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FREE eBOOK BLOCK #1 – {04-21-2013}
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Breaking TWIG by Deborah Epperson
Genre(s): History, Americas, United States, State & Local, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, South, Historical Fiction
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Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life.
Not even Twig’s vivid imagination, keen wit, and dark sense of humor is enough to help her survive the escalating assaults of Helen and a new stepbrother, but help comes from an unexpected source–Frank, her stepfather. Sometimes, having one person who loves and believes in you is all a girl needs to keep hope alive.
Often raw and irreverent and sprinkled with all the Southern flavoring found in a good bowl of chicken and dumplings, BREAKING TWIG, is about finding love where we least expect it, destroying lives with easy lies, and realizing each of us determine our own truth.
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“With a voice as rich as sorghum molasses, Epperson seductively draws the
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Where Brave Men Fall: The Battle of Dieppe and the Espionage War Against Hitler, 1939-1942 by Darril Fosty
Genre(s): History, Military, World War II
W here Brave Men Fall – A groundbreaking and disturbing history that exposes American and British back room politics, treason, and wartime espionage while laying bare the story of one of the greatest Allied military disasters and betrayals of World War Two.
On August 19, 1942, an Allied naval armada of 237 ships arrived off the coast of Dieppe, France carrying ten thousand sailors and soldiers determined to assault Adolf Hitler’s Fortress Europe in what was coined Operation JUBILEE. What these men thought would be a textbook lesson in amphibious warfare turned instead into a slaughter. In only seven hours of battle, the Allies, consisting mostly of Canadian troops, lost more men than the United States during either the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, or the Spanish-American War. Before the day was ended, the Canadians recorded a 68 percent casualty rate. Of the 5086 Canadians who landed at Dieppe only 1443 returned to England, many of whom were wounded. What was to have been the first Allied attempt to land a large force on the European Continent since Dunkirk instead, turned into a horrendous failure.
The Battle of Dieppe was the first serious Allied assault against Hitler’s western European defense system in World War Two. Historically, it is regarded as the preamble to the June 6, 1944, D-Day Landings. Yet, there has never been a detailed and complete examination of the political, military or strategic reasons behind the raid, the countless security leaks preceding the battle, nor the claims by both German and Allied troops that the Germans had been forewarned.
Where Brave Men Fall is a riveting and disturbing journey across the pages of WWII military and political history. Painstakingly researched, the authors tell the story of American and British political, military, and espionage intrigues and the events leading up to and culminating in the Battle of Dieppe. Their conclusions are both profound and sobering, revealing how the Dieppe Raid was part of a grand British military deception resulting in the cold-blooded and calculated sacrifice of Canadian troops, in part to prevent Hitler from freeing up his western forces for an anticipated German invasion of Spain. At the heart of the author’s research are new and disturbing revelations outlining of the role played by the American media, specifically Life and Time Magazine, in the publication of coded messages designed to forewarn the Nazi’s of the upcoming raid on the French coast. This is a must read book that will leave the reader angry and shaken, forever changing one’s perspective of American and British military history and actions of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Story Behind The Book – In 1986, two young Canadian historians, George and Darril Fosty, received and invitation to attend the South Saskatchewan Regiment Reunion in Langley, British Columbia, for the purpose of interviewing veterans of the Dieppe Raid. Little did these brothers realize that the Reunion would mark the beginning of a 25-year journey which would lead from a Canadian Legion Hall in British Columbia to the espionage streets of New York City, the back rooms of American and British politics, and the forgotten battlefields of France. Along the way, these historians would not only discover the truth behind the Dieppe Raid, but also succeed in creating a rare chronicle and account on the lives of a group of South Saskatchewan Regiment veterans who were forever changed by Dieppe and its aftermath.
About The Authors – George and Darril Fosty are the authors of eight books, including the bestseller Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895 to 1925. Where Brave Men Fall is considered their most important and finest work.
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How to Survive Anywhere: A Guide for Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Wilderness Environments by Christopher Nyerges
Genre(s): Sports & Outdoors, Hiking & Camping, Instructional, Outdoors & Nature
W ell-illustrated, easy-to-follow, step-by-step survival instructions
Practical tips for anyone, anywhere, in almost any survival situation
This unique book addresses the basic survival skills needed to keep you alive and healthy in the woods, suburbs, and city. Each chapter focuses on a primary area of concern–water, fire, food, shelter, clothing, tools, and weapons–describing in detail practices applicable to all environments. This one-of-a-kind guide provides real solutions to life-threatening situations caused by natural or man-made disasters, as well as the challenges encountered by anyone who wants to live more independently from modern systems, for a few days or a lifetime.
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The Problem of Evil: A Biblical Perspective by Doug Erlandson
Genre(s): Christian Books & Bibles, Theology, Politics & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Religious, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Apologetics
“ If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why is there evil in the world? An all-powerful and all-knowing God would have the ability to eliminate evil while an all-good God would want to eliminate evil. Yet, evil exists. So, how can God possibly be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good?”
Commonly known as the “problem of evil,” this question has perplexed philosophers and theologians for centuries. Countless books and articles have been devoted to trying to justify the goodness of God in the face of evil. Others have sought to show that these justifications are unpersuasive.
In The Problem of Evil: A Biblical Perspective, Dr. Doug Erlandson takes a fresh approach to the problem, one that is based on the revelation given in the Judeo-Christian scriptures. Drawing on his nearly forty years of teaching and writing on the issue, Erlandson first of all looks at the traditional attempts to provide a justification of God in light of the evil in the world. These justifications, known as “theodicies,” fall into three major types–metaphysical theodicies, the freewill defense, and greater-good theodicies. Erlandson devotes a chapter to each of these.
Metaphysical theodicies are those that argue that there is something in the nature of creation or in human beings that makes the existence of evil inevitable. Through an examination of St. Augustine’s theodicy as well as that of C.S. Lewis, Erlandson shows that this approach is particularly unpromising as a way of trying to solve the problem of evil.
The widely-held freewill defense, which argues that evil results from the wrong choices of free human beings, is shown to rest on certain debatable assumptions, the most crucial of which is that genuine free choice must result in evil. Through a careful analysis of the relationship between divine omniscience and human free will as well as an explication of what free will is, Erlandson demonstrates that this assumption is mistaken and that attempts to salvage the freewill defense through appeal to middle knowledge and timelessness are confused.
Finally, Erlandson examines greater-good theodicies, using the monumental work of John Hick (Evil and the God of Love) as his primary example. He shows that this approach, which argues that God permits evil to bring about a greater good, is as fraught with difficulties as are the other two approaches.
The second half of The Problem of Evil: A Biblical Perspective presents Erlandson’s fresh approach to theodicy. Arguing that the problem with the traditional theodicies is that they are anthropomorphic (man-centered), he proposes that we take a theocentric approach to the problem, one that assumes that God has created the world first and foremost to manifest His glory, and that He has created the world that is best suited to this purpose. We must also adopt the stance we consistently find in Scripture, as when God confronts Job: God is the eternal Creator of the universe. He knows what He is doing. We may not understand why He has created this world with its seemingly gratuitous evil. But He has promised to lead His children to glory. In the meantime, He asks us simply to trust Him.
Even so, although we must begin with trust, God has also revealed Himself sufficiently that we can gain some understanding of why He has chosen to create this world with its mixture of good and evil. The manifestation of God’s glory in creation involves the revelation of His attributes. Those that bear most crucially on the problem of evil are His righteousness, justice, mercy, and grace. Each of these is most adequately displayed in a world much like the one in which we live.
Finally, Erlandson points to the incarnation and the resurrection as proof that a good and loving God has not only experienced our sufferings and weaknesses but will fulfill His promise to bring His children to the eternal new creation where He will fully reveal to us how everything works to His glory and our good.
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Branded (The Branded Series) by K.L. Hawker
Genre(s): KindleStore, Teens, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
S eventeen-year-old Jake Rovert has never known the feeling of a broken bone or a lasting scar–he’s a healer, one of very few in the world with this rare gift.
Joining an elite group of Gifted Ones from his high school, Jake is quickly propelled into a life of secrets and training to enhance his gift. He becomes the healer they have been waiting for.
They didn’t expect him to fall in love.
He didn’t expect to be forbidden to be with her.
And no one expected him to risk it all to get her back.
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Breath of Air (The Dryad Quartet) by Katie Jennings
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary, Fiction, World Literature, Mythology
O ctober 30th, 2012: Newly revised and updated edition
Her name was Capri, and she was Air.
She was born with a gift she didn’t understand. A gift so strange, so remarkable that she had kept it secret for as long as she could remember, despising that it made her different when all she wanted was to be normal, to belong. As an orphan, belonging to someone, anyone, would have been an incredible blessing, one she would have given up all that she had just to get a taste of.
But the truth was that she didn’t belong in the orphanage in Virginia, or even in the United States. In fact, she didn’t belong with human beings at all. Because she wasn’t one of them, not really. She was something much more extraordinary.
She could shift the direction of the wind, create billowing clouds out of nothing, and charm birds into dancing on her open palm. She belonged to an elite group of beings, responsible for preserving the balance of nature and the safety of Earth from an underworld that deserved to be feared, and needed to be controlled. And after years of being lost, she had at last been found, and now the truth of how she had ended up so far from home was becoming horribly clear to her.
But there’s someone who doesn’t want her to return; someone who knows Capri was the only witness to an act of heinous treason and violent murder. And when she begins to search her memories for details of the night she was taken from her home, details that will implicate a killer, she finds herself the unwary target of an otherworldly dark force intent on silencing her by any means possible.
Forgotten Love: An Action-Packed Adventure Romance (The Forgotten Chronicles) by Kameron Scott
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Romance, Anthologies, Fiction, Men’s Adventure, Short Stories
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From the international bestselling author in Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue, Kameron Scott comes the first book in the adventure romance series, the Forgotten Chronicles.
A bizarre weather phenomenon…An ancient legend…An intoxicating woman…Somethings are better left undiscovered.
When a weather phenomenon causes the Greenland ice sheet to melt revealing areas that have not been seen for centuries, Professor Theo Cutro is determined to join the race of archeologists, professional and amateur alike to find uncovered history and treasure. He’s got the knowledge. He’s got the money. He’s got the equipment and even a really cool private plane, now about those permits…
When Theo asks the Chicago Museum of Antiquities to back his expedition to explore Greenland’s recently melted glacier regions, they say yes, with one condition…Gillian Langtree is coming with him.
Plunged together into an icy world of death and darkness, Theo and Gillian make a discovery that will rock the archeological community. But will they make it out alive to share their discovery? Find out in Forgotten Love.
Dinner at Deadman’s (Lorado Martin Mysteries) by C.J. West
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Urban Life, Mystery Thriller & Suspense
“ I will never again go to a flea market, garage sale, or rummage sale without thinking about Lorado. If you’re looking for your next treasure you will find it in this amazing novel.” Steve, True Media Solutions
“[Dinner At Deadman's] transported me; giving me a glimpse of lives totally alien from my own; ensnared me into sympathizing with and relating to a fringe society of people.” Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews
“I LOVED this book. I wish that I could give it more than 5 stars.”
The Deal Sharing Aunt
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Lorado Martin has loved junk since his grandparents took him bottle digging in the backwoods of New England when he was a boy. The search for antiques and collectibles led him to a unique hobby: digging through the estates of the newly deceased, arranging the sale of goods for the heirs, and keeping the leftovers for himself.
To make a living he builds and maintains housing for recovering heroin addicts and along the way he’s employed a number of his clients. The men wrestle with the siren call of drugs and teach Lorado about the difficult struggle to stay clean one day at a time.
When these two worlds come together, Lorado learns that not every elderly person dies of natural causes and that some estates are sold to benefit a killer. His latest project hits close to home. A woman he’s known since childhood haunts him from a fresh grave. Her grandson, an affable addict who has fallen off the wagon, stands to inherit a considerable sum whether he deserves it or not.
Mystery / Substance Abuse / Estate Sale
Your Millionaire Attitude by Pam Brossman
Genre(s): Self-Help, Motivational, Personal Transformation, Advice & How-to, Health Mind & Body, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Personal Growth & Inspiration
Y our Millionaire Attitude Is the true story of how Pam Brossman went from near bankruptcy and losing her million dollar home back to creating a global business with what she calls her Millionaire Attitude.
In this book Pam has included action steps, tips and strategies to help you re-ignite your own millionaire attitude and combat any adversity you may be facing in your own life right now..
Life and Success is an attitude! Let me help you to activate Your Millionaire Attitude by motivating you to take action and start getting results. No one is going to do it for you. You have to decide if you are a quitter or you are going to get back out there and just DO IT!
Pam shares how she just about lost everything through a simple but very costly decision. And how through pure determination, she manages to get it all back and more to live the dream life she was born to live.
Pam did what most people do when faced with severe failure. She retreated within herself and started doubting her abilities to get back out there and have another go. Instead she chose to accept the hand she had been dealt, hide away from her successful past and continue to exist day by day while going deeper and deeper into failure depression.
But it was the love of her only son Hunter, and the determination for him not to go through life believing his mother to be a quitter and a failure, that Pam finally found the strength she needed to get her millionaire attitude back.
After sudden tragedy rocked Pam’s family, she decided enough was enough and kicked herself back into gear to get back to the top where she belonged
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In this book you will find tear jerk moments, motivational stories, Pam’s real life failures plus the strategies she used to combat her adversity once and for all and come out back on top. Pam did finally reignite her millionaire attitude and today lives a million dollar lifestyle with her husband Steve, son Hunter and crazy Groodle dog Duchess.
Pam truly believes that success in life is just an attitude and she wants to help other women, going through their own personal adversity, get back out there and live the dream.
So what are you waiting for….let’s get started!
To Your Success Pam Brossman
When You Come Home: The True Love Story Of A Soldier’s Heroism, His Wife’s Sacrifice and the Resilience of America’s Greatest Generation (Historical Romance) by Nancy Pitts
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Historical, History, Military, World War II, Historical Romance
“ Daphne Cavin’s poignant story of love, loss and sacrifice was one of the most memorable I encountered in writing The Greatest Generation. Her daughter now completes the story with this very heartfelt book.” – Tom Brokaw
The war claimed Daphne Kelley’s young husband’s life, but it couldn’t keep Raymond – and his abiding love – from being with her when she needed him most.
First glimpsed in Tom Brokaw’s landmark bestseller, The Greatest Generation, the true-life love story of Daphne and Raymond Kelley went far deeper than Brokaw’s feature could reveal. Now When You Come Home provides the complete account of what New York Times book reviewer Michael Lind cited as “perhaps the most compelling” love story in Brokaw’s book.
Taking its title from a poem newlywed Daphne sent her soldier husband during World War II, When You Come Home tells of their young love in the heartland at the brink of war, and of the crushing uncertainty and fear as they find themselves a world apart. And when the poem comes back to Daphne – blood-stained by Raymond’s mortal wounds – When You Come Home shares the extraordinary event that restores the grieving young widow’s faith in the transcendent power of love.
Social Media Holocaust by Brian Krogstad
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Dark Fantasy, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Political
S ocial Media Holocaust brings you to the precipice and keeps you there, contemplating whether or not you have the courage to log in again! A gritty technothriller, engineered by Brian Krogstad and Damien Darby, it makes you think twice about using the net. Billions of people access social media sites across the digital sphere every day, and yet they stayed fairly harmless; until now. What if these pixilated parts of our lives weren’t risk-free anymore, but matters of life and death? What if the secret unprecedented threat they represent simply went largely unnoticed?
Murder, horror, tyranny, and Marshal Law… What evil lurks behind the likes, tags, shares, and the mask? Killers begin to come after us at random from Facebook, and before you know it, our cultures are unraveling. For no apparent reason at all, you receive a friend request from a mysterious masked stranger. Do you accept it, or ignore and deny it? You’d better think hard because in this story, the consequences for you and your friends list can be grisly. Advanced readers are already likening this dark fantasy to the heavy hitters in the genre, dripping with creepy paranoid overtones that thrill and terrify.
Explore a scenario where Social Media becomes a vehicle for apocalyptic scenarios, globalized murder, and the potential demise of civil society. Social Media Holocaust is the follow-up to Krogstad’s stunning first novel Dark Application: ONE (which debuted with comparisons to Michael Crichton, Lincoln and Child, and Robert Ludlum); is certain to please the most discerning technothriller fan. The latest of Damien’s ventures into the realm of ebooks, this work definitely shows he’s growing as an author by leaps and bounds, stretching into more genres than even he expected when his journey began.
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