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1. First Generation Raw/ Raw Food Made Easy

   About First Generation Raw/ Raw Food Made Easy:

   First Generation Raw is a comprehensive guide to the raw food diet. Deborah Imani discovered the wonders of healing through raw and living foods when her health took a downward turn, and she is revealing her discoveries about the raw food lifestyle. The book includes recipes that are fun, easy, delicious and most of all nutritious, healing and energizing. The book also include chapters about the most frequently asked questions,sprouting and the numerous super foods regarding the raw food diet. First Generation Raw has been used as a guide for teaching in the United States and Europe to promote the vegan and vegetarian lifestyle. This book includes everything you need to know about transforming your life with foods that are living, natural, clean, unprocessed and nutritious for optimal health. This book has been used in the aid for weight loss, diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease just to name of few. Deborah Imani is a certified raw food chef and has been certified by the Living Foods Institute, Lov’n it Live Hue’ niversity, and the prestigious Matthew McKenny Institute.

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   Author Bio:
   For most of my life, I have struggled with weight, and I have tried every program imaginable to man to conquer this monster. I have tried fasting, weight watchers, quick weight loss, and the lemonade diet just to name a few…. to no avail. I would lose the weight and quickly regain it back. This recurring nightmare stuck as close to me as the fat on my ass and thighs. I began to accept the realization that life is not always fair and this was the hand that I was dealt.

   At age 40, I began experiencing health problems. My first major scare was an abnormal mammogram. The follow up exam required an additional mammogram along with a needle biopsy. I eagerly vowed to start a radical cleansing program to beat the odds of cancer, so I began a 20 day juice fast. During the 20 day fast, I became very interested in different modalities of holistic healing. I was inspired by the book “How to keep slim, healthy and young with juice fasting” by Paavo Airola.” This inspiration solidified my decision to continue the fast. The book not only teaches how to fast and what juices to fast with based on your condition, but also teaches how to properly eliminate toxins by using enemas and colonics. Colonics were not a new concept to me because I have been getting them since I was 34 years old, so I was very receptive to the process.

   I was also inspired by the book “You are your own healer” by Ann Wigmore. The book introduced raw and living foods to me. At the time I considered the book to be a bit radical, but interesting. The book talked about sprouting, wheatgrass, wheatgrass implants, energy soup and rejuvelac—all of which I had never heard. Ironically, that same week, I saw an advertisement in a local Atlanta paper that read, “Living Foods Institute teaches how to prepare 100 percent organic raw and living foods by, Brenda Cobb.” I felt a strong connection to the photo in the advertisement, and I was extremely impressed by Brenda’s before and after photo. Brenda overcame the early stages of breast and cervical cancer by eating raw foods. She healed herself and looked 20 years younger after only six months on the diet. She lost 72 pounds, her eye sight improved and her hair turn from gray back to its natural color.

   I decided to attend the free introduction seminar because I was inspired and intrigued. And even though I was still fasting at the time, my curiosity got the best of me, so I tasted some of the food. Surprisingly, the food was very good. The food had a lot of texture and flavor. The food was so good and the stories so inspiring, I had no other choice but to enroll into the next class.

   I had about two weeks to prepare for the class. My juice fast had successfully ended and my biopsy for the breast exam came back thankfully benign, so I was feeling good and mentally ready to start the raw food class. The 10 day course taught detoxification, healing, and rebuilding health from the inside out. I learned 50 healing, gourmet and easy recipes and I learned about wheatgrass juice and its purification properties. I was introduced to various types of kitchen items such as the dehydrator, the spiralizer and the excaliber, high powered blender. Finally, I was awarded a certificate of completion.

   After completing the class, I was feeling a lot better because I had lost 15 pounds on the juice fast and an additional 14 pounds from the raw food class. I had more clarity and energy and I felt more healthy from the inside out. I was creating and inventing all types of recipes based on my new knowledge, and I even got my late mother involved. She lost 10 pounds the first week. I was on a roll. I was dedicated for three consecutive months and abruptly hit a brick wall when I succumbed to HOULIHAN’S RESTAURANT in Augusta Mall. I ate fried shrimp and french fries and was dog sick when I got home. I weakly regained my composure and continued my new diet, but it was getting harder and harder to stay faithful. I slowly started incorporating more cooked foods into my diet until seven months later, I was fully engulfed in the bosom of the SAD (standard American diet). I had been conquered and I waffled for the next several years on raw, vegan and meat.

   I had no allegiance to a focused healthy diet and once again my health took a turn for the worst.

   While working, I started experiencing shortness of breath and dizziness. It really escalated one day while on an international flight. I threw up and fainted 4 times. Luckily, the flight was light with passengers and I had an entire row to myself. I remember feeling extremely weak right before passing out. When I woke up, I was covered in vomit. I was extremely alarmed, but I got the strength to cleanse myself and the surrounding area only to repeat this pattern three more times. As soon as I got home, I went to the doctor and was told I had fibroid tumors (about the size of a six month pregnant woman) and I was severely anemic. I was prescribed medication immediately.

   My anemia and fibroids began to take a toll on me and it was becoming more and more difficult to work and exercise as I was so weak and tired I could hardly function. My fibroids were still escalating in size until finally, with great hesitation, I had a hysterectomy. I thought about this for a year before going forward, but I must say, it was the best decision for me because I began to feel better immediately. I know deep down inside I could have avoided this drama had my diet consisted of more healthy foods.

   Even though I felt better, I started experiencing weight gain and hot flashes. The weight was extremely hard to rid, so I decided to incorporate more vegan and raw foods into my diet. I slowly started to lose the extra weight. I began a 30 day raw food challenge and did extremely well. I lost 25 pounds and felt better than I have ever felt. I incorporated daily exercise and meditation to keep me focused and energized. I prepared a lot of raw foods on the weekend for the upcoming week. This method kept me from cheating and snacking throughout the day. I made sure to prepare desserts as well as entrees so that I would not feel like I was missing anything. I drank green smoothies every morning and always had a large salad for lunch. I made sure to drink 80 ounces of spring water with lemon juice daily because it helped to flush poisons and toxins.

   Surprisingly around this time, I noticed that the hot flashes had subsided dramatically. I began to feel like I could conquer the world and I wanted to shout it out to everyone. This new found inspiration led me to this book.

   With much clarity, I began to jot down recipes for family and friends. Their positive feedback was one of many inspirations for this book. I have always wanted to aid humanity in some way, so this book is my contribution to an alternative method for a healthy lifestyle. I believe we are put on this earth to learn lessons, create experiences and aid humanity. I feel the more people know, the better choices they make. I challenge the reader to try the four week meal plan.

   Finally, I must admit that from time to time, I dabble in a little cooked vegan food because I enjoy a lot of the recipes. At this time in my life, I am about 30 percent vegan and 70 percent raw because that works for me. The key to life is finding what works for you and living it to the fullest. I want to thank you for experiencing this journey with me and hope that you have as much success as I have. May God continue to bless each and every one of you.

   Sincerely, Deborah Imani

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2. Yesterday Road by Kevin Brennan

   About Yesterday Road by Kevin Brennan:

   In this “coming-of-OLD-age” tale, Jack Peckham finds himself on a journey into his distant past, helped along the way by Joe Easterday, a young man with Down syndrome, and Ida Pevely, a middle-aged waitress with her own mountain of regrets. Jack has a hundred grand in cash that he can’t explain, since he can’t remember yesterday much less forty years ago. Setting out from Northern California for “points east,” he gets lost, carjacked, abandoned, and arrested, but he’s always homing in on the one object of his inner drive — home. With humor and plenty of unexpected turns, Kevin Brennan’s second novel is a lyrical and poignant story of memory and identity, of how it is the whole of experience — pain and regret along with love and pleasure — that gives life its fullness. We all tow our histories behind us as we make our way down Yesterday Road.

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   Author Bio:
   Kevin Brennan, author of Parts Unknown (William Morrow) has rung in the new year in Red Square, performed as a busker in the London Underground, wandered the California desert, and auditioned unsuccessfully for a chance at stardom on reality television. He and his wife live in Northern California.

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3. Exit Strategy by L.V. Lewis

   About Exit Strategy by L.V. Lewis:

   Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?

   Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.

   As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha’s youthful indiscretions or Tristan’s un-reconciled feelings for a former sub derail their tenuous arrangement?

   In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada’s paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.

   Nothing Ventured…

   Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.

   …Nothing Gained!

   Will this be the end of the indecent arrangement that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?

   Sensual, suspenseful, and still infused with the riotous levity of Triple-G and Fairy Hoochie Mama, the Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy departs from full parody with a distinctive take on love, loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and acceptance.

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   Author Bio:
   L. V. Lewis is a married, mother of four who lives in South Georgia and works in the Florida Panhandle. A voracious reader since Kindergarten, Lewis loves nothing more than to curl up with a good book and a glass of wine. Now that Lewis has young adults who think they don’t need their parents anymore, she has taken up the time-draining career of writing. Her love for writing is only eclipsed by her love for her family.

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4. Into the Abyss (Book Two of The Beautiful-Ugly Trilogy) by James Snyder

   About Into the Abyss (Book Two of The Beautiful-Ugly Trilogy) by James Snyder:

   Her parents are dead. Her only sibling, her brother Eric, has been taken from her. And after her first experience with a foster family goes horribly wrong, nine-year-old Connelly Pierce doesn’t know who, if anyone, she can trust. Her caseworker, a ditzy ex-actress named Lillian, tries her best to help. But an ever-wiser Connelly sees that Lillian can barely take care of herself, let alone help her with her ever-worsening situation.

   Then, a chance encounter with her brother at a San Francisco emergency room changes everything. Eric tells her that his own foster parents have divorced, kicking him back into “the system” just like her. When she later learns that Eric has disappeared, running away to New York City, now fourteen-year-old Connelly knows what she has to do. She’s going to run away as well. She’s going to New York to find Eric. And then, together, the both of them will have the family that the system could never provide. But what she doesn’t know, but begins to understand the deeper she descends into her darkening journey, is that quests of this magnitude, often come with consequences to match.

   Book Two of the Beautiful-Ugly Trilogy

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   Author Bio:
   James Snyder was born in Memphis, Tennessee and fell in love with the cadence and sound of storytelling as a child, listening to the meandering tales of his Southern grandmothers and great aunts. While still a child, his family moved to Napa Valley, California where he attended middle and high school, and began taking writing classes at the local college. He left after a year to join the military, and was a soldier with a tactical mobile operations unit in Germany. It was there, while pulling a Harz mountaintop guard duty one night during a snowstorm, he had the chance encounter with another soldier that ultimately became the genesis for his military thriller, American Warrior.

   His second novel is the suspense thriller, Desolation Run. In addition, he has just released the YA trilogy, The Beautiful-Ugly.

   “Berlin Diaries” is his blog at JamesSnyder.net where he further discusses the backgrounds of his writings.

   He currently lives in Texas.

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5. Kyrathaba Rising

   About Kyrathaba Rising:

   170 years from now, aliens decimate Earth. A relative handful of humans survive, hidden in deep subterranean enclaves that offer some protection from surface radiation. Although the main attack is now seven years in the past, one alien ship remains in orbit, and the conquerors are not content merely to let humanity lick its wounds.

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   Author Bio:
   William Bryan Miller lives in south-central Kentucky with wife Susan, and their three children: Hannah, Grant, and Emma. Two other children live nearby.

   Bryan and Susan’s two dogs are as different as night and day. The five year old miniature schnauzer is of serious mien, typically stationing herself at the door, ready to bark an alert and intercept any “intruders”. She also is self-appointed breaker-upper of spats, wrestling, or anything else among family members that makes a level of noise above that of normal conversation.

   Their two year old Boston Terrier, Millie, has personality in spades. Her favorite activities include defecating in the house (yes, she still does this), begging for food at supper time, and cuddling. She is much more the lapdog than the schnauzer, Savy.

   Bryan works as a licensed professional clinical counselor. His career in mental health treatment has, so far, spanned fourteen years. He works with children, adolescents, and adults on issues spanning the entirety of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition.

   Bryan is an avid hobbyist computer programmer. His preferred development language is C# (using Microsoft’s free Visual Studio Express 2012), though he has also done some work in Visual Basic, PHP, and AutoIt. Most of Bryan’s products, thus far, have been donationware (free, but please consider donating via PayPal), and can be viewed and downloaded from this page. You may also be interested in viewing Bryan’s entries over the last few years in DonationCoder’s annual N.A.N.Y. event. There are fourteen applications available for free download. No nag screens, no adverts, just fully functional programs. Check them out!

   Bryan attended undergraduate college at Western Kentucky University, from 1989 to 1994 (he wishes to point out that it took five years to get his B.A. in Psychology only because he switched majors three times, and blew most of one semester due to love-sickness). He went on to earn a Master of Counseling degree at Lindsey Wilson College in their CACREP approved graduate counseling program, one of the first (and still one of the best) in the United States. Bryan later obtained his LPCC credential and has been practicing as a licensed counselor for over a decade.

   Bryan’s wife, Susan, is a registered nurse. She works for a local home healthcare agency, making home visits to care for her beloved patients.

   Bryan, his wife, and their children attend a local Methodist church, where they remain actively involved in Sunday School, Worship, and Children’s Ministry. If you aren’t familiar with evangelical Christianity and want to learn more, download my free program, Kyrathasoft Christian Prayer Minder program for Windows XP and later editions, which contains lots of good information, as well as providing you a means of recording, passwording, and protecting your prayers in a journaling format over time.

   In addition to computer programming in C#, Bryan also enjoys reading science- and fantasy-fiction, writing, hiking, and camping. He maintains an interest in the martial arts, and earned his 1st-degree brown belt in Shaolin-Do at the age of fifteen. Since then, he has added to his arsenal a machete within easy reach next to his bed, and a .357 Magnum revolver kept in his car’s glove compartment, loaded with hollow-points.

   Some of Bryan’s favorite authors are Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Raymond E. Feist, Anne Rice, T. H. Lain, Greg Keyes, Stephen R. Donaldson, Neal Asher, George R. R. Martin and Gregory Benford.

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6. Sweet Ophelia

   About Sweet Ophelia:

   Warren August is down and out in Hollywood, flat broke and living on the streets. When he stumbles onto a movie set in search of food, he sets in motion a chain of events that could finally turn his life around. He might even win back his beloved Ophelia. Sweet, sweet Ophelia, who broke his heart three years before. But can he hold it together long enough to redeem himself? And will she ever take him back?

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   Author Bio:
   Kenneth Rosenberg is a California writer whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Surfer Magazine and other publications. Kenneth attended UCLA where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

   Kenneth’s first self-published novel, “No Cure for the Broken Hearted,” was a number one bestselling romance on Amazon UK. He is also the author of the suspense novel, “Natalia,” and the non-fiction “Memoirs of a Starving Artist.”

   When he is not writing, Kenneth spends his time surfing, snowboarding and traveling the world on a shoestring.

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7. The People Factor

   About The People Factor:

   The relationships in your life will make the difference between happiness and misery.

   The right relationship will launch you to the heights of achievement; the wrong one will tether you to mediocrity. Your relationships will be your sources of greatest joy and your venues of greatest pain. Van Moody says, “When people show you who they are, pay attention.”

   If you hunger for a richer, more fulfilling life, your Relational IQ is the place to start. If you put The People Factor principles to work, you will become stronger, happier, and healthier in all your relationships. You will be a better spouse, a better friend, a better boss, a better parent, and a better person.

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   Author Bio:
   Moody has lectured in the classrooms of Harvard and Oxford Universities where he, himself, has also studied to further his quest for knowledge. Among his numerous affiliations, Moody is an associate trainer in Japan for EQUIP, the world’s largest and most comprehensive grassroots leadership, personal growth and development organization founded by Dr. John C. Maxwell. He also serves on the board of directors for Joel Osteen’s Champions Network.

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8. At Her Beck and Call Part II: Female Domination Series by Mistress Benay

   

   Mistress Benay is back with Part II of “At Her Beck and Call”, her exciting new novel where She answers many of the questions which readers sent to her after her first book was published. In Part II of “At Her Beck and Call”, we find out much more about her personal slave Troy, and She gives us in-depth descriptions of the many Training and Punishment techniques She uses with him. The Mistress also describes for us the Male Chastity Techniques which She uses to keep her slave attentive and obedient at all times, as well as helpful tips for Women who have thought about introducing Male Chastity into their relationship with their husband or partner. Mistress Benay takes us into her Dungeon as She describes, with all the exciting details, some of her Double Domination Sessions with Mistress Jill and Mistress Susan, her recent Cuckolding of her slave Troy, and She lays out a step by step guide for Females who want to take control of their Marriage or Relationship, and have their male kneeling at that feet, ready at their Beck and Call. If you enjoyed her first book, you will absolutely love this bigger follow up novel by one of America’s most Exciting Female Domination Authors. Only a Dominatrix with Mistress Benay’s experience could present Female Domination and Male Chastity in such a simple to understand, Sensual, and Exciting manner.

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9. Lucy The Cat By Pertti A Pietarinen

   About Lucy The Cat By Pertti A Pietarinen:

   Do you like cats? In this illustrated children’s book Lucy The Cat” (ISBN-13: 978-1494444136) you will meet Lucy, the curious, gentle, cute Sacred Birman cat. Especially if you are a cat lover you will enjoy this book and it is excellent reading for children from 3 to 8 years. After reading this book you will certainly love Lucy The Cat as much as I do. When Lucy was a small kitten she had to move away from her cat mama. Now she lives happily with her human foster mom and dad. She is always very busy because she wants to help her mom and dad in all kind of daily chores. And of course she is the boss in the house, she has the final say. Lucy loves everyone and wants to be your friend. Let Lucy tell her own story with beautiful pictures and her own words. Meow to everyone!

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   Author Bio:
   Pertti A Pietarinen was born in Polvijärvi, Finland and studied mathematics and computer sciences at the University in Helsinki, Finland. For thirty-eight years he worked in international ICT firms, e.g. Nokia, in Finland, U.S.A and Japan. During his busy business career years he always had a dream to start writing books.. He has been an author since 2010. His first illustrated children’s book in English “Lucy The Cat” (ISBN-13: 978-1494444136) was published in February 2014 as e-book and print and is available in all Amazon stores and in other Web stores. His illustrated fairy tale book “Kissa Kiiskinen sankarina ja muita satuja” in Finnish published in March 2014. His three first books are available only in Finnish and they are Christian genre. Lucy The Cat is the first book in a sequel. He has various book projects in English and in Finnish WIP.

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10. Extinction by Ronald Meyer

    

    Extinction by Ronald Meyer

    Extinction is on sale at 99 cents for a limited time only.

    Extinction, brings together the leading edges of both science and spirituality in an engaging thriller. It is the first biotech spiritual thriller, and is designed so that the reader experiences his own spiritual journey as he follows the protagonist Dr. Kira Taylor’s fictional one. Forces of good and evil race to find the Terminator gene. Can Kira develop a higher level of consciousness in time to save humankind from extinction?

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11. Good Faith by Liz Crowe

    

    About Good Faith by Liz Crowe

    NOW JUST .99 on Kindle and Nook for a LIMITED TIME!
    Critically acclaimed, full length, new adult fiction! Good Faith is the final novel of the best selling STEWART REALTY series but CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE.
    It’s also a great way to snag the final installment ON SALE while you’re reading (or about to read) this amazing series.
    Back Cover Blurb:
    Strong personalities—volatile marriages—stressful careers—conflicting goals—difficult children.

    Contemporary challenges facing close-knit families form the crucible that forges a new generation.

    Brandis, Gabriel, Blair and Lillian emerge from the entanglement of their parents’ longstanding emotional connections, but one’s star will burn brighter – and hotter – than the others.

    With a personality that consumes everyone and everything in its path, Brandis Gordon struggles to maintain control as he ricochets between wild success and miserable failure. His life proves how even the strongest relationships can be strangled by the ties that bind.

    Brandis and Gabe Frietag are as close as any brothers, bound by both loyalty and fierce rivalry. The strength of their ultimate alliance is tested time and again by Brandis’ choices.

    Companions from birth, Blair Frietag and Lillian Robinson share loner tendencies, but come to rely on each other through adolescence. As they mature, both are forced to confront their feelings for the men they knew as boys.

    Somewhere between the tangle of good memories and bad, independence and addiction, optimism and despair, the intertwined destinies of the new generation finally collide, leaving some stronger, others broken, but none unscathed.

    As a chronicle of three families navigating the minefields of teen years into the turbulence of young adulthood, Good Faith holds up a literary mirror to contemporary life with joys and temptations unflinchingly reflected. Its fresh, real-life voice portrays the sheer volatility of human nature, complete with the hopes, dreams, and unexpected setbacks of marriage, parenthood and “coming of age.”

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