About Swiftshadow by DS Kane

A spy’s cover is blown and she is fired from her agency. To survive, she must fight for her life against terrorists and work to uncover a mole…

When Cassandra Sashakovich, a bright but arrogant economist and consultant, is in Riyadh completing a financial forecasting assignment, her cover is blown by a mole from her intelligence agency. A covert agent whose call sign is “Swiftshadow,” she barely survives an encounter with a hit man and escapes to Washington, where she is fired by her agency for becoming a liability.

On her own and with her cover blown, Cassie finds herself in the cross-hairs of terrorists, who fear she may have hacked the details of their pending operation. To survive and recover her life, Cassie must identify the mole in her agency and neutralize the terrorists. To do this, Cassie finds help from two unlikely sources, a rogue agent, Lee Ainsley, and a homeless teen named Ann Silbee.

Cassie desperately races against the clock to expose plots by both her own government and the terrorists, so that she can recapture her life and save her country. Can Cassie find a way to survive and avoid being a naive tool of her country again or will death find not only Cassie, but millions of Americans?

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About Slaughter at Buffalo Creek:

Captain Colt Harding, grief-stricken and hungry for revenge, sets out to destroy White Eagle, the Indian who killed his wife and son. White Eagle roams the land raping, pillaging, and murdering, showing no mercy. Captain Harding takes it upon himself to see that this savage be fed to the scavengers. Only with the help of Pony Soldiers, some of the vilest people in existence, will Captain Harding be able to avenge the deaths of his wife and son and rescue his daughter from a life of servitude. A thrilling tale from America’s premier Western writer.

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“Chet Cunningham, who makes his home in San Diego, California, comes from a newspaper background so is geared to producing writing every day and doesn’t believe in writer’s block.

In 1950, he was drafted in the Army. After two years of service he was discharged in the rank of sergeant.

Cunningham was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oregon, worked in Michigan, and went to college in New York City. He holds a BA in journalism and a MS degree from the Columbia University Graduated School in Journalism.”

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About Alison Wonderland:

Private detective Alison Temple spends her days working undercover in offices and her evenings shadowing unfaithful husbands. Then one day, a beautiful client shows up and turns her life upside down. So far, so noir. But this is no ordinary detective story…

Meet Mrs. Fitzgerald, Alison’s boss at the all-female Fitzgerald’s Bureau of Investigation in London who assigns her a “Top Secret” project while hiding secrets that could endanger them both. Meet Alison’s adorable poetry-writing neighbour, drumming monks, a witch, a shig—“the fattest, woolliest animal on earth, the product of a union between a pig and a sheep”—and a psychic postman. Follow the quest to find an abandoned baby that takes Alison on a road trip to the seaside with her new best friend, Taron. And find out who she falls in love with, and how that love changes her life.

Clever, quirky, and infused with just a hint of magic, this humorous literary novel introduces a memorable heroine who can turn the everyday into a dazzling surprise.

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Helen Smith is a British novelist and playwright who lives in London. She’s the author of two cult novels about an all-female detective agency in London; a dystopian novel; and a contemporary mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Emily Castles. Her books have reached number one on Amazon in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Germany, and appeared in “best of the year” lists by For Books’ Sake, The Cult Den, The Independent, and the Guardian. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Crime Writers’ Association, International Thriller Writers and English PEN.

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About The Highwayman Incident:

Celia Quinn’s business lies in ruins at the hands of Jason West, the latest in a long line of scoundrels. As she seeks to restore her family’s livelihood, Celia stumbles upon lore about the local Witching Well, whose water is said to cause hysteria and psychosis. When a mysterious stranger slips Celia water from the well into her drink, she’s transported to Regency England. Her timeless adventure spans miles and centuries from modern-day New England to Merlin’s Cave in Cornwall, England. Only Jason West can save her.

But Celia and Jason must tread carefully, as what happens in the past can reverberate through the ages. Their lives, hearts and futures are caught in time’s slippery hands.

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Kristy is the mom of six incredibly brilliant and beautiful children, and the author of several novels. Although many of her novels have won awards and have ranked on Amazon’s top 100 list, Kristy has yet to realize her lifelong dream of owning a Schnauzer farm. Kristy studied English literature at Brigham Young University and at BYU’s International Center in London.

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About The Thunder Warrior: The de Shera Brotherhood Book Two (Lords of Thunder: The de Shera Brotherhood):

Welcome to the Lords of Thunder trilogy – Book Two

May 1258 A.D. – Now, Simon de Montfort is amassing a parliament whereupon King Henry and Simon will all have equal representation. As the politics in this difficult time begin to gain speed, Maximus de Shera, the consummate warrior and middle brother of the de Shera brother trio, has something very unexpected happen to him. In the midst of the political turmoil, he finds love in the daughter of a de Montfort supporter.

Lady Courtly Love de Lara is no ordinary woman – she is strong, wise, reasonable, and resourceful as well as being blindingly beautiful. As Maximus’ brothers become sucked in deeper to de Montfort’s intrigue, the strongest brother of all is distracted by a beautiful lady. The lady’s father, however, is opposed to Maximus’ suit and makes every effort to send his daughter far away where Maximus cannot find her.

When Maximus is needed most in the struggle against Henry III, The Thunder Warrior is off on a quest of his own to locate, and marry, the woman he loves and do battle against a man he once considered an ally. Deep passion, family betrayal, family honor, grief, and a powerful love story culminate in Book Two of the Lords of Thunder Trilogy.

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KATHRYN LE VEQUE is an Amazon All-Star author, and a #1 bestselling, award-winning, multi-published author in Medieval Historical Romance and Historical Fiction. She has been featured in the NEW YORK TIMES and on USA TODAY’s HEA blog. In March 2015, Kathryn was the featured cover story for the March issue of InD’Tale Magazine, the premier Indie author magazine.

“This author… genius…!” ~ Ind’Tale Magazine

In October 2014, Kathryn was the 31st MOST READ author on Amazon. She is extremely prolific with over 50 published novels and 37 #1 Hot New Releases in Medieval Historical Romance since May 2012. When new readers see how many novels she has published, the inevitable question is…

“She writes so many novels! Are they any good?” The answer is… YES!!

Welcome to Medieval England – hard-core, battle-scarred, power-driven alpha knights of the highest Norman order and the women who love them. Like High Middle Ages action and romance? Welcome to the Le Veque Medieval Machine.

Kathryn’s Medieval Historicals have been called ‘detailed’, ‘highly romantic’, and ‘character-rich’. She crafts great adventures of love, battles, passion, and romance in the High Middle Ages. More than that, she writes for both women AND men – an unusual crossover for a romance author – and Kathryn has many male readers who enjoy her stories because of the male perspective, the action, and the adventure.

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About Your Child, Your Mirror: A Book For Brave Parents:

Parents project onto our children our own expectations of life, our frustrations, our stages of childhood or adolescence where we left unresolved conflicts, and our own unmet needs, unconsciously hoping that they become an extension of us same and close our unfinished business. Behind most of the problems between parents and children is the shadow of those unconscious projections and while we do not see. The realization helps transform feelings of rejection, anger and consequent guilt, which can be devastating, facilitating the transition to the only feeling healthy, unites and transforms: love.

In the first eleven of the twelve chapters that make up this book , I discuss each of the different facets of these projections, supporting with cases that clarify the above.

In the last chapter I propose alternatives and tools that will serve as a guide for everyone to start their own exploration and its own change process , if you choose to. We live in a world with many problems and substance of them there is a huge lack of love. If you want to contribute something important to society, let us offer beloved children, we will be offering honest, productive happy people.

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Martha Alicia Chávez is one of the most respected psychotherapists, authors and lecturers in México, she is a frequent guest on radio and TV and her lectures always sell out. Martha’s deep and honest commitment with her own inner growth, allows her to transmit ideas in a realistic and honest way, opening the hearts and touching the fibers of those who read or listen to her.

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About Simple Sleep Solutions by JP Nicolais:

Simple Sleep Solutions:
• Improve your sleep naturally
• Profit from your dreams
My Boyhood Neighborhood held the secret to finding my Simple Sleep Solutions. Where is yours hiding?
This image-rich guide to better sleep provides the author’s proven solution with a 90% success rate. Available on Amazon.com, Amazon and iTunes, iTunes, this book is accessible on all Kindle devices as well as Android and Apple devices. A Spanish language eBook has been published on Amazon.com, Amazon Esp, and iTunes, iTunes Esp, under the title of Soluciones Simples a los Trastornos del Sueño.
You can learn how the author developed his approach and adapt it to develop your own sleep solutions. The technique is ideal for falling back to sleep in the middle of the night and can also be used to fall asleep initially. The author shares his recommendations for activities and life styles that promote or inhibit sleep. You don’t need special training or equipment to personalize this proven technique, but creativity, a willingness to experiment and an active imagination are very helpful. It’s so simple, you probably won’t believe it until you try it.
Because sound sleep promotes dreaming, the book also guides readers to understand how they can profit from their dreams. An expert in the psychology of dreaming describes why we dream, how to access our dreams and how to interpret our dreams in ways that lead to creative solutions for our waking life.

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JP Nicolais is a business and nonprofit consultant specializing in fundraising, strategy and business development. His career includes work in nonprofit agencies and as a business entrepreneur, and he coaches individuals seeking to make career changes and other major life transitions. He lives on the US Gulf Coast with his wife, Susan, and 2 energetic Jack Russell terriers, Pip and Sophie, who are
the ultimate sleep mentors. For updated information, visit http://linkd.in/18p4uZi.S end comments, challenges and success stories to Twitter @SASPublishing or via email at sleepsolutions@outlook.com.

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About The Zero Class:

The energy war, the nuclear war, the food war. Earth had been ravaged by them for two centuries, leaving the soil unable to sustain a large population. A hero and leader emerged and took humanity to the stars. The second planet that mankind calls home is named Eden. 
 
Life on Eden didn’t start out as it had on Earth, humanity brought technology with them, but Eden had a gift to bestow, magic. It was quickly adapted to everything, and time lead to humanity rebuilding back to its former glory, and beyond. 
 
It has been 1000 years on the new home, and that is where we find Vernon Douglas. He is a high school student who is not blessed with the gift of natural magic. He has to focus through runes for his magic to work, as does a quarter of the population. High school is a nasty place, but for Vernon it is about to end. He has dreams of becoming a Paladin of the Order of Astrum, but he doesn’t know how he would ever become noticed to be chosen. 
 
Fate has given him a chance in the form of a magical arts tournament, newly available to high school students. Mixed Magical Arts is a sport that was created to test the limits of magic, while making a game of it. His best friend Duke joins his side, as his firebrand girlfriend Marie cheers him on. 

Does Vernon have what it takes to get him through the tournaments?

Is his dream of becoming a Paladin out of his reach, or out of his hands?

Come and follow him through his final year, and find out. 

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I was born and raised in Texas, and adopted by two wonderful parents. My imagination has always been there for me, in the best and worse times in my life. Writing is the passion that I have been searching for for all these years, and it has been the most fun that I have had on any project I have ever done. My wife Christine is a constant source of encouragement, and light in my life to help make this all happen.

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About WHUPPED:

Alyssa Walworth is young, polished, wealthy and drop dead gorgeous; and Jake Dombrowski couldn’t be more in love with her. So much in love, she’s got him going every-which–way in her quest to have the Beverly Hills wedding of the year.
Jake’s best friends, Gideon and Conrad, see the marriage as nothing more than the first step toward divorce. They try to convince Jake in the conventional manner, but Jake won’t listen, he’s too much in love. Stronger methods are needed, so Conrad and Gideon kidnap Jake on the night of his bachelor party, and leave him chained to the radiator in the apartment of adult film star, Jailbait Jordan. There they do all in their power to convince Jake that Alyssa, the woman of his dreams, will be nothing less than a nightmare.
It all doesn’t work out in any way anybody ever expected.

WHUPPED is a funny, sardonic, R-rated, romantic comedy in reverse. It explores the nature and limits of friendship, love’s expectations, marriage, what we want, and what we are willing to give up to get it. It will leave you laughing, thinking and maybe crying.

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Jim Stevens has been writing for over thirty years. Usually without much success, but for some reason he keeps writing. Jim started writing TV series specs in the 1970’s and starved. He segued into spec movie scripts and really starved. He went into the corporate world for a twenty-five year career in broadcasting and advertising, but just couldn’t drop his pencil. He found time to write plays in the Chicago theater scene, wrote, produced, and directed numerous short films, videos, and TV commercials, created TV pilots, and even optioned a few movie scripts that never saw the glare of the Klieg lights.
Jim has been writing novels for the past four years. His Richard Sherlock Whodunit series has ranked him in the top 10% of Amazon authors. He is also the author of WHUPPED, a reverse romantic comedy from many different points of view. His latest novel, Hell No, We Won’t Go A Novel of Peace, Love, War, and Football is his first writing of a ‘serious’ nature.

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About Treasure of Darkness:

What lies buried in a hoarder’s house—
precious treasure or ghastly secrets?

One moment of misguided generosity throws estate sale organizer Audrey Nealon’s life into turmoil. She loses a client’s money, cripples her budding romance, and witnesses a murder. Strapped for cash, she accepts a questionable project: clearing out the home of a mentally ill hoarder who may have hidden valuable Civil War letters. What really lies at the bottom of twenty years’ worth of collected buttons and dolls and stuffed owls and atlases? As Audrey digs through the hoarder’s obsessions, she unleashes a vengeful response from all sides. The house has destroyed lives in the past. Will Audrey and those she loves–her father, her friends, even her dog–be its next victims? As the final twist reveals, secrets can remain buried, but they never disappear. Treasure of Darkness will be only 99¢ on March 17-March 20.

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S.W. Hubbard is the author of the Audrey Nealon estate sale mysteries, Another Man’s Treasure and Treasure of Darkness. She is also is the author of three Police Chief Frank Bennett mystery novels set in the Adirondack Mountains: Take the Bait, Swallow the Hook, and Blood Knot, as well as a short story collection featuring Frank Bennett, Dead Drift. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and the anthologies Crimes by Moonlight, The Mystery Box, and Adirondack Mysteries. She lives in Morristown, NJ, where she teaches creative writing to enthusiastic teens and adults, and expository writing to reluctant college freshmen. To contact her or read the first chapter of any of her books, visit: http://www.swhubbard.net. Follow her on Twitter @swhubbardauthor or like her Facebook author page, SW Hubbard author. Look for S.W. Hubbard on Pinterest and Goodreads too.

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About Troianne by Crystal Miles Gauthier:

He said all the right things…
Then left her alone.

Troianne Shelden is your everyday, intelligent student. With a love for history and stunning figure, she’s a catch for any guy. But after a night of passion with a handsome stranger, introduced to her by their mutual friends, she finds herself pregnant with nowhere to turn for advice.

Her parents passed away long ago and, soon after Troianne finds out she’s pregnant, her grandmother passes, too. Left with a large inheritance, she looks forward to life with her new baby.

Fate takes the wheel when she goes into labor. On her way to the hospital, she passes out from intense pain and wakes up in a very different place…

The next thing she knows, she’s hearing carriage wheels and voice shouting for help. Lightning illuminates the inside of what was, only moments before, the back of a taxi cab. When the door opens, she’s greeted by a handsome man dressed like he stepped out of the past.

In shock, she realizes that she’s somehow traveled back in time–
…and she has no idea how to return.

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Crystal Miles Gauthier, has been writing since she was eight years old. She read her first real adult book at age 5, it was called Angel Unaware by Dale Evans. Crystal lives with her husband Joe, two cats and one dog in Lansing, Michigan. They love to travel all over the United States and Canada. Crystal has won three awards for Best Historical novel, Best Author and Best Indie Author of 2014.

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About From Afar:

The memoir of a hopeless romantic’s search for love in Russia.

Morgan Stanfield, a naive romantic jaded by past love, leaves the familiar surroundings of his Santa Barbara home to search for love in the far northern city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. On his four-day odyssey he encounters a Russian beauty, a prostitute, a wise old babushka, an American chauvinist, intellectuals, the Russian mafia, and the ‘face’ of love, and comes to know how love from a distance can be more captivating than love close on hand. From Afar is a timeless tale of a man’s struggle to find love and himself.

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Frank Scozzari was born in Bay Shore, New York. He moved to California as a child, where he attended and graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He now resides on the California Central Coast. An avid adventurer, he hobo’ed his way across America at age eighteen, twice trekked the John Muir Trail, backpacked through Europe, camel-backed the ruins of Giza, jeep-trailed the length of the Baja peninsula three times, globe-trotted from China to the Pyrenees to the White Nights of northern Russia, and once climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro – the highest point in Africa. A four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, his award-winning short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines including The Emerson Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, Tampa Review, War Literature & the Arts (U.S. Air Force Academy), Pacific Review, Eleven Eleven, The Bitter Oleander, South Dakota Review, Minetta Review (NYU), Hawaii Pacific Review, Ellipsis Magazine, The Nassau Review, The MacGuffin, Reed Magazine, The Broken Plate, Roanoke Review, and Short Story America, and have been featured in literary theater.

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About Masked Obsession- Part I by Kendall Michelle:

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Though the devastating breakup with Donte Carrera still haunts her after five years, Erika Anderson, an African-American senior advertising account executive, opens herself up to the possibility of a relationship with Fernando Vega, her sexy best male friend.

Fernando and Donte share more than being notorious Latino playboys, wealthy business owners and sons of cartel bosses. Both men are obsessed with Erika and will stop at nothing to have her. Neither of them could have predicted sharing that obsession with Donte’s best friend, Kevin Jackson.

Ever patient and observant, Kevin has wanted Erika from the moment he saw her at one of Fernando’s college house parties and has no qualms about doing whatever it takes to get her.

The past threatens the future as lies are revealed, secrets are uncovered and passions are ignited.

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Kendall Michelle currently lives in Central Virginia with her indulgent husband of a hundred years. She admits she doesn’t know exactly how many years they’ve been married but it’s closer to twenty years than a hundred. When Kendall isn’t reading or writing what she lovingly calls borderline smut, she spends her time sipping sweet wine, tackling decorating/home improvement projects and obsessing over what’s for dinner. Not necessarily in that order.

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About A Walk Back Home:

Meet the family who, over the course of forty-four charming stories, will warm your heart and leave you laughing out loud.
In his joyful debut A Walk Back Home, award winning artist Gil Garcia writes of his early life as seen through the eyes of a child growing up in his 1940s south central Los Angeles neighborhood.
Gil’s parents, his warring brothers, two sisters, a Dutch priest, and a English Sheep dog make up the cast characters in this entertaining collection. It’s Gil’s parents’ love for one another that shields this family through tragedy and the hardest of times. Memories fade, then blend into the next, and a delightful narrative begins to emerge that reminds the audiences of exuberance of youth. So descriptively and beautifully written, if put to canvas they would rival a Norman Rockwell painting.
Be prepared to fall in love with this boy, for these forty-four charming short stories will warm your heart and leave you laughing out loud.

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Born to a family of artist in 1942, Gil’s imagination was fine-tuned at such an early age. Creative positions were awarded him throughout his life; positions such as Reporter for the Military News Paper Stars and Stripes, National Advertising Production Manager for Catalina Swimwear and Sportswear, 25 year career as a Restaurant Designer, Official Portrait Artist for the 2003/04 Western Conference Basketball Champions Sacramento Kings, and his artworks chosen to hang at the 2000 California State Fair.

Contact Gil at: gilgarcia40@gmail.com

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About The Law of Nature and Nature;s God:

I began writing for the Juneau Empire newspaper because I became very much concerned about the way our governments were drifting from the fundamental principles the Founding Fathers of this great nation had established for us. Even though the paper, in my opinion, is somewhat liberal, the Managing Editor thought I had something to offer—especially since I was Alaska Native. I had studied the U.S. Constitution when I was at Brigham Young University and was heavily involved in Alaska Native politics from 1993-2006. In my writings, I emphasized that “Native Americans,” and all Americans for that matter, should be concerned with modern day political issues. After all we are Americans and live under the banner of the U.S. Constitution—the very instrument that was designed to protect us from the injustices of government. These commentaries arose from my writings in a monthly column called Kadashan’s Corner that I wrote for the Empire, The Tundra Times, a website called Free of State and other periodicals

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Kadashan was born in Sitka, Alaska. His grandmother named him after her father, John Kadashan. The elder Kadashan was known by historians as Chief Kadashan, however in his later years he was regarded as a “peace-maker.” When he was only six months old his father drowned in a hunting accident. His mother decided to move back to her hometown of Yakutat, where she married his step-father. After his elementary school years in Yakutat he went “outside” to Holland High School in Holland Michigan and later to Mount Edgecumbe Boarding School near Sitka in Alaska. Kadashan did not start looking into writing before attending a creative writing class at Sheldon Jackson College. And even then, it wasn’t until during his time at Brigham Young that he learned the real discipline of writing. In 1992 he self-published a collection of short stories. For six years he worked as a columnist for the Juneau Empire and statewide Native newspaper, the Tundra Times.

He learned a lot about tribal issues when he worked as the Tribal President of the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe. He drew from his experiences to write about politics for the Empire.

Kadashan is a contemporary author who draws his inspiration from the oral traditions of his Tlingit people. Of course, because of his Tlingit heritage, he is strongly influenced by traditional oral narratives, which stem from his education at Sheldon Jackson College and Brigham Young University, his work also reflects influences from Western Culture. Kadashan should not be regarded as an author torn between two poles, but rather as a mediator and like his great grandfather Kadashan is, through his writings, a “peace maker”.

Michael Grosch

University of Frankfort

Germany

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About Yaakwdaat Aya, /This is Yakutat:

Bertrand J. Adams Sr., who writes under his Tlingit name, Kadashan, offers one of the first and few glimpses into the daily lives of the Tlingit Indians. His stories describe the Tlingit as they live today in Southeastern Alaska. The Tlingit have been in contact with Westerners for over 250 years. The pervasive thinking is that they have completely abandoned their traditional culture and values in favor of western ways. While his writings were not specifically designed to counter this popular supposition, Kadashan successfully describes, in a simple manner, the ways in which the Tlingit have incorporated traditional beliefs and values into their daily lives.

He shows his greatest strength when he writes of the common, ordinary events in village life. A trip to the store is filled with the subtle nuances and thoughts of individuals reared in both the Tlingit and western cultures. Hunting and fishing trips illustrate the challenges facing the participants as well as the simple pleasures of these ventures. Additionally, Kadashan aptly reveals the knowledge villagers possess of their environment. The author also deals with the conflicts and tensions faced by Tlingit youth whose world is challenged by new ways. In this collection, the author also offers his own thinking of the institutions which act as a buffer between the Tlingit and Western societies and on the laws that impact Tlingit culture.

Kadashan’s stories reveal an intimate knowledge as well as love of village life. His enthusiasm carries over to readers. When his stories were first published in the Alaska Native Magazine, they were instantly popular. This collection should receive the same warm welcome.

Rosita Worl

Yeidiklats’ok

Shangukeidi

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Even though he might have a smidgen of Swedish in him my father, Kadashan, is a Tlingit Indian to the core.

Even though he now lives in Yakutat, Kadashan has roots that come from Sitka and Wrangell. His grandmother named him after her father, John Kadashan, from Wrangell. He was born in Sitka. That’s where his mother met his father while they were attending Sheldon Jackson Boarding School.

When he was six months old his father drowned in a hunting accident. About a year later she remarried, however the marriage did not last; it was through this union that I was born. About a year later, his mother moved to Yakutat. Here she married our step-father.

The name Kadashan was given to him by his paternal grandmother. She named him after her father, John Kadashan, who later in his life, was a clan chief from Wrangell. Kadashan means “red tide coming.”

Kadashan’s formal education was received in Yakutat. His high school years were split between Holland High School in Holland, Michigan, and Mount Edgecumbe High School, a boarding school for Native Alaskans near Sitka. His undergraduate work was obtained from Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, and later at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

As a youngster Kadashan learned from a Tlingit Indian friend, Peter Harry, how to express himself with oil colors. “He started me with oils,” he explains. “When I was in high school I started water colors.” His short stories have been published in the Alaska Native Magazine (ANM) and the Horizons Magazine. The ANM has used his water colors to illustrate his stories. The second printing of these stories are reproductions in black and white of his paintings. He has also written for the Alaska Magazine and the Alaskan Southeaster Magazine, and for about six years wrote a monthly column for the Juneau Empire.

His stories are local color. He takes a slice of life from the lifestyle, culture, history and tradition of the Tlingit people from his community, develops a plot and composites of characters from the village. To inform and entertain are the objectives for his writings and about the Tlingit Indians of Yakutat.

He is a retired commercial fisherman and is presently working on more books.

The poem in the beginning of this book was written by our mother when she was a teenager. She wrote many poems during those years. This poem, along with three others, was found among her possessions after her death; they were scribbled in a small, faded, note book.

The first printing of This Is Yakutat was published in 1992.

There are a few things Kadashan learned while trying to become a writer:

Number one is to read a lot. Read everything so you can overflow the filing cabinet of your mind with a myriad of information.

Second is to read creatively. He believes a writer deliberately leaves things out of his work so the reader can fill in the blanks.

Third, learn to get more out of a book than what is really in it.

Finally, all writers look for truth. It is through the process of reading a lot, reading creatively, and getting more out of a book than is really in it that writers come to an understanding of what truth might be. Once he or she discovers truth then, he believes, they have an obligation to share it with the world.

My father is no exception.

Robert G. Adams

Jisn’eey (Tlingit name)

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About Jewish Identity: A psychological study using Jewish sources:

Jewish identity can be seen using the imagery of a three level structure: bottom, middle, and top. The psychodynamic school of psychology focused on the bottom level of the human soul through the “light” of instincts, impulses, and passions; the cognitive school focused on the middle level through the light of the intellect, consciousness, and thinking; and the top level with the upper light – the spiritualmoral dimension, on which this book focuses. The power of this light will enlighten the other levels and the entire structure. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to identify the unique components of Jewish identity, those that form the top level – the spiritual realm – in the new structure, and to highlight a different aspect of this identity, in addition to the faces illuminated by the classical theories.

This is a very fine book which elucidates basic theoretical concepts as well as practical issues. The author, professor Rafi Vaaknin has done a superb job in synthesizing Judaic principals and psychological knowledge. He uses his knowledge and understanding in creative ways which constitutes a major contribution to psychology and education. Professor Aharon Rabinowitz, Bar Ilan University

This book provides a significant contribution to contemporary Jewish education, clearly and scientifically presenting its main objectives and goals, while establishing an impeccable psychological basis. The book discusses the stages of human development from the “maternal experience” to the completion of adolescence, exploring the dimensions of Jewish identity by reviewing the various approaches prevalent today, while emphasizing parents’ responsibility in forming their children’s identity.

Professor Moshe Ahrend( z’l), Bar Ilan University

Professor Rafi Vaaknin is an educational-psychologist. He teaches psychology and education at Herzog College in Jerusalem. In his teaching and research, he developed a psychological reading approach of Jewish sources.

His other books are:

Educational Teaching: A Psycho-Educational Approach. (2000)

Issues in Adolescence. (2003)

A Fable of Education: Psycho-Pedagogical Readings of Aggadic and Midrashic

Narrative. (2008)

Your Heart’s Desire: A Look into the Soul in Aggada and Midrash. (2013)

Learn more about the author, buy the book, or follow them on social media:
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Author Bio:
Professor Rafi Vaaknin is an educational-psychologist. He teaches psychology

and education at Herzog College in Jerusalem. In his teaching and

research, he developed a psychological reading approach of Jewish sources.

His other books are:

Educational Teaching: A Psycho-Educational Approach. (2000)

Issues in Adolescence. (2003)

A Fable of Education: Psycho-Pedagogical Readings of Aggadic and Midrashic

Narrative. (2008)

Your Heart’s Desire: A Look into the Soul in Aggada and Midrash. (2013)

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About The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf:

“If we get 400 followers, John Hobson will solve that nasty wolf-murder case for free! Fight the thing himself if he has to! #HobsonVsWolf!”

Angelina Choi was only trying to drum up some Twitter followers and make a good impression on her first day interning at John Hobson’s one-man detective agency.

But the campaign went viral and now they have a murder to solve, no money coming in, and an unwilling Hobson faced with battling some enormous beast.

With both follower and body counts rising, can they crack the case without offending everyone or being eaten by a huge dog?

The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf is the first case starring Hobson & Choi, a bickering, mismatched detective duo for 21st century London. This book collects the debut storyline of the hit darkly comic crime web serial, extensively rewritten and improved for this definitive edition.

Also included: book-exclusive bonus story The Left Hand Is Always Right, a grim tale from a dark corner of Hobson & Choi’s London – The Left Hand, budget pub of crime.

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Visit the Facebook Fan Page.

Author Bio:
Nick Bryan is a London-based writer of genre fiction, usually with some blackly comic twist. As well as the ongoing self-published detective saga Hobson & Choi, he is also working on a novel about the real implications of deals with the devil and has stories in several anthologies.

He can primarily be found on his own website at Nick Bryan Dot Com and on Twitter as @NickMB, both of which are updated with perfect and reasonable regularity.

When not reading or writing books, Nick Bryan enjoys racquet sports, comics and a nice white beer.

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