nevertheless, I did not lose...
Lisa Zarcone
Lisa Zarcone, author of The Unspoken Truth, is one remarkable woman with extraordinary gifts. Her childhood was nothing less than hideous. What her past has taught her about mental illness cannot be read in a textbook. Lisa has a...
Melissa Young
It found me when I was born into severe poverty. It showed itself when I was receiving last rites in a hospital bed. Then it held me as I stood next to the President of the United States and...
Herb Stepherson
Herb Stepherson was born in Jonesboro, Georgia. He is the middle child of three boys. He is thirty-one years old and spent his youth like most young boys in central Georgia, riding bikes and playing sports—baseball in particular.Since 2002, he...
Rev. LeRoy Thompson Ph.D.
LeRoy Thompson is the Senior Pastor of Global Truth Ministries in Springfield, Virginia. He is a gifted Bible teacher with a passion for revealing the truth of the innocence that Jesus provided to us by his death, burial, and...
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