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Congratulations to sci-fi and fantasy writer Ray Bradbury for receiving the  2007 Pulitzer Prize special citation awarded to him this week "for his distinguished, prolific and deeply influential career as an unmatched author of science fiction and fantasy." —Mr. Bradbury has been a kind friend to our authors and editors from his gracious praise for our title, Anarquìa: An Alternate History of the Spanish Civil War, Brad Linaweaver's and J. Kent Hasting's  Prometheus Award finalist alternate history novel.to his support and praise for our Martianthology anthology compiled by his life-long friend, first and multiple Hugo winner Forrest J Ackerman, Anne Hardin, editor

 

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Enron Investor Brian Durbin writing as Busta Scam explains for his children and others The Kingdom of Norne
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Get closer to your muses this month, starting with a new compact and insightful introduction to music and poetry writing Finding the Metaphor: A Guide for the Beginning Poet In the Post Modern Global World by David R. Van Steenburgh, More on the way. . .. Thanks for your patience while we revamp the site! Over 8,000 changes and counting. Whew!	An interview with Gale Dreas author of Toolbox Parenting: The Most Practical Guide to Raising Teenage Boys You'll Ever Read  appeared in the Chicago Tribune on April 15. Farral Bradtke, author of the curl-up before the fire or by a babbling brook horror-suspense novel Heartless Heartland appeared this month at book signing at Book World stores on Michigan's Upper-Peninsula (Escanaba; Iron Mountain; and Marquette). Lew-Ellyn Hughes has won first place in the Maine Press Associations's Better Newspaper Contest, local weekly column category, for her column Away With Words. Her book A View from the Corner is a compilation of the best from her award winning  Away With Words columns.	Coming Soon. . . Off Track In Colombia A Thrilling Adventure of Mountain Climbing, Intrigue, and Danger by Peter Gibbs, noted climber and inventor of the Gibbs Ascender™

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A GREAT NEW MYSTERY IN THE TRADITION OF ROSS MACDONALD A LIFE TOLD TO NONE by William Franci 6" x 9", 304 pp. $16.95 Click to Order Trade Paper Pre-Pub Special $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-59663-765-x

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SELF HELP / STRESS MANAGEMENT Stress Less! With Bess by Betty Coles This simple and lighthearted book brings practical help with gentle humor through the antics of "Bess," a not-so-perfect cow who struggles to learn the principles of Stress Management

HEALTH / HEART / NUTRITION Healthy Heart South Asian Diet by LALITA KAUL PhD, RD, LDN Dr. Kaul is Professor of Nutrition at, Howard University, Washington, DC. and a media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association  Dr. Kaul teaches medical students, residents and other health professionals.

BABIES / MOTHERS / PARENTHOOD   Now Shipping CRIB SHEETS One-Hundred Helpful Tips for New Parents by  Monique Westbay This little volume has been in the making for thirteen years. Monique Westbay has gathered the advice, suggestions, tips, ideas and helpful hints from everyone and anyone to make an essential guide to help new (and old) parents and caregivers. .FULL COLOR THROUGHOUT

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CHILDREN / ADVENTURE & FUN Dirkle Smat: Inside Mount Flatbottom by Lynn D. Garthwaite Join the Explorer’s Club for an unforgettable adventure inside Mount Flatbottom in this chapter book for early readers, ages 6 to 9

SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY   Maya Sangh and  The Valley of the White Ones by Elizabeth MacDonald Burrows They Knew the Secrets of the Universe But Not How to Raise a Human Child

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MYSTERY/SATIRE/ Saved at  Nob Hill Manor by Roger A. Mars A sophisticated and satirical page turner. Characters that jump off the page and bristle with vitality. Weird cult members, ambitious university faculty and wacky nursing home residents —   it could just be a deadly combination.

LITERATURE/ AMERICAN URBAN NOVEL A New Novel by best selling Author & Washington Post Staff Writer A L E C  K L E I N click here to see full review in The Washingtonian Online Click here to read an excerpt from Beast of Love (requires PDF reader)

LITERATURE/ AMERICAN URBAN NOVEL   THE NATURE OF MONSTERS by Ronald Damien Malfi . . .one of the more compassionate, insightful and thoughtful new voices in contemporary American fiction. To say he’s a writer to watch would be to be too obvious—he's a writer watching us."–Michael Hemmingson, author of The Rose of Heaven

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ESSAYS / BELLES LETTRES A View from the Corner by  Lew-Ellyn Hughes The author of the  popular A Way With Words column selects new and previously published bons mots laced with love, humor, and whimsy creating a rich paean to the world of rural Maine