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1. What If…Superheroes Were Real - I am a Christian author, educator and speaker. I aspire to follow God’s path for me and educate, inspire, imagine and create. I have been an avid reader since I was a young child – happily sacrificing TV and playtime in order to read a good book. I have been capturing observations, feelings and events in poems and stories since middle school. As I have grown older, I continued to write and create stories to entertain family and friends and to help celebrate life’s special moments. For many years I suffered from symptoms that went undiagnosed. After years of suffering and searching for answers, I was finally diagnosed several years ago with Fibromyalgia and some other underlying conditions. With faith in Christ who led me to a well-rounded, holistic treatment plan including time spent with Him and His Word, I am feeling better and living a more active and joyous life. I am passionate about education and life long learning. Since 1999 my professional career has focused on the design and development of training for employees across industries and educational formats. I have specialized in analyzing the need for training and assessing the best method for training and delivery (classroom, live virtual training, blended, web-based training, etc). My writing skills assisted me in delivering solutions that engaged learners and translated to application on the job. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Organizational Development and Human Resource development as well as my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. I live in Kansas with my husband, teenage son and our two gorgeous, ornery and energetic Scottie pups (Conner and Zoe). In my spare time I enjoy photography, spending time with family and friends, and traveling around the world with family. I am always excited to hear from readers. Please join me on my website or Facebook page. I look forward to hearing from you!
   
2. DESOLATION - Travis Simmons lives at the base of the Adirondacks where nature helps ease his mind into other worlds and inspires the tales he comes up with. He has lived in a variety of different places all over this great country, and has finally returned home, where he intends to live a simple life living off the land and being at peace.
   
3. Christianity- Plain and Simple (The Plain Cover Series) - L. J. Magruder is a Christian who is tired of all the games we all play. His writings reflect his belief that Jesus came down to show people the way to the Father- not to condemn them.
   
4. My Fast Metabolism Diet Cookbook: Fast, Easy, and Delicious Recipes For Fat Burning and Weight Loss - Hi, my name is Christina Lopez, author of the fast metabolism weight loss series. A little about me, I am a health and fitness author who loves jogging by the beach, eating strawberry mint ice cream in the winter outside my deck and working out at 6am in the morning.I invite you to use my e-books here as a resource to help you achieve your goals and live the life of your dreams. Feel free to browse the books for whatever suites your needs. There's nothing that would make me feel more awesome if I can help or inspire you in any way that I can.
   
5. Metabolism Secret Reveal: Turn Your Body Into A Fast Metabolism Fat Burning Machine - Hi, my name is Christina Lopez, author of the fast metabolism weight loss series. A little about me, I am a health and fitness author who loves jogging by the beach, eating strawberry mint ice cream in the winter outside my deck and working out at 6am in the morning.I invite you to use my e-books here as a resource to help you achieve your goals and live the life of your dreams. Feel free to browse the books for whatever suites your needs. There's nothing that would make me feel more awesome if I can help or inspire you in any way that I can.
   
6. The Natural Treatment Secrets To Curing Acne - Matt Cama is the founder of Happy Healthy Habits, a successful fitness business aiming to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by teaching them psychological strategies to break habits and teaching unique tools that will help increase their levels of happiness and health. As a teenager Matt was bullied and put down on a continual daily basis for being overweight. This led Matt to be incredibly shy and introverted, he had very little confidence and self-esteem about himself and his own body. After about a year of the bullying, Matt lost the weight he wanted, but he lost it the unhealthy way. He was eating very little food and starving himself to lose the weight he desired. This didn’t last for too long and a couple of years later, Matt began to repair his body with healthy alkaline foods & started making better health & lifestyle choices. Matt now spends his time sharing his passion for health and fitness, helping a large amount of people through his business “Happy Healthy Habits” focusing on personal training, social media and holding his own seminars to reach a large scale of people. Matt is well known for teaching strategies to people to help change their habits and gain momentum towards their weight loss goal and reach optimal health and teach them to not make the same mistakes that he made throughout his own weight loss journey. Matt’s vision for this eBook is to create confidence and momentum in people’s lives, help people lose weight, create better habits and lifestyle choices and show everyone that you don’t need to sign up at a commercial gym to accomplish the goals you truly desire.
   
7. The Rapid Stress Management Secrets to Master Your Life - Matt Cama is the founder of Happy Healthy Habits, a successful fitness business aiming to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by teaching them psychological strategies to break habits and teaching unique tools that will help increase their levels of happiness and health. As a teenager Matt was bullied and put down on a continual daily basis for being overweight. This led Matt to be incredibly shy and introverted, he had very little confidence and self-esteem about himself and his own body. After about a year of the bullying, Matt lost the weight he wanted, but he lost it the unhealthy way. He was eating very little food and starving himself to lose the weight he desired. This didn’t last for too long and a couple of years later, Matt began to repair his body with healthy alkaline foods & started making better health & lifestyle choices. Matt now spends his time sharing his passion for health and fitness, helping a large amount of people through his business “Happy Healthy Habits” focusing on personal training, social media and holding his own seminars to reach a large scale of people. Matt is well known for teaching strategies to people to help change their habits and gain momentum towards their weight loss goal and reach optimal health and teach them to not make the same mistakes that he made throughout his own weight loss journey. Matt’s vision for this eBook is to create confidence and momentum in people’s lives, help people lose weight, create better habits and lifestyle choices and show everyone that you don’t need to sign up at a commercial gym to accomplish the goals you truly desire.
   
8. Meditation Secrets for Stressed and Busy People - Matt Cama is the founder of Happy Healthy Habits, a successful fitness business aiming to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by teaching them psychological strategies to break habits and teaching unique tools that will help increase their levels of happiness and health. As a teenager Matt was bullied and put down on a continual daily basis for being overweight. This led Matt to be incredibly shy and introverted, he had very little confidence and self-esteem about himself and his own body. After about a year of the bullying, Matt lost the weight he wanted, but he lost it the unhealthy way. He was eating very little food and starving himself to lose the weight he desired. This didn’t last for too long and a couple of years later, Matt began to repair his body with healthy alkaline foods & started making better health & lifestyle choices. Matt now spends his time sharing his passion for health and fitness, helping a large amount of people through his business “Happy Healthy Habits” focusing on personal training, social media and holding his own seminars to reach a large scale of people. Matt is well known for teaching strategies to people to help change their habits and gain momentum towards their weight loss goal and reach optimal health and teach them to not make the same mistakes that he made throughout his own weight loss journey. Matt’s vision for this eBook is to create confidence and momentum in people’s lives, help people lose weight, create better habits and lifestyle choices and show everyone that you don’t need to sign up at a commercial gym to accomplish the goals you truly desire.
   
9. Eat More, Look Younger - Matt Cama is the founder of Happy Healthy Habits, a successful fitness business aiming to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by teaching them psychological strategies to break habits and teaching unique tools that will help increase their levels of happiness and health. As a teenager Matt was bullied and put down on a continual daily basis for being overweight. This led Matt to be incredibly shy and introverted, he had very little confidence and self-esteem about himself and his own body. After about a year of the bullying, Matt lost the weight he wanted, but he lost it the unhealthy way. He was eating very little food and starving himself to lose the weight he desired. This didn’t last for too long and a couple of years later, Matt began to repair his body with healthy alkaline foods & started making better health & lifestyle choices. Matt now spends his time sharing his passion for health and fitness, helping a large amount of people through his business “Happy Healthy Habits” focusing on personal training, social media and holding his own seminars to reach a large scale of people. Matt is well known for teaching strategies to people to help change their habits and gain momentum towards their weight loss goal and reach optimal health and teach them to not make the same mistakes that he made throughout his own weight loss journey. Matt’s vision for this eBook is to create confidence and momentum in people’s lives, help people lose weight, create better habits and lifestyle choices and show everyone that you don’t need to sign up at a commercial gym to accomplish the goals you truly desire.
   
10. First Kiss and Other Cautionary Tales - Deborah M. Prum began her writing career at age seven. Perched atop a chrome kitchen chair, she pecked out children’s stories on her mother’s Royal typewriter. Every plot contained a similar theme. At the outset, some disaster (plane crash, rampant disease, ravaging insects) took the lives of parents and all other authority figures. The kids ate wild berries and skinned rabbits to make clothing. Without exception, by the end of each tale, the sturdy little survivors had created a utopia and lived blissfully ever after. Unfortunately, it did not occur to Deb’s parents to call a child psychologist. Author of young adult novel, FATTY IN THE BACK SEAT, Deborah M. Prum has won five awards for her fiction. Her short stories have appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review, as well as in many other journals and literary anthologies. FIRST KISS AND OTHER CAUTIONARY TALES is an eBook and audiobook collection of essays, most of which first aired on NPR-member stations. She’s written about the craft of writing for both The Writer magazine and The Writer’s Handbook. She’s given writing workshops and has taught at WriterHouse in Charlottesville, Virginia.
    
11. Te Writers handbook of Online Promtion - I live in North Carolina between the wondrous mountains and beautiful beaches. Every chance I get to explore these two picturesque places I travel three hours (in either direction) and bask in the splendor. I'm an author of Inspirational Suspense and Mystery novels.
    
12. Shelter from the Storm - When he was 12, growing up in Atlanta, Tony Dunbar told people that he was going to be a writer, but it took him until the age of 19 to publish his first book, Our Land Too, based on his civil rights experiences in the Mississippi delta. He has lived in New Orleans for a long, long time, and in addition to writing mysteries and more serious fare he attended Tulane Law School and continues an active practice involving, he says, "money." He's the author of the Tubby Dubonnet series as well as numerous nonfiction works.
    
13. Everything You Need to Know About The Scorpio Zodiac Sign - I, Chloe Miller, truly believe in order to be with someone you need to understand all their needs and wants. I have studied astrology for many years and can promise you this book will not disappoint.
    
14. Lydia’s Golden Drum by Neale Osborne - Neale Osborne was born in 1970, in Birmingham, England. A freelance artist since 1992, his illustrations and caricatures have appeared in a wide variety of places: on posters and packaging, on stage, in exhibitions, and publications such as the Times Literary Supplement, The Gramophone, Mojo and programmes for the BBC Proms. His debut children’s book ‘Lydia’s Tin Lid Drum’ was published in 2009, at a launch alongside fellow Oxford University Press authors Geraldine McCaughrean and Shirley Hughes. ‘The Castle of Desires’ is his first work for older readers ~ a ‘double-bill’ of tales that mirror each other: one, the story of a studio of animators set in the 1930s, interspersed with the Gothic legend of a castle that can fulfil the dreams of its keyholder ~ desires and ambitions with tragic consequences. His latest book is the follow-up to his debut. ‘Lydia’s Golden Drum’ is a fantasy adventure, drawing upon many legends and folktales, but with the distinctive spicy flavour of ‘The Arabian Nights’. Many of Neale’s pictures, including a gallery of illustrations from the ‘Lydia’ novels, can be found at his official website ‘The Land of Oz’
    
15. Deadland: Untold Stories of Alice in Deadland - Mainak was a bestselling author in his native India with titles published by Penguin and Random House and with one of his novels (Herogiri) being made into a motion picture. In early 2011, he began to use Amazon to reach international readers through his ebooks and became one of the leading independent authors in the world with more than 100,000 books sold in his first year. In March 2013, he became the #1 bestselling Horror author on Amazon, momentarily unseating Stephen King. His bestselling Alice in Deadland series is being made into a TV series in the US.
    
16. How to Braid Hair - Karen A. Reid lives with her husband and two daughters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She is an avid writer and professional hair stylist. Over the years, Mrs. Reid has been using her expertise both in the workplace and at home, and her daughters have grown fond of her work of art. Motivated by her family and profession, Mrs. Reid has decided to move a step further, by writing and publishing “How to Braid Hair”. She looks forward to working on similar projects in the near future.
    
17. FALLEN ANGEL - LAURA TAYLOR is an award-winning romance writer with over a million books in print. More than a half million digital editions of her books have already been downloaded by eBook readers. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her writing, including 6 Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement, Reviewer's Choice, and Career Achievement Awards, 2 MAGGIE AWARDS from GRW/RWA, 2 Golden Heart Finalist Awards (RWA), an RWA RITA Finalist Award, and a Golden Rose Award from the Gold Coast Chapter of RWA. She resides in S. California.
    
18. Plerase Don’t Let Me Die by Patrick J. Mccarthy - My name is Patrick McCarthy; I was born and raised on the east coast, Massachusetts. I relocated to California in 1977. I am one of six children. I met my wife in the summer of 1988 and we married in the fall of 1989. Lisa is also from a large family, she is one of seven. After living in California for many years we relocated to Washington State where I became a general contractor. After my daughter’s death and all of the court matters were settled, I closed my business and sold our home and we moved to Southern Oregon. My wife and I currently own and operate a small family business.
    
19. Agile Product Owner Secrets Valuable Proven Results for Agile Management Revealed - Michael has been providing operational, organizational and management consulting and training for over 14 years. He is a certified project management professional and Gestalt process facilitator, offering training, consulting, and solutions development in project and product management, process improvement, leadership, and team building programs Michael's professional background includes a significant amount of work in the telecoms, hi-tech, software development, R&D environments and petrochemical & infrastructure business. Michael's background is analytical and technical, however, he has a keen interest in human interactions and behaviors. He holds two engineering degrees from the prestigious Technion Institute of Technology: a Bachelor of civil engineering and a Masters of Industrial engineering. He has balanced his technical side with the extensive study and practice of Gestalt Therapy and "Instrumental Enrichment," a philosophy of mediated learning. In his consulting and training engagements, Michael combines both the analytical and technical world with his focus on people, delivering unique, and meaningful solutions, and addressing whole systems. Michael travels extensively to Europe and East Asia, conducting training and consulting. He understands people, organizations and cultures and has a high degree of comfort leading cross-functional and cross-cultural training. Whether he focuses on the "soft side" or on project business skills, or a combination of both, he is effective facilitating learning on myriad topics, including negotiations, conflict management, influence without authority, leadership, body language, and presentation. His style is facilitative, favoring Socratic Direction, employing a range of techniques, from mind mapping, NLP and accelerated learning to indoor gaming and active playful exercises. He has been working with a multitude of clients in a broad range of industries, ranging from high tech, medical, IT infrastructure, telecom to petrochemical. Michael engages participants from various backgrounds such as sales and marketing, operations, research and development and management.
    
20. A Pitch For Justice by Harold Kasselman - I spent my formative years in Southwest Philadelphia where I played every inner-city baseball game imaginable to youngsters. I fell in love with the game and baseball. I moved to Cherry Hill NJ. and graduated at their high school and later attended Rutgers College. I followed that up with a masters degree in teaching. I taught high school in Glen Ridge(the alma mater of Tom Cruise) and subsequently Cherry Hill East(alma mater of Orel Hersheiser). I left teaching and went to law school and developed a love for criminal law.I was a prosecuting attorney for 30 years in Camden County N.J.where I handled literally thousands of cases including 25 murder trials.I worked in criminal defense for six years in the firm of Helmer, Conley, and Kasselman in Haddon Heights. Now I am currently semi-retired. I know both sides of the criminal system and respect the roles both play. This is my first novel and it combines my love of baseball and my passion for the criminal legal process. The impetus for the novel was the increasing violence in sports and specifically retaliation in baseball. I began to wonder whether there would ever be an incident so tragic in its consequences that it would lead to a criminal charge. In my book I examine how that process would occur, whether it would be warranted, and whether it would effect the game of baseball. I spend my time in NJ and Sarasota Florida because I love sunshine, the beach, working out, dining out, and watching movies of all kinds.
    
21. Casey’s Slip - I started writing novels at age 82 and am now at age 87 in the middle of my 5th book. I love to write and strive to write mysteries that are somewhat unique in plot, characters and action. Happily married for 66 years, 4 daughter and 9 grandchildren. We've owned 4 sailboats, sailed the west coast, and lived in the Oakland area all of our lives. I'm excited about the movie prospects of this book as it has been scripted and is being looked at by interested parties.
    
22. Disappearance at Mount Sinai - Jim Musgrave's work has been recently featured in Best New Writing 2011, Hopewell Press, Titusville, N.J. He was a semi-finalist the Black Lawrence Press 2012 Chapbook Awards. He was also in a Bram Stoker Award Finalist volume of horror fiction, Beneath the Surface, 13 Shocking Tales of Terror, Shroud Publishing, San Francisco, CA and Thadd Presley's Creature Feature and Thadd Presley's Murder. His short story, "Zeru," is published in Mixer. His science fiction was recently published in SciFi Short Story Magazine, Baton Rouge, LA. He has also published three novels and two collections of short stories at English Majors Publishers.