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Beautiful Moon: Wakes Me Up Before the Sunlight

A Novel

Poetry Gives Different Magnitudes to Understand Your Thoughts

Feelings of Visions

Culminating Experience Personal Theory

Open Feelings Toward Choosing Your Dreams

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Beautiful Moon: Wakes Me Up Before the Sunlight

A Novel

One day, Lara sees her dreams break apart, slow down, and pause because she didn’t tell the truth, which hurts her heart. She is looking for more information about her great-grandparents to learn of her family’s heritage, which leads her in a new direction toward a new heritage! Lara learned from her great-grandfather how their lives were a continuous process of creation and with a great sensibility of achievements that contributed to the development of a new generation. All the experiences acquired with these achievements brought her grandfather a sense of a different world with a comprehensive vision, a vision of peace. But Lara sees the world as a Blood Moon, and feels something profound as she understands the whole story. Humanity is looking for a cycle of conflict linked to anguish and an imbalance of achievements, but Lara tries through simplicity and sensibility to find a happy ending. In the thirst of her dreams, she finds a single place, her silence, where she feels safe.

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BARNES & NOBLE

Culminating Experience Personal Theory: Open Feelings Toward Choosing Your Dreams

How Self Identity Helps Us Understand Our Feelings Toward Carrer Paths and How We Can Accept Different Directions and Choices

“With unwavering support, I endorse this magnificent book on chasing one’s dreams. The book is a creative and innovative reflection of the incredible character of the author Maria Alice, whose passion and love for life display and express her determination and commitment to dream fulfillment. I applaud her on this work of literary art and hope it inspires today’s generation and those to come in pursuing their highest goals in life.” – Marcellene Watson-Derbigny, PhD, Associate Vice President, Student Retention and Academic Success, California State University, Sacramento

“You have focused on understanding feelings as a way of understanding and appreciating “self,” but also using this understanding as a way to direct oneself toward more gratifying career choices and empowering oneself to make smarter choices over one’s career life. This is particularly challenging in the complex and diverse world you have described. I agree that it is valuable to focus on feelings as they are indicators of basic responses to environment and circumstances in the environment. This is the basic “approach/avoidance” instinct we are born with, but often ignored due to our social learning…to get a job and support yourself and endure the conditions simply because you need to work. Employers would do well to learn from your work as they often are instrumental in creating the work environment.” – Al Striplen, MA, Healing Arts, Native American Counselor & Spiritual Guide

AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE

Poetry Gives Different Magnitudes to Understand Your Thoughts

Feelings of Visions

“Granted, poetry can be thorny and often difficult to comprehend. But some poetry, like that in Maria Alice Silva’s new book, is like a small gift: morsels of meaning slide right past your poetry defenses and lodge in your head and heart. You don’t have to love poetry to love Maria Alice’s poems. There is no secret key required to unlock them. They speak to common aspects of all our lives—dreams, nature, challenges, relationships—and we can receive the poems’ insights loud and clear.” – Alice Parente, Executive Director, Process Theatre

“These poems are philosophical meditations about life. A life filled with happiness, a life filled with sadness. Maria Alice explores contrasting universal themes such as love and pain in this collection. Trails filled with thorns and chasing false dreams to love in the park and music filled hallucinations. This poetry collection has it all.” – Jeremy Spencer editor, Scrambler Books

AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE

"A must read for people who are interesting in novels. Great gift."

Glaucia Cristiane

"Great book!! Intriguing and inspiring!! Very well done."

Simone Sales Da Silva

"I'm so excited that I was able to get my books before the holidays. Reading books from this Author before gives me confidence that this new book is perfect for a holiday gift. Can't wait 💗"

Tereza

"Many of us are one or two generations from our family’s original immigration to the US so we are likely deeply involved in American popular and scholastic culture. Mary Alice Silva-Amey illuminates to the reader what it feels like to come to the States from another country, in her case, São Paulo, Brazil, as a first generation settler chasing her dreams. Her views of present-day American culture arose from her own self-discovery as she pursued her educational interests and she points her counselor’s eye to aiding students towards similar self-discovery and dreams. She is also concerned about the numerous “ism” divisions in this country and aims to provide counseling tools herein to help enlighten students towards understanding and appreciation of the numerous diverse cultures in this country. This book can assist students seeking tools to overcome these divisions."

Rehaan Whitfield

"This book is far more than an academic presentation on choosing career paths by following one's dreams. Culminating Experience Personal Theory combines the author's extensive research, professional experience, and very special passion into her own personal theory around deciding on a career. Her emphasis on following your heart and responding to your dreams is a unique and encouraging approach to recognizing your calling and choosing a career. I enthusiastically recommend this book to employers, universities, and individuals seeking to discover what to do with their lives."

Alice Parente

"Culminating Experience Personal Theory is a very intriguing read as it takes us on a journey through the author's in-depth research and professional experience. Her particularly strong passion and unique perspective on choosing career broadened my knowledge about following one’s heart/ feelings as a way to reach your dreams."

Silvia Frost

"This book provides amazing insight and guidance to help find your way in today's working world and chase your dreams. Author Maria Alice Silva-Amey helps the reader tap into their own emotional intelligence to help guide their journey making more informed choices in their careers leading to a fulfilling career path."

K Ferg

"This book was very relatable to finding my career path and meaning in my life choices. The authors theory was innovative and valuable. Very easy to read and I would highly recommend this book!"

Sarah

"The poetry of Maria Alice Silva is sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always heartfelt and touching. The subtitle of her book, “Feelings of Visions” is a strong clue to the approach she takes in her poems. She has divided her book into four parts each of which seems to show the progression of her feelings as expressed through her poetry. The reader feels a sense of moving with her through the passages she has experienced. One of the lines I really liked is “Born Maria full of poetry” from the poem “Maria Evolution”. It does seem she was born to love and write poetry. There are too many favorites to name them all, but one that comes quickly to mind is “Obscure Anxiety” in Part Three of her book. The beautiful photographs throughout the book are a lovely bonus."

Davis

"This book is the true representation of exposing her feelings in an imaginative, graceful, and elevated thoughts through various poems... The author was able to touch my soul, even though for sure it comes from completely different experiences If you like poetry, I definitely recommend this book."

Mertis Ferdiani

"Maria Alice is such an inspiring person, and this book of poetries reflects the depth of her heart and soul. I really enjoy “loosing” my thought while contemplating her views through her poetry. Sonnet of Time, Pleasure, and Feel A Very Living Pain are some of my favorites."

Wisley

"This book gives a lot of wonderful thoughts about living life to the fullest and express all the sadness and joy your soul can dream about it. My favorite was, "A happy being"

Deborah G.

"Maria Alice has an outlook on life that is both inspiring refreshing. Her unique experience shines through in her writing, making this book of poetry a true delight."

Gabi

Press Release

Beautiful Moon: Wakes Me Up Before the Sunlight

(Shopping-NewsWire.com, December 28, 2023 ) Denver, CO and Sacramento, CA – Outskirts Press—the fastest-growing, full-service self-publishing and book marketing company—is pleased to announce the release of new fiction by Maria Alice Silva-Amey. Beautiful Moon: Wakes Me Up Before the Sunlight is the author’s fourth book and is inspired by her quest to explore her own heritage.

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Maria Alice Silva-Amey’s Groundbreaking Poetry Book Inspires Readers at the 2023 San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books

Maria Alice Silva-Amey’s Groundbreaking Poetry Book Inspires Readers at the 2023 San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books

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Maria Silva-Amey’s Book on New Counseling Theory Will Be Exhibited at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2023

The field of professional counseling and career guidance has been rapidly advancing since the 20th century. And as various theories had been put forth, counselors like Maria Alice Silva-Amey have made plenty of headway in synthesizing these theories to chart the best course for one’s journey of self-discovery. Her recent conclusions can be all found in her new book, which will also be exhibited at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

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Maria Silva-Amey’s Exciting Theory on Career Development to Exhibit at the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books 2023

The San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books will be showcasing a number of recent publications that introduce new ideas to different fields of study. And for Maria Silver-Amey, that field is counseling. She presents a new theory in her book “Culminating Experience Personal Theory.” The book synthesizes a number of effective ideas on positive self-identity and can help readers achieve personal goals. Silva-Amey has already arranged to have this book exhibited at the festival.

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Maria Alice Silva-Amey’s Inspiring Poetry Book Will Be Showcased at the 2023 San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books

Maria Alice Silva-Amey takes readers on a journey of emotion and reflection with her captivating poetry collection.

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Book on Positive Self-Identity and Career Development by Maria Silva-Amey Exhibited at the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books 2023

Last August, the San Diego Union-Tribune Festival of Books 2023 drew in thousands of visitors from around the city to explore books with many exciting ideas, stories, and discoveries. Among these was “Culminating Experience Personal Theory” by Maria Silva-Amey. Silva-Amey is a long-time career counselor whose book was the result of combining different person-centric theories to help others achieve personal, fulfilling goals.

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10 Best New Career Choices Books To Read In 2023

Maria Alice Silva-Amey’s book was included in BookAuthority’s Top 5 choice for Books of The Year.
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