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Featured Books

8th Sacrament, The by Anonymous
Adventures with Alzheimer’s by Andrea Lee
All Roads Lead to Lawrence by Craig Leener
Amadeus! What Makes a Human Human? by Josephine deBois
Angels Are Every Where by George Fuller
Assassin’s Curse by Dafydd While
Atlantis by Shirley Andrews
Avarice Deception by Angelika Jasmine
Block 82 by R. H. Duncan
Breath of Joy by Kathy Joy
Children in the Park by Rosemarie E. Bishop
Crevice in the Forest, The by Janusz Czubakowski
Cooperative Lives by Patrick Finegan
Coveted Recipe, The by Astrida B. Stahnke
Edge of Dawn, The by Brett
Essential Checklist for Smart Travelers, The by Godfrey Harris and Kenneth M. Katz
Flashback from Hell by Angel in Disguise
From the Heart and Mind by Jessica Crane
Girls Wear Combat Boots Too by Dee Bryan
Harvest of Riches by Joe R. Fowler, PhD with Pamela Fannin Wilkinson
“I See a Bee!” by Maren McCarthy
I'll Have the Chicken by Robert Kavula
In Suspension by John C. Tarpey
Inner Butterflies by Nicolette L. Toth
Jeannie Ann's Grandma Has Breast Cancer by Diane Davies
Journey to Twilight by Charmayne Hafen
Kem Weber by David A. Bossert
Lamellia by Gloria D. Gonsalves
Learning to Read in English and Spanish Made Easy by Susie Garza Navarijo
Liberal Record, The by Marcelo Brazzi
Loving the Amazon John Andrew Donix
Matt Monroe and The Haunted House by Edward Torba
Melody of the Mulberries, The by Tonya Jewel Blessing
Miner’s Family Life, A by Billy Ray Bibb
Mining Town Memories by Billy Ray Bibb
NEW Team Habits, The by Anthony Kim, Keara Mascareñaz, and Kawai Lai
Out of Exile by Ted Torgersen
Perfect Confluence, A by Peter Bridgford
Poppies on the Hill, The by Ted Landkammer
Princesses and Peas by Terry Boucher
Raw Intentions by Sarah Schneider
Reversible Mask, The by Loretta Goldberg
Romantically Erotic Deadly Spiritual Society by Jennifer M. Garnatz
Rotten to the Core by Rob Murphy
Rubicon by J. R. Desylva
Safe Haven of Jesus by Steven Turnwald
Short Stories and Assorted Nightmares by Mark A, Snyder
Soulmate Prophecy, The by Yasmina Haque
Talk Till The Minutes Run Out by Benedicte Grima
Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever, The by Frank A. De La Rosa
Toby by Phyllis M. Cutler
Tuesdays with Ted by Russ Woody
Uncollected by Michael Adelman
Up from Adams Street by Larry Crane
Walking Shadow, A by Gary Bolick
Were They on The Moon In 1969? by Erwin Kostomai
What Happens to Numbers 1 to 10? by Agnola Charles-Snowball
What There Is, As It Is by Martin Wasserman
Witch’s Blood, The by Anne Wall
Woven Flag, The by Margaret Fourt Goka
WWI Crusaders by Jeffrey B. Miller
Yearning Heart, The by Hilary K. Sinclair
          
 
 
 
 
Learn From The Dead: There’s a reason they’re still with us
We live in an age where everyone seems most concerned with what comes next. But writers should never apologize for spending considerable time with what came before. The simple truth is that we can learn from the dead just as we do from the living. William Faulkner, an author who knew a thing or two about writing fiction, is quoted as saying, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” He realized that as writers, we must forever be willing to re-examine, to look backward as well as forward, not just at our own work and experience, but that of others as well ...
 
 
Reviews for December 2019
8th Sacrament, The by Anonymous
Adventures with Alzheimer’s by Andrea Lee
Alyss in Wonderland by Alyss Glas
Angels Are Every Where by George Fuller
Animated Stills by Thomas G. Reischel
Assassin’s Curse by Dafydd While
Atlantis by Shirley Andrews
Avarice Deception by Angelika Jasmine
Because It’s Wrong by Lydia Greico, M.A.
Block 82 by R. H. Duncan
Breath of Joy by Kathy Joy
Carter and Ryder by TM Spivey
Cassandra’s Eye by Elizabeth Gargano
Coveted Recipe, The by Astrida Barbins Stahnke
Decrees for Teens by Tallulah Banks
Divided We Fall by Carl Berryman
Edge of Dawn, The by Brett
Essential Checklist for Smart Travelers, The by Godfrey Harris and Kenneth M. Katz
Flashback from Hell by Angel in Disguise
Girls Wear Combat Boots Too by Dee Bryant
Give a Little Bit by Pam Croft
Harvest of Riches by Joe R. Fowler, PhD with Pamela Fannin Wilkinson
“I See a Bee!” by Maren McCarthy
In Suspension by John C. Tarpey
Inner Butterflies by Nicolette L. Toth
Journey to Twilight by Charmayne Hafen
Lamellia by Gloria D. Gonsalves
Liberal Record by Marcelo Brazzi
Miner’s Family Life, A by Billy Ray Bibb
NEW Team Habits, The by Anthony Kim, Keara Mascareñaz, and Kawai Lai
Out of Exile by Ted Torgersen
Poems from Still Waters Running Deep by Emma McClain
Poppies on the Hill, The by Ted Landkammer
Raw Intentions by Sarah Schneider
Revelations by Anthony Adams
Rubicon by J. R. Desylva
Safe Haven of Jesus by Steven Turnwald
Sahaja Yoga by Saraswati Raman
Salvation Station by Kathryn Schleich
Significance and Means of Self-Knowledge by Tushar Choksi
Soulmate Prophecy, The by Yasmina Haque
Stuart Duffelmeyer and the Masters of Plagues by Dewey B. Reynolds
Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever, The by Frank A. De La Rosa
Unstuffy Descriptive Leadership Book, The by Velma Osborne
What Happens to Numbers 1 to 10? by Agnola Charles-Snowball
Yearning Heart, The by Hilary K. Sinclair

 
 
 
Focus Review
Loserthink by Scott Adams
 
Famed Dilbert cartoonist and public commentator, Scott Adams, wants to bust us from our metal prisons. We all find ourselves trapped inside dead end thinking from time to time, some more often than others. He calls this “looserthink.” It’s essentially a flawed way of thinking—either through ignorance or bias—that blocks our success and even worse detracts from societal progress overall. The worst state of existing within mental bars, which occurs more often than we care to admit, is being unaware of its existence within ourselves. To escape, Adams says, it’s all a matter of training. ...
 
 
Recommended Reviews
Children in the Park by Rosemarie E. Bishop
Crevice in the Forest, The by Janusz Czubakowski
Darling Hedgehog Goes Down a Foxhole by Auralee Arkinsly
From the Heart and Mind by Jessica Crane
His Greater Workmanship by Cecil C. Moore
I'll Have the Chicken by Robert Kavula
It's Life Jim... by Jim Marjoram
Lamp Eyes, Look Out! by Peter Gelman
Learning to Read in English and Spanish Made Easy by Susie Garza Navarijo
Loserthink by Scott Adams
Loving the Amazon by John Andrew Donix
Melody of the Mulberries, The by Tonya Jewel Blessing
Mining Town Memories by Billy Ray Bibb
Music Therapy Profession, The by Christine Korb
Out of the Shadows by David J. Fogarty
Perfect Confluence, A by Peter Bridgford
Princesses and Peas by Terry Boucher
Romantically Erotic Deadly Spiritual Society by Jennifer M. Garnatz
Rotten to the Core by Rob Murphy
Safecracker, The by James Garrison
Short Stories and Assorted Nightmares by Mark A, Snyder
Social Work by Thomas Duffy
Tuesdays with Ted by Russ Woody
Uncollected by Michael Adelman
Were They on The Moon In 1969? by Erwin Kostomai
Were We Awake by L. M. Brown

 
 
 
       
 
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