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Published: Wed, 01/20/16
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It Was 2052 by J. Richardson
About It Was 2052 by J. Richardson:
Jackson grew up in the post catastrophe small town of Unity. Over thirty years since an EMP struck the earth and caused worldwide chaos, America is far from healed and back to normal. The young man longs to venture out from home. The large Texas city of Dallas looms one hundred miles to the west. Still only a shadow of it’s past life as a bustling metro city, the city is growing and changing. Underneath the evolving city, secret threats are gaining strength. The young man has made his decision to give the city a try. Will he find work, friends and a new life there? Or will unexpected adventure and danger await him? The unknown pulls him into new territory. Events that he could’ve never imagined are waiting in his future.
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Ten fiction novels are in publication written by J.Richardson, all set in a dystopian America. Each novel is a stand alone read with threads of story connecting them. Her writings come from an optimistic point of view and follow families, friends and lovers through their adventures of survival in a world that has been turned upside down by catastrophic events.
The author was born in what she refers to as her beloved Texas. She has lived there all of her life and raised her family. Her children, grandchildren and one great-grandchild are scattered across the state. These days, she and her husband of 47 years, split their time between home and their summer cabin in Colorado.
Her first e-book was published in 2013. A life filled with rich experiences and small adventures has been the inspiration for her writing. Much of that experience derived from the partnership with her spouse in building four homes in four different locations, from scratch; from a log house in the woods of east Texas, to a lakehouse and a farmhouse, and finally, the cabin in Colorado. Jo says that she is a fascinated observer of people and their endless diversity. She believes the internet is an amazing source of information and her favorite part of writing is the research.
A pen name claims ownership of her fiction writings because they are often close facsimiles of her friends and family. She admits, however, they are just as often, products of her imagination and characters she has known. The author’s favorite reads are mystery and humor, lately her passion and interest is in the fictional and real life details of prepping for disaster. She quotes, “I have strong political and patriotic views, but try to avoid them in my novels because anger is not my forte’. I always look forward to hearing from my readers.”
Forged in Stone
The son of darkness is all grown up…
James is a Guardian. He is tasked with protecting the most important person in his world. For eight years he has done his job without complaint, but he has grown tired of living under the shadow of a father who is responsible for the most unimaginable violence and destruction his world has ever known.
Ainsley is at a loss for what to do with her life. She hates her two dead end jobs and the family who betrayed her. She has resigned herself to living one day at a time, but she longs for an escape from her lonely life.
When Ainsley finds James in her bed, their two lives and worlds collide. They may have both found exactly what they need, but the darkness James has been running from his whole life has just caught up.
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Alyssa Rose Ivy is the bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels with over half a million books sold worldwide. She loves to weave stories with romance and humor, and she is best known for writing about college boys with wings and skinny dipping. After surviving law school and earning her masters in library science, she turned back to her creative side and decided to write. Although raised in the New York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for college. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and two young children, and she can usually be found with a cup of coffee in her hand.
Aftershock Bounce Back by Kath Jones
About Aftershock Bounce Back by Kath Jones:
Bounce Back! When the Unpredictable Happens in your life… and Be STRONGER!
Aftershock Bounce Back is designed to provide you with the insight needed to develop attitudes, approaches, and habits in order to manage the effects of adversity and move through to live a stronger more aware life.
Let go of needless suffering. Gain insight to strategies and techniques that will help you progress through the symptoms of trauma stress, without developing an illness. Discover your courage and strengthen your resilience skills so you can recovery from adversity well.
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This book will go over:
Preparing yourself for the process of recovery
It’s packed with practical tips and techniques you can apply to your own challenges right away.
How to manage anxiety, grief and the effects of trauma stress.
How to develop resilience skills
How to clarify what you want your life to be about right now and in the future
You will know you are not alone
The author authentically shares surviving her lived experience of a mother, care giver, and nurse as she too recovered from shock and grief after the trauma of finding her son near death after a suicide attempt.
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Kath Jones is a qualified Clinical Mental Health Nurse with a Master’s Degree of Mental Health Science. Kath has more than 35 years of knowledge and skills as a Nurse Therapist helping those with Anxiety Disorders. In addition, she teaches good mental health coping skills that are helpful to anyone going through the normal response and recovery from extremely challenging events.
Her book, Aftershock Bounce Back, draws from personal experience, professional knowledge, and traditional sources of wisdom to help others manage their recovery, build their resilience, and rediscover themselves to live a renewed life. The book was written for those who do not have a mental illness or disorder, but still have to deal with the immense strain that trauma and stress has caused to their body, mind, and soul.
Kath advocates for person-centered nursing, which recognizes each person as an individual with unique issues and needs. Within each person’s lived experience lays the potential of renewal, and recovery. Through the process self-discovery of our values and our true self, we can find dignity and self-worth.
After a lifetime of mental health nursing, these heroes maintain my passion and awe in the capacity of the human spirit to rise up.
Effortless Savings: A Money Management Guide to Saving Without Sacrifice
About Effortless Savings: A Money Management Guide to Saving Without Sacrifice:
Discover Money Saving Strategies That Can Save You Thousands of Dollars Each Year!
Effortless Savings is the ultimate guide to saving without sacrifice. Perfect for readers of any income level or household size, it contains hundreds of ways to save money that are easy and manageable. Richard gives step-by-step instructions to help you:
• Shrink your cell phone bill without compromising your call quality, coverage, or data speeds
• Lower your Internet and Pay-TV rates while maintaining your current service
• Reduce your utility bills with simple, energy-efficient solutions
• Minimize your grocery bills without clipping coupons or looking through sales flyers
• Save time and money by getting your prescription drugs delivered to your front door
• Slash the cost of automotive maintenance and repairs without getting your hands dirty
• See movies at nationwide cinemas, any time of day, for matinee prices
• Acquire discounted tickets to concerts, sporting events, and live theater
• Find the absolute lowest rates for airline tickets, hotel reservations, and car rentals
• Open a FDIC-insured checking account that pays up to twenty times more interest than standard accounts
Currently being used by The University of New Brunswick (Canada’s oldest English speaking university) for their Personal Financial Planning Course: BA 3421
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Richard Syrop grew up in a family that viewed saving money as a passion, hobby, and lifestyle. Over the years, he has seen and personally tested just about every saving method imaginable. Dissatisfied with conventional ways to reduce expenditures, Richard developed a unique approach to savings which does not require consumers to give up their favorite products, entertainment or travel. He has taught these saving methods in seminars throughout the country. Richard lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Urja.
Chasing Payne
Lion shapeshifter, Agent Chase Payne, doesn’t have time for distractions — especially the kind that involve his best friend’s younger sister. He has a job to do: leading his team of Therian agents to fight against those who would expose their kind to the world.
Lora Oliver wants to be a Therian agent, but secrets from her past have damaged the bond between her human and animal natures, and threaten to destroy everything she’s worked so hard for, along with the people she loves.
Assigned to Chase’s team, Lora struggles to retain control and keep her secrets buried, while Chase denies what he feels for Lora. And then, one kiss changes everything.
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Paranormal and Fantasy Romance author Chantel Seabrook currently resides in London, Ontario, with her husband and two daughters. She is passionate about writing and enjoys reading fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Chantel has a four-year Anthropology degree from Western University
11 Day Mantra Challenge: Mantras for Happiness Everyone Should Try
About 11 Day Mantra Challenge: Mantras for Happiness Everyone Should Try:
Positive affirmations and mantras for happiness to use in meditation or daily repetition to help you create a happier, more peaceful and fulfilling life.
This series was created by award winning blogger, cancer survivor and inspirational speaker Rachael Yahne. The series was originally created and published exclusively to readers of Rachael’s site, HerAfter, was a reader favorite. Since then, thousands of people have used the series featured on Huffington Post, Yahoo!, SheKnows, YourTango, and many more sites. In an effort to help more people looking for personal peace, and happiness, the series is now a free 11 day mantra course ebook, available to anyone, and can be used again and again.
Whether you have a regular meditation practice, or simply want inspiring, motivational mantras to help you feel more mindful, content and peaceful, this series will help you. Full of stories, detailed descriptions, and directions to effectively using each mantra, these mantras for happiness will instantly tap you into your potential and power to be happy, healthy, and more alive.
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Rachael Yahne is a writer, award-winning blogger, public speaker and cancer survivor. She is most known for her blog, HerAfter.com, a site that helps women live fully after their greatest obstacles. Rachael also contributes to Huffington Post, is a SheKnows ‘Expert Among Us’, and has been featured on The Seattle Times, Yahoo!, YourTango, and many more.
At 17, Rachael was diagnosed with stage 4B Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. An experimental chemo helped to save her life, and Rachael went on to travel the world, teach yoga, study meditation, give inspirational speeches, publish poetry and lifestyle articles, and even become a fashion editor. After years in fashion, she went back to writing full-time. She now resides in both LA and New York City, and writes articles about conscious living, beauty, health, style, and thriving after surviving not just cancer, but all of life’s big battles on her blog, as well as around the web.
Relationship Advice: Marriage: Relationships: 8 Quick Solutions For Any Problem
About Relationship Advice: Marriage: Relationships: 8 Quick Solutions For Any Problem:
Use These 8 Quick Solutions To Make Your Relationship Better Today!
Are you having problems in your relationship? Are you looking for a way to make things better? If so you’re in the right place. If you want to have a better relationship and want to finally know what can fix your problems, this book is for you.
Here Is A Sneak Peak Of What You Will Learn…
How To Regain Your Love For Your Partner
How To Help Your Partner Want To Love You
How To Reconnect Emotionally To Your Partner
How To Make Your Relationship Feel Brand New
How To Prevent Future Problems
And Much, Much More!
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Hi, my name is Stephen Young and I’m an author and an entrepreneur. I love to help people with their problems, read, play football, and work out. I am currently in college and aspiring to be an Occupational Therapist Assistant.
I grew up in a Dallas, TX and was originally born in Marshall, TX. Ever since I was young, I was very quiet and loved to observe and learn from people. My mother always would teach things about how to treat women nicely and how to be a good husband one day. I also learned many valuable things from my father also. Due to my parents having me at an extremely young age, I got a sneak peak at the early marriage life through them. I watched them argue and love each other while learning many valuable lessons through them on how to maintain a relationship and how to make it better. This book I wrote, is a book full of real life solutions that my parents used time and time again to help their marriage that is still going after 15 years. These principles are proven to work for anyone who is in ANY relationship or marriage. I wrote this book with the desire to help people who are looking for quick, real solutions to make their relationship better. So, good luck guys and enjoy!
Eleven
Eleven Rooms. Ten Bodies. One Empty Grave.
Brandon Fisher never expected this when he signed up as a Special Agent for the FBI. Working in the shadow of Supervisory Special Agent Jack Harper of the Behavioral Analysis Unit his career seemed set. But when the team is called to a small rural town where the remains of ten victims are found in an underground bunker, buried in an unusual way, Brandon knows he’ll never return to his normal life.
With one empty grave, and the case touching close to home, he fears he’s become the target of a psychotic serial killer who wants to make him number eleven. Only thing is, everything Brandon thinks he knows is far from the truth.
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CAROLYN ARNOLD is the international bestselling and award-winning author of the Madison Knight, Brandon Fisher, and McKinley Mystery series. She is the only author with POLICE PROCEDURALS RESPECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT™.
Carolyn was born in a small town, but that never kept her from dreaming big. On par with her large dreams is her overactive imagination that conjures up killers and cases to solve. She currently lives outside Toronto with her husband and beagle. She is also a member of Crime Writers of Canada.
Sam’s Top Secret Journal: Memorial Day by Sean Adelman
About Sam’s Top Secret Journal: Memorial Day by Sean Adelman
Sam’s Top Secret Journal: Memorial Day will be $0.99 from 01/19/2016 through 01/21/2016.
Sam is a ninth grade girl trying to enjoy her first year of high school. Sam knows she has Down syndrome but she doesn’t feel different; even though other kids sometimes treat her that way. Sam’s new adventure involves a mini family reunion, exploring the interesting spaces of a retired military base and learning how hard it can be to “do the right thing”. Challenges and new mysteries are all chronicled in Sam’s private journal. In this book, Sam discovers that being yourself isn’t just about what people can see; sometimes what you can’t see is the most important part.
This Children’s book is available in both eBook and print formats.
The Ericksen Connection by Barry L. Becker
About The Ericksen Connection by Barry L. Becker:
The Ericksen Connection is a spy/action/thriller about betrayal, corruption, conspiracy, murder, and terrorism. Mark Ericksen, the former Navy SEAL Team Six platoon leader and successful businessman, was all about duty, honor, and country. After the end of his tour with an elite tier-one team from the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in Afghanistan, the Silver Star Medal recipient resigns his commission on May 10, 2002, enters civilian life, and over the next seven years works for three defense contractors, maintaining his top secret security clearance while concealing his PTSD.
In 2009, the CIA receives actionable intel about a wealthy Saudi businessman planning to attack two American cities with enriched nuclear suitcase bombs, as well as shipping an eight-megaton nuclear warhead loaded on a container ship bound for the Port of Los Angeles. The terrorist mastermind needs to acquire several classified biometrics encrypted communications security systems using the palm-vein scanning technology from EyeD4 Systems, a Wilsonville, Oregon company, in order to maintain communications with his sleeper cell operatives in the United States.
CIA Director Bill Sullivan meets with Ericksen, the executive vice-president of EyeD4 Systems and task him for Operation Avenging Eagles, to sabotage the terrorist mastermind’s horrific plans.
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Barry L. Becker is a marketing consultant to the biometrics security industry and to the consumer sector. He has served as both the vice-president of marketing for Eyedentify from 1984-1986 and transitioned to vice-president of international sales for Eyedentify, from 1986-1991. The company specialized in eye retinal technology for positive identification. He traveled over 500,000 miles during the period from 1985-1990.
He has been engaged in all aspects of marketing and sales for over thirty-five years. In 1987, his article entitled “Eyedentify counters security threat,” appeared in the Journal of Defense & Diplomacy, Volume 5, Number 8.
The Author in Genva, Switzerland in April, 2014, doing research.
The Author in Genva, Switzerland in April, 2014, doing research.
Barry earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Communications Arts and Marketing from San Francisco State University. He has completed Executive programs at both Columbia Graduate School of Business and Stanford Business School. The Ericksen Connection is his first published novel. He and his wife reside in the Greater Portland, Oregon area.
Journal of Defense & Diplomacy article by Barry Becker: “Eyedentify Counters Security Threat”
After Love by Kathy Clark
About After Love by Kathy Clark
A pulse-pounding tale of two wounded souls tempted by a dangerous proposition: new love.
DEA agent Nick Archer puts his life on the line every day. A former Marine, he fears nothing . . . except commitment. Nick has no trouble finding women eager to warm his bed, and no problem sending them on their way the morning after. Relationships don’t mix with risky careers, a fact Nick learned the hard way after his marriage fell apart. He’d go it alone if it weren’t for his new K-9 partner—and the stunning trainer who makes Nick sit up and take notice
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Dusgadh: Essence Of Life(Book One of The Awakening Series)by Author Margaret A. Daly
About Dusgadh: Essence Of Life(Book One of The Awakening Series)by Author Margaret A. Daly:
Ember Malloch has no idea her life is about to get turned upside down.
Besides the fact that she sees the dead on occasion, she lives an ordinary mundane life.
Her sister warned her not to provoke the spirits, but Ember has a mind of her own and she defies Becky at every turn. Now, her life as she knows it will be changed forever, as an unbridled strength is unleashed upon her.
She will have an awakening like no other as she learns her past, and discovers who she is…
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Margaret A. Daly has many faces: an author, a blogger, a poet, a marketing coordinator for Rukia Publishing and a loving mother and wife. She spends her days and nights surrounded by books, whether she is reading them, for joy and work, or promoting on social media.
Her debut title, Dusgadh: Essence of Life (Book One of The Awakening Series) was self-published in June of 2015 and is available everywhere online. Having written her first paranormal fantasy book at the age of forty-three, Margaret Daly has started a wonderful trilogy. Margaret took her life’s encounters and crossed a bridge to a different world with them, a world filled with untamed power and endless possibilities.
Being raised in the hills of West Sparta, New York, Margaret lost her home and everything in it to fire at a young age. She dove into the dark world as a teenager and from there on spent most of her life wrapped up in unfortunate situations from bad choices. Margaret learned some things aren’t what you expect; some things end up being more.
Now, with her loving husband and four children, a family full of support and love, she has managed to overcome all the oddities thrown at her. Becoming the published author she once dreamed of being as a child but lost track of during this journey we call life.
Margaret is currently working on the second book in this trilogy, and hoping to have it finished and out to the public this year (2016).
The Fredorian Destiny
The timeline is wrong. This is discovered when Dr. Albert Snowden and his niece, Emily, travel with Evaran to a galactic cultural exhibition event on Kreagus, the capital home world of the Kreagan Star Empire and galactic superpower near Earth. The Fredorians should be presenting an ancient artifact, known as the Arkaron, to the Kreagan emperor. The problem is they aren’t. Evaran has decided to step in and help the Fredorians achieve their destiny while stabilizing the timeline.
They must find the three lost Arkaron crystals in order to assemble the Arkaron. To make matters worse, Seeros, a powerful industrialist, has a bounty on their heads, causing bounty hunters to harass them each step of the way.
As if that weren’t enough, an unknown faction is hiring freelance mercenaries to hunt them down as well. Evaran is joined by others, and together, they will have to navigate these perils to assemble the Arkaron and achieve the Fredorian destiny.
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I have been dreaming about fictional worlds since I was a kid. I devoured anything related to fantasy and science fiction. I developed a setting over the last twenty years and struggled to find a medium I could express it in. Several years ago, I discovered I enjoyed writing. It is a passion of mine now, and exploring my setting with it has been an awesome journey.
I work in the information technology field and have my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in it. It has helped me to shape some of the concepts I write about. I also enjoy keeping up on futurology and science in general.
I live in central Ohio and enjoy walking, reading, gaming, learning, listening to music, and trying to keep up on my never-ending list of TV shows and movies to watch. If you want to contact me, you can do so on my website at
Yaakwdaat Aya by Kadashan
About Yaakwdaat Ayaby Kadashan
Yakutat, Alaska: After he graduated from Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, Bertrand J Adams Sr., who writes under his Tlingit name, Kadashan, didn’t want to go to college.
Two of his friends—one of whom was his boss at the time, and to whom he looked up to as a father figure—encouraged him enroll at Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka.
“I said, ‘No, I’m fine. I’m happy. I have a good job and a good paycheck,’” he said.
His boss talked him into investing in savings bonds. In time (4-5 years) he had about $2500.00, and less of an excuse not to go.
“I moved over to the campus and started classes there,” he said. “And within two weeks of being there, I was convinced I was going to finish my education.”
Mentors had a lot to do with what he spent his time doing in college as well. His creative writing teacher, Nellie Ottie, was about to retire, but Kadashan was writing outside the classroom, and she took an interest in what he was doing, he said. He wrote twelve stories that semester “from the top of my head,” he said.
For the two years he was at Sheldon Jackson they worked together. Then he returned to his home of Yakutat, got married, and entered a ready-made family— with this marriage he gained five stepchildren. Soon he and his wife had three more children.
Twenty years later, Ottie tracked him down and came to Yakutat for a day to visit, staying twice as long as she intended to so that she could finish reading and editing his stories. She encouraged him to send them to publishers, something that resulted in “a stack of rejection slips thicker than the manuscripts itself,” he said. “I got discouraged.”
Then one day he was at Mallott’s store in Yakutat and picked up a copy of the Alaska Native Magazine started by Rosita Worl, now president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau, Alaska.
He called Worl and asked if she might be interested in some his stories. The magazine ended up publishing several of them. He also wrote a political commentary for the Tundra Times and a regular column for the Juneau Empire for about six years; eventually he ended up publishing his fiction and a collection of essays himself.
This book does offer and illuminating look into the life in Yakutat over the years. Some of the stories in “Yaakwdaat Aya”—“Xoots” is my favorite—are quite affecting. As those familiar with the meaning of Admiralty Island’s Tlingit name, Kootzoowoo, will know Xoots means brown bear. The story takes place right around the time Alaska became a state, something the characters in this story don’t seem so sure was a good idea.
Other stories are more about aspects of town and family life. A young man tries to figure out who he will marry; a young couple tries to figure out how to tell each other they love each other; a young man ( a teenager) struggles with how to continue after his father’s death; an uncle makes two squabbling brothers smile, and an old man deals with the probability that he has cancer.
“He shows his greatest strength when he writes of the common, ordinary events in village life” Worl wrote in the introduction. “Kadashan’s stories reveal an intimate knowledge as well as love of village life”
The new edition of Yaakwdaat Aya is illustrated with his own paintings. He learned to oil paint from a friend of his father’s when he was about 9, and they were all fishing in the Dry Bay area (about 60 miles from Yakutat).
“We went along the beach, cut up pieces of plywood into squares and rectangles, and covered it with white lead,” he said. “That’s when he started teaching me how to oil paint.”
The novel he working on now is about a white man coming into Yakutat in the 30’s and 40’s, wanting “to become a part of the history and culture of this area.”(At the same time the Tlingit people of southeast Alaska were working toward recognition as U.S. citizens.
Two of the other books are “When Raven Cries,” about a man who returns from boarding school convinced his people’s history and culture are worthless, and “The Law of Nature and Nature’s God,” which is a collection of essays.
One of his favorite authors is Cicero, a Roman philosopher and politician.
“He said the natural law (according to Cicero) was the Creator’s way of managing things,” Kadashan said. “When people start going against it bad things happen.”
His faith—Kadashan is Mormon—is important to him.
“Your beliefs and your faith come out in certain ways,” he said. “You don’t promote any type of religion, but you can tell—your faith is a part of your life.”
About a dozen years after Sheldon Jackson, he went to Brigham Young University for his last three years of college.
“I majored in English, of course,” he said.
His books are available on Amazon.
Mary Catherine Martin, Staff Writer
Capital City Weekly, Juneau Empire
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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 a 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 it is evident that he is also a “peace maker”.
Michael Grosch
University of Frankfort
Germany
ReDivine Yourself by Robin Williams
About ReDivine Yourself by Robin Williams:
1 day only, January 20th book promotion discounted from $3.99 to 0.99
Want a better life but don’t know where to start?
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Everything is possible when you Press Life’s ReSet Button and learn to begin again
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ROBIN WILLIAMS lives in Missouri with her husband, six children, and six dogs. She is an author, certified life coach, minister, business owner and real estate investor. She is the founder of ReDivine Yourself,http://www.redivineyourself.com, a self-improvement resource for anyone wishing to improve their life. Join her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/redivineyour… Helping people to find clarity is her passion. Her dream is to change the way we view our world, one person at a time. She has made it her life goal to wake people from sleepwalking through their life, clear the fog from their minds, and help them to make determined decisions which can change their future. She believes that through experiences, everyone has a gift to share with the world. “Using creativity to uncover those gifts will allow people to shine and live a fulfilling life, I am just happy to play my part because excuses are nothing but opportunities that are passing you by”.
The Dark Levy
In this epic dark fantasy action story we follow two sisters who are on the verge of adulthood. Shannon and Dana are visiting their wise, old grandmother in Wales on a very special day, and finally learn why their life has been strangely affected by something they have not previously understood. That day, a harrowing creature of the Nine Worlds calls out for special, talented humans of the Tenth world. Our world.
Dana performs an irreversible deed that opens the gate to the strange world of Aldheim, and they meet the strange creature calling for them. In this world they find their true calling, their special talents, the truth of the gods and also a world of mystery, cruelty and adversity. Shannon and Dana struggle with their previous relationship as one grows cruel and power-driven, while the other learns to value friendship. Much is demanded of Shannon, who is struggling with her loyalties.
Despite the many dangers and their apparently hopeless situation in the new, dangerous, mage-filled world of monsters and dragons, there is hope, for Shannon has special, coveted powers of healing, reserved to the chosen of the gods. If she perseveres, she can change the past and bring back even the gods.
But the price will be great.
“This is masterful weaving of a story that sucks you in to a coming of age urban fantasy. It doesn’t feel like any other book I’ve read this year, and I’ve read three or four a week.” – Amazon Customer.
The Dark Levy, a dark action fantasy novel is a 2015 bestseller and first book in an epic, magical fantasy series called the Ten Tears Chronicles.
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Alaric Longward was born 1970, which makes him as old as computer floppy disks. Do not worry if you don’t know what they are.
Throughout his childhood, he found himself curiously attracted to books. This strange hobby did not take anything away from the computer gaming and occasional sports, but the books stayed and the wonderful stories that could be found in his father’s vast library would inspire him throughout his life to appreciate the power of story telling. He loved history, fantasy, and sci-fi.
As time moved on, he graduated from the university with a degree of Master of Political Science, dreamed of a career in diplomacy and ended up making computer games in Nokia N-Gage. He stayed on after the demise of the first serious swing at mobile gaming, and worked as a senior manager and product manager in ICT sector for over a decade, specialising in internet services, innovation solutions, and crowdsourcing.
One day he decided to drive his family nuts, and quit his job to become an author. Now, as a bestselling author of eight books, he hopes to provide you with exciting adventure stories. He is a dad, a husband, and a full time author.
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LIVE FROM YOUR CLASS: Everything I Learned About Teaching, I Learned From Working at Saturday Night Live
About LIVE FROM YOUR CLASS: Everything I Learned About Teaching, I Learned From Working at Saturday Night Live:
What’s the one trait students universally say they want in a teacher?
A sense of humour.
It’s because when your students are laughing, they’re learning.
This practical and entertaining book shows you how to specifically bring
more humour into your students’ lives and your own classroom.
You Will Learn:
• How to go from feeling burned out to energized in your classes.
• How to add more fun in your classroom through unconventional
strategies backed by real data.
• How to create a space where students are inspired to learn and
and investigate the subject.
• How to help students feel more connected to their peers and the class.
• How to apply stories from your life in a compelling and relevant way to
dramatically increase student engagement and enhance students’
understanding of the content.
• How to aid teenagers from feeling overwhelmed during exam time so
they manage their emotions and stress resulting in improved grades.
• How to deal with the class clown so he or she becomes a positive influence.
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Jamie Mason Cohen is a Toronto high school teacher, author of two books, LIVE FROM YOUR CLASS and CHANCE, a legal thriller, a TEDx speaker and a certified handwriting analyst.
Cohen is the recipient of “The SOLE Challenge,” an international
teaching award sponsored by TED Youth Conference and
The Huffington Post. His work is featured in the upcoming issue of
Ontario College of Teachers’ magazine, Professionally
Speaking as well in TED.com, the JW Foundation’s, The Art of Learning
Project, and the scholarly journal, Jewish Educational Leadership.
After years of working behind the scenes for Saturday Night Live
in New York, Jamie created synergy between his knowledge of
entertainment, arts, media, and education to generate unconventional
teaching strategies for educators.
With over a decade of classroom experience, Jamie’s professional
passion is to find creative ways to instill in his students a love of learning
and to help them develop real-world skills as well as give teachers inspiring
and practical tools to make their jobs easier, more fun, and increasingly
effective.
Cohen’s credits include the design and implementation of teacher
training workshops for schools in the Toronto District School Board,
York Region District School Board, the Canadian Pre-University Programme
in Malaysia, TanenbaumCHAT and education seminars such as RAVSAK Day
School Conference and the Digital J Learning Network’s Webinar series.
He lives in Maple, Ontario with his wife, Karen and their two children.
Another Reason I Don’t Want to Be a Nun by D R Beland
About Another Reason I Don’t Want to Be a Nun by D R Beland:
Marge doesn’t want to be a nun. Too bad she is in training to be one. She wants to escape convent life and the nuns. The “True Romance” magazines she reads cause her to dream of an idyllic life married to a man who will provide her with love, freedom from rules, and security. Marge has chosen the man… Can she convince him she is the one?
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D R Beland is a first-time author from Arizona. When she is not reading and writing she is following her other passion –jewelry design
Impulse, Infinitus Billionaire
About Impulse, Infinitus Billionaire:
He has tradition ingrained in him… She lives for the moment…Will they find a common ground?
Lex Fitzgerald is not your average billionaire. He leads a double life as the conscientious head of his family and the pleasure-seeking rogue who parties hard and pushes the limits in and out of the bedroom. His two worlds are about to collide because of one woman, Jillian Finnegan. Lex needs a secret weapon to defeat a competitor and finds it in Jillian Finnegan. He has no intention of letting her potty mouth, her crazy lifestyle, or her eccentric family get in his way. So when he makes her an offer, he expects her to accept. However, sparks start to fly when Jillian gives him a counteroffer and dares him to refuse. Has Lex finally met his match?
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E.B. Walters holds a PHD in Chemistry and is a stay-at-home mother of five. She is also a USA Today Bestselling Author. She writes about flawed heroes and the women who love them. Her Contemporary Romance international bestselling The Fitzgerald Family series, that started with Slow Burn and has a total of six books in this series-to her new USA Today Bestselling series Infinitus Billionaire: Impulse (book 1) published was in January 2015. Indulge (book 2) released in August 4th, 2015 and Intrigue (Book 3) to be released early 2016. She Also writes YA Paranormal Romance as Ednah Walters. Her award-winning, International bestselling Runes Series ~Which focuses in Norse Mythology~ started with Runes (Book 1) and has a total of 6 books in this series. The latest, Witches, released in March, 2015 and her most recent addition Demons, A Runes Companion Novel. Eirik Book1, The story of Raine’s best friend and former crush Eirik Seville, to be released on December 15th, 2015. And her YA Urban Fantasy international bestselling series The Guardian Legacy~ which focuses on the Nephilim, children of the fallen angels~ that started with Awakened (Book 1) and has a total of 4 books in this series. The latest Forgotten, released in June 2015. Whether she’s writing about Valkyries, Norns, and Grimnirs, or Guardians, Demons, and Archangels to her love, family, and friendship play crucial roles in all her books.
The Pitcher
A boy with a golden arm, but no money for lessons. A mother who wants to give her son his dream before she dies. A broken down World Series pitcher who cannot go on after the death of his wife. These are the elements of The Pitcher. A story of a man at the end of his dream and a boy whose dream is to make his high school baseball team. In the tradition of The Natural and The Field of Dreams, this is a mythic story about how a man and a boy meet in the crossroads of their life and find a way to go on. You will laugh and you will cry as The Pitcher and Ricky prepare for the ultimate try out of life.
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William Elliott Hazelgrove is the best-selling author of ten novels, Ripples, Tobacco Sticks, Mica Highways, Rocket Man, The Pitcher, Real Santa and the forthcoming Jackpine and The Pitcher 2. His books have received starred reviews in Publisher Weekly, Book of the Month Selections, Junior Library Guild Selections, ALA Editors Choice Awards and optioned for the movies. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer in Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for USA Today and other publications. He has been the subject of interviews in NPR’s All Things Considered along with features in The New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Richmond Times Dispatch, USA Today, People, Channel 11, NBC, WBEZ, WGN. His most recent novel, The Pitcher is a Junior Library Guild Selection and was chosen Book of the Year by Books and Authors. net. His next book Jackpine will be out Spring 2014 with Koehler Books. A follow up novel Real Santa will be out fall of 2014.
He runs a political cultural blog, The View From Hemingway’s Attic.
To Catch A Lady by Pamela LaBud
About To Catch A Lady by Pamela LaBud:
Four lordly, rakish sportsmen whose bachelor paradise is threatened by a matchmaking aunt—and by the sting of unexpected love.
Ashton Blakely, the Duke of Summerton, cannot stop his aunt from meddling in his affairs. So rather than let her select a most disagreeable mate, Ashton decides to fire the first volley by holding a ball as a scheme to bag the ideal wife. But when Ashton falls for the one woman who isn’t willing to play his game, all his plans scatter like buckshot. Suddenly, the chase is on!
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Pamela Labud, author of historical, paranormal and fantasy romance fiction, also writes sexy historical western romance stories as Leigh Curtis. She’s been published in book length fiction since 2003. Her first print book, Spirited Away, was published in Kensington’s Zebra line, earned a Double RITA nomination. Since then she has published in both print and electronic formats. You can read more about Pam at: www.pamlabud.net and Leigh at www.leighcurtiss.wordpress.com.
Lethal Lawyers by Dale E. Manolakas
About Lethal Lawyers by Dale E. Manolakas:
☆ New Release THE GUN TRIAL Coming Soon ☆
Infighting, carnage, and sexual favors are the rule of law at the Los Angeles law firm of Thorne & Chase! Experience the cutthroat culture of big money law firms—firms where partners and associates must win at all costs. They cannibalize each other battling for money, power, love, clients, and ultimately their own survival. With blue-collar idealism and onerous student loans, first-year associate Sophia Christopoulos covets the firm’s money and power. But her new friendships, love, and success come with the shocking price of disillusionment, murder, and betrayal. When Sophia is hurled into a murder investigation, she is torn between ethics and firm politics, as well as love and truth. Fighting to save her career and life, she becomes the star witness—and then a target.
5-STAR REVIEWS OF THIS LEGAL THRILLER! “Warning – don’t start reading until you have time!” “Author Dale E. Manolakas delivers with fully-realized characters who explode off the page. Visceral. Sensual. Alive. Highly recommended.” “A strong, scathingly entertaining commentary on the Los Angeles legal community. Keeps the reader guessing until the end.” “Wow! Powerful look into the law business!” BUY NOW
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FROM THE AUTHOR
Lethal Lawyers is unique because of its authenticity and candid revelations. Although fictionalized, the many characters and legal incidences are based on actual persons, cases, and events in the practice of big law firm litigation in Los Angeles. Extensive experience and interviews, both of senior management and at the associate level, insured its accuracy, legitimacy, and realism.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TOP 100 AMAZON BEST SELLER’S RANK
After a life time of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career. He taught her that the characters wrote the book–she didn’t. Raised just outside Los Angeles by a surgeon father and a homemaker-author mother, Dale E. Manolakas had always aspired to an acting career, but also had to make a living.
Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge.
Before that she was a teacher, primarily at the high school, adult school, and university levels, and holds a public administrative services credential. In addition, she has pursued her passion for acting, primarily on the stage, but also in film and television. She is a member of both Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. She also has raised three very independent daughters and lives with her husband, a retired attorney, in an otherwise animal-free environment in California.
The Curse of Gremdon
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In a world where marriage is forbidden, sex is only granted to male warriors, and the outer realm is full of murderous creatures, Arianna fights to protect the life of her only living relative, her brother. Tardon, an elite warrior, is granted anything he desires by the Elders, but finds little joy in the voluptuous women presented to him. Born for the bloodlust found only in battle, complicated emotions emerge when he discovers his equal in the alluring warrior, Arianna.
Charged by the Elders with saving the castle from attack, Tardon and Arianna risk the curse when they traverse the vast outer realm to retrieve serum from the Tree of Life. If successful, the Elders have promised Tardon the right to marry and Arianna the cure for her brother’s death fever. Will their love carry them through or will the discovery of a great deception be their ultimate demise?
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Ciara Knight is a USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author who writes ‘A Little Edge and A Lot of Heart’ that span the heat scales.
BREAKING MY HEART
Roxy is a fighter, she is strong and independent. She knows exactly what she wants and is not afraid to go after it, especially when it comes to men. Roxy thinks she has men figured out, that is until she meets Kade. He storms into her life like a knight on a white horse to save her. He makes her question everything she ever thought she knew about life, men and herself.
With a past that keeps holding her back will Kade be able to break down her walls? Will he be able to prove to Roxy that everything she thinks she knows about men is wrong, or will he prove her right?
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Born and raised in Sydney, Australia. I am in my thirties and happily married with three gorgeous boys.
My first love has always been reading, so the writing side is very natural to me. Favourite books include anything by Abbi Glines, but Fallen too Far is a favourite, Pulse & Collide by Gail McHugh and The Driven trilogy by K Bromberg.
Hobbies of mine are playing netball; shopping and I love listening to music. I add it into my writing frequently.
I have released four books, and look forward to introducing my readers to new characters.
I am totally enjoying this rollercoaster of being an Indie author and hoping others enjoy my writing as much as I love writing it
Distant Suns – The Silexous
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The crew of the star ship Terra, survivors of the catastrophe that left the Earth devoid of life, are starting to settle on their new home when an old enemy from a past encounter finds them and new fight for survival begins.
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Patricia Smith is absolutely nuts about astronomy and writing apocalyptic thrillers. You can’t shut her up about either.
She has enjoyed writing stories all of her life and her first novel Time Split, which has been on several best sellers lists, was published in 2011. This was soon followed by her Distant Suns stories and more recently Islands – The Epidemic.
She started her career in computing, but presently works to help people improve their numeracy and English skills. The rest of her time is worked around her writing.
She lives in Northumberland, England, with her husband.
Her choice of genre stems from her love of apocalyptic thrillers and the ‘What if?’ scenario.
She strives in her writing to give the reader a roller-coaster ride of emotions and excitement, mixed in with a good dash of fear – all from the safety of their armchair.
Flashback Lita – A Sexy Novel by Kristyn Kohl
About Flashback Lita – A Sexy Novel by Kristyn Kohl:
FATE UNITES THEM IN THE MIDST OF INCREDIBLE ODDS…
Arlen Farris is as smart as he is hot. The son of a publishing magnate, Arlen arrives in Havana on a mysterious special assignment in pursuit of far more than a story. The Cuban Revolution is in full swing, and his undercover mission has the potential to change the course of history.
As hot as the danger is, it’s no match for the sparks that begin to fly as soon as fate introduces Arlen to Lita De Valle. The incredibly sexy, enticingly willing, and nearly naked Cuban beauty is completely irresistible.
Lita is no stranger to men in her bed. And why should she be? She’s beautiful, she’s sexy, and she’s fearless. But this handsome American reporter set her ablaze the moment she laid eyes on him. Selective as she is about her men, this one is the most magnificent of them all. While this sexy American hero may have arrived in Cuba prepared for the ride of his life, Lita is prepared for an even sexier adventure.
With no shortage of steamy suspense and dangerous action, their undercover romance will mix with history to set them on a course that neither could have ever imagined. From the streets of Old Havana to the mountains of Sierra Maestra, can either of them survive?
This sexy thriller contains explicit love scenes, so it’s best-suited for readers who are 18+.
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Kristyn Kohl often thinks back to a turning point in her life. Frustrated and dissatisfied with her career path, Kristyn asked a dear friend for advice. Would it be selfish to just start over? The friend thought for a few moments, then smiled and asked Kristyn if she was willing to take her own advice. To this day, Kristyn recalls her friend’s exact reply, “Kristyn, you’re the world’s greatest believer in second chances.”
And so it began. Kristyn Kohl hit the ground running… and she never looked back.
Today Kristyn is a partner in a publishing company and a full time author. An investigator by nature and a romantic by choice, Kristyn weaves the adventures of intense, sexy lovers with gripping suspense.
A lifelong Floridian, Kristyn loves to set her stories in Florida. And is there a better canvass?! Beautiful people, incredible scenery, absurd riches, and seedy characters. The Sunshine State is pretty much the perfect blend for a thoroughly entertaining story.
So whether it’s a short read or a full length novel, grab one of Kristyn’s stories and fall in love all over again.
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The Belief Road Map
If you have ever struggled with knowing where you want to go in life, The Belief Road Map will show how to uncover your inner beliefs and help identify your core priorities. Step-by-step, you will create personal philosophies to use as a road map to the life of your dreams. Anyone who has waivered in making a decision, questioned their beliefs, or wondered what to do next, can find helpful guidance and inspiration in this book.
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I live on Lake Norman in Mooresville, North Carolina with my beautiful wife and our two daughters.
I graduated from the University of California – Davis where I studied Economics, ran track, and played football. I dedicated my first two years after college to becoming a professional athlete, only to come up short with the unique distinction of being cut from three different teams, in three different leagues: Canadian, USFL, and NFL.
Over the next 30 years, I focused on training myself to become a successful businessman. I was given many opportunities to learn and gain expertise in the various functions required to start, grow, and lead successful businesses.
I am shifting my focus from helping businesses to helping people. On January 16, 2014, I decided to sell my previous company and dedicate my time and resources to researching and sharing best practices for happy living. I want to inspire others to believe that a better self is always possible – today, every day, for the rest of their lives.
At Happy Living, we are on a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of the world, one person at a time.
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