Spring 2026 Indie Titles for College and Academic Collections
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We hope you and yours are well. In the face of ongoing global crises, we continue to believe that books and libraries are essential, and we're grateful for all you do. We trust you'll find new stories that will feel essential for your patrons in this selection from our publisher members. It's a variety-pack of fascinating reading. Thank you for your time!

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Tableof Contents:
Health & Fitness | History | Literary Criticism  

Health & Fitness
 
I REFUSE TO GET OLD
The Gift of Life: Living Healthier and Longer by Controlling Cellular Deterioration
by Luis Zambrana
Franklin Publishers

What if aging isn’t inevitable but something you can influence?
 
In I Refuse to Get Old, Luis Zambrana shares his journey of reversing decline through nutrition, habits, and cellular health.
 
Blending personal insight with science, he shows how lifestyle choices can restore energy, strength, and vitality, proving that growing older does not have to mean growing weaker.

ISBN: 9798893249798 (Hardcover) 9798893249675 (Paperback) 9798893249804 (Ebook)
Ordering info: IPS, Ingram Wholesale


VACCINES AND THE DISEASES THEY TARGET
An Analysis of Vaccine Safety and Epidemiology
Physicians for Informed Consent

Vaccines and the Diseases They Target (the Silver Booklet) presents clear, side-by-side comparisons of childhood diseases and their vaccines in a concise hardcover guide.
 
With simple, clear graphics and over 400 citations, it is an indispensable resource for parents, students, and professionals. 
 
“The most comprehensive and research-based analysis of the CDC-recommended vaccine schedule,” says pediatrician
Dr. Bob Sears.

ISBN: 9798998784514 (Hardcover) 9798998784507 (Paperback) 9798998784521 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale (Hardcover), Amazon (Paperback & Ebook)


History
 
CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF WAR
On the Road from Vietnam to Iraq
by Scott Wallace
George F Thompson Publishing

Reporting from the frontlines, Scott Wallace evolved a distinctive style that includes tales of high adventure, incisive policy analysis and photojournalistic portraits of startling intimacy.
 
Central America in the Crosshairs of War is a page-turning account of a reporter coming of age as he seeks truth amid death and deception.
 
“Magnificent.” — ReVista: Harvard’s Review of Latin America

ISBN: 9781960521019 (Hardcover)
Ordering info: Casemate IPM


CHRONOLOGY AND ORIGINS OF INDO-EUROPEAN CIVILIZATIONS
Reconstructing 16,000 Years of Indo-Eurasian Past
by Vedveer Arya
Aryabhata Publications

Did centuries vanish from ancient history?
 
Eminent Sanskrit scholar, Vedveer Arya, reconstructs the chronological foundations of world history, proposing that conventional timelines are misaligned and obscure the antiquity of civilizations.
 
Drawing from traditional records and evidence-based multidisciplinary research, this groundbreaking two-volume work redefines the origins of Indo-European civilizations stretching back 16,000 years ago.

ISBN: 9789334380521 (Hardcover)
Ordering info: Hansavedas Bookstore


DAMES, DISHES, AND DEGREES
Faculty Wives in America
by Amy Mittelman, PhD
Cynren Press

In 1921, the anonymous, PhD-holding wife of a professor wrote in an article for the Journal of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, “Can it be in the divine order of things that one PhD should wash dishes a whole lifetime for another PhD just because one is a woman and the other a man?”
 
Mittelman delves into race and gender, social and cultural history, and the ways faculty wives worked to overcome misogyny and establish autonomous identities.

ISBN: 9781947976627 (Hardcover) 9781947976634 (Paperback) 9781947976641 (Ebook)
9781947976658 (Audiobook)
Ordering info: IPG


LIGHTS, CAMERA, LIONEL TRAINS!
A Photo History of an American Icon
by Roger Carp
Project Roar Publishing

Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books of 2025.
 
“A visually engrossing, thorough history of how Lionel trains came into being and ruled the toy world.” 
Kirkus Reviews, Starred review 
 
“A varied visual mosaic that illustrates the breadth and depth of the toy trains' cultural impact.”
—Foreword Clarion Reviews 
 
“A delightfully nostalgic pictorial history.”
BlueInk Review, Starred review
 
Recipient of 12 Awards & Honors including IBPA, IPPY, MIPA & Eric Hoffer.

ISBN: 9781933600079 (Hardcover)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale


WHEN THE WORLD DIES
Life and Death in an Age of Infamy
by D.E. Davis
Top Reads Publishing/Torchflame Books

A compelling exploration of nuclear warfare and the political forces behind the atom bomb. Davis traces humanity’s perilous journey to the brink of destruction while offering hope for a better future. Blending historical insight with a call to action, this timely book presents a path to avoid apocalyptic outcomes and inspires reflection on the choices that shape our survival.

ISBN: 9781611536850 (Paperback) 9781611536867 (Ebook)
Ordering info: IPG, Ingram Wholesale


Literary Criticism
 
EZRA JACK KEATS AT PLAY IN THE WORLD OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
by W. Nikola-Lisa
Gyroscope Books

A past recipient of an Ezra Jack Keats/Janina Domanska Research Fellowship at the University of Southern Mississippi’s de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, W. Nikola-Lisa explores the centrality of play in the work of acclaimed author/illustrator Ezra Jack Keats in an eclectic collection of essays that draws upon the author’s research at the de Grummond and recent reflections on the concept of the “child archetype” in Keats’s work.

ISBN: 9798986017365 (Hardcover) 9798986017341 (Paperback) 9798986017358 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale


Literary Fiction
 
THE RED IN HOME
by G.K. Dadzi
G.K. Dadzi Books

A braided literary novel of diaspora, myth, and memory spanning Ghana and the U.S. Kwame has built a life of discipline — steady job, steady relationship, steady distance from a past he never reconciled.
 
When a controversial Ghanaian exhibit sparks protest, his world fractures. Leila refuses to stay quiet, even for him. A powerful man with a dark enterprise tightens his grip. As the past pushes back, the answer will determine what survives.

ISBN: 9798233356247 (Paperback) 9798233377440 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Baker & Taylor Publishing Services/Lakeside Book Company


Nature & Environment

CHARGED
The Unexpected Role of Electricity in the Workings of Nature
by Gerald H. Pollack
Ebner & Sons Publishers

What keeps us from flying off the spinning earth? Gravity? But what if gravity has an invisible partner — a powerful force explaining why clouds float, what triggers rainfall, and how birds fly?
 
Renowned scientist Gerald Pollack, known for his revolutionary discoveries about water, returns with a paradigm-shifting exploration into electricity's profound significance in nature, revealing how electrical charge powers life and the natural world.

ISBN: 9780988778917 (Hardcover) 9780988778900 (Paperback)
Ordering info: Pathway Book Service


Political & Current Events

SIX WHO STOPPED THE STEAL
by Nancy Hicks Marshall
Nugget Press

What Really Stopped the Steal in the 2020 Elections?
 
Critical to read for future elections. Explore behind the scenes of six men with strength, courage, and integrity who played a pivotal role in stopping the steal of the 2020 elections.
 
This revealing account provides a basic primer for anyone seeking to understand these elections, what integrity looks like in action, and what it can mean for future elections. Educator endorsements available.

ISBN: 9798993901213 (Paperback) 9780982825990 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Ingram Whoelsale


Professional & Technical 

BIRTH OF A SPECIALTY
A History of Orthopaedics at Harvard and Its Teaching Hospitals
by James H. Herndon, MD, MBA
Peter E. Randall Publisher

Birth of a Specialty: A History of Orthopaedics at Harvard and Its Teaching Hospitals presents a comprehensive history of the specialty focused on US contributions and including the orthopaedic surgeons at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and its major teaching hospitals.
 
This well-illustrated, full-color, hardcover history includes five volumes. Volumes 1-4 are printed, each devoted to a hospital, and volume 5, the bibliography, is an eBook.

ISBN: 9781942155362 (Hardcover)
Ordering info: Pathway Book Service


Psychology

EXPANDED AWARENESS: A HEALTH PSYCHOLOGIST'S JOURNEY BEYOND THE MIND-BODY DUALITY
Book One
by Sophie Guellati-Salcedo, PhD
SGS Quantum Press

A health psychologist’s framework reconsidering healing through systems thinking and interdisciplinary science.
 
Integrates clinical insight, biology, and consciousness research to examine interactions between physiology, perception, and meaning. Suitable for psychology and integrative health collections.
 
“An inspiring holistic wellness guide… calls for new perspectives in healthcare and healing.” —Clarion , Foreword Reviews

ISBN: 9781968465018 (Hardcover) 9781968465001 (Paperback) 9781968465025 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale


Reading & Writing Craft

LITERARY FORENSICS
How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer
by Gary Alan McBride
In Res Media

The first comprehensive reference that teaches reading like a writer, giving readers the tools to analyze voice, POV, structure, and pacing—demystifying the craft of the contemporary novel.
 
25 independent topics/chapters cross-referenced, 200-word glossary, extensive index, 75+ online novel guides.
 
“Illuminating, up-to-date guide to reading novels like a novelist.”
BookLife/Publishers Weekly

ISBN: 9798999659804 (Hardcover) 9798999659811 (Paperback) 9798999659828 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale


Religion

THE BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS
The Voice of the Silence and Other Fragments of Divine Wisdom
by H. P. Blavatsky
Radiant Books

“This book has strongly influenced many sincere seekers and aspirants to the wisdom and compassion of the Bodhisattva Path.”
—His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
 
“The only true exposition in English of the Heart Doctrine of the Mahayana.”
—His Holiness the 9th Panchen Lama
 
“Here is the real Mahayana Buddhism.”
—D.T. Suzuki, Nobel Peace Prize nominee
 
“Has anyone ever read it who did not rank it among the world’s greatest scriptures?” —The Middle Way

ISBN: 9781639940547 (Hardcover) 9781639940554 (Paperback) 9781639940561 (Ebook)
Ordering info: Ingram Wholesale, Overdrive

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