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RIGHT WAY, WRONG WAY...AND LION'S WAY

Posted by Daniel Janik on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, In : New Book Release 
It is estimated that there are more than forty million people today living in some form of slavery. In Africa, you can buy a slave child for about forty dollars. Every hour of every day, somewhere in the world, a child slave dies. I discovered these horrible statistics when pursuing a magazine assignment on chocolate. Obviously this did not fit in a story on truffles, but it haunted me. I imagined such a child, kidnaped from a loving home. I gave this child a name, Lion, and he proceeded to t...

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LOVE SURVIVES WORLD WAR TWO (WWII)

Posted by Daniel Janik on Sunday, December 13, 2020, In : New Book Release 

"Secret World War II  Letters Found," screamed the headline in my mind.  


I’d found letters in the home I grew up in, so where could they have been hiding these past 80 years?  And, why did my dad choose to reveal them to me, just a month before his death, and after all those lonely years since hers?  Though questions like these were never answered, this shoebox full of love letters to my mom took me on a journey into the past: the past of my parents and their love affair via letters, and th...


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WORTH REMEMBERING

Posted by Daniel Janik on Sunday, December 22, 2019, In : New Book Release 
How does one write about the biggest event in human history...and make it real? How to show the impact of author Anne Frank and her diary on the world? Or, why did so many people follow Hitler?

Working with a cast and crew to bring the answers to these poignant questions and I'LL REMEMBER (Aignos 2019) -- my screenplay-novel -- to life was a daunting task but worth it.


This is the story of a young boy, at the beginning of his awkward teenage years, starting to question and to learn about the ...

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LIBIDO TSUNAMI ROLLS ACROSS THE WORLD

Posted by Daniel S. on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, In : New Book Release 
LIBIDO TSUNAMI: Awash with the Droll in Life is a collection of forty short stories exploring human tragedy, drama, vulnerability and adventure. In them, I salute the absurd and quirky in life through humor, using the pen name, Cate Burns, to honor (or defame) the lineage in my maternal family that dates back to the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The stories are grouped into four themes: A Flood of Family, Male Amazements, The Unknown Hawaii, and The Life Divine. From surviving complicated relat...
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WRITTEN IN THE STARS

Posted by Daniel S. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, In : New Book Release 
Many people go through life thinking that they are stuck—it might be a lower socioeconomic status, it might be a grueling job, it might be an unhealthy relationship—but even when all hope seems lost, some people can find the spark of hope. It is the singular star in a night sky that can guide the way. Despite the feeling that some things are set in stone, Written in the Stars is an anthology that says no, that's wrong. Nothing is set in stone, and everything can get better. It may take ti...
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IN THE EYES OF THE SON

Posted by Daniel S. on Monday, July 28, 2014, In : New Book Release 
IN THE EYES OF THE SON (Savant 2014) is a fictional novel about a man's struggle to create a place for himself. Like Peter, the protagonist, I spent years building a life that was sound and stable, while trying to achieve success in a field of uncertainties. What I went through since my youth in Holland became the inspiration for Peter's story.



Peter dreamt of life with a camera. His left-wing father, Eduard – a journalist and former WWII photographer – at first supports his son’s ambit...
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CAN TURTLES DANCE?

Posted by Daniel S. on Monday, August 12, 2013, In : New Book Release 
Hello Children's Book Lovers! 

It is my pleasure to announce the release of the third in the Savant "Color-Me-Please" series, THE TURTLE DANCES. This delightful 80-page children's story with 28 black and white, pen-and-ink illustrations by celebrated artist and illustrator Ruth R. Janik of A WHALE'S TALE fame recounts the adventures of Isla, a Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, resting on the beach at Waikiki, who notices a dance couple practicing a partner routine for a dance competition. Intrigued,...
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TWO WORLDS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

Posted by Daniel S. on Monday, July 22, 2013, In : New Book Release 
An exciting new mystery novel by author George Hudson!



In the midst of a secret love affair, passions flare and a murder is committed. The crime, however, is unsolved. Carefully constructed lies and public ignorance hide the truth, and the victim disappears into history. The lives of those behind are drastically changed, but they eventually move on, believing the truth is safely buried forever.

Thirty years later, an old skull is recovered on a dark night by several fishermen from the middle o...
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First Call to COMMUNION

Posted by Daniel S. on Saturday, October 1, 2011, In : New Book Release 


When Edward Commons left his family - wife Melanie and daughter Gem – to go off to war in Germany during World War II, it was for love of country, patriotism and an overwhelming desire to participate.

Just as being a soldier fulfilled Edward's sense of duty, his wife Melanie set out to fulfill her duty to maintaining their family. Melanie’s talent as an artist helped secure a job in an airplane factory painting icons on the P40’s that rolled off the assembly line.  Two years into the wa...
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Almost Paradise

Posted by Daniel S. on Friday, September 16, 2011, In : New Book Release 
Mail carrier Louise came to Oahu to start over. In the comfortable life she has built for herself, there are no surprises. She likes it that way. One day, while delivering the mail, Louise notices something wrong. One of her elderly customers, Mrs. Santos, is missing. Mrs. Santos lives alone and has no close family or friends. Even after Louise alerts the police, she can’t stop worrying. Has Mrs. Santos fallen? Is she suffering from amnesia? Was she assaulted while walking to the store? Lou...
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WRETCHED LAND

Posted by Daniel S. on Friday, April 8, 2011, In : New Book Release 

WRETCHED LAND describes the passionate love, intense suffering and the miraculous survival of one family who lived in Ukraine through the hardships of World War One, the Civil War and World War Two including the famines of 1921, 1932-33 and 1947, and the cruel, Stalinist era. The story is fictional, interwoven into the fabric of Ukrainian history.
The love between Dmytro, an impoverished aristocrat turned farmer, and Khrystina, daughter of a wealthy landowner, carries their family through the...
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A Book to Read with Manifest Intent

Posted by Daniel S. on Monday, December 6, 2010, In : New Book Release 



Scot Anthony, a young a lawyer on the cusp of making partner at a major Dallas law firm, faces the biggest crisis of his young career: Someone is killing off the witnesses in his lawsuit with the federal government. The only way to smoke out the killer is to force the case to trial, even if that means sabotaging reasonable settlement efforts–but the trial is aborted in mid-stream when two more witnesses are killed.

Trying to put the case behind him, Scot and his wife take an impromptu vacati...

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Savant Books and Publications Announces Release of Don "Four Arrows" Trent's LAST SONG OF THE WHALES

Posted by Daniel S. on Sunday, September 19, 2010, In : New Book Release 
I am happy to announce the release of my newest book and my first work of fiction.


Although I’m pleased to have book praise from such folks as the directors of the Cousteau Society and the Algalita Foundation, I think the best endorsement comes from my anonymous proofreaders annotation sent to the publisher along with the final proofing markups:

"It is a well-written, well-edited book, in my opinion. I also think it is an excellent read, full of vital information that everyone needs to be aw...
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Mike Farris' Hawaii Murder-Mystery Thriller KANAKA BLUES Released!

Posted by Daniel S. on Thursday, June 24, 2010, In : New Book Release 
HAWAII - The very word evokes visions of Paradise–white, sandy beaches; swaying palm trees; silver waterfalls; hula girls; Mai Tais; and luaus.Each year, millions flock to the islands to soak up rays, splash in the surf, play golf, and lounge around luxury resorts. But beneath the surface of this tourist Mecca, a simmering resentment threatens to boil over at any moment as a proud people, the native Hawaiians, find themselves servants in their own home, waiting hand and foot on these white ...
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KANAKA BLUES - A Thriller by Mike Farris

Posted by Daniel S. on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, In : PreRelease 

Professor Charlie Cain has been sent by the U.S. Senate to investigate the various sovereignty groups in Hawaii and bring back a recommendation on controversial legislation pending in Congress that may recognize Native Hawaiian rights.  But when Charlie turns up missing, and is later found dead, his former student, law professor Erin Hanna, travels to Hawaii to hunt for his killer and to finish his work.  She joins forces with Hawaiian detective Tommy Kanahele, who has zeroed in on a prime su...
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Worldwide Release of "A Whale's Tale" by Daniel S. Janik

Posted by Daniel S. on Saturday, August 1, 2009, In : New Book Release 
Press Release (PRLog.com)

Savant Books and Publications LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, publishers of significant books and enduring media for the 21st century, is pleased to announce the world-wide release of Daniel S. Janik's newest children's book, "A Whale's Tale."

"A Whale's Tale" chronicles the adventures of a juvenile humpback whale on his way from Hawaii to Alaska and back as told by his childhood sweetheart. "A Whale's Tale" is written specifically for adults to read aloud to children, and f...
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A Whales Tale

Posted by Daniel S. on Thursday, June 25, 2009, In : PreRelease 
Pre-Release Announcement

Hello Children's Book Fans! 

It is my pleasure to announce the impending release of Daniel S. Janik's hotly anticipated "A Whales Tale." A delightful 92-page children's story with 20 black and white, pen-and-ink illustrations by celebrated artist and illustrator Ruth Janik, "A Whales Tale" recounts the adventures of a young, juvenile humpback whale on his way from his birthing grounds in Hawaii to Alaska and back, as told by his childhood sweetheart.


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