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Publishing My First Book: David Oppegaard I could talk about many different aspects about my path to publication--how I got lucky and found an awesome literary agent, surviving a graduate school writing program, working a variety of jobs to pay the bills while writing at night--but I think the most important aspect of my particular story is the words I've left behind. Or books, actually. My first published novel was actually my fifth novel, and my second published novel . . . More David Oppegaard Read more Publishing My First Book essays now. Meet the Author: Deborah Prum One evening, I was supposed to meet my husband and his colleagues at a fancy restaurant downtown. Before I could leave the house, I needed to prepare dinner for my three sons. I answered the phone. A cultured voice said, "Hello, my name is Maxi Strauss. I'm with Parent's Home Circle." (named change, think well-known magazine.) Oh no. Someone trying to sell a subscription. I was about to hang up, but I remembered I . . . More Deborah Prum Read more Meet The Author essays now.

What's New in Our Bookstore

Relationships And Other Stuff (True Stories From Women), Natasha Brooks This book takes a look at the secret place in a woman's heart and soul that has helped to shape her into the woman that she has become. Each section explores definitions in which each woman's stories and poems of growth explains experiences that touch on what it means to be a woman. Read an excerpt from Relationships And Other Stuff (True Stories From Women) now. Dereliction of Duty, Jon Renaud After a failed assassination attempt on the U.S. Secretary of Defense, by a radical Islamic Cleric in Baghdad, U.S. Senators demand revenge. But when things go wrong, they demand deniability at all cost. CID Special Agent Thomas Fox is torn; forced to decide between protecting the members of his former team, or save his own career. Read an excerpt from Dereliction of Duty now. Open House, Fran Silver Attractive female Realtors sit at Sunday open-houses, excited and hopeful of prospective buyers stopping-by. Unsuspecting, the lurking danger of their stalker, planning his first vengeful kill. The nightmare in serene-small town Mendelson and surrounding communities is about to Read an excerpt from Open House now. Witness at Hawks Nest, Dwight Harshbarger 1930 Union Carbide's construction of Hawks Nest (WV) hydroelectric tunnel. Hundreds of workers soon die from acute silicosis and are secretly buried in a cornfield. Employee Orville Orr discovers the deaths didn't have to happen and takes Read an excerpt from Witness at Hawks Nest now. The Zambinos of Blue Hill: The Proving, Will Azeperak The Zambinos live in Blue Hill, Maine in 2063. Three brothers build a spacecraft and upon entering Earth orbit they are quickly taken away by a mysterious ship. There they will perform their Read an excerpt from The Zambinos of Blue Hill: The Proving now. A New Earth And A New Universe, Rodney Bartlett This book's based on scientific facts and theories which, woven into a philosophy using Einstein's quote that "Imagination is more important than knowledge", shows how science and religion will be united - and how every aspect of the world can be radically transformed forever.This book's based on scientific facts and theories which, woven into a Read an excerpt from A New Earth And A New Universe now. The Dog Men, Patricia Crandall Ten-year-old Wyatt and eleven-year-old Hannah uncover the dark world of illegal dog fights when they trespass at a Vermont farm and peep through a barn window. And when crotchety old Lester Cranshaw's dog, Paddy, turns up missing, there is no holding him back from investigating the situation and the kids join in. In the dead of night, after the Read an excerpt from The Dog Men now. Enduring Prophesy, Joe Vojt Around 1880, two diverse culture groups divided and would slide past each other. The Triskalon people cherished the night as day while the unaffected earth society lived their normal daylight. Everyone forgot about the holocaust as the landscape reclaimed its normal Read an excerpt from Enduring Prophesy now. Accidental Heroes, Accidental Villians, Ed Chung Accidental Heroes, Accidental Villains traces five generations of a Chinese family, from the mid-1800s to the present, and portrays the family\'s struggles with racism, riots, revolutions, world wars, and Read an excerpt from Accidental Heroes, Accidental Villians now. ITP: Future Hope, David Gelber ITP:Future Hope is a novel that speculates on the future of man, where science and technology dominate and God has been forgotten. It follows the events around the first Interdimensional Transport Protocol (ITP) mission and the mishaps that occur. Read an excerpt from ITP: Future Hope now.

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