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1. Thought Shredder: Bringing Out The Bucker In You - 2013-05-17 09:09:01-04
   Chris Elliott was born in rural Wisconsin and grew up baling hay in the summers and shoveling a lot of snow in the winters. His three older brothers and older sister all taught him how important family is in all its variations and he now passes those lessons onto his five children. A broken family with an alcoholic father also taught him many dysfunctions including how to hide his true self from others. His journey these past 20 years has helped him uncover his true passion of positively impacting millions, in part, by helping them become authentic and discovering the great person inside each of them. The most important lesson we must learn in order to become authentic is forgiveness. It took 10 years to write his first book, ThoughtShredder, but pure joy was found in the process. His future books include ThoughtShredder for the Christian Soul, Goal #6 and Free Will.
   
2. Wetware - 2013-05-17 12:24:08-04
   Andy Kaiser is the author of the "League of Scientists", "Dev Manny, Information Technology Private Investigator", and "Transhuman" series. He also writes for many websites, including the "Digital Bits Technology Column" and "Digital Bits Skeptic". His articles have been featured on high-profile technology news sites like Gizmodo, Slashdot, Boing Boing, Geek Speak Radio and Techdirt, and in geek-friendly magazines like 2600 Magazine and Skeptic. Andy Kaiser's day job is as a Lead Technologist for i3 Business Solutions, an IT consultancy in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
   
3. Five Times More Jesus: Why Christians Should Decanonize the Old Testament by Jim Adam - 2013-05-18 01:03:12-04
   Jim has published two non-fiction books. Destiny Unfulfilled: A Critique of the Harry Potter Series has received positive reader reviews on Amazon.com, as well as a review from Midwest Book Reviews. He lives a hermetic existence, spending his spare time reading, writing, watching movies, and playing video games. He spends his days working as a software engineer. A few times a year, he helps his friend brew homemade beer, then spends the rest of the year helping to drink the beer!
   
4. Just This Once by Diana X. Dunn - 2013-05-18 01:03:45-04
   Diana lives in the state of New York with her family. She has been writing for many years and trying out many genres, finally deciding to concentrate on writing the sorts of books she enjoys reading. This book is the first in her series of crime/thriller/mystery books set in the not-too-distant future.
   
5. The Space Between by Kristie Cook - 2013-05-18 01:04:45-04
   Kristie Cook is a lifelong, award-winning writer in various genres, from marketing communications to fantasy fiction. She continues to write the Soul Savers Series, a New Adult paranormal romance/ contemporary fantasy, with the first four books, Promise, Purpose, Devotion and Power available now and the next book coming in June 2013. She's also written a companion novella, Genesis: A Soul Savers Novella, currently available. Over 200,000 Soul Savers books have been sold, with Promise peaking at #54 on the Amazon Top 100 Paid list and at #1 in the Amazon Fantasy category. The Space Between kicks off her second New Adult paranormal series, The Book of Phoenix. Besides writing, Kristie enjoys reading, cooking, traveling and riding on the back of a motorcycle. She has lived in ten states, but currently calls Southwest Florida home with her husband, three teenage sons, a beagle and a puggle. She can be found at: Author's Website & Blog: http://www.KristieCook.com Soul Savers Series Website: http://www.SoulSaversSeries.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorKristieCook Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/kristiecookauth UK Fansite: http://www.kristiecookfansite.co.uk
   
6. Brave Bloody Brothers - 2013-05-18 01:04:58-04
   Dune Noel has written fiction since she was a child, and always wanted to be an author. Her house was full of books growing up and she always loved reading. Dune Noel wrote her first ‘book’ at the age of five – a story about a boy that finds a golden egg in a fair ground called ‘There Is No Such Thing As A Golden Egg!’ Dune Noel was born in the beachside city of Perth, Western Australia. When she is not writing she loves going to the beach, surfing, cooking and hiking through Perth hills. Before embarking on the journey as a successful author, Dune Noel traveled the fashion world as a international model.
   
7. Skid by Doug Solter - 2013-05-18 01:05:14-04
   Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Doug went to college at Oklahoma State where he earned a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film production. Doug started writing screenplays in 1998 and became a 2001 semi-finalist in The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for his fifth screenplay, FATHER FIGURE. His tenth script, RAIL FAN, became a quarter-finalist in 2009. Soon after, Doug made the switch to writing young adult novels. SKID, a young adult novel set in the world of Formula 1 racing, is his first. Doug directed a music video, Cause I’m Black, for Dogg Pound rapper Dangerous Rob as well as other various short film projects.
   
8. Im a Mom Now. Essentials Every New Mom Needs to Know - 2013-05-18 01:12:07-04
   Elizabeth A. Boilsonhas written a lot about Motherhood and Parenting. Also she is a mother of 5 children and knows what it is all about to become a mom!
   
9. Stone Ties by Steven Hobbs - 2013-05-18 01:16:23-04
   I grew up in Yorkshire in the UK, studied in Birmingham, and have lived in Oxford and Worcestershire most of my adult life. It’s been a life fuelled largely by my passion for the countryside, for history and music, and for the arts and crafts in all their wonderful manifestations. My early passion for Aubrey Beardsley and his fellow artists and writers set me on the road to collecting, to reading, and to writing. I write the occasional article for journals, and I’ve recently published my first novel "Stone Ties". My second novel is well underway.
   
10. Word Problems For Second Graders: Ages 7 – 8, Grade 2 - 2013-05-18 01:16:45-04
    The BrainChimp series are designed to stimulate the minds of kids and empower them with the skills to be more successful in school and beyond. Answer Key is included to measure progress and guide practice.
    
11. The Grasshopper Revolution by Elijah Stephens - 2013-05-18 01:17:05-04
    Owner/Operator LIQUID HEAVEN PRODUCTIONS
    
12. The Panic Attack Solution: How To Stop Panic Attacks, Anxiety and Stress for Good - 2013-05-18 01:20:50-04
    About The Author MORT (Doc) ORMAN, M.D. is an Internal Medicine physician, author, stress coach, and founder of the Stress Mastery Academy. He has been teaching people how to eliminate stress, without managing it, for more than 30 years. He has also conduction seminars and workshops on reducing stress for doctors, nurses, veterinarians, business executives, students, the clergy, and even the F.B.I. Dr. Orman’s award-winning book, The 14 Day Stress Cure (1991), is still one of the most helpful and innovative books on the subject of stress ever written. Dr. Orman and his wife, Christina, a veterinarian, live in Maryland.
    
13. Dirty Dozen- Sins of the Father and Bangkok Confessions - 2013-05-18 01:37:22-04
    Mistress F. comes to you from a rather exotic background; practicing Domination. After 5 years of experience, she decided to write out her most memorable fantasies.
    
14. Mirror Amour - 2013-05-18 01:38:48-04
    Jade Hart is a self-confessed book worm who is happiest glued to a lap-top with an eternal battery life and typing up stories running rampant in her head. Jade currently resides in Middle-Earth with her husband and house-rabbit, but has lived in Australia, England, and Hong Kong. And uses her travels as inspiration for her work. Her books include: Ocean Kills, book one of Ocean Breeze Series--a sexy new adult urban fantasy Coffee and Cockpits--a sexy, sweet new adult romance Ocean Slays, book two of Ocean Breeze coming 2013 Octopus Lotto--a dark new adult contemp romance coming 2013 If you enjoy her work, she'd love to hear from you at jadehart888 at gmail dot com
    
15. “I Have Mine…Show Me Yours” by Grant Handgis - 2013-05-18 01:47:01-04
    The author began writing when he was twelve, having published a satirical quote in Boy's Life in 1960. Poetry followed a decade later while the author was married, and attending college, two indelible overlapping episodes of life which, together, offers up so many rich examples of clueless moments for satirical commentary. Having studied creative writing over several semesters during college years added to the author's notions of wanting to be a writer. Being life had other notions, the author first spent thirty years as a professional photographer, in various commercial roles. Photography also make for some excellent satirical stories. This memoir is the first of two books, with the sequel "Waking Up Naked" now in print. Other books by the author include two books of poetry, a fully illustrated children's book and a traveler's guide for Mexico. Upcoming books will be fictional novels as well as a planned historical novel, in research stage.
    
16. Huntress Moon - 2013-05-18 01:47:29-04
    Alexandra Sokoloff is the Thriller Award-winning and Bram Stoker, Anthony, and Black Quill Award-nominated author of the supernatural thrillers The Harrowing, The Price, The Unseen, Book of Shadows, The Shifters, and The Space Between, and the new, Thriller Award-nominated Huntress/ FBI thriller series. As a screenwriter she has sold original horror and thriller scripts and adapted novels for numerous Hollywood studios. The New York Times Book Review has called her a "daughter of Mary Shelley," and her books "Some of the most original and freshly unnerving work in the genre."
    
17. True-Life Adventure - 2013-05-18 01:47:51-04
    J.D. Smith is an itinerant righter-of-wrongs who began his post-graduate life as a smuggler of exotic birds in the jungles of Colombia. Because of his facility with languages, Harvard-trained erudition, and ability to think on his feet, he was recruited at an early age by the CIA, where he served his country heroically until a dust-up in Afghanistan permanently blew his cover, whereupon he became a writer. He's also an accomplished liar whose biggest regret is that he lives a much less exciting life in a parallel universe as mystery writer and publisher Julie Smith.
    
18. GONE TO GROUND - 2013-05-18 01:48:15-04
    APRIL CAMPBELL JONES has been a singer, a model, an actress, a photographer, an editor, a comic book and model and writer (posing for the character of Somerset Holmes in the graphic novel of the same name), as well as making a living as a screenwriter for most of her adult life. She is partners with writer/artist BRUCE ELLIOT JONES and together they have turned out scores of comic books, screenplays and novels, including the Bracken and Bledsoe Paranormal Mystery series.
    
19. Opposite Extremes - 2013-05-18 01:51:25-04
    Jeremy Morgan enjoys pondering the alternate endings to the scenes of life. He is often gripped by sensations of the imagined world. He has lived a turbulent youth and moved frequently growing up. He has been writing for more than ten years and currently lives in Dallas with his wife.
    
20. Proper Scoundrel (Knave of Hearts, Bk 3) by Annette Blair - 2013-05-18 01:55:59-04
    Dear Reader, I hit the New York Times Bestseller List with my 5th Vintage Magic Mystery. Color me gobsmacked ... and grateful. Hugs and thanks to my wonderful readers for making this possible. I could never have done it without you. It's been seven years since I left my job as a Development Director at a New England Prep School to become a full time writer, and I am still loving the heck out of it. I didn't always know I wanted to be a writer, but I discovered Jane Eyre soon after I got my first library card. I was eleven and put a romantic spin on every story I read. In high school, I wrote romances about my friends and their boyfriends. Racy stuff for which their mothers did not thank me. When my children were young, I jotted plot ideas on corners of envelopes, recipe cards, and such, and threw them in my nightstand. One day, I picked one and started writing. I made my first sale in 1998. I have since journeyed to Regency England; twenty-first century Salem, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; and Mystic, Connecticut; falling in love and solving mysteries along the way. I have befriended a host of sassy, sexy witches who tantalize and torment the men in their lives. Hopefully, those same characters, witches and rogues alike, have made magic for you. I have recently seen the re-release of JACOB'S RETURN and BUTTERFLY GARDEN, both Sensual Amish Historicals set in Pensylvania & Ohio, which are available in ebook, trade paperback and audio book formats. (Yes, they have love scenes, because they were written as straight historicals and not for the Christian Market, years before that market became the force it is today.) Also re-released: The Rogues Club, a series of Regency Historical Romances. UNDENIABLE ROGUE, UNFORGETTABLE ROGUE, UNMISTAKABLE ROGUE & UNTAMABLE ROGUE (Formerly, A Christmas Baby.) They're Unputdownable. New series on the block: my Vintage Magic Mysteries--paranormal cozies, set in Mystic Connecticut. The latest, CLOAKED IN MALICE will be released in July 2012. OPERATION PETTICOAT in February 2013. These are books 5 & 6 in the series. After the Rogues, my Scoundrels will be coming to an e-reader near you: SEA SCOUNDREL, CAPTIVE SCOUNDREL, PROPER SCOUNDREL & HOLY SCOUNDREL. Some of my favorite authors are: Ruth Cardello, Kristan Higgins, Hannah Howell, Nora Roberts, Janet Evanovich, Mary Balogh, Susan Elizabeth Phillips & Madelyn Alt.
    
21. How To Write For Money – Make Money Writing! by HelpMePublishing.com - 2013-05-18 01:59:21-04
    How Can We Help You? Health? Fitness? Weight Loss? Business? HelpMePublishing.com was founded by Sensei Paul Wayne Bowman in order to bring you quality how to / help me information. Sensei Paul is the author of the #1 Best Seller, "Help Me Stop Eating _____! Stop Food Cravings. Reclaim Your Body & Your Brain." as well as the founder of Martial Arts Principles. Practicing Martial Arts for over 20 years and opening his own dojo in 2002, Sensei Paul has been magnificently obsessed with bringing his students and his readers the "Best of the Best" curriculum, including health and fitness, life skills, safety, effective martial arts, self-defense, and fun! Sensei Paul teaches children and adults alike to learn from everyone's successes as well as their failures. He often uses his failure to embrace reading as a child as something to not be repeated. He tells how he was a poor reader as a young child, so he avoided it. Sadly he was able to avoid it all through his schooling and did not attempt to improve until after high school. He is now a passionate reader, writer and publisher.
    
22. Handmaiden’s Fury - 2013-05-18 02:31:50-04
    Irrational Worlds unwisely publishes strange stories secretly filled with sorcery designed to enslave the mind. The work tends to create paranoia and cult-like behavior among the company's victi- participants. Only approach this work with caution. As a whole the corporation is bent on world domination.
    
23. SEO Made Super Simple – Search Engine Optimization For Google In 2013 - 2013-05-18 03:32:55-04
    Jack Davies was born in London in 1973. He has been a professional web designer and search engine specialist since leaving London University (Goldsmith's College) in the mid 1990s. Jack is a huge fan of (and helps develop) WordPress, the CMS (content management system) favoured by search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing. He teaches SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) to private clients and is retained by several well-known businesses as SEO consultant. Jack is the author (some co-written with Sarah Wiley) of a series of WordPress and Website instruction books, the first of which was WordPress Made Super Simple - How Anyone Can Build A Professional-Looking WordPress Website From Scratch With No Experience. These are exclusively available on Amazon/ Kindle. For the latest information (and a free ebook) check out the website: http://www.WordPressWebsiteGuru.com
    
24. My Past Shadows Of Fear – Missing Presumed Dead - 2013-05-18 03:34:43-04
    Lucy Boutaleb, author of “My Past Shadows Of Fear” – Missing Presumed Dead, lives in Kent, England, UK with her husband Bob who is also a published author. Lucy was a successful entrepreneur and is a Copywriter and has published a plethora of articles and short stories covering a wide variety of subjects. Lucy loves sixties type of music, cooking and tennis.
    
25. Hiding Hollywood - 2013-05-18 04:19:23-04
    Ainslie Paton is a corporate storyteller working in marketing, public relations and advertising. She’s written about everything from the African refugee crisis and Toxic Shock Syndrome, to high-speed data networks and hamburgers, and for everyone from George Clooney to Barry Humphries - as Edna. She writes cracking, hyper-real romances about strong women and the exciting men who love them. When she’s not being loved up by Escape Publishing, she self-publishes. Ainslie blogs at: www.ainsliepaton.com.au and natters on Twitter @AinsliePaton.
    
26. Travels in the Scottish Lowlands: Top Spots to See - 2013-05-18 04:23:01-04
    Kristie Dean loves to travel. Travels in the Scottish Lowlands is the result of this passion. She lives in Tennessee with her husband Jon, and their two dogs and two cats.
    
27. Hypersleep Event Paradox - 2013-05-18 04:34:40-04
    Aboubekr Boutaleb, known as Bob, graduated from UCL London and lives in Kent, England with his wife.He is the author of numerous articles dealing with a wide variety of subjects including fantasy and sci-fi genres. Bob likes jazz, soccer, golf and rugby union.
    
28. HOME – A Journey Through A Zombie Apocalypse - 2013-05-18 04:45:17-04
    Tom Marshall has spent the last fourteen years in the Royal Air Force. This led to him having some time on his hands recently in Afghanistan, so he wrote a book about zombies, as you do. He currently lives in the "A" from the "ABC Murders" with his wife, two children and their dog, Findlay.
    
29. Swallows And Ice Cream - 2013-05-18 04:45:19-04
    Robert Fowler wrote "Swallows and Ice Cream"
    
30. Just Monkeying Around by Angela Giroux - 2013-05-18 05:14:12-04
    Angela Giroux is a mother of two wonderful kids, who inspired her to write whimsical and very funny stories that she could read to them at bedtime. Now, several years later, she has written an Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Funny Things I Heard at the Bus Stop series, along with other books. Join her in this fantastic journey of imagination!
    
31. The Princess ABC Picture Book - 2013-05-18 05:26:34-04
    I am a writer, illustrator, graphic designer and a mom. I've lived in various places across the country but currently my heart is in the Bay Area. I have two sweet children, two dogs and a mini-cactus named spike. In my free time (ha ha ha), I like to read books, jog slowly, cook badly and sleep rarely.
    
32. NEVER A MISTRESS, NO LONGER A MAID by Maureen Driscoll - 2013-05-18 05:40:35-04
    Maureen Driscoll is an Emmy-nominated writer-producer in Los Angeles whose credits include "The Dish" on the Style Network, "Jimmy Kimmel Live," and Nickelodeon's "BrainSurge." She was also a recipient of a Walt Disney Studios screenwriting fellowship, where she wrote a romantic comedy based on her rather painful divorce. The script didn't make it to the big screen, but it did teach her a few things about happily ever after.
    
33. Dancing in Rhythm with the Universe, 10 Steps to Choreographing Your Best Life - 2013-05-18 05:40:59-04
    I am an author, motivational speaker, certified master life coach, and founder of Barbara & Company International, Inc. My studies include Kendall College of Art & Design, the International Dermal Institute, and I am currently studying health & wellness at Ashford University. I earned my master life coaching certification through American University of NLP. I worked as a professional model and skin care specialist for several years. I am now a full time writer and public speaker. My main goal is to empower women to lead their best life yet by creating balance mentally, physically, social-emotionally, and spiritually. I resides in Naples, Florida with my husband David.
    
34. Second Sight by Alec Hyde - 2013-05-18 05:44:55-04
    Alec Hyde grew up in rural Worcestershire. After studying Ancient History & Latin at Edinburgh University, Alec went on to work for the Civil Service in London. For much of his twenty-year career, Alec was involved in the crime, security and intelligence fields. 2007 saw Alec relocate to the Scottish Highlands, to enjoy a better work-life balance. When he isn't writing, Alec enjoys playing guitar, drums and keyboards; trying, with varying degrees of success, to emulate his favourite rock bands. So far, Alec has avoided any attempt at singing. SECOND SIGHT is the opening novel of Alec's supernatural thriller trilogy, THE FALSE LIGHT CONSPIRACY. Book two, FIRST VISION, is currently in preparation. Alec is planning to release a stand-alone political thriller, IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST, later this year. For more information about Alec - or if you'd like to get in touch with him - please visit his website.
    
35. The Sixth Sense - 2013-05-18 05:55:14-04
    I'm a retired internist and nephrologist (diseases of the kidney) and a long distance sailor. I've published six novels, all with medical themes, and I've recently published my first non-fiction boom, I Love My Physician, But..., a lighthearted look at serious problems between patients and their physicians. I'm almost ready to publish the fifth novel in the Brier Hospital Series. Each in the series can be read independently. My novels have been well-reviewed both for their drama and the accuracy in portraying the medical environment and the doctors and nurses who work within.
    
36. MITZI MAGEE: NIP IN TIME (The Vampire Poodle Mysteries) - 2013-05-18 07:01:07-04
    APRIL CAMPBELL JONES has been a singer, a model, an actress, a photographer, an editor, a comic book and model and writer, as well as making a living as a screenwriter for most of her adult life. She is partners with writer/artist BRUCE ELLIOT JONES and together they have turned out scores of comic books, screenplays and novels. They also collaborated on three brilliant, talented children, and a continuing series, the VAMPIRE POODLE MYSTERIES, using the pen name CAMPBELL JONES: MITZI MAGEE: VAMPIRE POODLE, MITZI MAGEE: BLOOD SCENT, and MITZI MAGEE: NIP IN TIME.
    
37. Snake Facts and Cool Pictures. Animal Photo Books for Kids by James Mayrose - 2013-05-18 07:02:09-04
    James Mayrose is a husband and father to a cute little girl. He has written several books for children already that include other animals.
    
38. Love Bites - 2013-05-18 07:30:15-04
    Movie fans know Adrienne Barbeau best for her performances in "The Fog", "Escape From New York", "Creepshow", "Swamp Thing", "Back to School", and "Cannonball Run". Drew Carey fans know her as Oswald's mom and she starred as Ruthie, the Snake Dancer, on HBO's fascinating series, "Carnivale". Adrienne began her writing career with the best-selling memoir "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". She followed that with "Vampyres of Hollywood", a thriller about an A-list Hollywood scream queen who just happens to be a 450 year old vampire. The sequel is "Love Bites".