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"Alone" by Rolly A. Chabot Oct. 08, 2011 $6.25 19871 words Sample 20%
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The writer has lived throughout the Canadian north. My travels have taken me into some of the most remote and isolated regions a man can find himself. I have a great respect for nature and all she offers. I have many pastimes and they all centre around the outdoors. Fly fishing, hiking, photography or simply sitting alone in a place where a man can be surrounded with the quiet. I have written a series of seven books called "Quiet Reflections" in an ebook format available at Amazon under my name.
"Brotherhood of the Rejected Screenplay" by Chris Braun May 16, 2011 $3.99 34876 words Sample 20%
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NYU, Writer, US Navy, Advertising Sales, Chris Braun Creative Ad Agency
"Hill Fires" by Rolly A. Chabot Oct. 08, 2011 $6.25 31093 words Sample 20%
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The writer has lived throughout the Canadian north. My travels have taken me into some of the most remote and isolated regions a man can find himself. I have a great respect for nature and all she offers. I have many pastimes and they all centre around the outdoors. Fly fishing, hiking, photography or simply sitting alone in a place where a man can be surrounded with the quiet. I have written a series of seven books called "Quiet Reflections" in an ebook format available at Amazon under my name.
"Normal" MAYDAY by Ron Berger Dec. 28, 2009 $9.95 23565 words Sample 10%
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I was an air traffic controller in the USAF. Spent 41 years in the construction industry. Ended up as an Architect. Authored twelve books - "The House That Ron Built", "Are You Being Served Yet?", "P-NUT, The Love of a Dog","Normal' MAYDAY","Time for TEA", "Growing Old is a FULL-TIME JOB", "Time for MORE TEA" and "Time for STILL MORE TEA". "One Candle at a Time”, “Looking @ things in general”, “The Real Change”, and “Back to Basics”.
"So, Why Have You Never Been Married?": A Memoir of Love, Loss and Lunacy by Alan Stransman Jan. 21, 2012 $8.97 153406 words Sample 10%
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Alan Stransman is the author of two book: "Don't Let Your Dream Business Turn Into a Nightmare: A Cautionary Tale for Would-Be Entrepreneurs" and "So, Why Have You Never Been Married?: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Lunacy", the former of which has been taught in entrepreneurship programs at the university level. Alan Stransman is a former television writer/producer/director, the creator of the television series "Spectacular Spas", which was broadcast in over 50 countries worldwide, and the Founder of one of the first day spas in the world for men, called The Men's PowerSpa.
"The Other Side of Alzheimer's, a caregiver's story" by Marietta Harris Oct. 31, 2011 $3.99 37909 words Sample 10%
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An accomplished musician, vocalist, composer, author and an outstanding motivational speaker Marietta A. Harris is a native San Franciscan who has traveled the globe. She has lived in Europe but now resides back in the Bay Area. Most recently, Ms. Harris returned from a European tour where the Alzheimer’s Association in Carpi, Italy invited her to share her story with families who are now care givers. Her message was well received. You will be encouraged as you read her story. After working for 37 years she is now retired. Now she is devoting her time to writing and helping others. Her book is currently available at Google, Amazon.com,Amazon UK, kindle, Lulu.com and through her website at: www.mariettaharris.com. The audio version of this book will be available in December 2011.
"The Quiet" by Rolly A. Chabot Oct. 07, 2011 $6.25 20769 words Sample 20%
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The writer has lived throughout the Canadian north. My travels have taken me into some of the most remote and isolated regions a man can find himself. I have a great respect for nature and all she offers. I have many pastimes and they all centre around the outdoors. Fly fishing, hiking, photography or simply sitting alone in a place where a man can be surrounded with the quiet. I have written a series of seven books called "Quiet Reflections" in an ebook format available at Amazon under my name.
'Buddhish': The Unfeeling Doctor's Freefall into Buddhism, Grief and Grace by Melissa Yuan-Innes 'Buddhish': The Unfeeling Doctor's Freefall into Buddhism, Grief and Grace by Melissa Yuan-Innes Dec. 09, 2011 $5.99 40340 words Sample 20%
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Melissa Yuan-Innes is an emergency room doctor and writer who lives with her husband, one son, one daughter, two cows, and too many mosquitoes outside of Montreal, Canada. She writes thrillers and science fiction/fantasy under Melissa Yuan-Innes, mysteries under the name Melissa Yi, romance under Melissa Yin, and children's/YA under Melissa Yuan. "Mixing mystery in with sheer humanity and splendid characterization, Yuan-Innes's story is a delight." --Alicia Curtis, A&E Editor, The Stormy Petrel "Melissa Yuan-Innes delivers a Bradburyian shocker" --Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's "Yuan-Innes employs a fresh use of language to spin a storyline that is at once universally familiar and intriguingly original." --Brian Agincourt Massey, judge of the 2008 Innermoonlit Award for Best First Chapter of a Novel, in awarding first prize to _The Popcorn Girl Meets Darwin Jones_
(2004/11: Phil Duse versus the Tyranny of DoD/DOJ) and its Intelligence and Investigative Agencies by Phillip Duse Sr. (2004/11: Phil Duse versus the Tyranny of DoD/DOJ) and its Intelligence and Investigative Agencies by Phillip Duse Sr. Dec. 30, 2010 $9.99 92702 words Sample 20%
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The author is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Retired. He traveled extensively throughout the U.S. Europe and Asia, and attended five universities during off duty hours State side and during overseas assignments. The effort earned in excess of 100 credit hours resulting in the award of an AA degree from the "University of Maryland" European Division. After retiring from the US Army, his initial civilian employment was as a logistical supervisor with "Bendix Field Engineering" outside of Baltimore Md. Then he held a Government position, Property Administrator with the Defense Logistics Agency's Contract Management Command, Silver Springs, Md. Next assignment was with the US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command, VA, where he served as the senior Property Manager. Then he returned to the Defense Logistics Agency's Contract Management Command employed in the "Special contract [Black Box] office, retiring from Government employment in 1997. He continued his writing education through completion of courses offered by the "Institute of Children's Literature" and a Free Lance Writing Course offered by "Hardcourt Learning Direct" before publishing his first book "Phil Duse Versus the Tyranny of DOD/DOJ and its Intelligence and Investigative Agencies". He has written or contributed to authorship of several logistics related manuals, published by the Department of Defense. He is also the author of "EEOC: The Real Deal" (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and "New Short Stories and Three Hand Pinochle" before authoring this book "False Color of Authority" all published by Xlibris. Phillip Duse is the author of "EEOC: The Real Deal - Do They Really Support Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?, "False Color of Authority - Government Hit Men" and "US Government Quacks and Dolts - Engaging in Defamation/Entrapment Strategies to Get Phil Duse."
(Re)MAKING LOVE: a sex after sixty story by Mary L. Tabor (Re)MAKING LOVE: a sex after sixty story by Mary L. Tabor July 13, 2011 $7.99 59527 words Sample 20%
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Mary L. Tabor is the author of The Woman Who Never Cooked, which won Mid-List Press’s First Series Award and was published when she was 60. Her short stories have won numerous literary awards. Her experience spans the worlds of journalism, business, education, fiction and memoir writing. She was a high school English teacher who joined the business world, leaving her corporate job when she was 50 to earn an MFA degree. She teaches at George Washington University, works with less-privileged populations at the D.C. library on how to get started writing, and is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. She lives in the Penn Quarter in downtown D.C.
100 Days of Fantasy by Ty Johnston 100 Days of Fantasy by Ty Johnston Oct. 04, 2011 $0.99 40082 words Sample 20%
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Ty Johnston is a fiction author and former newspaper journalist. Most of his writing is in the fantasy and horror genres, but he has been known to dip his pen into the literary fountains from time to time. When not busy writing or reading, he enjoys spending time with his wife, their beagle and house rabbits on their crazy travels across the U.S.
101 “Brain Teasers” on Robert De Niro by Movie Magic 101 “Brain Teasers” on Robert De Niro by Movie Magic April 27, 2012 $2.99 5392 words Sample 20%
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13 miles & walking by Thomas Ditlhoiso 13 miles & walking by Thomas Ditlhoiso March 17, 2012 $0.99 2265 words Sample 20%
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I am a starter writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1309 Days to Freedom by Dietrich Geschke 1309 Days to Freedom by Dietrich Geschke March 20, 2012 $4.99 110828 words Sample 20%
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Dietrich W. Geschke was born in pre-war East Prussia and lived on his father's farm until January 1945. Along with his mother and sister he was captured by the Red Army. He experienced the killings, mistreatments, hunger and plunder by the Russian soldiers after the war and spent the next 3 1/2 years with his mother and sister on collective farms in Kaliningrad Oblast (former pre-war East Prussia). Dietrich's father served as a soldier on the Eastern Front and was captured by British Forces. He was released in West Germany soon after the war. Dietrich's mother worked every day as a forced laborer without any pay, food, extra clothing or days off. Dietrich helped manage the family's scarce food supply, and they survived hunger and starvation under the constant threat of armed Russian guards patrolling all available food sources on the collective farm. Stalin wanted all Germans out of pre-war East Prussia. He wanted to settle Kaliningrad Oblast with Russians transposed from Belarus and other Russian provinces. Finally in September 1948, the long-awaited day came and the family left the collective farm in Kaliningrad Oblast and arrived in East Germany. They escaped across the border from East to West Germany on foot in November 1948 and finally experienced freedom. Dietrich started grade school in West Germany after a 4 1/2 year hiatus of not attending any school. He experienced real freedom along with his father, mother and sister when they arrived in the U.S. as immigrants in April 1952 under the Displaced Persons's Program. Dietrich started high school in Iowa, not having had previous instruction in english. He received his B.S. degree in psychology and his M.D. degree from the University of Michigan. He spent his career as a general surgeon and urologist in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Today Dietrich writes from his home in Sahuarita, Arizona, where he lives with his beautiful wife, Lynda.
2009's Hot Authors: Interviews by Aggie Villanueva by Aggie Villanueva 2009's Hot Authors: Interviews by Aggie Villanueva by Aggie Villanueva Dec. 08, 2009 $2.99 32189 words Sample 20%
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Aggie’s how-to, The Rewritten Word, held multiple Amazon category bestseller status for over seventeen months (and still holding), and Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers hit multiple category bestseller three days after release at Kindle. Published at Thomas Nelson before age 30, award-winning author Aggie Villanueva is now a self-published fiction & nonfiction author at Amazon/Kindle with The Rewritten Word (won the 2011 Global eBooks award in Writing/Publishing), Rightfully Mine and Amazon Categories Create Best Sellers, all of which reached bestseller in multiple categories shortly after release, and also ranking in multiple categories of Amazon’s Top Rated, Hot New Releases and Tag Communities lists. Aggie founded Promotion á la Carte, author promotional services July 2010 and 6 months later was voted #2 at Preditors & Editors in Promotion, and #4 in 2011. My Book Marketing Systems, her sister company saves authors $100s - $1,000s, allowing them entry into the author app mobile market. She teaches author promotion across the Web. Villanueva is also an award-winning critically acclaimed photographic artist represented by galleries nationwide, including Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. Contact Villanueva at aggie@promotionalacarte.com.
2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself by Sharon E. Cathcart 2010 Hindsight: A Year of Personal Growth, In Spite of Myself by Sharon E. Cathcart Jan. 25, 2011 $0.99 19501 words Sample 20%
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Books by internationally published author Sharon E. Cathcart provide discerning readers of essays, fiction and non-fiction with a powerful, truthful literary experience. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Sharon has written for as long as she can remember and generally has at least one work in progress. Sharon lives with her husband and an assortment of pets in the Silicon Valley, California.
220: S I F T I N G ~ The Alien Battle Royale or How we met the Spirit of Kurt Cobain by Israel Light 220: S I F T I N G ~ The Alien Battle Royale or How we met the Spirit of Kurt Cobain by Israel Light March 10, 2012 $26.71 13948 words Sample 9%
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"We here at Israel-Light: High Intensity Discharge for those who wish to Sleep in Peace are a collaboration of scientists / artists / farmers / environmentalists / philosophers / healers / entrepreneurs / visionaries / vegetarian animal lovers / attorneys / surfer mavericks who bring you the most revolutionary and enlightening methods to assist you pro actively on your path of eternal youth, immortality, and longevity. We are folks just like you who have more life experiences than degrees to which we attribute our learning. But sure, we have degrees and even awards too, if that sort of thing impresses you. What impresses us is a nice day surfing. Surfing and going home to your significant other? Even better."
25 Chapters of My Life: The Memoirs of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna by Olga Alexandrovna 25 Chapters of My Life: The Memoirs of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna by Olga Alexandrovna April 12, 2012 $6.99 69145 words Sample 10%
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250 Anecdotes About Religion by David Bruce 250 Anecdotes About Religion by David Bruce Nov. 20, 2011 $1.00 23714 words Sample 20%
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David Bruce is an anecdote columnist at "The Athens News" in Athens, Ohio.
250 Anecdotes About Religion: Volume 2 by David Bruce 250 Anecdotes About Religion: Volume 2 by David Bruce Nov. 20, 2011 $1.00 23434 words Sample 20%
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David Bruce is an anecdote columnist at "The Athens News" in Athens, Ohio.
27 Views of Chapel Hill by Daniel Wallace 27 Views of Chapel Hill by Daniel Wallace Aug. 02, 2011 $7.95 58908 words Sample 20%
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3 Pennies by Rev. Lawrence Gray Sr. 3 Pennies by Rev. Lawrence Gray Sr. June 14, 2011 $9.99 149535 words Sample 20%
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I am a Minister preaching and teaching the gospel for the past fifteen years; I have three children and three grandchildren. I enjoy reading, playing chess and singing.
30 Failures by Age 30 by Katharine Miller 30 Failures by Age 30 by Katharine Miller Jan. 17, 2011 $1.99 25792 words Sample 20%
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Katharine Miller is a writer and designer. She is the author of The Curable Romantic: Advice for the Romance-Impaired and 30 Failures by Age 30. She is also working on a graphic novel series, Robot of Leisure (www.robotofleisure.com). View more of her work at katharinemiller.com
33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream by Bill See 33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream by Bill See March 19, 2011 $0.99 81739 words Sample 15%
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Bill See was the lead singer for critically acclaimed Los Angeles band Divine Weeks for the duration of the band’s lifespan from 1984-1992. Divine Weeks was signed to the Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn’s Down There label in 1987 and released their debut Through & Through that May before embarking on their first national tour that summer. The journals Bill kept on tour are the source of the majority of 33 Days. Divine Weeks released one more full length album on First Warning Records called Never Get Used To It released in September 1991. “When we left on that tour, we set out to have our own Kerouac ‘On The Road’ experience, and when I wrote 33 Days my motive was to write a book you’d go searching for after finishing ‘On The Road’. The book’s less about making it, and more about how crucial it is to seize your moment and the perils of sitting on your dreams. It’s about liberation, giving yourself the gift of opportunity and ultimately defining your own idea of success. It’s for anybody who ever stood at their crossroads with a dream screaming inside wondering whether to choose the road that goes off the map or fold up their tent and head back home.”
4.5 Years by Jean Gill 4.5 Years by Jean Gill March 11, 2011 $3.99 24212 words Sample 15%
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To find about more about Jean Gill or contact her, visit http://www.jeangill.com She is also a photographer with a portfolio at http://www.istockphoto.com/jeangill Jean Gill is a prize-winning author and member of the Welsh Academi. Her publications include two books of poetry, two military histories, four novels, non-fiction on goat cheese and a translated work on training dogs. She has lived in the South of France since 2003 and her articles on French life, cheese and plumbing have appeared in 'France' magazine. She lives with her husband and a big white dog, and is mother or stepmother to five children and three grandchildren. Her own childhood was nomadic, following her Scottish soldier father from one posting to another, and her current nationality is Welsh Provencal of Scottish provenance. This allows her to support the winning team on most European sporting occasions. Before moving to France, Jean Gill was the first woman to be a Secondary Headteacher in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire. She is a specialist in English and literacy who worked in South Wales for over 20 years with 4-19 year olds, and as adviser to their teachers. As a consultant, she trained teachers throughout the UK and mainland Europe.
596 Switch: The Improbable Journey From The Palouse to Pasadena by Crimson Oak Publishing 596 Switch: The Improbable Journey From The Palouse to Pasadena by Crimson Oak Publishing Oct. 13, 2011 $12.99 71360 words Sample 20%
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Crimson Oak publishes books with possitive messages of hope, possibility and determination . . .
6367 (Or 40 Ways to Get Killed Without Seeing Combat) by Willard Ferguson 6367 (Or 40 Ways to Get Killed Without Seeing Combat) by Willard Ferguson Feb. 23, 2012 $4.99 88403 words Sample 20%
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Willard Alston Ferguson Jr., a.k.a. Will or Buster, was born in New Bern, North Carolina. His father Willard senior was in the lumber business which led the Ferguson family to travel throughout the South in search of hardwood. His father also liked to gamble and tell stories in the Southern tradition which influenced young Jr's writing. His mother Edith May Guthrie loved poetry and would have him sit and write poetry whenever he said he was bored. He put himself through his last year of High School working in a mortuary as an ambulance attendant and lifeguarding at a local lake. After high school he became a lifeguard at Myrtle Beach SC. He also served four years active and two years reserves in the U.S. Navy. Upon completing his service he worked as an ambulance driver in Los Angeles California and attended college to learn short story writing. After earning his Associate Arts degree he was hired by Max Factor Cosmetics Co. Later he became the first VP of Operations for Giorgio Perfume in Beverly Hills. After retiring he began working in movies as an extra, actor,and writer. 6367 (or 40 ways to get killed without seeing combat) is his first novel.
7 Greatest Sportsmen of the Modern Era by Frank Oliver 7 Greatest Sportsmen of the Modern Era by Frank Oliver April 20, 2012 $2.99 48775 words Sample 10%
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9/11 Truther: The Fight for Peace, Justice and Accountability by Jon Gold 9/11 Truther: The Fight for Peace, Justice and Accountability by Jon Gold Feb. 24, 2012 $5.99 106680 words Sample 20%
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Jon Gold is a web designer and web developer for a small company in PA. For the last 10 years, he has been an advocate for 9/11 Justice, and an advocate for the 9/11 First Responders.
A 40-year-old Midget in a Little Girl's Suit by Bette Nunn A 40-year-old Midget in a Little Girl's Suit by Bette Nunn July 28, 2010 $4.99 15761 words Sample 15%
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Bette Nunn lives in Martinsville, Indiana, is married and has three grown children. Her other published work is a book titled “Burn, Judy, Burn” about mass murderer Steven T. Judy and the young mother of three children that he killed in 1979. She has also written a small book about the Morgan County Courthouse and articles that have been published in detective and other national magazines. Mrs. Nunn was a reporter, assistant editor and managing editor at The Reporter and Reporter-Times, a newspaper in Martinsville, Indiana, from 1963 to July 2003. Her career covered nearly 41 years and she continues to write news, feature stories and columns for the newspaper from her home. Her main interests have been her family, working for the good of Martinsville High School, Morgan Hospital and Medical Center, Morgan County Fair and US veterans. She enjoys writing and history and also plans to continue to write some children’s books. “The Yo-Yo String” is her first attempt at a fictional story. She thanked her daughter Shelley for allowing use of her pictures on the cover to portray what Annie could have looked like.
A Bleeding Brain A Bleeding Brain "A True Story" by Andrew S. Bloom May 08, 2012 $5.99 30574 words Sample 15%
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Andrew S. Bloom was born in Great Neck, New York, to Sharon and Arnold Bloom. Andrew grew up in Plainview, New York, and moved to Florida shortly after graduating from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, in 1992. He has suffered three brainstem bleeds as a result of a birth defect which resulted in his undergoing intensive rehabilitation on four separate occasions. He has also undergone brain surgery in an attempt to correct the underlying problem. Through all this, he has maintained a positive attitude. His first book, A Bleeding Brain, is an inspiring and amazing true story. He resides in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife, Caroline; son, Ryan; daughter, Samantha; and their dog, Oreo.
A Book of Dreams by Peter Reich A Book of Dreams by Peter Reich Feb. 08, 2011 $9.99 57421 words Sample 15%
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A Borrowed Anorak (Dad I'm on the run) by Francoise Jewell A Borrowed Anorak (Dad I'm on the run) by Francoise Jewell Dec. 02, 2011 $2.99 105336 words Sample 15%
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A Bridge to the Mountain by Ray Wiseman A Bridge to the Mountain by Ray Wiseman March 19, 2012 $5.95 59405 words Sample 20%
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Ray Wiseman's early memory--being pushed up a rope ladder and over the side of a tramp steamer at age two--set the tone for his life. He has spent much time travelling, and most of his life looking from the hilltop of one adventure to the beginning of the next. Born in England, Ray has lived in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and South Africa. He has traveled in Africa and Asia. Ray counts writing as his fourth career. He began his working life as an electronics technician, then returned to school to study for the Christian ministry. He spent time in the pastorate and overseas with a missionary society. He returned to electronics, working as a video systems engineer. In 1993, he took early retirement to pursue a career as a writer and speaker. Ray graduated from Radio College of Canada (now RCC Schools) in 1952. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of General and Biblical Studies from Briercrest College. He has also studied at the Toronto Institute of Linguistics and The International Institute of Christian Communications (Daystar University College) in Nairobi. Ray is a member of The Word Guild, an association of Canadian authors and writers who are Christian.
A Brief History Of Pink Floyd by Andrew Means A Brief History Of Pink Floyd by Andrew Means Oct. 10, 2011 $1.99 29624 words Sample 15%
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Andrew Means grew up in Britain and lives in Arizona, on the outskirts of Phoenix. As a journalist he has written about musicians and entertainment for local and national media.
A Brief Moment in Time by William Wayne A Brief Moment in Time by William Wayne "Bill" Dicksion March 05, 2011 $2.99 46106 words Sample 20%
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William Wayne "Bill" Dicksion writes historical adventure novels with authenticity. He has published six novels and a memoir. Bill, as he is called by his friends, is a prolific writer, and he doesn't pull punches; he tells it like it is, or was, as the case may be. If you like high adventure with a touch of romance, you will like his stories.
A Broad Abroad by Ron Bryan A Broad Abroad by Ron Bryan Aug. 16, 2011 $2.99 52139 words Sample 20%
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Some of my primary interests include martial arts, firearms, UFOs, life after death, psychology and ancient cultures Noteworthy trivia: My brother joined the National Geographic Genealogy DNA Project. He discovered that we are direct descendants of Genghis Kahn. Lots of American families claim ancestry to him, but ours is among the first to have this verified.
A Bumpy Ride by Ronjon A Bumpy Ride by Ronjon May 06, 2010 $4.99 183668 words Sample 15%
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A Note from Ronjon: I was born in Virginia and raised in Washington D.C. and Prince Georges County, Maryland. This story is based on my life. I am sixty years old now, and I have done more than my fair share of drugs and hard-core partying, and kicking ass. Most of the names, times and places have been changed for obvious reasons. I slept on army cots most of my life, whether they were in my aunt’s basement laundry room, my cousin’s back porch way down in the boonies of Virginia, or whatever institution I was in at the time. I was in and out of institutions from the beginning of my early life. I guess I was hardheaded or at least as they say, “Hard to train,” or maybe it was because of someone else beside my family was raising me, who knows? In this story, you will read what a living hell is all about, and what evolves from having no control over your children and letting them basically run loose and raise themselves because,, of no parental control, or love. When you read this story, you will sit back and probably say that there is no way that anybody in the world has been through this much in just sixty years of life. This is the first time that I have decided to sit down, write, and share my life with anyone! It is far from what I am proud of; believe this. I am ashamed, as well as embarrassed! I can only hope that these stories will help some young man to realize that this kind of life, brings nothing but misery, and despair! These events have often been so very painful to recall, events, or nightmares if you will; that I have tried all of my life to forget. I continue to fine-tune this story, which only reaches my twenty-one years of life
A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal--Complete Set by Anais Nin A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal--Complete Set by Anais Nin Sep. 30, 2011 $9.99 518489 words Sample 10%
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Anais Nin (1903-1977) was born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, near Paris, and was the daughter of a renowned pianist and composer, Joaquin Nin. Abandoned by her father in 1913, she and her family traveled to New York, where she began her now famous diary, comprised of some 35,000 pages over a period of six decades. When the first volume of 'The Diary of Anais Nin' was published in 1966, it began Nin's meteoric surge to fame. However, often overlooked are the works of fiction she created, beginning with 'The House of Incest' in 1936, which was followed by a then-banned edition of a collection of novellas under the title 'The Winter of Artifice.' This original edition has been republished for the first time in 2007. Perhaps Nin's most acclaimed fiction is the series of short stories in 'Under a Glass Bell,' which she self-published in New York during the 1940s when no commercial publisher would take the risk. She then began a series of novels that were interconnected and finally collected into one volume entitled 'Cities of the Interior.' Her final novel was 'Collages,' about which Henry Miller said, "Even the finest collages fall apart with time; these will not." Anais Nin was one of the 20th century's most innovative and compelling artist, and now her works are finally appearing in digital format.
A Candle Burned by Jerry Guibor A Candle Burned by Jerry Guibor Jan. 19, 2009 $16.00 52955 words Sample 50%
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Jerry Guibor, a native of California, was graduated from then-San Jose State College with a bachelor's degree in journalism. Over the next 40-plus years, he worked as a photographer, reporter, page designer and editor at newspapers in California, Arizona and Oregon. In 1994, he moved to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, where he served one year as a missionary. After several subsequent short-term mission trips to Russia and Ukraine, he moved to Kiev, Ukraine, in 2004 and lived there for 13 months, working again as a missionary. The stories in this book were told to him by his friends from those two countries. Jerry is retired from the newspaper business but continues to travel to Ukraine as a missionary. He has two married children and five grandchildren, all of whom live in Arizona. He resides in Fresno, California, where he operates a photography business, JG Photography.
A Candle in the Dark by Lisa Engle Escobar A Candle in the Dark by Lisa Engle Escobar Jan. 09, 2010 $6.95 90770 words Sample 20%
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A Caribbean Tragedy by Roger Stutter A Caribbean Tragedy by Roger Stutter Feb. 13, 2012 $4.99 58636 words Sample 15%
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A Ceiling of Stars by James Carron A Ceiling of Stars by James Carron Oct. 15, 2010 $4.99 34751 words Sample 20%
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A Changing World by Terence Kearey A Changing World by Terence Kearey Jan. 28, 2012 $6.95 62021 words Sample 5%
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Terence Kearey was born in North Harrow in 1935, one of three children of a hard-working lower middle class family. In the 1950s he embarked on a career in the printing and reproduction industry, but dismayed by the industrial greed and strife of the 1960s and 70s, he abandoned a successful career to become a college lecturer. Along the way he developed a keen interest in history and spent many years researching the story of his own family, all the way back to the Irish Ciardha clan of the Dark Ages from which the family name is derived. He has taken a similar interest in his mother’s family, the Collinses of Chard in Somerset. Having studied the lives and times of his forebears over the centuries, he has woven their stories together into a fascinating narrative thread which reaches all the way from the Irish clans of the early centuries AD to his own personal experiences of love, life, work, marriage and parenthood in the 20th century. He is now working on a film script involving moments from the first three of this quartet, Country Ways, History, Heroism and Home and A Changing World. His next book focuses on a key campaign of the First World War in which his father, Regimental Sergeant Major (later Major) Albert Kearey, played a key role.
A Checkered Past by William Van Poyck A Checkered Past by William Van Poyck May 24, 2011 $2.99 118167 words Sample 20%
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I am a single dad of 5 children from 21 to 12. I am the CEO of a private 132-bed work release center for men who are transitioning from prison back into society. I spent a total of 18 + years of my life before being paroled in 1984. Ten years later I was given a full pardon from Florida Governor Lawton Chiles. Today I run my own minimum security prison/work-release center. God is good! I am also the State Chairman for the Constitution Party of Florida www.cpflorida.com. I ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
A Child's View Of World War II by Dan Summerfield A Child's View Of World War II by Dan Summerfield April 23, 2011 $2.99 13096 words Sample 40%
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A retired broadcaster, Dan Summerfield lives quietly in West Michigan with a friend. The friend is a cat named Dollar whose greatest wish is to use the symbol $ in place of his name. That way it will become the symbol of a feline formerly named Dollar.
A Christmas Miracle by William T. Moyer A Christmas Miracle by William T. Moyer April 25, 2012 $0.99 1988 words Sample 30%
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William T. Moyer served as a police officer in Greensboro, N.C. from 1970 to 1982. He started his career as a patrol officer and advanced through the ranks to become a homicide detective. He had many humorous and exciting adventures during this time and is sharing them for the first time in his series of short stories. After leaving law enforcement he went on to become a realestate investor, inventor and businessman. He is now in his sixties and still married to the same lady for 41 years. He now has time to tell about many true adventures he had while being in law enforcement.
A Cowboy Named Emmet: A Death Song of a Son Who Missed the West by Sam Edwards A Cowboy Named Emmet: A Death Song of a Son Who Missed the West by Sam Edwards Jan. 03, 2012 $4.99 3960 words Sample 20%
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A Deadly Path To Treasure by Robert C. Moran A Deadly Path To Treasure by Robert C. Moran Oct. 20, 2011 $4.99 66044 words Sample 30%
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Robert C. “Bob” Moran worked with famed treasure hunter Mel Fisher for over 20 years. He was the Exec. V. P. and sea-borne operations manager in the early 1980's prior to the discovery of the rich Spanish shipwrecks Atocha and Santa Margarita. Captain Moran did the electronic magnetometer and side scan sonar search with his boat the "Plus Ultra" and flew his Grumman Widgeon amphibian seaplane and Piper Twin Comanche in air support for the search and recovery operations. Bob is now retired and living in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
A Decade of Fear by Norma McCluskie A Decade of Fear by Norma McCluskie Dec. 21, 2010 $4.99 59225 words Sample 20%
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