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Inner Traditions Acquires Title from iUniverse Author Sabine Lucas

iUniverse announced today that Inner Traditions acquired author Sabine Lucas’ book, Bloodlines of the Soul. Inner Traditions is one of the oldest and largest publishers devoted to the spiritual and healing traditions of the world. “They are very enthusiastic about it,” Lucas... - December 23, 2006 - iUniverse

Book Deal: “The Progress of Man” by Dr. Thomas Moore. Email Alphar Publishing for Advance Copy.

"Dr. Moore recognizes himself in the persona of Dubya, and so is drawn to exploring the character, as a surrogate for modern manhood… A fun book: A presidential family is psycho-analysed, apocryphal for the environment and future politicians." Publisher's Review. - December 22, 2006 - Alphar Publishing

Dr. Thomas Moore Confronts Issues Around Child Rape, Forgiving - In His Novel: Upland Road

Upland Road: Forgiveness is the only known antidote to resentment, including that resentment that ambushes us after experiences of abuse, abortion, rape . . . and it can be digested like a medication, often with delayed benefits. - December 22, 2006 - Alphar Publishing

A New Name in Urban Fiction Publishing

Behind Prison Walls, Marquis McKenzie discovers a Talent for Writing and Entrepreneurship. - December 21, 2006 - Gatehouse Publications

Can a Man and a Woman Ever Really Be “Just Friends”?

Clayton Dunham, author of Crosses: A Christian Executive, explores this very question in his new work Unadulterated Love, Examining Affairs of the Heart and Platonic Relationships. It is a heart-wrenching tale of close friends of the opposite sex who experience the dangers of a secret friendship. - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

New Exotic Mystery Novel about Peru Released in Both English and Spanish

A new exotic mystery novel has been released that takes place in Iquitos, Peru and concerns the interesting role of a witch in solving a theft. The Spanish characters in the book are strong and well defined and the mystery concerns a well-ordered plot. The book offers a good idea of Spanish life in the unusual city of Iquitos that is located in Amazonia and is the largest city in the world reachable only by air or boat. - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

How Will You Be Remembered? Life is No Doubt a Game Full of Winners and Losers... But in the End All Anyone Remembers is How You Played It.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the sport of boxing - along with New York City - was struggling to civilize itself. Based on a true story and interwoven with the story of a young New Yorker at the turn of the twenty-first century, The Real McCoy is an Irish-American tale set at a time where actors were boxers and commonly boxers were actors, in and outside the ring. - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

Theatrical Devotional Sets the Stage for a Spiritual Encounter

Voices beyond the Veil, The Story of God, Humanly Speaking is a theatrical devotional consisting of 80 monologues from great and not so great characters in the Bible. - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

An Exciting New Voice in Horror and Suspense

Six friends. A college reunion twenty years in the making. An isolated island cut-off from the mainland in a winter storm. One tragic secret holds them together. The wrath of one madman will tear them apart. - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

Energy Independence is Within America’s Grasp – Could a Ruthless Executive Prevent This from Happening?

A Romanov Returns is a fast paced novel dealing with the current energy needs of America and the political realities of global markets. - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

What To Do About a Bully: A New Children’s Story Offers Practical Heartfelt Solutions

Everyday Heroes is a sensitive and somewhat humorous story about a fourth grader named Jesse and his friend, Bruno, a child who is the constant victim of Mud, the class bully. While the story focuses in on the problems that children face when dealing with bullies, it also addresses the pain that... - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

The Bag Lady Has 3 Faces: Song Becomes a Novel and a Movie

Songstress Erykah Badu popularized the phrase “bag lady” in a song by the same title. The song became a book and will soon be a movie. - December 20, 2006 - Queen Publications

Mystic Claims He Has Solved the UFO Mystery

Nahu, mystic and author of the revolutionary new book UFOs: God from Inner Space asserts that despite contemporary mechanistic discoveries in science, “God is not dead, but alive and well, and can be seen above us in the form of the heavenly light commonly known as UFOs.” - December 20, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

Brooklyn Author Explains Why She’s Blacque and Blue

Layne Blacque is an author with a surprising formula for passionate angst. - December 19, 2006 - SaintBlacque PR

How the Western World Could Stay Ahead -- Without Recurring to Doubtful Methods

The existing public aversion against science prevents fast solutions to our problems. To let more people in to physics, and to help all students, an easily digestible e-book, first of a series, has been published: "Helium and More." http://physics.global-momentum.net - December 18, 2006 - Dr. Thomas Oestereich

Online Dating....Who Are They Really?

Fraudulent profiles and photographs are increasingly being used as a venue for crimes perpetuated in the name of love. Online dating, used by millions of singles, although very popular and very successful also has its share of dangers. This press release speaks to Romance Fraud, the problem along with its inexpensive solution, The Dating Passport. - December 18, 2006 - The Dating Passport

Author Donates Books to Library Cooperative

In the spirit of the season, Jamie Beckett donated copies of his current novel, Burritos and Gasoline (ISBN 978-0-595-40912-9) to the Polk County Library Cooperative. The 16 affiliated libraries will be offered the books as an addition to their respective collections. - December 18, 2006 - Jamie Beckett

Diabetic Cooking with Soul

The Virtuous Women speak with Fabiola Gaines and Shawn Fralin, two of the creative minds behind The Family Style Soul Food Diabetes Cookbook. - December 17, 2006 - The Virtuous Woman

Research Biologist Turned Entrepreneur Claims Marketing is the Lifeblood of a Business

David Mason, a trained research biologist turned entrepreneur, used his scientific research skills to explore what makes a business tick. His findings have produced some astonishing results that he discloses to readers in his new book, Marketing Your Small Business For Big Profits (Morgan James... - December 15, 2006 - Mason Performance Development Inc.

Scout Declares It's Time to Revise the Boy Scout Law

Boy Scout Jacob Wittren goes beyond the Boy Scout Law to help needy members of his community. - December 14, 2006 - Bedsidebooks, Inc.

More Code Controversy – Everything is Possible When Man is God.

Just when we thought it was safe to read again…there arrives more Code Controversy. Or should that be ‘God’ Controversy! As soon as the Da Vinci Code finished telling us that Jesus was a man, Equation Point tells us that man is God – well, man will be God in a... - December 13, 2006 - Mainstreet Publishing

Byrns Publishes Second Collection of Superhero Fiction, Requiem

Super!!Stories!! announces the publication of Frank Byrns' newest collection of superhero prose fiction. - December 13, 2006 - Super!!Stories!! Publishing

Youth Groups Sought to Organize Local Book Drive

Bedsidebooks is seeking students, scouts and youth groups to establish book drive to benefit local non profits. Groups and individuals can earn a stipend up to $450 for their efforts. - December 13, 2006 - Bedsidebooks, Inc.

Upgrade to the ISBN System Effective January 1 2007 Due to Proliferation of Electronic Publications

When is too much still not enough? According to the International ISBN Agency, Berlin, as of January 1 2007, it increased the numbering capacity of the ISBN system (from 10 to 13 digits) owing to the “increase of electronic publications and the resulting proliferation of editions and... - December 12, 2006 - Mainstreet Publishing

Insider's Secrets To Identity Theft: What They Don't Want You to Know

See how businesses are assisting criminals in this crime for a profit. In-depth, detailed, day-to-day activities with a criminal on how they pulled off this crime and obtained your information from the most unsuspecting places. - December 12, 2006 - Theresa Carteris

First Print Publication from World Vital Records, Inc., Property Transactions in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, and Surrounding Communities, 1839-1859, Now Available

World Vital Records, Inc. recently released its first print publication, Property Transactions in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, and Surrounding Communities, 1839-1855, a seven-volume genealogy set. “I view this as a treasure trove for those who were anxious to know something about... - December 12, 2006 - World Vital Records, Inc.

Fuchs Mizrachi School Students Publish Book on Civil War

Authoring stories of time travel empowers Lower School youth to teach and learn - December 12, 2006 - Fuchs Mizrachi School

The Book, “I Won’t Apologize for Being a Woman,” is Finally Here

Local student, poet, actress, and now author, Zorina Exie Jerome has published her first book, “I Won’t Apologize for Being a Woman,” through Xlibris Publishing. “I Won’t Apologize for Being a Woman” is a compilation of poetically controversial testimonies... - December 12, 2006 - Zorina Jerome

A Cry of Shadows Chills the Blood

Max Overton, co-author of the trilogy of novels “Glass House” - adapted to screenplays by L.A. Screenplay writer Daniel Guardino, and ‘optioned’ to movie production in Australia – now has the paranormal thriller “A Cry of Shadows” chilling the flow of blood through veins. - December 11, 2006 - Rolling Seas Promotions Pty Ltd

Doctor Turns in Scrubs for Apron - Retired Surgeon and Le Cordon Bleu Trained Chef Whips Up the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Total Nutrition Cooking

Doctors aren’t known for being good cooks, but when Larrian Gillespie traded her scrubs for an apron, family and friends began lining up for seconds. You won’t wonder why after reading The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Total Nutrition Cooking (ISBN 1592575498, Alpha Books, November... - December 11, 2006 - Healthy Life Publications

Travel Back in Time with a Strong Heroine from the Cape Ann Coast of Massachusetts

Fiction author Nikki Leigh brings the Cape Ann coast of the 1840’s to life in her novel Widow’s Walk. The story begins as the October Gale of 1841 bears down on the coast. She makes last minute preparations for her wedding to her childhood sweetheart, but she’s concerned about her... - December 10, 2006 - S & C Consulting

Roots Recovered Travel, The Online Travel Agency That Provides the Tools to Take Control, Travels to Africa and Anywhere in the World

As concerns over the downturn spiral of the economy continues to grow nationwide, many people are trying to find innovative ways of cutting costs without cutting corners. Out of this need, emerges Roots Recovered Travel, the premier online website for African Heritage Travel... - December 08, 2006 - Roots Recovered Travel

Dairy Free Made Easy Available Now

Alisa Marie Fleming of GoDairyFree.org is proud to announce her new book “Dairy Free Made Easy: Thousands of Foods, Hundreds of Tips, and Dozens of Recipes for Non-Dairy Living.” Over 10 million Americans follow a dairy free diet, and millions more are striving to cut back. In a... - December 08, 2006 - Go Dairy Free

Rattlesnake Knob Still Number One in Horror

For Immediate Release - December 07, 2006 - Everett Swift

Jacksonville, FL Author’s Book of Mystery, Sci-Fi, & Humor Translated into German

A collection of mystery, science fiction, and humor called Time Adjusters and Other Stories by Bill Ectric, (iUniverse, 2005), has been translated into German by Hamburg artist Erni Bär. - December 06, 2006 - Bill Ectric

Announcing Journey To Getting It

Ambeck Enterprise announces the release of Journey To Getting It, an in-depth electronic workbook that inspires the reader to achieve personal and professional success. Written by Avil Beckford, President of Ambeck Enterprise, and born out of her upcoming book Tales of People Who Get It to be released in January 2007, the workbook is based on the ideas, actions and beliefs that were uncovered in interviews of 34 highly successful individuals. - December 06, 2006 - Ambeck Enterprise

Smoking Pun Author to Appear at Old Haunt

Thaddeus Taylor, the linguistic criminal responsible for The Smoking Pun Crimes against the Language, will be at Brentano's Bookstore on the San Antonio River Walk on Saturday the 23rd of December at 3:00 p.m. - December 06, 2006 - Cerebral Market

Amazing Grace – 366 Hymn Stories Newly Available as an eBook Devotional from Olive Tree Bible Software

John Newton, author of the well known hymn Amazing Grace, once said: “I am, in myself, incapable of standing a single hour without continual fresh supplies of strength and grace from the fountain-head.” In this devotional eBook, Kenneth Osbeck encourages Christians to seek this same... - December 06, 2006 - Olive Tree Bible Software

NewYorkYak.com Launches Web Site with Most Comprehensive Listing of Spoken Word Events in New York

NewYorkYak.com is a Web Site dedicated to listing spoken word events in New York City. It draws from events listings at over 200 venues and offers the most comprehensive listing anywhere of lectures, readings, roundtables and other spoken events in New York City. - December 04, 2006 - NewYorkYak.com

Glow-in-the-Dark Radio: Heard Any Good Books Lately?

Listen for Free as Mike Luoma Reads His Sci-Fi Adventure Novel Vatican Assassin. - December 04, 2006 - Michael Luoma

New Novel Gives Shocking Examples of School Violence

In 1990 a student in Massachusetts named James Ballum suffered a brutal beating at his high school. His tormentors walked away clean while James was suddenly expelled. This injustice drove him to a homocidal conclusion. The new novel 'Almost Columbine' is the story of a tragedy that Almost happened. - December 01, 2006 - Alex Hutchinson

12 Ways to Relieve Shopping Stress and Get Better Customer Service During the Holidays

The I-Hate-Shopping "Queen" offers 12 tips in a downloadable e-book to help those frustrated with shopping during the holidays ease their stress. From June Van Klaveren, the I-Hate-Shopping "Queen." - December 01, 2006 - Compelling Communications

Author Writes Dynamic Book Teaching About Successful Relationships

Glenn Cohen, Charleston-based Relationship Coach, has just published a new, dynamic book about achieving successful relationships. It offers the keys to passion, communication, respect, and friendship in relationships. - December 01, 2006 - "I-TO-WE" Relationship Coaching

A Great Culinary Holiday Gift: Melissa's Great Book of Produce

Melissa’s Great Book of Produce demystifies the produce aisle. Fruits and vegetables, both exotic and new varieties of the familiar, are subjects that readers and cooks alike want to know about. These pages explore 500 varieties of fruits and vegetables. - December 01, 2006 - Melissa's / World Variety Produce, Inc.