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About The Prophetic Mayan Queen: K’inuuw Mat of Palenque by Leonide Martin

She was born to serve the Goddess Ix Chel. But K’inuuw Mat is destined to continue the Palenque (Lakam Ha) dynasty by marriage to Tiwol, fourth son of famous ruler Pakal. Trained in prophetic arts, she uses scrying to foresee the face of the man with whom she will bear the dynastic heir—but it is not her husband’s image. She is shocked upon arriving at Palenque to recognize that face as her husband’s older brother, Kan Bahlam. They are immediately attracted, sharing deep interest in astronomy. Though she resists, the magnetic force of their attraction propels them into forbidden embraces, until Kan Bahlam designs a bold plan that would solve his inability to produce a son—if he can gain his brother’s cooperation.

Set in the splendor of Lakam Ha’s artistic and scientific zenith, royal family conflicts and ambitions play out in a tapestry of brilliant Mayan accomplishments in calendars, astronomy, architecture, arts, and secret language codes that will astound people centuries later. As K’inuuw Mat contends with explosive emotions, she must answer the Goddess’ mandate to preserve Mayan culture for future generations. Her passion with Kan Bahlam leads to a pale daughter and bold son who carry this out as their civilization begins the decline and eventual collapse her prophetic vision foresees.

One great cycle rolls into the next . . .

Contemporary Mexican archeologist Francesca and her partner Charlie, a British linguist, venture into Chiapas jungles to a remote Maya village, seeking to unravel her grandmother’s secrets. The hostile village shaman holds the key, but refuses to share with outsiders the scandal that leads to foreign blood and ancient Palenque lineages. Only by re-claiming her own shamanic heritage can Francesca learn the truth of who she is, and bring her dynasty into the present.

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Leonide (Lennie) Martin: Award winning author, retired California State University professor, former Family Nurse Practitioner, Research Member Maya Exploration Center.

Dr. Martin’s books set in ancient Maya civilization tell the stories of actual historical Mayan queens, also using fictional characters. Studying Mayan culture and history from both scientific and indigenous viewpoints, she lived five years in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. She apprenticed with Maya Elder Hunbatz Men to become a Solar Initiate and Maya Fire Women in the Itzá Maya tradition. Other Mayan teachers include Guatemalan Priestess-Daykeeper Aum Rak Sapper and elder Tata Pedro. The ancient Mayas had the most highly advanced civilization in the Western hemisphere. Their wisdom, spirituality, scientific, and cultural accomplishments are highlighted in these compelling historical novels.

Martin’s interest in ancient Mayan women led to writing the Mayan Queens’ series called The Mists of Palenque. This 4-book series–each book stands alone–tells the stories of powerful women who shaped the destinies of their people. These remarkable Mayan women are unknown to most readers. Using extensive research and field study, Martin depicts ancient Palenque authentically and makes these amazing Mayan Queens accessible to a wide readership.

Presently Dr. Martin lives with her husband David Gortner and two white cats in Oregon’s Willamette Valley wine country, where she enjoys reading, gardening, nature walks, classical music, and wine tasting.

About Time Lost by Peter C. Foster

Recently forced into early retirement, investigative journalist Jamie Lapointe has settled into a quiet life which mostly involves smoking weed and playing poker with an old college buddy. Then he runs into Deena McCallum. He hasn’t seen her in more than forty years, not since she dumped him and married his nemesis. Now she’s asking for his help to find the man who murdered her daughter. He loved her then; despite everything, he loves her still. Against his better judgement, he is drawn into the homicide investigation.
At the same time, he must deal with the ghosts of the past, and the events which brought them together and tore them apart in the days which followed the Summer of Love.
TIME LOST is a fast-paced mystery and a love story. It is also a look back at the Sixties and the passions of a generation searching for truth and justice amid the turmoil of racism and war.

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Born in England, raised in Montreal, and educated at McGill University, Peter C. Foster is a child of the sixties. After travelling all over the continent and dabbling in political activism and journalism, he went on to earn his living in the Montreal taxi industry, where he has worked in every capacity from driver to dispatcher to general manager. He is currently employed part-time as an instructor at the Montreal Taxi School

He is the author of three published novels: Time Lost, Last Call at the Ringrose Pub, and Flash Drive. His work has been described as riveting and carefully crafted. It is infused with the exotic atmosphere of bilingual Montreal and informed by the hard-scrabble world of the taxi industry, where life is never easy, and dollars are earned one nickel and dime at a time. His stories are filled with compelling eclectic characters who reflect these influences and bring them to life on every page. -*-*+

About Women Running Wild, Box Set by Bobby Hutchinson

Three full length romantic comedies with a touch of mischief and suspense.
MAKE ME A MATCH–Tessa McBride is working for a matchmaker, and she and Eric have a history. He humiliated her when she was a shy, trusting girl. Well, she’s not anymore. She vows to prove to Eric that she’s more than a match for his schemes–and show him what he’s been missing all these years. But there’s more to this matchmaking business than Tessa every suspected.

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT–On the telephone, Maxine Bleckner, frazzled single mother, is India Mcbride, voluptuous sex goddess.
Harry Watson is also a single, stay-at-home parent to his three-year-old daughter, Sophie. He’s a freelance writer, and his latest assignment is to find out what telephone sex workers are really like. But all his preconceived ideas are wrong, wrong, wrong. India is nothing like he expected, but very much what he’s dreamed of.

STAND BY YOUR MAN–Maddie’s a private detective, her father’s a retired cop, and her sister Francie’s in love with criminal.
Francie wants Maddie to prove Sebastian’s innocent, but the Seattle Police have proof that he’s guilty. And who wants their sister married to a bad guy?
Sebastian’s brother, Finn, has hired Maddie to find out the truth and set his brother free. Finn makes Maddie’s blood boil and her bells ring–and she’s truly, madly, deeply in love with his little daughter, Zoe. And she’s pretty certain Sebastian is guilty as charged, so she’s trying her best not to find evidence to the contrary. She’s doing the exact opposite of what Finn hired her to do, betraying the guy she—well, the guy she’s supposed to be working for, the guy she just might, maybe, almost be falling for.

Three laugh-out-loud full-length romances to keep you reading all night!

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Author Bio:
Bobby Hutchinson loves people who don’t fit society’s definition of normal. She’s a friendly hermit who disproved the belief that you can’t go home again; she lives alone in the coal mining town in the Rockies where she was born.
She lives, breathes, reads and writes books, and has written and published upwards of 55, mostly romance, which she obviously needs to learn a lot about.
She likes this quote:
“When you change the way you look at a thing, the thing you look at changes.”

About Mask of Silence

After accidentally murdering someone on Halloween night, Evan and Savannah unknowingly summon a vengeful demon that will stop at nothing to slaughter them and their friends who helped them bury the dangerous secret.

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A product of Galt, California, Alex Gates is a loving husband, skilled educator, true Gryffindor, dragonslayer, wizard of the highest order, defender of the realm, Cowboys fan, and connoisseur of cheap beer. He spent four years at California State University, Sacramento studying literature, watching football, and day drinking before obtaining a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Southern California.

About A Journey Of Riches: Finding Inspiration

Read about Tiger Woods and his secret to success, hear the story of the broke mechanic who turned his life around and became a millionaire. Read the inspiring account of one individual who survived prison and went on to become a top educator. There is the tale of one who won a fierce battle with Lyme Disease. There is even a story about being fired from that dream job and turning disaster into a successful pursuit of new passions.

Regardless of whatever you’re currently facing in your life, there’s a plethora of tools and tactics you can use to overcome any situation and make your life richer.

Among the powerful insights contained in this life-changing book are:

Transformation starts with the mind: A list of mental tools and tactics you can use to supercharge your results
Wisdom from Bali on how to change your emotional response to disease
Using adversity as a tool for transformative growth
Mind power: Turn your worst day into your best day.
From Bi-polar to a successful 10-year career in door to door selling
…and more!
A deeply personal book with themes ranging from loss, pain, trauma, defeat to victory, success, and enlightenment, you will find something in these pages that will inspire you to greater heights.

High praise for A Journey of Riches series:

“A Journey of Riches Series is a must read. It is an empowering collection of inspirational and moving stories full of courage, strength, and heart. Bringing peace & awareness to those lucky enough to read to assist and inspire them on their life journey.”
Gemma Castiglia, Avalon Healing, Best Selling Author.

“If you’re looking for an inspiring read to get you through any change, this is it!! This book is filled with many gripping perspectives, from a collection of successful international authors with a tonne of wisdom to share.”
~Theera Phetmalaigul, Entrepreneur/Investor.

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John Spender is a 16 time International Best Selling author didn’t learn how to read and write at a basic level until he was ten years old. He has since traveled the world started many businesses leading him to create the best selling book series A Journey Of Riches; he is an Award Winning International Speaker and Movie Maker.

John was an international NLP trainer and has coached thousands of people from various backgrounds through all sorts of challenges. From the borderline homeless to very wealthy individuals, he has helped many people to get in touch with their truth to create a life on their terms.

John’s search for answers to living a fulfilling life has taken him to work with Native American Indians in the Hills of San Diego, the forests of Madagascar, swimming with humpback whales in Tonga, exploring the Okavango Delta of Botswana and the Great Wall of China. He’s traveled from Chile to Slovakia, Hungary to the Solomon Islands, the mountains of Italy and the streets of Mexico. Everywhere his journey has taken him; John has discovered a hunger among people to find a new way to live, with a yearning for freedom of expression.

His belief that everyone has a book in them was born. He is now a writing coach having worked with more than a 170 authors from 34 different countries and his publishing house MotionMediaInternational has published 20 non-fiction titles to date.

He also co-wrote and produced the movie documentary ‘Adversity’ starring Jack Canfield, Rev. Micheal Bernard Beckwith, Dr. John Demartini and many more, coming soon in 2020! Moreover, you can bet there will be the best selling book too!

About Dark Gifts by Imani L. Hawkins

Twenty years have passed since the world discovered the existence of Mysts, mystical beings, when a young witch publicly executed a United States Senator on live television. Fear gripped the nation as Mysts went public with their abilities in solidarity with the young witch.

Naomi has been cast out, shunned by the very people she’d sacrificed everything for. Now in the hands of FOP, the Fraternity of Purifiers, Naomi is forced to face what she’s done and come to terms with the irreparable damage she’s caused for Toni, the daughter of the man she’d killed.

When she’s saved by a group of Mysts, Naomi finds herself called upon to lead a militant group of resistant Mysts to take down FOP and fight Proposition 49. A bill that, once passed, would force all Mysts to register or face persecution. And she will stop at nothing to protect her people or die trying. The lives and freedoms of every Myst depends on it.

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Imani L Hawkins is a writer of all things supernatural, paranormal, and urban fantasy. Growing up in New Mexico, the land of enchantment, she’s always surrounded by beautiful scenery that inspires most of her tales.

Caring for her two children with the support of her loving husband, she’s found the courage to write stories filled with intricate plot lines and characters she’s sure anyone would be able to relate to.

A love of all things creative, she spends her free time playing the alto saxophone, making designer soaps, painting, playing around with digital design, and writing stories she hopes will inspire others.

About The Big Book of Vintage Sheet Music Covers: A Kindle Coffee Table Book by Douglas DeLong

Art lovers and music lovers will enjoy these 263 dazzling vintage sheet music covers from the years 1896-1923 which have been digitally enhanced to restore them to their original glory.

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Douglas DeLong is originally from Colorado, but came to Japan in 1991 and never quite made it back home. He is currently basking in the warm breezes of Okinawa. He’s a writer, teacher, photographer, raconteur and rascal. His passions are history, art, photography, movies, and cats.

About Summary & Analysis of The Uninhabitable Earth by ZIP Reads

It’s a shove off the fence post and a call to action–The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming will not be satisfied until barriers to understanding climate change are obliterated. David Wallace-Wells taps into our collective survival instinct by challenging our individual roles in this all-encompassing issue.

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About System Programmer: The Maiden and The Madman

After dying, our main character found himself summoned by a young woman. She comes from a long line of summoners and had expected to partner up with a powerful being, like the rest of her family. Instead, she summoned a computer programmer, who from now on will be living inside her head. Powerless, he’s unable to help her with the upcoming war. Disappointed that neither of them had been blessed by fate with some divine abilities, he decides to build a computer system inside her head himself.

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Jean-Philippe Janssens(1985) was born and raised in Brussels, Belgium. He has been working as a Software Developer for about a decade.

Reading & writing has been a long time passion for him and he spends a lot of his free time imagining stories, whether for potential books or for role-playing games he runs as a Dungeon Master with his friends.

About Unscrambled Eggs

With Nadia’s poems I find myself in the darkest of my longing questions, come to light, as she sheds to me hopeful answers. Her poems are short and soft, yet incredibly effective, bringing on a sense of awe. It was difficult to find a favorite poem, for much of this work sparkles. Wherever one turns, words fly out and blind the reader. She is truly a gifted writer, brilliant in both mind and spirit. I would recommend Unscrambled Eggs to be read by anyone at any age of life.

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Nadia Janice Brown is a poet, writer living in Florida. Her poetry and articles have appeared in national and international magazines, and literary journals.

About The Doom Brae Witch by Colin Youngman

Has an ancient curse been reborn or, when magic is at play, are past, present and future one-and-the-same?
When an overbearing tourist sees something no-one else can in the woods high above Doom Brae Manor, the dark deeds of yesteryear manifest themselves in the events of today.
“A spellbinding journey across the centuries”
“An inventive cocktail of historical fantasy, timeslip, and the paranormal”
“Prepare yourself for a stunning triple twist”

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Colin Youngman is a true Geordie (born within sound of the tugboats on the River Tyne) whose first work was published at the age of 9. His material has since featured in travel guides, sports magazines and national newspapers.
Colin now writes mystery thrillers with a trademark twist guaranteed to hit you like a kick in the guts.

About Essential Recipes Keto Diet Cookbook: Top 33 Easy Meals For You How To Lose Weight Complete Snacks And Dinner Menu Guide To The Keto Lifestyle (Lifestyle of KETO)

The Essential Recipes Keto Diet Cookbook is the ultimate book to to obtain a healthy keto lifestyle with the best selections of recipes, meals, nutritional information and more!

The Essential Recipes Keto Diet Cookbook includes everything you need on the Keto diet.
Your Keto lifestyle has never been so easy with the Essential Recipes Keto Diet Cookbook .
The Essential Recipes Keto Diet Cookbook is the best collection of recipes for keeping up with the Keto diet.
The Essential Recipes Keto Diet Cookbook is the only book that fills the needs of every Keto kitchen with:

Simple Ingredients with less than 8 ingredients per recipe

Quick and easy recipes ready in 30-45 minutes

35 best selected everyday keto diet recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and more

Motivations and quick tips for adopting and maintaining a healthy Keto diet lifestyle

An informative overview of diet cooking that will help you understand the basics of Keto.

Do more on Keto with recipes, guidance, motivations, nutritional information, tips and tricks from the Essential recipes Keto Diet Cookbook.

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Stella Branch is the pen name of the author behind the cookbook Essential Recipes Keto Diet. She is a young author but with a grate desire to share her experience and knowledge. She is the biggest traveler in the world and loves to discover new places and meet interesting people. Every new place inspires her to get something authentic, native and exclusive. She has got a lot of delicious recipes from different countries. Her idea is to write more then 100 books about food. She wants to explain to everyone that food is not just a boring thing it is can be as lifestyle.

About Mushroom Cultivation: 12 Ways to Become the MacGyver of Mushrooms by Richard Bray

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Over 20,000 varieties of mushrooms are known in the world today, with more being discovered all the time, and with each kind having its own taste and structure. Finding a wide variety of mushrooms in the supermarket can be a challenge though. Most grocery stores only stock common species such as button mushrooms. Cultivating mushrooms at home can be a great way to source the mushrooms you want and save additional money. A lot of people don’t realize how easy it is to cultivate mushrooms at home. Loving shady spots, under a deck or porch, they grow in places other plants wouldn’t naturally thrive, thus making them the perfect addition to any gardener’s growing plan.

Whatever your reason to start growing mushrooms at home, this book is the perfect companion on your journey.

Mushroom Cultivation: 12 Ways to become the MayGyver of Mushrooms is the one-stop guide for every mushroom enthusiast. After reading this book, you will be able to identify the type of mushroom you want to grow, choose a suitable growing method and keep your harvest fruitful. Ideally suited for beginners, the book provides a comprehensive overview of how to start your mushroom adventure.

In detail, this book allows you to…

Select the mushrooms you can easily grow at home and to taste the pleasure of your homegrown fungi
• Understand the characteristics of each type of mushroom
• Learn everything about mushroom structure and their life cycle
• Decide which type of mushroom you want to grow

Get a comprehensive overview of the cultivation process and gain the confidence to embark upon your own project
• Learn everything about the different stages of mushroom cultivation
• Understand the growing process in detail – from preparation to harvesting
• Learn about 12 different growing methods for indoor and outdoor cultivation

Identify potential problems and learn how to overcome them
• Identify pests and diseases
• Understand common problems such as incorrect moisture levels, contamination, and bad spawn
• Learn everything about correct processing – from drying to freezing

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Richard’s father was a keen gardener and that is where his interest in all natural things began. As a youngster, he enjoyed nothing better than helping his father in the garden. Nowadays, he finds himself at the opposite end of life. Having had a satisfying career, he now has time to potter around in his garden and take care of his small homestead. Much of the food on his dinner table is homegrown. He likes to experiment with various gardening methods and find new ways to grow bountiful crops year-round.

He wants to share his knowledge showing how easy and rewarding it is to set up your own prosperous garden. In his opinion, you do not need a huge budget to get started. When you do get started, you will soon feel, and taste, the benefits of growing your own food.

About Contact Us: A Jake Corby Sci-Fi Thriller (Jake Corby Series Book 1) by Al Macy

On May 22, 2018, every person on Earth sneezes. Simultaneously.

Hours later, an alien spacecraft appears over New York City and broadcasts a dire message of impending doom. The future of the human race will depend on the whims of a solitary extraterrestrial who appears in the form of Walter Cronkite. Yes, that’s right, Walter Cronkite, the deceased news anchor!

Ex-FBI troubleshooter Jake Corby has faked his death and dropped out of sight, living like a hermit in a small town. But the president is convinced Corby’s still alive. He wants Jake, with his unique problem-solving skills, added to the team that will try to defeat the strange but powerful alien. Jake needs to overcome his introvert tendencies if he’s going to help save the planet.

The alien has some nasty surprises for the residents of Earth, and the race is on to figure out his true motives and the meaning of the sneeze event–before it’s too late.

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Al Macy writes because he has stories to tell. In school, he was the class clown and always the first volunteer for show and tell. His teachers would say, “Al has a lot of imagination.” Then they’d roll their eyes.