August 1, 2000
Volume 1 No. 9
ISSN 1530-5287
E-Book Ecstasy
~Welcome~
I'm keeping this short and sweet so that we can get right on to
the good stuff. Just settled back and enjoy.
Some of you might recall that Xina Marie Uhl was our
Featured E-Publisher back in the June 1st issue. Well Xina was
gracious enough to come back...only this time she is our
Featured E-Author.
I'm thrilled to announce that our Featured E-Publisher is none
other than Sharon L. Reddy of Crossroads Publishing. I had
been in touch with Nick Adams who is Staff Editor and Media
Contact for Crossroads Publishing and he in return forwarded
my message on to Sharon and she sent us a wonderful article.
Many thanks and hugs to Eva and Tracy for their terrific help
in making E-Book Ecstasy extra special.
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Content:
Special Announcement
Sponsors
Featured E-Author
Featured E-Publisher
Eva's Cooking with Passion
Tracy's Book Corner
Readers' View
New Release
Q & A
Advertisements
Classified
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***Note***
In September E-Book Ecstasy will be changing to a monthly
newsletter. At that time the newsletter will go on the 15th of
each month. We will be also changing our format slightly. We
will begin featuring two E- Author per issue and we will be
introducing a new section called: "Behind the Scenes" which
will feature articles from Editors...graphic designers...Public
Relations...and so on.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Subject: Independent Authors Unite in Promotion
Contact: Leta Nolan Childers, Bstseller1@aol.com;
Linda Bleser, lbleser@nycap.rr.com;
Jim Farris, xaa@3lefties.com
(Telephone interviews will be offered; email for numbers)
Release: Time sensitive; for immediate release
July 28, 2000
Readers Win with e-Authors Treasure Hunt
In what appears to be a historic undertaking, nearly forty writers
are joining together to reward readers for finding the treasures
they create. And the rewards for winning the e-Authors
Treasure Hunt is a chest of prizes designed to delight anyone.
"I can't recall a time when this many authors joined together,
independent of their publishers, to thank their readers," said best
selling author Leta Nolan Childers (letachilders.com.) "This is
our way of saying that we've found our gems in the readers who
have embraced and supported us-by reading and enjoying books
in electronic bindings."
The grand prize winner of the e-Authors Treasure Hunt, which
begins on August 1 and concludes on September 30, is an entire
library of books in electronic bindings-on diskette and CD,
valued at more than $250. Among the first prizes are a personal
CD player; two cassette players with audio books (courtesy of
DiskUs Publishing, www.diskuspublishing.com;) a jewelry box
(courtesy of Awe-Struck E-Books;) a ruby, sapphires and onyx
(courtesy of Saxco E-Book Publishing, saxco.net/ebooks;) a $25
gift Barnes and Noble gift certificate (courtesy of
KnowBetter.com) and two electronic Rolodex personal
organizers, among many more.
"It's wonderful that our publishers recognize the need to reward
our readers, too, and have jumped on the bandwagon to donate
prizes to augment those donated by the authors involved in the
Treasure Hunt," said Nolan Childers.
Players can find the rules and the form to complete at
contestants browse the author web sites and find the gem
displayed. They then type the name of the gem with the correct
author on an easy to use form. In the event of a tie, a random
drawing will be conducted. Ten first prizes will also be offered.
"While one lucky winner will walk away with a treasure trove
of literary gems, there are no losers in the e-Authors Treasure
Hunt. A lifetime of reading treasures awaits those who set out to
explore the world of electronic publishing," said participating
author Linda Bleser (www.bleser.com)
Organizers for the event also hope that it will introduce readers
who have not yet discovered the wealth of informative and
entertaining books published electronically to this facet of the
publishing industry.
"This is, perhaps, the most entertaining and fun promotion on
the internet today," said Jim Farris, noted e-author
http://come.to/xaa "The 'Treasure Hunt' is a free, fabulous and
fun promotion that everyone will soon be talking about."
Joining in the promotion are sites that help readers gain
awareness of books in electronic bindings such as
KnowBetter.com, RomanticNotions.com and JustViews.com.
Writers' organizations, such as Mystik Ink
(www.mystic-ink.com/) are also supporting the Treasure Hunt.
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will be donated to that cause.)
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FEATURED E-AUTHOR:
Xina Marie Uhl-Author/Publisher
Greetings, readers of Glenda's fabulous newsletter! I'm
honored she's allowed me to fill up this space with a little about
myself. My name is Xina Marie Uhl and I've written the
recently released e-book NECROPOLIS, a fantasy adventure.
NECROPOLIS is the first title released by our publishing
company, XC Publishing http://www.xcpublishing.com
I've been an avid reader for as long as I can remember. It was a
favorite way for me to escape from household chores as a
child, and I must confess, it still is! When I was ten years old I
had a religious experience that led me straight into writing
fantasy. The religious experience was called STAR WARS. I
remember sitting in the dark theatre the first time I saw it,
utterly astounded by the planets and fighters, the light sabers
and exotic locales--and the story! It was sheer heaven. It was
an inevitable decline into obsession from there on: Star Trek,
Robert Heinlein novels, long sessions at the D&D table...
I first knew that I was a writer in high school, when I met my
best friend and current business partner, Cheryl Dyson. We
wrote every chance we could--stories, comic strips, novels, and
about a million silly giggly notes and letters to each other. We
both started writing fantasy novels at the same time, and would
encourage each other to continue. We were--and still are-each
other's number one fans.
I had the beginning idea for NECROPOLIS probably five or
six years before I actually sat down to write it. I originally
envisioned it to have a medieval setting, complete with dark
and gloomy prison cells and wizards, but my great interest in
ancient history intervened and the medieval setting turned into
that of an ancient desert city reminiscent of Greek, Roman and
Mesopotamian civilizations. The setting was incredibly fun to
create, but most of my efforts in this novel centered on
characters and plot. Characters, in my mind, are the main
reason people read--they have to be sympathetic, interesting
and somewhat unpredictable. Dru, the wounded warrior-priest
was the first character I came up with, and then Conyr, the
bitter ex-soldier, and Val, the mischievous little urchin. More
followed--Gilas the scheming sorcerer turned politician and
Sekeska, the desert assassin. Fitting everyone together in a
comprehensible plot made my brain hurt! Reviewer (and
bestselling author) Patricia White's comments regarding the
plot seem to sum it up best: "One that wiggles and twists,
drawing the reader deeper and deeper into the complex and
corrupt politics of that world."
The first chapter of NECROPOLIS is posted on our website, as
is a map of the main city-state Eretria (under the 'Printable
Maps' tab). More extras will be coming soon. I'd be honored if
you'd drop by and check them out.
Thanks, Glenda!
Xina Marie Uhl
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Author/Publisher - XC Publishing -
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FEATURED E-PUBLISHER:
I'm Sharon L Reddy. They call me Spinner.
In 1989, my husband was working for the Alaska Department
of Environmental Conservation and my brother-in-law was
working for the US Forest Service. I saw what the expiration of
EPA 'final clean up or shut down' 10 year extensions for pulp
mills, and coinciding expiration of clear-cut permits, would do
to paper prices in 1999-2000. I saw its reflection in the mergers
and buyouts in the publishing industry. I began writing for
electronic publication, and carrying books on floppy disks to
science fiction conventions in 1991.
In 1997, I submitted my first books to an e-publisher. Ken
Sheets was the first person to buy them. We were both living in
the Minneapolis area at that time and became good friends.
One year later, Ken asked for my aid to create an e-publishing
company for good books that didn't fit the established genre
classifications, crossed many, or were experimental in nature.
He knew it was needed because I still had 9 books that didn't
'fit the criteria' of any e-publisher.
The business model for CrossroadsPub is radically different.
It's a personally held and managed company which functions as
a cooperative. Authors, editors and artists all receive royalties
on books sold, and much higher than most professional, full
service e-publishers can offer. We built the company to make
6.5% net. That net is split between those who function as the
administrative and production staff. This business model
allows every person associated with the company to invest
their labor, as much or little as they wish, in the long-term
profitability of good books.
In April of this year, I purchased controlling interest of the
company from Ken and moved it to Silver City, New Mexico,
where we have a great deal of community support.
CrossroadsPub books are all listed in Books in Print and can be
ordered through any bookstore, but we don't sign contracts
with distributors or retail booksellers requiring large discounts.
There is no cost of storage or handling required for ebooks, so
55% of the retail price for distribution, stocking and handling,
which makes sense for print books, seems excessive. We prefer
to keep our prices low and pay our authors, editors and artists
well. Our unique website is our store and it's in everyone's
'neighborhood.'
CrossroadsPub currently has ten editors, eighteen artists, nine
staff members and over two hundred books contracted. It's
built to grow and is thriving. It is proof that treating authors,
editors and artists with respect, and as colleagues and not 'raw
material suppliers,' is a viable and profitable business model.
Our quality is high, our prices are low, and everyone who
works on a book gets a fair return on their labor.
Sharon L Reddy
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EVA'S COOKING WITH PASSION:
By: Eva Kende
I just had to say more on the subject of things stuffed. In the
early days of selling Eva's Hungarian Kitchen one business
friend of my husband's approached me at a party. "Do you have
a recipe for the meat loaf stuffed with eggs in your book?" I
replied in the affirmative. He immediately demanded 12 copies
of my book, to give to friends and family. Luckily I happened"
to have some copies in the car. This man grew up next door to
Hungarians and always wondered how the egg got into the
meat loaf. He was as happy with his package of books as a
child with a new toy, he solved one of the mysteries of life.
Another stuffed creation reposes on the cover of Eva's
Hungarian Kitchen. It's a pork roast stuffed with a Hungarian
sausage. Although it can be done by a deft cook, I usually ask
the butcher to do this for me. The butcher who created the roast
for the cover, is a good friend who now has a packing house
and deli, even after 16 years, he goes around like a peacock
boasting about how he was the one who created the stuffed
roast for me.
For a hot appetiser, try stuffing refrigerated crescent rolls with
a mixture of chopped ham, chopped chives, cream cheese and a
raw egg. Bake as directed. While on the subject, frozen puff
pastry or filo dough can hold any number of surprises, just put
your thinking cap on and have fun. Then you can name it
"what-ever-it-is" encroute a la "your name".
~^.^~^.^~^.^~^.^~^.^~^.^~^.^
Eva Kende
visit me and my cookbooks at
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TRACY'S BOOK CORNER:
By: Tracy Eastgate
Starkissed
by Lanette Curington
Publisher: Dancing Willow Publications
Genre: Futuristic Romance
ISBN 1587970066
Release date: July 2000
Cost: Pending
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Leith McClure doesn't really want to be in this particular place
right now. Actually, she would much prefer to be back on
Earth at the University where she is most comfortable. But
with her fathers' illness, it is up to her to run the family
business until he recovers. So in March of 2308, she found
herself sitting with Steve Hancock, her fathers' right hand man,
in a bar on Arreis, better known as Trader World. She was here
to meet one of her father's clients, J'Qhir the Warrior, but she
was completely unprepared for the meeting. The Warrior is a
Zi and there are sanctions against trading with them.
Unknown to Leith, dealing with the Warrior was the least of
her problems at the moment. Both she and the Warrior are in
grave danger. Someone has a plan for the Zi's jewels and her
ship, a plan doesn't include them. Suddenly Leith and the
Warrior find themselves stranded on an uninhabited planet with
no hope for escape. As they try to prepare themselves for the
upcoming months of winter while hoping beyond hope for
rescue, questions run through each of their minds, questions
with no simple answers. Will the people responsible for their
abandonment get away with it? Or will they be caught? If the
guilty are caught will the truth come out in time for a rescue?
Author Lanette Curington has done a beautiful job with
STARKISSED. She has captured danger and excitement, thrills
and chills, love and hurt, and forbidden romance. All of this
has been blended into a wonderful book that flows quickly and
wraps you up completely into the story that you feel you are
there. You lose complete track of time as you race along with
the characters to see what is going to happen next. This is a
book that you will want to add to your list of "Must Reads".
Review by:
Tracy Eastgate
Tracy's Book Reviews
Copyright © 2000 by Tracy Eastgate
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READERS VIEW:
If there is something that you would like to see, please email
me at: ebooksecstasy@yahoo.com
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NEW RELEASES:
Title: Search for the Sun: A Syran Mystery
Author: Ellen Anthony
ISBN: 1-58785-022-2
Genre: science fiction/murder mystery
Formats: PDF & HTML
Price: Disk $7.75 (s&h incl.) Download $4.95
Publisher: Wordbeams http://www.wordbeams.com
Book Page: www.wordbeams.com/search.html
Short Description:
A multiple murder. Everyone in the house is killed except for
the infant in the nursery. When a suspect and motive are finally
found, the search begins and readers will be spellbound until
the very end.
Book Blurb:
In this fascinating sequel to the best selling MANHUNTER,
the princess is dead--murdered in a crime that rocks Gardon-
nd only her infant son is left alive. Who did it--the General, the
Healer, or the Prime Minister? And why?
Donal Yorkson and his veteran partner try to untangle the
wicked crime only to find no motive and a preposterous list
of suspects. When his partner turns up dead, Donal must
defy his father and even his queen to uncover a crime more
terrible than murder.
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Title: I Dare Think Otherwise
Author: Leronia Rawls
ISBN: 1-58785-030-3
Genre: poetry
Formats: PDF & HTML
Price: Disk $6.95 (s&h incl.) Download $4.15
Publisher: Wordbeams http://www.wordbeams.com
Book Page: www.wordbeams.com/sounds.html
Short Description:
This extraordinarily moving and poignant collection of poems
centers on a lifetime of love, heartbreak, and heartfelt
expressions resulting from the author's visual and mental
perceptions as an African American deprived in a disoriented
society of love, hate, and racism.
Book Blurb:
From the time that she learned to write, Leronia Rawls' inner
feelings were expressed on paper that she discreetly treasured
as one treasures his or her personal diary. During her youth,
she didn't perceive her writings as poetic. Later she realized
that her writings were therapeutically spiritual.
Some of the poems, such as Regarding The Lady With One
Shoe, were derived from visions. Other poems were drawn
from the depths of Rawls' experience as a young adult. The
poem entitled The Problem focuses on the author's trauma as a
seven year-old when she was forcefully pulled away from a
department store water fountain designated exclusively for
whites. Black Berries Thoughts came from the summer months
that Rawls spent with her grandparents as a very young child.
Each poem represents a special moment or special event of the
author's past. As the author generously bares her soul and
documents her sentiments, readers will find themselves
thoroughly absorbed and riveted by the touching and
heartrending reflections contained in Rawls' prose.
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Title: Dinosaur Park
Author: Michelle Prebilic
ISBN: 1-58785-008-7
Genre: children's
Formats: PDF & HTML (HTML version includes animation)
Price: Disk $6.55 (s&h incl.) Download $3.75
Publisher: Wordbeams http://www.wordbeams.com
Book Page: www.wordbeams.com/dinosaur.html
Short Description:
In this delightful interactive book, author Michelle Prebilic
includes a story for 4 to 10 year olds, dinosaur activities,
incredible facts, animated pictures (HTML version only) and
tons of links to dinosaur-related websites.
Book Blurb:
Most of Brianna's friends want to be teachers, doctors, or
something ordinary when they grow up. Not Brianna - she
wants to be a paleontologist!
Join Brianna as she ventures to Dinosaur Park and searches for
dinosaur footprints, fossils, and information about what
dinosaurs did when they walked the earth. In this delightful
interactive book, author Michelle Prebilic includes a story for 4
to 10 year olds, dinosaur activities, incredible facts, animated
pictures (HTML version only) and tons of links to dinosaur-
related websites. Follow the links and hear dinosaurs roar,
discover natural parks with dinosaur fossils, have a dinosaur
party, or join an expedition in southern Montana to collect
dinosaurs for a museum!
This book is a must read for any child who loves dinosaurs or
wants to learn more about them
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Title: Mason Goes to the Doctor
Author: Jennifer L. B. Leese
ISBN: 1-58785-011-7
Genre: children's
Formats: PDF & HTML
Price: Disk $6.55 (s&h incl.) Download $3.75
Publisher: Wordbeams http://www.wordbeams.com
Book Page: www.wordbeams.com/mason-doc.html
Short Description:
Mason's starting pre-school in the fall--and that means he has
to have a physical! While children will readily relate to
Mason's experience and enjoy the charming story, they'll also
learn about their bodies and medical instruments and
procedures and explore links to medical-related websites.
Book Blurb:
Mason's starting pre-school in the fall--and that means he has to
have a physical!
Naturally a bit apprehensive, Mason asks his dad tons of
questions about what he can expect at the doctor's office.
Mason's dad assures him that having a physical is not
something scary and explains some of the procedures.
When Mason and his dad arrive at the doctor's office, Mason's
relieved to find that Nurse Ann and Doctor Plum are friendly,
nice, and informative. They even see to it that Mason has a
good time and really enjoys his visit to the doctor.
While children will readily relate to Mason's experience and
enjoy the charming story, they'll also learn about their bodies
and medical instruments and procedures. Author Jennifer L.B.
Leese includes a Parent/Child Reference page as well as a Fun
Link Page full of links to medical-related websites that children
and their parents will enjoy exploring.
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Title: Buried in the Townhouse
Author: Marianna Heusler
ISBN: 1-58785-014-1
Genre: murder mystery
Formats: PDF & HTML
Price: Disk $7.35 (s&h incl.) Download $4.55
Publisher: Wordbeams http://www.wordbeams.com
Book Page: www.wordbeams.com/buried.html
Book Blurb:
When Christina Braganti decides to purchase a townhouse on
the upper-eastside of Manhattan with her brother Jake, she has
no idea what chain of events they are about to set in motion.
Their plan is simply to convert the former psychiatric hospital
into a million dollar fitness center. Recently divorced, Christina
relishes the opportunity to shape both her body and her mind.
But, in spite of the costly renovations and the modern
conveniences, evil lurks within the buildings crevices. Buried
deep within its walls is a dark and dreadful secret.
It soon becomes apparent that someone in their midst has a
very different agenda for the property. Mike, the
mutecaretaker, was once a patient when the townhouse was a
hospital. Lori, Christina's assistant, is a former agoraphobic,
and Jake's assistant, Sergio, is soon suspected of drug dealing.
Julia Morrell, a member of the club, has her own reason for
wanting to buy the townhouse and blackmails Christina, with
information about a crime committed years ago by Christina's
ex-husband.
Comic mishaps turn deadly, when a few weeks after the club
opens, Alex, Christina's son, stumbles over a body in the alley.
Two more murders follow, and when Alex disappears,
detectives believe the events are linked to illegal drugs. But
Christina suspects a far more chilling reason that the quiet
townhouse on Madison Avenue has suddenly become a house
of horrors.
As time runs out, Christina searches for the lethal link between
the past and the present. In the race of her life, she desperately
tries to save her son, her family and her business.
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Title: A Small Matter
Author: David G. LaGraff
ISBN: 1-58785-020-6
Genre: mainstream/women's fiction
Formats: PDF & HTML
Price: Disk $7.35 (s&h incl.) Download $4.55
Publisher: Wordbeams http://www.wordbeams.com
Book Page: www.wordbeams.com/small-matter.html
Short Description:
Vickie was under a death sentence - cancer. A fast-moving
Mulroney was the man who had secretly loved her for twenty
years. In a race against time, they plan to marry, but will she
make it to the altar before it's too late?
Book Blurb:
Set against a stormy Los Angeles background, 'A Small Matter'
takes you deep into the heart and soul of a man and woman in
love, who find themselves caught up in a search for healing and
redemption in a race against the darkness of death. The surprise
ending will touch you deeply for years to come.
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Book: Beyond Love
Author: Glenda D. Tudor
Genre: Regency Romance
Publisher: DiskUs Publishing
Release Date: August 2000
Baron Blake Bradley had tried for 15 years to ignore the
betroth that he is bound to. But Thorton Lynwood would not let
him. When two years had come and gone past her eighteenth
birthday and still her groom did not show up to claim her, she
takes it upon herself to go in search of her missing groom.
Upon her arrival at Stonecrest hate is rekindled between the
two warring families. But in order for Thorton to reach her goal
she must get the Baron to except her bargain...a one-year
marriage. Blake knows that he has no choice, he must marry
his dreaded enemy, but he promises to make her life hell as her
family had done to his.
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Book: Sunbeam
Author: Glenda D. Tudor
Genre: Paranormal Romance Short
Publisher: Word Wrangler
Release Date: August 2000
Price: $2.50 download
Author, Jack Langdon leaves the city behind him as he
ventures off to a cabin in the woods that his agent has rented
for him. The purpose: to finish his fourth novel...but what he
finds in the seclusion is something that he never expected. A
young woman, love and the mystery that surrounds her.
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Book - "The Last God (Book I of the Oerth Cycle)"
Author - Jim Farris
Genre - Science Fiction/Anthropomorphic Fantasy
Publisher: DenMark Publishing
Release Date: Available Now
Blurb - "The Last God (Book I of the Oerth Cycle) is a
sweeping, epic-length science-fiction/anthropomorphic fantasy
novel that tells the story of the little mustelid, Merle, and her
enormous companion, Xaa. Merle Mousefinder, the little
Mustie of the Wild Wood, didn't know what she was getting
into when she followed the strange noise through the forest and
found Xaa, an enormous carnivorous mouse. Soon, her
curiosity would lead her to follow Xaa through this epic tale of
freedom, slavery, life, death, hate, and love. With a three-hour
MIDI soundtrack, The Last God is more than a book - it's an
experience."
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Dancing Willow Publication **New Releases**
In Deaths Shadow
author: Steven Crane Davidson
Expected pub date: 8/25/00
ISBN 1-58797-002-3 PDF & Rocket Format
Blurb:
A great fast paced read with plenty of action. In Death's
Shadow takes the reader on a journey across the state of
Georgia and international locales. A must read for the lover of
a great mystery. An exciting tale of cat and mouse.
Stephen Crane Davidson is a new and upcoming writer who
pulls out all the stops to make In Death's Shadow a fascinating
read. Don't miss this intriguing mystery.
Look for In Death's Shadow to make its debut in August
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The Nightmare Club #1-The Headless Paperboy
author: Howard Hopkins
ISBN: forthcoming
pub date: 8-25-00
Publisher: Dancing Willow Publications
YA/Horror
Blurb:
When October Williams moved to the small seaside town of
New Salem, Maine, he hardly expected to be chased by the
ghost of the Headless Paperboy. But New Salem is a town
gripped by the supernatural where anything can happen...
especially near the old bridge leading to the cemetery!
October soon learns a strange and terrifying tale. Every
Halloween three children vanish as the ghost begins searching
for his head. Riding a twenty-year-old bicycle and hurling
flaming newspapers, the spook needs one more victim before
disappearing for another year. If that weren't bad enough,
the school bully wants to make sure October doesn't have a
chance to escape the pedaling terror!
Together with a band of misfit kids who call themselves the
Nightmare Club, a strange girl named Alliecat who wants to
shove her way into the group, and a pot-bellied pig named
Barnabas, he must find the Paperboy's head and put it back
with the body before it's too late and he loses his own!
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Pistolero
author: Howard Hopkins
genre: Western
isbn: forthcoming
pub date: 8-25-00
publisher: Dancing Willow Publications
Blurb:
A vicious killer stalks the dusty streets of Mascarada, New
Mexico, slicing the throats of saloon girls like some Western
Day Jack the Ripper.
The Crucible Society, an organization that claims it doesn't
exist, plans to tame the Wild West, but are their methods of
doing so any better than those of the criminals they track
down?
Johnny Hickok, a man falsely accused of murder, struggles
against the demons of his past and the specter of the Pistolero
within. When the Crucible Society offers him a pardon in
exchange for bringing the knife killer to justice, he soon finds
himself plunged into a tangle of hidden motives, danger and
deception. Can he face the ghosts awaiting him on the blood-
stained trail that leads straight to the woman he left behind and
vanquish the Janus tearing apart his soul? Or will he fall prey
to an adversary as deadly as the West has ever known?
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Sheila M. Coyle
Book Title - Katie Marie and St. Therese's Website
Type - Religious/Inspirational
Publishers - Xlibris.com
Author, Book Page - www.xlibris.com/sheilacoyle.html
Dear St. Therese,
Please pray that the grownups stop fighting. They give me a
headache then Sister Frenchetta yells at me when I throw up
over the balcony onto Father Michaud's head. love, katie marie
KATIE MARIE is the only child in St. Mary's Star of The Sea
Over The Hill church choir. She writes her prayer petitions in a
computer notebook called "St. Therese's Website." KATIE
writes about her aging Aunt Aggie, Sister Frenchetta feisty
choir director and kindly Sister Margarita, and Jimmy Marcone
KATIE'S tormentor. Her prayers are answered in an
extraordinary way when PADRE PARONE patron saint of the
world sits next to her in choir changing her life forever more...
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Title: DIANA BY THE MOON
Author: Tracy Copper-Posey
Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory
ISBN: 1-58200-569-9
Release Date: August 2000
Blurb:
Diana -- a fiery kitten of a Roman woman, who hides a terrible
past, and struggles to lead her people on a desparate quest for
survival against famine and Saxon raids, unable to trust
anyone.
Alaric -- proud Celtic warrior and trusted lieutenant to the
upstart British leader, Arthur, who must overcome his hatred of
Romans if he is to fulfill Arthur's ambitions in the north.
A haunting tale of two lives touched by the coming of King
Arthur, and two hearts & souls struggling to come together
against odds as great as those against Britain itself. Only
together will they survive, or else be sundered...forever.
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Prescription For Love
Janet Lane Walters
Diskus Publishing
ISBN: 1-58495-215-6
Janet Lane Walters -- Murder and Mint Tea EPPIE finalist
and A Minor Opposition NCP, Obsessions EPPIE finalist-
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Author: Philip Newman
Title: A PLACE IN THE WOODS
Release date: August 12, 2000
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Isbn: to be assigned
Genre: mainstream fiction--romantic elements
Description:
David Tregorran, whose marriage is breaking up, and whose
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turned to drudgery, has taken to drinking. His judgment
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Philip Newman joined the Anglo-French Concorde project in
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*****
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Zack's love and that of her family and friends show her the way
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