Biography

< Back to home

Save a tree. Publish online instead. Smashwords.com

Visit other Smashwords satellites:

Plain text ebooks from the authors and publishers at Smashwords.  They lack much formatting, but they're readable on virtually anything.

Sort by:
Date Added
Title
Price
Length


- Hide covers    + Show descriptions    - Hide bios
From Harvard to Hagerman by Myron Finkbeiner From Harvard to Hagerman by Myron Finkbeiner Feb. 06, 2012 $5.99 51187 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Crazy Little Thing Called Life by Philip Wooldridge Crazy Little Thing Called Life by Philip Wooldridge Feb. 05, 2012 $1.99 19264 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
My life's been an interesting journey, to say the least. I was raised in the central Texas area, and upon completing high school, served in the military for over five years. After that, I attended Panola College and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, graduating with a degree in Social Work in 1997. Since then, I've worked various jobs in the field, and have recently settled with my wife in Northeast Michigan. Sometimes a complete change is just what the doctor ordered. Recently, I've done away with my pen name of Wilson Kasa and have decided to re-publish my short stories under my real name. My stories come from a mix of what is probably an overactive imagination and real life experiences. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did writing them. All the best, Philip
Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Impurity, and the Trials of the Amateur by Juan LePuen Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Impurity, and the Trials of the Amateur by Juan LePuen Feb. 05, 2012 $1.80 6313 words Sample 30%
Author bio:
American translator and editor, born in 1969.
something the cat dragged in by anne bentley something the cat dragged in by anne bentley Feb. 05, 2012 $0.99 62396 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
The Pied Piper of Hip Hop by Steven Hager The Pied Piper of Hip Hop by Steven Hager Feb. 05, 2012 $1.99 6305 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
I'm a writer, journalist, filmmaker, event producer and counterculture and cannabis activist. I was the first journalist to travel to the South Bronx and document the origins of hip hop. In 1988, I was hired as editor of High Times magazine. I created the Cannabis Cup, a cannabis awards ceremony held every Thanksgiving in Amsterdam, and The Freedom Fighters, the first hemp legalization group. I also created a garage-rock revival band called the Soul Assassins. In 2002 I directed the video shoot that was later released as Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album). In 2004, I wrote most of the narration for a/k/a Tommy Chong and also appear in the film. My most recent hardback book, The Octopus Conspiracy and Other Vignettes of the Counterculture, was published by Trine Day. All my ebooks are available exclusively through smashwords. I also regularly appear at college campuses, sometimes solo, but usually as part of a debate on the legalization of cannabis, alongside former New York City D.E.A. chief Robert Stutman. The event, known as "Heads versus Feds," began in 2001 and has visited more than 200 colleges in ten years, regularly drawing standing-room crowds. Bob and I are known as "The Ultimate Odd Couple," and have become close friends despite the cultural gap between us. The debate is booked by Wolfman Productions in Connecticut.
Senna - The Driver by Tim Hadleigh Senna - The Driver by Tim Hadleigh Feb. 05, 2012 $0.99 6187 words
Author bio:
Honest, opinionated, dynamic, kind, creative, ageing rocker. My web site can be found at www.timhadleigh.com I welcome your comments.
MSCANTGETRIGHT by Shakeya Craig MSCANTGETRIGHT by Shakeya Craig Feb. 04, 2012 $7.99 147085 words Sample 15%
Author bio:
Living on Tattooine (a.k.a. Kuwait) by Christine Cook Living on Tattooine (a.k.a. Kuwait) by Christine Cook Feb. 04, 2012 $3.99 68186 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Christine Cook writes mysteries and military memoir. She is also in the U.S. Army Reserves. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband, two children, a cat and a dog. She is currently working on the next novel in the d'Arcy W. Carter series, as well as several other fiction projects.
A Difficult Passage by Ray Wiseman A Difficult Passage by Ray Wiseman Feb. 04, 2012 $4.95 56674 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Ray Wiseman's early memory--being pushed up a rope ladder and over the side of a tramp steamer at age two--set the tone for his life. He has spent much time travelling, and most of his life looking from the hilltop of one adventure to the beginning of the next. Born in England, Ray has lived in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and South Africa. He has traveled in Africa and Asia. Ray counts writing as his fourth career. He began his working life as an electronics technician, then returned to school to study for the Christian ministry. He spent time in the pastorate and overseas with a missionary society. He returned to electronics, working as a video systems engineer. In 1993, he took early retirement to pursue a career as a writer and speaker. Ray graduated from Radio College of Canada (now RCC Schools) in 1952. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of General and Biblical Studies from Briercrest College. He has also studied at the Toronto Institute of Linguistics and The International Institute of Christian Communications (Daystar University College) in Nairobi. Ray is a member of The Word Guild, an association of Canadian authors and writers who are Christian.
My Life On The Ocean Waves by Douglas Freeman My Life On The Ocean Waves by Douglas Freeman Feb. 04, 2012 $3.99 46297 words Sample 10%
Author bio:
Douglas Freeman was in the Royal Navy from 1666 to 1976. Is this the funniest Royal Navy Auto-biography ever? Well my family and friends seem to think so. The people I loaned my book to said they were in stitches with all the funny stories I had to tell about my journeys around the world and "My Life On The Ocean Waves".
Overcoming the Darkness by APRIL M. BARBOSA Overcoming the Darkness by APRIL M. BARBOSA Feb. 04, 2012 $9.99 40927 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
I am first and foremost a believer in God. Without Him I am nothing. I am also a wifey and a mommy. During my free time I like to read and write. My books all have a touch of reality in them. I write young adult books and also adult mystery, suspense and have currently just tried my skills on erotica. I am also working on my memoirs.
Multi-Dimensional Life by Moyra Caldecott Multi-Dimensional Life by Moyra Caldecott Feb. 03, 2012 $5.99 69794 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Moyra Caldecott was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1927, and moved to London in 1951. She has degrees in English and Philosophy and an M.A. in English Literature, and has written more than 20 books. She has earned a reputation as a novelist who writes as vividly about the adventures and experiences to be encountered in the inner realms of the human consciousness as she does about those in the outer physical world. To Moyra, reality is multidimensional.
Dismissed: How one woman's intuition ended her addiction and exposed a government cover-up by ADIGI Books Dismissed: How one woman's intuition ended her addiction and exposed a government cover-up by ADIGI Books Feb. 03, 2012 $9.99 62688 words Sample 15%
Author bio:
ADIGI Books is an independent publishing house specializing in expert spiritual and self-help titles.
Rock's First Diva by Steven Hager Rock's First Diva by Steven Hager Feb. 03, 2012 $0.99 3882 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
I'm a writer, journalist, filmmaker, event producer and counterculture and cannabis activist. I was the first journalist to travel to the South Bronx and document the origins of hip hop. In 1988, I was hired as editor of High Times magazine. I created the Cannabis Cup, a cannabis awards ceremony held every Thanksgiving in Amsterdam, and The Freedom Fighters, the first hemp legalization group. I also created a garage-rock revival band called the Soul Assassins. In 2002 I directed the video shoot that was later released as Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album). In 2004, I wrote most of the narration for a/k/a Tommy Chong and also appear in the film. My most recent hardback book, The Octopus Conspiracy and Other Vignettes of the Counterculture, was published by Trine Day. All my ebooks are available exclusively through smashwords. I also regularly appear at college campuses, sometimes solo, but usually as part of a debate on the legalization of cannabis, alongside former New York City D.E.A. chief Robert Stutman. The event, known as "Heads versus Feds," began in 2001 and has visited more than 200 colleges in ten years, regularly drawing standing-room crowds. Bob and I are known as "The Ultimate Odd Couple," and have become close friends despite the cultural gap between us. The debate is booked by Wolfman Productions in Connecticut.
Postcards From Ireland by Michael Harling Postcards From Ireland by Michael Harling Feb. 03, 2012 $2.99 46035 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Michael Harling grew up in rural Columbia County in Upstate New York. He moved to the UK in March 2002 and has been recording his observations of the indigenous population on his popular blog 'Postcards From Across the Pond' ever since.
Eleanor LeJune - Quando il sesso è poesia by Amodio Tortora Eleanor LeJune - Quando il sesso è poesia by Amodio Tortora Feb. 03, 2012 Free! 8267 words Read a sample
Author bio:
Cannabis Cures Cancer? by Steven Hager Cannabis Cures Cancer? by Steven Hager Feb. 02, 2012 Free! 4134 words Read a sample
Author bio:
I'm a writer, journalist, filmmaker, event producer and counterculture and cannabis activist. I was the first journalist to travel to the South Bronx and document the origins of hip hop. In 1988, I was hired as editor of High Times magazine. I created the Cannabis Cup, a cannabis awards ceremony held every Thanksgiving in Amsterdam, and The Freedom Fighters, the first hemp legalization group. I also created a garage-rock revival band called the Soul Assassins. In 2002 I directed the video shoot that was later released as Live in Amsterdam (Fishbone album). In 2004, I wrote most of the narration for a/k/a Tommy Chong and also appear in the film. My most recent hardback book, The Octopus Conspiracy and Other Vignettes of the Counterculture, was published by Trine Day. All my ebooks are available exclusively through smashwords. I also regularly appear at college campuses, sometimes solo, but usually as part of a debate on the legalization of cannabis, alongside former New York City D.E.A. chief Robert Stutman. The event, known as "Heads versus Feds," began in 2001 and has visited more than 200 colleges in ten years, regularly drawing standing-room crowds. Bob and I are known as "The Ultimate Odd Couple," and have become close friends despite the cultural gap between us. The debate is booked by Wolfman Productions in Connecticut.
The Days I Knew by Lillie Langtry The Days I Knew by Lillie Langtry Feb. 02, 2012 $4.99 84678 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
From www.lillielangtry.com Lillie married Irish landowner Edward Langtry in 1874. Some say that the attraction to Edward was because of his yacht and that he insisted he take her away from Jersey and set up home in London. Lillie did not begin her stage career until several years later after her husband had become bankrupt. She also had a daughter who was born in 1881, Jeanne Marie Langtry (who married Sir Ian Malcolm of Poltalloch in 1902, had four children, and died in 1964), and whose father was definitely not Lillie's husband. The child's actual father was reportedly Lillie Langtry's lover Prince Louis of Battenberg (later 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, 1854-1921), who married Queen Victoria's granddaughter Princess Victoria of Hesse and the Rhine in 1884 and became father of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the last Viceroy of India, and grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. A recent biography of Langtry suggests that another of her lovers, Arthur Jones, may have been Jeanne Marie's father, though Prince Louis's son, Lord Mountbatten, always maintained that his father was the one. Lillie's heyday as a society beauty culminated in her becoming a semi-official mistress to the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria's son Albert Edward ("Bertie"), the future king Edward VII. Other lovers included wealthy Britons Robert Peel and George Baird. Among her friends were the Irish writer Oscar Wilde and the American artist James McNeill Whistler. She was for a time the manager of the Imperial Theatre and also manufactured claret at her 4,200 acre (17 km²) winery in Lake County (northern) California, which she purchased in 1888 and sold in 1906. In 1887 Lillie became an American citizen, and divorced her husband the same year in California. In 1899, she married the much younger Hugo Gerald de Bathe, who would inherit a baronetcy, and became a leading owner in the horse-racing world, before retiring to Monte Carlo. She died there in 1929, and was buried in the graveyard of St. Saviour's Church in Jersey - the church of which her father had been rector.
Etheldreda by Moyra Caldecott Etheldreda by Moyra Caldecott Feb. 02, 2012 $5.99 71654 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Moyra Caldecott was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1927, and moved to London in 1951. She has degrees in English and Philosophy and an M.A. in English Literature, and has written more than 20 books. She has earned a reputation as a novelist who writes as vividly about the adventures and experiences to be encountered in the inner realms of the human consciousness as she does about those in the outer physical world. To Moyra, reality is multidimensional.
Who Am I? by Andrew G Carson Who Am I? by Andrew G Carson Feb. 02, 2012 $2.99 21587 words Sample 15%
Author bio:
I'm a 29 year old writer from Scotland.
O Projeto 3.7 e Nós by Washington Conceicao O Projeto 3.7 e Nós by Washington Conceicao Feb. 02, 2012 $4.99 40376 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Washington Luiz Bastos Conceição was born in Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil. He has grown up in Sao Paulo, city where he has studied and got married. He is graduated from the "Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo" (the Engineering School of Sao Paulo State University). After working as a Civil Engineer for about four years, he was hired by IBM Brazil in Sao Paulo. In 1968 he was assigned to an international IBM project in Chicago. Transferred to the Company's headquarter in Rio de Janeiro in 1970, he since then lives in that city. After leaving IBM, where he worked for 24 years, he has proceeded with his activities in the Marketing, Sales and Business Consulting areas, until 2009. He published his first book, the “Histórias do Terceiro Tempo”, in 2009, when he was 76 years old. The second, “Para você se animar a escrever seu livro”, in 2010, and the third one "O Projeto 3.7 e Nós", in 2011. He says that he has more stories to tell and that he intends to keep on writing as long as this activity gives him pleasure and provided his physical conditions allow him to do it.
Withdrawal by J Joseph Michaels Withdrawal by J Joseph Michaels Feb. 01, 2012 Free! 397 words Read a sample
Author bio:
Diaspora to the Sun by Jack R. Williams Diaspora to the Sun by Jack R. Williams Feb. 01, 2012 $4.99 130910 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Jack Williams has advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics. He has published over 20 peer-review papers in technical journals and elsewhere. These were on statistical detection and information theory and conceptualized mostly military machines in radar, sonar, intelligence and communications. Several countries deploy these. He flew as an aircrew member in the U.S. military for four years and made worldwide deployments. He supported and lived with the Chinese Air Force in Taiwan for three years. He served on NATO’s Armament Committee in a multinational NATO frigate design for two years. He has also traveled widely in support of U.S. and other militaries and on commercial business. He was a designer on both Low-Flyer and High-Flyer intelligence aircraft and on missiles and satellites. He co-authored the book, Diaspora to the Sun — Through Revolution, War and Cold War listed on Amazon and elsewhere. It is a true epic journey.
The London Bard. One Poet's Olympic Struggle Against Tyranny (Part One) by L.A. Coltrane The London Bard. One Poet's Olympic Struggle Against Tyranny (Part One) by L.A. Coltrane Feb. 01, 2012 $2.99 19874 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Where'd I Put My Boobs? Life Goes On During Breast Cancer by Sarah Ball Where'd I Put My Boobs? Life Goes On During Breast Cancer by Sarah Ball Feb. 01, 2012 $9.95 73660 words Sample 10%
Author bio:
Sarah Ball is a military wife, mother to two teenage sons, cancer survivor, and author of "Where'd I Put My Boobs?"
Out of the Void - The Primal Scream Story by brendan yates Out of the Void - The Primal Scream Story by brendan yates Feb. 01, 2012 $4.99 52510 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
An Accidental Cowboy by Jameson Parker An Accidental Cowboy by Jameson Parker Feb. 01, 2012 $2.99 73073 words Sample 8%
Author bio:
http://www.readjamesonparker.com/ Jameson Parker was a working actor for over a quarter of a century. While he has appeared in countless movies, television movies, and plays, he is best known for his starring role as A.J., one half of the team of Simon & Simon, the long running hit television series in the ‘80’s. After Hollywood, Jameson became the host of several different hunting shows, including American Hunter, The World of Ducks Unlimited, Sports Afield on Assignment, Beretta’s Bird Hunter’s Journal, and A Dog’s Life, which he also wrote and produced. Jameson has been a freelance writer for almost twenty years. As an actor-turned-author he is unique because his work has appeared in such a wide range of outdoor magazines: American Hunter, Sports Afield, Gray’s Sporting Journal, California Waterfowl, Shooting Sportsman, Bugle, Under Wild Skies, Delta Waterfowl, Ducks Unlimited, Safari, Western Horseman, and currently he is the ‘Sporting Life’ columnist for Sporting Classics, and the ‘Fine Guns’ columnist for Texas Sporting Journal. Jameson is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, An Accidental Cowboy (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Press) and the editor of To Absent Friends (Willow Creek Press), an anthology of stories about dogs. He is married to actress and singer Darleen Carr.
The Young Romantics: Writers & Liaisons, Paris 1827-37 by Linda Kelly The Young Romantics: Writers & Liaisons, Paris 1827-37 by Linda Kelly Feb. 01, 2012 $9.99 57215 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Linda Kelly's books include 'Women of the French Revolution', 'Juniper Hall' and acclaimed biographies of Thomas Chatterton, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Thomas Moore. Her account of the Burney Circle 'Susanna, the Captain & the Castrato' is also published by Starhaven. She is married to the writer Laurence Kelly and lives in London.
CIA Bride by Thornton Barnes CIA Bride by Thornton Barnes Jan. 31, 2012 $5.99 69266 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Mr. Barnes began a unique and diverse career while in the U.S. Army where he advanced from serving in Korea as an Intelligence Specialist to attending years of formal electronics training in surface-to-air missiles that included the Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules, and HAWK. Thereafter, he advanced technologically in the forefront of the evolution of electronics and cutting-edge military technology during the space race with the Soviet Union. Becoming advanced in missile ECM and ECCM, Barnes was selected to participate in the CIA Elint Project Palladium, the evaluation of Soviet radar ability to shoot down the CIA’s proposed Mach 3 A-12 plane codenamed OXCART. Barnes deployed to Germany with the first Hawk SAM battalion to be mobilized as a combat unit. During the course of his military career Barnes was awarded numerous missileman awards and was selected to attend Artillery Officer Candidate School in preparation for advisor duty in Vietnam. Barnes’ military career ended after 10 years due to permanently disabling injuries sustained during survival training while in Officer Candidate School. Honorably discharged from the Army, Barnes was recruited for an electronics engineer position at the Beatty station of the NASA High Range for flight testing of the X-15, XB-70, the LLRV (Lunar Lander prototypes), the lifting bodies, A-12, YF-12, and SR 71 Blackbird flights. He participated in establishing four world speed and altitude records in the YF-12A. He spent a year at the Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio performing integrity tests on the Apollo space capsule. Concluding this project, he returned to the NASA High Range as a hypersonic and space flight support specialist for continuation of his high Mach and hypersonic flight testing. Barnes was instrumental in resolving a test pilot life threatening “inherent and unsolvable” altitude error problem that had for years existed in the radar data of Dryden/Edwards, Beatty, and Ely tracking station NASA High Range. Shortly thereafter Barnes was recruited to Groom Lake, Nevada as part of the most highly classified special projects team since the atomic bomb Manhattan Project. Cleared at both “Q” and “Top Secret” security levels, at the Groom Lake facility Barnes, operated under a code name, serving as cadre for ultra secret projects of the CIA, National Defense Agency, National Air and Space Intelligence Agency, Air Defense Command, Tactical Air Command, U.S. Air Force Foreign Technology Division, the Air Force Flight Test Center, the Naval Air Test Center, Naval Weapons Center, and the Air Tactical Command, most of which remains classified today. The few declassified activities that can be disclosed include CIA A-12 Project OXCART and the Soviet MiG exploitation projects Have Doughnut, Have Drill, and Have Ferry. The Soviet MiG exploitation projects were instrumental in reversing the 9-1 kill ratio against U.S. pilots in air combat in Vietnam and were the genesis of the Navy’s Top Gun and the Air Force’s Red Flag exercises that continue today. Following the MiG projects Barnes participated in Project Have Blue, the development of stealth technology introduced by the Air Force F-117. Details of Project Have Blue and the identity of other projects in which Barnes led or participated cannot be disclosed as they remain classified today. Between projects at Groom Lake Barnes was loaned to NASA’s Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) program at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station (NRDS), Jackass Flats, Nevada to develop a nuclear Engine for future manned flight to Mars. Also between projects at Groom Lake, he participated in the Atomic Energy Commission tests of the atomic bomb. During his nearly half-century as a Nevadan, Mr. Barnes has made significant contributions to the civic life of the state, most significantly, his groundbreaking advances in the field of aerospace and education of Nevada’s youth. Since retirement Barnes has remained active with the Disabled American Veterans and numerous military and aerospace organizations and activities. He is currently the Director of the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame and serves as president of Roadrunners Internationale, an association of the CIA, Air Force, and aerospace companies who built and flew the CIA’s early U-2 and A-12 Blackbird. He is an active member in various other associations that include AFIO (Association for Intelligence Officers), CIRA (Central Intelligence Retirement Association), the U-2 Dragon Ladies Association, the SR-71 Blackbird association, the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, Flight Test Historical Foundation, and the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Barnes is an active member of the Nellis AFB Support Team and Civilian Military Council, and an active participant in various oral history projects that include the UNLV Cold War Oral History project, historians at CIA, and historians at Fort Bliss, Texas for the early HAWK SAM deployment in which Barnes participated during the Iron Wall and Cuban Crises. Barnes is also an active member of the Army Artillery OCS Alumni. Under the leadership of Barnes, the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame is heavily involved with various universities and other learning establishments wherein their students are directly involved with the activities of the Hall of Fame. As leader of the Roadrunners he has made the recording of the individual legacies a priority project with the UNLV Cold War Oral History Project and the Library of Congress. Since declassification of some of the projects in which he participated with the U.S. Air Force and CIA, Barnes has participated in symposium panels and been a guest speaker telling the previously untold story of these secret heroes of the Cold War. Barnes is also a successful businessman, forming an oil and gas exploration company in the 1970s, he served as its CEO until 1982 where he sold his oil business to divest in a mining company where he serves as President today.
Preserved Ginger by Barry Johnstone Preserved Ginger by Barry Johnstone Jan. 31, 2012 $4.99 65157 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
I got divorced from my first wife, (Sheila) in 1986, who then (sadly) died on July the 28th, 008.I got married again in 1993. My daughter Emily died on September 11th 1998 (there is absolutely nothing in the human experience that messes up your head more than loosing a child!) which is why I have complete sympathy for people trying to live in places like Iraq or Iran etc. As if loosing Emily wasn’t enough, my step-daughter Lauren died May 10th 2009! The only thing positive about these awful and tragic events is that ones attitudes are sharpened, re-defined and made more definite. Not necessarily militant, abrasive and opiniated! I’ve now retired from the NZSO (September 2007) and after 40 years of playing the double-bass sitting in front of the loudest trombone section in the known universe - no longer play anything! Through-out my career in the NZSO, I have composed music. Now that I have retired, I can devote more time to this addictive and challenging pursuit (an activity that gives me great pleasure) and this does NOT mean that what I compose is of any great shakes. I write music only for the sheer hell of it, and generally only for me. I have not formally studied i.e. counter-point or anything, so what I write tends to be quite vertical and quite boring, however, like anything else, it’s much easier to judge on what it isn’t, rather than what it is. The other thing is that I don’t actually care what is thought of any music that I may compose, because I’m only concerned with the very first stage of the process – that of actually writing it! (I have to reiterate – I’m only writing for me) If it’s any good – fine. If it isn’t any good – equally fine!
Naked in Budapest - Travels with a passionate nomad by Heather Hapeta Naked in Budapest - Travels with a passionate nomad by Heather Hapeta Jan. 30, 2012 $4.99 96370 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
A freelance travel writer and photographer who lives in New Zealand.
Last Year by Merlin Douglas Larsen Last Year by Merlin Douglas Larsen Jan. 30, 2012 Free! 23440 words Read a sample
Author bio:
I'm "middle-aged", married once, have nine children and a growing number of grandchildren, and I'm retired. I have plenty of time for writing and researching. Perversely, I have little ambition to do so. The books I have written seem to have satisfied my urge to explore and express in this medium. "I know practically nothing about almost everything." That's a mantra that keeps me from getting too full of myself. The test of a good book is when the author can return to it after many years and find it satisfying. Because we mature in our thinking as we age, it usually happens that a return to earlier literary creations shows up how ignorant we were. If a book we wrote back then stands up to the passing of time, we must have done something right. I must have succeeded in retaining the good stuff and disposing of the bad; because, despite the inevitable flaws that I see now and could not see then, my books and short stories from the swiftly receding past entertain me today. I put up most of what I think I know on the subject of the Norman Conquest at my Website, see link below....
Uniform Decisions: My Life in the LAPD and the North Hollywood Shootout by John Caprarelli Uniform Decisions: My Life in the LAPD and the North Hollywood Shootout by John Caprarelli Jan. 30, 2012 $9.99 46670 words Sample 10%
Author bio:
John Caprarelli was born in Los Angeles, California in 1957. Retired from the Los Angeles Police Department after working a cross section of assignments, his involvement in the infamous 1997 North Hollywood Bank of America robbery shootout was the pinnacle of a 27 year police career that earned him the Medal of Valor and National Top Cop awards. Between hobbies, he continues to speak at various venues regarding his career and life lessons learned.
Well of Life by Roderic Anderson Well of Life by Roderic Anderson Jan. 30, 2012 $4.99 68932 words Sample 10%
Author bio:
Betty's Black & Blue Bottom by Louis Kahn Nin Betty's Black & Blue Bottom by Louis Kahn Nin Jan. 29, 2012 Free! 2498 words Read a sample
Author bio:
Back Home Again in Indiana by J. Conrad Guest Back Home Again in Indiana by J. Conrad Guest Jan. 29, 2012 Free! 3087 words Read a sample
Author bio:
My first novel, January’s Paradigm, was published by Minerva Press, London, England. Current Entertainment Monthly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, wrote of January’s Paradigm, “(readers) will not be able to put it down.” I have another novel based on the Joe January character, January’s Penitence, being considered for publication. In 2008 I completed Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings, which is now available from Second Wind Publishing. After completing a futuristic piece, Chaotic Theory, a novella that explores the conjecture of how the flap of a butterfly’s wings in South America might result in a tornado in Texas, I commenced my next major project, a murder mystery that spans two centuries written around baseball legend, Ty Cobb. My fiction and essays appear in various online and print publications, including Cezanne’s Carrot, Saucy Vox, River Walk Journal, 63 Channels, The Writers Post Journal, Redbridge Review, and Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine. I am also a contributing writer to Impact Times and am cofounder of The Smoking Poet. My sports writing can be found at Bleacher Report.
Paranormal By Design by Karen Dale Stefaniak Paranormal By Design by Karen Dale Stefaniak Jan. 29, 2012 Free! 10338 words Read a sample
Author bio:
Designer, Author, and Photographer, Karen Dale Stefaniak grew up in Dearborn, Michigan. She became interested in the paranormal when, as a child, she experienced her first apparition in her childhood home. The apparition was of a woman in a long white dress, holding a parasol by her side. An apparition, she later found out, was one who would be seen by people who were on a path to a creative life.
Kara Mia by Maryann Anglim Kara Mia by Maryann Anglim Jan. 29, 2012 Free! 55446 words Read a sample
Author bio:
Maryann Anglim, R.N., B.S.N. lives in Bath, Maine, with her husband. A graduate of Loyola University of Chicago, she works as an operating room nurse. As Kara's mother she brings an intimate and medically informed view of what it means as a parent to confront Long QT syndrome. In her open and direct writing style she chronicles her daughter's brush with death and subsequent rehabilitation with sensitivity, courage and wisdom. Kara Mia is her first book.
RPM's miscellaneous by Roger Mouflier RPM's miscellaneous by Roger Mouflier Jan. 29, 2012 $2.99 27136 words Sample 30%
Author bio:
George Armstrong Custer, History Set Right. by J savage George Armstrong Custer, History Set Right. by J savage Jan. 29, 2012 $0.99 4056 words Sample 1%
Author bio:
My imagination and art have sustained me by Mary O'Brien My imagination and art have sustained me by Mary O'Brien Jan. 29, 2012 $4.95 151104 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
My name is Mary Joanne Lydia O'Brien. I was born in Providence, Rhode Island. I was adopted as an infant from a Catholic orphanage. I grew up in and out of special schools. I completed high school, graduating from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. Although I'm visually impaired, I like a lot of visual things. I draw, paint, take pictures, and write. I published a book with Author House under a pen name. Its called "Seeking love and acceptance on a path of adversity " I designed the front cover myself. Recently I republished my book. I used my real name and changed the title to "My imagination and art have sustained me" Its a memoir. I published with Xlibris.The book is available at the xlibris on line store and at amazon.
Lessons from the desert by Laura Thompson Lessons from the desert by Laura Thompson Jan. 29, 2012 Free! 10315 words Read a sample
Author bio:
Laura earned her master's degree in secondary education from St. Xavier University in Chicago. She has taught in Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Diocese of Joliet. She is a active Catholic who aspires to catechize at every age level, from pre-school to mature adult.
The Life and Times of J.M. Barrie (Annotated) by BookCaps The Life and Times of J.M. Barrie (Annotated) by BookCaps Jan. 29, 2012 $0.99 5421 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month. Visit www.bookcaps.com to see more of our books, or contact us with any questions.
A Pilot Turns 360 by Brian Christofferson A Pilot Turns 360 by Brian Christofferson Jan. 29, 2012 $4.99 50626 words Sample 25%
Author bio:
Brian Christofferson was born in northern Idaho, grew up in Oregon and Montana and graduated from high school in Eureka, Montana in 1969. While on an adventure to Hawaii he found that he won the Vietnam Lottery. Faced with draft number 29 he elected to enlist in the Air Force. After three years, ten months, two weeks, four days, six hours and some odd minutes in service to his country he moved to Missoula in 1975 to pursue a degree in pre-medical sciences while taking a job as a flight instructor as his "Plan B". When the opportunity arose to fly airmail in a twin-engined airplane he made the leap. On the first of April 1977 made the drive north for another adventure which was the seed for his book "Wadie's Sandbox". After thirty years of flying professionally he retired in 2007 and he and his wife moved to Panama where they enjoy beach time, meeting new people, playing the piano and writing.
Corporate Fall Guy by Arch Deal Corporate Fall Guy by Arch Deal Jan. 28, 2012 $4.95 39446 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
Author Arch Deal was born October 5, 1931 in Hickory, N.C., a hosiery and furniture manufacturing center. His father was an entrepreneur, working in the hosiery mills and later starting his own body shop. His mother was a homemaker and also worked in the hosiery mills. When she returned from work each evening she cooked dinner, often his favorite dish of fried chicken, mashed potatoes with lots of gravy and black eyed peas. He has one sibling, an older brother, Charles Harold Deal. Charles eventually got into the newspaper business while Arch went in the direction of broadcast. As a child, he tore apart radios and put them back together, not always succeeding. His proudest accomplishment of the time was making a radio out of two razor blades and some pencil lead…and it worked to his amazement. Arch got into broadcasting as a teenager while helping a local man with the sound system at Legion Field in Hickory. Eventually, he started filling in by broadcasting play by play for the Hickory Rebels baseball team. The man he substituted for was George Murphy who worked with him to correct a speech impediment that prevented him from rolling his “R’s”…instead of saying “three” he would say “twee.” During his college days, he worked his way up five radio stations and finally landed a job at WSJS in Winston-Salem. He did everything from news and weather to setting up props and announcing. In the early days of television, you had to be able to do just about everything. After a few more gigs in North Carolina, he found his way to Florida. The station manager from WTVT saw him on TV while vacationing in the North Carolina mountains and called him at the Charlotte station he broadcasting from. It didn’t take him long to make the decision to move. From WTVT he went to WSUN-TV, the Tampa Bay area’s very first television station. Eventually he would end up as a street reporter at WFLA-TV, quickly working his way up to anchoring the six and eleven o’clock news and legendary status. There were some serious bumps and bruises along the way as well as celebrations and joyous occasions, all of which are outlined in detail in his book. Arch has five children: Karen, Diane, Doug, Shari and Michelle.
My Open Heart by Andrea Buginsky My Open Heart by Andrea Buginsky Jan. 28, 2012 $2.99 20169 words Sample 5%
Author bio:
A Changing World by Terence Kearey A Changing World by Terence Kearey Jan. 28, 2012 $6.95 62021 words Sample 5%
Author bio:
Free radical by Roderic Anderson Free radical by Roderic Anderson Jan. 28, 2012 $4.99 80016 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
All at sea: One Sailor’s Journey by Peter A. Morris All at sea: One Sailor’s Journey by Peter A. Morris Jan. 27, 2012 $5.50 29957 words Sample 20%
Author bio:
I have been involved with the sea all my life, but an equal part of me has been involved with metaphysics, described in the dictionary as ‘beyond the normal.’ To most people, this means ghosts and spirits. It started with my being on a bus which was blown up in London, England during the second world war, where thirty of my schoolmates were killed instantly. I have taught on the subject for many years in England, Canada and the States, and it has been a happy and satisfying part of my life. Spirits make their appearance at the most surprising times – in hotel rooms or while driving a car or sailing a boat. Sometime when I have been quietly fishing on a secluded riverbank, my mind totally lost in my surroundings, I have been aware of a presence, seen a figure or heard a voice – these are constant companions. When my parents bought a hotel in the south of England after the war, I was ecstatic! I never wanted to be anywhere but by or on the sea, and for most of my life this has been the case. Today, following a lifetime of ocean adventures in various parts of the world, I live quietly with my partner, Jassandra in Victoria, BC, close to necessary medical facilities but with the Pacific on three sides. Writing is a major occupation these days, and it is wonderful to have my first book, All At Sea, published. The next one? In all probability it will have something to do with metaphysics!
Confessions of a Grinder - my first-person account of competing in the America's Cup on board the 12-meter USA from the St. Francis Yacht Club back when the America's Cup was really really cool, 1986-87 by Brad Alan Lewis Confessions of a Grinder - my first-person account of competing in the America's Cup on board the 12-meter USA from the St. Francis Yacht Club back when the America's Cup was really really cool, 1986-87 by Brad Alan Lewis Jan. 27, 2012 $9.99 55857 words Sample 5%
Author bio:
Writer. Hiker. Construction worker. Countdown to the John Muir Trail. This summer (2012) will by my 16th time down the trail. Maybe I'll see you at the top of Muir Pass.