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Equity of Evil
by Rudy Mazzocchi
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Based on true events, this bold novel involves some of the world's oldest, most emotional and controversial issues. At the core of each matter is man's predisposition to control and take ownership of the human spirit for the sake of profit and personal gain. Such control and manipulation over the will of others is the most horrendous equity of evil.
Words: 99634 - Reading Time: 284-398 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller/Mainstream
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Fire Owl [James Foster Adventures Book 3]
by Gerald W. Mills
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Wealthy, brilliant and highly respected, Secretary of the Interior Benjamin Howland believes America can be restored to world greatness only if he takes over government and declares martial law. All it will take is a healthy dose of national panic and upheaval... (Published: 2006) EPIC eBook Award Winner
Words: 100866 - Reading Time: 288-403 min.
Category: Suspense/Thriller
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Gaea
by Robina Williams
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Gaea, the earth goddess, fed up with the damage Man is doing, decides to teach him a lesson. She ropes in her relatives to help her? and three-headed Cerberus, the hell hound, tags along too. Quant, golden-eyed seraph and quantum cat, is there to keep an eye on them all. book III of the Quantum Cat series (Published: 2009)
Words: 98943 - Reading Time: 282-395 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Gate to Nowhere
by Leanna Sain
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Free-lance artist Emma Franklin inherits a farm in MacKinlay, North Carolina and stumbles upon a mystery involving the town's namesake, a man despised and scorned by everyone she meets. Determined to unravel the puzzle, she steps through an old rusty gate in front of her farmhouse and is suddenly thrust 177 years into the past. (Published: 2008) ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist
Words: 78946 - Reading Time: 225-315 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Romance
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Harry's Agatha
by Jamie Richards
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Regency romance Josephine just wants to get to London to take up her new position as a lady's companion. Unfortunately, she tumbles into one mishap after another on the way. (Published: 2004)
Words: 79722 - Reading Time: 227-318 min.
Category: Historical Fiction/Romance
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Healey's Cave
by Aaron Paul Lazar
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Sam Moore's little brother vanished fifty years ago. No body. No answers. What Sam has is a boatload of guilt, since he failed to accompany Billy on his final, fateful bike ride. While digging in his garden, Sam discovers a green marble with a startling secret--it whisks him back to his childhood, connecting him to Billy. Thrust back and forth through time, Sam struggles to unlock the secret of his brother's fate. When the FBI investigates remains found nearby, Sam learns of a serial killer wi... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 65612 - Reading Time: 187-262 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Mainstream
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Hiding Hand
by Lee Denning
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The boy Joshua comes of age in a blistering conflict between the love of power and the power of love. As the precursor of the next stage of human evolution, he must confront more than the forces arrayed against him: the greater danger is the dark side of his evolving self. Joshua's baby sister Eva is the first true Nova sapiens--an Earth Mother, a potential Messiah for troubled humanity. She is kidnapped by the darkest of beings, a brilliant psychopath masquerading as a pious Muslim cleric; he w... more info>> ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist, USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist
Words: 154762 - Reading Time: 442-619 min.
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Hotline to Heaven
by Darrell Bain
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Darrell considers Hotline To Heaven one of his best books, and quite different from anything else he's ever done. Humor, chicanery, sex, betrayal and romance, along with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end. It has such a fun plot that it will even have you wondering who you should be cheering for, the rascally villain Ed Tanner, or the innocent young Violet. (Published: 2002)
Words: 63728 - Reading Time: 182-254 min.
Category: Romance
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How I Wrote My First Book: the story behind the story
by Anne K. Edwards, Lida E. Quillen
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Twenty authors tell amazing stories about the efforts that went into writing their first book. Christine Amsden ~ "My Million Words of Crap" Darrell Bain ~ "The Story Behind The Pet Plague" Mayra Calvani ~ "Tips on Writing Your First Novel" Lee Denning ~ "Two Beginnings" Ginger Hanson ~ "Ten Lessons I Learned..." Toby Fesler Heathcotte ~ "The Manuscript from a Mystifying Source" Darby Karchut ~ "Wings" Linda Langwith ~ "The Serendipity Factor" Stephanie Osborn ~ "How a Rocket Scientist Bec... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 88750 - Reading Time: 253-355 min.
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How to Turn Your Book Club into a Spectacular Event
by Mayra Calvani
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Do you love reading? Do you enjoy talking about books with friends? Why not start a book club--YOUR own book club, and turn it into a SPECTACULAR event? Book clubs aren't only for adults. Many kids like you would love to start a book club but don't know how. In this book, you will learn all you need to know to become a FABULOUS book club hostess. In some cases, you'll need an adult to help you. If that happens, make your parent, guardian or teacher read this book! Starting your own book club c... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 5104 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Children's Nonfiction
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Hudson Lake
by Laura Mazzuca Toops
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In the summer of 1926, jazz lovers from all over the Midwest go where the weather is hot and the music hotter--the Blue Lantern Inn on Hudson Lake, a rural Indiana dance hall where the season's resident jazz band features a young cornet player named Bix Beiderbecke. For Bix, Hudson Lake is a safe but temporary harbor from a failed romance, conflicts with his middle-class Iowa family, and a growing dependency on alcohol. To the redheaded known as Joy, Hudson Lake provides everything she needs--a ... more info>> (Published: 2005) EPIC eBook Award Finalist
Words: 81820 - Reading Time: 233-327 min.
Category: Historical Fiction/Mainstream
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Infinite Space, Infinite God
by Karina L. Fabian, Robert A. Fabian
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Interstellar exploration. Genetic engineering. Time travel. Alien abduction. The Vatican. Explore the possibilities with "Infinite Space, Infinite God," an anthology of fifteen stories about the future Catholic Church. Experience the Church's struggle to evangelize aliens and lost human colonies and to determine the soul-status for genetically modified humans, genetically-designed chimeras, and clones made from the Martian sand. Discover religious orders devoted to protecting interstellar travel... more info>> (Published: 2006) EPIC eBook Award Winner
Words: 133636 - Reading Time: 381-534 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Infinite Space, Infinite God II
by Karina L. Fabian, Robert A. Fabian
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At last! Stories where the Catholic Church and science cooperate, priests are heroes, and faith gives people the strength to act upon their convictions. In the tradition of the award-winning Infinite Space, Infinite God I, Infinite Space, Infinite God II offers solid sci-fi and life-affirming faith. (Published: 2010)
Words: 111165 - Reading Time: 317-444 min.
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Jeremy and the Dragon
by Anne K. Edwards, Lewie Francisco
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Children's illustrated story book. A delightful tale about a little boy who meets and outsmarts a hungry dragon in order to get home.
Words: 5074 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Children's Fiction
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Jerome and the Seraph
by Robina Williams
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Brother Jerome has a fatal accident in the cemetery of his friary and has a few problems adjusting to his new existence. In the afterworld he meets up again with his pet cat and discovers that the animal is a quantum creature. With the cat at his side once more, Jerome finds his afterlife exciting, exhilarating and full of adventure. (Published: 2002)
Words: 56745 - Reading Time: 162-226 min.
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Krona: Dragons of Nistala
by Bent Lorentzen
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A gentle dragon, Smooka, is lured deep into a planet-wide cave system, where he takes an epic journey with a princess dragon to her domain, now under a glacier. Deep under that ice, the pair fall in love and discover ancient secrets that foreshadow the coming of humanity. Many dragons have put themselves into a glacial-age hibernation and they will later awaken either to destroy humanity's chances or to be its salvation. (Published: 2009)
Words: 94698 - Reading Time: 270-378 min.
Category: Fantasy/Young Adult
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Lady Runaway
by Ginger Hanson
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Fleeing arrest by a spurned suitor, Lady Riana Travistock heads for London where she is knifed in a street brawl when she helps a man attacked by footpads. Luckily for Lady Riana, the victim of the attack is army surgeon Captain Devlin Carrington who takes her home to tend her injury. When Dev cuts off her blood-soaked chemise to stitch the knife wound, a fortune in jewels spill out. Has he saved a lovely jewel thief only to watch her hang?
Words: 88463 - Reading Time: 252-353 min.
Category: Historical Fiction/Romance
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Laughing All the Way
by Darrell Bain
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At last! The hilarious sequel to the five star rated Life on Santa Claus Lane is back! The bumbling adventures of a Christmas tree farmer and his saintly wife who (mostly) overlooks his aversion to work, his inability to handle anything mechanical without a life and death struggle, his aversion to work, his misguided attempts at cooking, his aversion to work, and the foibles of life on a farm his wife has to work to support while he is trying to become a writer. Don't miss it! (Published: 2008)
Words: 56355 - Reading Time: 161-225 min.
Category: Humor/Mainstream
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Learning to Write the Easy Way for Fun, Posterity and Money
by Dorothy Ann Skarles
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Trying to decide if the writing life is for you? Then start with a very important book Learning to Write the Easy Way for Fun, Posterity, Money by Dorothy Ann Skarles. Discover your hidden writing talent Discover your past and present for future generations Discover the book in you Whether you write it as it happened or turn it into a fictional novel, your fond memories and personal experiences can be a book that captures both the past and the present--even if you've never written before. Doroth... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 44151 - Reading Time: 126-176 min.
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Life on Santa Claus Lane
by Darrell Bain
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Here is a collection of wild and zany, hilariously funny stories about the life and adventures of a couple who have lived for over twenty years at a real address on Santa Claus Lane and--what else?--own a Christmas tree farm in--where else?--Texas! Darrell is a lazy, inefficient and ten-thumbed farmer who would rather write or do most anything except farm, even though he's the one who got them into it. Betty is his hard-working, efficient and competent wife. Darrell loves her dearly, and it's a ... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 68833 - Reading Time: 196-275 min.
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Listen to the Ghost
by Beverly Stowe McClure
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A girl's quest to discover the truth not only about her ghost but about herself, as well. The story is set in Charleston, South Carolina, where, according to legend, many old houses have a resident ghost. (Published: 2003) Dream Realm Award Finalist
Words: 51300 - Reading Time: 146-205 min.
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Magic for Your Writing: Help for the Aspiring Writer
by Gerald W. Mills
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Magic is defined as that essence of imagination projecting us into the world of fantasy. Adult readers have a difficult time tapping into their hidden "child", whereas adult moviegoers fare much better. Why? The answers will be found in this reference manual, Magic for Your Writing, a collection of tips and techniques that can make a striking and beneficial difference in your novel no matter the genre. Aimed primarily at struggling writers who are spinning their wheels, the manual will be helpfu... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 41858 - Reading Time: 119-167 min.
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Magnolia Blossoms
by Leanna Sain
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Maggie Poinsett, hard-nosed photographer for a national magazine doesn't look or act like a "Sweet Magnolia"--the name her mother gave her at birth, nor does she believe in ghosts. But while on vacation with her parents at Golden Apple Farm, a bed-and-breakfast in the mountains of western North Carolina, she meets the ghost of Thomas MacKinlay, Civil War soldier shot for the crime of desertion. She's obsessed with saving Thomas and when the full moon opens the gate, she steps through it into th... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 70873 - Reading Time: 202-283 min.
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Mary's Child
by Celia A. Leaman
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After being incarcerated in a workhouse for thirteen years following the death of her mother, Mary Jay is apprenticed out to a farm on Dartmoor. She has no idea that the same man who darkened her mother's life will now threaten her own newfound freedom. (Published: 2003) Frankfurt eBook Award Nominee
Words: 133000 - Reading Time: 380-532 min.
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Mazurka
by Aaron Paul Lazar
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When Gus's brother-in-law Siegfried is framed for a neo-Nazi's murder, Gus LeGarde and his wife, Camille, plunge into a cat-and-mouse game where the stakes are lethal. (Published: 2009)
Words: 60452 - Reading Time: 172-241 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Suspense/Thriller
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