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Extra Credit by Latron M May 17, 2012 $2.99 7373 words Sample 40%
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Latron M is an ex-soldier who has studied social sciences after serving in the military. He has worked in the field of retail, museums, communications, investigations, and budgeting. He currently lives in Southeast Texas and works on his books.
Satoko by Thomas Tuppein May 17, 2012 $3.00 51966 words Sample 20%
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How to Survive Your First Year on the Job by Sid Adelman May 17, 2012 $9.99 24878 words Sample 20%
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Coffee House Mafia by Jennifer Jelliff May 17, 2012 $2.99 124867 words Sample 15%
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Jennifer Jelliff lives in Tennessee with her lab/husky dog, Tux. Coffee House Mafia is her debut novel, though more stories are clamoring to be written. She is currently ignoring her counseling degree and continuing her love affair with writing fiction. Perhaps one day she’ll marry it. Her favorite coffee is Mugsy’s Screaming Eagle Blend.
Why am I F'd up? by Pamela Beaty May 17, 2012 $7.99 49449 words Sample 15%
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How To Get Laid And Meet Girls With A Few Basic Guitar Skills by Justin Sours May 17, 2012 $4.99 7538 words Sample 20%
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My name’s Justin Sours and I’m a 28 year old who initially learned how to play the guitar 15 years ago. I’m also a primarily self taught guitarist who’s learned everything from scratch.
Short Stories 2 by Murray Heimbecker May 17, 2012 $2.99 8013 words Sample 10%
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With an extensive education in science, religion and military, the author taps his wide-ranging world travel, and seventy-plus years of experience, to produce a collection of short stories and full length novels, which radiate a marvelous mixture of plots and characters. You will find humor, drama, mystery and poetry in his works.
Outlaw Planet (Gay Cowboy Space Sex) by Anya Adonis May 17, 2012 $2.99 3355 words Sample 20%
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A Fairy Tale by John Saul May 17, 2012 $5.99 47794 words Sample 20%
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Motherhood Moments by Catherine Burr May 17, 2012 $1.99 15151 words Sample 30%
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Catherine Burr is a bestselling American romance novelist, parenting humorist, and ebook publisher.
An Island in the Autumn by John Smith May 17, 2012 $5.99 92314 words Sample 10%
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Remember Me? by Brendan Gerad O'Brien May 17, 2012 $0.99 5992 words Sample 40%
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Brendan Gerad O’Brien was born in Tralee, on the west coast of Ireland and now lives in Newport, South Wales with his wife Jennifer and daughters Shelly and Sarah. As a child he spent his summer holidays in Listowel, Co Kerry, where his uncle Moss Scanlon had a Harness Maker’s shop, now long gone. The shop was a magnet for all sorts of colourful characters. It was there that his love of words was kindled by the stories of John B. Keane and Bryan MacMahon, who often wandered into the shop for a chat and bit of jovial banter. After serving nine years in the Royal Navy, Brendan progressed to retail management, working as a Department manager with the UK’s second largest Supermarket. Now retired, his hobby is writing short stories, twenty of which have already been published individually over the years, and also as a collection called Dreamin Dreams Once On A Cold And Grey September is his first full novel
Serving The Pack (Werewolf Gangbang Erotica) by Ellie Saxx May 17, 2012 $2.99 7348 words Sample 30%
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Ellie Saxx writes a wide variety of explicit erotic stories — some drawing from real life experience, some from a uniquely twisted imagination. She hopes her readers appreciate her willingness to use erotica, and fantasy, to explore her own deep and secret longings. That’s what you’ll find in her catalog. Please come back often to see what’s new. You can reach Ellie at ellie@elliesaxx.com
The Isle of Dragons by Ed Dunlop May 17, 2012 $2.99 56731 words Sample 20%
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Ed Dunlop has worked in children’s ministries full-time for more than thirty years. As an evangelist, he conducts Family Crusades in local churches, presents teacher-training seminars, speaks at junior camps, and conducts visualized drug and alcohol awareness programs in public elementary and junior high schools. His ministry involves ventriloquism, Gospel magic, blacklight effects, and a variety of other visual media. Ed writes fiction for children and resource books for teachers, and currently has twenty-nine titles in print with five publishers. The author grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. and has served churches in California, Arizona, and Tennessee as assistant pastor and Christian Education Director. He and his family entered full-time evangelism in March of 1988. Ed and his wife, Elma, have five grown children and make their home in north Georgia. Ed enjoys canoeing, motorcycling and SCUBA diving. His sons are also certified divers. Ed currently serves as a volunteer diver at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and enjoys feeding the fish, sharks, stingrays and moray eels as groups of school children watch.
EFT Tapping for a Soul Mate: 7 Days to Start Attracting Love by Ruthy Boehm May 17, 2012 $1.99 3280 words Sample 15%
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Police Officers Guide 2013: A Handbook for Police Officers of England, Scotland and Wales by Jeremy Green May 17, 2012 $3.99 44044 words Sample 20%
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Jeremy Green is a serving Police Officer of 7 years and a Tutor Constable. Working mainly as part of the NPT (Neighbourhood Policing Team) from city centre to rural Policing. As well as a Serving Police Officer he has also been a Learning Director in ICT at Derby College for the past 13 years. With the goal to raise teaching standards and enthuse and motivate learners across the college.
Tech Support vs. Customer by Vortex May 17, 2012 $0.99 4055 words Sample 20%
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Ask The Trainer: Answers to common questions about dog training and behavior issues, including jumping, leash manners, aggression, fearfulness, and more by Sue Brown May 17, 2012 $5.95 44069 words Sample 20%
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Sue Brown, MNM, CDBC, CPDT-KA, is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers, and a Professional Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. With over 15 years of experience, she owns Love My Dog Training, in the Denver, Colorado metro area, focusing on well-behaved and well-trained family dogs. She started her second business, The Light of Dog, in 2011 to publish books, ebooks, online training modules and other products. She is the author of "Juvenile Delinquent Dogs: The Complete Guide to Saving Your Sanity and Successfully Living with Your Adolescent Dog", available in print and e-book versions, has written for the APDT Chronicle of the Dog and was a contributor to the book The Association of Pet Dog Trainers Top Tips from Top Trainers: 1001 Practical Tips and Techniques for Successful Dog Care and Training published in 2010. She writes regularly on her weblog in addition to her monthly newsletter. She also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, a CPA license and a Masters of Nonprofit Management degree. She retired from her career as Controller for a nonprofit organization to run her own dog training and behavior consulting business full-time. Sue shares her life with her husband, Ed, their Greyhound, Jahzara, and the always entertaining, reformed juvenile delinquent Vizsla, Romeo.
Revenge, Denied by Joan Marie Verba May 17, 2012 $1.99 6470 words Sample 20%
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Joan Marie Verba earned a bachelor of physics degree from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology and attended the graduate school of astronomy at Indiana University, where she was an associate instructor of astronomy for one year. Her first occupation was as a computer programmer, then, she retrained as an editor. She has had nine years’ experience advising clients how to lose weight as part of a nationally advertised weight loss program, and has additional training as a health coach. An experienced writer, she is the author of the nonfiction books Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets, Boldly Writing and Weight Loss Success!, as well as the novels Countdown to Action!, Action Alert!, and Deadly Danger! plus numerous short stories and articles. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She has served on the board of directors of both the Minnesota Science Fiction Society and the Mythopoeic Society.
Expectant Father - She's pregnant!! by andrew knight May 17, 2012 $2.50 4895 words Sample 20%
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Andrew Knight was born in 1979 in Gloucester, UK. He is 32 years of age and lives in Cinderford, (Forest of Dean) Gloucestershire. He lives with his partner, 6 year old son and 6 month old daughter. Expectant Father - She's Pregnant is his first book to date.
Clint Faraday 30: A Timely Burial by CD Moulton May 17, 2012 $1.99 12548 words Sample 20%
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Born in Florida, travelled the world as a rock guitarist with some big names in the late sixties, early seventies. Been everything from a high steel worker to longshoreman, from musician to bar owner, and much more. Educated in botany and genetics. Now living in paradise (Panamá!)
Kids Knowledge Book About Universe And Planets : My Little Planetarium by Megs May 17, 2012 $0.99 1172 words Sample 10%
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Megs is a famous author for several jokes books,story books,fiction books,kids books with illustrations. Megs books are highly published in several formats.
Love's Basketball by Thomas Mark Wickstrom May 17, 2012 $5.99 47843 words Sample 30%
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About The Author Tom Wickstrom was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1950. He moved around often since his father was in the Navy and finished his high school years in Duluth, Minnesota. He went to UMD (University Of Minnesota Duluth) for three years, and then moved to Denver, Colorado in 1973. He became a Christian in 1976 and went four years to Western Bible College. He worked at the Cherry Creek School District in the maintenance department for 30 years, retiring in 2003. He is a lifelong bachelor, but felt led by the Lord to write about love and marriage. He has spent 9 years writing 47 books containing over 100,000 love songs. It is this resource that he hopes will bring a renewed romance, passion and commitment to marriage that will honor God. If you want to kiss and be kissed like never before, please visit the website www.thomasmarkwickstrom.com. God bless you!
Unbreakable by Mary Eason May 17, 2012 $4.50 40591 words Sample 20%
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Enchanted Awakening by alanna wilson May 17, 2012 $3.99 59281 words Sample 30%
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Kids Fun Book : Kids Peek A Boo Animal Book by Megs May 17, 2012 $0.99 154 words Sample 10%
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Megs is a famous author for several jokes books,story books,fiction books,kids books with illustrations. Megs books are highly published in several formats.
The Maid by Becky Davison May 17, 2012 $1.99 3068 words Sample 30%
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Short Stories 1 by Murray Heimbecker May 17, 2012 $2.99 8470 words Sample 10%
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With an extensive education in science, religion and military, the author taps his wide-ranging world travel, and seventy-plus years of experience, to produce a collection of short stories and full length novels, which radiate a marvelous mixture of plots and characters. You will find humor, drama, mystery and poetry in his works.
The Tacking Up of Sweet Caroline by Andrea Forsythe May 17, 2012 $2.99 7477 words Sample 20%
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A muffin-making-mama by day and a saucy smut peddler by night, Andrea isn’t your average happy homemaker. Sexually adventurous and full of fantasies, she loves to write it all: from sweet, paranormal romances to hot, raunchy gang bangs. It is one of Andi’s dearest ambitions in life to have something in her library to tempt every reader. Andi was born and raised in the rolling bluegrass of Kentucky, but she now lives abroad with her sexily accented husband, their offspring, and one neurotic dog.
Kids The ABC Book by Megs May 17, 2012 $0.99 46 words Sample 10%
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Megs is a famous author for several jokes books,story books,fiction books,kids books with illustrations. Megs books are highly published in several formats.
Gaming Theorem Sociological Perspective by Julien Coallier May 17, 2012 $3.99 679 words Sample 14%
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Doktoro Jekyll kaj Sinjoro Hyde by Belarteco Eldonejo May 17, 2012 $0.99 23673 words Sample 15%
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Breast Cancer - Step to curb female silent killer by Henry Emili May 17, 2012 $1.50 4123 words Sample 2%
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Henry Emili is a motivational speaker, a counsellor, a teacher and a writer. Had authored most bestseller books in health, education and mission. He lives in Lagos - Nigeria with his family.
Cronicas do Amor Impossivel by sergio almeida May 17, 2012 $8.99 9335 words Sample 15%
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The Psychology of the Soul by Angel Cusick May 17, 2012 $1.99 53930 words Sample 20%
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Angel Cusick. Having conducted well over 10,000 case studies on psychic development in London, Angel's established practice was popular throughout all of Europe for many years. Integrating modern psychology with classical metaphysics, Angel has developed breakthrough techniques that activate psychic sensing. Once thought impossible to attain, these methods have been tested and perfected through the multitude of students she has trained. Through these techniques, the activation of the Psychic Mechanism that actuates psychic sensing becomes a reality, making it accessible to all. Having attended the London College of Psychic Studies for well over a decade, and granted access to the inner circles for Advanced Psychic Development, Angel has apprenticed with the most distinguished psychics, mediums and healers of our time. Attending The Royal National Academy for Medical Hypnosis and Psychotherapy at the NHS Hospital in Blackheathe, England, Angel also refined psycho-spiritual studies with the National Federation of Spiritual Healers who work in hospitals, clinics, and other public facilities endorsed by the medical community. Formal education includes undergraduate work in Psychology and Communications at Ohio University, and a Post Graduate Degree from the prestigious DSL in West London, known for its stringent curriculum in Classical Studies.
The Shepherd's Wolf by Andrea Forsythe May 17, 2012 $2.99 11501 words Sample 20%
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A muffin-making-mama by day and a saucy smut peddler by night, Andrea isn’t your average happy homemaker. Sexually adventurous and full of fantasies, she loves to write it all: from sweet, paranormal romances to hot, raunchy gang bangs. It is one of Andi’s dearest ambitions in life to have something in her library to tempt every reader. Andi was born and raised in the rolling bluegrass of Kentucky, but she now lives abroad with her sexily accented husband, their offspring, and one neurotic dog.
If this were a bildungsroman by Ultima Castro May 17, 2012 $0.99 1109 words Sample 20%
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Born in Brownsville, Texas on February 20( which I didn't know was in winter until I moved to Canada at the age of 4). Raised and currently living in Austin, Texas. Austin provides a great deal of inspiration for my stories.
The Early Years by William T. Moyer May 17, 2012 $0.99 3620 words Sample 20%
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William T. Moyer served as a police officer in Greensboro, N.C. from 1970 to 1982. He started his career as a patrol officer and advanced through the ranks to become a homicide detective. He had many humorous and exciting adventures during this time and is sharing them for the first time in his series of short stories. After leaving law enforcement he went on to become a realestate investor, inventor and businessman. He is now in his sixties and still married to the same lady for 41 years. He now has time to tell about many true adventures he had while being in law enforcement.
Return of the Dagger by Ed Dunlop May 17, 2012 $2.99 54188 words Sample 20%
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Ed Dunlop has worked in children’s ministries full-time for more than thirty years. As an evangelist, he conducts Family Crusades in local churches, presents teacher-training seminars, speaks at junior camps, and conducts visualized drug and alcohol awareness programs in public elementary and junior high schools. His ministry involves ventriloquism, Gospel magic, blacklight effects, and a variety of other visual media. Ed writes fiction for children and resource books for teachers, and currently has twenty-nine titles in print with five publishers. The author grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. and has served churches in California, Arizona, and Tennessee as assistant pastor and Christian Education Director. He and his family entered full-time evangelism in March of 1988. Ed and his wife, Elma, have five grown children and make their home in north Georgia. Ed enjoys canoeing, motorcycling and SCUBA diving. His sons are also certified divers. Ed currently serves as a volunteer diver at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and enjoys feeding the fish, sharks, stingrays and moray eels as groups of school children watch.
Love's Hockey by Thomas Mark Wickstrom May 17, 2012 $5.99 36009 words Sample 30%
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About The Author Tom Wickstrom was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1950. He moved around often since his father was in the Navy and finished his high school years in Duluth, Minnesota. He went to UMD (University Of Minnesota Duluth) for three years, and then moved to Denver, Colorado in 1973. He became a Christian in 1976 and went four years to Western Bible College. He worked at the Cherry Creek School District in the maintenance department for 30 years, retiring in 2003. He is a lifelong bachelor, but felt led by the Lord to write about love and marriage. He has spent 9 years writing 47 books containing over 100,000 love songs. It is this resource that he hopes will bring a renewed romance, passion and commitment to marriage that will honor God. If you want to kiss and be kissed like never before, please visit the website www.thomasmarkwickstrom.com. God bless you!
Panic! A Shepherd's Story by Rosca Marx May 17, 2012 $2.99 56110 words Sample 10%
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I am an author that tends to write unconventional works of fiction that aim for challenging those who read them. Though they could use a more-so professional touch to them, my books strive to go beyond the norm of contemporary literature. I've referred to what I do as avant-garde, or anti-novels. My prose and plots are experimental, so if you do not wish to take a chance with me, so shall it be. But if you will...come with me?
Kids ABC Animal Book by Megs May 17, 2012 $0.99 46 words Sample 10%
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Megs is a famous author for several jokes books,story books,fiction books,kids books with illustrations. Megs books are highly published in several formats.
PradushanMaan (Bengali) by BodhaGuru Learning May 17, 2012 $0.99 2475 words Sample 20%
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Social enterprise working on a mission to make school education interesting, relevant and affordable to every child on this planet. We strongly believe that quality education must be affordable to ALL, otherwise generations remain poor.
PradushanMaan (Hindi) by BodhaGuru Learning May 17, 2012 $0.99 3090 words Sample 20%
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Social enterprise working on a mission to make school education interesting, relevant and affordable to every child on this planet. We strongly believe that quality education must be affordable to ALL, otherwise generations remain poor.
PradushanMaan by BodhaGuru Learning May 17, 2012 $0.99 2674 words Sample 20%
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Social enterprise working on a mission to make school education interesting, relevant and affordable to every child on this planet. We strongly believe that quality education must be affordable to ALL, otherwise generations remain poor.
The Babysitter by Michael A. Walton May 17, 2012 $4.99 35739 words Sample 25%
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Time Shift the Paradigm by Robbie Thomas May 17, 2012 $9.99 55058 words Sample 10%
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Robbie is currently in development with Lamport and Sheppard in a Psychic Crime television series called 'Psychic Profiler'. Robbie Thomas works in the paranormal field of study as a psychic medium/paranormal investigator. His work is well noted with many integral colleagues that work in the scientific and spiritual fields. Two well known accomplishments of Robbie’s is the creating and co producing of two critically acclaimed hit movies, Dead Whisper and The Sallie House, where actual communication with the other side was captured on film and EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena). Robbie also has successfully assisted in murder/missing persons cases with different Law Enforcement Agencies and families internationally as a Psychic Criminal Profiler. Robbie Thomas is an Author/Screenwriter with the book Paranormal Encounters. He has also three other books, published titles are...Signs From Heaven, To You From Spirit and A Link To Heaven...Chats With The Other Side. His success has seen two screenplays being written with a third in development for a trilogy titled, 'Paradox' in the Paranormal Horror genre. Robbie is a contributing Author to three other titles one of which he worked with Award Winning Screenwriter, Gloria Shepherd.
Headed Home: Dancing with Darwin by Chris Northern May 17, 2012 $0.99 10267 words Sample 10%
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Chris Northern is European, a traveller by inclination, and an electrical engineer by education. He has plied many trades over the years, determined to gain experience as he believed writers should. When asked what he does for a living, he tends to reply, "Whatever's to hand," and when asked why he writes novels, will usually say, "It's like blinking; it's just something that happens." He likes to tinker with car engines and will occasionally get them running for a while. He is often to be found eyeing the horizon; shortly thereafter, he is often found to be gone.
Somebody's Dad by Judith Arnold May 17, 2012 $3.99 77946 words Sample 20%
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Judith Arnold is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than 85 novels, published by Harlequin, Silhouette, Mira, and Berkley. Married and the mother of two sons, she lives in New England.
Monet Love by Blue Knight May 17, 2012 $1.99 5160 words Sample 15%
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