Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Christian Novel Collection (Four Books)

The Christian Novel Collection (Four Books) Review



Some of the most inspiring novels are collected here in one edition. This edition includes an active table of contents. Books include:

At the Back of the North Wind
Ben-Hur
In His Steps
The Man Who Was Thursday

If you like this book make sure and check out other books in the "Greatest Hits Series."


Sunday, January 29, 2012

THE HALLOWEEN COLLECTION FROM THE INDIE ECLECTIVE

THE HALLOWEEN COLLECTION FROM THE INDIE ECLECTIVE Review



The Indie Eclective: What is it, who are they, and why can they spell neither “eclectic” nor “collective” correctly? The Indie Eclective is an ensemble of authors operating under the assumption that Readers like Good Books. The Halloween Collection showcases spooky reads from nine very different authors. Whether you enjoy light or dark paranormal, YA or adult-themed genres, there’s bound to be a story to suit your tastes. Thanks for reading!

Rhyn Trilogy: Origins, by Lizzy Ford: Gabriel's fate as an assassin seems set until he meets a courageous half-demon child named Rhyn, whose plight rekindles the humanity he thought he'd lost.

Ralphie the Special Werewolf by P.J. Jones: Ralphie doesn’t want to get snipped, but his pack is tired of watching him defile the sofa cushions. Now, he’s got to find a mate by Halloween night—or else.

Sunwalker's Kiss by Shéa MacLeod:  While searching for a magical bloodline, Sunwalker Jackson Keel discovers magic of a different kind.

The Village of Those Who Touch The Dead by M. Edward McNally: "All obligations will be paid. There are no exceptions."’

Haunting in OR 13, by Alan Nayes:  Halloween never frightened Sara McCaffe, until she stepped into Operating Room 13!

To Taste of Shimmering Revenge by Jack Wallen: A vampire is awakened after four hundred years only to find his kind embarrassed and shamed by the rash of shimmery, hunky vampires on the big screen. His revenge will be sweet and tasty.

Magickal Vendetta by Heather Adkins - Revenge is a dish best served up in a pink saucepan for accident-prone blood witch, Gretchen.  By harnessing the power of Halloween, she hopes to break the bond with the soulmate who did her wrong.
 
From the Keegan’s Chronicles series:  Haunted House by Julia Crane -  Keegan, Lauren, and Anna find much more than they bargained for during an innocent trip to a commercial haunted house.  Someone long dead awaits them on the second floor...

From the Gifted Teens series: Mind-Blower by Talia Jager - Kassia and Daxton’s romantic picnic is interrupted by the arrival of creatures bent on her destruction.  Will her powers fail her when she needs them most?


Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo Review



A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo. . . .


Thursday, January 26, 2012

Gordon Ryan Collection

Gordon Ryan Collection Review



Love, Honor & Consequence-- 92,000 Words -- Matthew Sterling is a man on the way up. As Assistant City Manager in the Wasatch Range community of Snowy Ridge, Utah, and a Brigham Young University law school graduate, the 21st century looks promising.

Returning east to New York to settle the estate of his deceased grandmother and to direct the demolition of Riveroaks, her two-hundred-twenty-year-old Hyde Park home on the Hudson River, Matt discovers the historic journal of Major Andrew McBride, his sixth-great grandfather, plus a Revolutionary War manuscript that uncloaks a true patriot.

When Matt returns to Utah, local government elections and their tumultuous aftermath shatter his image of democracy and he finds his future is in the hands of unscrupulous politicians and bureaucrats who value personal gain above honor. As the modern-day political drama unfolds, and the glare of negative publicity turns against him, Matt is astonished by the similarity to Major McBride's early American tale of deceit, dishonor, and public shame and the consequences that affected the rest of his life.


Triple Diamond- (Originally titled Dangerous Legacy) -- 120,000 Words -- When a forty year old Soviet plot leads to a deadly nuclear mishap with an American guided missile cruiser, U.S.S. Cherokee, accompanied by a New Zealand naval ship, HMNZS Northlands, there is international outcry against the US. Zach O'Brien, a young captain with the National Security Agency, is assigned to find out who's responsible before the nations escalate to WWIII.

O'Brien tries to maintain control among the world's military forces and intelligence agencies, but things get out of hand as military forces are required to withdraw from the Middle East, and a second war with Iraq begins. O'Brien hopes to stop Silent Wind and restore confidence among America's allies, while preserving his integrity. The task seems impossible and the enemy is every bit as ruthless as O'Brien is committed.


The Leashes of Dogwood Hollow -- 21,700 Words -- "Dog -n- 1. a four legged, flesh eating mammal. 2. a male of the same family as the dog.
"Bitch -n- 1. a female dog, wolf or fox. 2. a spiteful, ill-tempered woman.

C'mon along and visit the most unusual corridors of Dogwood City Kennels, the newly built city hall facility in Dogwood Hollow, USA. It's the funniest, yet most vividly portrayed satire on the ills of local government since George Orwell penned Animal Farm, (whose descendents, it's rumored, occupy some of Dogwood's kennels.)

Author Gordon Ryan spent thirty years in city and homeowner association management. None of the events in The Leashes of Dogwood Hollow could ever happen in America, right?


Threads of Honor -- 15,700 Words -- This moving story was told to me by my life-time friend, Bill Tolbert, who lived every moment of it. I am indebted to Bill for his friendship. America is indebted to him for the integrity he instilled in these young men who, while under his tutelage, learned about honor and perseverance.

The basic story contained in this fictional account is true. The Boy Scout troop and the Scoutmaster are real. The American space program successes and tragedies are also real. And the flag is real. It matters little who the real people in the story are, but rather, what they are. We owe a lot to such people. For as long as they exist, our choices - and our freedom - will be preserved and remain our cornerstone.

Perhaps it is only in a nation which offers choice that man is able to reach his potential. In the final analysis, the restriction of ones' ability to choose confines the soul, and limits the ability to learn, through the exercise of choice - either right or wrong. For it is not so much what we believe, as how we adhere to those precepts, that determines our character.

Threads of Honor is my expression of gratitude to those who have sacrificed along the path and to those who continue to pave the way ahead.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Works of Alexandre Dumas: 19 Collected Novels and Short Stories (Halcyon Classics)

The Works of Alexandre Dumas: 19 Collected Novels and Short Stories (Halcyon Classics) Review



This Halcyon Classics ebook contains nineteen novels and short stories by Alexandre Dumas, père (Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie). Dumas' historical novels are among the most widely read pieces of literature in the world.

This collection includes the complete D'Artagnan series (THE THREE MUSKETEERS through THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, as well as Dumas' other major influential works including THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and its sequel, THE SON OF MONTE CRISTO. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

• The Three Musketeers
• Twenty Years After
• The Vicomte de Bragelonne
• Ten Years Later
• Louise de la Valliere
• The Man in the Iron Mask
• Chicot the Jester
• Marguerite de Valois
• The Black Tulip
• The Companions of Jehu
• The Conspirators
• The Corsican Brothers
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• The Son of Monte Cristo, Vol. I
• The Son of Monte Cristo, Vol. II
• The Forty-Five Guardsmen
• The Queen’s Necklace
• The Regent’s Daughter


Friday, January 20, 2012

The John Carter of Mars Collection

The John Carter of Mars Collection Review



John Carter of Mars is a series of books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is currently being turned into a film produced by Pixar and directed by Andrew Stanton (director of the critically acclaimed WALL-E and Finding Nemo)

The first three books in the series were told from the point of view of John Carter; many books followed the first three, but frequently were written in third person. The entire series is eleven volumes and titled the “Barsoom” series.

This Kindle book contains the first three books in the series.


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

A Summons From the Castle (Regency Christmas Summons Collection 3)

A Summons From the Castle (Regency Christmas Summons Collection 3) Review



A Summons From the Castle
Regency Christmas Summons Collection 3

© 2011 Catherine Gayle, Suzie Grant, Christi Caldwell
In CATHERINE GAYLE’s An Unintended Journey, Abby Goddard’s life is going along just swimmingly, apart from the disappearance of her life’s love—Wesley Cavendish, a man well above her station. Just before Christmas, Grandmama dies after revealing the identity of Abby’s grandfather. The Duke of Danby, no less. Now the entire family will travel to Yorkshire to confront Danby, hoping to gain a dowry for Abby. But then Wesley reemerges, sparking a hope Abby thought long destroyed. * Shall the prodigal son’s sole inheritance be an unsightly gash? Wesley Cavendish aspires to the political realm, despite his father’s near-murderous opposition…not to mention his opposition to Abby Goddard. But since Father died, will the new Earl of Fordingham rescind Father’s disgraceful allegations? Fordingham thwarts Wesley at every turn, threatening marriage to a prominent Tory family—which precludes Abby—to put an end to Wesley’s Whig involvement…unless Wesley can find a loophole.

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In SUZIE GRANT’s A Caribbean Jewel for Christmas, blackmailed by a British Naval Commander, Captain Randall Whitton, a smuggler with a penchant for gold is rescued by Jewel Derington, a feisty plantation owner and the very woman who betrayed him in the jungles of Barbados. Escaping danger has never been so thrilling. Together they are drawn into a political game of winner takes all from which only his grandfather, the Duke of Danby, can rescue them.

 * Fascinated by the glitter of his Caribbean Jewel, Randall's lust for gold soon fades. His quest to tame this fiery treasure catapults them both into an adventure where the stakes are higher and the prize greater than either of them have ever dared dream.
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In CHRISTI CALDWELL’s Winning a Lady’s Heart, for Lady Alexandra being the source of a cold, calculated wager is bad enough....but when it is waged by Nathaniel Michael Winters, 5th Earl of Pembroke, the man she's in love with, it results in a broken heart, the scandal of the season, and a summons from her grandfather--the Duke of Danby. To escape Society's gossip, she hurries to her meeting with the duke , determined to put memories of the earl far behind. Except the duke has other plans for Alexandra....plans which include the 5th Earl of Pembroke!


Monday, January 16, 2012

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Tao of Jeet Kune Do Review



Compiled from Bruce Lee's notes and essays and originally published in 1975, "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" is the best-selling martial arts book in the world. This iconic work explains the science and philosophy behind jeet kune do - the art Lee invented - and includes hundreds of Lee's illustrations. Topics include Zen and enlightenment, kicking, striking, grappling, and footwork. With introductions by Linda Lee and editor Gilbert Johnson, "Tao of Jeet Kune Do" is essential reading for any practitioner and offers a brief glimpse into the mind of one of the world's greatest martial artists.


Sunday, January 15, 2012

National Park Quarters Album, 2010-2021 P&D (Cornerstone Coin Albums)

National Park Quarters Album, 2010-2021 P&D (Cornerstone Coin Albums) Review



The Cornerstone George Washington National Park Quarters album is the perfect way to store, collect and learn about the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters series. Inside you will find informative facts about the national sites and parks protected by the federal government and historical data highlighting the significance of the national park quarter designs. Beginners will benefit from tips about how to grade and handle national park quarters, along with information about how to assemble more advanced quarter type collections. With the unique dual lenses page design, you can view both the front and back of each coin while enjoying a fun, educational and practical storage solution for your National Park quarters. No matter which denomination or series you choose to collect, our albums are an ideal companion both for your coins and for your journey into the fascinating hobby of numismatics!


Saturday, January 14, 2012

The Ultimate Science Fiction Collection: Volume One (22 Books)

The Ultimate Science Fiction Collection: Volume One (22 Books) Review



Thousands of pages and dozens of books/stories make up this large Kindle collection with active table of contents.

Authors Include:
John W. Campbell
Tom Godwin
Andre Alice Norton

Works include:
The Black Star Passes
Invaders from the Infinite
Islands of Space
The Last Evolution
The Ultimate Weapon

And Devious the Line of Duty
Cry from a Far Planet
The Nothing Equation
Space Prison

All Cats Are Gray
The Defiant Agents
The Gifts of Asti
Key Out of Time
Plague Ship
Ralestone Luck
Rebel Spurs
Ride Proud, Rebel!
Star Born
Star Hunter
Storm Over Warlock
The Time Traders
Voodoo Planet


Friday, January 13, 2012

Ex On The Beach (from Beach Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories Collection)

Ex On The Beach (from Beach Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories Collection) Review



"Ex On The Beach" (a short story)

She’s trying to forget the fiancé who cancelled their wedding—until she sees her ex on the beach.

Heather should be celebrating her one year wedding anniversary instead of the first annual Parker Family Reunion. Then she sees her ex on the beach—and he wants her back. Now, their two families will stop at nothing to get them together. But is it too late for love?

10,000 words, or 40 typical book pages

This is one of the stories from the collection, Beach Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories. Buy the whole collection for just .99 (with fewer calories than your favorite cappuccino and probably cheaper, too! Save money--lose weight!) Read them all, and discover the loose thread that ties them together.

Check out the first collection, Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories, and look for Holiday Flirts! in November 2011.


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

A Bride for Two Playboys [The Male Order, Texas Collection] [The Helena Ray Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) (The Male Order, Texas Collection: Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting)

A Bride for Two Playboys [The Male Order, Texas Collection] [The Helena Ray Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) (The Male Order, Texas Collection: Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) Review



[#416 Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, light bondage, sex toys] Just when she thought her life was stalled out, Robin Lawrence receives a request to travel to Male Order, Texas to study the Abrams family mansion. She didn't bargain on her assignment including the current Abrams heir, the arrogant and debonair Alexander. Fresh from his five-year-long stint partying in Europe, Alexander has no room for a woman in his life and no patience for Robin's fiery personality. Luckily, Alexander's best friend, the hunky cowboy Bryant, is there to keep Robin very entertained during her stay in Male Order. But her life isn't all fun and games. She discovers a series of crimes committed against the Abrams family, and her rocky relationship with Alexander prevents her from performing her professional duties. When Bryant demands Robin make amends with Alexander, it seems all is lost. Can Robin manage a cowboy, a billionaire, and a professional disaster? In Male Order, anything is possible. ** A Siren Erotic Romance


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Christmas Blessing (Christmas Hope Series #2)

The Christmas Blessing (Christmas Hope Series #2) Review



In The Christmas Shoes, young Nathan Andrews was a child who lost his mother to cancer. Now his deepest wish is to become a doctor. When a stranger named Robert gave him the money to buy his mother a pair of shoes for her last Christmas, both Robert and Nathan learned the deepest lessons of love and giving. Now a medical student in his third year, Nathan realizes there are still things to be learned about faith, blessings, and sacrifice. Lessons he will learn from Meghan Sullivan-a young woman born with a hole in her heart that has not kept her from becoming a champion runner. And lessons learned from a young boy named Charlie, who teaches how to live a life of true courage. Together, they will help guide Nathan through the darkest period in his life. The Christmas Blessing is an inspiring about hope existing in the darkest places, and love is always the greatest gift of all.


Monday, January 9, 2012

Great Books Collection, Volume 1

Great Books Collection, Volume 1 Review



Great Books is inspired by a curriculum and a book list, as well as a method of education. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:

1. the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times;
2. the book is inexhaustible; it can be read again and again with benefit;
3. the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries.

This Great Book Collection has active table of contents to make it easy to navigate. Authors and works include:

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison:
The Federalist Papers
Charles Dickens:
David Copperfield
Hard Times
The Pickwick Papers
Daniel Defoe:
Robinson Crusoe
Desiderius Brasmus:
The Praise of Folly
Edmund Spenser:
The Faerie Queen
Francois Rabelais:
Gargantua and Pantagruel
Geoffrey Chaucer:
The Canterbury Tales
Trolius and Criseyde
Herman Melville:
Moby Dick
Homer:
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Jane Austen:
Emma
Pride and Predjudice
Jonathan Swift:
A journal to Stella
A Modest Proposal
A Tale of a Tub
Gullivers Travels
Leonardo da Vinci:
The Notebooks
Marcus Aurelius:
Meditations
Mark Twain:
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Mysterious Stranger
Michel de Montaigne:
Essays
Miguel de Cervantes:
Don Quixote
St. Augustine:
Confessions
William Congreve:
The Way of the World


Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Ultimate Smut Collection 1 & 2

The Ultimate Smut Collection 1 & 2 Review



The Full collection of books one and two is presented here for all those bargain hunters out there. Some very saucey tales of lust and each one smuttier than the one before it. ***This book is intended for adults only*** All Characters depicted within are 18 years of age or older. Enjoy.


The stepmother's Sins by Carl East

Yes, Professor by Delilah Fawkes

Daddy's Little Doll by Lola Swain

My Teacher, My Master by Colette Riley

Grounded by Daddy by Jasmine Dayne

Porn Star Experience by Cheri Verset

Begging for Favors by Leota M Abel

Marked by Magic by Maxwell Avoi

Her Brother's Dirty Secret by Kelly Haven

Attention Whores by Angel Wild

Disciplinary Action by Delilah Fawkes

Jukebox Jezebel (Daddy's Wild Ride #1) by Leota M. Abel

Preparing for Spring Break by Maxwell Avoi

Spread 'Em by Jasmine Dayne

Nurse Tiffany bathes me by Cheri Verset

Slut for Hire: Escort Confessions by Angel Wild

Sissy's Pretty Kitty by Lola Swain

XXXCredit by Colette Riley

His Daughter's Best Friend by Kelly haven

Being naughty by Carl East


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These tales are graphic in nature and are meant for adults only. All characters depicted within are 18 years of age or older. Enjoy


Friday, January 6, 2012

Developing Library and Information Center Collections (Library and Information Science Text Series)

Developing Library and Information Center Collections (Library and Information Science Text Series) Review



This latest edition continues to cover all phases of collection development—from needs assessment, policies, and the selection process (theory and practice), to publishers, serials, protection, legal issues, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Each chapter has been extensively revised to reflect changing practices, policies, and technologies. To this end, some chapters—electronic materials, government information, audiovisual materials, and resource sharing—have been almost completely rewritten. In addition, electronic serials, introduced in the 4th edition, has been combined with its print counterpart in a single chapter. New to this edition is a CD containing supplementary material; a companion Web site () will also be maintained to ensure URLs referenced throughout the text are kept up to date. As the authors put it in their introductory chapter, whatever environment one works in, collection development is an exciting challenge that requires lifelong learning. Students and practitioners alike will benefit greatly from this state-of-the-art text.


Thursday, January 5, 2012

A Bride for Two Babes [The Male Order, Texas Collection] [The Edith DuBois Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) (The Male Order, Texas Collection: Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting)

A Bride for Two Babes [The Male Order, Texas Collection] [The Edith DuBois Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) (The Male Order, Texas Collection: Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) Review



[#417 Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, light bondage, spanking, sex toys] New York businesswoman Emilie Benson feels like she's been banished into exile upon arriving in Male Order, Texas to sell her father's baseball team, the Dallas Outlaws. The last thing on her mind is falling in love, but when she meets the sexy twins interested in buying her father's team, she realizes she may be getting more than she bargained for. Grayson and Gavin Stephens have grown up loving baseball, so deciding to become the owners of a Major League Baseball team feels like the perfect plan. Especially when the mysteriously seductive Emilie Benson comes waltzing into their life! When Emilie becomes their lover, it doesn't take long for the twins to realize she is the woman of their dreams. As sole heir to her father's company, however, there's another man who desires Emilie. And he will stop at nothing to keep the twins away from her. ** A Siren Erotic Romance