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New ADHD Memoir Debunks Long Standing and Entrenched Educational Policies While Exploring Pertinent Issues Such as Adderall Abuse, Learning Style, and Stigmatization
"mADD man," is the beautifully written and magnificently dark memoir by author, Brian J. Robinson. It digs deeply and often brutally into ADHD, Adderall abuse, Hollywood, philosophy, rebellion, Judaism, Tulane, New Orleans, and the unique perspective of someone With ADHD. This is not a clinical perspective. - March 16, 2010 - mADD man
The Quill Guild Announces Swimming With Wings, the Debut Novel from American Author Lee Libro
Amazon’s CreateSpace has published "Swimming With Wings" by Lee Libro, the author’s debut novel. The 5 x 8 Paperback in the Literary Fiction and New Age Fiction categories is available retail via online via Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble (Bn.com), CreateSpace and in eBook format from Amazon Kindle. Wholesale purchases can be made through Ingram, Baker’s & Taylor and The Quill Guild. Webpages were launched simultaneously with the book’s publication. - March 16, 2010 - The Quill Guild
Squiggly Line Media Releases Its First Children’s Book – This is Dot
Squiggly Line Media releases “This is Dot,” a unique children’s picture book for pre-readers and early readers about the colorful life of a simple, black dot. - March 16, 2010 - Squiggly Line Media
For Dinosaur Lovers: Make Prehistoric Times Come to Life. A Resource for the Classroom, the Home School, and Just for Fun.
Figures In Motion is pleased to announce the release of Dinosaurs on the Move: Movable Paper Figures to Cut, Color, and Assemble. Children age 6 to 12 make movable action figures of prehistoric dinosaurs. The engaging figures—based on authentic fossils and skeletons—and the accompanying descriptive text for the 10 species of dinosaurs can be used to facilitate drama play, science learning, and even discussions of natural history. Endorsed by internationally known paleontologists and educators. - March 16, 2010 - Figures In Motion
AuthorHouse Introduces New Premium Nonfiction Publishing Packages
AuthorHouse, the leading provider of self-publishing, marketing, and bookselling services for authors around the globe, has unveiled a pair of premium nonfiction book publishing packages featuring advanced marketing and promotional offerings. The Cornerstone Nonfiction Publishing Package blends... - March 15, 2010 - AuthorHouse
iUniverse Releases Top Ten Best Seller List for February 2010
Twilight-Inspired Cookbook Surges to Fourth on the List. - March 15, 2010 - iUniverse
Charleston Shi Will Host a Public Event in Celebrating the Release of Second of 11-Book Series
Charleston Shi will Host a public event at Westgate Chrysler dealer in Plainfield, Indiana, in celebrating the release of the second of 11-book series. Charleston Shi will host a public event in celebrating the release of second of 11-book series, Storm of the Kraken and upcoming third book, Rage... - March 15, 2010 - Charleston Shi
Vukcic Publishes Famed Poet Nicholas Pugliese's Second Book, "Elevator Wit"
A book of poetry, dealing with topics such as death, love, Rutherford B. Hayes, dogs, monsters, dreams, money, murder, starfish, being buried alive, bridges, dumpsters, and other common themes, using both free verse and more formal poetic styles. Buy now to feel artsy. Nicholas Pugliese is a... - March 14, 2010 - Vukcic
Wonder Woman Debuts as Newest Super Hero in Children’s Book Series
Capstone imprint Stone Arch Books, children's fiction publisher, announces the addition of Wonder Woman to its best-selling DC Super Heroes chapter-book series, based on DC Comic’s iconic characters. The first female super hero appears in four new titles from the publisher which are available... - March 14, 2010 - Capstone
NAT Releases Her First Suspenseful Novel "How Could She Do It" on Amazon.com
Author, Nataisha Hill, has just released her first self-published novel on Amazon.com. This book illustrates the life of a young, single woman trying to cope with abusive relationships, deceitful friends, and other real-life issues women may find hard to discuss such as abortion. Motivated by... - March 12, 2010 - Nataisha Hill
Too True For Lies: A Child's Story Author is Doing a Book Signing
Author Stephen Matthews will be at the Willingboro Recreation Center doing book signing. - March 12, 2010 - Stephen D. Matthews
Have a Vampire Weekend with a Good Book: Music Producer JackDazey Releases New Book of Seductive Essays
After an appearance in Law and Order episode: Children of the Lost Blood, music producer/visionary and now author JackDazey awakens his charismatic seductive persona in his new release of romantic collective works in a true diary titled - Dying For Her Love, in which he states "it is my return from the death of my heart to unite with my true love." - March 11, 2010 - Jack Dazey
Four Rare Cornell Woolrich Novellas, Unavailable for Decades, Are Published
Suspense master Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968) is best known for his novella “Rear Window,” the basis of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1950s film. The most riveting of his other novellas have now been collected in a single volume entitled Four Novellas of Fear (A. J. Cornell Publications). - March 11, 2010 - A. J. Cornell Publications, LLC
New Book Released on Goal Setting
Author, Rich Strehl, recently released his new book on goal setting entitled Building Foundations By Setting Goals. - March 11, 2010 - Building Foundations By Setting Goals
Wattpad Writer Jose Alfredo Vazquez Signs Publishing Deal
Wattpad Ebook “The War Against Them: A Zombie Novel” Published by Living Dead Press. - March 10, 2010 - Wattpad Inc.
Wattpad Announces The Marshall Plan(R) Sponsored "Best Mystery/Suspense Novel" Contest Winners
In January, Wattpad - the world’s most popular ebook community - partnered with Evan Marshall - literary agent, bestselling mystery novelist, and co-author with Martha Jewett of The Marshall Plan(R) Novel Writing Software – and launched the "Best Mystery/Suspense Novel in 10,000... - March 10, 2010 - Wattpad Inc.
Seemingly Matterless Tales: New Book of Short Stories Explores the Ragged Edges of Reality
Seemingly Matterless Tales, a collection of short stories by John Byron, offers a compelling tapestry where time travel, magic, and immortality intertwine with dark choices and desperate acts. - March 10, 2010 - John Byron
New Book Guides Readers to an Inner World of Personal Spiritual Truth
Jeanne K. Hain Wiemer of Seward, Neb., is a modern-day mystic who believes her assignment is to bring comfort and peace into the world by helping others connect to their inner spiritual truth, their “inner maker,” as Wiemer calls it. Her new book, “Jesus, the Ordinary Man,”... - March 10, 2010 - Infusionmedia Publishing Inc.
Sylvan Dell Publishing Celebrates eBook Week This Week
Sylvan Dell Publishing is ringing in the Spring with the sixth annual "Read an eBook Week" March 7-13. - March 10, 2010 - Arbordale Publishing
Released Free Edition of the Sci-Fi Ebook "The Alpha Centauri Project – Thinking Worlds"
Author Marco Santini has gladdened his fans by publishing a free edition of his SF novel "The Alpha Centauri project." The work is downloadable from the writer’s website. - March 09, 2010 - Marco Santini
New Book, "Wake The Dead and Other Short Stories" by Nima Saraj, Now Available
"Wake the Dead," and other short stories, available online @ amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com; a New Author with alot of promise. - March 09, 2010 - Wake The Dead Inc
Former Exotic Dancer Publishes 'How to' Book for Women Who Want to Learn How to Get Into the Business
"How To Be A $tripper: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know But Were Too Afraid To Ask" by Shy is a peek inside an exotic dancer’s mind. - March 09, 2010 - Be An Exotic Dancer.Com
Mustard Seed Canada Announces Paul Richardson Book Launch and Television Appearance
Mustard Seed Canada would like to announce the launch of Paul Richardson's new book "A Certain Risk, Living Your Faith at the Edge." Paul will officially launch the book during an interview on 100 Huntely St. on Monday, March 15, 2010, where he will expand on the inspiring stories found in his new release. - March 08, 2010 - Mustard Seed Mission Canada Inc.
KNFB Reading Technology Supports “Read an eBook Week” March 7-13, 2010
Blio software creators aim to bring awareness to eReader innovations. - March 07, 2010 - KNFB Reading Technology
Llumina Press Serves Up Hauntings of the Past
In his new book from Llumina Press, Burnt Cookies – A Quest for Closure, author Arny Alberts explores the life of a youth who is sexually abused by a trusted adult. Chilling and edgy, the story is one that makes you think, shudder, and yet hope. - March 06, 2010 - Llumina Press
Too True for Lies: A Child's Story is Coming to Book Stores Soon
Published author Stephen D. Matthews has told us a story that impacts all of the emotions in his book Too True For Lies: A Child’s Story. "Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."-Walter Anderson. Stephen Matthews has done great by taking that chance and putting it into this book. - March 06, 2010 - Stephen D. Matthews
Pump Up Your Book Promotion Announces March ‘10 Authors on Tour
Announcement of Pump Up Your Book Promotion's March 2010 Authors on Tour. - March 05, 2010 - Pump Up Your Book Promotion PR
Mom's Choice Awards Honors Sue Blaney's Audio Book That Helps Parents Demystify, Communicate and Build Relationships with Their Teens
Mom’s Choice Awards has named “You’re Empowered! Parenting Teens with Conviction, Communication and Love” as a 2010 silver award winner. This three-part audio program helps to answer parents’ most common questions about their teens. - March 05, 2010 - Sue Blaney
Murphy Literary Properties Introduces New Website, Releases First Two Julie McNamara Mysteries
Murphy Literary Properties, the father/son team of Dan and Chris Murphy, has combined to create some of the hottest new fiction in the mystery, adventure, and chick-lit genres, and proudly announces the release of Johnny Walker’s Red and Johnny Walker’s Black - March 05, 2010 - Murphy Literary Properties
John Wilkerson Authors Green Supply Chain Management Text
Green Book on sale at Amazon.com. - March 04, 2010 - Bellwether Services
New Book Explores the Truth About Cuba and the Castro Dictartorship from a Social and Political Perspective
The general public in America has always had a fascination with Cuba - from cigars to Castro - and Gonzalo Fernández's new book, "Cuba's Primer - Castro's Earring Economy" provides an in depth knowledge for the country's historical background from independence wars and Spanish American war over Cuba to current conditions on the Island. - March 03, 2010 - Gonzalo Fernández
West Bloomfield Plum Market to Host Children’s Book Author, Erika Roman Saint-Pierre, for the Launch of Her New Book
Author Erika Roman Saint-Pierre and Plum Market of West Bloomfield have teamed up to present the launch of Saint-Pierre’s new children’s book, “Hoppa’s Big Move,” during Spa Day on March 20, 2010, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Plum Market in the Old Orchard Plaza, 6565... - March 03, 2010 - Culturatti Kids/Culturatti Ink
New Book from J Manimas Publishing Says: "Fundamentalists Ignore the Gospels"
A new book is available from bookstores and online booksellers, entitled: "The Primacy of Stewardship." - March 02, 2010 - JManimas Publishing
New Publishing Company, "Creative Imaginations," Founded by Authors, for Authors, Releases First Title Inspired by a True Story, "The Count of the Cards"
"The Count Of The Cards" is now being released by Creative Imaginations LLC, a new publishing company releasing it's first novel March 01, 2010. The company was founded February, 2010 with writers in mind. The company is interested in providing writers the opportunity to maintain their own unique style and choices of topics without constant editing for the publisher's bottom line. The first novel published, with the authors insight and experience as a professional gambler are included. - March 02, 2010 - Creative Imaginations Publishing Company LLC
Presenting the Fundamentals of Environmental Ethics at Their "Ground-Level Best," Dog Ear Publishing Releases "Romancing the Universe" Written by G. Gene Johnson
After having spent 30 years looking at the world through a “wide-angle lens,” naturalist/philosopher G. Gene Johnson, offers the reader a remarkable vision across boundaries; a vision which recognizes earth’s unity, shares earth’s community, celebrates earth’s... - March 01, 2010 - Dog Ear Publishing
"Murder for Hire" Book Signing with Jack Ballentine to Benefit the 100 Club of Arizona
Jack Ballentine will sign copies of Murder for Hire: My Life as the Country’s Most Successful Undercover Agent at Rock n’ Java on March 4 from 11 am to 1 pm in Tucson. Murder for Hire details the life of Ballentine who posed as a hit-man for the Phoenix Police Department. The book... - March 01, 2010 - 100 Club of Arizona
Small Book Publisher Authors and Publishes Eight Books in the First Year
Paw Print Productions (www.pawprintbooks2009.com) founder Deb Thompson began writing as a hobby but quickly turned that into a second career by writing and publishing her own books and the books of others. Thompson's books span the gamut from children's stories to WWI to humor and suspense. - February 28, 2010 - Paw Print Productions
Storyteller Writer Robert Elias Ballard Self Publishes Two New Books
Writer Robert Elias Ballard self publishes two new books of tales and stories. - February 28, 2010 - Robert Ballard
Iran Nuclear Terror Proliferation in Chiapas Subject of New Political Thriller by Bohdan O. Szuprowicz Promoted by 21st Century Research
This is pre-publication publicity for a timely political conspiracy thriller novel about Iran’s attempt to create a nuclear terror coalition against United States. They smuggle nuclear weapons to the Zapatista insurgents in Mexico who want independence for the state of Chiapas. They also deploy those systems secretly in North America to retaliate when Israel or Unites States attack Iran. - February 28, 2010 - 21st Century Research
False Prophets Exposed in New Novel, "The Church of Jezebel," Published by Outskirts Press
Outskirts Press announces the release of The Church of Jezebel, Hijacking the Gospel, Derik R. Girdwood’s suspenseful novel about a murder revealed and the subsequent discoveries a young Christian woman makes as she finds out all is not what it seems in the world of the church and its... - February 28, 2010 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Real-Time Cell-Phone Thriller
nick.colls announces the publication of his novel, redemption, a cell-phone thriller written in real-time, chronicling the misadventures of a struggling author who tries to rob a bank as a means to writing a bestseller. - February 28, 2010 - nick.colls
Outskirts Press Announces "Final Outcome," the Latest Book from Fresno, CA Author James B. McPike
Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Final Outcome: An Apocalyptic Mystery Thriller by James B. McPike, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 paperback cream in the Fiction / Horror category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble... - February 28, 2010 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press AnnouncesAThe Antiquarian and the Key Graphic Novel Black & White, by Author M.L. Welch
Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Antiquarian and the Key Graphic Novel Black & White by M.L. Welch, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 6 x 9 paperback cream in the Fiction / Action & Adventure category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon... - February 28, 2010 - Outskirts Press, Inc.
Bestselling Author Jim Donovan Unveils ‘Ageless Living’ Method in New Book
‘Don’t Let an Old Person Move into Your Body’ Combats Myths of Aging - February 27, 2010 - Jim Donovan Associates
Novelist Finds Support, Means Through Web Services
Internet services allowing novelists the flexibility to successfully self-publish. - February 27, 2010 - Darlene Mccullough
jexbo™ Wins Corp! Magazine “Best of Michigan Award” in Technology
Site at www.jexbo.com for Self Published Authors Honored by Local Residents - February 27, 2010 - jexbo
Congestive Heart Failure Books by Author Lon Maisttison
Lon Maisttison is the author of “Kissed by Death II: Congestive Heart Failure" published on Lulu Marketplace (www.lulu.com), the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books. - February 26, 2010 - Lon Maisttison
New Book: Succeed Beyond Adversity by Robert Comradd: Sold on Amazon.com
This book will encourage anyone to go after their dream. - February 25, 2010 - Comradd Company
iUniverse Would Like to Announce the Release of Making Mediation Your Day Job by Tammy Lenski, Ed.D.
Dr. Tammy Lenski makes her living in the throes of confrontation and dispute. And, she loves it. A professional mediator with over two decades of experience—a combination of a previous faculty assignment with Woodbury College Mediation & Applied Conflict Studies graduate program and her street-tested savvy from private practice—Lenski has much to say about her craft. Drawing on familiar mediation concepts e.g. framing to dialogue-building to interests. - February 25, 2010 - iUniverse
iUniverse Would Like to Announce the Release of "Muzzy Field: Tales from a Forgotten Ballpark," by Douglas S. Malan
Tucked away in the woodsy corner of a public park located within the once-gilded boundaries of a manufacturing city lies one of America's oldest ballparks—the only one in existence where historic sports figures Babe Ruth and Vince Lombardi have played. Muzzy Field: Tales From a Forgotten Ballpark, by journalist Douglas Malan chronicles all the Hall of Fame athletes and coaches who have played on the field since its creation in 1912, bringing to life the fascinating stories that created a legacy. - February 25, 2010 - iUniverse