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FREE eBOOK BLOCK #2 – {06-06-2013}
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Tall, Dork and Handsome by Remy Richard
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
H olden Reed is a dork into computers, gadgets, and Star Trek.
Sabrina Kelly is a con artist into jewelry, pop art (preferably quickly moveable) and a clean getaway.
But when they both get into trouble, Sabrina can’t help but notice that her new partner in crime is Tall, Dork, and Handsome.
Holden is working on the biggest coding problem of his life, and that’s saying something for a man who’s been coding since he was ten years old. The problem is all of these distractions: threats against his sister’s life, break-ins, and the sexiest, most contrary con artist imaginable. How is a guy supposed to keep his mind on math when there’s a man-eater in the room?
Sabrina is just minding her own business, breaking into Holden’s home, when his head of security catches her in the act. She barters information about her accomplices (who are working on much more dangerous schemes than she is comfortable with) for her freedom. But after a few days with Holden, his sister and friends, she’s not sure that she wants her freedom anymore. What she may want…is a dork of her very own.
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Sensation: A Superhero Novel by Kevin Hardman
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Superheroes
L ike millions of other kids, Jim grew up wanting to be a superhero. Unlike most of his contemporaries, however, Jim actually had the goods: a plethora of super powers that would have been the envy of any meta on the planet. But when his tryout with the Alpha League – the world’s premiere group of supers – goes disastrously wrong, Jim basically becomes an outcast.
Two years later, Jim is still bitter about what happened to him. However, he soon finds himself the centerpiece in an odd turn of events that gives him a second chance at his dream. But nothing is as easy as it sounds, as Jim soon discovers. Among other things, he’s made an enemy of a prospective super teammate, he’s being stalked by an unknown pursuer, and a shadowy cabal bent on world domination has identified him as the only obstacle to their plans.
It’s a lot for one super to handle, even with a smorgasbord of abilities. But if saving the world were easy, everyone would do it…
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The Life List (The List Trilogy) by Chrissy Anderson
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Comedy
T he Life List, part I of The List Trilogy, is the ultimate chick lit novel and most of the story is true. Chrissy Anderson, a twenty-eight year old fashion executive, created a seven-point life list at the age of sixteen and she’s been steadily checking off the boxes and mocking the style and life choices of everyone around her ever since. Her life begins to run amuck when she unexpectedly meets a much younger, Leo, who makes her question her “perfect life.”
Chrissy’s lifelong friendships and her marriage are put to the test as she tries to sort out her feelings for Leo. With the help of her brassy, no-nonsense therapist, Dr. Maria, Chrissy learns more about herself than she anticipates. But, it isn’t until the untimely death of her best friend that Chrissy is catapulted into long overdue authenticity and scrambles to correct the mistakes of her past….trying to figure out if it’s Kurt, Leo or both that she has to get rid of to make everything right.
Women of all kinds–twenty-somethings, housewives and superwomen wanna-bes–will all be able to relate to the pressure of constructing the ideal life, only to fall short. Not everyone will agree with Chrissy Anderson’s decisions, but all will pause as they follow along on her journey to ask, “What would I do if I were her?”
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Spell On Me by Serge Smith
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Metaphysical, Literary, Literary Fiction
A transcendental experience dramatically changes the life of a young, career-minded professional hurtling towards middle age. Subsequently, cracks begin to appear in his well-ordered way of life. Even the most secure aspects of his world, which previously underpinned the stability of his existence, suddenly now seem alien, indefensible, and directionless. He begins to question the value of his own status in his adopted world, and sets out on a quest for a new meaning to his life: it must exist, the essence of it seems almost tangible, but how to reach it? From a series of allusions, disturbing dream sequences, visions and experiences, and from the conversations with the people close to him, the author, in the impressionistic form of a daily journal, takes the reader with him on his voyage of discovery, moving forward sometimes by intuition, sometimes by touch. It seems that the words even to express what he is seeking will forever elude him…until one final, defining moment.
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Round Robin – A Love Story of Epic Proportions by Joseph Flynn
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Humor, Romance, Romantic Comedy
R ound Robin Phinney…
She’s 230 pounds of bad attitude. She dishes out sandwiches and insults to the customers at Screaming Mimi’s deli. She takes a dim view of people in general and men in particular.
Her home is her sanctuary. She has an apartment upstairs. Downstairs, she’s created a private park, lushly landscaped, dotted with ponds, furnished with two Chicago Park District benches.
Manfred Welk is what Charles Atlas would have looked like if he’d been serious about lifting weights. A former Olympic powerlifter for East Germany, his ex-wife turned him in for spying. Brought to Chicago after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he needs a place to live.
When cold weather hits and Robin’s furnace goes out, the plants in her park start to die. Worse, she has no money for repairs — but she does have a small vacant apartment in her basement. Something she might swap for the services of a live-in handyman.
After interviewing a number of prospective fix-it people, Robin finds, to her great horror, the best choice is a giant German with CIA connections. That’s bad enough, but the guy turns out to have a kid, a blue-haired prepubescent brat named Bianca who’s been raised in a brothel.
Robin, Manfred and Bianca all have their demons to cast out.
You’ll have a grand time watching as they do.
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BARGAIN eBOOK BLOCK #1 – {05-18-2013}
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Distractions by JL Brooks
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
“ We are all pawns in some one else’s game.”
No one knows this better than Violet Phillips. When her beloved mentor goes missing, she suspects murder, which sends her spiraling out of control and away from the stable life she has built for herself. Soon, her past will begin seeping out with a vengeance.
“I will teach you how this game is played.”
Self-destruction threatens to consume Violet when a handsome neighbor that has been watching her from afar intervenes on her behalf. Shepard Leone may be six years younger, but it does not stop him from seducing her ears as well as her heart.
“Fascinating how much life can change in twenty-four hours.”
When Violet is forced to go down a dark road into a past where she must confront the demons that nearly destroyed her, will she be unable to deviate? Struggling with the loss of her missing friend, Shepard will find a way in and reawaken desires that she thought were forever lost. But Violet never forgets that if you are not careful, distractions will be your undoing.
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Scrambled Eggs by Maria Rose
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, Teens
M organ Tannunbum just cannot catch a break.
Take her family. Her mom is gorgeous. Like, former-Victoria’s Secret-Angel gorgeous. Her older sister is too, but more in a young Hollywood kind of way. Her dad is not, but he’s got the writing and directing talent that keeps the entire family living in an L.A. suburb. And then there’s 16-year-old Morgan, who managed to miss all the good alleles in the gene pool.
As the only non-famous in the family, Morgan is often forgot about by both People the magazine and people in general. But someone seems bound and determined to bring the self-described “Permanent Background Fixture” uncomfortably close to the spotlight -but not her terms. Morgan’s diary in the form of a screenplay has been stolen from her laptop.
And sent to her dad.
Whoops.
And as if her M.I.A. tell-all were not worrisome enough for Morgan, her dad loves the script. Enough to want to make it a movie. Except that no one can seem to find the real author.
Cue the private investigators. (And the swearing.)
Scrambled Eggs is the story of a teen caught in the ultimate truth -that she kinda wrote a movie about her family. And it’s kinda good. And it’s kinda going to get her disowned unless she comes up with a Plan B -fast.
10% of the proceeds from the sale of this book go to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Publisher’s Note: Although JDRF is receiving funds from the sale of this novel, please note that diabetes appears nowhere in the book.
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Kingdom of Heroes by Jay Phillips
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Paranormal & Urban
Y ears ago, a gene virus ran rampant across the planet, leaving a small percentage of people gifted/ cursed with extraordinary abilities and humanity itself forever changed. Suddenly, there were people with super strength and speed, people who could read minds, people who could teleport themselves from place to place with but a single thought.
Several of these people joined together to form The Seven, the most powerful group of supers the world had ever known. Led by the enigmatic Agent America, The Seven kept the country safe from threats both foreign and internal. That is until the United States government decided the threat of the supers outweighed any protection they could offer.
After a war between the super powered and the normals (as non-powered humans are now referred), The Seven have placed themselves as the nation’s rulers, controlling the country through fear and intimidation. But now, someone or something is murdering The Seven one-by-one, single handedly attempting to make them pay for all of the sins they have committed.
To stop a killer, The Seven turn to a man who hates them as much as anyone. An imprisoned man known only as The Detective finds himself in the unenviable position of helping the people he despises in exchange for his freedom.
A noir detective mystery wrapped around the superhero myth, Kingdom of Heroes is a character driven novel that will leave you guessing and entertained until the very end.
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The Sexy & The Undead (Sexy Witches) by Charity Parkerson
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Fantasy & Futuristic, Fantasy, Paranormal, Angels, Witches & Wizards
A potion gone wrong, or right?
Single, unemployed, and in charge of her very own pet zombie, Ella Perry is cooking up trouble, and it’s raining men.
Ella has spent years searching for a cure for a zombie named Freddie. However, when an experimental concoction takes an unexpected turn, she gets a glimpse of the life she’s been missing by hanging out with the undead.
Zombies, Angels, and Pixies. Oh my! Don’t miss out on the first book in the new “Sexy Witches” series by Bestselling Author Charity Parkerson.
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Mad Gods – Predatory Ethics: Book I by Athanasios
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Occult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical
P owerful and secret organizations have manipulated fate, influenced and corrupted humanity to steal their souls.
Just before the success of their centuries old plans they were stopped. In 1962 one man and a lost soul were all that stood in their way.
They gave us a new hope in the face of oblivion laid out in forgotten Gospels and the Bible. What could one person do against such overwhelming opposition intent on enslaving the world? Mad Gods re-imagines myth, history and gods.
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FREE eBOOK BLOCK #2 – {05-17-2013}
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Skankenstein by David Fumarola
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Paranormal & Urban
S ometimes the ugliest monsters come in the prettiest packages…
Victoria Frank is the picture of teen perfection – she’s talented, witty, and ruthless – but being queen of tiny Geneva, NY isn’t enough. Tired of merely designing the perfect outfit, she sets out to design the perfect person. But by the time she realizes beauty is only skin deep, she’s already unleashed her monster on the world. Now it’s a race against time to stop the vile creature from destroying her life, and she has to do it in the most evil place of all – high school.
After ditching her horrifying creation in L.A., all Victoria wants is the perfect senior year, but it becomes impossible when the dreaded beast shows up in her own backyard. Armed with a new body, a new attitude and a new name, M turns the school hierarchy on its head. But when M suffers the embarrassment of a lifetime and sets her sights on revenge, our queen bee finds herself pitted in a cat fight to the death where kid sisters, boyfriends and tiaras are all fair game. It’s a twist on Frankenstein unlike any before, with an ending so explosive it’ll leave your bowels quaking.
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Garden Guide – A No Nonsense, No PhD, No Fuss Guide to Great Gardens with Hand-Holding How To’s for Beginners and Straightforward Instruction for Advanced Gardeners by Sarah Olver
Genre(s): Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Gardening & Landscape Design, By Technique, Gardening & Horticulture, Techniques
W e’ve all admired our neighbor’s gorgeous gardens filled with flowering perennials and longed to recreate their beauty in our own back yard. But if we’re being honest, when it comes to gardening, most of us have no idea where to begin. Additionally, in these economic times, who can afford to hire an expert to come in and do the job for us? That said, regular folks all across North America and Europe are returning to the soil, shovels in hand. With the help of this book, there is absolutely no need to fly blind into the world of green thumbs, perennials, and herbs. The name–Garden Guide: A No Nonsense, No PhD Guide to Great Gardens with Hand-Holding How To’s for Beginners and Straightforward Instruction for Advanced Gardeners–truly says it all. Indeed, this book is the hand-holding garden guide that will walk even the most timid novice right through the gardening process from beginning to end.
In addition to straight forward, practical advice in everyday language, you will love the stories and anecdotes Olver shares from her fifteen years of backyard, organic gardening adventures. Easy and entertaining, you‘ll probably read this book in one sitting, but you’ll reference it for years to come. The beauty of Garden Guide is that Olver divides her advice into two sections: Beginning Gardeners and Advanced Gardeners. No matter what your skill level, there are simple explanations, tips, and tricks that will walk you through every aspect of the garden process. Garden Guide features details such as:
• Everything you need to know about location, from sunlight to drainage to selecting just the right spot
• How to understand soil types, how to amend and condition them
• pH levels and soil testing broken down in simple terms
• Step by Step guide for planning your PERFECT garden no matter where the location
• Fertilizing made manageable with explanations for all those numbers and organic alternatives
• Composting broken down so you can start immediately
• Pests obliterated with loads of organic suggestions
• The basics of garden maintenance from deadheading to dividing perennials
• Loads of helpful website suggestions for purchasing plants online, getting ideas, locating county extension offices, perennial databases and so much more.
• Gardening terms are defined in language you will both understand and remember
If you have time to read only one book on gardening, this is the book to choose. Short enough not to feel like an encyclopedia and just long enough to wet your gardening appetite, Olver has woven basic garden science and practical ideas for everyday people into each page. With her warm, inviting, no-nonsense instruction, you will be amazed how simple and doable gardening really is. Not only will it thoroughly educate you in basic gardening, Garden Guide will send you well on your way toward beautiful perennials gardens and leave you inspired and hungry to begin planting in your own patch of earth.
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Calling Dr. Einstein (The Adventures of Mr. Tompkins) by Igor Gamow
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Education & Reference, Science & Math, Science for Kids, Literary, Education
I n this wildly entertaining and informative comic book, our hero, Mr. Tompkins meets Albert Einstein and explores such mysteries as gravity and the speed of light. Here’s a chance to learn something and have fun while you’re at it.
“The Adventures of Mr. Tompkins” is based on the popular “Mr. Tompkins” book series by the legendary scientist and author, George Gamow. Gamow’ s breadth of knowledge was astounding. He originated the Big Bang theory of the Universe, did groundbreaking work on radioactivity and helped decipher the genetic code. Now, renowned inventor and scientist, R. Igor Gamow has teamed up with talented comic book illustrator, Scorpio Steele, to bring Mr. Tompkins to life in a comic book series.
Along with Isaac Asimov, Gamow is regarded as one of the greatest science popularizers of all time. He wrote books on how the atom works; radioactivity; electromagnetism; the nature of light; and how scientists understand space, time, and motion. However, he’s best known for his classic series of books featuring the lovable character, Mr. Tompkins.
“The idea of this comic book is brilliant. Daunting topics, such as the theory of relativity, nuclear fission, and radioactivity, are presented here in a form that speaks to and entertains a very general audience. The author even uses analogies that help readers relate to very abstract concepts”.
– Catherine Thureson, Clarion Book Reviews
“By his ingenuity and narrative skills, Gamow is able to transform the puzzling and obscure mysteries of physics into magical and enthralling stories. It was Mr. Tompkins who made the new physics vivid and real for me as a child and I am sure that he will continue to do the same for a great many others.”
– Roger Penrose, winner of the Albert Einstein Medal
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doG Backwards by Guy A Johnson
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Paranormal & Urban
d oG Backwards is Guy A Johnson’s debut novel.
‘Really liked! V interesting, gripping and unusual!’ – Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of ‘Little Face’ and ‘Kind of Cruel.’
doG Backwards is the story of six lives that come together through an unimaginable opportunity: to meet with the dead for just one hour.
Michael works in an office and is mourning the loss of his five-year-old daughter, Milly.
Barbara has her own cleaning company and the death of her stepfather, Eric, hangs heavy on her conscience.
Connor is ten and, despite having the love of his aunt and uncle, still misses his mother, who has been dead for over a year.
Liam lives in his big family home all by himself, where he hides from his past and yearns for the return of his mother, father and sister, all of whom are gone for good.
Shelley, friend and lover to Liam, also has her losses, but keeps these a secret from him.
Their reactions are very different. Michael’s is very positive: he simply cannot believe his luck. The others, however, do not react in the same way: Shelley is disgusted, Barbara cannot face making a decision and ten-year-old Connor simply doesn’t understand.
There are further complications. Michael has to consider his estranged wife, Susan: she has not been chosen for the program. Barbara discovers the experience is likely to leave her penniless. Connor has not only lost his mother, but also his father. So he is faced with a dilemma that no ten-year-old boy should ever have to face: which one to choose?
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The Contract of Love by José Chaves
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Ethnic & National, Self-Help, Health Fitness & Dieting, Recovery, Drug Dependency
A birthday party is one of the few occasions when our father might come to visit, but you can’t count on it. “Guess what kids?” Mom says, trying to cheer my sister up as she dishes up dark brown squares of cake laced with shreds of carrot that look like little worms: “This cake contains absolutely no refined sugar. Instead, I used frozen orange juice concentrate!”
This is when we hear the sound of Latin music coming up the street like an ice cream truck. My sister’s eyes light up as she yells, “Papoo!” and runs out the door. I see our father’s Volvo pulling into the gravel driveway, his tires making the sound of popcorn popping. He’s pulling some kind of silver trailer with a shaggy grey pony in it that looks wild-eyed and is trying to escape.
“Oh Christ,” Grandpa Joe says, getting up to investigate. “What the hell’s he done now?”
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Growing up with a Colombian father for whom magical realism was a way of life made ordinary reality feel like an immigrant experience for author Jose Chaves, who was born in the U.S. but–as his father would insist–”made in Colombia!”
That experience comes alive like a movie on the page in The Contract of Love, a memoir about family that is both hilarious and heartbreaking. Chaves’ straightforward style turns the familiar exotic and makes the unfamiliar feel like home as he takes readers on a cultural journey from small-town, muscle-car America to the Chaves family farm in Colombia, where the cow is named Lyndon Johnson, and an emotional journey from his father’s volatile world where unrequited love is sung out loud in restaurants, to a fraternity where the most important rule is to never reveal your feelings to another guy in public.
With tenderness, humor, and hypnotic clarity, Chaves explores the landscape of love that holds us together, beyond the addictions that bind us–from the broken faith that sends a boy spiraling down, to the grace that finds the man.
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BARGAIN eBOOK BLOCK #2 – {05-15-2013}
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Sweet Hell on Fire: A Memoir of the Prison I Worked In and the Prison I Lived In by Sara Lunsford
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Memoirs, Specific Groups, Women, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Criminology, Crime & Criminals, Penology
“ A gritty, raw, and engrossing voice.”–Publishers Weekly I was a bad mother,
a bad daughter,
a bad wife, a bad friend.
Boozed out and tired,
with no dreams
and no future. But I was a good officer. Sara Lunsford helped cage the worst of the worst, from serial killers to sex criminals. At the end of every day, when she walked out the prison gate, she had to try to shed the horrors she witnessed. But the darkness invaded every part of her life, no matter how much she tried to immerse herself in a liquor bottle. She couldn’t hide from the things that hurt her, the things that made her bleed, the things that still rise up in the dark and choke her. With a magnetic, raw voice that you won’t soon forget, Sweet Hell on Fire grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. It’s a hardscrabble climb from rock bottom to the new ground of a woman who understands the meaning of sacrifice, the joy of redemption, and the quiet haven to be found in hope.
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Slouching Towards Kowloon by Alison Ripley
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Dystopian
A long the rain-soaked pavements of Hong Kong slinks the Revelation virus, which transforms people into ravenous, adrenaline-charged shells of their former selves, followed by a painful death.
Ruby is a remapper: one of the lucky few to be immune to the virus that decimated 90% of the world’s population, one of the brave few who ventures into the dark corners of Hong Kong to see what remains. In the wasteland of Hong Kong, Ruby finds what she’s been looking for, what her father and brother died for: the promise of a viral shelter. But the people who believe that immune blood can cure all are coming for Ruby, to take one of her only currencies in a broken world– her blood. And they will do anything to get to it.
As her memory continues to evaporate from her in the detritus of Hong Kong’s wasteland, a result of the gamma rays that surround her, Ruby knows that the only person to trust is herself, and the only chance at survival is the myth of the viral shelters that lie underground like a whispered promise. As she fights for her life and a chance at tomorrow, will she lose everything in the process?
The love child of Mira Grant’s Feed, Blade Runner, and William Gibson’s cyberpunk world of Neuromancer, Slouching Towards Kowloon is an action-packed thrill ride into the heart of darkness, where people will do anything and be anything for the bleakest, most distant chance at survival.
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Watchmen by Dave Gibbons
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Publishers, DC Comics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
T his Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V FOR VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and THE SANDMAN series.
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Branding Basics for Small Business by Maria Ross
Genre(s): Business & Investing, Marketing & Sales, Advertising, Public Relations, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, New Business Enterprises, Professional & Technical, Accounting & Finance, Accounting
I n Branding Basics for Small Business, marketing expert Maria Ross uses real-life examples to show how organizations of any size can create a winning brand to stand out, delight, and connect with their audiences. Small businesses, start-ups, and non-profits enviously watch the “big guys” create tribes of loyal followers. How do they do it? What can time and resource-strapped organizations learn from them?
The secret is starting with a strong Brand Strategy. Brand is more than just a pretty logo: it is your core promise, personality, and reason for being. Branding effectively and connecting with customers isn’t about how much money you spend, but about how clearly and consistently you communicate the right message through everything you do. This book reveals a ten-step process to create a strong Brand Strategy so you can craft messages to connect with the right customers, make smart marketing decisions and save money, inspire customer loyalty, share a clear vision with partners and employees, and break away from the pack and grow your business.
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Fatal Liaison by Vicki Tyley
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers
T he Kindle Book Review Best Indie Books of 2012 Semifinalist “It’s easy, enjoyable, captivating reading, and I am eagerly awaiting the release of her fifth…” -Book Boogie
“Vicki Tyley is the Australian P.D. James – a writer whose work is a can’t miss read.” -American Editor
“…easy, fluid readability factor. I didn’t want to put the book down, and it was immensely enjoyable.” -MotherLode blog
The lives of two strangers, Greg Jenkins and Megan Brighton, become inextricably entangled when they each sign up for a dinner dating agency. Greg’s reason for joining has nothing to do with looking for love. His recently divorced sister Sam has disappeared and Greg is convinced that Dinner for Twelve, or at least one of its clients, may be responsible. Neither is Megan looking for love. Although single, she only joined at her best friend Brenda De Luca’s insistence. When a client of the dating agency is murdered, suspicion falls on several of the members. Then Megan’s friend Brenda disappears without trace, and Megan and Greg join forces. Will they find Sam and Brenda, or are they about to step into the same inescapable snare?
75,000 words (approx 300 pages)
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FREE eBOOK BLOCK #1 – {04-29-2013}
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Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey by Daniel D. Shields
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Science & Math, Evolution, Professional & Technical, Professional Science
“ A cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones…” J. Hungerford.
Pack your bags for the wild side and hang on tight! Stamp your passport for adventure and enter an exotic world where animals have evolved side by side with humans. Prepare to be transported into an Indiana Jones style adventure and taken on a globe-trotting trek from the vast open plains of Africa, to the breathtaking beaches of Key West and Fiji, to the mysterious jungles of South America, before finally landing inside the gates of Sin City itself – Las Vegas, Nevada. Suspend belief and lose yourself in this roller coaster of a sci-fi thriller that has been called a cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones.
In Las Vegas, Shaw, billionaire casino magnate and self proclaimed world’s greatest showman, nears completion on the massive Serengeti Resort & Casino. Its amphitheater is being transformed into an authentic slice of African savanna for the show Predators and Prey which will savagely pit animal against animal in the bloodiest gladiatorial spectacle ever created for human entertainment. The only thing missing is the main attraction – which Shaw soon finds in Shark, the world’s only Great White pool-playing shark to be exact.
Shaw envisions the show’s tagline as “Come One – Come All To See – The Only Great White Shark In Captivity” but soon learns that capturing the world’s top predator and delivering him to Vegas is easier said than done. This daunting task will require the cruel tactics of the evil animal slave trading hyena, Old Jack. The heartbreaking plans they devise and innocent pawns they use to try to coerce Shark’s allegiance will force all to rely on primitive instincts to survive.
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Dating A Cougar (Contemporary Romance, Military Romance, Humor) (Never Too Late Series) by Donna McDonald
Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Love, Sex & Marriage, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Military
A fter several decades of looking for true love and never finding it, aging model and lingerie designer, Alexa Ranger, has finally given up the search. A couple years ago, she got tired of the game completely and just stopped dating. Now friends and family keep her mostly content, so it’s shocking at 50 yrs old to find herself suddenly wanting a sex life again. It’s even more shocking to be attracted to a much younger man this time. She definitely thinks medically retired Marine, Casey Carter is sexy, but can’t get passed their twelve year age difference to even consider a fling. Not that it matters anyway, anything resembling a normal dating relationship is totally out of the question because Casey is related to and living with her daughter’s boyfriend. The very last thing Alexa needs is yet another talk-show worthy drama in her already complicated life, no matter how amazing Casey’s kisses make her feel.
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This is a great character study in romance and the first of the series. I can’t wait to read them all. I definitely recommend this author and her books to anyone who loves a good romance and likes to laugh. And keep an eye out for more from this wonderful lady. ~ Jesse V. Coffey, National Examiner and On Air Host of Edin Road Radio
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CONNECTED by Simon Denman
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Technothrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, High Tech
B rief Synopsis
CONNECTED is a speculative fiction thriller with touches of science and philosophy, which reached No.1 in Amazon UK’s Bestseller lists for both Thrillers and Science Fiction within 5 days of release.
Beginning with the funeral of a renowned classical violinist in a sleepy rural hamlet in the Lake District, a former theoretical physicist tries to make sense of his brother’s suicide. Across the country, a university student, enjoying the unexpected attentions of an enigmatic seductress, is disturbed when his best friend falls to his death from the thirteenth floor of a neighbouring campus tower block.
As each tries to unravel the mystery behind the apparent suicides, they are drawn into an obsessive search for a computer-generated fractal video sequence, with startling effects on human consciousness, and which might just pave the way for discovery of the ultimate Theory of Everything.
However, they are not the only ones to have seen the potential of this mind-altering video, and soon find themselves in a desperate race against time with gangsters from the shadowy worlds of sex, drugs, cyber-crime, and massively multi-player on-line gaming.
Science Content
Although, as the reviews testify, CONNECTED has been enjoyed by many with no background in computer science, Mandelbrot Fractal geometry, string theory, quantum physics or brain science, those with some interest or knowledge in these areas seem to have particularly enjoyed the book.
One reason for this appears to be that most of these references are actually based on fact. Of course, some readers have preferred to skim these sections, and claim that this did not detract from the story. Others have appreciated the scientific detail and fidelity, and some have even thanked the author for explaining such things in a way that enabled them to learn something new.
Philosophy, Science and Religion
Although CONNECTED is mostly enjoyed as a fast-paced mystery thriller, it is also, to a limited extent, about the inevitable conflict between science and religion. The two main male protagonists happen to be atheist, and some of the dialogue explores the different thoughts and attitudes concerning some of life’s deeper questions. These include the origins of the universe, the nature of consciousness, and whether there could be life after death. Again these philosophical references to faith and atheism are few, and mostly quite short, but all are crucial to the story.
Setting and slang
CONNECTED is a contemporary novel, set entirely in England. As the story unfolds through two converging plot threads, the action switches between a fictitious village in the Lake District, the University of Essex in Colchester (an old Roman town about 60 miles north-east of London), Bracknell (a newer suburban town some 40 miles west of London), and North London.
Consequently, there is some British slang and occasional use of bad language (e.g. a few instances of the F-word etc.) in keeping with the age and background of the characters.
Why Connected?
Years ago, while the author was at university, a fellow student had a breakdown and was admitted to the local psychiatric hospital. A few, who knew him well, went to visit and reported that he’d subsequently lost the plot and was gabbling incomprehensibly of having found the answer to life, the universe and everything.
While most people seemed consumed with sadness and pity at this, the author’s first thought was, “What if he really had discovered some universal truth?” Although never seriously believing that he had, it was on that day that the seed of an idea lodged in his young brain – a seed that years later would germinate into the drafting of the first three chapters of CONNECTED from a cabin in the French Alps.
For more details, please visit the author’s website.
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Kick Menstrual Cramps in the Nuts by T.C. Hale
Genre(s): Health Fitness & Dieting, Nutrition, Women’s Health, General, Personal Health
K ICK MENSTRUAL CRAMPS IN THE NUTS is brought to you by touring comedian turned natural health expert, T.C. Hale (aka Tony Hale). Not only will Hale have you laughing out loud while he reveals the secrets behind cramps and how the human body functions, you will also learn how to look at your own body chemistry to understand the underlying cause of YOUR menstrual cramps. Since the reason cramps can exist varies from person to person, once you understand what is going on with your chemistry, this book will help you understand what foods, supplements, or lifestyle changes could eliminate your desire to scream at inanimate objects once a month.
If you are easily offended or if laughing is too painful while you’re cramping, you can read the more straightforward version of this book, DONE WITH MENSTRUAL CRAMPS. Both versions will teach the same science and the same secrets. In this version, the author just gets to crack himself up.
Here’s what some of Tony’s celebrity clients have to say:
“Working
with Tony is like jumping into the arms of your favorite aunt. Except
it’s not. At all. I mean, his methods work. But it’s not like that at
all.”
– Jane Lynch – Glee
“I
confess to being a full-blown ‘gymophobe.’ (I still have flashbacks of
my mean fourth-grade gym teacher!) Tony actually makes the gym
panic-attack free.”
– Tom Kenny – Voice of Spongebob
“Wait.
You mean the short skinny trainer dude with the neon sneakers who
writes books about women’s menstrual cramps? Did he ever get a single
menstrual cramp? I don’t think so. The guy who helps fat people get
skinnier? Was he ever fat ? I don’t think so. And what’s with the
whole fake I don’t talk thing? Is it turrets? If he did talk, would it
be a string of expletives even I would be offended by? I guess he has
a sense of humor. That’s something good.”
– Betty Thomas – Director – 28 Days, The Brady Bunch Movie, etc.
“You can argue with Tony, or you can do what he says and buy smaller jeans.”
– Kari Wahlgren – Voice of Tigres – Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
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A Reason to Live (Marty Singer Mystery #1) by Matthew Iden
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Crime
“ …a riveting and entertaining read. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.”- Karen Cantwell, author of the Barbara Marr mystery series (Take the Monkeys and Run)
“…several nights I read until I couldn’t keep my eyes open.”
- Misha Crews, author of Still Waters and Homesong
“That was a hell of a ride! I loved it!”
- Angie H., Goodreads
In the late nineties, a bad cop killed a good woman and DC Homicide detective Marty Singer got to watch as the murderer walked out of the courtroom a free man.
Twelve years later, the victim’s daughter comes to Marty begging for help: the killer is stalking her now.
There’s just one problem: Marty’s retired…and he’s retired because he’s battling cancer. But with a second shot at the killer–and a first chance at redemption–Marty’s just found A Reason to Live.
The Marty Singer detective series:A Reason to Live (Marty Singer #1)Blueblood (Marty Singer #2)One Right Thing (Marty Singer #3)
Please note One Right Thing was formerly promoted under the title Signs.
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FREE eBOOK BLOCK #1 – {03-23-2013}
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Due to international copyrights, not all titles will be available or similarly priced outside of the United States. – Holly
Spectral Witness by Diane L. Randle
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Occult, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense
‘ I could drown her. It would be easy.’
On a hot August day in 1985 a young mind on fire will try to put out the flames using the cold dark waters of Glass Lake. The remote high mountain lake, with its historic Hallstrom House has been called the most beautiful place on Earth. But, for Alex and her daughter Rose, it will become the most dangerous.
Glass Lake and Hallstrom House have been the scene of many tragedies, some accidental, some most certainly not. Alex must protect her daughter when tragedy strikes again. That night in Glass Lake nearly kills Alex and, near death, she leaves her body. Now she finds herself a witness to murder. But one that could never testify in court. For Alex has become the spectral witness.
Finding out who is behind the murder will take Alex across the most dangerous terrain of all: the dark core of her own soul.
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The Proposition (A Geek, An Angel) by J.A. JACKSON
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
C onfused and bitter about love gorgeous Janeshia James is content to just enjoy the fruits of her ambition being director of one of Silicon Valley California’s most prestigious nonprofits.
With his imposing stature handsome, geeky, genius Walker Perrault had given up on ever finding the object of his puppy- love crush as a child. Then after seeing beautiful and ambitious Janeshia at a fundraiser, he had to figure out how to get back into her life.
But when secret forces sabotage the success and the reputation of the nonprofit Janeshia works for, he’s brought in to oversee day to day operations.
The proposition wasn’t what she had expected.
Her destiny aligned her against three formidable men, one with the knowledge to take away her position, one with the power to take away her heart and one with a deep dark secret that could change her life forever.
Will Walker lift the veil of deception and expose the truth to her before it’s too late? Or will a dark secret from the past change their lives forever?
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Little Terrors (a collection of horror and ghost stories) by David Jester
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Short Stories, Single Author
A chilling, twisted and comical collection of horror and ghost stories.
From the psychotic and sociopathic monologues of Polystyrene Man and Last Words; the eerie tales of The Sleepover and When the Reaper Smiles; to the bitter sentiments of Wipeout and the redemptive misery of Ante Up, Little Terrors offers an eclectic mix of the horror genre.
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The Missing Calico (A Millicent Anderson Mystery) by Sylvia A. Nash
Genre(s): Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Women Sleuths, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction, Suspense
W hen Assistant Professor Millicent Anderson determines to help her childhood friend and colleague, Will Pollard, prepare for an interview at a major university, she has no idea how difficult or dangerous a task it will be. She soon realizes that to help him, she must stay ahead of a cunning villain determined to drive Will over the edge–perhaps literally–20 years after an intruder murdered his fiancée and stole an antique porcelain calico cat. Tenure obstacles, an unexpected love tangle, and the reappearance of the missing figurine complicate Millicent’s task of saving Will’s life–and her own–before it is too late.
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Journey With Me ABC’s (KDI Childrens Books) by J Adam
Genre(s): Sports & Games, Activity Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Sports & Activities
A s a children’s book author I really enjoyed creating this Kindle book and I hope it will be the first of many.
Journey With Me ABC’s grew out of a desire to create the types of childrens books that can be enjoyed by both parents and children together.
I want to encourage parents to read to their children. Studies have shown that reading to children is an invaluable activity that will help children to build literacy skills. Not to mention helping children to develop a love of reading.
Some Examples Of Rhymes From The Book:
A is for astronaut, way out in space,
And the apple and artichoke there on your plate.
A is a vowel, and for aardvark too–
Four others are vowels, and you’ll meet them quite soon.
B is for babboon and bananas that peel,
And bees and a bear looking for a meal.
B is a consonant that works well with others–
Like blender, broccoli, and even your brothers.
C is for crocodiles and corn-on-the-cob,
And cranes, big machines doing their job.
C starts words like crackle and crunch,
Just like the sounds when you’re eating your lunch.
You and your children will have fun teaching your children the alphabet with Journey With Me ABC’s. They will
love the illustratons and the rhymes.
So I hope you decide to order Journey With Me ABC’s today
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Boys For Sale (Book 1): A Novel about Human Trafficking by Marc Finks
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences, Violence in Society, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Alternate History, Alternative History
M ore than 2,000,000 children worldwide are bought and sold each year to be used as slaves. This may be just one of their stories….
When his parents agree to send Tavi off to a special school in the city that promises wealth and success, they have no idea that they are handing their son over to real life human traffickers.
Tavi’s excitement soon turns into horror as he learns what kind of a life he has been forced into and the things that are expected of him. As his world comes crashing down around him, he struggles to stay true to himself in the midst of the darkness.
But when one of his friends dies a horrific death, Tavi knows that he must escape if he is to survive and ever have a chance at a normal life again.
This is a story about Tavi, a boy who has been sold into human trafficking, and the man who is responsible for Tavi’s fate.
Disclaimer – This book does contain a couple of very brief sex scenes and minor drug usage. It’s based on real-life anecdotes from children who have forced into this kind of situation, and so there are a couple of gritty, unpalatable images that would have been unrealistic to leave out.
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Max Xylander and the Island of Zumuruud by Jon Thomason
Genre(s): Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy & Magic, Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror, Science Fiction Fantasy & Magic
C oveted 5 out of 5 stars! ForeWord Clarion Reviews
“Impressively inventive and enjoyable…vivid storytelling and exceptional characterization…Max’s personality is layered and complex…conveyed flawlessly…keeping readers intrigued and engaged…writing style is smooth, and a subtle sense of humor comes through…narrative tension builds at a good pace and easily flows toward a satisfying and exciting conclusion…parents are likely to both approve of the story and enjoy reading it themselves…talented writer…sure to find an appreciative audience that will eagerly anticipate the next book in the series.” –ForeWord Clarion Review
“Thomason shines in his heroine’s characterization…magical…” –blueink Review
Max has anger management issues. But she has a dangerous secret, too. She can make things happen. Like magic. She almost killed a kid and nearly used it on her stuck up older sister. Can she learn to do anything other than blow things up? And is it really possible that a teenage girl is the key to keeping humanity safe?
Philip just got his ring back. He got it taken away for messing with his teacher’s mind to cheat on a test. Now that he has his ring, he thinks he should be able to use his power to make his life better. But people want him to be responsible. But if you could do magic, wouldn’t you use it to escape work?
Aaron wants to be a soldier. Lots of people would try to take over, and he’s determined to stop them. The problem is that there’s this new girl who might be not be on the right side of things. She’s really talented and pretty, but she might be able to destroy everything. Whatever happens, he needs to be world class with his magic sword while figuring it out.
Brynn never gets out. Her grandfather won’t permit it. Her access to the outside world is magazines, so she has unusual ideas about what to wear. She’s dying to travel. And adopt animals. Is she a lonely future cat granny or are her clothes the next fashion craze?
Max Xylander and the Island of Zumuruud is a fast-paced fantasy adventure for all ages. Fans of magic, swordplay, secret agents, and conspiracies set in a modern everyday world will not be able to put the book down. Jon Thomason paints a vivid world of magic right under our noses and delivers rapid-fire action that keeps the pages turning.
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20 Shades of Purple by Chris MacRye
Genre(s): Humor & Entertainment, Humor, Love, Sex & Marriage, Satire, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
J oanna and Otto Levell are ordinary, middle-aged, empty nesters; until Joanna reads a popular series on sex, bondage, and domination. Armed with sex manuals, marital aids, and the advice of her best friend Wendy, Joanna pushes the boundries of their love life.
20 Shades of Purple is a delightfully naughty, fast-paced story which perfectly blends honesty, laugh-out-loud humor, and adult themes. This book contains sexual references and is intended for adult readers.
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Professor’s Daughter by R. Igor Gamow
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Biographical, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers
P rofessor’s Daughter is an illustrated, fictional memoir about an eccentric professor who’s been a non-conformist his entire career. He’s a former ballet dancer, an expert horseman and an inventor. He’s lead research expeditions to Nepal and explored the depths of the ocean. After his wife’s death, he tries to re-establish his relationship with his estranged daughter, Athena. She wants to know about her father’s secret life that he lived apart from both her and her mother. The professor tells Athena about his romantically adventurous life through stories filled with passion, humor and irreverence. It’s a volatile debate between a strong-willed daughter and her maverick father. Don’t we all fall in love with many others during our life? And what happens when we pursue those passions? In writing what he calls a “fictional memoir”, the author knows that there is always a risk that friends and family might take offense. However, his aim is to explore the mysteries of romance and have a good-natured laugh at the wild chemistry created when mixing men, women and love.
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Shark & The Wolf: Predators and Prey by Daniel D. Shields
Genre(s): Comics & Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Science & Math, Evolution, Professional & Technical, Professional Science
“ A cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones…” J. Hungerford.
Pack your bags for the wild side and hang on tight! Stamp your passport for adventure and enter an exotic world where animals have evolved side by side with humans. Prepare to be transported into an Indiana Jones style adventure and taken on a globe-trotting trek from the vast open plains of Africa, to the breathtaking beaches of Key West and Fiji, to the mysterious jungles of South America, before finally landing inside the gates of Sin City itself – Las Vegas, Nevada. Suspend belief and lose yourself in this roller coaster of a sci-fi thriller that has been called a cross between Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones.
In Las Vegas, Shaw, billionaire casino magnate and self proclaimed world’s greatest showman, nears completion on the massive Serengeti Resort & Casino. Its amphitheater is being transformed into an authentic slice of African savanna for the show Predators and Prey which will savagely pit animal against animal in the bloodiest gladiatorial spectacle ever created for human entertainment. The only thing missing is the main attraction – which Shaw soon finds in Shark, the world’s only Great White pool-playing shark to be exact.
Shaw envisions the show’s tagline as “Come One – Come All To See – The Only Great White Shark In Captivity” but soon learns that capturing the world’s top predator and delivering him to Vegas is easier said than done. This daunting task will require the cruel tactics of the evil animal slave trading hyena, Old Jack. The heartbreaking plans they devise and innocent pawns they use to try to coerce Shark’s allegiance will force all to rely on primitive instincts to survive.
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