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To all authors that have books waiting for typing and for lifting to the Publishers. This seems to be a fantastic new opportunity to get sales and marketing. Best of Luck!

I currently have two books that need attention (Hopefully we get owners for them). The Kingdom of God is at Hand and Lord of Miracles  : Author Dale Marucchi

Will see you in future through this window!

Alena Marucchi

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While in Prison on Drug Charges, Glenn Langohr Spent 4 Years in Solitary Where He Wrote Books.

While in Prison on Drug Charges, Glenn Langohr Spent 4 Years in Solitary Where He Wrote Books. As a runaway from a broken home, Glenn Langohr reflected on his bad choices in the drug world from a cell in solitary where he turned it into writing books. 

With nothing else to do in a prison cell for 22 hours a day, Glenn Langohr wrote drug war and prison books. For a complete list of his books in print, kindle and audio book to listen to like a movie, go here- http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A If you purchase a book make sure you email Glenn at rollcallthebook@gmail.com and he will gift out a book.

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Glenn Langohr started solitary confinement in the county jail in the modules where inmates only come out of there cells for 2 hours a day. In prison he was sent to solitary for riots and investigations. He states, ”It is very hard to avoid any violence in prison where the isn’t much rehabilitation. People with mental issues, drug and alcohol issues interact with gangs and people just trying to survive and the ingredients are toxic. In prison every inch of space is decided over and often fought over, like who can use which tables, showers, space on the yard, work out bars etc.”

The first novel Glenn Langohr published when he got out of prison in 2008 was Roll Call, A True Crime Prison Story of Corruption and Redemption. Kirkus Discoveries Nielson Media related Langohr’s novel to the movie Traffic along with other accolades. Glenn Langohr has since published 7 other books that are selling well and getting great reviews. See his complete list on Amazon in print, kindle and audio book. Check out his audio book, Lock Up Diaries  here- http://tinyurl.com/lockupdiaries

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For Glenn Langohr's complete list of books in print, kindle and audio book in the U.S. go here~ http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A For the U.K. go here~ http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00571NY5A

Available for interviews and reviews at rollcallthebook@gmail.com http://www.audiobookprisonstories.com

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Meet the Author

I’ve had a book in my hands since my grandmother Rosa taught me to read when I was five years old. Victorian literature was one of my favorite areas of study, although I’m a big fan of American writers such as Willa Cather, Anne Tyler, Elizabeth Berg, and Barbara Kingsolver. Two books that have influenced me greatly are To Kill A Mockingbird and Beloved.

Toni Morrison said, “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” The Other Side of Heartache is that book from me. This is a story that lodged in my heart for several years until I knew it had to be told and shared with women who ever had to make a difficult choice, or knew someone who did. The novel is available now on Amazon Kindle books.

I was born in Los Angeles and raised in a high desert town in southern California. I hold a bachelor's degree in English from California Lutheran University, a single subject teaching credential in English, and a master’s degree in education from Santa Clara University. I’ve been a frequent contributor of stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I have three adult children, one biological and two adopted (although I can never remember which two) and I live in Bend, Oregon with my husband of thirty-two years. I’m hard at work on my second novel.

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E.Van Johnson

I began writing out of boredom. I was stuck in a dving bell in the middle of the north sea for 47 days. Having read every bookon the rig I decided to write my own. It was a smugglers tale and it was rubbish.

When I came ashore I joined a writers group and decided to learn how to construct a story.

In 1974 I found an agent and sold three plays for TV and was well into my first novel when divorce interupted proceding. I moved abroad and lost contact withmy agent, but continued to write and had five books in various stages of completion.

I retired in 2005 and moved to Mallorca in 2009 where I was asked to start a writers group. The enthusiasm of my members gave me the incentive to look at some of my own work and I have completed and published three novels, had articles published in the island press and will be shortly doing aninterview to promote my books here on TV.

'Dead Men Make The Best Heroes' is set at the time of the Arab Israeli conflict in 1974 it is my take on war, there are no winners.

Transported for life' is set in 1789 at the time of the first transportation fleet to Australia and follows the lives of a young serving girl who is accused of theft and sentenced to hang. By changng places with another prisoner who has died she assumes her name and sentence which is to be Transported for Life.

 

Lost to the sea' |Book 1. Orphaned; Apprenticed; Pressed & Prized; is the first in a series of sea stories following the life of an orphan who loses his entire family and is taken in and educated by the church. Apprenticed to a shippng master he is pressganged and put to serve on a sloop of war.

 Lost to the sea' Book 2. Letters of Marque.' is the second in the series and covers the rescue attempt of his old captain from pirates.

I cazlss myself as a storyteller in the old style and deloberately sert out to entertain and engage my reader in another world. Hopefully I succeed.

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LOCKDOWN REALITY TV SERIES COMING SOON

LOCKDOWN REALITY TV SERIES COMING SOON

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Another one of Glenn Langohr's stunning memoirs--a brave, unflinching account of life in prison~ Prison Killers Book 4

The California Prison System houses a mixture of Mexican cartel members, Mexican mafia, Bloods, Crips, and thousands of other street gangs fighting for control and the author turns this story into a pulp thriller of true crime.

The author of Underdog, Glenn Langohr, takes you on a journey back into prison as he remembers a prison riot days before his release date where he left his friend on the way to Pelican Bay.

The story follows the author years later as he visits his friend in Pelican Bay during a prisoner developed hunger strike against sadistic and cruel guards who get off on their isolation and enjoy adding violence to their torture.

A spotlight on the flaws at how Pelican Bay determines gang validation and solitary confinement.

"With lazer-like precision Glenn Langohr lays bare the festering under-belly of our criminal justice system in a driving, graphic narrative that somehow finds the humanity in this most inhuman setting." Phillip Doran, T.V. Producer and Author

For Glenn Langohr's complete list of books in print, kindle and audio book in the U.S. go here~ http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A For the U.K. go here~ http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00571NY5A

Available for interviews and reviews at rollcallthebook@gmail.com http://www.audiobookprisonstories.com

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Meet the author

I discovered writing quite by accident and became a published author in 2010. My first book "When the Lotus Blooms," is a historical fiction novel about two child brides confronting their problems in 1930's Colonial India. It was inspired by my own family and is basically a snapshot of brahmin culture from a woman's perspective. It is available in print and as an ebook on most sites.

"Snapshots" a mini anthology of short stories based on my perspective of the history and culture from the countries I visited, will be released at the end of March as an ebook on the Kindle, free for those that have Amazon Prime. The collections includes stories from Peru, Egypt, India and Nazi Germany.

"The Present: A Gift from the Divine" is a book on Present moment awareness based on interviews I conducted over the last two years from people all over the world .It celebrates the spiritual practices and knowledge as taught by SriSri Ravi Shankar from the Art of Living foundation.

Do visit my author website at www.kanchibooks.com

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The Sovereign

This book is one of the better reads that I have seen addressing the concepts of spiritual and physical liberty. I think that sovereignty is probably one of the single most important issues of our time! The fact that it was made into a sci/fi is even more fun because it plays on what might really be happening in terms of global affairs on all levels. Whatever happened to the author might be revealing in the knowledge that he dispenses in the trilogy itself.

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Introducing myself

1944 was a fraught year in Australia. Thousands of people mourned their menfolk in the army, navy and airforce, many of whom did not make it home. In Europe and the South Pacific - Asia and the islands as well as Australia, troops from Australia, New Zealand and America fought for our future. It was a sad time to be born, but my mother - a single parent and an outcast at the time - managed to keep me for two years before I was stolen - as were so many children in Australia at that time- by the government. 

I was very fortunate to be adopted shortly afterwards and have a first class education, which eventually enabled me to write novels! My English teacher, a stern Scotswoman called Miss Young (Youngy) is the one person I would thank for giving me the tools to do this.

Currently, my husband Andrew and I live in southeast Queensland with our nine pet rats - yes, pet rats! We lost our 20yo cat, Fuss three weeks ago and are still in mourning.

Our three children are middle-aged now (OMG) and we have three grandchildren who are 17, 8 and 6. We would love to see more of them, but as the 17 yo is working and the little ones are at school in a city nearby, this is not as often as we would like. We do enjoy having them come out to our country town and stay for the weekend.

We do quite a bit of volunteering in our community and love to travel! Last year we spent a fair bit of the kids inheritance and spent 2 months in the USA, where we had a wonderful time. The people we met were lovely and friendly. My fellow authors whom I met online before we went were just wonderful and made us so very welcome.

Andrew originally came from the UK and we have had two trips back there. Just loved it!

My current crime novels are: THE NAKED ROOM and THE CELIBATE MOUSE - two standalone works featuring DSS Susan Prescott. I also have three short stories up on Amazon as well. My next book, AFTER ARIEL is to be published in November this year.

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Two Great Quick Read Mysteries

10916210077?profile=originalLooking for a quick read?  A good but short mystery that you can escape into for a day at the beach or a few afternoons on the hammock or in your favorite recliner?  Either Fake Pastor or Widows Indeed might be just what you’re looking for. 

In Fake Pastor, the first in the Rose Jackson Series, you will meet Rose, a 32 year old single Mom of two children living in North Central Arkansas and temporarily unemployed.  A job opens up, one that she has no training, education or experience for, but it is so intriguing.  They need a pastor at the Church of the Cross.  OK, she wasn't positive that there was a God, but she could certainly be a good pastor, couldn't she?  And, for awhile, it is the perfect job, until three of her parishioners are killed.  Is Rose herself involved?  After all, she is the one who has visions that get two people arrested.  Then, Rose is kidnapped. 

Widows Indeed is also a murder mystery, but takes place in New Hampshire on the Sugar River near Sunapee Lake where I grew up.  (Arkansas is where I ended up.)  In the sleepy little fictional town of Elmsdale, an elderly woman is found with her throat slit - the blood drained from her body into the ground.  She is over seventy, a pillar of the community.  Who would want to kill an elderly widow?  And shortly after, another widow is killed in exactly the same way.  Two detectives from a nearby city head to Elmsdale to help the local police chief, Frank Tolliver, solve the crimes.  Is there a local pervert turned serial killer loose in this seemingly quiet and peaceful New Hampshire town?  Pete one of the detectives thinks so.  In fact he has decided that Garth Baxter, a man with downs syndrome, is the killer.  While Pete blusters ahead to prove his theory, his partner, Judy Wittoski and Frank delve deeper into the killings looking for a connection between the killing of old ladies and that of a young girl, an 18 year old, who was raped and killed several years ago.  She was left in the same place as one of the widows, and the cut to the throat is all but identical.  The girl was Frank's daughter. 

 

You can see a sample of the books at Book Daily, bit.ly/ZzzmL9 or on my website www.frantouchette.com or to buy a print or eBook go to  amzn.to/VQ84V6 

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blog posts on Flight of the Setting Sun.

Byron Edgington on Marvin Arnold's Flight of the Setting Sun: "Marvin, where can I find these books? They sound wonderful." 

Soft back copies are available on Amazon (hard covers of novel and LC by special order). eBooks of all three are on Kindle and two on Apple, etc. The novel, Flight of the Setting Sun, has been well received by readers and almost to a person it is said that it should be made into a movie; so with much struggle, I did write the screenplay. Am now back to work trying to finish the novel, Starchild, started several years ago. Thanks for asking

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Olusegun is talented, handsome, and very radical. He is both the American Pride and America Nightmare. He is a poet, an African prince, and a revolutionist. But there is something about Olusegun that you don't know. Just listen to his identical son tell it.

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The Mended Circle by Lyn LeJeune excerpt

On Ash Wednesday of 1869, the maitresse d’ecole of the once grand plantation calledJewelweed smoothed ragged crosses on the foreheads of ten orphaned slave children. She usedashes mixed with chalk; the black coal dust that the old priest  smeared on the children did notadequately manifest the state of their souls. Besides, the old man was a fool, twisting his lips indistaste as he touched those poor babies.

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"In a Wolf's Eyes"

10916208699?profile=originalHi, all! I'm A. Katie Rose and I'd like to introduce both me and my debut novel, "In a Wolf's Eyes". I'm new to this book club, so please comment or send me a message. I'd love to get to know people here!

Right now my novel on sale for $.99! get it while its hot and the second book of the series will be released in May. It's called "Catch a Wolf" and will be published by Untreed Reads Publishing. Check out the hot reviews its getting!

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Glenn Langohr Speaking to 100 Students in Professor Reiter’s Criminal Justice Class About Prison Life and His Books

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Professor Reiter read and gave Glenn Langohr’s prison book Pelican Bay Riot a five star review on Amazon. After, she interviewed him and he spoke to her class. Speaking as a guest Lecturer, Glenn Langohr explained why solitary confinement is torture and how there isn’t a court of law involved in determining who goes to solitary and how inmates can get out. To check out Glenn’s complete list of drug war and prison books in print, kindle and audio book go here-http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A

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"This book does not glamorize prison life but rather accurately reports on the cruel reality, which may shock and frighten many readers. The author skillfully makes the point that the general public has more awareness for and more compassion for caged dogs than for prisoners. He also reaches through the bars and describes how the guards are organized into gangs and other criminal enterprises." JT Kalnay Attorney 

And ex-con Langohr can describe the hell of life inside better than any other writer. His vivid passages on just surviving in prison describe a nightmare we'd rather not know about.

He compares the plight of abandoned dogs, locked and horribly mistreated in rows of cages in animal shelters, to California prison inmates, locked and abused in the same cages.
Not a book for the faint of heart. We who sleep peacefully in our beds at night, unaware of the savagery going on behind prison walls, can only thankfully say: "There, but for the grace of God, go I." John South, American Media

For Glenn Langohr's complete list of books in print, kindle and audio book in the U.S. go here~ http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00571NY5A For the U.K. go here~ http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00571NY5A

Available for interviews and reviews at rollcallthebook@gmail.com http://www.audiobookprisonstories.com

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I Ching Prescriptions are a different way of consulting the I Ching. 

A philosophy that has survived for thousands of years has a message worth pondering. Why not benefit from wisdom whether you believe in synchronicity or not? Find an I Ching Prescription for your need.

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If you follow way of nature you will find right way right time for action or non-action in own life.

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