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1. Jason Wears Thongs - Johnathan Michaels is a celebrated erotica writer with many works under his belt. He chose the Kindle platform as his first large project. He is putting tons of research, and time into his works. It shows in the brilliant character development and dynamic plot. This is a series of stories you must read.
   
2. Michael and Rachel’s Fantasy + a Bonus Book - Johnathan Michaels is a celebrated erotica writer with many works under his belt. He chose the Kindle platform as his first large project. He is putting tons of research, and time into his works. It shows in the brilliant character development and dynamic plot. This is a series of stories you must read.
   
3. The 12 Best Thigh Toning Exercises for Women - Rachel Howe is a personal trainer, author and competitive triathlete from California. She holds a master of science degree in exercise and sport science in addition to a number of fitness industry certifications and accreditations. She has one daughter and a loving husband. She is an healthy eating enthusiast and her spare time she can often be found either cooking, jogginh, hiking or cycling with the family.
   
4. Finn the Royal Macaron Mouse - Dixie L. Roberts is a freelancer, online journal editor and an avid author. She really enjoys the challenges of creativity and attention to detail when writing in the short story and other genres. Dixie endeavors on continuing her work on becoming a full time novelist. Dixie diversifies herself by not strictly content writing in the fiction arena, she has begun a series of how to books that center around her knowledge and passion for gardening. Dixie lives in New York City and spends her free time writing and illustrating. She also loves tennis, rock climbing and practically anything to do with animals and pets. When she's not writing her heart out, her cat Gizmo and her dog Cody take up much of her time with shenanigans that could fill up another one of her books. She is an eclectic reader of science fiction, aromatherapy/herbalism, as well as mystery anthologies.
   
5. The Last Seminarian - RM DAmato has a strong religious background and apostasy took a long time. During his high school years during the 1970s, he attended a Catholic seminary and some of his friends left the seminary while others became priests—some leaving the priesthood, too. His rejection of Catholicism began in the seminary. During his years at the seminary, along with his association with the Catholic hierarchy, he became familiar with the politics of the institution—becoming very disillusioned and quickly accepting the principles of the Humanist movement that dates back to Voltaire, Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason, Robert Ingersoll, and Bertrand Russell. RM DAmato received a B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge in 1982 and an M.A. in English from U.S.C. in 1983. He worked as an assistant editor for the Los Angeles Times but spent most of his career as a teacher in California and Florida. He is married with one daughter. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at Florida International University. His second novel, I Have Three Things to Tell You, will be completed in 2014 and it will illustrate the state of the public educational system in the near future. Also, a collection of poetry, The Random Musings of a Late Baby Boomer, will be completed in 2014
   
6. Zombie Cruise - Janiera enjoys feeding her book addiction when she not writing. Writing is therapeutic to her during her struggles with Fibromyalgia. Being unable to work a normal 9-5 is what encouraged her to write full time. She is also a book blogger at Beauty and Books where she mixes being a book nerd with keeping things chic. When not reading or writing she is freelance writing in the entertainment industry.When trying to relax she likes a huge yard sale on a Saturday morning, rainy days to read by and nacho cheese is her kryptonite. Soul Sisters is her debut novel. Feel free to visit her book blog where she loves reviewing books and doing author interview at Books & Beauty- http://janieraeldridge.blogspot.com. She loves feedback and welcomes any questions or comments to her email: prettyhaydengurl@yahoo.com and FB Page: http://www.facebook.com/authorjanieraeldridge
   
7. Retail Buying and Merchandising – Size Matters - For more than 20 years, Ganesh Subramanian has been serving, establishing, and setting up leading retail and brand organizations. He has worked with international brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Bharti Walmart (a JV in India), Reliance Retail and is currently the Chief Operating Officer at myntra.com. He has the unique experience of moving through the entire value chain of fashion retail in these last two decades. He has diverse experience in retail channels ranging from branded retail, departmental stores, value retail and e-commerce. He holds an engineering degree from Anna University, Chennai.
   
8. Dark Voices – A Short Story Collection - Darren was born in 1970 and lives in the city of Hull in the UK. He is one of the editors of the Near To The Knuckle online fiction site which can be found at: http://www.close2thebone.co.uk/
   
9. The Celtic Dagger - Jill Paterson was born in Yorkshire, UK, and grew up in Australia before spending 11 years in Canada. On returning to Australia, she settled in Canberra. After doing an arts degree at the Australian National University, she worked at the Australian National University's School of Law before spending the next 10 years with the Business Council of Australia and the University of NSW, ADFA Campus, in the School of Electrical Engineering. Jill is the author of three published books. The Celtic Dagger, Murder At The Rocks, and Once Upon A Lie which are all part of the Fitzjohn Mystery Series.
   
10. One Perfect Night - New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre is known for “sensual, empowered stories enveloped in heady romance” (Publishers Weekly) and her novels have appeared on Top 10 lists all over the world. Her books have been Cosmopolitan Magazine ”Red Hot Reads” twice and have been translated into nine languages. Winner of the Award of Excellence, The Washington Post has called her “One of the top digital writers in America”. She has been featured by NPR, USA Today, Forbes, TIME Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She has sold nearly 2 million books.
    
11. Healthy Husband Cookbook: Quick and Easy Recipes to Feed The Man You Love Good Food And Good Health - I am a San Francisco Bay Area resident, writer and food lover. I have been cooking, teaching, writing about and eating great food for decades. I've written two heart-healthy cookbooks with a Stanford University cardiologist. My work has appeared in Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Self and Men's Fitness, among other publications. I have written many articles and online columns and have made numerous TV and radio appearances. I've given cooking demonstrations and classes in the Bay Area and on the east coast. For many years I ran my own cooking school and catering business and did restaurant menu consulting.
    
12. Losing It by Emma Bright - Emma Bright is the lucky (and busy!) mom of two sweet little kids - with another one on the way. Her favourite indulgences include british candy, any kind of chocolate and all dressed chips. She secretly loves to watch physics and math documentaries, but won't admit it to just anyone. She lives in beautiful British Columbia with her loving husband and close to her mom and dad, who thankfully help out a lot with the kids.
    
13. Accountability Leadership - Di Worrall: Organisational Transformation & Change Executive Di Worrall is an award-winning business transformation executive, change management consultant, and executive coach to the world's most senior business leaders. She is also a published author and leading voice in the global movement of organisational change. Over the course of her career, she's developed a personal and professional mantra about what she sees as the number-one issue that makes or breaks leadership performance today: Accountability for outcomes, performance, and results. That mantra goes like this: "The degree to which you have developed the capacity to hold your organisation and its people accountable for the delivery of results is directly proportional to your capacity to either build--or hemorrhage--value from your organisation." ...An Early Accountability Lesson Becomes a Catalyst for Change In her first senior executive post, Di managed to turn a difficult accountability lesson into an opportunity for change when it became clear that the failure of her executive team to hold one another accountable was setting their entire organisation up to fail on its delivery of a major business initiative. Having no intention of letting the project go bad, Di led her fellow executives through specific actions to improve personal accountability throughout the leadership team. As a result, she managed to turn a pending loss into a remarkable profit. "Accountability was something we couldn't delegate," she says, recalling the initiative. "Much to our surprise, employees in our respective divisions started to intuitively follow suit, modelling our new behaviours." Inspired by that early experience, Di developed an enthusiasm and thirst for knowledge relating to the "new rules" of high accountability (you can read more about these in her new book, Accountability Leadership), and has devoted her findings and expertise to enterprise transformation and change efforts ever since. ...Extensive Experience and Expertise With over 20 years' experience leading programs of business strategy, business transformation, organisational change and strategic human resources at the enterprise level, Di's professional background and knowledge spans a range of industries--public and private--both in Australia and abroad. These include: - More than 10 years as senior executive and group director of large government and private multinationals; - Over 10 years working with senior leaders as principal of business transformation consultancy, Worrall and Associates. ...Thought Leadership and Published Works Di's extensive experience and thought leadership in end-to-end business transformation, change management and workplace accountability has also spurred the creation of several of her published works, including: - www.leadingchangeblog.com - a blog for leaders of change and business transformation - A Climate for Change: How to Ride the wave of Change into the 21st Century (2009) D Worrall - Babes in Business Suits: Top Women Entrepreneurs Share Success Secrets (2009) F Pizzonia, D Worrall - Accountability Leadership: How Great Leaders Build a High Performance Culture of Accountability and Responsibility (2013) D Worrall
    
14. Island of Fog (Book 1) - Keith is a self-employed website designer with a wife, daughter, and three cats. Originally from England, he moved to the United States in 2001 where he now resides in the sticks of Chickamauga, Georgia. Apart from writing, he collects young adult and children's books. He has a bookshelf crammed full of secondhand hardbacks of varying authors from the 1940s-1960s, in particular those he grew up with in the UK. He owns EnidBlyton.net and is webmaster of EnidBlytonSociety.co.uk, both dedicated to the great author. Visit UnearthlyTales.com for more.
    
15. Toxin - Rob Swigart is the author of several books and ebooks, including nonfictional sociological studies and several fictional thrillers.
    
16. Pushing over 40 - Here’s the bottom line… I love to laugh, I love to drink and I love to eat. I love writing. As a child I had stories going through my head. It took me a long time to realise I should write them down, therefore clearing my mind. Little did I know another one would pop up! I wanted to be painter since I was a child. I was told, while being assessed at the end of my art foundation, I should go into drama or be a stand-up comedian. I’m short, so even if I did ‘stand up’ it’d be hard to see me and I realise that was their way of telling me I was rubbish at art. I’ve worked in various jobs and I have been extremely lucky to do what I wanted to do… though I have a habit of changing my mind every so often. If you want something, go for it. The only thing holding you back is you. You only have one life so don’t say ‘if only’ say ‘well at least I tried’. Writing, like anything creative, is an exposure. Not everyone likes what you write, what you say or what you think… but some people do. That’s my focus. On the people who like what you write… what I write. And what keeps me going? Microdermabrasion and margaritas … seriously…
    
17. Under the Same Sky - Genevieve Graham graduated from the University of Toronto in 1986 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance (playing oboe). While on a ski vacation in Alberta she met a really cute guy in the chairlift line-up and they skied together for two days. After the second day she decided she had to have him ... permanently. The couple (now husband & wife) subsequently moved to Calgary and brought two beautiful and talented daughters into the world. They have recently settled in a small, quiet town in Nova Scotia and are loving their new life. Writing became an essential part of Genevieve's life a few years ago, when she began to write her debut novel, "Under the Same Sky". Her second book, "Sound of the Heart" was published by Penguin on May 1, 2012, and the third in the series, "Somewhere to Dream", will be published in November 2013. Genevieve also offers editing services on her other website: www.WritingWildly.com
    
18. Sound of the Heart - Genevieve Graham graduated from the University of Toronto in 1986 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance (playing oboe). While on a ski vacation in Alberta she met a really cute guy in the chairlift line-up and they skied together for two days. After the second day she decided she had to have him ... permanently. The couple (now husband & wife) subsequently moved to Calgary and brought two beautiful and talented daughters into the world. They have recently settled in a small, quiet town in Nova Scotia and are loving their new life. Writing became an essential part of Genevieve's life a few years ago, when she began to write her debut novel, "Under the Same Sky". Her second book, "Sound of the Heart" was published by Penguin on May 1, 2012, and the third in the series, "Somewhere to Dream", will be published in November 2013. Genevieve also offers editing services on her other website: www.WritingWildly.com
    
19. SHELF LIFE by Brian Bowyer - Brian Bowyer has been writing stories and music for most of his life. He has lived all over the East Coast. He has worked as a musician, a banker, a bartender, a bouncer, and a bomb maker for a coal-testing laboratory. He currently lives and writes in the mountains of West Virginia, although this may change at any moment. You can contact him at brianbowyer@suddenlink.net.
    
20. Blood Bound by Valerie Douglas - Valerie Douglas is a prolific writer and a genre-crosser, much to the delight of her fans. A fan of authors in almost every genre she writes classic fantasy, romance, suspense, and, as V.J. Devereaux, erotic romance. Happily married, she's companion to two dogs, four cats and an African clawed frog named Hopper who delights in tormenting the cats from his tank. More information is available at: www.valeriedouglasbooks.com valeriedouglasbooks@gmail.com
    
21. The Single Mom Loves to Lust - Johnathan Michaels is a celebrated erotica writer with many works under his belt. He chose the Kindle platform as his first large project. He is putting tons of research, and time into his works. It shows in the brilliant character development and dynamic plot. This is a series of stories you must read.