2013-08-05

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Mystery

 

Noted novelist and newspaper editor Edgar Watson Howe once said. “A man
who can keep a secret may be wise but he is not half as wise as a man
with no secrets to keep.”

As the spring of 1958 arrives in San
Francisco, it seems that baseball player turned private eye, Sam Slater
and his fiancée, TWA stewardess Amelia Ryan, are surrounded by people
who have secrets.

A prominent doctor, John O’Dell is being
blackmailed by someone who has discovered a dark secret from his past.
When the private investigator trying to catch the blackmailer is
murdered, Dr. O’Dell hires Sam Slater to try to pick up the pieces.
Someone is playing for keeps and will do anything to protect their own
secrets.

Meanwhile, Amelia begins her new job as an international
stewardess which takes her on adventures to New York City, London,
Paris and Rome. In hot pursuit is a womanizing older pilot who has his
sights set on Amelia.

Their lives get even more complicated when a mysterious woman from Sam’s past returns.

Sam and Amelia’s relationship will be tested as they work together to solve the mystery on the foggy streets of San Francisco.

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Mystery



Fifteen years ago, in
a mansion on Long Island, fourteen-and ten-year-olds Sara and Davey “Soldier
Boy” Goldstein discover their parents shot to death. Murder? Suicide? Was that
Uncle Charlie running from the scene? The children refuse to speak to the
police and the crime is never solved.

Flash forward to the
present and Sara – now an adult and the heiress to a very large fortune - is
accused of killing Uncle Charlie. Soldier Boy has disappeared.

New attorney Michael
Tucker has few clients, yearns to be like his famous grandmother and cannot
afford to move out of his parents’ home. When Sara hires Michael, he gets the
chance to defend an innocent person, a beautiful lover and notoriety like his
grandmother. But is it more than he bargained for? Is Sara innocent or is she
really a murderer?   

Forbidden Room, a murder mystery, begins in the
courtroom on the last day of Sara’s murder trial. The foreperson reads from the
verdict form. “In The People of New York
vs. Sara Goldstein, the defendant is found….”

Sara awakens in a
hospital room where she was taken after fainting. Michael is by her side. Court
is in recess until the following day. The verdict has not yet been announced. Told
from the points of view of both Sara and Michael, Forbidden Room unfolds in complicated layers until the verdict is pronounced
and Uncle Charlie’s murderer is revealed. 

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Mystery

 

Why has peaceful small town New Attica, Illinois suddenly seen murder, kidnapping, and blackmail? Could it be related to the unexplained disappearance of Elizabeth Warner? Are the dark secrets of the proud, prominent Roberts family to blame? Or, could it be the return of successful, independent, and somewhat lonely twenty-six-year-old Jenny Masters? She is being blamed… and framed.

Max and Michelle – a creative crime-solving duo from Blessington, Illinois – rush over to help Jenny. After meeting an assortment of friendly neighbors and fun-loving local gossips, they finally unravel the mysteries buried just below the surface of seemingly picture-perfect placid New Attica.

Honorable Mention – Mystery Category – 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival

Honorable Mention – Fiction Category – 2013 San Francisco Book Festival

L. A. Noble, author

Lou Ann Noble raised her two children in Central Illinois after graduating from Illinois State University with degrees in Mathematics and Psychology.

Series crime-solving duo Max and Michelle are from fictional Blessington, Illinois. They use their common sense and computer analysis skills to solve crimes. Lou Ann understands them well. She spent nearly 35 years working for a Bloomington, Illinois insurance company in various computer departments.

‘About Time Already’ character Jenny Masters is from New Attica, a fictional small town. Lou Ann grew up in Iowa where most towns are small towns.

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Mystery

 

Kelly’s assignment for the newspaper is to get photographs of King Tut. Not just photos of his mummy or sarcophagus, but of the long-dead pharaoh in the flesh. It seems he has grown tired of death and decided to rise and walk around Egypt in search of his lost love.

When Kelly arrives, the pharaoh’s attention is turned solely to her. He appears when she is alone, and disappears right before her eyes. While investigating, Kelly discovers she is the exact image of Tutankhamen’s concubine.

Before she realizes what is happening, Kelly is whisked away to another time. It seems she has been taken back to the time of the great pharaoh’s. Intrigue and treachery are all around, with danger lurking at the turn of every corner.

But this can’t really be happening, could it? Could Kelly actually have been taken to another time? Before she can figure out exactly what is real and what is illusion, she is drawn into a world of plots and counter-plots, with murder in the hearts of high-born players.

Could Kelly really be the reincarnation of the pharaoh’s lover? Is he expecting her to stay in Ancient Egypt with him? Will Kelly survive long enough to get the pictures?

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 Mystery

Veteran Homicide Detective James "Big Jim" Donegan and his partner, Chris Hunter, have been called to the scene of their latest case, a strangled call girl who has been put halfway through a wood chipper that was left unattended in one of the city's parks. 

Since he was eight years old Chris Hunter has looked up to Big Jim as a father-figure and a mentor. Today Big Jim intends to use this case, like every other crime that they have worked together, as an opportunity to teach the technically brilliant but socially awkward Hunter how to be a great cop. The training, like the work, is endless. Big Jim and Chris know that they have chosen a career that is never finished, that never stops, that death never sleeps.

When they first became partners in the Major Crimes Unit, Big Jim told Chris:

"People have to matter to you one way or another, even if it's only out of intellectual curiosity, but they have to count for something, inside, if you ever want to be really good on the Murder Police."

Hunter is doing his best to understand how people work and how to succeed on the Murder Police but the work gets harder when two more murders, one new and one old, are added to his caseload. Of course, Chris Hunter wants to solve these crimes to bring the criminals to justice but even more than that he wants to solve them to make Big Jim proud.

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Dark Fantasy

RED IS FOR RAGE, Book #2 in THE COLOR OF EVIL series, takes readers on a journey into the world of teen-ager Tad McGreevy, a boy with a paranormal ability (Tetrachromatic Super Vision) that allows him to “see” auras and the crimes of evil-doers in his dreams. Tad and best friend Stevie Scranton and friends at Sky High High School (Cedar Falls, IA) wage a classis struggle of good against evil in an exciting sequel to THE COLOR OF EVIL.

"Connie Wilson is back---and the return trip will be a joy to her readers. I've praised her work in the past and am happy to repeat the performance here and now. She's good! She's damn good! In a world of mainly bad-to-fair writers, she stands above the crowd with plot, description, and strong characters. Believe me, you'll enjoy her latest! That's a guarantee! Go Connie!" - William F. Nolan ("Logan's Run," "Nightworlds," Living Legend in Dark Fantasy)

“A fantastic tale of good and evil and those in-between…We get the sense that there will be more to come…When something takes hold of you and leads you on a journey full of twists and turns, you might be satisfied but you definitely want to experience it again. Experience it for yourself and you’ll see what I mean.” - C.A. Webb (“Conversations Book Club”)

“A scary, entertaining novel dealing with a young person’s supernatural power, bringing Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ and John Farris’ ‘The Fury’ to mind.” - Pete Giglio (“A Spark in the Dark”)

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Dark Fantasy

 

It is the eighteenth century.  A time when bold knights would
learn that
solidarity among men is the fortitude needed 
to destroy the evil lurking in the shadows.  In a land far away called
Alamptria, the free
people of Elysium are under threat of the evil force of mount drone;
home of
the dark lord Makoor and his legion of vampires.  The former Elysian
king is brutally murdered.  Terrible repercussions for those carrying
out
the assassination are ordered by the council of Confidus.  

From the land
of Petoshine, the great elf
wizard – Grongone bestowed three claymores of extraordinary power to
three
powerful knights from Elysium, who will shape the land and bestow
freedom.  Time is running out and only the Seaton
brothers with their claymores of power can defeat the undead.  The
princess – Melina Hampshire has been
fooled by the treacherous Tyrus Clore and taken to the far of land of
Plaphorius, where she is under preparation of willingly giving her self
to the
world of the undead.  

A single seed of
vampire is planted in the city of Koriston in hopes of annihilating the
human
race.  Andromin and Dragus Seaton
investigate the infestation that has come to Koriston and foil the plot
set by
the Elysian traitor that is secretly importing caskets. Melinas beloved
soul
mate – Caprius Seaton and the Elysian army must race against the sunset
to save
the people from the evil Tyrus Clore and his legion of doom.

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Fantasy

Oliver
Hamilton, Jason Garrett, and Jessica Thomas started out as your average high
school students (well sort of). Oliver is a school fanatic, Jessica is obsessed
with the universe and Jason’s world revolves around movies. But otherwise the
three teenagers live pretty normal lives. Then one evening they run into a
strange being from another world. After an unforeseen accident, Oliver finds
himself trapped in a magical world of centaurs, fauns, and mermaids and it is
up to his friends to help him escape before it's too late.

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Sci-Fi

An amazing Sci-Fi thrill ride that has been called a cross between Planet
of the Apes, The Hunger Games and Indiana Jones.

A hunt for the world's top predator
takes a billionaire casino magnate from the plains of Africa and the beaches of
Key West and Fiji
to the mysterious jungles of South America in
an action-packed adventure set in a world where animals have evolved
side-by-side with humans. 

In Las Vegas, Shaw,
billionaire casino magnate and self proclaimed world's greatest showman, nears
completion on the massive Serengeti Resort & Casino. Its amphitheater is
being transformed into an authentic slice of African savanna for the show Predators
and Prey which will savagely pit animal against animal in the
bloodiest gladiatorial spectacle ever created for human entertainment. The only
thing missing is the main attraction - which Shaw soon finds in Shark, the
world's only Great White pool-playing shark to be exact.

Shaw envisions the show's tagline as "Come One - Come All To See - The
Only Great White Shark In Captivity" but soon learns that capturing the
world's top predator and delivering him to Vegas is easier said than done. This
daunting task will require the cruel tactics of the evil animal slave trading
hyena, Old Jack. The heartbreaking plans they devise and innocent pawns they
use to try to coerce Shark's allegiance will force all to rely on primitive
instincts to survive.

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Sci-Fi

This is a post-polar-shift novel. You will challenge every assumption
you have ever had, from crude oil to religion, while reading it. Fans of
Babylon 5, Star Trek TNG, Battle Star Galactica (the new one) and
classic science fiction writing will greatly enjoy the bountiful Easter
Egg hunt. Consider for one second the possibility, then hang onto your
mind with both hands while you take the ride. It's okay to think about
this book every time you fill up. Just look around you and notice the
others thinking the same thing.

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 Satire

This satiric novel grapples with the social and sexual issues that confront the lives of a group of young New Yorkers who share a beach house in The Hamptons from Memorial to Labor Day weekends. It is during the summer of 1981 when The Hamptons just began to grow in popularity before becoming the exclusive community it is today. The narrator and central character, Chris McCauley, in a voice reminiscent of the first person “J.D. Salinger narrative style,” is wounded from a disastrous love affair with his ex-girlfriend, Laura. He decides that spending a summer in the Hamptons would be the best emotional therapy he could undertake.

As the novel unfolds we learn about the other share members through Chris’ interaction with them. We discover their restlessness and passions as they go about searching for a “significant other.” All their passionate and, often times, humorous dramas are staged on the beaches, at the parties, and at the “hot spots” of the Hamptons.

Through his nostalgic voice Chris’ world unfolds in an entertaining series of flashbacks, complete with male vulnerabilities, insecurities and the role ego plays in moments of self-clarity: “Most men grow old but not all mature.” He also offers glimpses of his life with the materialistic Laura and his inability to let go. He realizes that learning how to let go might be where the maturing process for him will begin. It’s a major character flaw that he must learn to overcome if he wishes to obtain emotional salvation.

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Literary Fiction

Master Gardener – A novel about gardening, magic seeds, eco-terrorism, politics, big business, love and Wylie Cypher by Rolf Margenau

A Great Summer Read – fun, entertaining and informative.

What the critics are saying:

San Francisco Book Review:

"Finally, a novelist — and a very good one at that — has taken a crack at the dark side of industrial agriculture. Sprinkled with satirical send-ups of recent conservative legislation, Master Gardener ends as tidily as a Shakespearean comedy, with matches made and justice served – but in surprising ways. It’s a satisfying conclusion after a fun 300 pages, and best of all, there’s room left for yet another adventure with Wylie."

Karen Dahood at Bookpleasures.com:

"He just tells you the story: what his robust cast of characters says, thinks, and does. If you are willing to go along with that, and hang on tight, it is wonderful ride. More than that, it is a gentle warning. Although this author appears not to take himself or his topic too seriously, his credentials suggest that he knows things most of us do not. His intelligent good-heartedness shows through the satire. He depicts the villains as buffoons; they tar and feather themselves. His heroes are over 55, getting their second chances. The young people are still learning how to love. The dogs are adorable."

William Phenn at Blogcritics:

"It is a good book that is fun to read, easy on the eyes and rated a strong “A” on my rating chart.  I strongly recommend Master Gardener to all."

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Children

The Knighting of Sir Kaye by Don M. Winn
WINNER: 2013 IndieReader Discovery Award

A fast friendship forged across a treacherous forest. One foolish mistake. A rescue attempt that really shouldn’t have worked. And a very new, very young queen who knights twelve-year-old Kaye Balfour because she wants to teach a lesson to the real knights?

Kaye has always dreamed of being a famous knight like his father, but at twelve years old, his horse knows more about fighting battles than he does. How can he compete against grown-up knights in the next tournament? Can he prove to himself and everyone else that he has what it takes to be a real knight?

This rousing adventure tale about friendship, loyalty, and the value of holding fast to knightly ideals is sure to please independent readers.

165 pages

See what reviewers are saying about it:

“An excellent start to what promises to be a fine medieval adventure series for young children, readable and entertaining...a lively and adventurous kids’ book, full of gentle humor and warmth…” IndieReader

“A triumphant story…I enjoyed every minute of it and look forward to seeing where Sir Kaye goes next.” Alex Cord (actor/director/writer) posted on BarnesandNoble.com

“A choice pick for the young fantasy fan, much recommended.” The Midwest Book Review

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Religion/Spirituality

 

Never
discuss religion or politics, as the saying goes, if you want to keep the
peace.  But it does not take a long look
around our world to see that old adage has not worked well. I think it’s time
to try a different way.

Religion,
politics, and science all have enormous influence in how we construct our
societies. If we want to have any chance to create the peace and transform our
world into what it was always meant to be, they need to be discussed. That
exchange demands we do it openly, honestly, rationally, and in the context of
their association with each other.

The
relationship anyone develops with the Divine will always encompass faith and it
will always involve passion. It will always be unique and personal, and it will
always be a mystery. But, it must as well leave room for reason or it will
likely miss the mark of Truth. God
Theories seeks to promote a greater balance among the ingredients we use to
hold our spiritual views together. It makes very careful use of sound
scientific principles to prove to a virtually absolute degree of certainty
several principles of Spiritual Truth. These include the ideas that none of us
could have possibly come into this world by fate or chance, that conscious
involvement originating outside the physical domain has to play a role in
determining how we do come into this world, 
and that we are all, in essence, eternal spiritual beings. 

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Business

What distinguishes America's Service Meltdown: Restoring Service Excellence in the Age of the Customer
is its striking originality and applicability to businesses of nearly
every type and size. Based on the author's extensive personal and
professional experience, the book offers a straightforward, no nonsense
model that clearly explains how to organize the modern enterprise for
the delivery of service excellence.

Customer-oriented
companies can operate more effectively, Raul Pupo argues, by focusing on
the critical success factors of service: leadership that unequivocally
believes they are in business to serve the customer; a business-planning
process centered around the customer; an organizational ethic of
service up and down the ranks; and an empowered, motivated, and
competent frontline organization. Readers will discover what it takes to
serve customers superbly, how excellent customer service profoundly
improves profitability, and how to identify the biggest obstacles to
good service. Most importantly, they will be rewarded with concrete
instructions that will enable them to deliver topnotch customer service
every step of the way.

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Memoir/Biography

Hollywood Stories is packed with wild, wonderful short tales about
famous stars, movies, directors and many others who have been a part of
the world's most fascinating, unpredictable industry!

What makes
the book unique is that the reader can go to any page and find a
completely engaging and illuminating yarn. Sometimes people won't
realize that they are reading about The Three Stooges or Popeye the
Sailor until they come to the end of the story. The Midwest Book Review
says Hollywood Stories is, "packed from cover to cover with fascinating
tales."

A professional tour guide in Hollywood, Stephen Schochet
has researched and told thousands of entertaining anecdotes for over
twenty years. He is also the author and narrator of two audiobooks Tales
of Hollywood and Fascinating Walt Disney. Tim Sika, host of the radio
show Celluloid Dreams on KSJS in San Jose has called Stephen," The best
storyteller about Hollywood we have ever heard."

Full of funny
moments and twist endings, Hollywood Stories features an amazing,
all-star cast of legendary characters and icons and will keep you
totally entertained!

If you are interested in stories about
Hollywood Celebrities, Movie Stars, Movie Gossip, Directors, Famous
People, and Movie History, this book is for you!

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Politics

HOW TO RETIRE ON $40,000/YR AT AGE 52 AND HAVE AN ESTATE OF 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT SPENDING ONE MORE DIME! AND LIVE A HAPPY PROSPEROUS LIFE.

If a husband and wife or significant other both work, then their retirement benefits at age 52 should be at least $80,000 a year and have an estate value of one million dollars.

"Politicians and bureaucrats will hate it. Idiotic government spending is destroying America. This little book tells them that taxpayers have had a belly full and are going to clean up their act. This nasty book should be every Taxpayer's Bible!

Alarming as this comic book presentation is; Readers will enjoy the satire and the edgy humor of the graphics. This is a nasty little book. It tells the truth . . .", says author, James E. Joyce.

"BUT IN REALITY, IF THE HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASS DOESN'T WAKE UP THEY ARE GOING TO BE OLD & POOR!", he continued.

This sensational new book is available here: The Federal Government is Run by Idiots!

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Technology

Dr. Satwant Kaur, the First Lady of Emerging Technologies ™, has drawn on her extensive knowledge of embedded technologies to offer a vision for how to use these technologies to the benefit of today and tomorrow in her new book, Transitioning Embedded Systems to Intelligent Environments. Insightful and relevant, this book brings the awareness of the intelligent embedded systems all around and where these systems are headed in the future.

Pat Gelinsinger, the CEO of VMWare and the author of the foreword to Transitioning Embedded Systems, compares Dr. Satwant Kaur to Gordon Moore. Subramanian Ganesan, Professor of Engineering at Oakland University calls the book a “must-read for every student, scholar, and soothsayer of the convergence phenomenon”, highly recommending the book to system developers, enterprise management professionals, platform architects, and “techno-entrepreneurs”.

After defining an embedded system as one that “has intelligence built in for computing and decision making”, Dr. Kaur uses the human system as an example of the most complex and what all other embedded systems mirror. An intelligent environment, then, uses a team of embedded systems, each with a designated function. From the 100 applications stemming from Intel’s embedded processors to embedded systems within a person’s own home, Dr. Kaur’s book highlights the significance of these systems. They are inescapable, but essential components of human life as well as contemporary culture.

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