Here is Todays List of Ebooks from AwesomeGang
Published: Sat, 04/12/14
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- 35 Opportunities to Make Money Working from Home -
About 35 Opportunities to Make Money Working from Home:The idea of working from home is exciting to a good number of people because of the flexibility it provides. However, many don’t even know where to begin.
In addition, a lot of information on the web is filled with heavy marketing while only including a little help to you. These are the kind of info-packages that promise that you will be rich if you just invest in their programs. These riches, of course, don’t follow. If it were so easy to get rich, everyone would be rich!
In this book I will provide you with plenty of ideas on how to get started, along with online sources that can support your start.
With that in mind, these are the two main purposes of this book:
1. to present you with a collection of actionable ideas
2. to provide you with plenty of resources to help you get started
Download to get started now!
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I write books for entrepreneurs looking for actionable strategies to improve their online success.When not writing, I am “Mr. Mom” — a stay-at-home dad, running the home for my beautiful wife and three amazing children aged 8 and younger.
In my free time I love to cook, read, and wrestle my kids.
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- The Monsterjunkies An American family Odyssey: “Being a normal Family is a State of Mind” (Book One) -
About The Monsterjunkies An American family Odyssey: “Being a normal Family is a State of Mind” (Book One):Tucked away in a remote cul-de-sac on the Maine coast is a place where the strange is normal, and the bizarre, is everyday. This is a place, where, if you do not have an open mind, you will loose your mind in its reality and truths. This is the home of The Monsterjunkies, An American Family Odyssey. Residing at this place, Cromwell aka/ Crow and his sister, Indigo, along with their friends go down a reality curve to arrive at the harsh truth of the indelible hurt bullying, emotional abuse and prejudice can foster. The family faces ignorance combined with aggression at every step as they try to build a life for themselves in the home of their ancestors. We are all MonsterJunkies and wear masks during our daily lives, in school, during work, hanging out with friends, imitating, being people who we look up to and admire, or those we want to be. It is those people who take off their masks and show the real person inside who are the ones that truly find the meaning of their lives. The Monsterjunkies an American Family Odyssey, defines growing up through a cast of quirky yet engaging characters who also experience the same anxieties as any other family, enduring the issues that portend ‘coming of age.’ Not all angst and agony, it marks a clear path to the ultimate form of acceptance, the approbation of self.
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- Good Girls – A Chick-lit with an Edge -
About Good Girls – A Chick-lit with an Edge:GOOD GIRLS is a feel good, fast-paced, thought provoking novel about four heroines. Four best friends who epitomize the newly evolved 21st Century Woman. The woman who dares to be different, the woman who dares to rebel.
Straight-laced CAT steps out of character when she secretly flies all the way to Sydney to ‘boil her soul mate’s rabbits’!
JULES embraces singledom and commitment phobia, so when she falls in love with an actor 10 years her junior, in the space of twenty four hours, a spanner is well and truly thrown into her perfect life.
KIZZY also meets the man of her dreams and much to her mother’s chagrin they plan to spend all summer together. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to everyone, the man is actually her father.
There’s only so much sexist behaviour a woman can take. So bitter and twisted, EM leaves Japan and her boyfriend behind and embarks upon a journey that will not only avenge the male race, but hopefully put her back on her correct and spiritual path.
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After travelling the world, I decided to hang up my ruck-sack, move to the Bahamas and write my first novel Good Girls. My book, though a work of fiction, is very much based on some of the weird and wonderful characters I met during my travels – from lady boys in Thailand, to educated homeless men in Japan!I would love to say that writing a book has always been my dream – it hasn’t. It was my mum’s dream. A week after she died, I picked up a pen and started to write about my Good Girls. My ‘Ghost-Writer’ is up there as we speak, impatiently tapping her foot, ready to write the next one!
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- In Just One Moment by Duane Boehm -
About In Just One Moment by Duane Boehm:In Just One Moment is a story that centers on the lives of three people that are left to deal with the aftermath of a tragic Christmas day car accident. Noah Saxon loses his wife and daughter in the accident, thirteen-year-old Samantha Bragg loses her best friend, and Willie Bragg begins to lose his daughter and his best friend as anger and guilt begin to take over their lives. Also complicating the situation is a Golden Retriever puppy that was a Christmas gift from Noah to his daughter that due to circumstance, Samantha inherits and nurses back to health.
The three find themselves ill equipped to handle the seismic change that has come into their lives. Samantha, an honor student and star athlete, loses all interest in school as she isolates herself from everyone except the puppy, Schroeder. Noah lets his promising career slide when alcohol becomes his escape. The two have continual confrontations, testing Willie’s loyalties as he vainly tries to save each of them from themselves and each other until it all comes to a head the following Christmas.
In Just One Moment examines the chaos that an accident brings to the lives of ordinary people and ultimately seeks to answer whether a man that loses everything including hope can find redemption and if an anger-filled girl can learn forgiveness.
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Duane Boehm grew up on a farm outside of Petersburg, Illinois. All the time spent driving a tractor gave him plenty of opportunity to let his imagination run wild and not tear up too much equipment. The two passions he developed early in life were the love of playing guitar and reading books.He eventually moved to a mini-farm outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee with his wife and replaced planting corn with trees and raising dogs. For a number of years he worked as an IT consultant and continued with being a part-time musician and songwriter. He dabbled in writing short stories with the idea in the back of his mind that someday he would write a novel. One Christmas after watching “A Christmas Carol”, he was inspired to begin his journey as a novelist.
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- 10 Mother’s Day Stories for Children: Cute Stories about Mother’s Day -
About 10 Mother’s Day Stories for Children: Cute Stories about Mother’s Day:
Without mothers the world would just stop spinning!Mother’s Day is a special time of year to show Mom just how much you care. Mothers do so much for us that they should have an entire week dedicated to them!What can you do to show Mom how much you love her?All the money in the world would not be enough to show our appreciation for mothers everywhere.This book is full of cute stories and ideas of things you can do for Mom! There is also a special section that has Mother’s Day gift activities.Mother’s Day! 10 Mother’s Day Stories for Children (Volume 1) is an excellent book for reading aloud or at bedtime. These cute stories are all about mothers and the things they have to put up with (us!). Each story is beautifully crafted to provide morals and lessons in each tale. This early and beginner reader eBook includes vibrant pictures and text, 10 stories, and a lots of special memories.
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Uncle Amon began his career with a vision. It was to influence and create positive change in the world through children’s books. Whether it be an important lesson or just creating laughs, Uncle Amon provides insightful stories that are sure to bring a smile to your face! His unique style and creativity stand out from other children’s book authors, because often times he uses his life experiences to tell a tale of imagination and adventure.10 Mother’s Day Stories for Children: Cute Stories about Mother’s Day is a post from Awesome Gang
- 90% of Startups FAIL – You’d Better Know Why! -
About 90% of Startups FAIL – You’d Better Know Why!:In the life of a startup entrepreneur, a startup business only has two directions: to prosper or to fail. Much of our lives, we can only look forward to becoming successful or becoming almost successful regardless of how we work towards our dreams. In the end, we can only say that the journey is worth the try.
According to a study conducted by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 1998, it was found that only 44% of startup businesses stay afloat after four years since their opening date (but only 10% eventually succeed). Where’d the 56% go? Since startups are either bound to survive or not, there can only be two explanations for the missing 56%: their owners bailed out or they filed for bankruptcy.
The figures are bleak, but not when you – the entrepreneur – are prepared to take on business risks. Yes, the only thing that would cause a business to fail is failure to manage risks. As such, this book will focus on risk management as the first and primary tool towards propelling a startup business to success.
Here is a Preview of What You’ll Learn…
How to Understand Business RisksHow to Market Risks
How to Outsmart Your Competitor
About Technological and Operational Risks
About Financial Risks
About People Risks
How to Create Risk Management Plan
About Startup Enterpreneurs Need
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Hi, I’m Allan Green.I’m here to share the knowledge and experience I’ve acquired throughout my life.
I’m an entrepreneur, internet marketer, author and world traveler. I used to work at the TOP-management level for dozens of international companies worldwide, including «Fortune 500» companies.
I became happier about my life when I started my own business, which made me financially free and independent. I found ways to leverage myself to build passive income streams.
Over the years I’ve consumed tons of books on anything that could improve the quality of my life: self-help, biographies, business, marketing, psychology, health, spirituality, etc. You probably understand that the best investment you can make is in yourself. Make reading and constant learning your best habit!
Traveling has always been a big passion of mine. I have lived in different cities around the world and it’s important for me to experience life fully and enjoy every moment of it.
I truly believe that my e-books can help you achieve your goals and live the life you’ve always dreamed of.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I look forward to seeing you on the pages of my e-books!
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- Vigilante of Shadows -
About Vigilante of Shadows:SUSPENSE/HORROR SEMI-FINALIST IN The Kindle Book Review’s 2013 Best Indie Book Awards!
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“For readers who like to lose themselves in a darker, more complex world than the one we live in, Vigilante of Shadows is a Paranormal Thriller dream come true!” –Trish Marie Dawson, Author of ‘The Station’ Series, 5 Stars
“I was forcefully grabbed from the get-go, and shoved into a story so fast, I could have gotten whiplash.” –Tara S. Wood, Author of Redemption in Blood, 5 Stars
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Aodhan clutched uselessly at his head, groaning. He knew it was useless, because the voice was not inside his head. It followed him, skimming across buildings and land. It had followed him since he was sixteen, and it still followed him today, like a memory too horrific to be forgotten…
Aodhan is a shadow-demon, hardened and cold after years of being alone, after his love, his Entwined, was cruelly taken away from him. He has closed his heart to the world, and now spends his life ridding the world of men like those who took his beloved away, an immortal hit-man…
Arianwen Harris is a young DCI, working for York City Police. When a known criminal is found viciously killed, she finds herself trailing a hit-man who has seemed to escape clutches again and again…but she begins to find herself drawn to his dark charms and roguish good looks…
As their two worlds collide, Aodhan and Arianwen find themselves coming together to escape a far greater enemy, one that threatens to create a world far worse than the one they live in. As they battle to hold back the oncoming forces, fate has another plan; one to draw them together and heal their broken pasts together…
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I’m Miranda Stork, and I’m addicted. Addicted to writing and reading books, anyway. And chocolate, but that’s another issue – no interventions, please.I live in the middle of a forest in North Yorkshire, spending my spare time as the wild woman of the woods, scaring small children and upsetting the sheep. On the days that I feel like being civilized, or I haven’t got any unicorns to ride, I sit down and pour the tumbling thoughts in my head out onto digital paper. Mainly the thoughts and characters come out in paranormal form, with a good smattering of romance, because everyone likes a good cuddle. But you can also find strong elements of thrillers, myths, and even dystopia amongst the pages of all my novels. I’ve wanted to write books ever since I first realised that fairytales were not the newspapers of the fairy kingdom, but the imaginings of actual people who wanted to tell fancy made-up stories to other people. From that moment, I was hooked.
Why do I write? Good question. It might be easier to just keep the stories in my head, or even just to write them for myself. But I want to share them. There is no greater delight for a writer than when a reader devours your book, and declares, “Something in that novel resonated with me. And I want MORE.” So grab your lucky clover and a baseball bat (there’s some nasty paranormal creatures where we’re going), eat the cookie with ‘eat me’ tagged on it, and enter through the tiny door into the world of Miranda Stork…
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- Stupid Jokes, Short Funny Jokes and Funny One Liners – Pas Deux by Ricky Gravitas -
About Stupid Jokes, Short Funny Jokes and Funny One Liners – Pas Deux by Ricky Gravitas:Another voyage into the weird and strange world of Stupid Jokes, Short Funny Jokes and Funny One Liners by Ricky Gravitas.
In this edition, the weary world traveller has collected jokes from all areas of the globe. Travel broadens the mind, making it easier for all your thoughts to fall out.
There are jokes to make you think.
Has anybody opened Schrodinger’s grave to see if he is in there?
Jokes that are sharp and cut.
My girlfriend finds me so unnattractive that she spikes her own drinks.
Jokes from people who need to be excluded from the gene pool.
I like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur.
Jokes of weird wisdom. I can’t find any at the moment but I am sure they are there.
Humor is so very personal. One man’s grist is another man’s grill. Or something like that. Jokes can enlighten, illuminate, cut, segregate, or scar.
Ricky is feeling his age, he says. A bit bitter and twisted this time around. Travelling the world can do that to you. As he says, “Political correctness is only considered in all the places that don’t need it.” He fears for the navel gazing of Western society, while so much of the rest of the world just gets on with the job of getting through the day.
The jokes are sharper in this book. Ricky got out of the wrong side of bed the days he was writing this. As he says, “I went to a cosmetic brain surgeon. He made me look smarter.”
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Ricky Gravitas is a world traveller, comedian, deep thinker and master of manifesting good things into his life.He has a singular way of looking at the world that has made him very successful and very happy.
Ricky would like to share this happiness and laughter with you.
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- Manifesting Mastery by Ricky Gravitas -
About Manifesting Mastery by Ricky Gravitas:Manifesting Mastery – a Step-by-Step Guide is unlike any other Law of Attraction/Manifesting book you have read.
Manifesting Mastery tells you the hidden, untold truths that you need to know about the Law of Attraction to make it work for you. It gives you simple experiments to perform, which will give you PROOF, yes you read that correctly, PROOF that the Law of Attraction is not just some “new age” myth. That the Law of Attraction is as real as gravity and it works with the same clockwork precision.
But Manifesting Mastery takes it a step further than just proof. It tells you exactly why the LOA is not working in your life in spite of your chanting and your meditating and your affirming. Manifesting Mastery tells you the secrets that have been hidden from you that are at the core of your disillusionment with the Law Of Attraction. It explains why the universe is the way it is. Big words! But you will understand when you read the book and you will wonder why these things have never before been explained to you.
Once you have a new understanding of the secret of the Law of Attraction, Manifesting Mastery gives you a step-by-step guide to manifesting successfully into your life all the desires you can wish for. You are shown exactly what you need to do, day by day, to create the life you desire. Quickly. Easily. With mathematical precision.
Manifesting Mastery concentrates on creating $1,000,000 and more in your life within forty days. But only if you do the work. Yes, there is work involved, otherwise you would already have everything you desire. Do you have the committment to follow instructions for forty days to manifest $1,000,000 and more into your life? Or is it all too hard?
You will understand why the universe is the way it is. You will be shown the hidden laws which regulate your life and abundance as surely as the sun regulates our solar system.
There is magic within the universe. Magic and power that is at your beck and call, for the universe wants you to be successful. The universe is stranger and more compliant to your wishes than you have ever before understood. The universe has created YOU to be the creator of your own life. You will learn that the universe responds to your energy exactly as you request.
Always.
Everything is made of one thinking, creative stuff. From the stars, galaxies and black holes, to the most insignificant microbe on your skin. You, yourself, are made of star stuff. You are connected to the universe in ways you cannot comprehend. As connected to the universe as a child is to its mother. Reading this book, you will agree with Einstein that the universe is not only stranger than you imagine, it is stranger than you can imagine. For the universe responds to you. Your thoughts, your emotions, your desires. Why? Because you have consciousness. You are a thinking, creating being and the universe bends to your desires.
Manifesting Mastery proves this to you beyond doubt with a series of simple experiments that will open the powers of your mind, both your conscious and your sub-conscious, and your belief in the Law of Attraction, in ways that you have never conceived. Ways that will make you laugh and lift your arms and shout to the sky in gratitude. Manifesting Mastery will give you the undoubted belief that you are a Master of Creation.
What will you do with this power?
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Ricky Gravitas is a world traveller, comedian, deep thinker and master of manifesting good things into his life.He has a singular way of looking at the world that has made him very successful and very happy.
Ricky would like to share this happiness and laughter with you.
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- Hysterectomy at 29: How it changed my life: A Woman’s Perspective -
About Hysterectomy at 29: How it changed my life: A Woman’s Perspective:Decisions, decisions, we are surrounded by them. Life is full of complications, and at times what we are contemplating can be life altering. I changed not only my life, but my entire outlook on family, work, and how I view myself. Somehow I found the strength within to decide what avenue was best for me.
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Candy O’Donnell was born in Carmichael, California where she immediately encountered her grandparent’s dogs. Her parents did not have much to speak of, and her grandparents were always there to pick up the slack. Pets quickly became a huge part of her life and still today many animals reside in her home and stories.At the age of twelve, she wrote her first mini book. Filled mostly with what took place with her mother and her long tedious bout with leukemia. It was a short story told as extra credit when she suffered a sprained ankle and had to be out of school for over two months. School officials refused to believe a word of what she had written until her grandmother, her guardian back then, entered the school with the truth. Everything she had written down was exactly what took place. Unfortunately her mother succumbed to the disease.
She earned a Bachelor’s degree in History and Culture. After living with her aunt and uncle for over five years she wished to explore her uncle’s Native heritage and did so with vigor. She also has 6 Grad units in Criminal Justice. Someday she might go back and finish her Master’s.
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Candy O’Donnell resides in Northern California with her husband & two children.
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- Aristocrats and Assassins -
About Aristocrats and Assassins:
This is the fourth book in Mr. Moore’s “Detectives Chen and Castilblanco Series.”
NYPD detectives Chen and Castilblanco leave their comfort zones once again. Chen goes to China where she helps the DEA track down a money laundering scheme. Castilblanco is in Europe on vacation with his wife. They meet up to thwart a terrorist who’s kidnapping members of the European royal family. What relation does he have to the money laundering scheme? Why does he have a vendetta for Castilblanco? What’s his real agenda? Join Chen and Castilblanco on a tour of Europe you won’t find in Frommer’s.
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Steve Moore is the author of 13 novels and 2 anthologies covering the genres of thrillers, mysteries, suspense, and sci-fi. Except for the latter, many of his books have settings and characters related to places he’s visited and people who live there. Most of his books have strong, smart female protagonists too–Dao-Ming Chen is one of them. His characters and dialogue reflect his observations of how people live and act around the world and the U.S. He lives in Montclair just outside the Big Apple. For more bio info, visit him at his website.Aristocrats and Assassins is a post from Awesome Gang
- Tani’s Search for the Heart -
About Tani’s Search for the Heart:Tani’s Search for the Heart is a children’s book authored by Keith Egawa, and illustrated by Keith and Chenoa Egawa; a brother and sister team of Lummi and S’klallam Indian ancestry. It is the story of Tani, a young Coast Salish girl, exploring the mystery of one’s purpose and place in the world. Following the death of her grandmother, Tani embarks on a journey through the forests of the Pacific Northwest, abiding by her grandmother’s instructions to find “the heart of all things.” As Tani finds her way into a world of Coast Salish legend, tradition and self-discovery, she is helped along the way by animals such as Bear, Otter and Salamander, the magical Stick Indian, and the spirit of her departed grandmother. As she overcomes challenges of the landscape and her own self-doubt, Tani begins to realize the special gifts within her, awakening traditional knowledge carried by her people through the generations. Readers experience the first peoples, creatures and fauna of the Pacific Northwest. At the same time, they explore qualities of character such as self-confidence, respect for nature, and courage in the face of uncertainty. Tani’s quest reminds us of the ever-increasing need to preserve our environment, fostering a mutual respect for that which sustains us all.
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Keith and Chenoa Egawa are a brother and sister of Lummi and S’Klallam Indian ancestry. Keith is a published novelist (Madchild Running; Red Crane Books, Inc.) with background in the fields of education reform and social work. His extensive work with families has provided him with both inspiration and insight into his subject matter. In addition to literary readings for adult audiences, Keith has conducted writing workshops for Native youth throughout the U.S.Chenoa has worked as a professional illustrator, international indigenous human rights advocate, actor, and is a traditional ceremonial leader and singer. She was a fellowship recipient from the Institute of Current World Affairs, and traveled throughout Central and South America facilitating communication among indigenous peoples to protect and preserve traditions, languages and homelands. Chenoa has also worked in the public school system to create programs that teach Native American culture and history, empowering Native youth and improving racial equity.
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- Vampire Dead-tective (Dead-tective #1) -
About Vampire Dead-tective (Dead-tective #1):There are those who hunt the night, and then there’s Liz Stokes. She’s a normal woman with an abnormal roommate until he up and gets himself murdered. Now she’s inherited his unique ring and an even more unique business partner, and the world of the paranormal is sprung on her like a surprise birthday party nobody wants. Together the pair find out that they don’t like each other. A lot. The catch? They can’t kill each other or the survivor will die, too.
Now Liz has to navigate this new and frightening world while dealing with her equally new and frightening companion. It’s a crazy chase filled with mad scientists, men in black, and cop werewolves who want to take more than a bite out of crime.
The Dead-tective books are paranormal romance thriller episodes that revolve around a pair of unlikely partners in their quest for truth, justice, and a pint of blood.
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A seductress of sensual words and a lover of paranormal plots, Mac enjoys thrilling reads and writings filled with naughty fun and pleasures. She writes ebooks in the paranormal and romance categories and always enjoy a good chat with fans and romance junkies, so feel free to drop her a line.Visit her at her website: http://macflynn.com
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- UK Road Signs -
About UK Road Signs:In a recent survey only 12% of 2000 drivers questioned were able to correctly identify 8 common UK road signs. The more worrying fact is that only 33% knew what the sign for an upcoming zebra crossing was.
If you are about to take your theory test or even if you are an experienced driver, this book quickly and comprehensively covers the UK’s most common road signs.
Packed with information – UK Road Signs offers readers easy-to-follow guides on signs and road markings.
*FREE BONUS*
Get free digital downloads of the DfT’s ‘Know Your Traffic Signs’ and ‘The Highway Code’ worth over £7 for free in our resources section.
The book includes:
* Quick and easy-to-follow comprehensive guide to the UK’s most common road signs
* Fully interactive 30 question test, ideal for those preparing to take their theory test or for those who just want to brush up on their road signs!
* Free downloads and great resources in our help and advice section
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John Simons was born in North Yorkshire in 1960. Working as an advanced driving instructor he now fills his retirement time writing books in genres such as reference and how-to’s. His hobbies include walks in the countryside and technology. Having just passed an HTML with the NCSA John now enjoys basic HTML programming and uses this to format his eBooks.UK Road Signs is a post from Awesome Gang
- Dangerous Dozen: 12 Sexy Heroes To Die For Romantic Suspense Boxed Set -
About Dangerous Dozen: 12 Sexy Heroes To Die For Romantic Suspense Boxed Set:“***Twelve Sexy Heroes, specially priced for 99 cents for a limited time.***
The Dangerous Dozen — Alpha Males who know how to protect their women and how to love them. This romantic suspense boxed set stars TWELVE Smoking Hot Heroes in TWELVE Full-Length Novels by TWELVE Bestselling Authors.
To Catch Her Man by Charity Pineiro, New York Times Bestselling Author. Investigative reporter Sylvia Amenabar must decide between friendship, love and discovering the truth behind a cop’s murder… Undercover detective Carlos Ramirez nearly lost his life protecting Sylvia, but he knows it’ll be a fight to reach her heart. . . Can they learn to trust one another and find out the truth about a failed assignment that nearly killed Carlos? Or will the secrets of the past and family issues cost them the things they hold most dear.
I’ll Be Watching You by Tina Wainscott, New York Times Bestselling Author. Ten years ago, Kim left her steamy Everglades town under a cloud of murder and scandal. Her gran brings her back to reclaim her home and unearth the truth…while a killer watches her every move.
Bedeviled by Maureen Child, USA Today Bestselling Author. A *faerie* funny paranormal.
Protective Custody by Paige Tyler, USA Today Bestselling Author. Someone is stalking reporter Paisley McCoy, and police detective Gray Beckham is the only man who can protect her. While the chemistry between them is undeniable, there’s no way he’s going near the captain’s daughter, and she has a hard and fast rule that says she doesn’t date cops. Can they both survive the stalker who’s coming after them long enough to realize how good they are together?
There’s a New Witch in Town by Tawny Weber, New York Times Bestselling Author. Her magic, his town, their love… is it enough? Or will a witch just regaining her powers have to choose between saving a cursed town, or giving up everything she’s come to care about?
In His Control by Nina Bruhns, New York Times Bestselling Author. A rogue detective will do anything to catch the sexy international thief he’s fixated upon. When their titillating game of cat and mouse grows shockingly intimate, he must make the impossible choice between honor and duty…and the notorious woman he has unwittingly come to love.
Chosen by Sin by Virna DePaul, New York Times Bestselling Author. A wounded alpha werebeast bent on revenge… A female vampire trying to save her adoptive dragon-shifter family… Can they stop a group of rebel shape-shifters from unleashing every demon in hell? Only if they relinquish their secrets, face their fears, and open themselves to love.
Imposter: The Protectors Series — Book One by Karen Fenech, International Bestselling Author. Chemist Dr. Eve Collins, wrongly accused by the CIA of developing a chemical weapon, learns someone has set her up as a scapegoat. That “”someone”" wants her dead. To save her life, she must join forces with CIA Operative John Burke–the man who doesn’t believe her claim of innocence and the man she’s falling in love with.
Dark Tide Rising by Kristin Miller, New York Times Bestselling Author. Police Sergeant Mark Thurgood is all work and no play, but he’s harboring secrets that tie him to the vengeful sea. Free-spirited Emily McAllister is haunted by premonitions, and the latest shows her death in a dark coastal cave. Can they put their desires aside to focus on the task at hand and find the killer before he finds her?
Big Bad Wolf by Gennita Low. On the run from shadowy enemies, a secret agent finds sunlight and love while working undercover for a female roofer.
Found Wanting by Joyce Lamb. She’s been on the run for 14 years. He’s been sent to bring her home, dead or alive. A boy’s life depends on what happens next. Can they overcome betrayal, lies and violence to find what they’ve always wanted?
High Tide by Maureen Miller. A couple locked in a struggle to protect the coast…and their lives.
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“NY Times and USA Today Bestseller Charity Pineiro is a Jersey Girl who just wants to have more time to write, travel and spend time with her family and friends. Charity is the author of over 40 novels and novellas. www.charitypineiro.comUSA Today Bestselling author of over twenty-five hot books, Tawny Weber writes sassy, sexy romances. A fan of Johnny Depp, cupcakes and color coordination, she spends a lot of her time shopping for cute shoes, scrapbooking and hanging out on Facebook. http://tawnyweber.com
Bestselling Romantic Suspense Author Nina Bruhns is the author of six novels for Berkley Sensation, and twenty novels for Harlequin Romantic Suspense and Harlequin Nocturne.http://www.ninabruhns.com
Virna DePaul is a former criminal prosecutor and bestselling author of steamy, suspenseful fiction. Whether featuring vampires, a Para-Ops team, hot cops, or swoon-worthy identical twin brothers, her stories center around complex individuals willing to overcome incredible odds for love. She writes for Harlequin Romantic Suspense, HQN, and Random House, and is also a bestselling indie author. www.virnadepaul.com
Kristin Miller is a teacher turned bestselling romance author from Northern California. She is published with Entangled, Avon, and Harlequin in romantic suspense, paranormal, and contemporary. www.kristinmiller.net
Award winning Romantic Suspense & Thriller author, Maureen A. Miller, is a fan of old Gothic romances, the formula of danger, dark cliffs, and sinister houses. A forever-dreamer with a sensual imagination, Maureen is also the founder of www.JustRomanticSuspense.com, and its offspring, www.JustContemporaryRomance.com. Find out more at http://www.maureenamiller.com/
Award winning author Maureen Child has written more than 130 novels and can even be spotted in the last five minutes of the movie THE SOUL COLLECTOR based on her book A Pocketful of Paradise. A native Californian, Maureen now lives in the mountains of Utah and is learning how to live with snow. http://www.maureenchild.com/
Bestselling author Karen Fenech writes romantic suspense and recently launched a new series called The Protectors. When she’s not writing or spending time with her family, Karen loves to shop, watch movies–old and new–or just kick back in a comfy chair and read. http://www.karenfenech.com
Paige Tyler is the USA Today bestselling author of sexy, romantic fiction. She and her very own military hero (also known as her husband) live on the beautiful Florida coast with their adorable fur baby (also known astheir dog). Paige graduated with a degree in education, but decided to pursue her passion and write books about hunky alpha males and the kickbutt heroines who fall in love with them. Visit www.paigetylertheauthor.com
Award winning author, Gennita Low, writes sexy military romance and techno spy-fi. Jenn, as everyone likes to call her, is also a roofer who knows 600 different ways to kill with roofing tools! Her book, Into Danger, won Romantic Time’s Best Romantic Intrigue award. Read about spy agencies whose deadly operatives kill and love with passion and humor. Find out more at http://www.gennita-low.com/
Author, Tina Wainscott, loves the combination of suspenseful chills and romantic thrills. Tina has published fifteen romantic suspense novels, four romances for Harlequin, and ten paranormal romances as Jaime Rush. Tina loves spending time with family and friends, and believes in living life to the fullest with no regrets. Read more at www.http://tinawainscott.com/
Award-winning author Joyce Lamb has eight published romantic suspense novels, three of which have been RITA finalists. She is also curator of USA Today’s Happy Ever After blog devoted to romance novels. You can find her at joycelamb.blogspot.com.”
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- The Hitman’s Holiday -
About The Hitman’s Holiday:Logan is a professional hit man. He finds the Christmas Season the dreariest and most boring of the year, but this particular holiday he gets caught up in a Christmas jingle that lodges in his mind.
When he gets an unusual December contract, he follows a sassy twelve-year-old and her odd companions through the Bronx … and serious trouble.
This assignment brings Logan face to face with the concept of how far he can go on this dark path before there’s no turning back. Is it already too late for redemption?
“The Hitman’s Holiday” is the first novella is the Hitman Series, followed by “The Hitman’s Heart” and the April 2014 release of “The Hitman’s History.”
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Jo Robertson, a former high school English teacher, lives in northern California, near the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills. She enjoys reading, scrapbooking, and discussing the latest in books, movies, and television shows. Any “spare” time she has is spent enjoying her seven children and sixteen grandchildren.When her Advanced Placement English students challenged her to quit talking about writing and “just do it,” she wrote her first completed manuscript, “The Watcher,” which won the 2006 Golden Heart Award for romantic suspense. She’s authored six indie published romantic and historical thrillers, five novellas, including her popular Hitman Series.
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- Natural Herbal Remedies: Ancient Cures, Natural Treatments, and Home Remedies for Health -
About Natural Herbal Remedies: Ancient Cures, Natural Treatments, and Home Remedies for Health:Dozens of Natural Herbal Recipes to Deal with 25 Common Ailments
Modern medicines work, but they are expensive, filled with chemicals unnatural to the human body and cause side effects.
There is a large number of common ailments that can easily be addressed by using the right herbs and other ingredients in the form of teas, oils and tinctures. These herbal remedies are natural, cheap and come without side effects. Humans have been using them since ancient times. It is ancestral knowledge that will never be outdated.
In my book, Natural Herbal Remedies, you will discover dozens of easy recipes for homemade herbal remedies that take care of 25 common ailments, such as acne, migraine, throat ache, athlete’s foot, yeast infection and many more. You will also find an overview of 16 recommended ingredients and their health benefits.
Here is a brief overview of what’s inside:
* Dozens of recipes to deal with 25 common ailments
* Health benefits of 16 powerful ingredients
* Herbal remedies for acne, migraine, heartburn, and throat ache
* No filler content, just the useful nuggets of information
* Introduction to herbal medicines
* A lot more!
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My name is Patrick Smith, and I’m a passionate body builder, Internet marketer and personal development coach. It is my experience and belief that all people have the ability to better their lives, if they are pointed in the right direction. I live and teach by example and try to give some of my passion to others, and to you.Things were not always this way. About ten years ago, many members of my family were obese and did not take their health seriously. That was until two of us got sick with a fatty liver disease. I was barely out of my teenage years at the time, but it was a wake up call, which got me to take the lead in changing the ways we were living and thinking.
My research into health and nutrition sparked a passion in me that I am living to this day, not only by helping people around me, but also as a writer of books on personal development, nutrition, health and financial freedom.
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- Peter – The World (Peter: A Darkened Fairytale): Short Poems & Tiny Thoughts – Vol 1 -
About Peter – The World (Peter: A Darkened Fairytale): Short Poems & Tiny Thoughts – Vol 1:
If you love poetry and magic you will love this wonderful collection – ChristophFischerBooks AMAZON TOP 500 REVIEWER
Peter: The World – Short Poems and Tiny Thoughts is a collection of 26 poems based upon the surreal, magical story Peter: A Darkened Fairytale.
Inside these pages, you will find whimsical poems of ‘The Light’ and forewarning of ‘The Dark’. The tale of Peter has inspired several books of which Peter: The World is the third publication and there are many more adventures soon to be released.
So, take a walk with wizards, dream of stars, drink blood with vampires and never ever listen to demons. If you look closely, you may even see sweet fairies hiding in your garden – tucked behind violet flowers. But, do be careful, they just may be vampire fairies.
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Living in a small village in Lancashire, England, the author has written a number of books based on the tale ‘Peter’.In the 1990s, the author had twenty-one articles published, both nationally and internationally. After gaining an honours degree in Geosciences, doing post-graduate study in Occupational Health and Fitness, and earning a masters degree in Science Communication, he developed an interest for simple communication.
A passion for writing again emerged, and combining various interests in fine art, museum exhibition display, biology, geology, poetry, and the mystical led to the story of Peter: A Darkened Fairytale. The author still retains a childlike vision of the world, which is conveyed throughout his books.
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- Ecliptic by Sara Lunardi -
About Ecliptic by Sara Lunardi:“Have you ever wondered what the signs of the zodiac really are, and why they have influence on all human beings?” Alex asked us out of the blue. Was he kidding? What did this question have to do with our situation?
On the night of 13th June 2035, during an exceptional shower of shooting stars seen all over the world, mysterious signs representing zodiac constellations appear on the shoulders of Izie De Rossi and her twin brother Sam. From that night on, their lives will never be the same.
A cruel countdown begins, leading the twins to fight for the survival of the entire human race alongside extraordinary creatures from the zodiac, endowed with physical and mental abilities out of the ordinary, the Guardians. How is it possible? Izie is just a normal girl, and she wants nothing to do with supernatural things.
In the midst of all the dangers and sacrifices forced upon her by her mission, Izie meets the handsome and mysterious Riley. She feels immediately drawn to him in a shocking and overwhelming way… but things are not always as they seem. He hides terrible secrets from her. Will she have the strength to carry out the mission? But at what price?
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Sara Lunardi was born and raised in the beautiful seaside town of Genoa, Italy, where she studied for a degree in Italian, Spanish and English Literature, specializing in psychology and sociology.After spending a few years in Switzerland, she moved permanently to London, a city that she has made her home and which provides the setting for much of her writing.
Sara works as manager of a wellness and beauty centre, and as beauty consultant for various prestigious brands of cosmetics. She also loves fashion and art, areas closely connected with the world of aesthetics.
Sara has always been a hungry reader and consumer of books of all kinds, and she fell in love with the fantasy genre during adolescence, after a chance reading of the timeless classic ‘The Lord of the Rings’.
Her true passion, however, is still writing:
“I think I held a pen before walking. Despite new technology, I’ve always been fond of the good old pen, scribbling notes on used travel tickets, handkerchiefs and even worn pages of old diaries. It’s the only way I’m able to capture and bring to life the ideas that are constantly running through my head.”
Sara began writing at school, producing essays, articles, term papers on the humanities, and also collections of poetry. She then continued with more technical writings in the fields of aesthetics and cosmetology, also taking care of the school programme for beautician internships.
However, the idea of writing ‘a real novel’ has always been on her mind.
‘Ecliptic’ is her true debut. It’s a fantasy/Sci-Fi novel and is the first of a saga that bears its name.
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- The Soul Screams Murder -
About The Soul Screams Murder:A young family moves into a house beset by disturbed apparitions. When the father begins to investigate the horrific reason for the hauntings, their lives become tangled with a dangerous psychopath. He will stop at nothing to escape the penalty of his horrific crimes, pursued by police and poltergeists. A reign of terror begins with the family as the prime target for his dreadful revenge.
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I’ve always loved writing, and have also scripted audio dramas for CD and written short film screenplays. My favourite genres in reading are an eclectic mix of historical dramas, thrillers, supernatural and mysteries.My writing style is generally mystery/thriller linked with supernatural or strange events, which doesn’t necessarily tie the stories to one specific genre. I look upon it as a bit like cooking, incorporating ‘tastes’ from the cuisine of other cultures – and hopefully adding an interesting new zest.
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- A Book to Die For -
About A Book to Die For:This is the sequel to Houston’s best selling Amazon mystery, A View to Die For.
Jake Martin is not your ordinary sleuth. He’s an outsourced software engineer, handyman and writer. This time the story takes place in the foothills of Denver. Jake is accused of manslaughter and he has to prove the accident was really murder. Along the way he encounters a poaching ring and falls in love with a beautiful game warden. The characters are memorable and the plot is multilayered. It keeps the reader guessing who dun-it until the very end.
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Richard is working on his third career. His first was as a carpenter and roofer for twenty years while working his way through college. With a BS in Math he spent the next twenty-five years as a successful software engineer by working on the Space Shuttle at both Vandenberg AFB, and Johnson Space Center. He then went on to start Master Mind SofTools where he developed software for fortune 500 companies. After taking early retirement in 2007, he moved to Warsaw, Missouri and built a home on the water with a view to die for. Richard now devotes his time to raising his granddaughter and writing.A Book to Die For is a post from Awesome Gang
- ASH: Return Of The Beast by Gary Val Tenuta -
About ASH: Return Of The Beast by Gary Val Tenuta:THE FACT: Soon after the 1947 death of history’s most notorious occultist, Aleister “The Beast” Crowley, the urn containing his ashes mysteriously vanished.
THE FICTION: Now, more than 60 years later, the urn has resurfaced and Seattle’s clergymen are dying… one at a time… exactly nine days apart.
This is the most bizarre case that has ever landed on the desk of Seattle Police Detective, Brian Kane. It’s so bizarre that FBI Special Agent Rowena Ravenwood knows Kane will never solve it without her expert assistance. Her expertise is in realms of reality that Detective Kane thinks only exists in B-grade movies. He’s in for a very rude awakening. And what about his own dark and deeply personal connection to the case? How long can he keep it a secret?
What is the meaning of the strange symbols branded onto the bodies of the hapless victims? Why has a black plastic Batman medallion been stuffed into the mouth of each victim? Were they all part of some bizarre cult? How many more will die? No eyewitnesses. No fingerprints. Is it really murder? Where’s the evidence? How does a young millionaire rock star fit into the picture? And what is the disturbing secret that Detective Kane is holding so close to his chest?
The investigation catapults Kane and Ravenwood headlong into life-threatening situations as they grope their way through the strange dark labyrinth of the occult and soon find themselves battling for their lives against the powerful forces of ritual magick.
A bloody carnage of unimaginable horror is about to be unleashed upon the world as the offspring of the fabled “Old Ones” are awakened from their ancient slumber.
The survival of the entire human race hangs in the balance and the clues to help solve the case are in desperately short supply. Worse yet, so is the amount of time left to stop the mysterious killer’s reign of terror before all Hell breaks loose. And – according to Special Agent Ravenwood – that’s not just a figure of speech.
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Who am I? These excerpts from an interview will probably tell you more than you ever wanted to know about me.(Q) OKAY, FOR STARTERS, WHAT’S THE LOW DOWN ON GARY VAL TENUTA? WHERE DO YOU HAIL FROM? WHERE ARE YOU NOW? WHERE’D YOU GO IN BETWEEN?
(A) I hail from Seattle. Or maybe I rain from Seattle. We do that a lot here. My webbed feet prove it. I’m still in Seattle. Sort of. I’ve migrated to a location a few miles north. When I’m not here I’m most likely working security for a renegade group of alien- human hybrids at a top secret underground base near Dulce, New Mexico.
(Q) WHAT’S THE BEST CAR YOU’VE EVER OWNED?
(A) The car I have now, actually. A gorgeous 1993 Oldsmobile Elite that I found on craigslist (My other car is a row boat). The guy who was selling the Olds didn’t own it and he spoke with a Russian accent. He gave me some story about how it belonged to his neighbor who was confined to a wheelchair. He did have the title, though.
Interestingly, there was a Russian gang buying and selling stolen cars in this area at the time. Just sayin’. But the car was immaculate, loaded with all the goodies, metallic maroon body with maroon interior, remarkably low miles, a price that was suspiciously low and it had a U.S. Air Force security sticker in the front window. I’m not kidding. All of this made me a little nervous but the thing was so friggin’ gorgeous I bought it anyway. So far, no Men In Black have come looking for me so I guess I’m good. For now.
(Q) I’VE HEARD THAT YOU WRITE AND PERFORM COUNTRY MUSIC. CARE TO TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT?
(A) I grew up on rock-n-roll, Elvis, Jerry Lee, you know. Then I got into folk music with Dylan, Baez, and a host of others that most people probably never heard of in the 60s. Some of that got played on radio but the really good stuff never did.
One day, someone told me some folk music was getting airplay on some country music stations. I had never really paid much attention to country music but decided to tune in and see what was happening. They did play a few of the more obscure folk artists like Doc Watson and some bluegrass bands occasionally but mostly, of course, they just played whatever country music was popular at the time. I got to where I was really digging the country music because of the story aspect to a lot of the songs. Marty Robbins’ gun-fighter ballads were great and Johnny Cash knocked me out with stuff like Folsom Prison Blues and Ring Of Fire. Then I found out Cash and Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis all started out together at Sun Records. I thought that was pretty cool and I began to notice how country and rock-n-roll were really quite intertwined. Presley’s early stuff consisted of a lot of country songs that he was doing in his typical jacked up style. In the 70s a lot of the bands, like the Byrds, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and even the Stones (Honky Tonk Woman), were mixing country with rock and I loved what they were doing.
In the 80s I met a guitar player named James Michael Thomas who played in both country and rock bands and even played in Ray Charles’ road band for a while. He found out I was starting to write country songs and he was impressed with my stuff. He introduced me to the country band he was with at the time and they added one of my songs to their play list. That was pretty exciting for me to hear one of my songs blasting from the bandstand with all the people dancing to it.
Then I joined the N.W. Songwriter’s Association and ended up performing a lot of my songs at a weekly Singer/Songwriter Showcase in Seattle and a studio demo of my 1950s-Elvis-styled Christmas songs made it onto the regular rotation at one of the bigger local country music radio stations.
I thought maybe songwriting would turn out to be my bread and butter but the further I got into it, the more I found out what an almost impossible business it is to get into. The doors are made of 6-foot thick solid steel, bolted shut like a bank vault. You can get your foot in that door if you know somebody but it can shut on your foot really fast, too. The closest I ever got to any sort of success was a demo of one of my songs somehow made it all the way to a desk drawer in Waylon Jennings’ home office.
(Q) I ALSO UNDERSTAND YOU ONCE HAD A “CLOSE ENCOUNTER”. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT?
(A) Now THAT was cool! In Seattle, 1993, I saw what has become known as a “Black Triangle UFO”. It was cruising very slowly, maybe 10 miles per hour, and very low and completely silent. Passed directly over me. I estimated it was about 300 feet to a side, about the length of a football field. An illustration of it and all the details of the sighting (including some interesting related information) are in an article on The Examiner at http://www.examiner.com/article/close-encounter-with-black-triangle-ufo.
(Q) DO YOU BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE ELABORATE CONSPIRACIES IN PLACE DESIGNED TO KEEP US IGNORANT MASSES SAFE FROM KNOWING TOO MUCH?
(A) Ah! Conspiracy theory! Love conspiracy theories. However, I’m not sure I buy into that one. Not saying it’s not possible. I’m just not convinced that TV and video games are part of an organized conspiracy to keep us dumbed down. I think we tend to do that pretty well on our own without the need for it to be implemented by the mysterious Illuminati.
Having said that, however, there are some very odd things that go on that do seem a bit weird. Bohemian Grove comes to mind. But I’ll let people look that one up on their own. Some of the circumstances surrounding the official explanations for the 9/11 Twin Towers incident are also questionable, in my opinion.
One of my all time favorite conspiracy theories is the one about the alleged underground base at Dulce, New Mexico that’s run by a group of Reptilian aliens in cahoots with a secret faction of the U.S. Military. I don’t buy a word of it but I have to say there are elements of it that seem to have some basis in reality and that intrigues me. Specifically the alleged involvement of an actual person by the name of Philip Schneider.
Oh, and the MJ-12 conspiracy theory is freakin’ great. If it’s a hoax it’s perhaps the biggest, most complex hoax ever perpetrated. For anyone interested, I’ve written what you might call an MJ-12 primer. It’s called The Mystery of the Majestic-12 Documents. It lays out the entire story. You can find it here:
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What I’ve learned over the years about UFO-related conspiracy theories, in particular, is that they often involve real people and real events and we know the government has been interested in the UFO phenomenon at least since the Roswell incident back in 1947. There was Project Blue Book and Project Grudge, and the Condon Committee and the Brookings Report and I’m sure I’m forgetting some. My friend, Peter Gersten (a.k.a. the UFO Lawyer) was a key player in getting the CIA, the FBI and the NSA to release hundreds of UFO related documents that those agencies claimed they didn’t have. The actual government involvement in the ongoing UFO phenomenon is what makes the UFO-related conspiracy theories so compelling. There always seems to be some nuggets of truth mixed into them. Just enough, sometimes, to make you go, “Hmm…”.
(Q) WELL, NOW THAT THAT’S OUT OF THE WAY, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR WRITING. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT IT? WAS THERE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT INSPIRED YOU TO PICK UP THE PEN AND HAVE AT IT?
(A) I think the first story I ever wrote was when I was about 12 years old. It was a sci-fi story called The Beam From Saucer-X. It was really good, too. I know that because my mom told me so.
But it wasn’t until I was about 15 or 16 that I started to really become interested in creative writing. There were two authors that pretty much kick-started that interest. First was Edgar Allan Poe and then H. P. Lovecraft. I think the first Poe story I read was The Telltale Heart. I was immediately hooked. I read everything by Poe that I could get my hands on. I also must admit there was another writer whose work influenced me. That was, surprisingly enough, John Lennon. He wrote a couple of small books, John Lennon In His Own Write and A Spaniard In The Works. They were both filled with bizarre little humorous “nonsense stories”, some not more than half a page long. His word play was often so hysterically funny that I sometimes laughed until the tears flowed. Then again, maybe I just have a weird sense of humor. Anyway, his writing inspired me to write several short pieces of similar nonsense. Those little gems inevitably got passed around study hall and usually ended in me getting into trouble. But hey, what is high school for if it’s not to have fun and get in trouble?
(Q) DO YOU HAVE ANY EARLY WRITINGS THAT WE MAY NEVER HAVE HEARD OF? WHEN DID YOU ENTER THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE INDEPENDENT AUTHOR?
(A) My first paid writing gig was in the mid-1990s writing feature articles for the venerable old Fate Magazine. But my first novel (The Ezekiel Code) was self-published through Outskirts Press in 2007.
(Q) YOU’VE GOT A COUPLE OF TRULY REMARKABLE BOOKS OUT THERE NOW… “THE EZEKIEL CODE” AND “ASH: RETURN OF THE BEAST”. CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT THEM?
(A) Okay. Well, let’s start with my latest novel, Ash: Return Of The Beast.
I was browsing through a second-hand bookstore one day and came across a biography of the notorious British occultist, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), the man the British press once labeled as “The Wickedest Man In The World”. Having had a long time interest in all facets of the supernatural, paranormal, and generally anything that resonated with those topics, I was familiar with who Crowley was. I knew he identified with the number 666 and often referred to himself as “The Beast”. But I’d never read a full biography about him. I paged through the book and, toward the end, my speed-reading eyes almost passed over a remarkable little factoid that I’d never heard about before. I did a double-take to see if it said what I thought it said. It did.
According to the biography (and I’ve since found the same information elsewhere), Crowley’s body was cremated upon his death. Curiously, however, the urn containing his ashes mysteriously disappeared. Its disappearance has remained a mystery to this day. When I read that I thought, wow, if that isn’t a great set-up for a supernatural tale, I don’t know what is.
This idea wouldn’t leave me alone. I mulled it over in my head for days, maybe weeks, trying to come up with a good story based around this intriguing little bit of Crowley trivia. Eventually, it came to me and I couldn’t wait to get started. Three years in the works, it finally emerged as Ash: Return Of The Beast, a supernatural serial killer chiller steeped in the occult and drenched in esoteric lore. I knew I had something here, something even better than I imagined it would be.
So, is it a horror story? Well, yes and no. It’s not horror in the gory slasher sense that we’ve seen so much of over the past couple decades. It’s more the quiet, subtle sort of horror that creeps up on you, gaining momentum, pushing you further and further into the darkness until you have nowhere to run. As one reviewer put it:
“I was reminded of Dennis Lehane. Very different from other horror fiction stories… even gave the whole Necronomicon tale a new spin.” – Cyma R. Kahn, goodreads.com reviewer
Actually, I like to think of it as a supernatural crime chiller steeped in esoteric lore. To a large extent it’s a police procedural heavily loaded with paranormal elements.
As many novelists will tell you, sometimes the author thinks he knows how the story will end. But, as the characters begin to take on a life of their own, the story can evolve in directions the author never anticipated and the ending can turn out to be something quite different from what was originally planned. Such was the case with Ash. Another reviewer said:
“An ending you will never see coming. Highly recommended.” – Lila L. Pinord
Believe me, as the author, no one was more surprised by the ending than I was.
Now, about The Ezekiel Code. I’d have to say the seed that eventually grew to become The Ezekiel Code was actually planted many years prior to having any notion of writing a novel.
Back in the late 60s I had decided to read the Bible from cover to cover. I can’t say I read every word but I did at least read “through” it from beginning to end. Now, having had an interest in the UFO phenomenon since the age of about 12, some of the passages in the Bible struck me as being somewhat similar to reports I’d read about UFO sightings. I first noticed it in the story of the Israelite’s long journey through the desert. They followed a “pillar of cloud by day” and a “pillar of fire by night”. That struck me as a rather curious phenomenon. Added to that was the Ark of the Covenant which functioned to somehow to serve as a communication device between “God” and Moses, the leader of this band of wandering Jews. I wondered, could the Ark be some sort of a wireless communication technology so “God” (or whatever it was!) could talk to Moses from his “ship”, the pillar of cloud by day, lit up at night?
Then, in the book of Numbers, this “cloud” that carried “God”, actually landed on the ground. And, further on, there was Elijah who was “taken up” in a “whirlwind”. It was becoming, as Alice would say, curiouser and curiouser. Then came the hammer that hit me on the head.
It was the book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel’s descriptions of the object that came down from the sky, and with which he interacted, seemed much too mechanical to be anything of an ethereal nature. His incredibly detailed descriptions seemed to me like the way someone of his time in history, with a priestly background and absolutely no knowledge of advanced technology (beyond a cart pulled by a donkey), would describe a technological craft.
Some years later I discovered a non-fiction book called The Spaceships of Ezekiel written by a former NASA contract engineer by the name of Joseph Blumrich. His son had noticed the same things about Ezekiel’s descriptions that I had noticed and, knowing the nature of his father’s work with NASA, he told his father about it. Blumrich didn’t believe it at first but the more he studied it the more he began to have second thoughts. The book is his professional analysis of what it was that Ezekiel may actually have encountered. After reading that book I was left with not a shred of doubt that Ezekiel had experienced what we now call a Close Encounter of the Third Kind.
Fast forward to sometime in the mid-90s:
My best friend, Julie, and I were sitting in an all-night diner at about 2 o’clock in the morning. I think maybe we had been to see a sci-fi movie earlier in the evening which is probably what sparked a conversation about UFOs. Once again, this idea about Ezekiel came to the forefront of my mind and I told Julie about it. I mentioned that the idea would make a great theme for someone like Spielberg or Lucas to build a movie around. The more I thought about it the more I liked the idea but I knew I had no way of getting the idea to either of those guys. This left me quite disappointed. I’d probably never get to see this idea on the big screen. Then it hit me. I can’t make a movie but I can write. Why don’t I write a novel based on this idea?
I was already half way through the writing of another sci-fi novel at the time but this idea struck me as so extraordinary that I immediately shelved the other novel and began sketching out ideas for this new book which, at the time, had a working title of Ezekiel’s Wheels. So how and why did it change from Ezekiel’s Wheels to The Ezekiel Code? That was a two-part process of an organic nature.
Part-1 of the process: At about the same time I started working on the book I was also well into the beginning stages of another little exploration that eventually began to take over my life. It’s called gematria. Think of it as a kind of numerology but with deeper implications. Traditionally, the concept goes back to the ancient Hebrew priests and mystics and was also used extensively by the Greeks. These cultures, of course, used their own respective alphabets and numeration systems when applying their gematria codes.
I had, quite by accident, stumbled onto the idea that the English alphabet might be naturally or artificially “encoded” in some manner so as to correspond with our base-10 numbering system and that, somehow, the number 9 and the phenomenon of “synchronicity” were key to the whole thing. That, in itself, is a long story. The bottom line is that this work was so ingrained into my consciousness that it naturally began to flow into my ideas about the plot of my book. It provided a perfect plot device to propel the story. Not only did I recognize how well it would work, I also knew it was so original that it would be unique among anything else that was out there.
Part-2 of the process: I was not at all happy with the working title, Ezekiel’s Wheels. It wasn’t dramatic enough. It wasn’t very catchy. Sort of… blah. Then one day, maybe around 2003/2004, I heard about a book by one of my favorite “alternative” researchers, Gregg Braden. His book was called The God Code. That reminded me of the title of Drosnin’s best selling book, The Bible Code. And Julie had recently purchased a book called Healing Codes of the Biological Apocalypse (a book, by the way, in which the co- author had made the same discoveries about the English alphabet that I had made a few years earlier!). At the same time came Dan Brown’s phenomenal best-selling novel, The DaVinci Code.
Well, I’m not blind. I started to recognize a pattern. All of these books were best sellers in their respective categories. Clearly the public had a thirst for anything with the word “code” in the title. How fortuitous for me! My book definitely had the code element going for it so I latched onto the idea and changed the title to The Ezekiel Code. As soon as I made that change, all the little things that kept blocking my progress regarding the direction of the plot just fell away and the story began to write itself, sometimes so fast I could hardly keep up with it even though it did take me nearly 9 years to complete the darn thing.
So that, in a nut shell, is the story behind The Ezekiel Code. The book did really well. In fact, it was an amazon.com bestseller in three categories for over 57 weeks. The reviews were mixed. About half the reviews were 4 and 5 stars and the other half were 1 and 2 stars. Some people loved it and some people, well, let’s just say they disliked it a lot. What was going on there? Well, listen up all you readers who are thinking about writing your first novel and delving into the world of indie publishing. There’s a lesson here. The success of a book isn’t always about how well it’s written. Sometimes it’s about the subject matter.
The Ezekiel Code didn’t become a bestseller because the writing was so incredibly good. Being a newbie at this novel writing stuff, I really thought the writing was great. So, why all the bad reviews?
It was only months later, after licking my wounds inflicted by the slings and arrows of those negative reviews that I realized many of those reviewers were right. The writing, while certainly not awful, wasn’t really up to par with novels written by more seasoned authors. Two main criticisms came up:
(1) Too often I led the reader by inserting hints of what was coming instead of letting the reader have the fun of making the discovery for himself. At the end of one chapter, for example, the lead character, Zeke Banyon, was in his office, anxious to get home to his lover, Angela. Everything seemed to be going along really well for them. Nothing dramatic was expected. In the next chapter, however, Zeke arrives at his home and finds the house in a state of disarray, blood on the back door which had been broken into, and Angela was nowhere to be found. Quite a shocking and unexpected surprise, right? Well, sort of but not entirely, at least not for the reader. Why not entirely? Because of the last sentence of the previous chapter:
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Back in his office, Banyon poured his last cup of coffee for the day and settled down to finish some paperwork. All the while, he kept thinking about Angela. He couldn’t wait to get home.
I have a feeling this is going to be an extraordinary evening.
He had no idea how extraordinary it would turn out to be. But not in the way he imagined.
*****
Two things happened here.
(1) Not only did that last sentence give away the idea that something bad was about to happen, thus depriving the reader of the chance to experience the shocking turn of events for himself, but that last sentence also unnecessarily interjected the voice of the author into the scene. When the author’s voice in interjected into the narrative it’s like watching a movie, you’re really into the scene, and suddenly you hear the voice of the director coming from somewhere off camera, shouting “Okay, now something bad’s going to happen!”
(2) The other big criticism was about the “info dumps”. An info dump is when the author dumps a large amount of information into the scene, thus interrupting the flow of the narrative. There is quite a bit of that in this book and it bugged some readers to no end. My only excuse for having done that is that the book could almost be classified as “experimental” in terms of style and construction. As I mentioned before, no other novel (that I’m aware of) has used gematria as a primary vehicle to drive the story. That presented me with the problem of having to impart a lot of information that I knew would be strange and unfamiliar to most readers. So not only are there sections where the “information dump” slows down the pace of the story, I also repeated some of it here and there throughout the story. Why? I did that because there were so many unusual terms and concepts introduced to the reader. I thought repeating some of them occasionally (although mixed well into the character’s conversations) would help the reader recall what some of those things meant. Apparently I was wrong. Well, not entirely wrong. There were actually some people who appreciated it because it kept them from having to search back through several chapters to find the information if, indeed, they did want to refresh their memory of some details.
If I could do it all over again, I think I’d probably figure out a way to trim those “dumps” down to a minimum and include an addendum at the back of the book with expanded details for readers who might want to delve deeper into the information.
Now, getting back to what I said about subject matter being a selling point. Remember The DaVinci Code? What was the big motivating factor underlying the phenomenal sales of that book? Was it the great writing? No. In fact, many readers thought the writing was just mediocre at best. I thought it was pretty good, myself. But I digress. The big reason behind the book’s success was its controversial subject matter. Jesus survived the crucifixion, married Mary Magdalene, sailed to France and had kids? What? Well, that’s sort of what motivated so many sales of The Ezekiel Code. It was both the controversial subject and the timing. Remember that whole thing about the ending of the ancient Mayan Calendar in 2012? That was my book’s big controversial selling point.
Even though I started writing the book back around 1997, I already knew about the coming end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. I was pretty sure that was going to become a global cultural phenomenon so I made that the primary basis for the story.
Eventually, dozens of non-fiction books about 2012 were coming out and filling the bookshelves. But for about the first two years after The Ezekiel Code was released, it was just about the only work of fiction, based on the 2012 phenomenon, that had appeared anywhere. With a few targeted (and creatively worded) promo ads on a couple of popular 2012-related websites, and a lot of enticing Tweets on Twitter, it didn’t take long for the book to start selling like crazy.
So, there you go. I could say more about what the Ezekiel Code experience taught me about writing a novel but we should probably get on to something else. I’ve probably already bored more than a few readers to tears. I’ll just say the experience was worth it. After The Ezekiel Code, I spent a lot of time honing my craft and learning the writing ropes. I think it shows in my latest novel, Ash: Return Of The Beast. Certainly the rave reviews, so far, are confirmation of my growth as a novelist.
(Q) ASIDE FROM YOUR WRITING, WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO?
(A) I’m a freelance book cover designer. Any authors who are looking for a cover designer are certainly encouraged to check out the many examples of my work and give me a shout.
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(Q) TELL US ABOUT YOUR WRITING PROCESS. ARE YOU A DAY WRITER OR A NIGHT OWL? AN OUTLINER AND PLANNER? OR DO YOU JUST WRITE FROM THE HIP AND SORT IT OUT LATER?
(A) Definitely a night owl. Part vampire, you know. My process? I get an idea, sketch out a very loose outline, so loose it can barely qualify as an outline, and just start writing. I also tend to edit as I go along. I’ll write a paragraph. Read it. Revise it. Read it again. Revise again if necessary. It’s not unusual for me to spend anywhere from 4 to 6 hours just to write a 4-page chapter.
(Q) ARE YOU WORKING ON ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
(A) I recently published an ebook (Kindle) called WANNA TAKE A RIDE? It contains 4 stories from my series of Twisted Tales From The Files Of The Second Chance Limousine Service. Think Rod Serling meets Stephen King meets Yours Truly and you get a pretty good idea of what the stories are like. I have two more Second Chance Limo stories in the works.
(Q) FINALLY, WHERE CAN WE FIND GARY VAL TENUTA IN CYBERSPACE?
(A) For info about all my books:
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- WALLOW by Rick Pryll -
About WALLOW by Rick Pryll:Stories, rumors and other theatrics.
Have you ever thought about quitting your job, leaving it all behind, running away to Europe, to find yourself? Ever been to Prague and considered, just for a second, what it would be like to stay?
WALLOW depicts the plight of Steve, a self-obsessed romantic in the self-induced exile of Prague’s expat community. Newly divorced from both the love of his life and his yuppie-dom on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Steve finds himself broke, alone, and smack dab in the middle of his quarter-life crisis. To get through it, he is going to have to give up a few of his favorite delusions. Before he does, Steve takes a moment to bask in the cold sun of Self.
WARNING: Includes episodes of profanity and sexually explicit language.
The Prague Post had this to say: “WALLOW reads like a travelogue from the author’s fractured internal landscape, exploring heartbreak and alienation.”
Rick Pryll’s fiction is at once a thin disguise for his personal experience and a deep, dark tour of his secret self. Earnest nearly to a fault, his work triumphs in its ability to crystallize the emotional complexity of an instant in individual human experience.
Highlights:
The short story “Chris” captures what it was like to be living in the American expatriate community in Prague at the close of the last century.
The poem “Paper Plates” nails just what it is about living in a transient yet sticky place like Prague that hurts so much.
The short story “Eye of the Jackal” features an ironical twist that exposes the victim of a theft as a thief himself.
And finally, an Unsent Letter at the end of the book (dated to show that it was written before almost any of the rest of the book had yet to occur) shows that while the process of self-discovery is bumpy and long, often the kernel of it exists within us before we even begin.
This connected collection of short stories, poems, unsent letters and journal excerpts come together to describe a twenty-something man’s coming to terms with his life after divorce. Set both in New York City and Prague, the book is divided into seven sections, taking the reader through a fractured landscape of loss, self-pity, self-discovery and ultimately hope.
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Rick lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, painter Holly Spruck, their two children, and three cats.His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Prague Post, SHIFT magazine, THINK magazine, Optimism Monthly, and continues to live online at numerous locations including www.rickpryll.com and ekleksographia.
Rick lived in Prague, the Czech Republic from 1996 to 2002. While there he wrote and published two books including displaced (foolishness press, 1998) and WALLOW (foolishness press ,1999).
Prior to his stint as an ex-pat, he lived on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. While there, Rick published his hyperfiction short story “LIES” in 1994, establishing one of the web’s most well-known and critically-acclaimed examples of early electronic literature.
He graduated from the Massacusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1992. To earn his degree in Mechanical Engineering, Rick submitted a novella (Goliath) to satisfy the thesis requirement. In 1991 Rick’s short story “Path Beater” won the Robert A. Boit Prize for Best Short Story.
Rick hails form the shores of Lake Erie, and spent his first 18 years in the western New York region.
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- Overcoming Fear: The Ultimate Strategic Guide to Eliminating Worry and Anxiety Forever & Building Self-Confidence and Courage -
About Overcoming Fear: The Ultimate Strategic Guide to Eliminating Worry and Anxiety Forever & Building Self-Confidence and Courage:You’re about to discover…
A real understanding of fear, worry, and stress. You will understand how these work and how much it is affecting your life. We will break down your fears and get to the real root of the problem and cause. We will get rid of these weeds in your mind and replace them with blooming flowers, which are the new empowering thoughts and beliefs. You will learn about visualization techniques. You will learn strategies to practice in your daily life, and when applied, will cause a shift in your thinking and change the way you see yourself and the world!
Here Is A Preview Of What You’ll Learn…
Time-Tested Strategies to Conquer Fear and Worry
Techniques to Build Confidence and Courage
Processes to Free Your Mind
How to Live a More Positive and Empowered Life
Real Life Steps and Practices
How to Become More Joyful
How to Change the Way You See Yourself and the World
How to Obliterate Your Old Ways of Thinking
Much, much more!
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Kevin Leung is fascinated by the study of the brain and personal development. He studies to help us reach our full potential. He has many influences including Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Jim Rohn, and Stephen Covey.Overcoming Fear: The Ultimate Strategic Guide to Eliminating Worry and Anxiety Forever & Building Self-Confidence and Courage is a post from Awesome Gang
- With Fingers Cold and Gray -
About With Fingers Cold and Gray:
In the frozen lands beyond the edge of civilization, charlatan Marten the Magnificent swindles villagers of their valuables in exchange for superstitious charms. But when faced with a true monster, Marten is forced to rely on his own useless trinkets, or risk losing his life.
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E.W. Pierce is the writing handle of Eric Pierce. Raised on a steady diet of Star Wars, cowboy movies with his great-grandfather, and lots of pretend, he developed an early interest in the making of make-believe. Eric discovered the fantasy genre via the Dragonlance novels, and shortly thereafter, was introduced to the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. His world was never the same.Eric writes Fantasy and the occasional Science Fiction story. He lives in Michigan with his loving and patient wife and their two children.
You can follow him at ewpierce.com, where he blogs about fantasy books, roleplaying games, and other geeky pursuits.
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- Learning From Failure by Andrew Nathan, Cesar Lopez, Marc Hurwich, Gale West, Trish Darragh, Gail Gardner, Carl Kmiec, Candace Chira, Rae Luskin, Julie Weishaar, Angela England, -
About Learning From Failure by Andrew Nathan, Cesar Lopez, Marc Hurwich, Gale West, Trish Darragh, Gail Gardner, Carl Kmiec, Candace Chira, Rae Luskin, Julie Weishaar, Angela England,:Learning from Failure is a join effort of 11 entrepreneurs who have all seen or experienced failure in their business and life, and then bounced back. The reality is that failure is just a lesson on the road to success.
These stories therefore are parables of how to succeed in business. Learn from our mistakes, and improve upon our successes.
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11 amazing marketers from all walks of life.Learning From Failure by Andrew Nathan, Cesar Lopez, Marc Hurwich, Gale West, Trish Darragh, Gail Gardner, Carl Kmiec, Candace Chira, Rae Luskin, Julie Weishaar, Angela England, is a post from Awesome Gang
- In God We Trust: A Novel of American Politics -
About In God We Trust: A Novel of American Politics:A chronicle of our times based on real events, In God We Trust is a story of political intrigue, religious and Freemason conspiracies, and the corruption of money. It’s the story of Dante Jefferson Washington, a young, black, religious conservative and Deputy Chief of Staff to South Carolina Senator Winston J. Sinclair. Dante’s ambitions for public service soon become entangled in the unholy alliance of money, politics, and religion that define our national political dysfunction. His journey echoes that of his Italian namesake in The Divine Comedy.
Dante pursues his Beatrice in a former college classmate, a beautiful immigrant medical student caught between her British Christian and Pakistani Muslim heritage. Their lives and those of their two closest friends are torn apart by the disaster of 9/11 and the war that follows.
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The author is a prize-winning political scientist and economist. The political narrative is informed by recent research into national partisan polarization that challenges and dispels some of the popular myths and ideological stereotypes promoted by both party extremes.
What is this book about?
On the plot level it’s about our current political dysfunction seen through the eyes of a “coming-of-age, loss of innocence” protagonist. It is also a mystery of conspiracies of Freemasons, religious orders, and backroom politics. At a timeless, philosophical level it’s about whether the social order should be derived from the laws of a higher power or from the laws established by man’s reason. Even if one rejects the idea of a higher power, the religions of the Book then reflect the wisdom of the ages, so the question is to what extent man’s enlightenment improves or supplants that wisdom of the ages. The answer is unclear and worth contemplating…
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I’m a political economist, public policy analyst, and author with advanced degrees in political science, finance, and economics. My scholarship on political and economic issues have won several national awards while his commentaries have been published in a wide variety of national media journals, including The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BusinessWeek, The Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Currently I write on economic policy and politics on the blog, Casino Capitalism and Crapshoot Politics.I have been inspired by and harbored a life-long fascination with the art, culture, and politics of the Italian Renaissance, and have lived and studied in Italy, near Florence. My enduring interest in the social movements and artistic creativity of this period led me to the life stories of Girolamo Savonarola, Niccolò Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci. As a visiting scholar to the Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, I researched primary Renaissance materials for the dramatized history-fiction trilogy on Savonarola and Machiavelli. This work, titled The City of Man: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, has been an Amazon Kindle bestseller for more than four years running. In God We Trust is actually a modernized version of this 15th century Italian episode.
An early convert to digital technology, my eBooks are programmed to take full advantage of the search and link capabilities of digital text, as well as incorporating the enhancements of images, illustrations, tables, and indexes. These features give the reader the freedom to pursue their own path through the story with direct access to historical information on the Internet.
In addition to In God We Trust, I recently published two more works. Saving Mona Lisa is a novel about the world’s most famous painting told through the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci’s young assistant and eventual archivist, Francesco Melzi. The story is inspired by two real mysteries: Why did Leonardo insist the painting was never finished, refusing to surrender it to its rightful owner? And, who painted the copies, several of which depict Mona Lisa bare-breasted? The story delves into the conflicts inherent to artistic creativity and love by examining one of the most creative and complex personalities in history.
Political Economy Simplified: A Citizen’s Survival Guide is a condensed public policy primer that integrates analyses of economics, financial markets, and American politics into a broad overview of national policy for citizen-voters. This primer derives from and supplements my blog, Casino Capitalism and Crapshoot Politics.
I can be contacted through my Authors Guild website at www.michaelharrington.info
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- Peter: A Darkened Fairytale -
About Peter: A Darkened Fairytale:A children’s novel- PETER: A Darkened Fairytale
Rough age range 11-13, fun for adults too!
In a quiet sleepy place nestle a few tiny houses, a bridge, and a handful of shops. Unknown to Peter, on one particular morning – the morning of his tenth birthday –will reveal more than just the usual collection of presents. Stumbling into a secret place, he travels through many hidden worlds and embarks upon a fantastic journey. Hally the lifelongian, Arnica the maiden, Wind Sail the white witch and a beautiful elf called Slip will all guide him on his quest.
Searching through the Purple Forest, Peter makes haste to rescue a friend, which proves more difficult than Peter could ever imagine. The gentle tale soon finds its way into some very dark places as the evil Cirinian and her followers try to thwart Peter’s progress. Guards, ghosts, spirits and vampirism add to the unknown dimensions that Peter encounters.
A creation of surreal places and characters, Peter: A Darkened Fairytale is an exciting and imaginative fantasy trip from beginning to end.
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A drawer is a drawer, and a door is a door, one way in and one way out. What… not sure? A time in space has now arrived for some readers passing by and travelling through in a blip of time, goes so quick, like this rhyme. The thoughts one thinks may not be real and sometimes they will make you squeal. Biting, scratching, tastes hang true, inside this story you’ll meet things new. Must be careful, for if you fall those evildoers will seize all. Taking bodies and minds of prey, trapped, entombed as darkness flays. If by chance you are done, chase the light chosen one. Staring from those eyes so bright, view things given with new sight. For all that see, avoid the dark, a new path is shown near the park. A secret there for all that be, if you’re brave enough, open me!
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For all those imaginative souls
A fascinating tale takes the reader on a true flight of fantasy into amazing far-off lands, dramatically expanding the imagination and touching the heart. An exploration of the senses is tantalised through the many unusual characters, while exploring alternate realities. A placid opening of the mystical realms should not be underestimated as they soon lead off and reach into some of the darkest corners of the mind.
A gentle fairytale twists along its path into an unusual and disturbed adventure.
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Living in a small village in Lancashire, England, the author has written a number of books based on the tale ‘Peter’.In the 1990s, the author had twenty-one articles published, both nationally and internationally. After gaining an honours degree in Geosciences, doing post-graduate study in Occupational Health and Fitness, and earning a masters degree in Science Communication, he developed an interest for simple communication.
A passion for writing again emerged, and combining various interests in fine art, museum exhibition display, biology, geology, poetry, and the mystical led to the story of Peter: A Darkened Fairytale. The author still retains a childlike vision of the world, which is conveyed throughout his books.
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- Rubicon -
About Rubicon:Brigid James is starting her senior year of high school hoping her classmates won’t ask where she’s been all summer or about the bandanna she now wears on her wrist. When she meets Tunnel—the handsome new guy who literally makes her lose her senses—Brigid’s life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Tunnel claims he is able to see ghosts and he is positive that Brigid can do the same. As Brigid discovers the underground world of ghosts and demons, she discovers that one ghost in particular wants to make her enemies suffer. After a series of twists and turns, Brigid is left wondering who her real friends are.
This book is for mature young adult readers for strong language, attempted teen suicide, drug and alcohol use, and intense situations. Recommended for older teens.
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J.M. Johnson lives in Indiana with her husband, three children, and a massive amount of pets. She is usually busy reading or writing books, gardening, playing with her kids, or taking care of her massive amount of pets.Rubicon is a post from Awesome Gang
- One Time Too Folly by Gautham Ganesan -
About One Time Too Folly by Gautham Ganesan:
Welcome to One time too folly, a story about Ram and his struggle with relationships. Gopi hates women, Abhay cons them and Ram is stuck in between his contradictory friends while he is smitten by Nivedha and is madly in love with her. All is well until they have to leave for college and part directions.
Wouldn’t you feel happy if your friend succeeded in life and you didn’t? Wouldn’t you be happy for your girlfriend if she is more accomplished than you are? Or would you? Would your sense of self-importance give way to a sense of appreciation for others?
Will they stick it out through the toughest tides? Will they overlook each other’s mistakes and still back one another? And in the most awkward situation of all, what would you do if you find yourself narrating your love story to your girlfriend’s dad?
Find out what happens in this funny tale of love and friendship, for it is easy to give excuses to others but not to oneself…….
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I am a passionate writer……My first book is about three friends , one of whom has a girlfriend. It is a descriptive novel about their tumultuous relationships. I am working on a second novel right now ..Hope that goes well as is received as well as my first book.
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- A Tryst With Hell -
About A Tryst With Hell:Engineering is aimless without Cigarettes, Back-Papers and One-Night-Stands. This is what Aryan had thought in the very beginning. An unresponsive love affair, college politics and vice filled evenings make Aryan frustrated and tired, real tired. Then he meets Zaps, who soon becomes his best friend. Is Zaps only his best friend or something more than that? Does the definition of life change? A revelation about love, life and friendship, Rediscover Love, Relive your youth and Enlighten yourself about your Tryst With Hell
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Amrut Pattnaik, (born 13th September,1991)to Indian parents had his schooling from St. Aloysius Anglo Indian High School, Visakhapatnam. He currently pursues Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at one of the prestigious private engineering colleges in Eastern India. The first book of his, ‘The Horror Nights’ had been penned down by him while still in school. ‘The Horror Nights’ has in it all the childhood stories he had come across, concerning the paranormal in the interiors and villages of India. His second book being ‘A Tryst With Hell’, part love story, part revelatory, is based upon his experiences during his stay at the engineering college hostel.A Tryst With Hell is a post from Awesome Gang
- Surrendered to the Satyr by Vivian Andre -
About Surrendered to the Satyr by Vivian Andre:Three college girls vacationing in Greece witness their island paradise shift to something more sinister when they are kidnapped to be sacrificed to a pagan god.
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“The man looked like a fine work of art, like he was cut from stone. No. This was more than a man. Curved, tough horns jutted in an arc off the crown of his head. His lithe thighs tapered into coarse black haired goat legs. This was a god, and a monster.”
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Vivian is a Southern California based author with a wild imagination and a passion for the arts.Surrendered to the Satyr by Vivian Andre is a post from Awesome Gang
- Schooling Scarlett -
About Schooling Scarlett:When Scarlett Kelly gives her best friend a lesson in the art of pleasuring women, she has no idea how much her friend will change as a result. Now, over two years later, Scarlett has graduated from college and is offered a position working for her old friend. She realizes he’s not the same man she used to know. He’s handsome and wealthy, but Scarlett isn’t sure if she’s finally attracted to him, or just in a hurry to shed some of her innocence. After a series of twists and turns Scarlett discovers that she is the one in need of a few lessons.
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I recently received an MA in English Literature. I’ve been writing all my life, but I’ve just recently worked up the nerve to put my work out there. I enjoy reading, running, yoga, caring for animals, and gardening.Schooling Scarlett is a post from Awesome Gang
- Hang The Dogs: The true tragic history of the Balangiga Massacre -
About Hang The Dogs: The true tragic history of the Balangiga Massacre:As America’s first war in Asia winds down a US Infantry Company is almost wiped out on the island of Samar. The Balangiga Massacre seemed to be the 9/11 of its day leading to a controversial campaign to finally crush the will of a people fighting for their own independence. Now a 10 year research project uncovers what really happened, the human story of the complex pressures that led a peaceful townspeople to suddenly turn on a heavily-armed infantry company, and reveals lessons still relevant to today’s counterinsurgency challenges.
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Whether writing film scripts, radio plays, short science fiction stories, authoring respected books on the paranormal and South East Asian history, directing videos or writing about maritime disasters, or novels set in exotic locales, or narrating British-born Bob Couttie is first and foremost a storyteller, engaging his audience with humour and insight and scrupulous research.He is also quite a good cook and a lifetime member of the Philippine National Historical Society.
After nearly 30 years in the Philippines He currently lives in Kampot, Cambodia working on his second novel, The Treasure of Vinh Long.
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- In God We Trust -
About In God We Trust:A chronicle of our times, In God We Trust is a political drama that takes aim at the unholy alliance of money, politics, and religion. It is the story of Dante Jefferson Washington, a young, black, religious conservative seeking to make his mark on the Washington political stage. As Deputy Chief of Staff to South Carolina Senator Winston J. Sinclair, his ambitions for public service soon become entangled in the web of partisan tribal conflict, religion, backroom conspiracies, and money that defines our national political dysfunction. Dante’s journey echoes that of his Italian namesake in The Divine Comedy. A social misfit due to his race and politics, Dante pursues his Beatrice in a former college classmate, a beautiful immigrant medical student caught between her British Christian and Pakistani Muslim heritage. Their lives and those of their two closest friends are torn apart by the disaster of 9/11 and the war that follows. What is this book about? t’s about our current political dysfunction seen through the eyes of a “coming-of-age, loss of innocence” protagonist. Thematically, it’s about the tension between God’s and man’s laws. Even if one rejects the idea of a higher power, the religions of the Book then reflect the wisdom of the ages, so the question is to what extent man’s enlightenment improves or supplants that wisdom of the ages. The answer is unclear and worth contemplating…
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Michael Harrington is a political economist, public policy analyst, and author. He holds advanced degrees in political science, finance, and economics and his scholarship has garnered several national awards, including the American Political Science Association’s Harold D. Lasswell Prize for best research in policy studies. His research interests include trade policy; capital markets; the politics of finance; risk, uncertainty and social insurance; voting patterns in American politics; agent-based modeling techniques; and the economics of inequality. He has worked in the securities and venture capital industries as an investment portfolio manager and financial analyst. In more recent years he has taught political science as a lecturer at the University of California and worked as a research fellow and public policy analyst. He currently writes on economic policy and politics on the blog, Casino Capitalism and Crapshoot Politics.In God We Trust is a post from Awesome Gang
- A Soft Blow to the Heart -
About A Soft Blow to the Heart:Jeremiah is a diabetic 12-year old who lives with his single mother, a night-nurse who looks after paralyzed people. Their life is made up of loving routines. Jeremiah looks after his mother when she comes home exhausted from work, and he spends hours on his own spying on his neighbors, playing chess on his computer, and dreaming up stories. Three things come to disrupt Jeremiah’s predictable life: their next door neighbor commits suicide on Christmas day; her apartment is taken over by a mysterious biker; a string of single women in the area are raped and killed…
ROUTINE PROTECTS JEREMIAH… BUT FOR HOW LONG?Learn more about the author, buy the book, or follow them on social media:
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Literary award winner, author of 19 novels, 14 published by Plon, translated into several languages, John La Galite by its psychological thrillers and his dramas has captivated and touched the hearts of audiencesA Soft Blow to the Heart is a post from Awesome Gang
- Stop Smoking, Start Vaping!: Vaporizers as an Alternative to Cigarette Smoking by T.J. Towers -
About Stop Smoking, Start Vaping!: Vaporizers as an Alternative to Cigarette Smoking by T.J. Towers:You’re about to discover what is an E-cig? How can it benefit you? What are the advantages of quitting tobacco products and vaping instead? “Stop Smoking, Start Vaping” is a must read for anyone serious about quitting tobacco products, wants to reduce or wean themselves off of nicotine, or enjoy a vape without the many harmful chemicals to breath in every time you smoke a cigarette.
While this book highlights a comparison of e-cigs versus cigarettes, it lists advantages (for one example, how much money you will save) and covers frequently asked questions for beginners. There is a vaping movement sweeping not only our country, but worldwide. Download this book and determine if vaping is the correct choice for you. When you start breathing better, smell better, add years to your life, save money, and rid an addiction and take back the control in your life – you’ll realize the little money you spend on this book was the best investment in your life.
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T.J. Towers resides in southern Mississippi. A beautiful, overgrown oak tree nested near a warm pond paints the scene from the back porch of his quaint condo. He is a father to the most beautiful daughter in the universe (He claims to know this as truth from his travels. We won’t question him). When he isn’t writing, he may be found with a beer or a fishing pole in his hands, possibly both.Stop Smoking, Start Vaping!: Vaporizers as an Alternative to Cigarette Smoking by T.J. Towers is a post from Awesome Gang
- The Witch’s Revenge -
About The Witch’s Revenge:In Harangul, a village in the Latur district of Maharashtra, the Nehra family wakes up to what they believe is an ordinary day. But things are about to take a dark turn in the little village when a mysterious old woman moves into the abandoned house next door. Padma, a simple woman, is married to Mohan, a hardworking tailor. They have four children and are raising them in a loving, traditional Hindu family. They enjoy the culture of their small community and rely on their many friends, elders, and traditions to lead happy and spiritual lives. But soon after the arrival of the strange woman next door, a child is involved in a horrible, fatal incident. Another child becomes seriously ill, and a woman falls to her death from her roof. Then Padma’s own family suffers a tragic loss. Mohan and Padma seek spiritual advice, to no avail, and the authorities offer no assistance. Finally in desperation, as things become more bizarre in the colony, a party of brave men ventures out to seek a strong baba from far away. With faith, strength, and a very strong sense of community, the people of Harangul work tirelessly to free their home from the grasp of a terrible evil presence—a daayan who threatens their very existence. The Witch’s Revenge is a striking novel that seamlessly blends Indian tradition with suspense and horror—a book eloquently presented by a gifted new storyteller.
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Born in Italy in 1953, Danny Odato, a father of four, had to provide for his family at a young age instead of following his dream of writing. With The Witch’s Revenge, his debut novel, his dream has finally come true.The Witch’s Revenge is a post from Awesome Gang