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1. Big Sky Dead by Dave Folsom - 2013-05-21 01:18:52-04
   Dave Folsom is retired construction project manager and a practicing writer, blogger and photography enthusiast who spends winters in Arizona and summers in South Dakota and Montana. He is married, the father of three grown daughters with a granddaughter and a grandson. Born and raised in Montana, Dave graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in Forestry and spent the first decade of his career working in and around the logging industry. This experience led to his first published short story entitled "Scaling Rexford." which won honorable mention in the 1992 Edition of the University of Oregon's West Wind Review. This work eventually led to his first novel, "Scaling Tall Timber." Dave's published works include "Sonoran Justice," "Finding Jennifer," "Scaling Tall Timber," "The Dynameos Conspiracy," as well as "The Zeitgeist Project," and "Running with Moose," a collection of short stories and essays. Dave's third suspense thriller in the Charlie Draper series is titled "Big Sky Dead" published in early 2013 is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. More information on Dave's books can be found on his websites: http://www.davefolsombooks.com http://www.davefolsom.net
   
2. 102 ESL Games and Activities for New and Prospective Teachers - 2013-05-21 01:21:07-04
   I've been an English language teacher for 25 years and have worked all over the world in countries such as China, Vietnam, Ecuador and the United States of America.
   
3. Have No Shame - 2013-05-21 01:22:41-04
   Melissa Foster is an award-winning, International bestselling author. Her books have been recommended by USA Today's book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women's Nest, a social and support community for women, the World Literary Cafe. When she's not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success.
   
4. Stargazer: The Early Days - 2013-05-21 01:25:20-04
   Thomas Chase was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Melvindale High School in 1968. He moved to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 1972 after serving four years in the Air Force. He retired in 2005, after thirty years with Blandin Paper Company. He has been inspired by a lifelong interest in science fiction, with influential authors such as, Asimov, Tolkien, Brooks, and Jordon. He also has first-hand experience with UFOs while in the Air Force where he was a Weapons Director Tech. On more than one occasion he scrambled F-4 interceptors in attempts to identify unknowns appearing in our friendly skies. This Minnesota novelist began his writing career in 1990 with numerous short stories in assorted genres, and is in the process of compiling them into a book. “Stargazer The Early Days” is book one of the Stargazer saga. The others will follow; edits and rewrites are in process. His hope for his work is simple—that his writing gives you pleasure and makes his two sons, Ryan and Joel, proud.
   
5. 41 Easy Chicken Recipes For Your Slow Cooker – Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes To Try Today (Easy Dinner Recipes – The Chicken Slow cooker Recipes Collection) - 2013-05-21 01:25:48-04
   Hello Everyone! My name is Pamela Kazmierczak and I am an author of several nonfiction books. The majority of my books are cookbooks, as I love to cook for my husband and my two children, and I wanted to share the recipes with other busy people out there. I also publish other non fiction books about topics that interest me as well.
   
6. A FAMILY AFFAIR - 2013-05-21 01:26:27-04
   About me, I'm a Swedish mother of four small kids who loves historical romances and is said to have been born in the wrong century. I try to juggle motherhood with the consuming need to write.
   
7. The Maze - 2013-05-21 01:30:32-04
   Jason Brannon is the author of The Maze, The Cage, The Misunderstood and Other Misfit Horrors, and the Crypto-Squad series. His work has been translated into German, nominated for a few awards, and even won a few. He maintains a website at www.jasonbrannon.us
   
8. Cold Open, A Sam North Mystery by Greg Clarkin - 2013-05-21 01:30:58-04
   I am a former print and TV reporter turned mystery writer. While reporting, I covered business news and worked for outlets as varied as the New York Post and CNN. My writing has appeared in dozens of publications, including the New York Times and Men's Journal. Cold Open, A Sam North Mystery is my first novel, and the first in what I envision to be a mystery series featuring cable news reporter Sam North. With a wisecracking reporter as the main character, Cold Open captures the feel of a newsroom and introduces readers to a cast of colorful characters. It draws on my years of experience as a reporter for CNN. It is available here on Amazon as an ebook. So why a cable news reporter as the main character? Well, I wanted someone who asked questions for a living, and I figured I had a good sense of the job. And after twenty-some years of reporting, I had seen enough scandals and interviewed enough scoundrels to know I had the seeds for plenty of stories. While I was a reporter at CNN, I covered CEOs and Wall Street, titans of industry and entrepreneurs. Before getting into TV, I was a print reporter. That included a stop at the New York Post. Spend any time at a tabloid, and you're forever seeing the world in terms of catchy headlines. Newsman Pens Mystery; Joins Self-Pub Club would be the one for this venture. Reporting for the Post taught me about writing a lot, and writing on deadline. Reporting for CNN refined the writing even more. You learn all about economy of words when a producer tells you have exactly a minute and a half to explain a 500-point drop in the Dow, or the bursting of the housing bubble. In addition to the Post and CNN, my work has also appeared in dozens of publications, including the New York Times, Men's Journal and The Hollywood Reporter.
   
9. Vampire Mafia: Santa Cruz - 2013-05-21 01:31:15-04
   Jackson Stein grew up and presently lives in the San Francisco bay area. Before becoming a writer he has worked as an animator, commercial director, bartender and real estate agent. Jackson's current project, DRACULA BEGINS, is due out in July. I'm very excited about the release and think you are going to love it! Also, VAMPIRE MAFIA: SAN DIEGO is set for release in fall 2013. Check them out and enjoy!
   
10. What’s French for WTF? by Gwen Ellery - 2013-05-21 01:31:41-04
    An American by birth, Gwen Ellery has lived for years overseas, first in Paris and then in Stuttgart. She now makes her home in Freiburg at the edge of the Black Forest, about fifteen miles from the French border. Under her other pen name, Gwen's writing has also been published in anthologies, her favorite being THIS IS CHICK-LIT. In addition, her romantic comedy and mystery screenplays have been produced as films in Germany.
    
11. Exploso, the Music of the Universe by Lolo Harrison - 2013-05-21 01:33:59-04
    You may take this info from the Exploso site on amazon.com
    
12. The Inspiring Teacher - 2013-05-21 02:20:30-04
    Mr. Bob Sullo is an expert on Choice Theory, a senior faculty member of William Glasser International, and has conducted workshops for educators and parents around the world. Personal Note from Bob: Even though curriculum and instruction have improved dramatically since I began my career in education nearly 40 years ago, too many kids still drop out of school, particularly in urban areas. Despite the valiant efforts of educational leaders, too many kids who stay in school are disengaged, fail to achieve to their potential, and disrupt learning. Frustrated by the current state of education, parents in increasing numbers are turning to alternative educational opportunities for their kids. Teachers, students, parents, educational leaders. Frustration is rampant. Sadly, virtually every attempt to improve education relies on the flawed belief that we need to "motivate" kids and that schools will improve dramatically if we simply raise standards and create more elegant variations of the "carrot and stick" model. We may dole out more carrots and use fewer sticks, but until we implement a new model, we'll continue to feel the pain of an educational system that can be so much better. That's why I wrote The Inspiring Teacher. I provide a new way to understand motivation. Let's create schools that engage and inspire students rather than trying to control and manage them. Let's help kids set goals for themselves, evaluate their own performance, and take greater responsibility for their learning - and their lives. Let's help educators discover (or reclaim) the joy of preparing the next generation to take their place in our world. Teaching should be one the most joyful things we do. I wrote The Inspiring Teacher to help educators, students, and parents move forward joyfully and collaboratively.
    
13. Dynamite Riders: 9/11 in the Old West - 2013-05-21 03:40:41-04
    Van Holt wrote his first western when he was in high school and sent it to a literary agent, who soon returned it, saying it was too long but he would try to sell it if Holt would cut out 16,000 words. Young Holt couldn't bear to cut out any of his perfect western, so he threw it away and started writing another one. A draft notice interrupted his plans to become the next Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour. A tour of duty as an MP stationed in South Korea was pretty much the usual MP stuff except for the time he nabbed a North Korean spy and had to talk the dimwitted desk sergeant out of letting the guy go. A briefcase stuffed with drawings of U.S. aircraft and the like only caused the overstuffed lifer behind the counter to rub his fat face, blink his bewildered eyes, and start eating a big candy bar to console himself. Imagine Van Holt's surprise a few days later when he heard that same dumb sergeant telling a group of new admirers how he himself had caught the famous spy one day when he was on his way to the mess hall. Holt says there hasn't been too much excitement since he got out of the army, unless you count the time he was attacked by two mean young punks and shot one of them in the big toe. Holt believes what we need is punk control, not gun control. After traveling all over the West and Southwest in an aging Pontiac, Van Holt got tired of traveling the day he rolled into Tucson and he has been there ever since, still dreaming of becoming the next Zane Grey or Louis L'Amour when he grows up. Or maybe the next great mystery writer. He likes to write mysteries when he's not too busy writing westerns or trying to find out when they are going to start making Twinkies again.
    
14. Lucky Girl – How I Survived the Sex Industry by Violet Ivy - 2013-05-21 03:50:58-04
    Violet Ivy grew up on a small wheat and sheep farm in the outback of Western Australia. A spray of freckles across her nose, pigtails streaming down her back as she swam naked in the local creek to cool off during the endless summers. Who could have predicted her transformation into one of the world’s most elite, international escorts? The wanton woman satisfying the needs and desires of the most affluent men and women of the globe. Life was not always easy for Violet. Hers is a rags-to-riches story from the seedy brothels of the mining town Kalgoorlie to attending the Kentucky Derby and the Oscars on the arms of the most influential men on the face of the globe. She introduces her readers to myriad bizarre, scary and hilarious people and situations she comes across in her travels.