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Road to Avonlea - Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's by Sullivan Entertainment Road to Avonlea - Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 24616 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Road to Avonlea - The Materializing of Duncan McTavish by Sullivan Entertainment Road to Avonlea - The Materializing of Duncan McTavish by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 21383 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Road to Avonlea - Song of the Night by Sullivan Entertainment Road to Avonlea - Song of the Night by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 24407 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Road to Avonlea - Story Girl Earns Her Name by Sullivan Entertainment Road to Avonlea - Story Girl Earns Her Name by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 24213 words Sample 20%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Road to Avonlea - Journey Begins by Sullivan Entertainment Road to Avonlea - Journey Begins by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 27078 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Wind At My Back - Something From Nothing by Sullivan Entertainment Wind At My Back - Something From Nothing by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 25010 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Wind At My Back - My Dog Pal by Sullivan Entertainment Wind At My Back - My Dog Pal by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 25216 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Wind At My Back - Nerves of Steel by Sullivan Entertainment Wind At My Back - Nerves of Steel by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 27580 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Wind At My Back - Leaving Home by Sullivan Entertainment Wind At My Back - Leaving Home by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012 $4.99 26457 words Sample 15%
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Sullivan Entertainment International, the film distribution arm of the Sullivan group of companies, is a major exporter of Canadian productions around the world, with an inventory of over 600 half-hours of award-winning programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family dramas, and children’s and comedy specials. A number of books have been published that mirror their television programs Anne of Green Gables, Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back.
Giant Cannon by celal Boz Giant Cannon by celal Boz May 07, 2012 $2.99 2118 words Sample 20%
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Al Boz (1966-2012) was born in Turkey, to Muhacir immigrant parents, grew up in Istanbul, Turkey, Served in military till 22 and came to America in 1989. For many years he was climbing the ladders of corporate tech companies,1994 Al started his own Tech consultant firm called Bit-smart, Personal computer just started to become available and Al sold hundreds of them in person in J&R Computer World. Internet also just become civilian, Al was already familiar with Aprha net, Use net as well as B.B.S.s over the pots. Al was asked to Beta test A.O.L. and next thing you know Al got a job as the New York City manager of Erol's Internet, Nations 3rd ISP till RCN Telecom took over them, Al had to re-invent himself as Marketing / Sales Support person, Al was great at his job, after few promotions, Al was called Cable Modem evangelist, traveling shows, events, west cost, east cost, promoting the all new thing ' fiber optic Internet speed' 1997 Al was commissioned to write the RCN Field Support Manuals (with help from many) Al got promoted to be the Technical Instructor for New York City Market and started training field technicians to install cable modem and NICs on sub.'s Computers. After training 300+ techs RCN filed chapter 11 and Al lost all his investments in year 2000. Al had to reinvent himself once again. Al went out there and trained himself via One-stop and attended many schools; Cathrine Gibbs, Xincon Collage, Blue Data, New Concept etc. Al has 30+ Technical certifications in 11 subject matters and still learning, Al also taught in most of the schools he attended and he had the honer to be called; "Professor" by mostly Spanish speaking students. After some more teaching Al started to work for Siemens, Morgan Stanley, Citicorp, Merrill Lynch, IBM Global Services and lastly I've gotten few more certifications and few more exams and now work for the Unified Court System as a consultant and writing e-books for Amazon, Barnes and Noble and others...
The Duchess of Chittenden by Heather Mar-Gerrison The Duchess of Chittenden by Heather Mar-Gerrison May 07, 2012 $2.99 56288 words Sample 35%
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My passion in life is writing - I particularly love writing teen fiction and I am currently working on a number of different projects. I'm currently working on the eighth in the Seltham Community College Series, The Genie and the Master who loved him. That one should be out at the end of June, beginning of July with any luck. Another one that I am hoping to publish around the same time is the Wolf Moon, which is the second in the "Moon" Series, set in the small town of Fernley. This one concentrates on Franklin, and him coming to terms with his new found abilities. I've also recently been working on another favourite genre of mine - historical romances and I've published my very first one this week - The Duchess of Chittenden. I write in my spare time, fitting it in around a fairly demanding part-time job and an equally demanding family! Life is good - actually it's great:) My other great passions in life are Harry Potter, Muse and the Twilight Saga. Harry Potter is my all-time favourite hero and I read (and watch, as I have all of the DVD's too.) the books over and over - I now have the kindle versions too, so Harry is with me wherever I go! (I truly am the only person I know that has three sets of the same books in the same house! Actually make that four with my daughter's collection!)My family all think I'm bonkers but I'm very proud to have been put in Gryffindor on the Pottermore site - it must have been because I kept saying 'Not Slytherin!' I can't tell you how much I love Muse too. I've seen them three times in concert already and I can't wait to see them again. As for the Twilight saga - well what can I say? Team Edward all the way...
Dog Man by NIGEL FLANAGAN Dog Man by NIGEL FLANAGAN May 07, 2012 $2.99 46315 words Sample 20%
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Nigel Flanagan is the author of ‘Dog Man’ – his first novel published on line. Nigel is an active Socialist and Trade Unionist based on Merseyside. He is the Producer of an award winning documentary film ‘Arek’. A passionate and committed campaigner he has a reputation as a militant and an inspiring speaker. Nigel has also taught the Holocaust at the Open College and has contributed text and articles to a number of publications about the Holocaust and Racism He was born on 15th July 1961in Leeds. As a baby he lived in Hunslet and then as a toddler his family moved to Harehills in Leeds. He lived there until leaving for Keele University in 1979 returning unemployed in 1982. Like many he had a succession of jobs that filled a gap before training to be a Careers Officer in Edinburgh in 1985. In 1991 he was elected full time Branch Secretary of Sefton NALGO (a forerunner of UNISON) on Merseyside and made a name in the union movement from there. As Branch Secretary of UNISON in Sefton he was summoned to Manchester High Court in 1994 for organising illegal strike action, was selected for redundancy in 1995 but won his re engagement – following a campaign supported by UNISON. As a trade union militant Nigel was involved in many of the strikes in Sefton opposing privatisation and redundancies. In particular in a successful strike by social care workers in 2001 protected many jobs and services. In 2005 Nigel was sacked after leading a campaign against the selling off of 13,000 council houses. Despite strike action lasting over 2 months Nigel was unable to save his job and that of his trade union colleague Paul Summers. Although the campaign was initially successful the postal ballot of tenants that had rejected the privatisation was overturned in a second ballot held in housing offices. The campaign was raised in the House of Commons by the Labour MP Austin Mitchell Always an active anti – fascist Nigel is a supporter of the ‘Hope not Hate’ campaign against the BNP. With his close friend and comrade Glen Williams he organised an educational project that took young people – many of them living in care – to visit Auschwitz, with Holocaust Survivors Leon Greenman and Arek Hersh. With funding from UNISON, the FBU and Sefton Council over 14 trips were organised and in 2004 the Project won a national award for work with young people. This led to the ‘neo- Nazi’ website ‘Redwatch’ displaying a picture of him with details of his address. The project led to the production of a feature length documentary on the life of Holocaust Survivor Arek Hersh. The film won the award for Best international Film Documentary at the 2005 Miami International independent Film and Video Festival and was also screened in New York. When it was shown in Liverpool at the Philharmonic Hall over 1300 people turned out for the premiere. Nigel now works for UNISON as a Regional Organiser in the North West Region and is married with three children. —————————————————————————————————————————————-
The Leper's Bible by D Reeder The Leper's Bible by D Reeder May 07, 2012 $0.99 10158 words Sample 30%
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D Reeder is a writer living in the heart of England who has a fascination with stories that slide between realities. References to ancient pagan mysteries pre-dating Christianity can often be found within 'Tales of the Supernatural' where out of the everyday ordinary world come extraordinary stories.
Archimedes of syracuse: Leonardo da Vinci's Mentor by Monte Anderson Archimedes of syracuse: Leonardo da Vinci's Mentor by Monte Anderson May 07, 2012 $3.99 106084 words Sample 20%
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As a second generation military man, Monte had seen quite a bit of the world and the United States by the time he entered high school. He carried on the family tradition by attending the Military Academy at West Point, New York where he earned his BS in Engineering, and, upon graduation, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Army. His twenty two years career carried him to many parts of the world including Vietnam, Korea, and Germany. He became a student of history, particularly military history. As an Infantry officer, Monte developed an understanding of military tactics and strategy. This knowledge was put to good use when he was assigned as an instructor at the Army Command and General Staff College where he taught tactics to the Army’s future staff officers and generals for three years. He also studied the martial arts, earning a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and taught wrestling, self-defense, and coached the West Point Karate club at the Military Academy. Although he has written many things for the military, and has been published in Army magazine and the Corps of Engineers Journal, Archimedes of Syracuse: The Chest of Ideas, if his first novel. Archimedes is the first time Monte has been able to combine all the things he loves; engineering, tactics, strategy, mathematics, history, food, martial arts, and of course, romance. Monte resides in Elmira, New York with his wife, Kathryn and their two rescued greyhounds. Between Monte and Kathryn, they have six children and four grandchildren.
The Gypsy Man by Ronald Florence The Gypsy Man by Ronald Florence May 07, 2012 $4.99 145905 words Sample 20%
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Ronald Florence is a novelist and historian, the author of ten previous books, including The Gypsy Man, The Perfect Machine, and Lawrence and Aaronsohn. He has also written about a WWI assassin, women socialists, transatlantic flights on the Graf Zeppelin, racing and cruising sailboats, the last season before WWII in Newport, the Damascus blood libel, and an effort to rescue as many as one million Jews from the Holocaust. Several books have been published in foreign editions, and The Perfect Machine is the basis of a PBS documentary.
The Chaperone Bride by Marina Oliver The Chaperone Bride by Marina Oliver May 07, 2012 $7.99 72328 words Sample 5%
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Most writers can't help themselves! It's a compulsion. Getting published, though, is something really special, and having been so fortunate myself I now try to help aspiring writers by handing on tips it took me years to work out. I've published over 60 titles, including four in the How To Books' Successful Writing Series, and Writing Historical Fiction for Studymates. I have judged short story competitions, been a final judge for the Harry Bowling Prize and was an adviser to the 3rd edition of Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers 1994. If you want to find out more about your favourite authors, consult this book. I once wrote an article on writing romantic fiction for the BBC's web page, for Valentine's day. I have given talks and workshops for the Arts Council and at most of the major Writing Conferences, and helped establish the Romantic Novelists' Association's annual conference. I was Chairman of the RNA 1991-3, ran their New Writers' Scheme and edited their newsletter. I am now a Vice-President. As well as writing I have edited books for Transita, featuring women 'of a certain age', and for Choc Lit where gorgeous heros are the norm. I was asked to write A Century of Achievement, a 290 page history of my old school, Queen Mary's High School, Walsall, and commissioned to write a book on Castles and Corvedale to accompany a new circular walk in the area. Most of my Regencies written under the pseudonym Sally James are now published in ebook format as well as many others of my out of print novels which my husband is putting into ebook format. Our daughter Debbie is helping with designing the covers. For details of all my books and my many pseudonyms see my website.
Children of the Cromlech by John O'Neill Children of the Cromlech by John O'Neill May 06, 2012 $3.99 25907 words Sample 30%
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Born 1929 to a farming family when all about us suffered the consequences of The Great Depression and Economic War. I remember the poverty of the self-sufficient life which was forced upon us. Not a lifestyle of choice by any means. No social security then, only the survival instinct, the relative abundance of rabbits and fish taken legally and illegally. I was the lucky one, the precious late arrival after the early losses of siblings, the protected one who did not realise until years later the sacrifices made for me by parents and much older brothers. Years of wandering followed through England, Scotland, Peru, Australia and , at last, my home in New Zealand. My occupation and living always proceeded from the communications technology of the time, radio and submarine cable telegraphy. Sometimes this technology belonged more to the 19th than to the 20th century as in Peru where the whole chain of marine cables functioned without a thermionic valve, much less a transistor. Everything was electromechanical and electronics was something we read about. It had its advantages. With the correct piece of copper wire and a soldering iron we could and did keep the system alive from Panama to Valparaiso. It amazes me now that I put so much effort into the Morse code and its derivative, Cable code, as if this was the final achievement of communications. Are we all that dumb in hindsight? In a few years will our successors look back in pity at our faith in the internet and its applications? In middle years I was told of the fate of my baby-dead siblings. The anger would not leave me. I was forced to write about it and the novel Children of the Cromlech is the result. For better or worse, it is my imagination at work on my experiences. Not a literal truth but, I believe, the truth none-the-less. I hope some will find it valuable in understanding the iron fists of economics and of religion that ruled their forebears.
The Indisputable Legend of Thomas Parr: The Secret & The King by Sofia Diana Gabel The Indisputable Legend of Thomas Parr: The Secret & The King by Sofia Diana Gabel May 06, 2012 $0.99 14286 words Sample 20%
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I've been writing for so many years that I've lost count. I have a historical women’s fiction, A Woman’s Way (Piraeus Books, February 2011) and a science fiction novella, The Clean Slate Accord (Untreed Reads, July 2011), published recently and I'm currently working on several other novels and the second installment of Thomas Parr.
Fabia Virgen Vestal by Juan Carlos Morales Fabia Virgen Vestal by Juan Carlos Morales May 06, 2012 $2.99 30398 words Sample 15%
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Being an avid reader, Juan Carlos Morales has decided to venture as a writer, showing a new facet in his life. Author of the historical novels: "The macahuitl and sword", "Gratidia" and "Fabia". He has professional experience in Information Technology as IT Manager and other international positions, working in Banking Institutions, in the Oil Industry, Retail, and in the Health Industry. Juan Carlos is currently working in Bayer, performing a regional position in Central America and the Caribbean. He has previously collaborated more than a decade with Shell Royal Dutch in several assignments in Guatemala, Dominican Republic and The Netherlands, including Information Systems audits in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Holland and Malaysia. Other facets are: Professor at Universidad Francisco Marroquin, for about ten years; Geographical Award winner (Central and South America), CISA and CRISC highest score and CISM second highest score. Juan Carlos is a Systems Engineer with an MBA. Spanish native speaker, he communicates fluently in English.
Eureka by Warne Wilson Eureka by Warne Wilson May 06, 2012 $0.99 6727 words Sample 20%
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Warne was born in Ballarat, a provincial city in Victoria. After an interesting and varied career he has found time at last to write. The seed of this short story was sown when a woodworker friend showed him an authentic clog skate he was restoring for a Dutch family. Warne has found success with short story competitions and one of his stories was included in a printed anthology in 2011.
Beyond Betrayal by Christine Michels Beyond Betrayal by Christine Michels May 06, 2012 $3.99 105359 words Sample 8%
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I am Grey Eyes a story of old Florida by Bill Ryan I am Grey Eyes a story of old Florida by Bill Ryan May 06, 2012 $4.99 107159 words Sample 20%
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The author: William (Bill) Ryan lives in historic Flagler County Florida on the Atlantic Coast of Florida about 20 miles south of St. Augustine, America’s oldest city. He is a director of the Flagler County Historic Society and spent some 20 years tracing the almost vanished “Old Kings Road” built by the Colonial British as one of the prime entryways into Florida. This old highway existed right up to 1914. He had an lengthy career in the high technology imaging and photographic industry. He resolved to film and record as much as possible of this old British highway which was constructed prior to the American Revolution. Many stories came about concerning events in the early history of Florida. One such is “I am Grey Eyes” concerning an unique Seminole Indian who was reported to have set much of the trail of the British Highway by driving a herd of 500 cattle to the new settlement of New Smyrna to the south. A new book is in completion “Bulow Gold” concerning an immense treasure collected during the Seminole War of 1835 and possibly still buried in Florida. Bill Ryan combines intensive historical research with a linked together story to bring history alive. His account of Osceola, the great Seminole leader, was called to be “very accurate” by Seminole historians. “The early history of Florida is very exciting and extends far beyond what is known about St. Augustine. I hope my books will make the many stories of early Florida combine with the real characters and events as I found them.” Bill Ryan Bill Ryan. Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends (Kindle Locations 3602-3616). Bill Ryan. Other books: "The Search for Old Kings Road" "I am Grey Eyes" "Bulow Gold" soon to appear on Smashwords.
Armada by Robert Carter Armada by Robert Carter May 06, 2012 $3.99 222147 words Sample 20%
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I was born near Etruria. Not the place in Italy where the Etruscans lived, but the place in the Midlands of England that Josiah Wedgwood made famous. It's in Staffordshire. I was named after Robert Carter, my grandfather, who was a Lancashire fisherman. His father, William, was one of the first men to die in the First World War. I have his posthumous medals and the bronze plaque that his widow got instead of her husband's body. His trawler, the Mary, had been sent to the North Sea to fish for German mines, but it fished up one too many. My grandfather was left at the age of thirteen to bring up the rest of the family. He hunted cod in the North Atlantic through the 1920's and 30's, sailing by dead reckoning between Iceland and the White Sea. He rounded the North Cape and even visited Archangel, and he knew equally well the coasts of Greenland, the Hebrides and the fjords of Norway. My mother was nineteen when she had me. My father, a cargo ship's engineer, was in the Red Sea and heading for New Zealand at the time. By the time I was three we had moved as a family to the Fylde on the silvery shores of the Irish Sea. Two years later, following the severe winter of 1962, we emigrated to hotter climes. As a child I lived in Sydney. Home was Maroubra Junction in the Eastern Suburbs. I went to a junior school in Matraville, then later to a special school in Woollahra, where kids were hot-housed. I think there was some plan to create a new Australian intelligencia. At any rate, they took us to plenty of museums and art galleries ... I was twelve when family commitments took my parents away from the Land of Oz and back to England aboard the P&O liner Orcades. We went back to live in the fishing town where my father's parents came from. I was sent to the local school, but didn't fit in and couldn't settle. In those days I used to write little bits of fiction by way of escape. My own musical tastes included Led Zeppelin, who I saw perform in Manchester. I also saw The Who play at Blackpool's Grand Theatre. All the bands I liked seemed to have a colour in their names: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream ... you get the idea. I attended Newcastle University - the famous font of knowledge for students who like to drink! I loved Newcastle from the moment I arrived. I loved the university, loved the city and I especially loved the Geordies. Newcastle was, and is, the queen of cities. My subject was Astrophysics. By then I was reading a lot of science fiction - it was the amazing ideas that grabbed people like me. Soon I began to write stories of my own, and I eventually launched the university's first science fiction society. I graduated with a First! But no job ... So I made a decision and went to work in the USA. The day I flew off to Fort Worth to be trained in the oil industry, I put my writing ambitions on hold. From here on, it was going to be a time of serious world-wide experiences. After a while training in West Texas (which I have a yearning to return to) I was posted to various parts of the Middle East and after that into the war-torn heart of Africa and, I have to say that it was both dangerous and well-paid work. More than once I came close to being killed - and plenty of good men I knew never came home. I went to some very remote places like the Rub al Khali and the Congo, and I saw things most people don't see, or ever want to. I got around quite a lot in my 20's, visiting dozens of different countries at every opportunity. I travelled to East Berlin and Warsaw an then on to Moscow and Leningrad during the reign of Czar Brezhnev. Shortly afterwards I took the Trans-Siberian railway to Japan. I worked in Hong Kong and entered China proper as part of a project to develop that country's communications with the outside world following the hand-over. I took tea with the heir of the last king of Upper Burma near Mandalay, and on the road to Everest base camp I just happened to run into Sir Edmund Hillary. After travelling around most of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia , I needed to get serious and responsible, so I returned home and got a job with the BBC working on: Play School (first day induction!) and then Breakfast Time, Newsnight, Panorama and The Money Programme. Then after about four years, I felt it was time to follow my ambitions and I left the BBC to write. I have had four historical novels published as print books: Armada, Talwar, Courage and Barbarians and these will all be available as e-books soon. I also have three mythic history/fantasy novels: The Language of Stones, Giants’ Dance and Whitemantle published by HarperCollins which are available electronically. I am now working on a new project , set in more recent times – more information will be available soon.
Emerald Love by Elizabeth Chater Emerald Love by Elizabeth Chater May 05, 2012 $2.99 125895 words Sample 20%
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Elizabeth Chater was the author of more than 24 novels and countless short stories. She received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. from San Diego State University, and joined the faculty of the latter in 1963 where she began a lifelong friendship with science fiction author Greg Bear. She was honored with The Distinguished Teacher award in 1969, and was awarded Outstanding Professor of the Year in 1977. After receiving her Professor Emeritus, she embarked on a new career as a novelist with Richard Curtis as her agent. In the 1950s and 60s she published short stories in Fantastic Universe Magazine and The Saint Mystery Magazine, and she won the Publisher's Weekly short story contest in 1975. She went on to publish 22 romance novels over an 8 year period. She also wrote under the pen names Lee Chater, Lee Chaytor, and Lisa Moore. For more information, please visit http://www.elizabethchater.com.
Steel Vengeance by Jorgen Flood Steel Vengeance by Jorgen Flood May 05, 2012 $0.99 13084 words Sample 30%
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Jorgen Flood is a Norwegian national living in West Chester, Pennsylvania with his family. A writer of several magazine articles, he has pubished two books about the Viking age. Only "Twilight of the North" is available as e-book. "Armageddon Coming" is his first World War II story. It takes place towards the very end of the war, and we follow the main characters in the immediate post war period as well. The next WW II story will be out soon.
Trooper Hansel - Book 1 of The Saga of Willard Hansel by r. William Rogers Trooper Hansel - Book 1 of The Saga of Willard Hansel by r. William Rogers May 05, 2012 $0.99 74737 words Sample 15%
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Bob was born in central California and made the move to Colorado in the early 1980's where he became an award-winning author. He now resides in Widefield, Colorado with his wife of many years, Marcie. They have five daughters and seven gradchildren. His greatests interests, besides fiction writing, are: Bowling, Bowhunting and kicking back on his boat.
Less Than Nothing: a novel of Anasazi strife by Jeff Posey Less Than Nothing: a novel of Anasazi strife by Jeff Posey May 04, 2012 $4.99 89276 words Sample 30%
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“Where did these rocks come from?” asked the geology professor. The fifty or so students ambling among the pile of stones at the bottom of the hill offered answers in tentative voices: a Precambrian ocean, an ancient river, the continental shelf …. The professor shouted “No!” to each answer. Then a skinny, prematurely balding student pointed at the top of the hill with his rock hammer and said in a ringing voice, “They come from up there!” “Exactly!” boomed the professor. That skinny boy was me. I’ve always had a flair for pointing out the embarrassingly obvious. Friends and colleagues say I have a gift for explanation, clarification, synthesis. I’m also fascinated by darned near everything. Which explains why I: Have a geology degree, nearly earned a degree in biology, nearly earned a master’s degree in journalism, spent a decade as a magazine writer and editor, did five-and-a-half-years of night school to get a master’s degree in financial analysis (of all things), and once tried my hand as an independent financial consultant. I like challenges. If I feel ignorant about something, that motivates me to figure it out. My work credits include: DFW Writers’ Conference, for which I was Director in 2011 Founder and sole member of Jeff Posey Enterprises LLC, the business entity for both my Author and Corporate work Javelin Marketing Group, where I labored on more than 80 pitches to prospective clients and placed nearly 50 stories in the trade press Carter & Burgess Inc. (now Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.), where I managed external and internal communications Free Range Communications Group Inc., a marketing/communications company I founded and managed for five years VHA Inc., where I started up and managed a book-publishing division American Way magazine where I managed more than fifty freelance writers and started up a fiction section D Magazine, where as City Editor covering Dallas politics I learned over and over that nothing is as it seems Sun Exploration and Production Co., where I looked for (and found) oil and gas deposits The University of Dallas and Fun/Ed Inc., where I taught people how to write fiction Along the way, I’ve earned an award for investigative magazine journalism, gathered more than a dozen speaking awards with Toastmasters International, and published about a half-dozen short stories with small literary magazines.
The Knights of Derbyshire: Pride and Prejudice Continues by Marsha Altman The Knights of Derbyshire: Pride and Prejudice Continues by Marsha Altman May 04, 2012 $4.99 86408 words Sample 20%
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"Still Life in Red" by Joyce Hinrichs and Jean Sweeney by Jean Sweeney May 04, 2012 $1.99 80100 words Sample 20%
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A Rose in Summer by Gayle Mullen Pace A Rose in Summer by Gayle Mullen Pace May 03, 2012 $2.99 196277 words Sample 15%
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I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t writing, even if it was only spinning stories in my head while cooking dinner or rocking babies at two o’clock in the morning. The stories have always been there. Maybe it was because we did more on our vacations than find a place to relax. We went to historic places, not just on vacations, but on day trips, as well, when the weather was nice enough for a picnic. Old cemeteries, grist mills, river ferries and Civil War battlefields—we visited as many places as we could. My love for reading must be genetic. My parents loved to read and so do their children. When we grew up and left home, my father converted one of the bedrooms into a library. It seemed natural to take the stories in my head and begin writing them down. I wrote short stories all through school and continued after my marriage. Life is passionate—good, bad, humorous—and the books I love most are brimming with all the passions that make people human. Realistic characters who strive to overcome their deepest fears and who live and love with every fiber of their being are the heart and soul of a good story. I wish you all of the best of life’s passion and many hours of happy reading!
Horus by Ashley MacGregor Horus by Ashley MacGregor May 03, 2012 $0.99 12333 words Sample 20%
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Ashley's stories have an unexpected twist at the end. They might make you chuckle, or pull at your heart strings, but your reaction is also likely to surprise you. The inspiration for many of Ashley's stories comes from historical events or from travel. Currently on Smashwords are four short stories and a novella. Recent travels in Greece and research into a mysterious murder in Australia in 1972 has lead to Ashley's latest book, In Too Deep. As well as following a murder trail through the Greek Isles, Australia and England, it confronts a perennial social issue. Readers of In Too Deep can see pictures associated with the story on Ashley's Facebook wall, plus there is a readers' quiz too!
Brian: A New Beginning by Wanda Thompson Brian: A New Beginning by Wanda Thompson May 03, 2012 $2.99 19088 words Sample 20%
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Wanda Thompson has been published in newspapers and has written several books among which are Brian - A New Beginning, 1924 Wembley Rodeo, The Mighty Transformer and The Adventures of Princess Jasmine. She has won literary contests and has studied with the Institute of Children's Literature in Redding Ridge, Connecticut. She has also attended the Writing with Style (Historical Fiction) residency workshop at the Banff Fine Arts Centre. Wanda is also interested in photography. She was published in the local newspaper for her article "What Is Love?" She also won Project Read's competition for her short story "Inferno" in 2011. Wanda's next project is to write about the abuse women suffered in the early 19th century at the hands of those who should have been their protectors and works with her own photos. Wanda has entered the Global EBook Awards for Brian: A New Beginning in April 2012
Tinker by Jamie Crothall Tinker by Jamie Crothall May 03, 2012 $0.99 38962 words Sample 20%
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Jamie Crothall is an aspiring writer who's giving his work a chance at exposure by breaking down the old-world stereotype of the publishing industry and embracing this wonderful new age of ebooks and shared information. Plus chicks like authors.
112 Mercer Street by Sal Aiello 112 Mercer Street by Sal Aiello May 03, 2012 $2.99 61022 words Sample 20%
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Charmed By Knight by Marie Higgins Charmed By Knight by Marie Higgins May 02, 2012 $2.99 77999 words Sample 20%
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Marie Higgins is a multi-published author of romance; from refined bad-boy heroes who makes your heart melt to the feisty heroines who somehow manage to love them regardless of their faults. Visit her website / blog to discover more about her – http://mariehiggins84302.blogspot.com Since Marie Higgins was a little girl playing Barbies with her sister, Stacey, she has loved the adventure of making up romantic stories. Marie was only eighteen years old when she wrote her first skit, which won an award for Funniest Skit. A little later in life, after she’d married and had children, Marie wrote Church roadshows that were judged as Funniest and Best Written. From there, she branched out to write full-length novels based on her dreams. (Yes, she says, her dreams really are that silly) Marie has been married for twenty-six years to a wonderful man. Together, they have three loving daughters and several beautiful grandchildren. Marie works full time for the state of Utah, where she has lived her entire life. Marie plans to keep writing, because the characters in her head won’t shut up. But her husband smiles and pretends this is normal.
Blood of the Wolf by Charles Mackie Blood of the Wolf by Charles Mackie May 02, 2012 $2.99 48168 words Sample 10%
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I Am Diving: A Play In Three Acts by Joseph Valentinetti I Am Diving: A Play In Three Acts by Joseph Valentinetti May 02, 2012 $5.99 11824 words Sample 20%
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The Type Of People I Write About There are many reasons a person will pick up a book. They’re looking for something, it could be anything. So let me give some idea of what you’ll find when you open a book of mine. But first let me tell you what you won’t find. None of my characters are innocent. They are not finding love for the first time. They are not stunning symbols of ideal beauty or intelligence. They may be jaded or naïve but they are not brand new. None of my characters are capable of turning into bats, wolves or anything requiring a special uniform, especially a cape. They can’t leap over tall things, least of all buildings. They don’t wear masks or have faithful Indian companions. They don’t dress like they’re in Sherwood Forest and they don’t have a shapely fairy with dragon-fly wings who can sprinkle them with pixy dust and make their dreams come true. No ruby slippers, no magic Lamps. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with characters like that or people who write about them, it just that I don’t. What you will find are people, ordinary average people who find themselves in extra-ordinary circumstances. People who have gotten themselves into a position that’s completely new to them and they have to figure out how to get out of it. If they don’t find a way the consequences will be severe and most likely fatal. There’s a spiritual song called The Lonesome Valley. It says, `Nobody can go there for you’. While that’s true, there are many people willing to help them find the path to it, if they’re not careful. My characters can’t buy their way out, they can’t wish their way out. They can’t hope for the best, they can’t pretend it isn’t happening. They can’t say it’s all someone else’s fault. It’s their time in life to face the facts. E.M. Forster said the only way to end a work of fiction in a satisfying way is with death or marriage. Both satisfactorily signal the end of the adventure. My writing never ends with all the questions neatly answered. Some of the conclusion is left to the reader to ponder. Some readers think this isn’t the way books should be but some books are, mine for example. About Me Whenever I’m faced with the prompt to say something about myself I’m stumped. Maybe it’s because when I read how other people have responded to that, with dates of birth, schools attended, jobs held, marriages tried, children raised, accomplishments they’re proud of, I’m a little to a lot bored by it. Resumes and vita sheets-I don’t know. I always thought the only difference between a resume and a prison record was who’s doing the writing, who’s the record keeper. I was born in New York City. From a national perspective it’s a world class place, full of everything anyone could ever want. From someone who grew up there it was the biggest small town in the world. Most New Yorkers live in enclaves of a few thousand people and spend most of their lives in a limited geographical area. My years there were spent in Washington Heights-some trips downtown, once to Jersey, to a camp, sponsored by the church for poor kids, but mostly within the confines of a square mile or two. I failed to graduate from George Washington High School because I failed to attend most of the time. By the authority vested in the City of New York I was transferred from GWHS P.S. 192 to P.S. 614. The 600 schools were special. To put it simply, you went on Monday and came home in June. I’d probably still be there but, about this time, the transit authority built the second level of the George Washington Bridge through my bedroom, forcing us to relocate, relieving the city of its responsibility toward my education. One night, some friends and me were sitting around bored, playing cards, in a furnished room, on 48th and Palisades, over the 300 Club, in Union City New Jersey. We were mostly jobless, older teenagers. I don’t remember how the subject came up but we were talking about military service. Henry said he liked the Air Force, they had cool raincoats. I said the Army was three years and that was better than the four years the air Force demanded so it was the better deal. We cut the cards for it. I drew a queen. We enlisted the next day, on the buddy plan, Henry and me. He got pneumonia the first week of basic training and that was the last I saw of him. Through no fault of my own I served in the peace time army. I got my GED in the service. I earned the GI bill for my time. All in all I got the better of the deal. It paid all the way through to a master’s degree in education. My undergraduate advisor told me I was the brightest undergraduate he’d ever met. My son’s mother said I was the dumbest bastard she’d ever met. A hand full of one, a handful of the other. Neither held the ring of truth or the aroma, for that matter, I wanted from either relationship. I was probably somewhere in the middle. I was a counselor/instructor at the University of Minnesota. I worked with federal grants to help underprivileged students access higher education. I did that until the university and federal government decided educating the underprivileged was no longer something worth doing. During this same period I worked in public relations photography for the music industry, photographing their artists when they came to town for concerts. I also did studio photography as well as teach photography for Metropolitan State University. I taught training classes for state employees in utilizing media to improve agency communication. I had five one-man shows of my Photographs at the universities and private galleries. I have since worked as a Public Guardian and a private detective. There is a block of time in this later period that I refer to as The Lost Years. You’ll have to wait to hear about that. Some days I am happy and some days I am sad, some days I feel good and some days I don’t. I dropped out of high school because I didn’t see the connection between tin exports from Bolivia, solving for X and teachers who didn’t seem to understand the limits of their responsibilities, but, more likely it was because I didn’t understand the limitlessness of my own. So. Now I’ve said something about myself.
The War Comes to Witham Street by Jean Grundy Fanelli The War Comes to Witham Street by Jean Grundy Fanelli May 02, 2012 $4.99 121582 words Sample 20%
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Dr Jean Grundy Fanelli was born and grew up in Lincoln, England. She began her working life as a librarian before opting for her great passion – music. She gained music diplomas, a degree, and a doctorate. Now a lecturer on various foreign university programmes in Italy and author of many scholarly articles and five books. Her latest non-fiction work is a general guide to opera, Opera for Everyone. At the moment work is in progress on a history of comic opera as well as a sequel to The War Comes to Witham Street. She lives in Florence, Italy, is married to an Italian lawyer, and has two grown-up children.
No Cause for Concern by David Wishart No Cause for Concern by David Wishart May 02, 2012 $4.99 40156 words Sample 20%
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Historical crime writer David Wishart was born in Arbroath, Scotland. He studied Classics - Latin and Greek - at Edinburgh University and after graduation taught for four years in a secondary school. He then retrained as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language and worked abroad for eleven years, in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia. He returned to Scotland in 1990 and now lives in Carnoustie, mixing writing with teaching EFL, Latin and study skills at Dundee University. He is married to Rona, head of Support for Learning at St Leonards School in St Andrews, and has two children - plus, now, four grandchildren. He does not play golf but spends a great deal of his non-writing time walking the dog.
Lace Curtain Irish by P. L. O'Sullivan Lace Curtain Irish by P. L. O'Sullivan May 02, 2012 $4.99 97811 words Sample 10%
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P. L. O'Sullivan is a fourth generation Chicagoan with roots in the traditional Irish enclave of Bridgeport
Awakening - A Medieval Romance (Book 1, The Gresham Chronicles) by Saskia Knight Awakening - A Medieval Romance (Book 1, The Gresham Chronicles) by Saskia Knight May 01, 2012 $0.99 13055 words Sample 10%
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Saskia grew up in rural England in a part of the world the Industrial Revolution forgot. Surrounded by medieval churches, crumbling castles and an empty landscape in which bustling medieval communities once thrived, Saskia's imagination was filled with the men and women who had once lived and loved there. She couldn't help make up stories about them, breathing life back into the people who had once passed under the stone arches that now lie in ruins, leading only to a tangle of nettles and wildflowers... You can contact Saskia at saskiaknight@clear.net.nz.
By Right of Blood by Lorrieann Russell By Right of Blood by Lorrieann Russell May 01, 2012 $2.99 106327 words Sample 20%
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Lorrieann Russell has written three books (so far) chronicling the life and times of William Fylbrigge: By Right of Blood, My Brother’s Keeper, and In the Wake of Ashes. She has also published several short stories, and has been a featured guest on Edin Road Radio. She is an accomplished artist, illustrator, photographer and designer. A native New Englander, she spends much of her time in the mountains of New Hampshire, hiking and taking pictures of the landscape.
The Last of the Bird People by John Hanson Mitchell The Last of the Bird People by John Hanson Mitchell May 01, 2012 $3.95 69763 words Sample 10%
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John Hanson Mitchell is the author of Ceremonial Time and eight other books on cultural and environmental history. His early books concentrated on a single square mile of land west of Boston known as Scratch Flat. His most recent book is The Paradise of all These Parts: A Natural History of Boston (Beacon, 2010). Along with his nonfiction work, John Hanson Mitchell is editor of the award winning magazine, Sanctuary, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. In 2001, he won a Vogelstein grant for his book Following the Sun. He was awarded an honorary PhD from Fitchburg State University for his work on the book Ceremonial Time, and was given three different grants for Looking for Mr. Gilbert, the story of his discovery of the first African American landscape photographer. He is also winner of the John Burroughs Essay Award for his Sanctuary piece, “Of Time and the River”. In 2000, he was given the New England Booksellers’ Award for the body of his work. Mitchell attended the Sorbonne and is a graduate of Columbia University. A former journalist, he has had assignments in Kerala in southern India and also around the South China Sea, and has written extensively about the gardens and natural history of Western Europe. His book The Rose Café is about Corsica.
The Devil's Wolf by Karen Michelle Nutt The Devil's Wolf by Karen Michelle Nutt April 30, 2012 $2.99 25233 words Sample 15%
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Time Travels have been a passion of mine. I have always been intrigued with the possibility of being able to reach back in time and change the past. Common sense says influencing the past isn’t impossible, but I can’t help but wonder: What if I can? Vampires and shape shifters embrace my darker side where their worlds intertwine with ours. In my spare time, I review for Paranormal Reviews, a great place to find paranormal books and other genres. I love to travel and have enjoyed the rolling green hills of Ireland;n the Italian renaissance of Florence, Italy; the wild west of Tombstone, Arizona; the historical essence of Salem and Boston, Massachusetts as well as the intrigue of St Augustine, Florida. Thank you for stopping by.
Take My Heart by Marie Higgins Take My Heart by Marie Higgins April 30, 2012 $2.99 85026 words Sample 20%
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Marie Higgins is a multi-published author of romance; from refined bad-boy heroes who makes your heart melt to the feisty heroines who somehow manage to love them regardless of their faults. Visit her website / blog to discover more about her – http://mariehiggins84302.blogspot.com Since Marie Higgins was a little girl playing Barbies with her sister, Stacey, she has loved the adventure of making up romantic stories. Marie was only eighteen years old when she wrote her first skit, which won an award for Funniest Skit. A little later in life, after she’d married and had children, Marie wrote Church roadshows that were judged as Funniest and Best Written. From there, she branched out to write full-length novels based on her dreams. (Yes, she says, her dreams really are that silly) Marie has been married for twenty-six years to a wonderful man. Together, they have three loving daughters and several beautiful grandchildren. Marie works full time for the state of Utah, where she has lived her entire life. Marie plans to keep writing, because the characters in her head won’t shut up. But her husband smiles and pretends this is normal.
Mariota by Charles Mackie Mariota by Charles Mackie April 30, 2012 $2.99 43083 words Sample 10%
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Last Stand at Bitter Creek by Tom Rizzo Last Stand at Bitter Creek by Tom Rizzo April 30, 2012 $3.99 69213 words Sample 20%
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Tom spent more than two decades writing for print and broadcast media. In addition to magazine articles and a broad range of copywriting projects, he devoted several years writing radio and television news. He also served as correspondent and broadcast consultant for the Associated Press. He now focuses solely on writing fiction.
Bulow Gold by Bill Ryan Bulow Gold by Bill Ryan April 30, 2012 $4.99 109283 words Sample 20%
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The author: William (Bill) Ryan lives in historic Flagler County Florida on the Atlantic Coast of Florida about 20 miles south of St. Augustine, America’s oldest city. He is a director of the Flagler County Historic Society and spent some 20 years tracing the almost vanished “Old Kings Road” built by the Colonial British as one of the prime entryways into Florida. This old highway existed right up to 1914. He had an lengthy career in the high technology imaging and photographic industry. He resolved to film and record as much as possible of this old British highway which was constructed prior to the American Revolution. Many stories came about concerning events in the early history of Florida. One such is “I am Grey Eyes” concerning an unique Seminole Indian who was reported to have set much of the trail of the British Highway by driving a herd of 500 cattle to the new settlement of New Smyrna to the south. A new book is in completion “Bulow Gold” concerning an immense treasure collected during the Seminole War of 1835 and possibly still buried in Florida. Bill Ryan combines intensive historical research with a linked together story to bring history alive. His account of Osceola, the great Seminole leader, was called to be “very accurate” by Seminole historians. “The early history of Florida is very exciting and extends far beyond what is known about St. Augustine. I hope my books will make the many stories of early Florida combine with the real characters and events as I found them.” Bill Ryan Bill Ryan. Osceola His Capture and Seminole Legends (Kindle Locations 3602-3616). Bill Ryan. Other books: "The Search for Old Kings Road" "I am Grey Eyes" "Bulow Gold" soon to appear on Smashwords.
Longshanks by Forrest Sherwood Longshanks by Forrest Sherwood April 29, 2012 $4.95 47049 words Sample 20%
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La Virada Por La Estela de la Adversidad: El Cuarto Viaje Desafortunado De Cristóbal Colón by Richard Philbrick La Virada Por La Estela de la Adversidad: El Cuarto Viaje Desafortunado De Cristóbal Colón by Richard Philbrick April 29, 2012 $4.99 105868 words Sample 20%
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Raised on Cape Cod. Lived in New Orleans for 10 years and left long before Katrina. Worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, hospital public relations director and freelance writer before chucking it all and following my bliss which was to work on boats. Became a Coast Guard Licensed captain and worked for 20 years running yachts and small commercial craft including a three year stint as captain of a large sailboat on the French Riviera and sailing across the big pond in '91. In my own small sailboat I single-handed from Fort Lauderdale to Mexico, Belize and the Rio Dulce in Guatemala and back.