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Searching for Swimmers : Casey Claunch
Searching for Swimmers
“There’s also a twenty percent chance you’ll contract herpes. What’s the chance you’ll contract love?”
At age 37, Jason Purdue is done with sex in general and romance in particular. He’s even happy that the sperm he sent to a cryogenics lab to be frozen is set for termination. Or is it? When an email informs Jason that his sperm is missing, he begins a frantic, cross country search for the possible recipient. Is it free spirited Sheila, enigmatic Christina, or serious Gabrielle, who is carrying Jason’s future baby? And why does he need to find out anyways?
Searching for Swimmers is a story about birth, bewilderment and bibaciousness for the cynical underachiever in all of us.
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The Composer’s Legacy : Michael DeStefano
The Composer’s Legacy
Dr. David C. Whealy enjoyed the predictability of his academic life: teaching, performing, and conducting music. And his greatest joy was sharing the wonder of music with his talented students.
But an unexpected letter sealed in wax and stamped with a lopsided butterfly changed all that.
The celebrated California music professor is drawn to the opposite side of the country to investigate his unusual inheritance. As David explores the secrets of his mysterious benefactor, James Burton West, he finds more than just a remodeled home on the Delaware coast.
Through the journals and correspondence West leaves behind, David embarks on a journey of discovery that takes him deeper into the world of an intensely private and humble man who went through the last years of his life alone – and off the grid.
Also waiting for David to discover is the promised treasure trove of original and unpublished autograph scores, the quality and quantity of which would rival that of the great composers.
West knew precious little about his estate that had been in continuous family hands since 1724. He knew nothing about his enigmatic ancestor, a Thomas of “historic import,” nor the origins of that ancient iron key – a key that held a secret even James Burton West remained ignorant of to his death.
Explore the History
Uncover the Mystery
Discover the Music of the late composer, James Burton West.
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Confessions of a Southern Baby-Boomer : Meg Henderson Wade
Confessions of a Southern Baby-Boomer
With her Unsinkable Molly Brown, Meg wondered, “Where are all the other white middle-class cocaine addicts who turn themselves into Rehab?” There weren’t any-just court ordered people were there…so that’s why Meg wrote “CONFESSIONS OF A SOUTHERN BABY-BOOMER-How I Survived Crack Cocaine Addiction, the Mafia & Other Totally True Tales”.
She knew that there were other Baby-Boomers who had this secret too and as AA and NA say, “You’re only as sick as your secrets.” So that’s why Meg Speaks today-to tell her story so others know that you can overcome addiction and come out of the dark. By telling her deepest secret, Meg learned they can’t hurt her anymore.
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It’s Not My Favorite : Rue
An irreverent, modern-day, romantic comedy!
The Hutchinson sisters grew up under the piercing, pious stare of a preacher’s wife. Plagued by her ever-disappointed refrain, “Well, it’s not my favorite.” Their search to find their own way in the world has not been a screaming success.
Gwenn is a good girl, a responsible girl…a miserable girl. Her steady diet of vivid fantasies is the only part of her life she enjoys. She daydreams of new parents, a more exciting job and an actual love life. She struggles to run a business as The Organizer, while she stacks relationship carcasses in the closet of her own completely unorganized life. Her only real friend is her younger sister, Rachel.
Rachel is outgoing, risqué and happily gay. The only people who don’t know this little secret are her judgmental parents, Pastor Ed and Shirley. Rachel struggles mightily to dodge her mother’s constant attempts to set her up with “nice Christian boys”; while holding down a job at the bakery and keeping up with her rock-star girlfriend!
Gwenn uncovers a photo that brings her imaginary world careening into reality. She’s forced to ask herself if wealthy artist, Daniel Gregory is the answer she’s been seeking or a grand delusion.
Break-ups, meltdowns, family secrets, wild nights and finally a journey of self-discovery to exotic New Zealand keep Gwenn and Rachel stumbling toward independence.
So grab your parka and join the Hutchinson girls, as they experience the Lake Effect in Duluth, Minnesota!
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You Can Love Again : Jan Haldane
You Can Love Again: The Guide To Finding Love That Lasts In Later Life
How Finding Love Changes.
Once upon a time you were young and single and love was easy to find, and relatively uncomplicated. Life was like a blank canvas waiting for you to make your mark on it. They were heady young days, filled with dreams and optimism. Back then you didn’t know what you didn’t know about love and relationships.
As the years passed you accumulated things, people, responsibilities and emotional baggage. Life and love started to get complicated.
This book is for women who have been badly burnt by relationships. Very often it is much safer to stay home with a good book, the cat and a glass of wine than taking the risk of trying to find love again. Believe it or not, there are good men out there looking for love. Finding them may necessitate kissing a few frogs, but the result is worth it.
There is lasting love out there waiting for you if you are willing to do the inner work necessary to attract love to you. This book will show you how to release the thoughts that may have served to protect you in the past, but now hold you back from the true love you deserve. You will learn what you need to be happy in a relationship and what type of relationship suits your current life stage.
I can promise you that this book will change the way you think about relationships including your relationship with yourself.
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Mineko : R G Dillon
Mineko: Book of Sisters
Brutal Samurai invade your home, murdering family, servants and guards in front of you. Your sister and you, as the only survivor’s, are whisked away to a desolate mountain castle. You later watch through tear-drenched eyes as she is ripped from your arms and taken away.
You are only six years old.
This is Mineko’s life. This is how her childhood in 17th century Japan began. For the next decade, Mineko endures as she learns to survive in a world filled with hate, terrifying abuse, violence and hunger. All the while she dreams of two things; a sister that one day returns to save her – and of someone to love. But little girls grow up and little girls learn. And little sisters never forget. The only difference between revenge and vengeance is the intensity of the punishment that is inflicted – and Mineko will settle for nothing less than extreme vengeance.
Set in 17th century Japan, “Mineko” is a rich, evocative, harsh and violent saga of a young girl’s quest for vengeance.
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Thrive : Mark Barnes
Thrive: Surviving in a Corporate Jungle
A light-hearted look at life in the Corporate Jungle. No science, no tips, no jargon – it’s called a Jungle for a reason…
You’ve decided you want to go work at Acme Inc, so you need to get yourself prepared for life in the corporate jungle. This book will introduce you to some of the animals you will meet in the jungle and describe in colourful details what life is really like as you explore the new reality you are faced with.
Or perhaps you are stuck in a corporate jungle and just want a different way to think about your daily life. Once you picture Peter, your boss, as a snake, you might naturally change how you behave around him, because we have instinctive reactions to animals but mistakenly assume we can apply logic when dealing with humans.
There is no reason you have to be content surviving in the corporate jungle. Through some of the illustrations and scenarios in the book, you may identify opportunities in your own corporation where you can thrive. There is no right way to thrive, there is only your way to thrive. One person may thrive by deliberately being difficult and obtuse, confident they are doing their best for the corporate, another may be deliberately disrupting and challenging the status quo. Imagining your own reactions and interactions in animal terms may be just the tonic you need, or may help you identify opportunities where you are surviving due to your animal behaviours and becoming a different animal would allow you to thrive.
Regardless of your reason for reading this book, it will hopefully bring something different to the daily grind of corporate life. Happy Hunting 🙂
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Piece by Piece : Cathie Whitmore
Piece by Piece
Eleanor’s rags to riches story, begins the day she meets Robert Harding, in April 1948. Robert’s good looks do play a minor part in Eleanor’s attraction to him, but the silver spoon protruding from his mouth, most definitely clinches the deal.
From the moment Eleanor meets Robert’s mother Rose, beaming at her from the front steps of their six bedroom four bathroom mansion, bequeathed to her by her late husband Samuel, Robert’s father, she senses Rose is the type of woman, who will take her under her wing and nurture her. A kind and sincere woman, yet emotionally vulnerable, like her son, eager to lick Eleanor’s wounds and make it all better.
Eleanor’s world collapses when Robert is killed in a car accident, leaving her with four year old twin boys, a two year old girl and nothing more than a less than adequate insurance policy. Robert’s death, throws Rose into the depths of depression, leaving Eleanor to support her mother-in-law emotionally, ensuring Rose will continue to support her financially.
Like mother, like daughter…the master and the apprentice of manipulation, Celeste Harding, begins her story as a fifteen year old in 1967, mourning the loss of her beloved Grandma Rose. Eleanor, convinced she is about to inherit the family home, known as Harding House, is confident Rose being out of the picture will ultimately bring her daughter Celeste, closer. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
The Eight Affirmations of Alcohol & Drug Addiction : David Thomas Dozier
The Eight Affirmations of Alcohol & Drug Addiction: A Healing Guide
Negative addiction is not a disease, and therefore cannot be treated with medicines, medicinal attitudes, instructions, rewards for abstinence, or misleading ideologies and practices that in any way tell the alcoholic or drug abuser he is a victim.
Addiction is not a complex condition as many addiction specialists will have us believe. The drama in which many addicts live may be very complex but the experience of addiction is not. It is part of the addictive personality. Positive addiction is nourishing and rewarding; negative addiction is hardly that. It is fueled by emotional need followed by emotional choice. It lacks the liberty of active decision.
David Thomas Dozier presents a new adaptive approach to understanding victimization, lack of control, helplessness and the fatal attraction to pain and suffering. He challenges the false labels often used by addiction specialists to categorize their patients as victims of disease, emotional disorder and psychiatric pathology, all concepts that reinforce the negative drama that is addiction.
He offers ways to help the alcoholic or drug addict allow natural change to occur through understanding and experiencing the powerful affirmations that each human being possesses. He shatters the stereotypes many organizations, specialists and treatment facilities use to diminish an addict’s ownership of awareness, responsibility and active personal choice. He debunks ancient myths regarding addiction and in the end shows us that positive addiction is natural and often healthy.
This book addresses all kinds of addicts, including what the author refers to as external addicts, those loved ones who desperately offer their love, attention, time and guidance in observed situations of torment and suffering. He suggests powerful ways to truly assist the addict through acceptance, faith and therapeutic guidance.
The book does not dwell on proven techniques or on old established ways to redeem addicts. It is based on a new approach that involves awareness, acceptance, free personal choice and present-moment experience, all ways to simplify and demystify the false complexity associated with alcohol and drug dependence.
While some of the contents of this book may appear controversial and sometimes inconsistent with the logic that drives our minds, our mechanism of thinking, the author shows us that we can learn to experience a powerful new perspective of what is going on in an addict’s fanatic attraction to drama and the unremitting state of suffering and anger.
The book is divided into six sections and uses a self-help group approach to interact with readers, a refreshing format of questions and answers by group members in a “room” the author says, “…(that) has no walls or visible boundaries. It’s containment is marked only by the group and their experiences.” The narrative extends beyond that venue, and its experience resonates in the growing awareness the reader uses to understand the truths we all have in common.
The Eight Affirmations of Alcohol & Drug Addiction is a book not to be read in a conventional way but to be fully experienced through observation and awareness.
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Mrs. Wagstaff : Tabitha Tikkle
Mrs. Wagstaff: The Wicked Widow of Waverly Way
How she became the “wicked widow” of Waverly Way, was a tale that Jane Wagstaff often liked to ponder. She never could have imagined when she was growing up in a small Midwestern town, that one day, she would be the most sexually infamous woman in the world––her carnal exploits discussed from coast to coast.
She never would have believed that she would bed hundreds, if not thousands, of men. That women all over the globe would look to her for guidance in finding sexual satisfaction. That inexperienced young men would call on her to guide them through their first sexual experience. But it was all true.
Long before she married Harold Wagstaff––her sexual soulmate and CEO of Wagstaff Industries, the world’s largest manufacturer of adult novelties––Jane had set her sights on a life of sexual adventure. Long before she moved into the glorious Wagstaff mansion on exclusive Waverly Way, she was an expert in all things erotic. And long after her beloved husband’s death after many wonderful sexually-satisfying years of marriage, Jane Wagstaff was still going strong. Yes, “Wicked Widow” was definitely an appropriate description for Jane Wagstaff, and she worked hard to live up to her naughty reputation.
This short novella is the first in the MRS. WAGSTAFF humorous erotic series.
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