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1. The Gilded Mirror: Constantinople by Jocelyn Murray - Jocelyn Murray is the author of the teen/young adult historical fantasy fiction series The Gilded Mirror. She holds two university master's degrees in both English and Education. She also has a teaching credential and taught elementary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Jocelyn loves time traveling through historical fiction, and especially enjoys seeing the world through her characters.
   
2. Why She Left Us by David Dennis - David Dennis was born, raised, and educated in Providence, Rhode Island, and chose a career in teaching English in a neighboring city. Ever since he was in fifth grade, he's enjoyed writing stories of one sort or another, and while attending college, he became immersed in the writing of a gigantic fictional family saga. Much later, he basically extracted one of the sub-plots of that family saga and expanded it into the present novel "Why She Left Us." In so doing, he also experimented with the timeline and utilized five different narrators, so that the story itself starts out rather hazily and gradually comes into focus, with the reader learning which narrators' perceptions are to be trusted and which ones ought to be regarded with some skepticism. At the same time, while there are dramatic, and even tragic elements involved, the novel also contains a certain amount of humor, as well as romantic interludes.
   
3. 5 Gears Diet - Diana Artene is a licensed physical therapist since 2003. After she graduated Medical University she extended her medical knowledge in sport nutrition, nutrition for weight loss and children nutrition as she became a nutritionist. She advocates a healthy lifestyle in which all foods can be eaten and no long workouts are necessary to be fit and slim as long as we are fully informed. Her brutally honest book "5 Gears Diet" provides all the information we ever needed to know about fat gain and fat loss, so we can get how these mechanisms work once and for all. Although she believes in free will and that our weight reflects the choices we've made, she clearly describes the limits of your responsibility and completely dismisses self blame.
   
4. A Flicker Of Light - When I was a child my mother kept a black suitcase in our basement. She forbade me to look inside. Of course as we all know the way to spark a child's curiosity is to tell them they are forbidden to do or see a particular thing. One afternoon when my mother was out, I raced down stairs. Nobody was around so I opened the suitcase. Inside I found pictures and letters in a foreign language. Later that night I asked my mother what all of it meant. She told me that she was trying to protect me by keeping the suitcase out of my reach, but since I'd found it I might as well know that she and my father both lost their entire extended families in the Holocaust. So began my obsession with the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe. Being that my father was Romany and my mother was Jewish, I had many aspects to research and much to learn. Finally, many years later...I wrote my first novel. It is set in this period. It comes to you, along with all of my work, from my heart, with love and hopes that someday there will be understanding and tolerance among all peoples. I thank you so much for your interest in my writing. Love, Blessings, Good Fortune, and as the Gypsies say Good Road to all of you,
   
5. Coming Apart - Nicole Garber lives in Oklahoma with her husband and two children. Nearly fifteen years after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Nursing, Nicole discovered her love for writing. On her reasons for writing The Disillusioning Art Of Shell Formation, she explains, "I wanted to write a story about eternal love and supernatural healing. A year and a half later the story developed into the book that I had in mind.” Nicole loves cooking, coffee, writing, snow skiing, watching her kids play sports, and making book trailers with her best friend. Take a peek at her book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oominStodSY
   
6. Central Outbreak Response: Genesis - RJ Kennett is originally from Houston, Texas. He has lived in Virginia, Oklahoma and Colorado at varying times, but is currently back in his home state of Texas. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. In previous lives, he has been a political consultant, a one-man marketing department and a web programmer. He is presently slaving away in retail while writing, while he dreams of writing full-time.
   
7. Alyssa McCarthy’s Magical Missions: Book 1: From Frights to Flaws by Sunayna Prasad - Sunayna Prasad has been writing stories for over thirteen years, starting at the age of six. Now nineteen, she will start her junior year of college this fall, and will study accessory design as well as continue to write for children. Aside from that, Sunayna also likes to cook, watch movies, and draw. She lives on Long Island, New York, with her family.
   
8. Harcourt’s Mountain by Elaine Dodge - Elaine was born in Zambia, grew up in Zimbabwe and currently lives in South Africa. Books have filled her life from the very beginning. She trained as a designer, worked in that industry for years, even running her own company for a while. A long stint in advertising followed. In the last few years, she's been toiling away in the TV industry, winning an odd international award. But that wasn’t enough. She wanted to “tell stories”. She is passionate about it. She feels most alive when she's writing, and delights in letting her imagination run riot. In November 2011, she finally took the plunge and decided to “wrestle the Rottweiler” and started putting all those stories on paper.
   
9. I Think My Dog Ate My Coupons (Couponing Behind The Scenes) by Starling Darling - Starling Darling has a happy go lucky attitude and likes to think that she can find the good in almost any situation. She runs a money-saving blog called QponCow and can cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes or less.
   
10. Watchers by Brid Wade - Born in Dublin, Ireland, Brid Wade now lives in the village of Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny. A mother and grandmother, Brid is an avid fan of crime fiction so when she began writing, after rearing a family, it was natural that her chosen genre should take that direction. With a great passion for all things Irish, Brid wanted to create murder mysteries set in modern Ireland with a strong central character who would go the extra mile to achieve justice. Matt Costello is that character. Also known as an artist, Brid displays her works on Fine Art America and The Street Gallery.
    
11. The Tater Tot Casserole Cookbook - Kerrie McLoughlin is a freelance writer based in Overland Park, Kansas. She is also Steve and Kathy's only child, Aron's lucky wife and the homeschooling mother of five of the most amazing little kids ever.
    
12. “Instinct” - I am currently attending The Ohio State University. I am a first year biology student with an interest in medicine. I am 18 years old and was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I graduated from Carroll High School, although I have attend two other high schools in two different states.
    
13. Attraction In Action: How The Law of Vibration Can Change Your Health, Your Wealth and Your Life - Stephen Tvedten was President of Stroz Services, Inc. (an alternative pest control company) for 25 years and is currently President of Get Set, Inc., an integrated pest management company and is also currently President of PEST (Prevent Environmental Suicide Today) an environmental group, and Steve is the founder of the Institute of Pest Management, Inc., Prescriptive Nutrients, Inc. and TIPM and the Natural Pest Control Association. Steve is the consultant and advisor for Safe Solutions, Inc. Steve is Head of the Advisory Board for the Natural Pest Control Council of America. Steve was licensed as a Michigan Residential Builder and Maintenance Alteration Contractor and holds or has held Michigan pest control certifications in the following categories: Forest Pest Management, Wood Preservation, Turf, Ornamentals, Seed Treatment, Aquatic, Swimming Pools, Cooling Towers, Right-of-way, Structural Pest Management, Wood Destroying Organisms, Vertebrate, Interiorscape, Mosquito and Public Health. Steve also holds or has held Texas pest control certifications in General, Pest Control and Termite control, New York certifications in termite, structural, pest and rodent control. Ohio pest control certification in the following categories: seed treatment, general aquatic, swimming pool, general forest pest, timber stand improvement, wood preservation, industrial vegetation control, ornamental plant and shade tree, interior plantscape, vertebrate animal control, turf pest control, domestic, institutional, structural and health related pest control, general pest, termite, mosquito, house fly and vector control and Wisconsin certifications in forest, ornamental and turf, seed treatment, aquatic, right-of-way, general industrial, institutional, structural and health related, termite and wood preservation; State of Illinois certifications in seed treatment, right-of-way, ornamental and turf, forest, aquatic and mosquito pest control; State of Indiana certifications for seed treatment, wood preservative non-pressured, forest, ornamental, aquatic, right-of-way, residential, institutional and non-food industry pest control. Steve has held West Virginia pest control certifications in general pest, structural pest, wood treatment and public health. Steve has been a science advisor for the National Pediculosis Association. Steve is a member of the Entomological Society of America. Steve is or has been a member of The Xerces Society, the International Cockroach Society, Inc. and the International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, Neartic Regional Section. Steve has been on the National Coalition for the Chemically Injured (NCCI) advisory board for proposed rules for IPM in schools. In addition Steve is or has been a certified home inspector, a certified termite inspector, a certified asbestos inspector and a certified environmental inspector. Steve developed the first guaranteed termite inspection program for real estate and the Get Set IPM program.
    
14. A-Z Poetry: Fruits and Veggies - A native of Athens, Georgia, Kaelah Mickelle (kaelahmickelle.com) received her Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Saxophone Performance from the University of Georgia in 2009. As a recipient of a School of Music Fellowship, she received her Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 2012, having studied with world-renowned saxophonists Kenneth Tse and Eugene Rousseau. Kaelah has been writing poetry since she was 7 years old.
    
15. The Top 20 Tips For Maximum Weight Loss - JP is a health and fitness expert and has been a personal trainer/nutritionalist for the past 20 years. He has a passion to make the world a healthier place! You can tell he cares about his readers through his writing. If you follow JP's plans you will lose weight. Weight loss all starts in the mind!
    
16. Four Corners Dark - WILLIAM MCNALLY is a former executive, husband and animal advocate based in the mountains of Dahlonega, Georgia. Drawn to dark and thought provoking stories, he released his first book, Four Corners Dark in 2012 and recently followed it with his second, Beneath the Veil. Visit him online at williammcnallybooks.com for updates and events. Look for William's next release, The Knights of Moonshine, Spring 2014.
    
17. Eye of the Tiger - Colin Falconer is an international bestselling author of historical fiction, historical romantic fiction and historical thrillers.
    
18. No Excuses: The Fit Mind – Fit Body Strategy Book - 25 Time Award Winning Author An empowered employee-turned-entrepreneur, Myers has more than three decades of business experience that encompasses a wide variety of career challenges, including senior manager, controller, business owner, and award winning author. Myers is the author of 3 off the Tee: Targeting Success, the first entry into the 3 Off the Tee series, 3 Off the Tee: Make it Happen and 3 Off the Tee: No Excuses and currently resides north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    
19. Psychic Warrior - NY Times bestselling author Bob Mayer has had over 50 books published. He has sold over four million books, and is in demand as a team-building, life-changing, and leadership speaker and consultant for his Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way concept. He is also the Co-Creator of Cool Gus Publishing.
    
20. Social Anxiety: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Blast Through Doubt Stress Free Life - Hi there, I have a free ebook offer and want to add the link in your site. I will appreciate if you inform me how I can link my ebook to your site. Detail of my book is given bellow- The book will be offered for free download, from August 28th - September 1st. This guide is for anyone who has trouble with anxiety in crowds or just approaching other people in general. If you find yourself shying away from common occurring daily situations. If you are just trying to break through your anxiousness and gain some confidence, this is the book for you. It shows you step-by-step how to start being the star of your social circles. ASIN: B00CY5IQEQ http://www.amazon.com/Social-Anxiety-Overcome-Through-ebook/dp/B00CY5IQEQ/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369367330&sr=1-6&keywords=social+anxiety
    
21. Why is the Sky Blue by Garrett Graham - Why is the Sky Blue is Garrett Graham's first book. It grew out of his desire to help his son and daughter love science as much as he does. Thanks to a recent experiment that did not go as planned, Garrett's wife has outlawed all forms of volcano making inside the house until the end of time.
    
22. Solar System! A Kids Book About the Solar System – Fun Facts & Pictures About Space, Planets & More - Alexander G. Michaels writes educational and entertaining books for kids. He lives in Carmel, California where he enjoys stargazing! He hopes to be aboard Launcher One and travel through space in the near future!
    
23. The Friday Edition - I have been an award-winning journalist since 1989, having worked at newspapers in Denver, Seattle and Albuquerque. I might as well say, though, that I have been writing my entire life. The first piece I wrote was a poem standing at my mother's bedroom window when I was in the seventh grade. It was about the rain. I love all things writing, even my license plate says, '1Writer'. I am a graduate of Metropolitan State University of Denver with a degree in communications and a minor in journalism. I have been lucky enough to work in my field all my professional life. I have always wanted to be a novelist and have pursed the path of trying to become a published author. I have queried more agents with my fiction than I can remember, and have my share of rejections to prove it. In 2010, after many years of trying, I finally landed an agent for a nonfiction project, a children's book about a dentist in Denver, Colorado who was the founder and pioneer of wild animal dentistry. My agent secured a good book contract in 2011 with Tricycle Press, a division of Random House. I had several conversations with my editor about the direction of the book. One day I came home and had a voice message from my agent and my editor. They had one thing to say: Random House had closed Tricycle Press. Because my project was still in the developmental stages, it was cancelled. I did, however, get the first part of my advance, so not all was lost. We never did garner the same interest from other publishers for the project, so everyone decided it was best to pursue other avenues. I continue to write professionally today for magazines. In July 2012, I published my first ebook on Amazon, The Friday Edition, the first in a mystery series featuring reporter Samantha Church. Revenge is Sweet, the second book in the series, is set to publish on Amazon in September 2013.
    
24. Mommy,do you really love me? by Sari Barel - Sari Barel is an international expert and workshop leader in the development of creative thinking and the co-author of the “Think Like a Zebra®” method and book series — thinking outside the box — that deals with creative thinking and brainstorming in business and in life. The first book in the series has been published in English, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Hebrew, and there are workshop centers using this method in Japan, Holland and Israel. Sari Barel is a graduate of the ISEME, an extension of the University of Swinburne, Australia, where she earned the degree of Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI)., Sari is the author of the children’s book series "How to deal with…" that offers creative ideas for different subjects that occupy the minds of children. Her creative journey includes: specializing in advertising as a copywriter, specializing in film as a scriptwriter and actor; specializing in education; coaching and mediation; specializing in marketing communication The variety of Sari's background is directed to her stated goal, which is to help as many people as possible--adults and children-- to escape restrictive thinking patterns and realize their full potential, not only in their life's work, but in their entire life experience. That goal has inspired her recent writing, a series of books for parents, to help them help their children think outside the box
    
25. Strangelets with a Side of Grilled Spam: Episode One - Michael Angel's worlds of fiction range from the unicorn-ruled realm of the Morning Land to the gritty 'Fringe Space' of the western Galactic Frontier. Author of the bestselling Centaur of the Crime - where C.S. Lewis meets CSI - his books populate shelves in languages from Russian to Portuguese. He currently resides in Southern California. Alas, despite keeping a keen eye out for griffins, centaurs, or galactic marshals, none have yet put in an appearance on Hollywood Boulevard. Michael Angel's welcome mat is out at his website, so feel free to visit: michaelangelwriter.com.