Andrea Reaka, PhD recently hit five Amazon.com best-seller lists with the new book, “Against The Grain.”

Edwardsville, Ill. – November 4, 2013 – Education specialist Andrea Reaka, PhD joined a select group of the world’s leading experts, along with noted business development expert, best-selling author and speaker, Brian Tracy, to co-author the book titled, Against The Grain: The World’s Leading Experts Reveal How They Achieved Positive Results in a Down Economy! The book was released on September 5th, 2013 by CelebrityPress™ – a leading business book publisher.

Against The Grain showcases a group of Celebrity Experts® including entrepreneurs, mentors and coaches who have survived and thrived in the midst of the constantly changing marketplace – going Against The Grain. To the reader who wants to enjoy success, these Celebrity Experts® share with them proven ways to move forward with their plans and the mindset required to do it.

Andrea Reaka contributed a chapter titled “Stop and Focus.”

On the day of release, Against The Grain: The World’s Leading Experts Reveal How They Achieved Positive Results in a Down Economy! achieved best-seller status in five Amazon.com categories.  The book reached best-seller status in the following categories: “Direct Marketing,” “Marketing,” “Entrepreneurship,” “Marketing and Sales” and “Personal Finance.”

Andrea Reaka received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002. She did a post-doctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO and started a tenure-track position at the newly founded School of Pharmacy at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville in 2005. After two years, she quit her position at SIUE and started a Tutoring Center in Edwardsville where she has impacted the lives of hundreds of kids in Edwardsville and the surrounding areas. Her goal is to help parents teach their kids focus, motivation, and goal setting so that they can follow their dreams and make the most out of their own lives.

After such a successful release, Andrea Reaka will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors™, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best-seller lists.

To order a copy of the book, please go to http://amzn.com/0989518728

The royalties from this project will be given to Entrepreneur’s International Foundation, a not for profit organization dedicated to creating unique launch campaigns to raise money and awareness for charitable causes.

About Celebrity Press™:

Celebrity Press™ is a business book publisher that publishes books from thought leaders around the world. Celebrity Press™ specializes in helping its authors grow their businesses through book publishing. Celebrity Press™ has published books alongside Brian Tracy, Dr. Ivan Misner, Ron Legrand, Mari Smith, Kelly O’Neil, Alexis Martin Neely and many of the biggest experts across diverse fields.

Learn more at http://www.CelebrityPressPublishing.com