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The Murder of the Month Club: Murder is a Charade, Until…
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Six senior citizen residents of an old inn in a village on the Channel Coast in England form a club to do in six other seniors whose factory smoke creates a killer smog. They merely plan a charade of murder, one a month from spring to autumn. But those on their list do die, and in the order and by the method they choose. Who is actually doing in those on their list?
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The Mystery of Grimly Manor
$9.99Leira MacGregor is anxiously awaiting the arrival of two new families into her neighborhood. She is hoping desperately that someone will finally move in with children her own age. They may be able to help her solve the mystery of Grimly Manor.
The spooky manor, which was built long ago, has an ancient cemetery behind it. Accordingly, to whisperings, there is a scary man who lives there but no one has seen him except on Halloween. Candles flicker in the night and on holidays, decorations appear around the manor like magic.
Families in the neighborhood try and ignore these strange happenings. Over the years, children have only been to conquer their fear on Halloween by knocking on the decaying door. When the door was opened, they were “greeted” by someone in a frightful mask and costume and vicious growling in the background.
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The Nutcracker Returns
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99Clara De La Tour had grown into a very beautiful lady since her adventure with her Nutcracker, and her love for him had grown over the years. Clara finds out she is a princess after her father died, so she along with her mother, Ella, and her younger brother, Timmy, travel to their new home, where Clara is expected to marry. But her heart yearns for the prince from her childhood, and unknown to her, she was going to meet him again. Prince Daniel is once again a Nutcracker thanks to his old enemy, the Mouse King, and lost his kingdom. The Mouse King had stolen the Christmas angels’ magical necklace and turned his world into a dark place. Now Prince Daniels only hope was the girl that had helped him years before. Clara and Prince Daniel love each other and must work together along with their old friends, such as Captain Snow, Captain Crone, a pixie called Trixie, and others to save the kingdom and defeat the Mouse King once and for all. As their love grows, so does their pain as they think there is no way to be together or that they know of. Will Clara finally be with her Nutcracker, or will this be their final good-byes? Read and find out.
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The Other Side: Series of Short Stories
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99The Other Side is a series of short stories about ordinary people facing unusual circumstances. Each story is inspired from some event in real life. The stories are varied. These are several stories intended for children also. One story is about a baby swinger’s. Another is about a fire that isn’t fire. All the stories are entertaining and short enough to captivate all those who can never seem to find time to read a whole book. Reading this exciting new book of short stories and enjoyed.
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The Other Wife
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99Janice Bordeaux is an American woman from New Orleans, who lives and works in Chicago. WANDA ARRINGTON AKOREDE Janice and her cousin Melinda share an apartment. They are both young and ready for love and marriage. Janice finds her true love when she meets a Nigerian name Olufemi (Femi) Adegoke, who is completing his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Janice is employed at the University as an Administrative Assistant. They meet at an Africa party and romance blossoms. They become engaged and get married despite their cultural differences. Olufemi is from an upper class Nigerian family. He has lots of money and takes Janice on an extended honeymoon in Europe. They plan to settle in Nigeria afterwards. It is upon their arrival in Nigeria, that the other side of Femi is revealed. He kept from her the fact that he was already married. You see in their culture, it is legal to have more than one wife. But for Janice, this was culture shock! Devastated and distraught, Janice tries to live in their culture, rather than return home. Her love for Femi is very strong and she hopes that one day he will come to his senses and see that she is all the woman that he needs. But being faced with a very strong and male dominated country and living in a strange and sometimes overwhelming country, she finds it difficult to deal with her husband’s infidelity. She feels cheated. He should have told her about his other wife, and she
would never have married him. Omolola (Lola) is Oulfemi’s Nigerian wife. She waits two long years for him to complete his education and return home to her. She had not bargained on him marrying an American woman and bringing her home. She had planned to have a family and enjoy the fruits of his success upon his return to Nigeria. Instead she was forced to share him with Janice. Omolola knew that her husband has taken another wife before they arrived in Nigeria. It was part of their culture for a man to have more than one wife. Several of her relatives were actively living in polygamy. They tried to live together, each woman sharing their husband equally. But Lola was not satisfied with their arrangement and schemes to have Olufemi to herself. She uses any means at her disposal including juju (witchcraft). While Janice who is innocent in this is losing the battle to maintain her marriage. Consequently, Janice catches Olufemi and Lola in bed together and decides that she had had enough of their culture and polygamy and leaves for America. But she takes with her their unborn child; she is several months pregnant. So the tie is binding. -
The Pie, The Pie and Oh That Smell!: Korean Edition
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99신디의 엄마는 파이, 케이크, 그리고 다른 맛있는 디저트 굽는 걸 좋아해요! 그런데 어느 날, 그녀의 어머니는 혼자 굽고 청소하는 일에 너무 지쳐서 요리를 아예 그만두었습니다. 그녀의 가족은 그녀가 굽는 냄새를 그리워한다. 하지만 그들이 그녀에게 얼마나 감사하는지 어떻게 보여줄 수 있습니까? 그리고 그녀의 엄마는 Cindy의 생일을 위해 특별한 사과 파이를 굽을까요? 파이, 파이! 이는 아이들에게 부모가 매일 하는 훌륭한 일에 대해 감사를 표하는 것의 중요성뿐만 아니라 참여하고 돕는 기쁨을 가르칩니다!
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The Pie, The Pie, and Oh that Smell!
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99Cindy’s mom loves to bake pies, cakes, and other DELICIOUS desserts! But one day, Mom gets tired of doing all the baking and cleaning up herself, and she stops cooking altogether. Her family misses the wonderful smell of her baking. But how can they show her how grateful they are? And will Mom bake her special apple pie for Cindy’s birthday? The Pie, The Pie! teaches children the importance of showing their appreciation for the wonderful things their parents do every day-and the fun of pitching in and helping out!
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The Princess: A Fairy Tale
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99The Princess: A Fairy Tale by Michael Cristian is about a young princess who sets out to save her beloved knight who has been captured! This story was inspired by various fairy tales. Come and join the adventure.
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The Puritan Invention: Goraka’s Memoirs of Infamy: A Strange Case of Bad Faith: Goraka’s Memoirs of Infamy: A Strange Case of Bad Faith
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The Ranch: You’re Hurting Me
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99The Ranch is a story of Anna, the daughter of Samson Creed Caster and Patricia Violet Carter, owners of one of the largest ranches in Texas. After graduating from Veterinarian School, Anna returns home to The Ranch. Anna loves every aspect of the Ranch life.
Joe Mercer Sr., owner of the neighboring Mercer Ranch, immediately brings home his son to pursue Anna. Joe Mercer Sr., or Papa Joe as he insists he be called, has his own reasons for Joe Jr. to pursue Anna. He thinks that the marriage of Anna and his son will give him control over Anna and control over The Ranch.
On the wedding day of Anna and Joe Jr., it appears that Papa Joe’s dream of owning one of the largest ranches in Texas is coming true. Papa Joe must just make sure his own son is not going to ruin this for him.
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The Reincarnation of Leonard: The MIS-BELIEVER
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99A single, tragic episode in a cyclic reincarnation of Leonard, who has cursed himself to live until he avenges his son’s death. He re-enters the time stream as dark forces have infiltrated the highest levels of society, the church, politics and scheme to open a gate back in time; the Syne, to alter the past for a more advantageous present. Leonard is a threat to those that control the world because he can influence the mis-belief in the present. Demons who cannot create, but must make their will into reality by using guile, plot to usurp humanity as the heirs of creation. The highest levels of the church want Leonard’s power to willfully reach beyond the limits of a single lifetime. Leonard’s mis-belief that alters the present construct of reality has come to the attention of the Watchers, who for centuries, have been guardians over the maturation of mankind which is overdue They now have decided to take an active role in protecting mankind from the certain extinction as the dark forces, thought to have been slaves and servants, have grown strong enough to consume humanity’s spark. Duplicity abounds; the ordained turning against the church, the heirs of the vast amounts of assets through the generations who lust after even more plot among themselves and the bureaucrats find threats against their rule everywhere. As a tool of the Watchers against those forces, Leonard is simply advised to go mis-believe.
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The Riverndish
Price range: $8.99 through $16.99The Riverndish is a beautiful, magnificent creature from the planet Valarious. It ‘s mystical power grants everyone’s special wishes while it keeps it’s planet magically hidden. This story takes you on a journey of how one special wish took a little longer to reach it’s destination and how hard the Riverndish worked to make sure it came true.
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The Road from Money: A Journey to Find Why? Part 1 (1925 – 1937)
Price range: $3.99 through $16.95The Road from Money, A Journey to Find Why (Part 1), 1925-1937, takes you on a journey to the small town of Money, Mississippi; just after the turn of the 20th century. It is the story of Estella Reynolds, a young Negro girl, growing up in America’s deep South. You follow her life as she faces racism, segregation, exploitation, brutality and poverty. You watch as she finds the joy of family life, battles to get a good education, finds her first love and above all tries to figure out why things are the way they are.
You enter a time after World War I and before the start of World War II. A time when automobiles were new, and planes had just taken to the sky. The story is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the Great Dust Bowl, a flood, Prohibition; and a time when Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt were President. The story also highlights the strengths of a people and many of America’s weaknesses.
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The Road from Money: The Journey Continues Part 2 (1937 – 1955)
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99The Road from Money, the Journey Continues (Part 2) 1937 – 1955, Estella arrives in Chicago from Money, Mississippi, during the Great Migration north for millions of African Americans. She leaves behind the Jim Crow South and the cotton fields to the promise of a better life in the north. Seeing the vast difference between a big city and a small rural town, Estella finds it both exciting and challenging. With her family’s help, she settles in to find new friends, romance, and employment during World War II. She soon realizes that racism is not just in the South; it exists everywhere. Like thousands before her migrating north, her strength of character and perseverance paves the way for her success and enduring spirit. Set in the backdrop of Chicago’s Bronzeville community, the Harlem of Chicago, the reader will feel the beat of the city’s nightclubs on South Park Avenue, the sound of church choirs, the dangers of a big city, and the emotions of a nation at war. Estella experiences a new world with the coming of the television age and the beginning of the civil rights movement. She and her family find love, discrimination, and opportunities. They live and work together to overcome the obstacles placed before them.
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The Road from Money: The Journey Continues PART 3 (1956 – 1968)
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99The Road from Money, The Journey Continuous, part 3. Join Estella as she continues her path to success during the joyous and turbulent times of the 1950’s and ’60s; including the Korean and Vietnam War, the beginning of the space age, ongoing civil rights demonstrations, and assignations of key civil rights and political leaders. All set in the background of Chicago’s Bronzeville and Hyde Park neighborhoods. Watch Estella as she accumulates several apartment buildings, and experience the music, movies, culture and racial dynamics of the era.
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THE ROBOTIX SAGA: Book 1: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
Price range: $3.99 through $28.99Robot, or human? Regardless! Shilloqwai was committed, vowing to fulfill the quest entrusted to her. She was left with the unenviable task of bridging the gap between the two factions, a void left after an all-out war between them. Robots ruled the world, Humankind sought to regain its power. Robots claimed to be protecting humans from themselves. Humankind insisted its rights were being violated, privacy inparticular. Tensions between the two factions were mounting again. An attacking intragalactic AI force, left the factions with a life-changing decision — continue fighting one another — and likely be destroyed — or fight together in an attempt to save their existence, and
that of Earth!