11:11 by Alec Thursday Pitcairn

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A farmer from Nebraska finds a journal in a used book store and begins reading it. The book appears to be written from the future and offers a glimpse of horrible events that may take place. The farmer decides to transcribe the journal word for word as it was written and publish it.

11:11 will give you a glimpse of one man's journey starting in 2012. The Mayan's predicitions might have come true as the world stops spinning briefly. The effects this causes are dramatic and you will read one man's account of how he deals with this new world. He encounters a 'zombie' like flu, a government conspiracy and a group of scientists who have discovered time travel.

This book is especially geared to fans of adventure books. You will be on the edge of your seat as you travel with Robert Mitchell on an adventure of a lifetime.

Author Bio:

Alec Thursday Pitcairn is a livestock and corn farmer from Arlington, Nebraska. He was raised on the farm and was taught at a young age to use the tractor and other tools of the trade. He was the recipient of the 4H "Key" award four times while he was in high school. He was the first and only person to receive more than 2 "Key" awards and therefore also received a 'Key Lifetime Achievement' award upon graduation from Arlington High School. Alec has two six year old daughters, Ellie and Nellie, and he currently lives on his Arlington farm with his wife, Rebecca.

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My Father's Gift by Mary M. Hall

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My Father's Gift by Mary M. Hall is available now at Amazon.

Special Dream: Personal Accounts After the Death of a Loved One (Paperback) by Luellen Hoffman

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Exploring the world of special dreams—clear, unforgettably vivid encounters with loved ones who have died—this unique collection shares the personal stories of those who have experienced them, including the author herself, and reveals the distinct qualities surrounding this phenomenon. After an introduction that examines whether or not the contact is real and a questionnaire to determine if readers have had any themselves, more than 80 poignant stories offer comfort to mourners, detailing the special bonds between the dreamers and grandparents, parents, siblings, in-laws, children, spouses, and friends.

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Nurse-Everyday Hero: Do You Have What It Takes to be the Best by Eve Carter

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Do You Have What It Takes? Are you interested in becoming a nurse? Congratulations...and make sure your eyes are wide open. Nursing isn't a career - it's a lifetime calling that will confront you on a daily basis with the greatest challenges, and open your heart to the most profound rewards. In Nurse: Everyday Hero, veteran nurse Eve Carter takes you on a heartfelt, candid, funny, and brutally honest tour of the nursing experience. This book provides invaluable information on many topics crucial to all levels of nursing, including:- Safety protocols to protect patients from repeated mistakes, judgmental attitudes, and administrative indifference- Appropriate physical and emotional self-care for nurses- How to deal with doctors, hospital administrators, and nursing colleagues- Learning perspective and compassion when dealing with patients' familiesBeing a nurse isn't what you do - it's who you are. And if you're ready to stand up and be counted as an Everyday Hero, this book is your guide!

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Johnny's Jacket by James M. Naugle

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Twelve-year-old Jennifer Gates is chased from her family's ranch house by huge, monstrous figures. When her parents are savagely attacked and their horse barn set afire, she must escape into the Montana wilderness atop her Tennessee Walking Horse, Dixie, following her fearless Jack Russell Terrier, Dot. Brutal rainstorms and treacherous mudslides drive the trio into a cave deep in the mountains. A perilous journey through the darkness leads them to a pristine valley that resonates with ancient power. Plagued by disturbing dreams and visions of vanquished American Indians, Jennifer comes to believe that the ghosts and demons she imagined may be all too real. With only her stepfather's fishing coat filled with the essentials for her survival and a flint lance head she finds in the cave, Jennifer is forced to confront a hideous evil that has been festering since the Civil War.

About the Author:

James M. Naugle grew up in Novato, California, spending a great deal of his time in Montana and living for two years in Australia. He trains and raises Tennessee Walking horses with his wife, Terri, on their horse ranch in rural Petaluma, California. Johnny's Jacket is his first published novel.

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The Iron Gospels by William Hache

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When David wakes up surrounded by strangers dressed in white gowns chanting praise to a name as unfamiliar to him as his new environment, he is quick to realize that he carries no memory of how he arrived. In fact, he has little recollection of anything before this very moment. The only thing sure and real to him is the cluster of strange faces staring down at him with tears of glee. Together inbanded glory they shout and cry out the name of a prophet they call, John Cauliflower. For so long they have waited for a prophecy to be fulfilled; the 'great one' to be sent from the heavens to bring them salvation. Finally, here he lay before them in all his human form. Any and all plans to escape from this peculiar place alone in the middle of nowhere dwindle as time passes by faster than he can scrounge up a single memory from the dim corners of his mind. A witness to the many bizarre and horrific customs of this secluded society, David begins to lose more than his memory during his stay here. With each day that passes his mind, body and soul become filled with hatred and he unknowingly leans sternly towards the dark corners of his imagination where he becomes the essence of the one who all those around him have been begging for. Only now, he is something more than a savoir—he is an anomaly who will fulfill the darkest desires of whispers from beyond and the blackness of a tarnished heart.

Excerpt:

There were screams outside my tent at all hours of the dayand night. No longer were they only cries of joy and religious praise but of pain and begging for my hand of mercy. The dying ones cried out to me in the last desperate moments of life, having given up on The Prophet’s good name and The Master’s almighty word. As death called for them it was as if they finally saw a glimmer of reality and saw this place for what it really is; a sham run by a false god speaking in the name of a false prophet. These were the ones abandoned by the rest, left to die at my doorstep, their bodies taken away after a final breath. Though nothing was ever said, I knew how the others felt about them. Their gestures reeked of rejection and disappointment, for these were the frail ones who abandoned the word of John Cauliflower while the rest of them remained patient, obedient, waiting for the prophecy to be fulfilled.

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From Zero to Christian in Just 35 Years by Lori A. Moore

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Do you think church isn't the place for you or that it's too late for you to give your life to Christ? In her book From Zero to Christian in Just 35 Years new author Lori A. Moore shows us that nothing in the past will keep God from loving us. Trusting God can be scary, especially when confronted with complex and formal language. Through this simple and easy going guide to finding God, inexperienced Christians will learn to emerge from doubt and fear into the peace and comfort that can only be found in Christ. Follow Lori as she goes From Zero to Christian in Just 35 Years. This book is really an eye-opener to the Christian and non-Christian alike. It tells us that we don't have to be perfect to receive the grace and salvation of Jesus Christ - we just have to accept it. Lori A. Moore helps us realize that God loves us for who we are, his children. - Susan Curtis, Single Parent I found this book to be very insightful. Reading Lori A. Moore's thoughts made me search my own thoughts and feelings about God and my relationship with him. - Joyce Goldman, Retired Lori A. Moore resides in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband, Michael, and their three cats. She teaches university both in the classroom and online, and has a passion for adults who have not yet experienced a relationship with Christ.

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Freeing Golden Eagle by J. Kelley Carlson

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Can a troubled boy and an earthbound spirit together find freedom? "It's not a punishment." His mother looked into Ethan's face, her eyes pleading for understanding. "Four Horses is a wonderful man. Three months with your grandfather will give you time to think things through. "Ethan turned back to his father." B-b-but I don't even know your father. You said he's a superstitious old fool. "Mr. Hunter ignored Ethan's words. "You are leaving on Tuesday." He picked up his fork, signaling the end of the discussion...After getting into trouble with the law, fourteen-year-old Ethan Hunter is sent to live with his Native American grandfather. In the small, remote village of Long Pond, he learns a new way of life, adopts a new set of values, and finds that to free himself from his past, he must free another.

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The Wave Queen by Caroline Harris

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After inheriting a diary written by a 19th century ship's cook, together with a handwritten will and USA naturalisation papers I was inspired to tell the story of the voyage of the Wave Queen, a merchant vessel, from Shoreham, England to Valparaiso, Chile in the year 1872. Three years of research and the book became a fictional adventure story based on fact. The hero, Charles Hamilton-Bashford is an eighteen year old Eton School-boy. He recklessly squanders his five thousand pound annual allowance and being hard-pressed for the payment of his debts, begs his father to give him an advance. On refusal, he in his desperation steals and forges his father's cheque to settle his debts. Charles' father, a retired Major and a respected Magistrate, discovers the forgery and sends Charles to serve on a cargo ship separating him from his sweetheart, Florry. Charles escapes before the ship sails, and reaches his aunt 's London home only to be recaptured and sent back to the Wave Queen. Meanwhile Florry is propelled into a series of tumultuous events. What adventures will befall them ? Will he return to England? Will he ever be re-united with Florry?

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Caroline Harris lives in East Sussex, England and is married to a retired forensic detective. A mature mother of three adult children, she has had a varied career, including more than 30 years in the world of Travel. During this time she wrote a regular travel column for a local newspaper and also articles for magazines connected with vintage cars (one of her many hobbies). After taking a course, she joined a local writers group and concentrated on finishing her novel The Wave Queen. She is now busy working on the next book in the series.

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At Destiny's End by Tracey Nameth

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At Destiny's End is a science fiction novel featuring a cynical, somewhat wisecracking main character, James Rawlings and his wife Cordette Chance, a princess who's homeworld Takara Prime is conquered by the Divinian Empire in the early part of the story. Princess Cordette Chance is about to step into the role of a lifetime, a dream come true. She is marrying James Rawlings, and James is nearly perfect: darkly handsome, gentle, charming. True, he’s a bit mysterious about his past. But that’s okay with Cordette. Once they’re married, she’ll have all the time in the galaxy to get to know him. She doesn’t realize that by the end of her honeymoon, there might be a massive change in the balance of power in the galaxy that will change their lives forever. Death waits for them at every turn in this sizzling new Sci-Fi/Romance novel.

Eventually their lives and many other lives will collide on the planet Quinntessa. With an unforgettable dread, a deadly plague from an unimaginable source that drags the mix-species inhabitants of Quinntessa into a hell worse than their own most horrible nightmares. Masterfully interweaved dark, horror and icy realism, with an epic struggle to save the plague ridden Quinntessa from annihilation is at the forefront. But in biological warfare, even as the blood beats in James Rawlings' ears and he races after his new enemies, there is the hope that it will end. They find the final apocalypse yet to come like a Pandora's Box, every horror, every evil, every dark thing that haunts the future. Death is closer and could this all be the end? But until that day, it's gonna be one hell of a dogfight.

Author Bio:

Tracey Nameth studied English and Literature for two years at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Two of his short stories have been selected by various markets for publication. He is working on two more novels. He received a Mount Royal English Literature Students' Society Award for his short story "Zozumel."

Excerpt:

Seething with anger, he decided, Two can play at that game! And my hull is stronger than your landing supports. Tapping the antigrav lever, he rose rapidly and crunched into the struts, and underbelly of the craft riding him. Hanging on to the joystick with both hands, he bucked like a bronco, dumping the unwanted rider. “James!” shouted Cordette. James glanced out the window in time to see the attacking whispercraft spin off, its undercarriage badly damaged. Fluttering like a wounded pelican, the whispercraft hit the calm water and sent up a tremendous plume. The whispercraft wasn’t completely destroyed, but it looked fairly well shattered. James felt a pang of grief, because he had never been the cause of an accident in his ten years of flying.

“Now we’re in trouble,” said Cordette. It was an accurate assessment. James scowled. “Maybe they’ll realize that if we can fly this well, we’re not turning back.” The other whispercraft on his left now moved away to a respectable distance, and James relaxed a bit at the controls. He continued to follow the pipeline toward the shimmering silhouette of land in the distance. At this point, he would normally feel relieved and happy to be so close to home, but today the sight of Walgren only brought him dread. What’s going to happen to Cordette and me? To all of Takara Prime? Without warning, a missile slammed into his right wing, shearing it off. Only his quick reactions on the antigrav lever kept them from plowing immediately into the ocean. Instead the whispercraft shot upward like a leaf caught on the breeze then it lost its momentum and slowly spiralled downward, a wounded bird. The whispercraft creaked, trying to hold together, and air howled ominously in the struts and ailerons. Cordette screamed, but the torrent of rushing air drowned her out. James tried all of his controls, but none were responsive—the whispercraft was in its death dive. Looking out the window only made his head whirl as fast as the scenery, and James shrieked. He tried to reach back for his wife, but she was scrunched down in her seat. “Oh, my dear...I’m so sorry!” As his whispercraft spiralled toward the pristine ocean, a tingling came over James’ body. He wondered whether this was the human Calm of Death he had heard so much about. The man reached back to grab his wife’s hand one last time, but her thin body shimmered like a mirage, breaking apart before his eyes. He gasped at the unexpected sight.

The whispercraft plunged erratically into the jade water, striking like a lopsided bullet and spewing a lopsided splash. Splinters from the sleek craft rained down upon the choppy waves, but James and Cordette weren’t aboard.

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Under a Stone by A.L. White

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The bombing at Torry's warehouse and death of Jeffery Stewart will draw Thomas Stone into one of his strangest cases yet.With his own life falling apart Thomas Stone is connected to the murder of a man he hasn't seen in years, while someone with the power to clean up the trail is leaving bodies all over town. Thomas and his friends must battle the police and one of the most powerful men in Colorado to find the real killer. You never know what you'll find when you look...Under A Stone.

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Inked by Renda Dodge

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Tori Liddell has struggled through her twenties suffering from undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder. She documents her radical lifestyle changes and shifting identity through the colorful tattoos that cover her body. By disconnecting from her family and personal history she has widened the rift created by years of absence, but when her widowed mother reveals her battle with AIDS Tori returns to small town Oregon to facilitate her care. At her homecoming Tori faces her own mortality, the inevitable loss of her mother and her new enigmatic neighbor's interest. Tori also confronts the realization that things and people are not always the way she remembers as she searches for the meaning of home in the rubble of her past. Inked is a window into the life of a woman struggling to overcome herself, her choices and a psychological affliction etched under her skin.

Author Bio:

Renda Belle Dodge was raised in a modern fractured family. She has lived all over the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Renda has been writing since she was a child. Her stories began as drawings on stapled notebook paper, evolving into four first drafts and finally into her first completed novel Inked, released October 20, 2009. Renda's writing is emotional and personal as she strives to capture the struggle of identity in current America, and what it means to grow up and create lives and families of our own. Renda facilitates several groups for writer's fellowship, support and feedback. For the past six years she has been involved in National Novel Writing Month, and for the past three has been a Municipal Liaison for the Seattle area working with and encouraging writers of all ages and skill sets. She is also a member of the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association.

Excerpt:

When I was nineteen I decided to force drastic progress in my metamorphosis. I felt the process of change was moving too slow and I wanted to do something radical to push it forward. I elected to change my full name. I was surprised at how easy it was to do. I thought I would have to explain the what’s and why’s of my choice in front of a courtroom full of people, however, it was a simple process and legally I was no longer Antonia Olivia Preston. I walked out of the court house smiling at my victory, clutching the piece of paper that declared my name was now, by law, Tori Liddell. On the same day I changed my name, I had my first tattoo inked. A dark red star on the back of my right hand. It became a personal ritual to get a new tattoo every time I made a significant personal or lifestyle change. In addition to several more stars; I have colorful fish, hearts, skulls and Celtic patterns covering and circling my hands and arms. Every image has a story and significance to my personal mythos. A permanent outward testament to my personal revolution.

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Tarasov Solution by Richard Trevae

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Decades ago, in the midst of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a paranoid Kremlin leader ordered the underwater deployment of two nuclear missiles near Cuba's shore; each warhead sealed in a protective cocoon. Buried in the sand, the twin nukes lay undiscovered for half-a-century.
Rumors of the missiles existence lure the attention of Yuri Tarasov, a pathological arms-merchant obsessed with possessing the doomsday weapons. Together with his ruthless assassin, Ivana Yenko, they board Yuri s high-tech yacht Decadence and head for Cuba.
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25-year old MBA Dalton Crusoe is recognized for his quick analytical mind. When asked by friend and mentor Ed Kosko, head of the NSA, to interrogate a retired, Soviet military-officer seeking asylum, Dalton learns of a sinister plot to assassinate President Connor and Russian President Blinikov during an upcoming, historic summit.

In a race against time, Dalton struggles to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend, outwit the evil Tarasov, save the two presidents, and foil a nuclear strike on Washington D.C.!

Author Bio:

Part adventurer, part businessman, part author, Richard Trevae is a chemical engineer with an MBA in Finance and Management. Trevae matured a startup design/construction/development firm into a publicly traded company that later merged with a parent corporation generating four billion dollars in annual revenues. His articles concerning business valuation, mergers, acquisitions, and management practices have been published in various trade associations and business newspapers. Writing reality inspired fiction has become his latest passion, commencing with, THE FUSION BREAKTHROUGH, followed by the prequel, THE TARASOV SOLUTION. His extensive world traveling has provided a rich backdrop for the exotic locales featured in his novels. Mr Trevae lives with his wife along the picturesque shores of Lake Michigan where he is working on his next novel.

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