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Bitter Freedom: Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor by Jafa Wallach Bitter Freedom: Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor by Jafa Wallach April 13, 2012 $2.99 53906 words Sample 20%
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Spread Thin & Moving Fast by Ed De Avila Spread Thin & Moving Fast by Ed De Avila April 13, 2012 $3.99 142939 words Sample 10%
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Without either a high school diploma or GED, Ed De Avila obtained a Ph.D. in developmental psychology and has published widely on issues relating to language, culture, and schooling. He has lectured at major American universities, testified before congress on national assessment issues, served as a senior consultant to state and federal educational agencies, including the US Office of Civil Rights. Dr. De Avila has won grants and awards from the Ford Foundation, Canada Council, US Office of Education, produced an award winning national children’s television series (Villa Alegre), and coauthored language proficiency tests (Language Proficiency Scales) in the United States, published nationally and internationally.
Melissa's Gift by Olin Dodson Melissa's Gift by Olin Dodson April 13, 2012 $9.95 143869 words Sample 15%
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Roy Acuff and Me by Dottie Hicks Roy Acuff and Me by Dottie Hicks April 13, 2012 $0.99 1952 words Sample 10%
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Dottie Hicks Biography Dottie Hicks is a native East Texan, born in the crossroad community of Tundra, Van Zandt County. She graduated from Canton High School, attended Tyler Jr. College, studied journalism at Eastfield Jr. College in Dallas where she was feature editor of the school’s magazine. Dottie holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of Texas (where she outranked, chronologically speaking, most of her professors.) She is a perennial student and is currently engaged in the complicated course of learning HOW to use the computer. She has enjoyed a myriad of vocations over the years; a published author of several religious-oriented articles; a former fashion model with the prestigious Kim Dawson Model Agency in Dallas; was actively involved in the formation of Channel 33 Christian television station in Dallas; as an actress she did T.V. commercials and worked in various Dallas based movies. (She was double and stand-in for Faye Dunaway in “Bonnie and Clyde”.) Dottie’s writing portfolio includes: researching and completing a biography of an old-fashioned, turn-of-century preacher, Rev. A.C. Bates, for the minister’s descendants.. It is appropriately titled “Brimstone Bates”. Her screenplay “Solo of Love” was birthed at the University of Texas while studying screen writing. It grew from a one-act play to a full-blown manuscript and has been optioned by two film companies. Her historical novel “Harriet’s Journey” is fiction based on the life of Harriet Hastings, a Southerner living in southwest Missouri during the Civil War who is caught in the cross fire between Union and Confederate factors seeking to control the state. At war’s end she undertakes the most perilous journey of her life. Alone, except for her three young children and an aged black mammy, she journeys through the wilds of the Arkansas Ozarks in a converted cotton wagon drawn by two emaciated oxen in search of her husband who is “somewhere in East Texas”. Dottie is a portrait artist. She calls herself a “Painter of People”. Self-taught, she has painted hundreds of oil portraits over the last several years. The paintings range from movie stars (she was commissioned to paint a full length western of the late Steve McQueen to hang over his fire place in Idaho.) to mansions, mongrel dogs to mules. They hang in homes from California to the Carolinas. She specializes in children and women’s portraits. She readily admits, “My talent is a gifting from God, and I give Him the glory! Dottie and her husband George live in Dallas, Texas.
Shute the Messenger by Graham Fricke Shute the Messenger by Graham Fricke April 13, 2012 $4.99 46746 words Sample 20%
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Graham Fricke has practised and taught law and for a dozen years presided over criminal and civil trials in the County Court of Victoria. During that period, he published three textbooks and numerous articles in law reviews. During his period on the bench, Fricke obtained a diploma of criminology and wrote three lighter works, Libels, Lampoons and Litigants (1984) Judges of the High Court of Australia (1986) and Profiles of Power (1990). His Tales from the Courts was published by Lothian in 1999, at a time when he was Visiting Professor at Deakin University. In 2007, his Ned’s Nemesis was published, while his latest book, Assassins Chasing Glory, was published in 2008. Fricke grew up in Melbourne, but has spent a couple of years in the United States (where he obtained his Master of Laws – at the University of Pennsylvania), eighteen months in Hobart (teaching), six months in Brisbane (teaching) and six months at ANU (as a Visiting Fellow). He recently undertook a tour of Australia in a campervan. Fricke has participated in numerous interviews on radio and television, especially in relation to the Profiles of Power book (about Australian Prime Ministers). He is married to Toni Ladanyi and has five children, two step-children and nine grandchildren.
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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Blessed Returns by Stuart Albright Blessed Returns by Stuart Albright April 12, 2012 $2.99 62215 words Sample 20%
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Stuart Albright earned his B.A. in English and Creative Writing from UNC Chapel Hill and a M.Ed. from Harvard. When he was only 26, Albright published Blessed Returns, a memoir about a summer he spent working in the slums of Camden, New Jersey. In 2009, Albright published Sidelines, which was hailed by the Sun Journal as "the definitive word" on high school football. His work has appeared in the News and Observer, Herald-Sun, and Independent Weekly. Albright currently teaches English and Creative Writing at Jordan High School in Durham, NC, where he also coaches football. In 2006, Albright was named the Durham Public Schools Teacher of the Year. In 2008, he received the Milken National Educator Award, dubbed the "Oscars of Teaching" by Teacher Magazine. In addition to teaching, Albright is a freelance editor and a regular guest lecturer on issues of urban education. He lives with his wife and son in Durham.
Walking Through The Pain by Dean Alleyne Walking Through The Pain by Dean Alleyne April 12, 2012 $9.99 43462 words Sample 20%
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Dr Dean Alleyne was born in St Andrew, Barbados and educated at The Alleyne School, St Andrew and Harrison College, St Michael. After four years teaching, he moved to England where he completed a BA degree in Geography at Birkbeck College, London before resuming his career in teaching. He later completed an MEd at the University of Keele and after retiring as a head of a secondary school, successfully completed a Doctorate in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.
John Somerset Pakington: his first 50 years by Andrew Harris John Somerset Pakington: his first 50 years by Andrew Harris April 11, 2012 $4.99 166445 words Sample 20%
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I am a retired businessman, and live in Droitwich, Worcs, UK. I have been interested in local history for many years, and have completed a study of the Vernon family of Hanbury Hall, Worcs, also workhouses and the Andover Union scandal, as well as the Pakington family. I can be contacted on andrewharris1@mac.com
A Reflected Life III by Cyn Bagley A Reflected Life III by Cyn Bagley April 11, 2012 $3.49 10213 words Sample 20%
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Cyn Bagley spent much of her formative years in moving with her family. She continued this obsession by joining the US Navy, and seeing the world: Japan, Panama, and Germany. She was diagnosed with Wegener's Granulomatosis, a Vasculitis disease, in 2003, giving her more time to write. She now lives in Northern Nevada and is an aunt to all the Chihuahuas in her area.
Midnight Sun, Arctic Moon by Mary Albanese Midnight Sun, Arctic Moon by Mary Albanese April 11, 2012 $9.99 61091 words Sample 20%
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Mama and Me by Bette Nunn Mama and Me by Bette Nunn April 11, 2012 $5.99 300220 words Sample 20%
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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.
Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy, an essay in The David Morrell Non-Fiction E-Collection #2 by David Morrell Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy, an essay in The David Morrell Non-Fiction E-Collection #2 by David Morrell April 11, 2012 $0.99 7735 words Sample 5%
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DAVID MORRELL David Morrell is the award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. He was born in 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. In 1960, at the age of seventeen, he became a fan of the classic television series, Route 66, about two young men in a Corvette convertible traveling the United States in search of America and themselves. The scripts by Stirling Silliphant so impressed Morrell that he decided to become a writer. In 1966, the work of another writer (Hemingway scholar Philip Young) prompted Morrell to move to the United States, where he studied with Young at the Pennsylvania State University and received his M.A. and Ph. D. in American literature. There, he also met the esteemed science-fiction author William Tenn (real name Philip Klass), who taught Morrell the basics of fiction writing. The result was First Blood, a ground-breaking novel about a returned Vietnam veteran suffering from post-trauma stress disorder who comes into conflict with a small-town police chief and fights his own version of the Vietnam War. That “father” of modern action novels was published in 1972 while Morrell was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa. He taught there from 1970 to 1986, simultaneously writing other novels, many of them international bestsellers, including the classic spy trilogy, The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a top-rated NBC miniseries that premiered after a Super Bowl), The Fraternity of the Stone, and The League of Night and Fog. Eventually wearying of two professions, Morrell gave up his academic tenure in order to write full time. Shortly afterward, his fifteen-year-old son Matthew was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and died in 1987, a loss that haunts not only Morrell’s life but his work, as in his memoir about Matthew, Fireflies, and his novel Desperate Measures, whose main character lost a son. “The mild-mannered professor with the bloody-minded visions,” as one reviewer called him, Morrell is the author of thirty-three books, including such high-action thrillers as The Naked Edge, Creepers, and The Spy Who Came for Christmas (set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives). Always interested in different ways to tell a story, he wrote the six-part comic-book series, Captain America: The Chosen. His writing book, The Successful Novelist, analyzes what he has learned during his four decades as an author. Morrell is a co-founder of the International Thriller Writers organization. Noted for his research, he is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School for wilderness survival as well as the G. Gordon Liddy Academy of Corporate Security. He is also an honorary lifetime member of the Special Operations Association and the Association of Intelligence Officers. He has been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities, executive protection, and car fighting, among numerous other action skills that he describes in his novels. To research the aerial sequences in The Shimmer, he became a private pilot. Morrell is an Edgar and Anthony nominee as well as a three-time recipient of the distinguished Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. The International Thriller Writers organization gave him its prestigious ThrillerMaster Award. With eighteen million copies in print, his work has been translated into twenty-six languages.
One Bite Of The Cherry by Jacqueline Stewart One Bite Of The Cherry by Jacqueline Stewart April 10, 2012 $4.99 61547 words Sample 20%
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With writing, I was a late starter, as I'd always wanted to be an actor. I used to sing too, and rather fancied myself in Musical Comedy except that I was too tall to be the heroine. But after I got married, and had three children, I was too busy with other things. Then in 1964, my life took an unusual turn, for my army officer husband was sent to Bangkok for two years, on a SEATO project, and of course we all went with him. Well, that was an experience - a bit like being tossed in at the deep end of a pool where you'd sink if you didn't quickly learn to swim. We knew nothing about Bangkok. It was so very hot all the time, and airconditioners were rare. Very few people spoke English and the language was difficult to learn. However life gradually improved, we began to make friends, and as I didn't have any housework to do, I began to love my life style. I could go out all day, knowing that my cook would be serving the dinner by the time we all came home. I started teaching English to fill in my time, the children settled down at their new school, and things were going well until the Easter weekend when our cook was stabbed. But that's another story and one of the reasons I wrote "One Bite Of The Cherry". So many strange and wonderful things began to happen to us during our two years in Bangkok, that I had to share our story, so that others could enjoy it too.
John Lennon: Quick Quips, Cryptic Quotes & Cool Comments! by Greatest Books John Lennon: Quick Quips, Cryptic Quotes & Cool Comments! by Greatest Books April 10, 2012 $2.99 2574 words Sample 20%
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The Who: Before They Were Famous The loudest Rock Band in the World by Greatest Books The Who: Before They Were Famous The loudest Rock Band in the World by Greatest Books April 10, 2012 $2.99 8142 words Sample 20%
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A Satin Place/Hope After Abortion by Anna Houstan A Satin Place/Hope After Abortion by Anna Houstan April 10, 2012 $2.99 5915 words Sample 20%
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Anna lives in Minnesota with her husband. She has been blessed with two grown children who are both married and several grandchildren. She is a retired registered nurse. She likes to quilt, read, and garden. She also enjoys the company of her dogs. She would like to hear your comments.
The Highest Peak by Kathy Lee Pair The Highest Peak by Kathy Lee Pair April 10, 2012 $3.75 59353 words Sample 20%
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Kathy lives in Fort Bragg, NC with her husband who is a Chaplain in the U.S. Army. She started writing short stories as a child and won several writing contest. She enjoys mystery, thrillers, children books and science fiction.
Journey to Destination Next: Peace in the midst of any storm by Sheila Smith Journey to Destination Next: Peace in the midst of any storm by Sheila Smith April 09, 2012 $2.99 49529 words Sample 10%
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Sheila R Smith is an Ambassador, Empress and A Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Apostolic (Prophet and Seer), Intercessor, Author; worship leader; counselor; mentor; life coach; Motivational Speaker; A cheerleader and advocate for Woman and their causes. "Most of all a Servant". Lady Smith is a no nonsense straight talking woman of God that is humorous as much as serious about the things of the Kingdom. She is known for straight talk with no chaser being the order of the day. A mother of 4 adult children and 7 grandchildren, Prophetess Smith's life's passion is to see people become all that they are predestined to be.
Memories from Canada to Colorado by Kate Everson Memories from Canada to Colorado by Kate Everson April 09, 2012 Free! 1360 words Read a sample
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I am a Canadian photojournalist interested in topics of spirituality, travel, ancient sites and Celtic history. One of the key elements in my ebooks is nature as I find that a way to connect to the spiritual side of people. Whether fiction or nonfiction, we can all relate to the trees, sun and sky. I also like writing stories about my grandchildren Shannon and Ally who are growing up faster than I can write!
Shouting for Justice: The Journey of a Jewish Journalist by Herb Brin Shouting for Justice: The Journey of a Jewish Journalist by Herb Brin April 09, 2012 $4.99 37426 words Sample 20%
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Herb Brin (1915 – 2003) was born and raised in Chicago. Herb was an investigative reporter for the City News Bureau and Los Angeles Times, a world-recognized poet, and pioneering Jewish journalist. He founded the Heritage, a chain of Jewish community newspapers spanning southern California, where he served as editor, publisher and columnist. His books include: Conflicts, My Spanish Years, Wild Flowers, Nobody Died Laughing, Poems from the Rubio, Ich bin Ein Jude, and Justice, Justice. He is survived by three sons, Stan, David and Dan.
13 Years in America by Melanie Steele 13 Years in America by Melanie Steele April 09, 2012 Free! 68620 words Read a sample
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Melanie moved to the United States from Canada in 1998 and, after traveling and relocating several times, she settled in Minnesota to earn her master's degree in English. For the past five years, she has served as the Development Director for a rural community radio station on the North Shore of Lake Superior. In her free time, which translates to the hours after she puts her daughter to bed each night—the hours that most people fill with watching TV or socializing with friends—she has written 13 Years in America. You can e-mail her at Melsteele.writer@gmail.com. She’d love to hear from you.
The Protected Will Never Know: 10th Anniversary Edition by Don Meyer The Protected Will Never Know: 10th Anniversary Edition by Don Meyer April 09, 2012 $7.99 70415 words Sample 20%
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Don Meyer is a writer and speaker. He is the author of six books, including Jennifer’s Plan, Winter Ghost, McKenzie Affair, Uncle Denny, The American War, and the Vietnam War memoir The Protected Will Never Know.
A Genteel Spy by Judith Riker Damon A Genteel Spy by Judith Riker Damon April 09, 2012 $6.99 51651 words Sample 20%
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Mending Matthew by Della Grant Mending Matthew by Della Grant April 08, 2012 $6.99 54266 words Sample 20%
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Boom Town Boy: Coming of Age on Alaska's Lost Frontier by Jack de Yonge Boom Town Boy: Coming of Age on Alaska's Lost Frontier by Jack de Yonge April 07, 2012 $9.99 65537 words Sample 20%
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Escape From Critical Confusion by Joseph Harris Escape From Critical Confusion by Joseph Harris April 07, 2012 $2.49 87554 words Sample 20%
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I have a criminal and drug addiction history, which I have been free from for 39 years. My experience in these two areas is what motivated me to write, "Escape From Critical Confusion". Besides the history,I also have been working in the field of chemical dependency for 38 years and I have a bachelor's of science in counseling and human development.
Bluejacket: A Sailor's Life by Chet Bright with Derek Turner Bluejacket: A Sailor's Life by Chet Bright with Derek Turner April 07, 2012 $4.99 51807 words Sample 15%
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Chet Bright is a retired senior chief petty officer and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, where he was a member of the Navy's elite Underwater Demolition Teams. He is a former instructor at the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal School and served in Vietnam with the National Oceanographic Office. In retirement, he captained the Peace & Plenty for nearly 40 years. He lives in Stuart, Florida. Derek Turner is the Washington Bureau Chief for Stars and Stripes, the independent newspaper serving the U.S. military around the world. He lives in La Plata, Maryland.
Entangled in Yugoslavia - an Outsider's Memoir by Stephanie Allen-Early Entangled in Yugoslavia - an Outsider's Memoir by Stephanie Allen-Early April 07, 2012 $7.50 58646 words Sample 20%
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Ultramarine and Yellow Dreams by Ruth Kolman Brophy Ultramarine and Yellow Dreams by Ruth Kolman Brophy April 06, 2012 Free! 698 words Sample 20%
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Ruth Kolman Brophy is an Austrian painter and writer living in the San Francisco Bay area.
Mr. Olcott's Skies: An Old Book and a Youthful Obsession by Thomas Watson Mr. Olcott's Skies: An Old Book and a Youthful Obsession by Thomas Watson April 06, 2012 $1.99 35430 words Sample 20%
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I am a writer, gardener, naturalist, and amateur astronomer delighted to find himself living in Tucson, Arizona. That puts me in an amazing and biologically diverse desert land, and right next door to some very dark skies. When the sun goes down, I mean. And assuming there are no clouds.
Barfußkinder: Eine Kindheit in der Zwischenkriegszeit by Berta Margreiter Barfußkinder: Eine Kindheit in der Zwischenkriegszeit by Berta Margreiter April 06, 2012 $19.99 80612 words Sample 15%
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Berta Margreiter geb. Rabl wurde am 7. Dezember 1924 als jüngstes von vier Kindern in Hopfgarten, Grafenweg 4, geboren. Ihre Familie besaß eine kleine Landwirtschaft. Leider verstarb der Vater schon im Jahre 1926. Seine Witwe musste sich allein mit den kleinen Kindern ohne jegliche Unterstützung durchbringen. Berta besuchte die Volksschule in Niederau-Wilschönau, danach half sie daheim im Haus und in der Landwirtschaft, zumal ihr Bruder Sepp, der die Landwirtschaft einmal übernehmen sollte, zum Arbeitsdienst und dann zur Wehrmacht einberufen wurde. Doch die Mutter kränkelte immer mehr, sie musste ins Spital und sodann in die Klinik nach Innsbruck eingeliefert werden. Dort starb sie am 7. März 1941. Einige Zeit vor und nach dem Tode der Mutter war Berta allein im Haus und versorgte Hauswesen und Vieh so gut sie vermochte. Dann wurde das kleine Anwesen verpachtet. Berta kam zu einer alleinstehenden Tante nach Kundl, von dort besuchte sie die Handels-schule in Schwaz. Danach war sie als Büroangestellte im Arbeitsamt Schwaz beschäftigt, kurze Zeit nach dem Krieg noch ein Jahr in den Jenbacher Werken. Berta heiratete den nachmaligen Volksschuldirektor Bartl Margreiter und bekam mit ihm zwei Kinder. Danach war sie nur noch Hausfrau und Mutter. Nebenbei aber, soweit es ihre Zeit erlaubte, begann sie mit dem Schreiben. Das war ihr schon seit jeher ein Bedürfnis. Es entstanden Mundartgedichte und auch Kurzgeschichten, vorerst ohne Ehrgeiz, sie zu veröffentlichen. Ihre ersten Förderer waren der Kulturredakteur Alfred Strobl von der Tiroler Tageszeitung, Dr. Anton Brugger vom Tiroler Bauernbund, vor allem aber Dr. Friedrich Haider vom ORF. Er förderte viele Mundartschaffende aus Nord- und Südtirol. Durch seine Sendungen machte er sie einem breiten Hörerkreis bekannt. Nach dem Ableben ihres Mannes verblieb Berta Margreiter noch 22 Jahre lang allein in ihrem Heim am Sonnbichl. Eine plötzliche Erkrankung zwang sie zur Aufgabe ihres bisherigen Wirkungskreises, sie konnte sich selbst nicht mehr versorgen. Aus diesem Grund zog sie in das Altersheim Reith und hat diesen Entschluss noch nie bereut. Von allem Anfang an bot man ihr dort die Möglichkeit zum Schreiben, ein Angebot, das sie dankbar annahm.
A Reflected Life II by Cyn Bagley A Reflected Life II by Cyn Bagley April 06, 2012 $3.49 10575 words Sample 20%
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Cyn Bagley spent much of her formative years in moving with her family. She continued this obsession by joining the US Navy, and seeing the world: Japan, Panama, and Germany. She was diagnosed with Wegener's Granulomatosis, a Vasculitis disease, in 2003, giving her more time to write. She now lives in Northern Nevada and is an aunt to all the Chihuahuas in her area.
Visions of My Father: Ode to Killer Joe by MaryJo Romano Visions of My Father: Ode to Killer Joe by MaryJo Romano April 06, 2012 $0.99 10909 words Sample 20%
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LSD and Me by C.Y. Dillon LSD and Me by C.Y. Dillon April 06, 2012 $0.99 3001 words Sample 20%
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"Living well is the best revenge." ~ Ivana Trump C.Y. Dillon is living proof that no matter how bad the dad, happiness and true love are possible. She openly shares from her own colorful past about the long-term effects of 'father hunger', being molested, and teen rape, in the hope that more men will own up to their responsibility to the children they cause to enter this hostile, frightening world. She has written a 'zen scifi' series under the surname of her beloved stepfather, Chan, earned several honors and awards for screenwriting, and recently bought a home in Tarzana, California.
John Wayne: The Westerns, an essay in The David Morrell Non-Fiction E-Collection #1 by David Morrell John Wayne: The Westerns, an essay in The David Morrell Non-Fiction E-Collection #1 by David Morrell April 06, 2012 $0.99 10376 words Sample 5%
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DAVID MORRELL David Morrell is the award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. He was born in 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. In 1960, at the age of seventeen, he became a fan of the classic television series, Route 66, about two young men in a Corvette convertible traveling the United States in search of America and themselves. The scripts by Stirling Silliphant so impressed Morrell that he decided to become a writer. In 1966, the work of another writer (Hemingway scholar Philip Young) prompted Morrell to move to the United States, where he studied with Young at the Pennsylvania State University and received his M.A. and Ph. D. in American literature. There, he also met the esteemed science-fiction author William Tenn (real name Philip Klass), who taught Morrell the basics of fiction writing. The result was First Blood, a ground-breaking novel about a returned Vietnam veteran suffering from post-trauma stress disorder who comes into conflict with a small-town police chief and fights his own version of the Vietnam War. That “father” of modern action novels was published in 1972 while Morrell was a professor in the English department at the University of Iowa. He taught there from 1970 to 1986, simultaneously writing other novels, many of them international bestsellers, including the classic spy trilogy, The Brotherhood of the Rose (the basis for a top-rated NBC miniseries that premiered after a Super Bowl), The Fraternity of the Stone, and The League of Night and Fog. Eventually wearying of two professions, Morrell gave up his academic tenure in order to write full time. Shortly afterward, his fifteen-year-old son Matthew was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and died in 1987, a loss that haunts not only Morrell’s life but his work, as in his memoir about Matthew, Fireflies, and his novel Desperate Measures, whose main character lost a son. “The mild-mannered professor with the bloody-minded visions,” as one reviewer called him, Morrell is the author of thirty-three books, including such high-action thrillers as The Naked Edge, Creepers, and The Spy Who Came for Christmas (set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives). Always interested in different ways to tell a story, he wrote the six-part comic-book series, Captain America: The Chosen. His writing book, The Successful Novelist, analyzes what he has learned during his four decades as an author. Morrell is a co-founder of the International Thriller Writers organization. Noted for his research, he is a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School for wilderness survival as well as the G. Gordon Liddy Academy of Corporate Security. He is also an honorary lifetime member of the Special Operations Association and the Association of Intelligence Officers. He has been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities, executive protection, and car fighting, among numerous other action skills that he describes in his novels. To research the aerial sequences in The Shimmer, he became a private pilot. Morrell is an Edgar and Anthony nominee as well as a three-time recipient of the distinguished Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. The International Thriller Writers organization gave him its prestigious ThrillerMaster Award. With eighteen million copies in print, his work has been translated into twenty-six languages.
Anne of the Borders - The Story of Anne Hepple, Author, 1877-1959 - by Mary Rawnsley & Wendy Bell Scott by Mary Rawnsley Anne of the Borders - The Story of Anne Hepple, Author, 1877-1959 - by Mary Rawnsley & Wendy Bell Scott by Mary Rawnsley April 06, 2012 $6.99 10655 words Sample 20%
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Mary Rawnsley was born in Glasgow and first began to write for her School magazine. Her varied working experience includes nursing and teaching. After marriage, she returned to writing and soon articles, poems, children’s and adult stories began to appear in magazines and local newspapers. Some of her stories – both for children and adults, have also been broadcast on Radio Scotland and other stations. Mary is retired and lives in the Scottish Borders.
All about Dhirubhai Ambani-A Rags to Riches Story by Students' Academy All about Dhirubhai Ambani-A Rags to Riches Story by Students' Academy April 06, 2012 $2.99 5244 words Sample 5%
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forget the Kardashians - You won't BELIEVE what just happenned to me ! Chapter 1 by Samara Pope forget the Kardashians - You won't BELIEVE what just happenned to me ! Chapter 1 by Samara Pope April 06, 2012 $0.99 2455 words Sample 30%
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Hello future Sales Psychologist ! If I can do it, so can you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you the amazing discoveries about the true nature of persuasion and sales success. Sales is the most important profession in the world because nothing happens unless a sale is made. No company, no business, no economy can survive without earning revenue that is generated from the efforts of the sales team. They are the modern day heros and warrriors who go out into the wild unknown to bring back sustainance and prosperity, not only for themselves, but for their colleagues, their organisations, their economies and the whole world. Yet sales professionals are often not allowed to realise how important and valuable they are. I am passionate about empowering sales professionals through my books, training courses, coaching and sales clinics in London, Dubai and world wide. I look forward to hearing from you and being part of your journey in transforming yourself from Sales Executive to Sales Psychologist. With my fondest wishes for your greatest success. Samara Pope www.samarapope.co.uk secretary@samarapope.com samara-noreen@hotmail.com
The Marilyn Monroe Story. (60 Year Anniversary Edition) by Campfire Publishing The Marilyn Monroe Story. (60 Year Anniversary Edition) by Campfire Publishing April 05, 2012 $2.99 20253 words Sample 20%
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The smoke of the fatherland by Joseph The smoke of the fatherland by Joseph April 05, 2012 $1.29 48920 words Sample 20%
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Das Leben und Sterben des Maximilian by Ham Pash Chadaev Das Leben und Sterben des Maximilian by Ham Pash Chadaev April 04, 2012 $13.10 10835 words Sample 20%
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Ham Pash Chadaev ist ein Unternehmen, welches den "eBook-Zweig" als Projekt versteht, das auch soziale Zwecke verfolgt. Es vereint mittlerweile mehr als 90 freie Autoren - großteils Akademiker aus verschiedenen Richtungen - hinter sich, welche anhand ihrer spezifischen Kenntnisse und Profile als Denkwerkstatt für schwerwiegende Probleme gemeinsam mit sorgsam auserwählten Betroffenen bestmögliche Lösungsansätze erarbeiten. Viele betätigen sich auch nach ihrer Pensionierung und bringen hochwertige Erfahrungen mit ein, andere recherchieren sorgfältigst in Babypausen oder haben einfach Freude an der Arbeit im Home-Office. Bei manchen eBooks kommen eventuelle Gewinne ausschließlich den dahinter stehenden Betroffenen zugute, andere dagegen sollen sollen ein Parameter dafür darstellen, inwieweit diese Form der Zusammenarbeit und dessen Output auf positives Echo von Lesern stößt. Wer denkt, er könne durch die Vermittlung seines Wissens oder seine Erfahrungen etwas Gutes tun, ist herzlich eingeladen, Vorschläge einzubringen und vielleicht produktiv an einem Folgeprojekt mitzuwirken.
Egy aradi fogoly levelezése menyasszonyával by Szentpáli Janka Egy aradi fogoly levelezése menyasszonyával by Szentpáli Janka April 04, 2012 $3.99 140151 words Sample 20%
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Remembrance by George Geisinger Remembrance by George Geisinger April 03, 2012 $0.99 10629 words Sample 20%
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George Geisinger studied music education in the early 1970's at Appalachian State University, in North Carolina, but after two years of study, Mr Geisinger had a disastrous turn of health, with which he has struggled for a lifetime. Mr. Geisinger, a naturally creative person, composes music for classic guitar, as well as for piano, writes poetry, fiction, and autobiographical stories. In the late 1980's, Mr. Geisinger achieved an Associate in Arts Degree in the liberal arts from Catonsville Community College, in Maryland. He studied creative writing there, and subsequently published short stories and poetry in literary and “little” magazines over a period of several years thru the 1980's and 90's. Mr. Geisinger now lives in Virginia, practicing his various crafts regularly.
Adventure With a Glass Eye by Julie Anita Raymond Adventure With a Glass Eye by Julie Anita Raymond April 03, 2012 $5.50 46862 words Sample 10%
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Out of this world by Felipe Alfonso González Out of this world by Felipe Alfonso González April 03, 2012 $1.60 5784 words
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Felipe Alfonso González is Chilean, he works usually as freelance Web Developer, but intrinsically he's a globetrotter, free-thinker, traveller, student, commentator, storyteller, translator-interpreter, a book-lover and author. From his youth he has been working in the area of communication and information technology as a web developer but his great passion is to read and write, to travel and to study languages and cultures, especially the English language, Literature, philosophy, politics, sociology, psychology and awareness or consciousness. Some people might do well to consider him as a man who made himself especially with his ability to write on different subjects in different languages, especially English because as a matter of fact, his mother tongue is Chilean Spanish. He studied English Language & Literature at the University of Arts and Social Sciences in Santiago, Chile and Engineering at the University Mayor in Santiago, Chile. When he's not writing or reading, he’s traveling or perhaps simply more likely he could be walking somewhere in the world, sitting in the bench of a park or just thinking about writing stories of his life or any other, because he always has lived an intense life.
Lies and Broken Promises - A Tale of Addiction by Alan Bradley Lies and Broken Promises - A Tale of Addiction by Alan Bradley April 03, 2012 $4.99 83363 words Sample 15%
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Most of my biographical information can be found in my memoir “Lies and Broken Promises - A Tale of Addiction”. I did not do very well in school, but, later in my late 20's, I went on to earn my bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. I earned highest honors with a 3.85 grade point average for my bachelor’s degree and 4.00 for my master’s degree. At Montclair, I concentrated on experimental psychology even though they did not have that specific degree program at the time. I knew I wanted to get into a Ph.D. program in experimental psychology. I enrolled in a three year doctoral program in Experimental Psychology at Fordham University. That was a wake-up call for me since I am an atheist and Fordham is a Catholic University. Half the courses are taught by priests. I was also accepted into the Experimental Psychology program at Kentucky State University with a fellowship good for $4,000 for each of 3 years. I turned the fellowship down because I was involved with a woman and didn’t want to end the relationship by moving to Kentucky for three years. I hoped to concentrate on statistics and courses like Physiological and Experimental Psychology. I thought that would make for a good career as a professor and researcher. However, a motorcycle accident ended my career in college. I have no lingering problems from the accident, but after 8 months on pain pills, I couldn’t psych myself up to get back into college work. When I knew a Ph.D. was not in my future, I looked for work in the computer field which was very rewarding for me. I always wanted to write since way back in grammar school. I never had the time or the attention span to sit down and do any serious writing until a couple of years ago. My focus over the next few years will be on more writing.
You'll Never Guess Who's Dying From Cancer by Michael Antcliffe You'll Never Guess Who's Dying From Cancer by Michael Antcliffe April 03, 2012 $4.99 31531 words Sample 30%
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Michael Jack Antcliffe was born May 13th, 1975 in the old McKeller Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The youngest of three children (siblings Christopher and Jennifer) in a working-class family, Michael spent his early years raised by his parents, Alan and Mary, in a country setting in the township of Scoble, a short distance southeast of the city of Thunder Bay. He enjoyed a childhood that inspired a love of nature and the outdoors. Michael moved back into the city in time to attend Sir Winston Churchill High School and continued his education at the University of Manitoba, where he stayed and worked as a youth care worker at Jessie Home Inc., for five years after the completion of university. Missing his family, Michael returned to his home town and began earning his way doing home renovations and construction, eventually finding employment with a university friend at First Class Finishing. Always choosing to keep life simple and concentrating on time spent with friends and loved ones, Michael continued to follow this philosophy after being afflicted with malignant melanoma and forced onto disability. Presently, Michael is exploring fundraising avenues and seeking to improve the lives of those stricken by cancer, whose fight each day is simply to reach the next. He is also making the most of his time, choosing to spend it with family and friends. Michael’s siblings, Christopher and Jennifer still live in Thunder Bay, along with their parents.
Trolling - Bacon Strips by Zardoz Trolling - Bacon Strips by Zardoz April 03, 2012 $0.99 50 words
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From Snow to Sand by Bookpal Australia From Snow to Sand by Bookpal Australia April 03, 2012 $5.99 59143 words Sample 20%
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