About Mia and the Hummingbird by Nancy Carlisle

Mia and the Hummingbird is a beautifully illustrated story that tells a parallel story of a little girl and a hummingbird. The audience for this positive and hopeful story is K-4th grade. In the story, Mia, a young girl immigrates to a new country and learns to accept a new life. She sees the hummingbird building her nest for her babies and thinks that she and the bird are similar as they learn to adapt to their new homes. Mia and the Hummingbird includes information about environmental and social reasons for immigration, our changing climate, persistence to adapt to a new home and facts about hummingbirds. Included is a glossary about these issues, a bibliography, and references.
Nancy Carlisle is an author, illustrator and retired architect and manager. She writes hopeful books for kids that interweave facts and fiction about the environment and global responsibility. During her 38 year career, as an architect and researcher, her focus was on the environment. She led work nationally and internationally on sustainable and energy efficient buildings and communities and won awards for collaboratively designing award-winning sustainable buildings, a laboratory campus, and work with others to improve the energy efficiency of U.S. laboratories.

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Nancy Carlisle is an author, illustrator and retired architect and manager. She writes hopeful books for kids that interweave facts and fiction about the environment and global responsibility. During her 38 year career, as an architect and researcher, her focus was on the environment. She led work nationally and internationally on sustainable and energy efficient buildings and communities and won awards for collaboratively designing award-winning sustainable buildings, a laboratory campus, and work with others to improve the energy efficiency of U.S. laboratories.

Since retiring from her career, she has worked as a volunteer teaching English as a second language and mentoring first generation college students and she is a strong advocate against plastic waste.

She enjoys the outdoors and international travel. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writer and Illustrators and the Society of Environmental Journalists. She continues to study Illustrating and French.

About Featured Book: From The Moon I Watched Her by Emily English Medley

MAY 6, 2021 KINDLE DEAL OF THE DAY

Named by BuzzFeed as one of Winter 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Books and Top 10 New Books To Add To Your Reading List!

It’s hot, Texas, and the year 1977. Jimmy Carter is in office.

The Walters are a good, churchgoing family who stand for holiness, purity, grace, and Christian love. Except when they don't.

Family patriarch and fanatic preacher, Victor Black, knows many things for sure, including the fact that abortion is murder and should be punishable by death—a position he defends live in a televised debate. Black’s youngest granddaughter, Stephanie Walters, sits in the front row wearing her frilly Sunday dress, listening carefully to every word.

But it doesn't take long for cracks to appear in the Walters upstanding family façade. Stephanie's mother, Lily, begins telling unsettling stories about having a baby who died, and her story keeps changing. It’s clear Lily has a secret—one that righteous Victor Black would kill her for if he knew. This family secret burns more than the lies . . .

From the Moon I Watched Her is a coming-of-age tale about the skeletons that lurk under church pews and the little girl who goes looking for and finds them. Amid the dark and quirky terrain of camp revivals, burning crosses, and public shunnings, one child from the Southern Churches of Christ cries out.

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Home Sweet Home Page by Carma Spence

There are 5 Deadly mistakes plaguing the websites of authors, speakers, and coaches. Making any one of them can mean fewer book sales, fewer speaking gigs, and fewer coaching clients. Home Sweet Home Page and the exclusive Readers Club all readers gain access to will help you annihilate those mistakes, so that you sell more books, book more gig, and enroll more clients with your website — all without having to learn coding or web design!

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Carma Spence helps entrepreneurs, small business owners, and mid-level executives write, publish and market a non-fiction book based on the knowledge between their ears even if they’ve never written before and are crazy busy. She has 20+ years of marketing and public relations experience and is the author of five other books, including the award-winning bestseller Public Speaking Super Powers.

Keyport Cthulhu by Armand Rosamilia

Set in the New Jersey fishing village of Keyport, where the Esoteric Order of Dagon has been planning for the awakening of the Deep One all these years…

Who can survive when Cthulhu rises?

Includes several bonus stories:

the steampunk tale “Rats In The Cellars”
“Cthulhunicorn” co-written with Katelynn Rosamilia
“Lockbox” previously unreleased
And two Lovecraftian tales from author Chuck Buda: “The Terrible Old Man of Keyport” and “Dark Waters of Sin”

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Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he writes when he’s not sleeping. He’s happily married to a woman who helps his career and is supportive, which is all he ever wanted in life…

He’s written over 200 stories that are currently available, including crime thrillers, supernatural thrillers, horror, zombies, contemporary fiction, nonfiction and more. His goal is to write a good story and not worry about genre labels.

He not only runs two successful podcasts…

Arm Cast Podcast – interviewing fellow authors as well as filmmakers, musicians, etc.

The Mando Method Podcast with co-host Chuck Buda – talking about writing and publishing

But he owns the network they’re on, too! Project Entertainment Network

He also loves to talk in third person… because he’s really that cool.

About Dragonkind Dawn of Prophecy by Kenneth L Powell

People from a planet called Stelladahn have landed on Earth just as humans start creating their first civilizations. At first, the people seem friendly enough, promoting peace and sharing their incredible magic with the humans of the world. While the Dragonian’s look like any other person, they have the ability to transform into towering beasts known as dragons. They carve out a canyon and create their capital in the middle of a magically created lake and claim their own piece of land out of an uninhabited region of Earth.
A terrible tragedy during the birth of the Dragonian King’s son causes the civilization to enslave humanity and begin despotic rule over the planet. The dragon’s hold on the land surrounding their black castle Ellende begins to tighten as the King’s closest allies start to question his motives and sanity. Fourteen seasons later a plot against the King to free the humans begins to unfold. At the center of this plot is the young, untrained Prince. The plot will force the Prince to learn what it truly means to be free and what it means to fight for those who can’t.

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Raised in the northwest of the United States throughout his high school and college career. He released his first book in his 37th year of life after it festered in his brain for more than two decades. The first iterations of the book were vastly different from what the story is now. It wasn't until he finally sat down and wrote that the story actually took shape. He feels that his years of experience were the true catalyst to him attempting to write what the story is now. The first edit of the book was only a little over 200 pages and it took five edits to finally get the book to where it is now. He is dedicated to this series, which he's planned out seven books, with a spin off series taking shape with a character from the last two books. He has no idea where this path will take him, but he's excited to head down that path.

About The Greatest Good by Craig N. Hooper

Assigned to protect the California governor’s son, former operative turned federal agent Garrison Chase gets more than he bargained for when his house is broken into and a mysterious gunman makes an attempt on the boy’s life. A thrilling, murder-for-hire conspiracy.

Over 500 5-star reviews on Amazon. The Greatest Good is on sale for 99 ¢ from May 6th-May 10th, 2021. The other two books in the series are also on sale for only 99 ¢!

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Craig Hooper was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Growing up, he played sports and read action adventure and suspense novels. After earning a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from McMaster University, Craig left Canada and moved to Hawaii to pursue a lifelong dream of surfing.

After years of traveling and surfing, Craig settled in Southern California where he earned two masters’ degrees and began adjunct teaching. While teaching part-time, he wrote his first standalone novel, a religious thriller.

In 2006, Craig, along with his wife Janine, moved to Central California where he began work on his first book in the suspense series starring Garrison Chase. Years later, he landed a publishing contract for THE GREATEST GOOD. When Craig’s not busy writing his next book in the series, you’ll find him surfing or hanging out on the beach with his wife and three children.

About Home Waters by Elizabeth Devlin

On windswept Narragansett Bay, a renowned oceanographer and a non-profit expert—linked by two little girls—fight environmental disaster and their own demons.

He has a deep hole in his heart … can his fight to protect the ocean fill it?

World-famous oceanographer Becket Fallon plunged himself into work after his son’s death. But just when he discovers toxic algae threatens the entire East Coast, his sharp tongue costs him his research funding. And as he struggles to find a solution, the three-year-old grandchildren he’s felt duty-bound to avoid show up on his doorstep… in the arms of their attractive step-aunt Lainey Carmichael.

When he refuses to take in the orphaned twins, Lainey makes him an irresistible offer: Let them stay for the summer, and she’ll secure fresh sponsors. Stunned when she succeeds, he loses himself in the environmental battle. He’s terrified he’ll only repeat past mistakes if he lets his new houseguests wriggle their way into his life and heart.

Can Becket save the ocean he loves … and the family he never felt he deserved?

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Elizabeth Devlin refuses to admit how long ago she decided to write novels, but it was a LONG time ago. She took several detours along the way, serving at US embassies around the world, earning a D.Phil. at Oxford, teaching senior military officers at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, and building her dream house with a view of the water (she needed a place to write, didn't she?).

In her contemporary novel, Home Waters, Elizabeth shares her love of the ocean, family, suspense, and a chance at a happy ever after. She hopes to use her love of baseball in a book one day soon. When she isn’t writing or reading JD Robb books (yet again), she is active in several writing groups and runs a charitable non-profit foundation.

About The Matchmaker’s Catch

Zoe Belle, owner of Denver’s First Three Dates Matchmaking Service, is *this* close to a new herd of wealthy, romance hungry clientele. All she has to do is prove she can handle a high profile client with grace and discretion. Who better than Denver’s most difficult, and romance challenged bachelor, star quarterback Noah “Stone” MacCallion? She just needs Noah to go on three successful dates, then leave a sparkling review, and her tiny matchmaking business will thrive. Unfortunately, Mr. MacCallion doesn’t seem inclined to play ball. After fourteen of her finest matches, he has yet to go on a single date. Instead, he insists Zoe go on the three dates with him. Despite her strict “No Dating the Clientele” rule, desperate times do call for desperate measures. She knows his dating profile; even though they’re the complete opposite of a good match, she can become anything for three dates if it means saving her business. Yet even with all the facts at hand, dating Noah is anything but what she expects…

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Frieda J. Downing live in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, three kids four pets, and a family of bears down in the canyon. She loves to mountain bike, loses her coffee cup daily, and never has the laundry caught up. She also writes light hearted romantic adventure because life is surprising, love is complicated, and romance can be terribly awkward.

About An Empire of Geese and Hats

Morton Plonsky is certain he should be dead.

And yet now he sits in a foreign desert as an automobile sized goose soars overhead. His former student, Ashley — the person he is certain just murdered him — stands before him grinning maniacally in a desolate land dotted with unexplained corpses. This is no situation for a history teacher, and the unlikely beginning of his path to emperor.

Forced to follow Ashley and her upsettingly vague heroic prophecy, Morton will travel this land, known simply as the Someplace Else, in the hopes of fulfilling his fate. He must seek the emperor of this new world and use all of his cunning to end the three thousand year war between the bird riding Goosemen and the menacing Empire – all in the hopes of being granted passage home.
And his unexpected ascension to emperor? Well, that’s another story all together, and one likely to reveal the true masters of this terrible place.
Combining the fantasy satire of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld with the sci-fi absurdity of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, An Empire of Geese and Hats is a darkly comedic story not to be missed.

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I suppose I should tell you a bit about me. I make my home in Tampa, FL with my wife, Ashley and our weirdly large number of cats, dogs and chickens. By trade, I am a teacher (yes, Morton is mostly me.) My journey as a writer began in 2020, when the world shut down, and working from home became a reality. In that boring, boring time, the Someplace Else was born. In my life as a reader, I’ve always had a taste for science fiction and fantasy, especially those which have a sense of humor. In no particular order, my biggest influences are Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Frank Herbert's Dune and Stephen King’s Dark Tower series.

About Sporting Curves: A Curvy Girl Novella

Sporting Curves is a curvy girl novella about a divorcee who dreams about and adores her son’s soccer coach. Jenna is curvy and Jason is chiseled. Will this sculpted soccer star make a voluptuous vixen’s dreams a reality? You’ll have to see.

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Diemme Black is an author of sexy romance fiction. She lives on the West Coast, has been married to her husband for over fifteen years, and is still madly in love. She is inked and curvy and likes it that way. Diemme likes to travel to all different beach destinations, and loves the sun and the sand. She thoroughly enjoys reading other romance and erotica novels. Diemme Black also has written Inked My Life (Part I of The Tattooed Heart Series), which was published in 2014, Rocking Me (Book I of The Rokk Me Hard Series), which was published in 2015, and Strumming Me (Book II of The Rokk Me Hard Series), which was published in 2016.

About God Is In the Doubt by David A. Lloyd

Growing up in the church and seeing many acts of faith does not shield against doubt. David recounts personal miracles and repeated assaults on his faith leading to a spiritual meltdown.
In a desperate attempt to know what is true, David fights for knowledge as his faith crumbles. He takes an honest look at infertility, child loss, and suicide to buck the cultural norms.
“God Is In the Doubt is a reading experience like unto a visit to an Amusement Park. You’ll reach your hands toward the heavens as you take the drop with David on the rollercoaster of the human experience. […] But like any ride, there is the moment you get on and the moment you get off of it. So it is with each chapter and the experiences you’ll have.” – Tony Nolan

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David, a math and computer nerd since puberty, lives and works from his Atlanta home with his wife of 30 years and their daughter. Whenever he is not home, he is often camping around North Georgia or pondering Einstein’s time dilation formula while at the beach. Despite long hours writing software and books, David keeps his faith and family the most important part of his life.

About Royally Wild

They thought life in the jungle was hard, but that was nothing compared to the media circus that’s about to begin.
Can love to conquer all?
Find out in this scandalously funny, sweet but sexy second installment of The Crazy Royal Love Series…

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Melanie Summers made a name for herself with her debut novel, Break in Two, a contemporary romance that cracked the Top 10 Paid on Amazon in both the UK and Canada, and the top 50 Paid in the USA. Her highly acclaimed Full Hearts Series was picked up by both Piatkus Entice (a division of Hachette UK) and HarperCollins Canada. Her first three books have been translated into Czech and Slovak by EuroMedia. Since 2013, she has written and published eleven novels and three novellas. She has sold over a quarter of a million books around the globe.

About Listening Skills Training: How to Truly Listen, Understand, and Validate for Better and Deeper Connections

Discover the Art, Psychology, and Techniques to Become an Amazing Listener

Did you know that you could change the entire quality of your life just by focusing on one simple action you do every single day? You’ll progress quicker in your career. Your relationships with your co-workers, friends, lovers, and parents, and even with passing strangers, can improve dramatically. You can open your mind to learn new skills and information in a way you’ve never experienced before.

What is this change?
It’s the change of learning how to listen to others properly.

James will take you on a journey into the science and psychology that goes into listening while providing you with powerful, actionable tips, so you can develop the skill as fast and as effectively as possible.

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James Williams is a bestselling author, specializing in topics such as confidence, emotional intelligence, communication and other topics that once mastered have the power to transform your life, become more successful, and live life with more fulfillment. You will find that his books have a straight-to-the-point approach. He’s passionate about sharing tips and resources on self-improvement through a combination of science-based research and personal experience.

After struggling with shyness and social anxiety throughout his life, he decided to study various psychological techniques and exercises to try to understand what it was that made someone confident, assertive, and emotionally intelligent. This helped James overcome extreme shyness, build successful relationships, become a bestselling author, and live a happier life. These experiences propelled him on the path of lifelong learning.

When not writing, James likes to read, surf, and explore the world for new experiences.

About Deification

The sky has opened. Angels descend to earth in fiery fury. Some claim to have seen these creatures, others claim to have been touched by them. Those with psychic abilities find their gifts magnified by the spiritual presences rising from Hell and falling from Heaven. Yes, the end is near.Or is it the beginning?After a life of violence and crime, gang-leader Torrence provides meaning to her groups’ destructive endeavors through discovery of Conrad, a once-possessed orator of demonic doctrines.Destroying virtues for the sake of sin, Torrence leads her band of bad-boy brethren to murder, blood sacrifice, and supernatural ritual in an effort to restore her dark savior’s powers so the apocalypse can be an unholy paradise.

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Living inside her imagination and backed up by a BA in English from Penn State, Brooklynn Dean is only storytelling. She is an avid reader, an award-winning author, and lover of linguistics in any form. However, she is not a fan of traditional heroes, traditional characters, or traditional endings. Fair warning to those who like Happily Ever After, you typically won't find it here. Instead, Brooklynn uses her writing to explore various aspects of humanity, and she allows her characters to tell her their stories. She goes as far as to claim they're real people she's mentally connected to; people who exist, just not in this realm. Reality be as damned as her characters!

About Great Quotes For Gardeners

In “Great Quotes For Gardeners,” you’ll find hundreds of quotations aimed at inspiring those who enjoy and love gardens — and that’s just about everyone.

“Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas.” — Elizabeth Murray

The gardener is always learning, often pausing to contemplate life, growth, and change. For everyone who spends time in a garden, as Jane Hawking says, it’s an enduring and rewarding pastime. It’s an art that involves experimenting with and sharing creativity, colors, and produce — a process which sustains givers and receivers alike.

To be a gardener, according to Vita Sackwell-West, is to live in hope. From the dazzling return of perennials in spring to the excitement of looking at glossy seed catalogs and gardening websites in mid-winter, that hope is a year-round exercise.

“To dwell is to garden,” wrote Michael Heidegger. For so many of us, life just wouldn’t be the same without getting a little dirty from time to time. Getting our hands into the good earth and encouraging something to grow and blossom — that adds flavor and fragrance to a home regardless of its size or location.

The quotes in this book come from novelists and poets, philosophers and statespeople, artists and entertainers. Most important, the quotes come from gardeners — all of them providing charming and thoughtful passages and inspiration for generations of growth and growers, and in that sense they’re all gardeners.

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Craig Hlas is a freelance writer and editor who enjoys gardens and gardening.