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John Morano
"Morano does something few writers do. He provides us with a unique perspective - that of the exploited animal. In doing so, he demonstrates just how profound and pervasive humans' effect on the ocean is." — Roger Rufe, President of The Ocean Conservancy
Lupé might be the very last Guadalupe petrel alive, and he knows the best way to save his flock is to find the Islands of Life and a mate. The problem is the well-meaning man-flock that's decided to keep him safe... in a cage. But Lupé has hatched an escape plan all his own! Told in a 'Disneyesque' style, A Wing and a Prayer will have you smiling and laughing as you're introduced to wonderful characters but also important themes, especially the environment. Don't miss more adventures in Makoona (#2), Out There, Somewhere?(#3), and Flocks of One (#4)! Often compared to works such as Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Watership Down, and The Jungle Books, this 25th Anniversary Edition also features an introduction by Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy.- First in a four-part series
- Environmental/conservationist themes with an uplifting, hopeful message
- Winner of the East Texas Writer's Guild Second Place Book Cover Award
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Michelle Vines
Asperger's on the Inside?is an acutely honest and often highly entertaining memoir by Michelle Vines about life with Asperger's Syndrome. The book follows Michelle in exploring her past and takes the reader with her on her journey to receiving and accepting her diagnosis. Instead of rehashing widely available Asperger's information, Michelle focuses on discussing the thoughts, feelings and ideas that go along with being an Aspie, giving us a rare peek into what it really feels like to be a person on the spectrum. A must read for all those who enjoy deep personal stories or have a loved one on the spectrum that they wish to understand better.- Watch the author read the first chapter!
- 100+ 5-star reviews (91% 4- and 5- stars on Amazon.com)
- 9,000 copies sold!
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Steven P. Locklin
Deceit. Treachery. Treasure. Lieutenant Jackson Prescott, having just survived the cornfield at Antietam in September of 1862, is tasked by President Lincoln to infiltrate a Confederacy group that has obtained five tons of gold for their side. In the present, the violent death of an FBI informant thrusts Special Agent Jason Sparks into a desperate search for the very same lost gold shipment ? and his failure could mean his daughter's life. Two men separated by one hundred and fifty years face murder and betrayal while they fight to complete their missions. Two men, linked by a vast cache of gold? and the same piece of hallowed ground.- Bronze Medal Winner?2013 Florida Book Awards
- 94% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
- Authenticity and historical data vetted by Civil War historian
- Author?s family fought in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, inspiring the novel
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Charlie Brooks
Sarah is a teenage wizard, and she learned her magic from her mom. But where did her mom learn it? When her best friend gets kidnapped by sword-wielding monsters, Sarah finds herself confronting a past she's been made to forget. She must journey to the magical world-between-worlds known as Greystone Valley, with many deadly dangers of its own. Joined by friends both new and old, Sarah finds herself facing an enemy that magic alone can?t defeat. Will she be able to save her friend, or is she destined to be forgotten, too?- Don't miss the start of Sarah's adventures in?Greystone Valley (#1)
- Art by acclaimed illustrator Jessica Von Braun
- Expanded world/story info on author?s website
- Winner of the East Texas Writer's Guild First Place Book Cover Award
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Leon Berger
Tense, authentic, compelling - a tumultuous 24 hours in Beijing, as witnessed by those involved. Each year, howling winds from the Gobi send desert grit swirling into Beijing which then mixes with the existing pollution, causing fluorescent yellow skies and toxic, throat-burning smog. On one such day in March, youthful activists decide to gather in Tiananmen Square right outside the Great Hall of the People where the National Congress is in session. They are understandably fearful of what can happen to protesters in China but none could have predicted the unthinkable scenario and far-reaching climax which takes place during that single 24 hour period.- Based on true experience: During his many years in Beijing, the author experienced every aspect of that vast city, including the climatic conditions described.
- Reader?s Favorite 5-Star Book Award Winner (readersfavorite.com)
- ?The writing is good. The narrative is great. This is an important book. The world just doesn?t know it yet.? - Reader's Favorite
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George Wright Padgett
The future isn't what it used to be... In the Year 2191, something or someone is destroying the time corridor pathways into the past. If kidnapped present-day mathematician Luci Gaudiano can’t solve the mystery before they disappear, millions in the future will perish.? ? ? Digital -
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Michael Wentela
In the haunting aftermath of civilization's collapse, Vann Arnett stands alone—the last sane man in a world consumed by plague and stalked by the unhinged and murderous. When mysterious outsiders shatter his carefully constructed survival routine, Vann must fight not just to stay alive, but to maintain his humanity in an apocalyptic nightmare where sanity is the ultimate weapon.? ? ? Digital -
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Charlie Brooks
My favorite part of the book was definitely Sarah?s companions, all of whom stole the show??it was quite heartwarming to see them forge a strong bond of friendship and loyalty to each other and to Sarah. ? Si Ning Yeoh for?Readers' Favorite?(4 Stars)
Greystone Valley is a land of wizards, dragons, and warriors ? and one young girl who ends up there quite by accident when her idle wish is granted. Sarah discovers that not everything in the valley is as magic as she might've wished ? especially the nearly illiterate wizard, the mouse-sized dragon, and the warrior who can't stand the sight of blood. Being hunted isn't helping, either. Will Sarah survive this new life of hers, and can she make it home? And, more importantly, will she ever be the same again?- Art by acclaimed illustrator Jessica Von Braun
- Audiobook available exclusively on Audible, Apple Books, and Amazon.com - read by actress Serena Scott Thomas
- Expanded world/story info on author?s website
- Read the sequel! Conquest of Greystone Valley is available now!
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Leon Berger
This bittersweet chronicle about how a working horse finally gains his freedom was inspired by a real animal and true events, yet its underlying theme is about the universal value of friendship. The hero is a sturdy draft horse: old, eccentric and irritable. His name, suitably enough, is Groucho. By day, he hauls a tourist carriage around the heritage streets of Montreal. By night, he goes home to a stable in a run-down, working-class district. When his owner dies, Groucho feels the loss and is helped through it by the ancient stableman, Doyle, who is also set in his ways. This is the story of how they cope with each other, as well as the threat which endangers their entire way of life.- Silver Medal for Best Fiction Ebook of the Year from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (2013)
- Inspired by an actual horse, ?Catari,? and stable from Montreal, ?The Horse Palace?
- Featured in the Montreal Gazette
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Brian Nicholson
If humanity is to survive, the alien T'Kharr must be stopped... even if it means sacrificing tens of thousands.
Grand Commander Brandon North and his fleet must liberate a research facility taken by mankind's most ruthless and deadly enemy, the T'Kharr. The new technology developed there cannot be allowed to swing the decades-long war in the enemy's favor, even if it means sacrificing tens of thousands of lives... including his own. Reminiscent of David Weber's Honor Harrington, John Scalzi's Old Man's War, and John Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata, this thrilling debut novel will appeal to all fans of military space sci-fi, intrigue, and bloodthirsty aliens bent on humanity's subjugation or destruction?whichever comes first.? ? ? Digital -
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Leon Berger
THE TRUE SAGA OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF HISTORY Every Friday for the last 25 years of her life, I had lunch with Charlotte and each week she told me more of her extraordinary story. To all appearances, she was a strong and dignified survivor, with old-world courtesies, a twinkling sense of humor, and a lilting Austrian syntax. Yet deep within, she'd been scarred by a profound personal trauma. Finally, just before she died at the age of 91, she chose to entrust me with this profound secret and all at once I understood how it had affected her entire adult life.- Includes photo archive
- 95% 4- and 5-star reviews (4.7-star average) on Amazon.com (400+ reviews internationally)
- Reviewed & recommended by a senior curator at the Holocaust Memorial Centre of Montreal
- 2013 Finalist in the Best Indie Book Awards from The Kindle Book Review
- Reader's Favorite 5-Star Book Award Winner (readersfavorite.com)
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John Morano
"Sometimes it takes a book like Makoona to remind us just what amazing sights are lurking beneath the surface... It brings the ocean and its life to us... reminding us of its value and what needs to be done." ?Kathryn Fuller, President of World Wildlife Fund
Welcome to the inspiring story of Binti, a female octopus who lives in the Makoona coral reef, and Kemar, a Cambodian boy who fishes the reef. As a mollusk without a shell, Binti believes she's missing something... but the reef is a dangerous place to search for anything, let alone the shell that will make her complete and let her communicate with the spirit-fish. But helped by her friends and a psychedelic octopus who speaks in Grateful Dead lyrics, the search is on. Fifteen-year-old Kemar, a boatperson fleeing the Khmer Rouge, fishes the waters around Makoona where he crosses the path of a strange octopus and befriends both a Vietnam vet and an old American mechanic who claims she was once a world-famous aviatrix. Makoona?will make you laugh out loud as it transports you into the world of the coral reef and takes you on an island adventure that never loses sight of environmental concerns, personal fulfillment, friendship, self-awareness, and the tenets of eco-literature that Morano created in his unforgettable first novel,?A Wing and a Prayer. Don't miss more adventures in Out There, Somewhere (#3) and Flocks of One (#4)!- Features a special introduction by Kathryn Fuller, President of World Wildlife Fund.
- Environmental/conservationist themes with an uplifting, hopeful message
- Finalist in for the East Texas Writer's Guild Literary Fiction Book Cover Award
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Susan Adger
When an old church is torn down in the small Florida town of Toad Springs, a trunk full of stories written by the inhabitants in the 1930s is discovered in the attic. You'll meet Midge and Smitty Mallet, who end up in Toad Springs after being led astray by one of the Tennessee binder boys, Chuck Barber and his plans to get rich starting up a 'game of chance,' and Ginger Perkins who, after being jealous for years of her best friend's successful singing career, learns to be careful what you ask for. Laugh along with these heartwarming and hilarious down-home tales from another era in the sequel to Seashells, Gator Bones, and the Church of Everlasting Liability.? ? ? Digital -
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John Morano
"Morano does something few writers do. He provides us with a unique perspective - that of the exploited animal. In doing so, he demonstrates just how profound and pervasive humans' effect on the ocean is." — Roger Rufe, President of The Ocean Conservancy
For nearly one hundred million years, the coelacanths have lived in the ocean depths. They are living fossils, humble and powerful. They have hunted, borne young, and prayed to the spirit-fish. But for the canth called Maputa, all that is about to change. SeaTopia is an aquarium run by the man-tide. The Director, Dave, is an empathetic man who tries to help both humans?ocean whiz-kid, Kemar, and neglected teen, Samantha?and fish, but no measure of kindness can turn a prison into the sea. Out There, Somewhere?continues the outstanding focus on environmental concerns, personal fulfillment, friendship, self-awareness, and the tenets of eco-literature that Morano created in his unforgettable first two novels,?A Wing and a Prayer and?Makoona. Like those,?Out There, Somewhere is a children's book for adults and a young adult novel with universal themes, a story that you can enjoy by yourself or share with the entire family. Don't miss more adventures in Flocks of One (#4)!- Features a special introduction by Roger T. Rufe, Jr., President of the Ocean Conservancy
- Environmental/conservationist themes with an uplifting, hopeful message
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Susan Adger
A rollicking, hilarious collection of tales from the 1930s with crazy characters that will remind you of your own family! In the 1930s, the fictional town of Toad Springs, Florida, is filled with the adventures and daily whatnots of worthy, down-to-earth folk such as Flavey Stroudamore, owner of a three-legged gator named Precious who also just happens to have a birthmark of Jesus on his side. Joining Flavey are Buck Blander, pastor of the Church of Everlasting Liability, who honed his preaching skills in prison but doesn't tell his parishioners, and Sweetie Mooney, whose attempt to run a beauty shop in her aunt's home fails after tragedies with head lice and henna hair dye. This lively, heartwarming collection of tales from the Sunshine State will inspire you to smile!- 82% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
- Audiobook read by the author
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William Broughton Burt
From the author: Please don?t try to learn Tai Chi by rote memorization. That?s the usual way, and it?s a Confucian teaching device for a Confucian age. This book devotes nearly three hundred pages to fresh, original explanations of what Tai Chi is and how it works. You want my advice? Learn Tai Chi. Just however you can. It?s that good. But do yourself a favor and read these pages first. You?ll feel very empowered when you line up for that first lesson, and you?ll stay loose and light all the way through the learning curve. That?s important because you never reach the end of it. Tai Chi is all learning curve.- Author lived in China during SARS epidemic, now makes his home in Mexico
- Intended for readers from teens to adults
- Broad appeal to many different types of readers
- Don't miss William's debut novel, the sci-fi thriller?The Year of the Hydra
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