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The Light in the Valley by Patricia Rachal The Light in the Valley by Patricia Rachal Dec. 16, 2010 $3.99 21963 words Sample 30%
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Patricia has been writing since 1980. After becoming a Christian she started writing, with her first book an apologetic about Halloween and later poetry. Now her genre includes biography and fiction as well. All of her writings are inspirational from a Christian perspective. In the past few years she has written and edited books for others and loves doing both. Patricia has been married for 35 years and adores her daughters and granddaughters immensely. God and family are number one with her and nothing supersedes that importance. Patricia lives in the South and is southern to the core. Yes, she says 'yall' and spells crawfish with a 'w', not a 'y'. She loves southern fried chicken and even eats grits.
Dream Chasers of the West: A Homestead Family of Glacier Park by B. L. Wettstein Dream Chasers of the West: A Homestead Family of Glacier Park by B. L. Wettstein Dec. 15, 2010 $7.99 82922 words Sample 10%
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The Journal of A Perimeter Man Vol. IV Metaphor Bridge by Jann Burner The Journal of A Perimeter Man Vol. IV Metaphor Bridge by Jann Burner Dec. 14, 2010 $4.99 71585 words Sample 15%
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I am one of the original "Greybeards", born in the Haight/Ashbury, started school at Dudley Stone, raised in Silicon Valley, graduated from San Francisco State University (Class of ’69). Last Bay Area address was the Sausalito Yacht Harbor. Finally escaped the urban hive and presently reside in a log cabin by a small patch of water, deep in the forests of S.W. Missouri often referred to as the O-Zone. I am a writer/photographer/hypnotherapist, partner with Dr. S.J. Sutton at Center Point Management. We tend to patrol the very edges of the Psychosynthesis, hypnotherapy paradigm. What we are about can be gleaned from our website (www.centerpointmanagement.com) or simply Google Jann Burner for my many articles, stories and opinions.
StoneKicker by Mark Romanow StoneKicker by Mark Romanow Dec. 14, 2010 $4.71 53358 words Sample 20%
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Romanovs in the 21st Century by Daniel Willis Romanovs in the 21st Century by Daniel Willis Dec. 12, 2010 $15.00 74980 words Sample 20%
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Daniel A. Willis is a noted royal author and genealogist of the noble houses of Europe. His previous publications have included genealogies of the Royal Family of Great Britain, the Imperial House of Habsburg, and the Royal House of Bourbon. Books currently in print: Romanovs in the 21st Century William IV, Mrs. Jordan and the Family They Made The Archduke's Secret Family A Reference Guide to the Royal Families (2012 edition) Mr. Willis lives in Denver, Colorado
You're Lost Little Girl by Jamie Antonia Symonanis You're Lost Little Girl by Jamie Antonia Symonanis Dec. 12, 2010 $0.99 83841 words Sample 10%
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Jamie Antonia Symonanis is a alumnus of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She is living EVERYWHERE and works as an author and painter. Ms. Symonanis has just finished work on her latest sci-fi adventure DeniseZen.
Le régal des chacals by Françoise Sagan Le régal des chacals by Françoise Sagan Dec. 09, 2010 $3.99 18192 words Sample 10%
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(1935-2004) Fille d'industriels aisés, a publié son premier roman, Bonjour tristesse en 1954, à l'âge de 19 ans. Beaucoup de livres suivront et le succès ne se démentira pas. Une carrière littéraire fulgurante qui se confirma dans le temps et fit de Françoise Sagan un personnage de la scène culturelle française. Menant "une vie de patachon", selon sa propre expression, alcool, drogue et désenchantement, goût pour les voitures de sport et les fêtes de la Côte d'Azur : Françoise Sagan meurt le 24 septembre d'une embolie pulmonaire, à l'âge de 69 ans. Publiés à L'Herne : * Un certain regard (Carnets) * La petite robe noire (Carnets) * Bonjour New York (Carnets) * Maisons louées (Carnets) * Au cinéma (Carnets) * Le régal des chacals (Carnets) * De très bons livres (Carnets) * Album Sagan (Carnets)
Maisons louées by Françoise Sagan Maisons louées by Françoise Sagan Dec. 09, 2010 $4.99 14785 words Sample 10%
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(1935-2004) Fille d'industriels aisés, a publié son premier roman, Bonjour tristesse en 1954, à l'âge de 19 ans. Beaucoup de livres suivront et le succès ne se démentira pas. Une carrière littéraire fulgurante qui se confirma dans le temps et fit de Françoise Sagan un personnage de la scène culturelle française. Menant "une vie de patachon", selon sa propre expression, alcool, drogue et désenchantement, goût pour les voitures de sport et les fêtes de la Côte d'Azur : Françoise Sagan meurt le 24 septembre d'une embolie pulmonaire, à l'âge de 69 ans. Publiés à L'Herne : * Un certain regard (Carnets) * La petite robe noire (Carnets) * Bonjour New York (Carnets) * Maisons louées (Carnets) * Au cinéma (Carnets) * Le régal des chacals (Carnets) * De très bons livres (Carnets) * Album Sagan (Carnets)
Seven Days of Hospice: A Memoir by D.M. Wilmes Seven Days of Hospice: A Memoir by D.M. Wilmes Dec. 08, 2010 $2.99 27360 words Sample 20%
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D.M. Wilmes is an award winning writer who has worked in the IT industry for over twenty years. He was born and raised in Josephville, a small Missouri township quietly nestled in the rolling countryside just west of the Missouri River, and now resides with his family in nearby Dardenne Prairie, Missouri. Awards include Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist, Reader Views Literary Award for Best Memoir/Autobiography, Midwest Independent Publishers Association Book Award Finalist, USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist, and iUniverse Publishers Choice Award
From Hell and Back: Survive and Thrive by Gussie McRobert From Hell and Back: Survive and Thrive by Gussie McRobert Dec. 06, 2010 $4.99 69047 words Sample 30%
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Gussie (Norma J) McRobert was born in Colorado, spent her formative years in Montana and southern Oregon and has lived in Gresham, Oregon since 1955. Gussie was married to longtime Gresham businessman, Chet McRobert, for thirty-eight years before his death in 2003. They raised five sons and are blessed with three granddaughters. She is a former Registered Nurse with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Communications, and an Associate Degree in Professional Nursing. McRobert has twenty-five years of experience in broadcast journalism and public relations. She worked as a radio and television producer/reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting where her reports were featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Week End West; and news reports and documentaries for KKSN-AM Radio and news and public service features for KGW-AM Radio, covering city and county governments throughout the Tri-County area and Vancouver. As owner of RX Communications, McRobert specialized in public service promotions for nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Her radio public service productions won local and national awards. Rx Communications—Gussie McRobert is now registered with the State of Oregon under the Independent Artists and Writers category. Rx Communications owns the registered website domain names of properwoman.net, fallingtoflying.com, theproperwomanthe tyrannyof expectations.com, and fromhellandbacksurviveandthrive.com. McRobert’s past public service includes: KBPS AM/FM Advisory Committee, Past President Private Industry Council, Economic Development Committee Multnomah County Planning Commission, Vice Chair Gresham Parks Commission, Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary Mayor, City of Gresham Metro Growth Management Policy Advisory Committee Metro Policy Advisory Committee Regional Governance Committee Regional Water Supply Taskforce Oregon Progress Board, Vice Chair Livable Oregon, Inc., Past President Oregon Mayors Association, Board of Directors Gresham Progress Board, Chair Gresham Area Prevention Partnership Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission As mayor, McRobert initiated the city’s first community-wide visioning program to guide transportation planning and growth management until the year 2020. While an advocate of growth and “smart development,” McRobert also initiated the first voter approved, open space rescue and trail development program in the state; which has preserved some 700 acres of buttes, watersheds, wetlands, and creek corridors, and also provide 55 miles of off-road trails for recreation. She championed citizen involvement and greatly expanded the opportunities for people to be involved in city government. McRobert’s personal commitment to herself to always “say it like it is” sometimes provoked other regional leaders, but was consistent with her vow to always honor her values and conscience -- even if no one wanted to hear it.
Callout: Responding to Haiti's Earthquake by Richard Davis Callout: Responding to Haiti's Earthquake by Richard Davis Dec. 06, 2010 $3.99 22786 words Sample 15%
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Un certain regard by Françoise Sagan Un certain regard by Françoise Sagan Dec. 06, 2010 $6.99 36709 words Sample 10%
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(1935-2004) Fille d'industriels aisés, a publié son premier roman, Bonjour tristesse en 1954, à l'âge de 19 ans. Beaucoup de livres suivront et le succès ne se démentira pas. Une carrière littéraire fulgurante qui se confirma dans le temps et fit de Françoise Sagan un personnage de la scène culturelle française. Menant "une vie de patachon", selon sa propre expression, alcool, drogue et désenchantement, goût pour les voitures de sport et les fêtes de la Côte d'Azur : Françoise Sagan meurt le 24 septembre d'une embolie pulmonaire, à l'âge de 69 ans. Publiés à L'Herne : * Un certain regard (Carnets) * La petite robe noire (Carnets) * Bonjour New York (Carnets) * Maisons louées (Carnets) * Au cinéma (Carnets) * Le régal des chacals (Carnets) * De très bons livres (Carnets) * Album Sagan (Carnets)
My 1953 Nash Four-Door Sedan: I Shouldn't Have Taken Seconds on the Pie by Patrick J. Nowak My 1953 Nash Four-Door Sedan: I Shouldn't Have Taken Seconds on the Pie by Patrick J. Nowak Dec. 05, 2010 $4.95 4178 words Sample 20%
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My Life After Hate by Arno Michaels My Life After Hate by Arno Michaels Dec. 05, 2010 $4.99 49676 words Sample 75%
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From the time I was 17 until I was was 24, I was a substantial part of the white power movement. I was a founding member of what went on to become the largest racist skinhead organization on Earth, a Reverend of a self-declared Racial Holy War, and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion, selling over 20,000 CDs of the most violent, hateful music ever made around the world. There is blood from innocent people on my hands that will never wash off. There are kids today who listen to my voice bellowing my lyrics as they're getting drunk and geared-up to go out and hurt people. After 7 years of involvement, the combination of single parenthood and higher education finally instilled enough doubt in the racist dogma that I had vehemently promoted for so long to allow sight beyond the narrow view I clung to. There was one particular afternoon that marked my epiphany: I arrived early to pick my daughter up from daycare. No one had noticed me, so I took in the moment, watching with teared eyes as my little girl played with the other kids. It struck me that they were all children; not black children, or white children, but the sons and daughters of mothers and fathers. I thought of all the people I had hurt, whether with my own hands or by lighting some psychopath's fuse. Those people had moms and dads and brothers and sisters. How did their loved ones feel when they saw this person who was so special to them battered and broken? How horrible would it be to have my daughter exposed to such violence in the slightest aspect? Love for my child thawed a dormant empathy for people that I was never aware of. I have changed drastically over the years since then, becoming a person who seeks out and embraces the diversity of our wonderful human family. A person who ultimately realized that basic human needs -air, water, food, hope, and love -transcend race. I didn't become this person with the intention of simply being the antithesis of what I was. It happened very organically once I became too exhausted to maintain the lies necessary to be a racist. Today I work with an amazing group of friends to publish Life After Hate, a monthly online magazine dedicated to basic human goodness, which is the innate and natural desire to live an open and honest life while treating all other life with compassion and respect. This core truth serves as the foundation for peace as it’s common to every world religion and transcending of ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and any other sort of difference that seems to sort human beings.
Memoir of Latoya Rogers by REDD GROUP Memoir of Latoya Rogers by REDD GROUP Dec. 05, 2010 $7.00 3303 words Sample 15%
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I come from humble beginnings. I attribute my character from what my parents have instilled within me.
Au Loin un Phare by Gaelle Kermen Au Loin un Phare by Gaelle Kermen Dec. 05, 2010 $3.99 77553 words Sample 30%
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Gaelle Kermen, auteur numérique francophone Née en 1946 en Bretagne sud, France, Gaelle Kermen a reçu une formation en philosophie, sociologie et droit aux universités de Paris : Assas, la Sorbonne et Vincennes Paris-8 (1964-72). Gaelle Kermen est une pionnière du web depuis 1995 dès les débuts sur Compuserve, alors que rien n'existe encore en français, considérant qu'il faut s'impliquer en tant qu'auteur, pour que le web ne reste pas anglophone. Elle publie son roman de jeunesse Aquamarine 67 en février 1997 sur son premier site internet du Club-Internet, puis sur ceux de Wanadoo et Free (archives de 1997 à 2009). Elle ouvre une des premières boutiques en ligne francophones (service en gestion du temps par la chronodynamie) dès mars 1998 sur un serveur américain implanté en Europe, ce qui permet de lever l'interdiction française de cryptage des données, réservé aux militaires. Le réseau de l'Internet a bien évolué depuis les débuts. Désormais elle blogue sur Wordpress, selon ses sujets de prédilection : chantiers maison et jardin, voyages, écriture. Elle expérimente les réseaux sociaux comme une expérience sociologique et une discipline quotidienne d'écriture, dans les statuts Twitter de 140 signes et les profils Facebook en 420 signes. Fidèle d'Apple™ depuis 1992, elle rêve d'avoir un iPad®, dont l'innovation lui parait une révolution aussi importante que lui apparaissait celle de l'internet en 1995, alors que peu de gens y croyaient et se formaient à ce changement de comportements. Lorsque Amazon ouvre sa plateforme d'édition numérique aux auteurs et éditeurs non anglophones le 18 janvier 2010, elle publie immédiatement Aquamarine 67 sur ce support de diffusion dès le 20 janvier. Elle s'y sent un peu seule comme auteur francophone, étant entourée de gens éminents certes, mais tous morts, comme Verne, Hugo, Dumas, Racine, Corneille, Zola... Aussi lorsque Steve Jobs présente l'iPad la semaine suivante, elle décide d'être présente sur ce support révolutionnaire dès les débuts. Grâce à l'éditeur numérique Mark Coker, créateur de Smashwords, http://www.smashwords.com, le pari est tenu. Les oeuvres sont publiées sans DRM (Digital Rights Management ou bloquage des droits numériques). Gaelle Kermen écrit sur la vie, le rythme des saisons, la politique, l'histoire du monde, les technologies qui améliorent la vie des êtres vivants, la littérature, la musique, la peinture, le jardin, le travail du bois ou du chanvre, pour la construction d'un cadre de vie permettant l'épanouissement de chacun en harmonie avec le monde qui le porte. Gaelle Kermen fait le pari de l'indépendance des auteurs vis à vis des autres acteurs de l'édition. Elle appelle les auteurs francophones à investir le réseau en sortant des chemins balisés pour de nouveaux paradigmes, de meilleurs droits et une meilleure relation avec le lectorat, but premier de l'écriture. Ayant acquis un AmazonKindle3 pour corriger ses livres, elle redécouvre ce que Roland Barthes appelait Le Plaisir du Texte. Elle voyage avec les Grands Auteurs du Domaine public, dans sa poche, Proust, Platon, Tolstoi, Shakespeare et leurs camarades au cours des siècles avec un bonheur sans limite. Gaelle Kermen, 64 ans, vit en ermite sur un domaine en Bretagne qu'elle restaure et entretient seule. Elle y écrit ses cahiers (1960-2010) et reste connectée au monde par internet et les réseaux sociaux. Elle a fait le choix de ne publier ses écrits qu'en mode numérique.
Through The Mayors' Eyes by Michael Rizzo Through The Mayors' Eyes by Michael Rizzo Dec. 04, 2010 $6.99 229642 words Sample 20%
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Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Mike Rizzo stumbled on his writing career after purchasing a circa 1893 home in 2001. From that time forward he has immersed himself in historical topics of Buffalo not usually covered.
Back to College after the War by Eugene G. Schwartz Back to College after the War by Eugene G. Schwartz Dec. 03, 2010 $4.95 5263 words Sample 20%
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Bred in Chicago to Be A Catholic Women's College Activist by Mary K. Perkins Bred in Chicago to Be A Catholic Women's College Activist by Mary K. Perkins Dec. 03, 2010 $4.95 3471 words Sample 20%
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Catwalk Supermodel by Keith Hoare Catwalk Supermodel by Keith Hoare Dec. 02, 2010 $1.50 97738 words Sample 20%
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Chicken 2.0: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by David Henry Sterry Chicken 2.0: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by David Henry Sterry Dec. 02, 2010 $1.99 55860 words Sample 20%
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David Henry Sterry is a bestselling author, Huffington Post regular, award winning actor/comic, book doctor, teacher, and activist. His latest book is The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Workman). Before that was The Glorious World Cup (Penguin) about World Cup 2010. His anthology Hos, Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys was featured on the front page of the Sunday NY Times book review. His second memoir was Master of Ceremonies: a True Story of Sex, Drugs, Rollerskates and Chippendale's (Grove Atlantic/Canongate, 2008). He is writer of and performer in the one-man show "Chicken", based on his bestselling memoir Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (ReganBooks: 2002), which has been translated into nine languages, and is being made into a Hollywood movie. Putting Your Passion into Print (Workman, 2005), was based on the class he taught at Stanford. Satchel Sez: The Wit, Wisdom & World of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (Random House, 2001), was an ALA pick-of-the-year,. His story in San Francisco Noir (Akashic, 2005) was a finalist for the Henry Miller Award. His poetry has appeared everywhere from Santa Monica Review to the Hungry Orangutan. He's written for The London Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Penthouse, and The Scotsman. And he’s written screenplays for Disney, Fox, and Nickelodeon. Sterry has taught at Reed College, University of New Orleans, Berkeley High School, Columbia, SF State, and to the US Department of Justice. He’s helped lawyers, models, architects, and writers present themselves and their ideas with clarity and passion. He’s also helped dozens of amateur writers become professional authors. Sterry wrote and performed in "Chicken", the show, which he presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it was named the UK's #1 play by The Independent. He’s performed with everyone from Robin Williams to Milton Berle to Will Smith to Michael Caine to Zippy the Chimp. As a TV pitchman he performed in over 750 commercials, winning 4 Clios. Starred in HBO's Emmy Award-winning Encyclopedia. Emceed at Chippendale's in NY. Sterry has produced events such as Pitchapalooza, an American Idol for books, which has sold out venues from the Miami Book Festival to the venerable Strand Bookstore. His Art of the Memoir has been presented from the 92nd St Y. to City Lights. Putting Your Passion Into Print has been presented everywhere from Miami-Dade College to the Texas Book Festival. Sex Worker Literati been done everywhere from the original Barnes & Noble in New York City to Powell’s in Portland, Oregon. Sterry has been featured in: The New York Times, The London Times, The Sunday Times, The LA Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Details Magazine, BBC, NPR's Morning and Weekend Edition, as well as Talk of the Nation. Chicken was published by Canongate in the UK, Dutch (de Kern), German (Rowohlt), Spanish (Grupo Planeta), Croatian (Celeber), and Russia (Red Fish), and in Italian (Adelphi). Sterry has worked as a chicken, a chicken fryer, a master of ceremonies, a soda jerk, a cherrypicker, a poet, a building inspector, a telephone solicitationist, a limo driver, a barker, an industrial sex technician, and a marriage counselor. He graduated from Reed College, and loves his cat, his girls, and any sport involving a ball.
Genius In Love by Richard Bankowsky Genius In Love by Richard Bankowsky Dec. 01, 2010 $9.99 98152 words Sample 20%
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California State University Emeritus Professor of literature and creative writing. Yale and Columbia degrees. National Institute of Arts and Letters and Rockefeller grants in literature.
I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South by Tracy L. Conway I Wandered from New Orleans: Poems from the South by Tracy L. Conway Dec. 01, 2010 $6.99 8685 words Sample 15%
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Tracy L. Conway is a fine woodworker who has been writing for more than twenty years. A New Orleans native, she has travelled throughout the South documenting her journeys and observations. She is a history enthusiast and avid participant at Renaissance Faires. In 2005 she started an online woodworking shop, The Green Dragon, www.thegreendragon.us, selling curious and custom made woodworks.
The Man Behind The Brand - On The Go by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - On The Go by Doug Gelbert Dec. 01, 2010 $0.99 8722 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - Big Business by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - Big Business by Doug Gelbert Dec. 01, 2010 $0.99 7229 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - At The Store by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - At The Store by Doug Gelbert Dec. 01, 2010 $0.99 11376 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - In The Bathroom by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - In The Bathroom by Doug Gelbert Dec. 01, 2010 $0.99 6504 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - Road Food by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - Road Food by Doug Gelbert Nov. 30, 2010 $0.99 3589 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - On The Can by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - On The Can by Doug Gelbert Nov. 30, 2010 $0.99 4696 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - On The Bottle by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - On The Bottle by Doug Gelbert Nov. 30, 2010 $0.99 4169 words Sample 20%
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A Soldier's Friend, Civil War Nurse Cornelia Hancock by Georgiann Baldino A Soldier's Friend, Civil War Nurse Cornelia Hancock by Georgiann Baldino Nov. 30, 2010 $2.99 31871 words Sample 15%
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Georgiann Baldino is the author of numerous books, magazine articles and short stories as well as a keynote speaker. She facilitates a journaling group at a Edward Cancer Center and gives a popular program in character as Civil War nurse, Cornelia Hancock, which brings the non-fiction book "A Soldier's Friend" to life. Poets & Writers, Inc. sponsors readings and workshops to support writers’ events in large cities and small towns. Please refer to Georgiann’s listing in the Poets & Writers’ Directory at http://www.pw.org/directory
The Man Behind The Brand - On The Jar by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - On The Jar by Doug Gelbert Nov. 30, 2010 $0.99 4612 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - In The Frig by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - In The Frig by Doug Gelbert Nov. 30, 2010 $0.99 5621 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - In The Closet by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - In The Closet by Doug Gelbert Nov. 29, 2010 $0.99 7548 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - At The Office by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - At The Office by Doug Gelbert Nov. 29, 2010 $0.99 5777 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - Fun and Games by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - Fun and Games by Doug Gelbert Nov. 29, 2010 $0.99 6118 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - In the Tool Shed by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - In the Tool Shed by Doug Gelbert Nov. 29, 2010 $0.99 5647 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - At the Candy Counter by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - At the Candy Counter by Doug Gelbert Nov. 29, 2010 $0.99 4814 words Sample 20%
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The Man Behind The Brand - Beer and Wine by Doug Gelbert The Man Behind The Brand - Beer and Wine by Doug Gelbert Nov. 29, 2010 $0.99 4846 words Sample 20%
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Zigzag: Flashbacks of a Painter by Gym Halama Zigzag: Flashbacks of a Painter by Gym Halama Nov. 28, 2010 $3.99 33507 words Sample 2%
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The Single Male Parents Cookbook and Short Stories by Joe Barfield The Single Male Parents Cookbook and Short Stories by Joe Barfield Nov. 28, 2010 $2.99 23601 words Sample 20%
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I am in the process of turning one of my scripts, “Live For Today,” into a movie. The unique thing about this movie is that it will be directed, filmed, edited, acted, and with a musical score done with high school students from Katy, Texas. The story is about a broken promise that takes a seventeen-year-old boy down a suicidal path of self-destruction. Will the persistence of his coach and the love of a girl be enough to save him. See the interview on Fox News! http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/111201-katy-teens-making-not-just-another-teen-movie The Making of Live For Today See the trailer: http://www.indiegogo.com/Live-For-Today I sincerely believe “Live For Today” is a film that will truly touch audiences, and one in which you will be proud to have supported. This is your chance to help us make the kind of movie you WANT to see! Help these students fulfill their dreams.
A Life in Time, My Story by Joe Barfield A Life in Time, My Story by Joe Barfield Nov. 28, 2010 $2.99 32074 words Sample 20%
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I am in the process of turning one of my scripts, “Live For Today,” into a movie. The unique thing about this movie is that it will be directed, filmed, edited, acted, and with a musical score done with high school students from Katy, Texas. The story is about a broken promise that takes a seventeen-year-old boy down a suicidal path of self-destruction. Will the persistence of his coach and the love of a girl be enough to save him. See the interview on Fox News! http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/111201-katy-teens-making-not-just-another-teen-movie The Making of Live For Today See the trailer: http://www.indiegogo.com/Live-For-Today I sincerely believe “Live For Today” is a film that will truly touch audiences, and one in which you will be proud to have supported. This is your chance to help us make the kind of movie you WANT to see! Help these students fulfill their dreams.
Lydia Lassila Jump by Andrew Clarke Lydia Lassila Jump by Andrew Clarke Nov. 28, 2010 $25.00 79977 words Sample 20%
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Matthew Lloyd is Andrew’s third co-authored biography, following on from his work with aerial skier Lydia Lassila and motor racing legend Mark Skaife. It is his 16th book. Andrew’s career as a journalist started with the short lived reincarnation of Footy Week in 1987 off the back an injury shortened career as an umpire with VAFA. After his short tenure in football, Andrew ventured into the motor industry where has spent much of his time as a writer. His first book, A Pictorial History of the Australian Automobile, was published in 1989 with world-wide distribution through Bison Books in the USA. He became editor of Racing Car News in 1989 and then freelanced with many publications and media outlets from then until now. He also works as a brand and communications consultant for law firms. Andrew says he is driven by good stories, no matter what form they take, and as a ghost writer he prides himself in telling a story in someone else’s words. His desire with Matthew Lloyd is to show a personality that is in many ways the opposite of his on-field persona, to carry across the story telling ability and humour that made his so popular with the players inside his club. Andrew is happy to be working in football again. He is based in Melbourne with a wife and two kids who all share his love of football. • V8 Supercar Yearbook 2004-2008 (5 editions) • V8 Supercars: The First Decade • 1k.06, 1k.07,1k.08 and 1k.09 (4 editions) • A Pictorial History of the Australian Automobile • The Great Race 1990 • Mark Skaife: The Racing Years • Skaifey: Life In The Fast Lane • Lydia Lassila Jump
MoonLight by William Gough MoonLight by William Gough Nov. 24, 2010 $5.99 7792 words Sample 6%
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William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
Shinto Poem Field: Poems For Departed Friends by William Gough Shinto Poem Field: Poems For Departed Friends by William Gough Nov. 24, 2010 $5.99 7166 words Sample 6%
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William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
Ocean Of Childhood by William Gough Ocean Of Childhood by William Gough Nov. 24, 2010 $5.99 23209 words Sample 6%
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William Gough is a writer, publisher, director, and a mentor. He has won such awards as the Gemini, Actra, Prix Anik, Genie, Bijou, Blue Ribbon - American Film Festival, and the Columbus Film Festival’s ‘Chris Plaque.’
In 2011 he released the final book of "The Terra Nova Quartet." His books are available for the Kindle & for all other e-book readers at Smashwords.
He teaches writing online for Vancouver Island University. PRAISE for William Gough's Books: "Gough’s writing is...poignant, spare, with the strength and subtlety of a fine woodcut..." E. Annie Proulx/ Maud’s House…is a literary compliment paid to a people whose richest bounty, next to the sea, is the gift of language. It is also a detailed snapshot of a lost era, lovingly developed in the darkroom of the writer’s memory. …it’s clear that the richness of language as it is spoken in Newfoundland is in Gough’s literary blood.” Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail “A good novel does something which happens only rarely in our day-to-day perceptions; It sets down what can happen in an instant of time. “Maud’s House is a wonderful book, a treat to read, and one of the best books I’ve read this year, period…” Peter Gard, The Evening Telegram
Chappie World War II Diary of a Combat Chaplain by A. Anne Eiland Chappie World War II Diary of a Combat Chaplain by A. Anne Eiland Nov. 23, 2010 $5.99 84774 words Sample 45%
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Anne Eiland was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a graduate of Baylor University and lived in various parts of the south before moving to Texas, where she was a teacher for 28 years. She now lives in Arizona, is a freelance writer and professional photographer, and enjoys speaking with groups around the country. Her interest in history has always been there, and this book presented the perect opportunity to share her father's personal accounts of one of the most historically significant events of the 20th Century. Anne and her father worked together on the manuscript for Chappie World War II Diary of a Combat Chaplain, and he left her with instructions to see that the books was completed after his death. Previous publications by Anne include magazine articles and stories for both adults and children.
Grace in the Growing Season by JD Wetterling Grace in the Growing Season by JD Wetterling Nov. 23, 2010 $0.99 34305 words Sample 20%
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JD Wetterling is the author of Son of Thunder, a novel based on his experience as a fighter pilot in Vietnam, "No one...," a gospel presentation for everyman, No Time To Waste, a true story of amazing grace, and Grace in the Growing Season, a memoir. He's had over 250 op-ed columns and essays published in The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the St. Petersburg Times, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, and numerous other periodicals. He flew 268 combat missions in an F-100 in the Vietnam War, earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses, fourteen Air Medals, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He was top gun in every fighter squadron in which he served in the U.S. Air Force. JD has addressed audiences in all walks of life in all parts of America. His motivational messages cover current affairs, business, history, patriotic themes and eternal truths. His roots go back to a farm in western Illinois and a one-room country schoolhouse where he was the only student in his class all eight years of grade school. On that foundation he built a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Illinois, an MBA from the University of Utah, summa cum laude, and a career as a fighter pilot, businessman, speaker, and writer. He's an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
Mail-Order Kid: An Orphan Train Rider’s Story by Marilyn Coffey Mail-Order Kid: An Orphan Train Rider’s Story by Marilyn Coffey Nov. 19, 2010 $5.95 74048 words Sample 15%
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Great Plains writer Marilyn June Coffey has written three books, 600 poems, and dozens of articles and stories. A trained journalist (B.A., University of Nebraska, 1959) and creative writer (M.F.A., Brooklyn College, 1981), she has produced work that includes a popular memoir, a record-setting novel, and a prize-winning poem. Her poem, "Pricksong," reviewed in the Los Angeles Times Book Review and Newsweek, won a national Pushcart Prize. Coffey's novel Marcella made literary history. It was the first novel written in English to use female autoeroticism as a main theme. Gloria Steinem called it "an important part of the truth telling by and for women." The New York Times called Coffey's memoir, Great Plains Patchwork, entertaining and insightful. Atlantic Monthly featured a chapter as its cover story. Known as a prose stylist, Coffey received a Master Alumnus award for distinction in the field of writing from the University of Nebraska in 1977. Since 1987, the UN-L Archives has collected Coffey's papers in its Mari Sandoz room. In 1991, Coffey investigated the orphan train movement, developing three programs for the Nebraska Humanities Council. One became the second most popular of the 232 programs underwritten by NHC and spurred her to write Mail-Order Kid. Now retired, Coffey taught writing at Boston University, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and Fort Hays State University in Kansas for thirty-four years, twice earning tenure. She became an interpretive reader/performer, appearing on radio and TV, and before hundreds of groups in twelve states, from Maine to Texas.
I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood by Lisa Manterfield I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood by Lisa Manterfield Nov. 18, 2010 $7.95 67632 words Sample 25%
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Lisa Manterfield is the creator of LifeWithoutBaby.com, an online forum that gives a voice to women without children. Her writing has been featured in Los Angeles Times, Bicycle Times, and Romantic Homes. She lives with her husband and cat, and divides her time between Los Angeles and Santa Rosa, California. For more information, please visit LisaManterfield.com.