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1. There’s an App for That

   About There’s an App for That:

   For the last 150 million years, we’ve longed for a time when all of human knowledge and wisdom would be at our fingertips, so we could finally live up to our potentials and be the geniuses we think we are, be able to out-smart our kids when they ask for money, and know what to do when the loves of our lives scream, “If you really loved me, you’d know what I’m mad about,” just to name a few. And with the Internet and mobile devises, there are now apps for all that. However, there are some unintended consequences.

   Find out why this is the most interesting, and fun, time to be alive.

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   Author Bio:
   Ed Toolis is SWM comedy writer, who loves moonlit walks along the Chicago Lake Front and all that jazz, and who only recently figured out why his career hasn’t taken off in forty years. He never got married! If he had, he would have had an endless supply of comic material. So if you are single and will never be satisfied with his performance in bed, have friends and in-laws who will always think he’s the worst decision you’ve ever made, and have kids who will constantly drive him nuts, please ladies, contact him.

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2. Watchers of the Night

   About Watchers of the Night:

   From the outside, Paul Bennett appears to be an ordinary high school senior from small-town Kentucky. But Paul has a secret. He possesses an extraordinary gift which allows him to leave his body during the night and go anywhere, see anything—unseen, undetected.

   Unbeknownst to Paul, he is not alone in his ability–there are others who can do what he can, and they belong to Astralis, a government agency funded by the United Nations who train people like Paul to become spies. When one of their scouts recognizes Paul for what he is, he is offered a place in the agency.

   Paul makes a new life at Astralis, forging new friendships and inadvertently creating new enemies. Through the mentoring of the agency’s director, Dr. Abrams, Paul finds a place where he finally feels he belongs.

   Unfortunately, Astralis is an organization under siege from within. Not everyone feels Dr. Abrams is a fit director, and some are willing to do anything to make a change of leadership–even murder.

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   Author Bio:
   Originally from Michigan, Matthew Keith now lives in Kentucky with his wife and two children.

   In his life, Matthew has been a restaurateur and a writer. He’s never been a very good dresser, and is usually the quiet guy at the party. He loves good food, good company, and above all else a good story.

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3. Loveyoubye: Holding Fast, Letting Go, And Then There’s The Dog

   About Loveyoubye: Holding Fast, Letting Go, And Then There’s The Dog:

   Rossandra White, secure in marriage to the American man of her dreams took up writing to quiet the voices from her past back home in Africa. But her world fell apart when she walked into her Laguna Beach home one day to find that her husband of twenty-five years had disappeared—leaving behind only a cryptic, hastily written note on the kitchen counter as an explanation.

   In South Africa, land of her birth, White’s brother—whose physical and emotional disabilities have stricken her with a lifetime of guilt—needs her help and she answers the call. When White returns home to California, her beloved dog, Sweetpea, who for years has served as a vital emotional link in her marriage, has begun to succumb to a fatal illness and is hanging on to life by a thread.

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   Author Bio:
   A fourth generation South African, White has also written two YA novels, Monkey’s Wedding and Mine Dances, set in Zimbabwe and Zambia. A recipient of many writing awards, her short stories have been published in Writer’s Digest and Interstice, among others. Currently at work on a new novel, she lives in Laguna Beach, California where she hikes the hills and canyons with her Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Fergie and Jake. More information can be found on her website and blog at http://rossandrawhite.com/

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4. No, No, No, No, No, Yes. Insights From a Creative Journey

   About No, No, No, No, No, Yes. Insights From a Creative Journey:

   No is not the end…

   But rather an essential tool for direction, motivation and innovation.

   No. It is a word that every CEO, entrepreneur and creative professional has confronted. It is a word that both novices and seasoned professionals dread. It is a word that can easily seem like death to a dream.

   And yet it is also a word that can point in the right direction. It is a word that motivates us to do something differently, try something else, get better, innovate, keep going. No is a word that looms over every business person’s, innovator’s, and artist’s life. And yet the word is universally met with trepidation and fear because the value of being told No is so little understood.

   ˃˃˃ No is a facilitator

   In No, No, No, No, No, Yes. Insights From A Creative Journey, award winning creator of visionary ad campaigns (Cannes Lions, Clios); ad exec (the Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R agency); cartoonist (The New Yorker); speaker (TEDx); and teacher (School of Visual Arts) Gideon Amichay demonstrates that No is not a barrier to success it s a facilitator. No is not the end, but rather an essential tool for direction, motivation and innovation.

   Based on Amichay s best-selling book in Israel (published by Gordon Books in 2011) and 2013 TEDx talk of the same name, No, No, No, No, No, Yes takes the reader on an illustrated journey of the author’s own lifetime confrontation, negotiation and relationship with No . Walking the reader through critical No s in his own 25 year career pitching cartoons to the New Yorker, risky ad campaign concepts as head of one of Israel s biggest ad agencies, impossible outdoor ad installations — Amichay reveals the wisdom that No rarely ends with an exclamation point.

   ˃˃˃ No ends with a comma

   Rather, Amichay demonstrates that No usually ends with a comma:

   No comma, we don’t have the time. No comma, we don’t have the budget. No comma, can we see another option? By discovering which No comma he was confronting, Amichay shows how No s in fact led him to eventual Yes s — including the waiting, the rejections, and the revisions and demonstrates that No, forces us to reexamine, to explore, to rethink, to change directions, to get better.

   ˃˃˃ No can be the best answer to get

   In No, No, No, No, No, Yes Amichay shares the essential revelation that sometimes No can be the best answer to get.

   Through illuminating anecdotes from his own illustrious career running the gamut between business and the arts, Gideon Amichay demonstrates unequivocally that No’s, whether from colleagues, from clients, from life, or from within have great power, and are simply directions on the map to Yes.

   Authoritative, funny, whimsical, wise, and pragmatic, No, No, No, No, No, Yes. Insights From A Creative Journey. is the essential companion for every executive, innovator and artist to navigate the unavoidable odyssey of No in order to find the eventual Yes.

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   Author Bio:
   Gideon Amichay is an award winning ad man, communication artist, writer and TEDx speaker.

   Amichay is known as the person who put Israel on the world advertising map. For 18 years he was a partner at Shalmor Avnon Amichay Y&R. As Chief Creative Officer, Amichay led the agency to become Israel’s market leader in creativity and innovation. It was one of the biggest ad agencies in Israel and the most successful Israeli ad agency worldwide. For over 10 years he was also a member of the Worldwide Creative Board of Young & Rubicam. Amichay won hundreds of international awards among them 19 Cannes Lions and 9 Clios for advertising and innovation in communication. He also won a Special Award from the UN.

   He started his career as a cartoonist, publishing in the major Israeli newspapers as well as in The New Yorker. His work was displayed in Israel in 2011 at The Holon Design Museum. Amichay is an international lecturer at universities including the School of Visual Arts in New York, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University and others. In 2012 he served as the President of the Direct Jury at the 2012 Cannes Lions Festival.

   He graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design with honors and earned an MBA from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership.

   Gideon Amichay lives and works in NYC.

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5. All About You, part 1 (Love & Hate Series #1)

   About All About You, part 1 (Love & Hate Series #1):

   India started hating Oliver just after Christian’s death. She humiliated him in front of the whole school in order to deal with what Christian had done to her. Then Oliver left town to go to University.

   Now it’s time for her to start a new life but she never expected to see Oliver again, especially during her first day of school. Many things have changed since they been apart. Now he is captain of the Rugby team and the most popular bloke on campus. Oliver took her place and he is making her life a living hell.

   This time it’s all about him and she is the one who suffers. She fed on her hatred for too long and she refuses to be that way anymore but this is only the beginning of her humiliation

   “All about you” (Love & Hate series #1) full novel is now available

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   Author Bio:
   Joanna Mazurkiewicz was born in Poland. She moved to United Kingdom when she was only nineteen and just finished high school. She had aspired to be a writer upon completion of the Harry Potter series but also enjoyed reading books like ‘Gone with the Wind’, ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘The doll’. She graduated from Swansea University with a bachelor degree in American Studies. While studying in the UK she made a decision to start writing fiction in English.
   The “Whispers of the Sprite” is her first debut novel and she is currently working on the second book in the series. Joanna lives in Cowbridge, a small town in South Wales near Cardiff with her boyfriend Bruce. She enjoys cycling around Welsh countryside some of which has become the settings in her first series.

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6. Seasons of Love by Annette Evans

   About Seasons of Love by Annette Evans:

   Delve into this collection of six romantic short stories that are perfect for any season.

   Second Chance: After a tragic childhood, Miranda Larsen cuts herself off emotionally, but can Tom Wilson break through the wall that Miranda has built around herself?

   The Good Guy: Josie spent her childhood summers with best friends Trey Wheeler and Adam O’Brien until the death of her grandparents. When she moves back to town all grown up, who will she choose — Trey or Adam?

   The Rancher & the Lass: Holden Campbell promised Bridget Monaghan’s father that he would take care of her if anything ever happened to him. But how can a man tame a fiery Irish redhead especially in the wild west of 1885?

   The Road Home: Sara Damalio returns home after eight long years and encounters a modern day hero in Dean Merritt. But how will Sara react when she finds out who Dean really is?

   Never Too Late: Denise Emerson has spent the last twenty years married to George, but yearning for Mark Patterson. Will a chance encounter with Mark end Denise’s marriage or strengthen it?

   Love & Football: Sofia Grimaldi is still mourning her dead fiancé when she meets the handsome Erik Collins. Can a winning season carry the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory and bring Sofia and Erik together?

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   Author Bio:
   Annette Evans (nee Ludwig) is an indie author. She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. As a child, she loved to read Nancy Drew Mysteries. In her teen years, she fell in love with the romance genre. She count earlier Danielle Steel novels, Judith McNaught, and Linda Lael Miller among some of her favorite romance authors.

   She began writing poetry in her late teen years and two of her poems have been published in an anthology book. As much as she likes to write poetry, her heart lies in creating stories, so she quickly turned to writing fiction. She wrote her first novella when she was 18.

   She lives on the picturesque eastern shore of Virginia with her husband, their youngest daughter, and three very spoiled dogs. In her spare time (which there isn’t a whole lot of!), she enjoys reading (love romantic suspense, thrillers, and post-apocalyptic fiction), writing, playing cards & board games, and spending quiet moments with her husband on the enormous deck he build adjacent to their home.​​

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