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- Marijuana Business: How to Open and Successfully Run a Marijuana Dispensary and Grow Facility
About Marijuana Business: How to Open and Successfully Run a Marijuana Dispensary and Grow Facility:How to open and successful run a Marijuana dispensary and grow facility
Finally, a book that helps entrepreneurs young and old on their journey of finding the “American Dream.” Is this the new Gold Rush? Will people want to get involved with this industry? What are the potential for earnings . . . millions? Billions? As more states agree to the sale of marijuana, the opportunity to open dispensaries and/or grow facilities will continue to rise. Over the last two decades, large corporations like Monsanto, a sustainable agricultural company, have bought up hundreds of family farms and turned their food harvests into huge profits. It is not a stretch to envision the same tactics being applied to the marijuana industry. The opportunity is here, and it’s real, and the possibilities are endless.
This book is a step-by-step guide to help you be on the winning side of this Green Rush.
The “Marijuana Business” book leaves no stone unturned. This book will teach you what others have yet to learn. Jeff Grissler will put you on the fast track to success in the marijuana business. The American dream is still possible. Your journey starts here…
• Visualize, dream, plan and organize your new business venture
• Assess and pick the right locations
• Select your legal and financial teams
• Navigate through the entire legal process
• Find the money or capital that you will need to finance your new business venture
• Learn how to put a business plan together
• Design a dispensary and grow facility
• Learn how to grow marijuana
• Hire the right staff for your business
• Learn about Air tight Security
• And, everything else you will need to own and operate a profitable marijuana business
Marijuana Business enables you to be sure you don’t forget any details. With this book you will have laid the groundwork, from start to finish, for eliminating the mistakes others have made, preventing unforeseen problems, and running a successful marijuana business.
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JEFF GRISSLER, a consultant and entrepreneur, is a two-time Amazon bestselling author and has been published in many trade magazines around the world. Jeff is setting a new business standard in the fast growing marijuana industry as we see it today. A gifted businessman, he prides himself on his networking ability to bring people together to share new ideas, explore business opportunities, partnerships and marketing techniques. His cunning ability to explore new businesses first-hand led him to get involved with the fastest growing business in the world today: Marijuana. As a businessman, he understands the landscape and what owners can expect and guides them to financial success.Marijuana Business: How to Open and Successfully Run a Marijuana Dispensary and Grow Facility is a post from Awesome Gang
- Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas by Maria Rodgers O’Rourke
About Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas by Maria Rodgers O’Rourke
Attention women who love Christmas: If you’re feeling less-than-jolly this year, then this is the book for you! Order a copy and get the Kindle download for just 99 cents more!
Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas isn’t for those who aspire to be Martha Stewart or Mother Teresa, but for all women who fall somewhere in between. Enjoy the holidays with your mind, heart and soul intact. Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas’s simple formula combines daily reflections with space to write gratitude and to-do lists. You’ll relate to every page, and rediscover the holy in your holidays! Here’s what just a few readers have to say: “It saved my Christmas!” – Connie. “I liked the fact that the daily reflections were short and not overwhelming as it would be so easy to say ‘I don’t have time.'” – Marilyn. “This little book is so packed full of insight and reminders that it should be in the hands of every busy, holiday-stressed mom! It is a lovely, gentle reminder about the importance of relaxing and actually ENJOYING the holiday season. It is my new favorite hostess gift to bring anytime – because Christmas is always ‘just around the corner’!” – Renee
Someone you know needs to read this book, and you do, too! Buy a hardback edition on Amazon and get the Kindle edition for only 99 cents more. Make this year’s Christmas season a blessing, not a headache, for you and someone you love with Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas!
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- The Unorthodox Arrival of Pumpkin Allan
About The Unorthodox Arrival of Pumpkin Allan:An uplifting and moving story of an urbanite couple’s move to an unexpectedly quirky country hamlet.
Tom falls off his mountain bike three days before buying their cottage, leaving a pregnant Lois and her close friend to collect the keys. The horrors that greet them have Lois sick with worry that she should never have persuaded Tom to leave London. But as they settle into their new community, Lois uncovers a wonderfully eclectic mix of friends, enemies, crooks and eccentrics whose strength of character astound her.
Lois and Tom’s rapid series of major life events culminates in high drama, with their wedding and the birth of the baby in very quick succession and a melodramatic twist, as uninvited guests arrive at the home delivery.
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An uplifting and moving story of an urbanite couple’s move to an unexpectedly quirky country hamlet.Tom falls off his mountain bike three days before buying their cottage, leaving a pregnant Lois and her close friend to collect the keys. The horrors that greet them have Lois sick with worry that she should never have persuaded Tom to leave London. But as they settle into their new community, Lois uncovers a wonderfully eclectic mix of friends, enemies, crooks and eccentrics whose strength of character astound her.
Lois and Tom’s rapid series of major life events culminates in high drama, with their wedding and the birth of the baby in very quick succession and a melodramatic twist, as uninvited guests arrive at the home delivery.
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- The Duet by Jennifer D’Angelo
About The Duet by Jennifer D’Angelo:New Release!
Izzy Delaney is sharp-tongued and quick-witted, with an unapologetic style of her very own. She is certain that she is destined for great things; if only she could hold down a job for more than a couple of weeks. Whether it’s her blue hair or her inability to conform to polite convention, Izzy can’t seem to find her niche.
Jay Archer is moody and introspective, and most definitely not a member of the Izzy Delaney fan club. In fact, Izzy can’t remember hearing him utter a complete sentence to her in… well, forever. He prefers to fade into the background and observe life from a safe distance.
Despite living in the same apartment and sharing a best friend, these polar opposites barely tolerate one another.
Until a chance encounter on stage changes everything.
A song written but never meant to be heard, a video accidentally gone viral, and an unthinkable tragedy. How can a bond so fragile be expected to stand up against the domino effect of The Duet?
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Jennifer D’Angelo lives with her husband, her son and two cats in Eastern Pennsylvania. She writes contemporary romance – Happy Ever After with an emotional punch.When she is not writing, she is thinking about writing, procrastinating on housework, or burying her nose in a good novel.
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- Forever Christmas
About Forever Christmas:When Anna Meyers purchases the home that her late mother grew up in, she’s determined to prove her independence to herself and to her well-meaning father and brother. She’s been lovingly sheltered and protected for all of her 26 years but now she just wants to live her life- on her own terms.
Sam Gardner hadn’t given much thought to who would move next door to his small Angel’s Lake bungalow. Once his neighbor arrived however, he could think of nothing and no one else. When Anna makes it clear that she’s not interested in having a man around, he invents a girlfriend to put her at ease.
Thinking that Sam has a girlfriend makes it easier for Anna to be herself and open the door to friendship. He frustrates her, makes her laugh, and challenges her but he never tries to step on her independence. The more time they spend together, the more she realizes that whoever has Sam’s heart is a lucky girl.
The only girl that has Sam’s heart is Anna but there’s no way he can tell her this when he started this friendship on a lie. Things take a turn for the worse when Anna mistakes a nightmare client as Sam’s fiancée.
Anna came to Minnesota to fight for her independence but she ends up fighting for much more
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Jody Holford lives in British Columbia with her family. She’s a huge fan of Rainbow Rowell, Nora Roberts, Jill Shalvis, Rachel Gibson, Sandra Brown, and James Patterson. She’s unintentionally funny and rarely on time for anything. She writes multiple genres but her favourite is romance. In addition to the above listed authors, she loves middle grade and young adult fiction. She writes about great kid and classroom reads at www.storytimestandouts.com. She’s easily addicted to great dialogue, which is how she ended up watching three seasons of Suits in under two weeks. She spends too much time on the computer, jumping between Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook.Forever Christmas is a post from Awesome Gang
- Bacchus and Sanderson (Deceased) by Simon Speight
About Bacchus and Sanderson (Deceased) by Simon Speight:
ERNEST SANDERSON had to die, he knew too much. He had spent the previous forty years trying to prove his brother had been murdered by CHC Industries, now he’s got too close to the truth.
Dying before your death date has consequences. All business has to be completed, no lose ends are allowed. Instead of heaven or hell, Ernest goes to limbo and meets his guide who will ensure he finishes his unfinished business. For Ernest that is quite a lot.
WILLIAM BACCHUS suffered a heart attack in the same hospital on the same night Ernest died. He is Ernest’s illegitimate son and the main benefactor of Ernest’s estate. He has no idea who Ernest is. William is a vicar who is going places; his heart attack has necessitated a sabbatical for recuperation and to consider his future. The bequest he has received from Ernest gifts him a bookshop, money and a selection of problems, one of which is Ben.
BEN SANDERSON is Williams half brother, a fact William discovers on his first visit to the bookshop he inherited, managed by Ben. Their first meeting is rocky, but this improves. As part of his bequest William has inherited a number of tasks from Ernest, tasks that will release Ernest from limbo. First amongst these is to discover why his uncle JONAS SANDERSON was killed and how and why Ernest had to be murdered.
Ernest and his guide, JUANITA, introduce themselves to William and offer as much help as a ghost can give. William has forty years of research material, left to him by Ernest, which he has to read, analyse and understand if he has any hope of helping Ernest. He recruits Ben and ANNABEL, a friend and vicar, to help him.
FELICITY CORTEZ inherited control of CHC Industries from her grandfather CHARLES CORTEZ when he died. Charles should have gone straight to hell, but instead is in limbo with his guide HELENA, to help Felicity and for Felicity to help Helena. Felicity’s sister, JEMIMA CORTEZ is sent to Sherborne to discover what William is to Ernest and if he is going to be a threat to Felicity.
Jemima, while going through the motions to keep Felicity happy, falls in love with Ben. During a phone call with her uncle, ALEXANDER CORTEZ, a home office minister, discovers Ben’s uncle Jonas and father Ernest had been killed with Cortez cocaine. Disgusted with her family’s involvement in drugs trade, she joins, William, Annabel and Ben in stopping her sister.
Felicity refuses to acknowledge the voices in her head are her grandfather until a startling demonstration convinces her. Helena wants Felicity to ruin the Home Secretary, returning the favour from generations before and for this she is told she can have anything. Felicity wants to meet the devil and when she does offers to provide him with the offspring he has never had on earth. The start of a dynasty.
Jonas’s diaries, Jemima’s inside knowledge and Ben’s genius with a computer provide them with evidence of a massive Cortez cocaine smuggling operation that has been going on for decades. As they get closer to accumulating enough evidence to stop Felicity, Charles and Helena apply pressure to William by kidnapping Annabel, attempting to murder Jemima and framing Ben as a terrorist attempting to blow up Parliament.
Juanita and Ernest have a final showdown with Helena and Charles in the skies over Southampton, while William, Annabel, Ben and Jemima direct the authorities to the ships they believe are carrying the cocaine. When the customs officials find nothing, Ben realises Felicity is smarter than they had thought and the cocaine is disguised as bottled water from the Amazon in a different ship. Felicity, now carrying the devil’s child, has been sent to safety in Colombia, where she assumes control of the cartel supplying the cocaine. Helena and Charles are banished back to hell and Ernest is free to continue to heaven. He decides to remain in limbo to help his son’s overcome the new threat of Felicity and her satanic children.Learn more about the author, buy the book, or follow them on social media:
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Simon Speight has been writing for many years and has finally completed something. Bacchus and Sanderson is his first novel and he is delighted to publish it under the Amazon KDP select program. He is currently working on two other book ideas. His next novel is expected to be published in mid 2015. He is also a blogger at www.worriedofwoolcombe.com. He lives with his wife and two of his four children in Dorset, United KingdomBacchus and Sanderson (Deceased) by Simon Speight is a post from Awesome Gang
- Tied to You by Bibi Paterson
About Tied to You by Bibi Paterson:Olivia Walker has just hit rock bottom. About to lose her job and become homeless, she can’t see a way out of the mess her life has become until Alex Davenport enters her life with a proposal she is in no position to refuse.
Wealthy and arrogant, Alex is used to getting whatever he wants and he has set his eyes on Olivia. For months he has watched her, waiting for the perfect opportunity to present itself to make her his, and finally it has appeared. But Alex is hiding a secret, one that he is determined to protect until, one day, Olivia makes a discovery that sets her on a course of self-discovery. Together they explore Olivia’s submissive side, pushing boundaries and taking her on the wildest ride of her life.
But when Olivia’s past threatens to expose Alex’s secret lifestyle, the time for truths and full disclosure is at hand. Can Alex let go of the fears that have bound his true nature? And can a couple that fell in lust find their own happily ever after?
Warning: This book is intended for mature audiences as it contains explicit sex scenes and BDSM themes.
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Bibi is a former marketing executive and mum to a gorgeous little girl currently residing just north of London. She recently spent a year living it up on the beaches of Western Australia and her hobbies include consuming copious amounts of coffee and chocolate, building cardboard castles and creating stories in her head.Inspired from a young age, her love for literature started with Enid Blyton and her Secret Seven. Since then a voracious appetite for books has brought her a world full of heroes, love, murder, betrayal and the odd vampire thrown in for good cause.
Having long admired those brave enough to put pen to paper, or in this modern age of computing, keyboard to screen, she has finally started telling the sexy stories that she has been keeping locked up in her head all this time.
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- Roving Enchantments by Bruce Hesselbach
About Roving Enchantments by Bruce Hesselbach
New Formalism is alive and well in this collection of poetry which includes many traditional and innovative forms. The subjects range from alchemy to war, in settings as exotic as the Taj Mahal or as local as a mountaintop in Massachusetts.
“This book is a delight, full of surprises that leave the reader wishing there were more pages to go.” Rhina P. Espaillat, author of eleven poetry collections and winner of the Richard Wilbur award.
“An amazing collection of poetic ventures… truly enchanting.” Joseph S. Salemi, poet and editor of Trinacria.
Bruce Hesselbach is an attorney who lives in Newfane, Vermont. Roving Enchantments, published in May, 2014 by White Violet Press, is his first book of poetry.
To date, 62 of his poems have been published in the small presses and another will be appearing soon. His first novel, Perpetual Motion, published by Cogwheel Press in 2013, is a steampunk novel set in Switzerland and Germany from 1876 to 1889, a love story between a time traveler’s daughter and a doomed inventor threatening to help Germany win the Great War.
Previously Bruce wrote High Ledges, Green Mountains (Bondcliff Books 2005), a memoir about hiking Vermont’s 270 mile Long Trail. An avid hiker, he has climbed over 500 different mountains to date. He is the author of nine published short stories, including one just recently published online by Bewildering Stories. As chairman of the Newfane Conservation Commission, Bruce helped create hiking trails in the Newfane Town Forest. He graduated cum laude from Yale in 1972 with a BA in English, and received a JD in 1975 from Villanova Law School. His favorite reading matter includes Travel and Exploration, history, fantasy and steampunk.Roving Enchantments by Bruce Hesselbach is a post from Awesome Gang
- Grayson Manor Haunting
About Grayson Manor Haunting:When Addison Lockhart inherits Grayson Manor after her mother’s untimely death, she unlocks a secret that’s been kept hidden for over fifty years. For Addison, it seems like she’s finally found the house of her dreams…until the spirit of Roxanne “Roxy” Rafferty comes to call. Who is Roxanne, why is she haunting Grayson Manor, and how will Addison’s connection reveal a key to her own past that she thought no longer existed?
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Cheryl Bradshaw is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author.Born and raised in Southern California, Cheryl Bradshaw became interested in writing at a young age, but it was almost two decades before she put pen to paper. In 2009 Bradshaw wrote Black Diamond Death (Book One: Sloane Monroe series). Within six weeks it entered the top 100 in two different categories and remained in the top 100 for over a year. In 2013, Bradshaw introduced a new paranormal thriller series: Addison Lockhart, the first book titled Grayson Manor Haunting.
Bradshaw is the founder of IWU on Facebook, a writers group with over 3,000 members. In August 2012, Bradshaw was named one of Twitter’s seven best authors to follow. In 2013, Bradshaw’s novel, Stranger in Town, was chosen as a Shamus Award finalist in the category of best P.I. novel of the year. She was the only female nominated in her category.
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- Blood & Soul
About Blood & Soul:In this epic, coming of age, action-packed fantasy the bastard prince Ledarrin is caught in the shadows of a dynasty as his brother goes on a murderous rampage to secure his birthright, overthrowing the realm. Ledarrin’s world is shattered. As he goes from the palace to the dungeon, hope for the survival of the realm seems lost. He escapes, only to be hunted by a legendary assassin. Meanwhile, demonic hordes, trapped for ages by a curse in the Underworld, await their release upon the sacrifice of the king–with plans for revenge on humanity. And so begins a heart-pounding adventure into a deadly future: a journey of loss, seduction, and betrayal. Ledarrin is joined by aging warriors and unlikely allies as they race to find the Creed of Kings, the ancient scrolls that can thwart the demons, but when Ledarrin’s true identity is revealed, he must choose between a destiny of blood–or soul.
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I believe if writing a good book is like catching a fly with chopsticks, writing a great book is like catching a gnat with pool cues. I leave it to readers to decide about Blood & Soul.I have no wife or dog, but I have cookies and I’m housebroken. I scribble by ear so don’t tell me my participle is dangling unless you want me to split your infinitive. I write heroic fantasy fiction. I build stories listening to the likes of Two Steps From Hell. I enjoy gritty fantasy and historical fiction without the gunpowder. I’m solidly an ambivert. I think that means I can live on the land or in water.
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- CONQUERING CHALLENGES – A Working Mother’s Story by Elizabeth Blake
About CONQUERING CHALLENGES – A Working Mother’s Story by Elizabeth Blake:As a single mother in 1973 in MN, I search for my professional passion in life. I take my three-year-old daughter’s hand and move to Hawaii where I become a Medical Technologist. While taking courses, I learn to stick needles into people while my hands shake. I work in the laboratory at Kapiolani-Children’s Medical Center which Queen Kapiolani began to help island women survive childbirth. I perform a fetal lung test on amniotic fluid of a pregnant Polynesian woman suffering from complications. Is the baby all right? A Hawaiian lady gives birth to a one and a half pound baby, but will they survive? Our lab plays a critical role in the trial of a Mafia hit-man of rape and attempted murder. Will he be convicted? I move to Arizona where I work in a free-standing emergency center. I help diagnose a philandering husband with gonorrhea. What is his wife’s strange reaction? A gunman enters the center looking for drugs. Does he get any? A male patient comes in with pain and says he has sickle cell anemia. Does he really, or, is he just a drug-seeker? A male with an infected eye leaves the Center. He tells me the receptionist wouldn’t check him in because he’s homeless. Does he go blind in that eye because he doesn’t get treatment? The emergency center closes and I’m transferred to the main hospital where the Trauma ER is located. I’m not used to the high tension and stress of trauma. The laboratory staff does not accept me. Trauma doctors scream during Blue Alerts. I help a nurse during a Blue Alert but the nurse doesn’t reciprocate and the doctor yells at me for not finishing faster. I discover a dead woman in a room and the doctor yells at me for not drawing blood. An ER nurse accuses me of stealing from a patient. I work on an AIDS patient who shot himself, with blood all over. Can I ever get used to this tense atmosphere? All in all, a 20-year career is covered. I also interweave my personal life as I balance single motherhood with work, and search for a soul-mate. The various vignettes in this memoir are humorous, dramatic, and poignant.
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Elizabeth Blake is an American Society of Clinical Pathologists certified Medical Technologist. She worked in the medical field for twenty years. Then she taught high school science in an inner-city school for four years before taking care of her invalid mother for eight years. She began her writing career by writing short stories about her ancestors and family, most of which sold to various magazines. She is married and has one daughter and three grandchildren, all of whom live in Arizona. She likes to swim, walk, travel with her husband, read, write, and play with her Chihuahua named Sahara.11/01/2014
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- Losing Heart
About Losing Heart:“I hate you. I hate you with all of Sylvia’s heart.”
Helen has waited for months for the heart that will save her life. After reaching out to the grieving mother of her donor heart, Helen realises that a second chance comes at a price. The price, she soon realises, is much steeper than she’d ever have chosen to pay.
There’s more than one way to break a heart. There’s more than one way to destroy a life…
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Donna is a longtime book lover and sometime book reviewer and has devoured books from an early age. She writes short (or long) stories as and when inspiration hits and is married to fantasy author David M. Brown (Fezariu’s Epiphany, A World Apart). She was also co-contributor to David’s book, Man vs Cat, a humorous look at life with six rambunctious rescue cats.Donna has lived in many different areas of the UK over the last 30-something years but has remained in Yorkshire for the past decade. She ardently disputes the misnomer that ‘It’s grim up north’. You can find Donna on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Goodreads, or visit her and her husband’s shared blog: B-Lines and Felines.
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- Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas by Maria Rodgers O’Rourke
About Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas by Maria Rodgers O’RourkeAttention women who love Christmas: If you’re feeling less-than-jolly this year, then this is the book for you! Order a copy and get the Kindle download for just 99 cents more!
Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas isn’t for those who aspire to be Martha Stewart or Mother Teresa, but for all women who fall somewhere in between. Enjoy the holidays with your mind, heart and soul intact. Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas’s simple formula combines daily reflections with space to write gratitude and to-do lists. You’ll relate to every page, and rediscover the holy in your holidays! Here’s what just a few readers have to say: “It saved my Christmas!” – Connie. “I liked the fact that the daily reflections were short and not overwhelming as it would be so easy to say ‘I don’t have time.'” – Marilyn. “This little book is so packed full of insight and reminders that it should be in the hands of every busy, holiday-stressed mom! It is a lovely, gentle reminder about the importance of relaxing and actually ENJOYING the holiday season. It is my new favorite hostess gift to bring anytime – because Christmas is always ‘just around the corner’!” – Renee
Someone you know needs to read this book, and you do, too! Buy a hardback edition on Amazon and get the Kindle edition for only 99 cents more. Make this year’s Christmas season a blessing, not a headache, for you and someone you love with Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas!
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