Vinnie is 18 years old, a year out of high school, and still not knowing what he would do with his life. After another argument with his father and another big to-do with his live-in brother-in-law, Vinnie knew what he must do. He went to the nearest enlistment center and enlisted in the Army for duty in Korea. So it was that Vinnie finds himself in Korea in 1950.
Thursday 28 February 2013
Against All Odds - eBook
Vinnie is 18 years old, a year out of high school, and still not knowing what he would do with his life. After another argument with his father and another big to-do with his live-in brother-in-law, Vinnie knew what he must do. He went to the nearest enlistment center and enlisted in the Army for duty in Korea. So it was that Vinnie finds himself in Korea in 1950.
The Journal of Peter Rubin - FREE eBook
Peter Rubin, an overweight tenth-grader, starts a journal to write down his thoughts. Through his very personal and lifelike entries the reader gains an understanding of his life. But something is wrong. Many of the entries are written on ("PETER RUBIN IS A LOSER!" "FATASS!" "JELLY ROLLS!"), some of them are ripped, there are even horrible pictures scrawled over his most private thoughts.
Will the beautiful new girl at school who sits in front of him think he's a loser, too? Will Tommy Boots and John, his only two friends, stand by his side? And will the horrible teens who he calls "The Clan," a group who has dedicated their time to making Peter's life a living hell, get what they deserve?
The Journal of Peter Rubin can be viewed as an exciting and emotional work of fiction, or it can be viewed as an in-depth psychological study on how teens who are bullied react, consider suicide, and try to survive the horrible abuse they endure everyday at school. The choice is yours. Open Peter's journal. Take a look at his private thoughts. But be respectful.
The Journal of Peter Rubin is an e-book the likes of which you've never seen before.
--Ruth Simmons
The Journal of Peter Rubin is a controversial, yet important, work of visual literature.
--Diane Daniels
If there's one book that you should read, The Journal of Peter Rubin is it.
--Nathanial Kress
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By Vincent Bivona
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 27, 2013
Words: 42,251 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301995691
Bali Highs - Just Published by Bangkok Books
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Roberts New eBook - A Short Story Set in Whitby
Ray is notified of his fathers death. He travels from Thailand to face the funeral, and his father's lady friend. He finds a web of deceit. With papers left by his father he finally learns the truth. And a second will, one that will cause heartache for others, but allow wrongs to be finally righted, and the truth to be revealed.
Ray's short story will be published soon. A complete departure from his novels. The story allows Ray's father Jeffrey, through his will and letters, to reveal the past and leads to a discovery. Something Ray had always wanted and wished he knew about years earlier.
"Clash of Wills' will be available free in early March
Ray's short story will be published soon. A complete departure from his novels. The story allows Ray's father Jeffrey, through his will and letters, to reveal the past and leads to a discovery. Something Ray had always wanted and wished he knew about years earlier.
"Clash of Wills' will be available free in early March
Three eBooks published yersterday
Sometimes a woman just has to say, "Damn the consequences!" and go for what she wants--even if it's only for one night. A crystal-strewn cavern hidden beneath a Mayan sacrificial temple. No one around. And no room for misplaced assumptions. Tonight it's time to let bodies do the talking.
Philip Fullman’s Tales from the Bottom of the Glass is a collection of poems that originally appeared on wet bar napkins, match books, and any other scrap of paper he could get his hands on while he worked his down to the bottom of another glass. The stories are personal, but the experiences are universal.
John Ballard, a once-promising actor, has become used to the dull pain of eking out a living as a telemarketer in Los Angeles until his flimsy existence begins to crumble. In danger of losing his apartment and his job, he latches on to a last great hope of reviving his acting career and salvaging his life. Yet the desperate city has other plans for him.
Wednesday 27 February 2013
Crockpot Recipes: Quick, Easy and Delicious Slow Cooking Recipes
As more and more persons purchase Crockpots for the convenience of it, they are also looking for great recipes that they can use to prepare not only great tasting but healthy meals as well. Of course, there are a lot of Crockpot recipe books on the market but some are better than the rest. One such book is “Crockpot Recipes - Quick, Easy and Delicious Slow Cooking Recipes.”
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Two more new eBooks
The Japanese sword arts are so intricately intertwined with daily living and the enterprising mindset in Japan that the revered spirit of the samurai will never die. Even today, in corporations, schools, and daily life, the spirit of the samurai is very much alive.
Sensei Peter Freedman’s light-hearted view of the development of martial arts, past and present, gives us an appreciation for what has been done, and anticipation of what is still to be discovered. Sensei Freedman’s diverse, real-world martial arts experience is shocking and even frightening at times, but he has taken the high road at every opportunity.
Six New eBooks from Yesterday
My Boomerang Will Come Back is the story of an Australian Aborigine, his walkabouts, his search for self & the good he once had. Once he learns about the Boomerang Effect, his life is transformed & his dreams are restored. If you find your "boomerang" isn't coming back, this book will show you how to change your grip on life and start throwing yourself out there in whole a new way.
I thought I knew the dirt about an old Hollywood crime, a murder that was covered up by crooked cops and the studio and decided to write a tell-all. I didn't count on the book taking off like a rocket. I didn't count on the cops coming to my door, demanding to know how I knew the details about that old murder. I sure didn't count on going to a writer's conference in drag, to help find the killer.
When a backpack full of stolen jewelry goes missing on Hawaii’s Kona Coast, private investigator Noelani Lee must match wits with low-level mainland criminals and starry-eyed locals to find the missing rocks—while deciding what to do about some embarrassing secrets she uncovers along the way.
Do you believe in ghosts? Joseph Barnett didn’t until he became a school custodian in a midlife career change when working nights in a school, he’d be forced to confront his darkest fears. "Ghosts are part of my story," says Joe. "After you’ve seen one ghost, after you’ve looked a couple in the eye like I have, you believe. But that is just the half of my story…not all of my ghosts were dead."
For every rule, there’s an exception Ardan Boyle is an assassin. Living in the shadowy world of European crime, his targets are all people beyond the law, villains so terrible governments are afraid to touch them.
Mike Leggero is one of the most interesting people around. If you share the theory of enjoying life and spreading comedy and happiness then you will love this book. His adventures impact people all over the planet. This book is a collection of short stories that will make you laugh, and shake your head in disbelief all at the same time.
World War 2 Into The Balkans
World War 2 Into The Balkans by Ronald Ledwell. $3.99 from Smashwords.com
Into the Balkans: On the eve of Hitler's invasion of Russia, Mussolini, the Italian Dictator, decided to invade Albania, fearful that the Germans were conquering all of Europe and that there would nothing left for him to conquer. So, he launched his "eight million bayonets" across the Adriatic into Albania, with an eye towards claiming all of the Balkans for Italy.
Tuesday 26 February 2013
Gem - Free eBook
Short description
Ace is a judge for the Coast Guard in Mobile, Alabama enjoying playing around with women and convicting criminals in a court of Military law until someone murderered his sister that he knows...too well.Download Here
Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
By Ipam
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 25, 2013
Words: 111,862 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301268238
Housewives Cookbook Guide for Dining Pleasure
With a good cookbook, your problem is solved for the present-day way of life. You will not waste time thinking of the next meal, it really saves time and money. Good planning and management of your kitchen can save your time doing other things that need your attention.
SCHWOE: A Story of Failure
Description
Schwoe: A Story of Failure is about a sixteen year old (me!) who wanted to meet his favorite bands and so he did it. It's also about failure, community, persistence and perseverance, and that time in 2003 when punk rock was the dominant sound of the independent scene. And, of course, it's about a little known fanzine titled SchwoeNonfiction » Entertainment » Music
By Chris Monigle
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 24, 2013
Words: 22,272 (approximate)
Language: American English
ISBN: 9781301398294
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A selection of eBooks just published
Letters to Bert is a loving tribute to one of the best friends I've ever had, my dog Bert. After he died unexpectedly, it was difficult for me to move beyond that tragic day. In an attempt to heal, I began a diary of all the wonderful memories he and I enjoyed together, which eventually became Letters to Bert. I'm honored to share my stories with you.
Have you ever dreamed of getting your own hot dog cart and making it on your own? Enjoy the freedom of self-employment, make your own hours, make your own rules. It might look easy but it's not. Most people fail by making classic mistakes and pitfalls. Fortunately OzDogs, a veteran hot dogger pro, tells you how to do it right and make it where others fail. Oz tells you in plain English.
Blitz brings a culmination of deception to a head with more action, suspense and romance than its counterparts- Charge that to the Game & Field Advantage. The exploding ending will leave readers panting and wanting more. How will it all end? Who will lose and who will keep their life? Tayvanna has just lost everything, Finesse is being hunted and Laquisha finds herself in an impossible situation.
Something doesn't seem quite right when Lt. Nick Greer responds to a call of an apparent suicide of a Catholic priest. His gut feelings tell him there may be much more to the priest's death than anyone had imagined. In the midst of all this mayhem, he suddenly finds himself involved in an unexpected romance.
Black and White Army: A Season Supporting Newcastle United
Black and White Army: A Season
Supporting Newcastle United
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Aug. 16, 2012
Words: 51,276 (approximate)
Language: British English
ISBN: 9781476172439
Short description
Black and White Army follows the supporters of Newcastle United through one of the most memorable seasons in recent memory. In addition to chronicling the author's own obsession, the book contains the contributions of hundreds of fans from across the world. This tenth anniversary edition includes new sections to bring the story right up to date for season 2012/13.Buy Now
World War 2 Battle of the Java Sea
The Battle of the Java Sea: This little known sea battle was overshadowed by Pearl Harbor, The Philippines, Wake Island and other events at the outset of World War II. The Battle of the Java Sea was none the less a critical sea battle. The allies threw together a battle fleet to blunt Japanese expansion into South East Asia, Sumatra and Java.
Monday 25 February 2013
The Curious Casebook of Oscar Garcia - Free eBook
Detective Oscar Garcia is a perceptive, gifted hypochondriac. If a case comes up that is out of the ordinary, it's likely that Inspector Gomez will assign it to him. Gomez doesn't think much of Oscar's lumbering partner Jose, but at least he should keep Oscar out of trouble.
The short stories in this collection describe Oscar's attempts to resolve the problems of ghosts, parallel universes and the existential conundrums of magical reality as well as straightforward villainy.
By Martin Sowery
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013
Words: 15,135 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301876242
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013
Words: 15,135 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301876242
Naked in Budapest - Travels with a passionate nomad
Naked in Budapest - Travels with a passionate nomad
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Jan. 30, 2012
Words: 96,370 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780473205423
Short description
Whether naked in Budapest, canoeing down the Zambesi, sailing the Great Barrier Reef, eating durian in Malaysia, cooking in Athens, shaking hands with the King of Cambodia, watching bear cubs in Alaska, visiting Gracelands or having a young Egyptian lover, Heather says she feels most alive when on the road. A slow traveler, Heather gets to know locals, eat their food & learn something as she goes.GO NOW
Five new eBooks from yesterday
Strangled in Sonoma by Nickolas Drake. $2.25 from Smashwords.com
Rodrigo Valenti wills a Sonoma winery to Carol Valenti. She invites Mimi Griffin to explore the investment possibilities. The rundown mansion holds rumors of hedonism while murder is stalking them and tales of debauchery emerge about Rodrigo's final years. More murders surface and Mimi leads the chase to uncover the killer and the mysteries of the manor before the killer can strike again.
Prisoners of Eden by C. Fenway Braxton. $7.99 from Smashwords.com
The best and brightest scientists in the country are taken to a secret refuge in order to survive a world-ending cataclysm. A small group decides to try and circumvent the disaster but are told any attempt would be futile. Rather than sit cozy and watch the planet be destroyed, they escape the retreat and fight all government opposition to save the world in spite of the official inactivity.
Where the Cranes Fly by Uri Palti. $5.99 from Smashwords.com
Uri Palti begins his book “Where the Cranes Fly” with the immigration of his family to Australia in 1975 and takes us through his first years in Australia. He then goes back to the year he was born and continues to tell us about his interesting life until this very day. However, this isn’t just “another” biography...
Rage And Reprieve by Bill Muriella. $2.99 from Smashwords.com
The world continues to deteriorate rapidly after the economic collapse of the near future. Anarchy has taken hold of the nation while one man has been kept away from it, suffering the consequences for what he did to the men responsible for taking his family from him. Soon he will find himself back in it, determined to make his way back to the last place he called home no matter the costs.
The Spirit Archer by GMTA PUBLISHING . $2.99 from Smashwords.com
Some secrets are meant to be shared; and a boy’s encounter with England’s most legendary archer will change his life forever. In 1237, a man journeys to a priory in Yorkshire to seek refuge and treatment for battle wounds. He is betrayed and murdered. His final, dying act is to fire an arrow through a window, asking to be buried where it lands.
Sunday 24 February 2013
Cook Like a Writer - New FREE eBook
Short description
A cookbook like no other, written by a group of six authors who are helping to change the world one word--and one recipe--at a time. Features many of the recipes from their Tasty Tuesday Blogs. Whether you’re a gastronomic genius or a cooking clod, you’ll find these recipes easy, unique and loaded with anecdotal tidbits that you can enjoy while you’re slaving over that stove.Nonfiction » Cooking, Food, Wine, Spirits » General cookbooks
By Book Posse
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 22, 2013
Words: 38,920 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301547210
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Like a Leaf on a River
Like a Leaf on a River reflects my deepest passion in life: wanderlust. This book takes you on my first solo international journey, a 10,000-mile hitchhike from my home in Wisconsin to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula when I was 20 years old. Next you’ll travel with me vicariously around the world, living life on the cheap, visiting a variety of countries, meeting interesting people and learning about
Phnom Penh Noir
Phnom Penh Noir
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Oct. 30, 2012
Words: 100,552 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9786167503158
The authors of Phnom Penh Noir take you inside the lives of Cambodians who carry that legacy of that fateful day on 17th April 1975 when the Khmer Rouge arrived and forced the population to evacuate to the countryside. The Khmer Rouge experiment resulted in radical transformation of a society that left a bloody trail, one that left almost no family untouched, and hovers close to the surface in these stories.
In Phnom Penh Noir, the stories, lyrics, and cover photograph have joined legendary creative talents like Roland Joffe, James Grady and John Burdett along with a young generation of Cambodians.
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Five From Yesterday
Bureaucrazy by B.M. Whitton. $5.99 from Smashwords.com
Tony, a thirty-something year old has hit rock bottom. His life sucks big time. He decides that there’s no other way out than suicide, only to discover that death is not the private and personal experience he always imagined. Death is now an organisation, run by bureaucrats with a faulty system. Sometimes it is easier to stay alive… welcome to Bureaucrazy!
Cinderella and the Carpetbagger: My Life as the of the "World's Best-Selling Author," Harold Robbins by Bettie Youngs Book Publishers . $10.99 from Smashwords.com
Harold Robbins’s steamy books sold more than 750 million copies and created the sex-power-glamour genre. What readers don’t know is that Robbins—whom the media had dubbed the “prince of sex and scandal”—actually “researched” the free-wheeling escapades depicted in his books himself, along with his drop-dead, gorgeous wife, Grace. Grace Robbins lays open their fascinating and provocative life.
Purple Silk by Teyawna Jones. $3.99 from Smashwords.com
Layah owner and operator of a gentleman’s club reached success, but not without making enemies along the way. Greed and a hustler’s mentality make her a ruthless business woman, but love and heartbreak make her a foolish woman. Will she escape the game with her life? Or watch it unravel before her.
Breakfast For One by Jean MacIntyre. $1.99 from Smashwords.com
When Michaela finds herself talking out loud to a boiled egg, and later, to her African violet, she decides she needs a cat – or better yet, a husband.
Thirty Years of Silence by Elise McGhee. $2.99 from Smashwords.com
"From the age of sixteen, as my mother's sacrificial lamb, I am repeatedly raped and controlled by my step-father, bearing the child of a man my mother cherishes and chose to marry. I will not know myself again for thirty years, until a profound miracle transpires setting the stage for the chilling and dramatic end of my abuse, and my long journey into recovery..."
Saturday 23 February 2013
The Colour of Nothing - Free ebook
Description
Francesca opens up her front door to find nothing outside.By Francesca Flau
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Feb. 21, 2013
Words: 67,689 (approximate)
Language: English
Zero Hour in Phnom Pehn
Zero Hour in Phnom Pehn
Published byHeavenLakePress
Rating:
( based on 1 review)
Published: Dec. 21, 2010
Words: 102,882 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9786167503004
2004 German Critics Award for Crime Fiction and
Winner of 2007 Premier Special Director Book Award Semana Negra, Spain
In the early 1990s, at the end of the devastating civil war UN peacekeeping forces try to keep the lid on the violence. Gunfire can still be heard nightly in Phnom Penh, where Vietnamese prostitutes try to hook UN peacekeepers from the balcony of the Lido Bar.
Calvino traces leads on a missing farang from Bangkok to war-torn Cambodia, through the Russian market, hospitals, nightclubs, news briefings, and UNTAC Headquarters. Calvino’s buddy, Colonel Pratt, knows something that Calvino does not: the missing man is connected with the jewels stolen from the Saudi royal family. Calvino quickly finds out that he is not the only one looking for the missing farang.
“The story is fast-paced and entertaining. Even outside of his Bangkok comfort zone, Moore shows he is one of the best chroniclers of the expat diaspora.”
—The Daily Yomiuri
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