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Why waste time chasing love when you can be matched by a number?Age, looks, intelligence, wealth — the Attraction Abacus counts it all and gives you your entire romantic worth as a single, eye-opening score. Or does it?When doom-dreaming author, Evelyn Foster, takes an Attraction Abacus flyer from the infuriatingly charming Luke, her carefully unplanned life changes in ways she never expected. Evelyn is soon caught up in fake-dating chaos, questionable matchmaking, and finds herself falling for a man she knows she shouldn’t.Is Luke really the one? Can Evelyn help make the Abacus a global d...

What if the world no longer revolved around money, power, and fear? The Ten Levels – From Having to Being is a visionary novel that explores a radical new model for society — one based on responsibility, empathy, cooperation, and shared purpose instead of profit and competition. In a world where social status is determined not by wealth but by contribution, people grow through trust, meaningful work, and human connection. Through the lives of Elyas, Mira, Tayo, Ada, and Rafi, readers experience a profound transformation: leaving behind the chaos, inequality, and violence of the old world t...

The Battle for Truth and Shadows is a gripping thriller that delves into how far people will go when truth becomes a weapon and secrets turn into shadows that refuse to stay buried. The story follows characters trapped between loyalty, deception, and the relentless pursuit of answers. As hidden motives emerge and alliances shift, each revelation pulls them deeper into a dangerous web where nothing is what it seems. Ben D. Schwandt delivers a tense, atmospheric narrative rich with psychological depth, moral conflict, and unexpected twists. This novel challenges readers to reflect on the nature ...

Soon: Martial law declared. U.S. elections canceled. Congress and the courts dissolved. An audacious plan is underway to racially purify the land, one region at a time. In Richmond, Virginia the lights go out. The town is renamed Covenant City and remade as a model for a “homegrown heritage” white Christian nation. This is the story of a young white man who falls in with a cadre of multi-ethnic rebels. They enlist him to go into the city as a spy. Once there, to his surprise, a heritage survey uncovers a heritage from Jamestown settlers. Welcomed with special privileges, he has a fron...

Poetry is a puzzle of expression.  We poets enjoy piecing together images and rhymes to complete a puzzle of our experiences, of our feelings.  Trying to make the pieces fit challenges and liberates us, unleashing the creativity that builds up inside us.  As we add each allusion, each alliteration to the puzzle, it becomes a recognizable picture.  It may not be the most beautiful, yet it is the perfect representation of our momentary selves.  Soul of A Rose is such poetry.Since Rosemary Musachio was twelve, she has written poetry.  Since she cannot verbalize what ...

What happens when a parent’s pursuit of respectability costs a child their sense of belonging, and can that fracture ever be repaired?Scarlet Birthright is a multi-award-winning novella about family, inheritance, and the quiet reckoning that follows abandonment. When Joromi Enoch leaves Trinidad to build a life in America, he also leaves behind his firstborn daughter, Trisha. Years later, both father and daughter are shaped by that choice in ways neither fully understands.This story is for readers who carry complicated family histories, who want narratives that honor cultural truth without s...

She's gone. Vanished from a city so slick it looks like it’s been sprayed with high-gloss paint. But underneath, it's as rotten as a week-old banana in your gym bag. Where silence and deceit are bought and sold like just another commodity.Life as a private investigator was supposed to be easier than being a cop, but for Elias Gentry, it was anything but. Stumbling into forced retirement, a burned-out Gentry reflects on his past, haunted by the memories of a lost cousin, a partner who’s no longer around, and ghosts that whisper about bad decisions, threatening to unravel him.But when he tak...

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke) Roosevelt Theodore Franklin attempts to make it through life day by day. Roosevelt, a retired history professor, is a widower, who lost his beloved wife to cancer, and he has not stopped grieving. He along with his two closest friends, also retired and who have also lost loved ones, form a paranormal investigation group. They hope to find an answer to the question: is there life after death? When asked by a local teacher to investigate a possible haunting of her house, the group discovers an evil be...

SynopsisIn 1969, with thirty dollars stitched into the hem of his jeans and a rucksack slung over his shoulder, a young Indian man climbs the gangway of a cargo ship in Bombay. He has no visa, no guarantees, and no clear destination—only a stubborn belief that life must be larger than the one he has been handed.That single act of departure becomes the hinge on which an entire life turns.Thirty Dollars and a Dream is a sweeping, intimate memoir of migration, loss, resilience, and unlikely love. From the violence and upheaval of Partition-era India to the narrow lanes of Old Delhi; from a chil...

The old lady's body lay at the foot of the stairs. The police believe it was an accidental fall that killed great-aunt Jane. Young Australian, Belinda Lawrence is convinced it was murder and when she inherits her great-aunt's ancient cottage and garden on the outskirts of Bath, England, she finds herself deep in a taut mystery surrounding her legacy. A second vicious murder by a ruthless killer intensifies the tension and Belinda, now under threat herself, is befriended by two charming men: her neighbour Jacob and realestate agent Mark Sallinger. But can she trust them? And what interest has b...

Whisk Of Dust is a book of poetry. It aims to uplift and inspire, as it speaks of love, peace, and life. Sending you on a poetic journey.

Written with great attention to detail, putting the reader solidly in John’s shoes.Cleverly Written, Dynamic Story TellingJohn survived Vietnam, but first, he survived Detroit     This collection of short-stories depicts growing up in 1960s Detroit, capturing the author's childhood adventures—alone or with friends—often marked by both fear and excitement. Vivid descriptions bring his experiences to life, revealing the innocence of boys who chase adventure despite the consequences. Readers may recall their own childhood moments, especially those spent running from danger in...

Detail-rich story that keeps the reader engaged
Great introduction to the life of a young man heading to war
Thought-provoking memoir with smiles and tears

     Mr. Podlaski is well-known for the accounts of his time served in the Vietnam War. However, this short story allows readers to see the beginning. He shares the emotions of being drafted into the U.S. Army on 2-27-70 and how it impacted not only him but also his family.
     If you want to know what these ‘soon-to-be soldiers’ experienced at the Induction Center, then this book is a good place to start.

Realistic and well-written
Great story written by an excellent writer.
Podlaski draws readers into the meat of his stories immediately.

John Kowalski makes it home from the Vietnam War in one piece, and his battles are finally over. Or so he thought. Home for less than a week, John must defend his family from a pair of unwelcomed thugs hell-bent on revenge.

This book is perma-free on Amazon.

The author’s style of writing engages all the reader's senses
This evocative, descriptive micro-read will trigger memories
Author, you got me believing in the bogeyman again!

     As a reward, two fourteen-year-old boys are offered a great first-time opportunity to sit up front in the open and watch a movie at a local drive-in theater. Little did they know the movie would affect them in ways neither had imagined nor would ever forget.
     Pick up a copy to find out what happened.

2025 International Impact Book Award Winner.John writes powerful descriptions of people, places, and things.Gripping story that keeps you in the moment. The author paints a vivid picture that has you right in the middle of the action.Thrilling with a lurking sense of constant danger and death.In this page-turning story of bravery, fear, anger, and determination, the soldiers come to life.Realistic and gritty. The author is a great storyteller“When Can I Stop Running?” is the forerunner to this book.     Only a couple of hours had passed since returning to the firebase. Now, ...

Amazon #1 Best Seller in its category for several weeks.2020 Rave Review Book Club Awards: BOOK OF THE YEARJohn Podlaski tells a military story like few others can. He is a gifted writer and will make all of your senses come alive.Written with great attention to detail, putting the reader solidly in John’s shoes.Cleverly Written, Dynamic Story TellingAn amazing story that brought a night of terror into perspective.     Step into the shadows of the Vietnam War and join two young soldiers, alone in a listening post (LP), in the pitch-black jungle of Vietnam. The night seems to g...

A painfully accurate description of the life of a combat infantryman serving in the jungles of Vietnam.For those who never served, it’s an eye-opener. For those who did, it serves as a reminder of that life long ago."Cherries" presents an unvarnished account, and upon completion, readers will gain a deeper appreciation for the trials these young men faced throughout the year.It's a narrative that grips the reader throughout.     In 1970, John Kowalski was among many young, inexperienced soldiers sent to Vietnam to fight in a war that was already controversial. Referred to as �...

Jump Gate III – RoadMaker is the book that was destined to unite books two (Teleporter) and book four (Jump Gate). And sure to be the most difficult to write.This tale was intended to be the story of a journey to our closest, possibly habitable planet, orbiting Proxima Centauri. It is four and a half light-years away. There is, of course, an emergency. We needed one to build a story around. One that gives us a scant one hundred years to reach our destination.Mostly, between here and there are millions and billions of miles of empty space. Potential miles and days, months, years, of very empt...

What if the centuries between life and death were missing… and you were the proof?Joseph William Horne was born in Devonshire in 1739, the son of a country surgeon, educated in the brutal realities of eighteenth‑century medicine and the unforgiving logic of the Enlightenment. His life should be known only to parish records and fading archives.Instead, he is found alive in 1952.As Joseph recounts his youth, his voice carries the texture of another age: the smells of the anatomy theatre, the peril of Atlantic crossings, the rigid hierarchies of shipboard life, and the moral certainties—and...

Between Two Worlds: An Odyssey BeginsCharlie Barley is adrift—literally and figuratively. Once a Royal Navy man, now a castaway on the sleepy island of Petit St Louis, he’s haunted by heartbreak and the bottle, drifting through sun-bleached days and rum-soaked nights. But when a young journalist arrives, chasing the legend of the mysterious Splitwind, Charlie’s world is upended. What begins as a playful interview soon becomes a journey into the unknown, as Charlie is swept into the orbit of Captain Josiah Patch, a grizzled sea gypsy with secrets of his own.Together, they set sail aboard ...

Some places never forget.And some stories refuse to stay buried.Thirty years ago, young sailor Vincent Brown went ashore on a remote South Atlantic island with his shipmates, Frank and Nobbay. What should have been an unremarkable visit left him instead with a memory he could never explain: two young girls, a moment of strange joy, and whispers carried on the wind.Now, Vincent returns to the island with his daughter—older, haunted, and searching for answers. As he walks the scarlet slopes of diddle dee and the wind‑scoured cliffs above a restless sea, the past begins to surface. History, m...

When everything familiar is taken from her, Rosie Winterbourne does the only thing she knows how to do: she goes to sea.A gifted naval sailor with a fierce will to endure, Rosie is already fractured by loss when her life begins to unravel—her career derailed, her loyalties tested, and her sense of reality itself called into question. Haunted by memory, driven by guilt, and carrying a secret she barely understands, she turns to the one place that has ever offered her clarity: the open ocean.Alone aboard a small yacht, Rosie sets out on a journey that is as dangerous inwardly as it is outwardl...

Some people move tourists.Some people move terrorists.Rosie Winterbourne is a former Royal Navy NCO with an unusual skill set: she speaks Arabic, remembers everything she has ever seen, and sails alone with absolute confidence. When a covert British intelligence unit recruits her to quietly observe yacht traffic in Gibraltar, Rosie expects to find drug runners and people‑smugglers.What she finds instead is a secret humanitarian network rescuing baby girls from ISIS‑controlled territory.But salvation has a price.As Rosie digs deeper, she discovers that the same maritime routes are being use...

How far would you go to save a friend—if the people trying to stop you are on your own side?When British intelligence trainee Rosie Winterbourne learns that her closest friend, yacht skipper Michael McCaffey, has been kidnapped by a Daesh splinter group in Libya, she makes a choice that will change her life forever.She disobeys orders.She disappears.And she goes in alone.Armed with her gift for languages and an infallible memory, Rosie crosses North Africa under false identities, pursued by her own agency and aided by men she knows she should never trust. To reach Michael, she must pose as a...

A jewel stolen from legend. A curse that never left the sea.In 800 BCE, a slaver seizes a gold pendant said to be a gift from King Solomon to the Queen of Sheba—and the ocean answers with a storm that swallows ship, crew, and treasure alike.Nearly three thousand years later, Royal Navy petty officer Patrick Redman is on leave in Mombasa when a routine dive turns into a nightmare: a squall erupts out of nowhere, their boat vanishes, and the sea takes one of his friends in a brutal shark attack. Redman survives the impossible swim back to shore—battered, half-conscious… and carrying a heav...

Pranita Upadhyay has everything she thought she wanted — a dream job, a promising career, a life that shines from the outside. But when tragedy strikes, the glittering façade of the corporate world shatters, leaving her alone with an irreparable loss.Haunted by what she cannot change, Pranita leaves behind the chaos of the city and retreats into the Himalayas. There, under the guidance of a wise yogi, she discovers a different way of being — a path of meditation, introspection, and renewal.Years later, she returns, transformed and ready to build a life not just for herself, but for countl...

"From the beginning, the reader feels pulled into the narrator's world and observes, along with him, a delicate, beautiful and vulnerable universe as personal and intimate as a conversation between lovers."--Hope Maxell Snyder

Silver Award for Translation 2003 ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award --This bilingual novel is "an unusual tale of love, hate, passion and revenge."--Karen Sealy, author of "The Eighth House"

Aria final Colección Titania – Novela ARIA FINAL es una novela dividida en tres partes: El coronel, Víspero y Melosa. La trama se desarrolla en un país latinoamericano cuyo nombre no se menciona, pero cuya historia tiene puntos en común con los países actuales. EL CORONEL describe el período posterior a la colonia, pero anterior a la república. Es un período inestable y turbulento, durante el cual las diferentes facciones luchan por el control de la incipiente nación. Es durante esta época que el joven Froilán Garmendía, sin quererlo, se convierte en coronel y a la postre en el h...

Creativity isn’t a talent you’re born with.It’s a habit you can build.In a world of constant distraction, The Creativity Habit: 21 Days to a Creative You offers a calm, practical path back to curiosity, focus, and original thinking. Through simple daily practices, reflective prompts, and real-life stories, this book helps you reconnect with the creative mind you already possess.Designed for busy adults, educators, parents, and lifelong learners, these 21 days don’t demand more time — they help you see differently and approach problems creatively. One small shift at a time, you’ll r...

Not All Curses Can Be Broken...Yelena, a hardworking laundress and pleasure-woman, is driven from her village by false accusations of dark sorcery, forced to leave behind everything she knows and loves. Her only recourse is the dark forest, from which a fungal rot is oozing and infecting all in its path. When the voices of the restless dead guide her to a cursed castle at the forest's heart, she discovers a forgotten tyrant from centuries before, still living in the form of a monster, much changed from the brute he used to be, and whose name is an echo of her own. Yelen and Yelena quickly...

Windy and Wendy Get Bendy and Fly!

This book will help teach young children all about the transformation of caterpillars into butterflies.
The book includes Windy and Wendy's transformation story as well as a whole bunch of interesting facts and figures, along with some caterpillar and butterfly quotes and jokes.

FUN AND CAREFREE CATERPILLAR CRAZINESS

INTRODUCING WINDY & WENDY

Ideal reading book for young children to learn how the wickedly-wonderful-wriggly caterpillar turns into the bold-beautiful butterfly.
 

 

Lana is seventy‑five and one of the wisest souls I know. She's had astonishing near‑death experiences, and after twenty years studying A Course in Miracles, she sends me truths that feel like they come straight from the Light. And every one of them points to "God Is". So, Who is this God? A Love absolutely perfect. A Love beyond purity, immeasurably beautiful, all‑knowing, all‑seeing, everywhere, outside of time. A Love that cannot conceive of loss. A Source that gives only joy, contentment, and eternal happiness. A Light that extends to all existence and we are part of this. Forever. ...

The Faerie Hill of AberfoyleSome places are beautiful.Others are beautifully bewitched.Some journeys change your life.Others change the very fabric of what you believe.When Stephen, his spirited wife Maria, and their mischievous Springer Spaniel, Bailey set off in their camper van for Aberfoyle, they expect fresh air, stunning scenery, and maybe a little hidden folklore. What they find is a place alive with centuries of legend, where faeries are said to guard their secrets fiercely.From hidden trails lined with carved toadstools to the storied hill where Reverend Robert Kirk vanished without a...

Love is not an emotion but the creative force behind everything real. God's Love is eternal, unchanging, and incapable of loss. Heaven is our True Reality and Hell does not exist. I'm discovering a peace beyond understanding, a life free of fear, impatience, and worry. Humanity is remembering what was never lost: we have never been separate from God. Pray from the heart, listen to the Sacred Silence between your thoughts, and you will begin to know that God Is. Bob

 

 

A far cry from his hollow log house, an upbeat and unruly ferret, sets out across Woodzley in search of an adventure. With his new companion Birzy, Ferald embarks on a journey into the unknown. Along the way, they meet many interesting characters, such as Mr. Wiggly, who offers them a scrumptious tea and toast. Join Ferald and Birzy on their journey as they learn the true meaning of adventure and appreciate the beauty of nature.

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINK"What time is it?""And what time is it through the human interstellar portal?"Amy and Fin know all about weird dreams...They get them all the time...What they don't know is that everyday life is about to change for them inextricably, and in so many ways...Ways that they could never have imagined?For one thing, they don't have the faintest idea about the human interstellar portal or their special genealogy and secret hidden powers.And for another, the missing Lorentz force law quantum equatio...

Watch the short cinematic trailer below. Experience the story before you read about it.BOOK TRAILER LINK"Is it a bird… or a plane… or another labor pain?"Since falling hook, line, and sinker for globetrotting English ecologist, James, Eden, and her son Jamie's worlds have changed for the better.Then, life changed even more after they left the past behind, and moved from Kentucky to England.It was time to distance themselves from the wreckage and ghosts of their past, for once and for all.A new life, with a new love.And low and behold, it worked!At least it seemed so.Until the skeletons hol...

THE GRUMPY TRUMPERSA bottom-blasting, side-splitting family fart-fest!Meet the Trumpers.They're loud.They're proud.They're honestly quite flatulent.And thanks to a mysterious condition called AUBS (Almost Uncontrollable Bowel Syndrome), they let rip at the worst possible moments.Life was already gassy on their run-down council estate...But when the Trumpers inherit a giant posh mansion from their estranged Uncle Elijah, the inventor of an IBS cure.Things go from bad to absolutely hilarious.Dad (Terence Senior) blows more than just hot air.Mum (Marjorie) tries to keep order with air fresheners ...