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A Reluctant Side Character : Anna Brooke
Jasper Sharp is the best hunter in the business. If you want something dead you call him.
When the best mission of his life looks like it’s going to pass him by, he has to agree to team up with the most annoying do-gooder by the name of Lydia Sterling to hold onto it as well as the three other people she recruits along the way, He Who Angers Quickly: the gentle giant with an anger problem, Tolah: the know it all from a reclusive people with the rare use of magic and MJ: the teenage fanboy having a mid-life crisis.
The team has to journey across the whole of Mistmore to get to their ultimate goal of saving the world in increasingly bad conditions as they stray further and further from civilised society.
Getting in their way are others trying to take the mission, several monsters trying to take their lives and ultimately a man trying to take everything from everyone.
Sharp has to do the one thing he hates the most to take them all down: working with other people.
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Guess What I Heard Today : Annie Lang
It started out as a beautiful day in the garden until the chatter got a bit out of control!
Find out how all the commotion unexpectedly turns this peaceful garden all topsy-turvy as the news of the day quickly spreads throughout this delightfully illustrated children’s book.
Young readers will quickly engage with Annie Lang’s vividly detailed characters and imagery as the story unfolds in the garden. It’s a timeless tale of human nature and our need to socially share everything we hear with others. As is often the case in real life, what starts as a simple observation quickly turns into a most ridiculous misunderstanding.
Guess What I Heard Today is a terrific “read it together” publication that encourages discussion about how we communicate. This is Annie Lang’s tenth published illustrated children’s book title and the first time her fun garden characters have been introduced to young readers!
Decades ago, my first-grade teacher had the class sit in a circle, whisper a sentence into the ear of the student beside us as we passed our “secret sentence” from person to person. We were totally amazed when the last person in the circle revealed a statement that in no way resembled the original message.
This is a fun way to teach kids of all ages who are now engaged in so many social media circles. It pleases me to know that this lesson in communication continues in many classrooms today. It’s also a great party game that usually ends in plenty of giggles!
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Improve Attention To Detail : Chris Denny
A straightforward system to develop attention to detail in yourself, employees, and across an organization.
This book will change the way you think about “the details”. You can improve attention to detail and this book reveals how to develop well-rounded attention to detail in yourself, in employees, and even across an organization.
Improve Attention To Detail uses simple language and moves quickly. At about 125 pages, there is no fluff. The author, Chris Denny, keeps moving and sticks to the point of the content — to help you develop and/or improve attention to detail. Whether you are focused on improving attention to detail in yourself or in others, the book’s simple and clean layout is easy to understand and identify with. We can all identify with most of the book or we know someone it directly applies to.
Chris Denny is a researcher, trainer, and consultant (as well as a business owner). He started developing the Attention To Detail Training system in 2011 when a talented employee at his company needed training to improve attention to detail. When Chris couldn’t find any valuable resources to help his employee (and his company) he began creating his own course for employees. It unexpectedly turned into a passion and in late 2016 (yes, five years later) — after hundreds of hours of research, hundreds of surveys, and numerous interviews with employees, leaders, and business owners — Chris had developed a solid and straightforward system to help people develop well-rounded attention to detail. Companies started asking him to provide training workshops so he did.
Now, this book is available to everyone. From the 3 types of attention to detail to the five fundamental elements, Improve Attention To Detail breaks the concept down into understandable chunks of actionable information. While reading it, you will find yourself saying things like, “I can’t believe I didn’t realize that before!” and “Of course! That makes so much sense now.”
Even before you finish the book, you’ll be performing better and able to help others as well.
To Trump The Universe’s Aspirations : Benjamin Knoll
A science fiction short story anthology, giving you a taste of a variety of worlds.
You will fall down to a place where the wicked are forced to learn and transported to the ocean’s depths to meet an ancient titan.
Another world awaits where humanity is spoiled endlessly and ruled by a confusingly maternal artificial intelligence and, closer than you may think, lies the doorway to each parallel world, showing every possibility of where our world could have been taken in every moment.
This collection’s purpose is to present scenarios that are often connected by minute details in this shared universe of wonder, terror, and possibility. This anthology is the beginning of a series of volumes to come.
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The Draconic Pipeline : Matthew T Summers
Wake, eat, work, return, eat, sleep. Day in and day out, all day every day, without fail… Such is the life of a Pipeline Worker, and this was the life of Mark Smith. Until the day it wasn’t.
When a Worker’s death opens up a literal new world for Mark, he finds that his own existence is not all that he once knew it to be.
When forced to admit the truth, he realizes he is faced with life-changing decisions in both worlds…but one wrong move in either could end his trips between worlds and the lives of everyone he knows.
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Finding My Lich : Christina Winds
He hadn’t wanted to be king. But when he removed the sadistic king of Abaddon, he inherited the job anyway.
Now, a thousand years later, Eric Lichner is finally on track to lead his banished people back to Earth. There is one final test of his worthiness to be passed…if only he can figure out what it is. He finally finds his teacher at a charity dinner – but the lesson isn’t what he thinks.
She’d never thought to be a queen
Tamara was living her dream. Her life’s ambition was to help people and her charitable foundation was thriving. It satisfied her soul – if she ignored that one lonely, man-shaped corner. Then she meets Eric and her dream explodes beyond her wildest imagination.
Abaddon
A realm of races banished for misbehavior. The stories of their crimes live on in myth and legend… Except the truth isn’t what you’ve heard.
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A Hastiness of Cooks : Cynthia D. Bertelsen
A Practical Handbook for Use in Deciphering the Mysteries of Historic Recipes and Cookbooks, For Living-History Reenactors, Historians, Writers, Chefs, Archaeologists, and, of Course, Cooks
A Hastiness of Cooks emphasizes the necessary steps in the process of recreating historic recipes for the modern table by:
- analyzing the subtext of historical cookbooks, regardless of their culinary patrimony and time period;
- deciphering archaic languages, such as Old English;
- choosing the correct equipment and ingredients;
- cooking with a wood fire on a hearth or three stones on the ground;
- researching historical accuracy with various print and online resources.
In other words, A Hastiness of Cooks offers a key to the kitchens of the past. And readers will discover just how vast their culinary repertoire can become.
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The Blackshade Machine : William D. Latoria
It is October 22, 2072. America, Canada, and Mexico no longer exist. Canada and America have combined to form a new nation called Candaerica, which has taken over Mexico.
William Herbert Blackshade is a Colonel in the Candaerican Army Air Corp and is chosen by his country’s leaders to be the on-scene Commander when aliens land in Roswell, New Mexico. Upon making contact, the aliens (who refer to themselves as Omegas) make some startling claims about humanity, why we are on Earth, where we come from, and why we were brought into being.
As Colonel Blackshade’s relationship with the aliens matures, he discovers many new truths about the Universe, the Earth, Humanity, and the aliens themselves. He also has to decide if the aliens are trustworthy or if they have an ulterior motive for making contact with humans. Colonel Blackshade deals with the repercussions of the alien’s arrival, on both the alien’s side, and humanity’s.
As the aliens offer us new information about our origins, some of humanity rejoices at the knowledge, and some reject it. If Colonel Blackshade cannot figure out how to bridge the gap between human and Omega, the extinction of mankind is a very real possibility.
I wrote this book with the intent to engage, challenge, and entertain the reader. The aliens make some very interesting claims about humanity that I hope sticks with the reader long after they’re done with the book.
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Lovable Lottie and The Lost Toy : Asia Upward
Oh no! Lovable Lottie has lost her toy! Can you help her find it?
Lottie, an adorable Maremma puppy, lives on an apple orchard with her family and other animal friends.
With days full of adventurous fun, Lottie is always misplacing her favourite toy but has she really lost it? Is her toy hiding from her? Lottie needs your help to find her best friend.
Asia has published two other books: A Dog’s World: Homemade meals for your pooch and Entertaining: A Dog’s World.
This is the first children’s book she has published and the beginning of the Lovable Lottie series.
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Gate 6: Murder at Black Oaks : E.D. Degenfelder
Madeline Abbott’s life is once again thrown into chaos and disaster as she becomes the prime suspect in a gruesome murder.
Madeline learns Black Oaks, the derelict coastal mansion she inherited, may not be hers due to a bizarre legal mix-up. Her attorney investigates, but she is slammed with more shocking news: her ex-husband, David, has been released from jail and is suddenly missing. Unbelievably, Madeline becomes the prime suspect in a grisly murder. She and detectives Cooper and Morales are thrust into a complex game involving Madeline’s ex-husband David Dean, someone claiming ownership of Black Oaks, and a brutal assault.
Rumor has it, there a long lost cache of gold hidden at the mansion. If so, why has it never been found after decades? Is someone willing to kill to find it? Then something unforeseen puts Cooper and Madeline’s fragile relationship in jeopardy. Will Madeline have to face the danger lurking in the shadowy hallways and murky rooms of the old house … alone?
Gate 6 … Murder at Black Oaks is the second novel in this exciting trilogy by E.D. Degenfelder. A suspense-filled thrill ride of murder and mayhem that brings back characters Madeline Abbott, Detectives Scott Cooper and Isabelle Morales. This book is the second in this series, however, each book is a stand-alone novel with no cliff hangers.
Unkindness Of Ravens, the first book of Evan’s trilogy, is also on Whizbuzz Books.
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