Sarah Warren

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How to Retrain Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, and Overcome Chronic Pain Description We’ve been sold a lie: The world tells us that pain is inevitable, that our bodies must break down as we age, and that there’s nothing we can do about it. Researchers develop new drugs to manage our pain; surgeons dream up new techniques to repair worn-out joints. But we never truly feel better. Here’s the shocking truth: The vast majority ofRead More →

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A Story You’ll Want to Finish in One Sitting ABOUT THE BOOK Welcome to the neighborhood. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back. Cat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home; social standing; and William, her successful, handsome husband. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Neena RyderRead More →

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Book Tour with #Giveaway   Join us for this tour from Dec 2 to Dec 15, 2020! Book Details: Book Title:  Explore the World of Chemistry: The Ultimate Alphabet Book for Nanoscale Scientists! by Christi SperberCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  26 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Nanoscale Scientists Publishing LLCRelease date:   Oct 2020, 2020Content Rating:  G. This children’s book is for everyone. Book Description: Explore the World of Chemistry: The Ultimate Alphabet Book for Nanoscale ScientistsRead More →

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A Touching Story Description Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When he slips away for a quick swim in the river and finds a dead body, he wishes he’d obeyed his mother. Desperate for help, he runs to the mountain cabin of his mostly absentee father, frantically trying to communicate the news with his hands. Driven away by fear and guilt over his son’sRead More →

Book by Kregel

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A Regency Christmas Collection by Carolyn Miller, Amanda Barratt, and Erica Vetsch Description Inspirational Regency romance with a Christmas twist from three best-selling authorsBased on lines from a beloved Christmas carol, these three novellas in one book have depth, faith, and satisfying stories all packed into the perfect length for readers to curl up and take a brief break from their holiday busyness. In Joy to the World, three popular authors come together to offer aRead More →

Book by Katie Powner

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A Very Unlikely Friendship Description Forced to sell the dairy farm he’s worked his entire life to make successful, Gerrit Laninga, now sixty-three, doesn’t know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for his cows–his time, his health, his family–with nothing to show for it but bitterness, regret, and two grown children who want nothing to do with him. Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters is stricken with panic every time she climbs behind the wheel. But any failure,Read More →

Historical Fiction

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Can One Curious Woman Fit The Pieces Together? Description Focused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1865 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of CrestwickeRead More →

environmental book for Middle Grade

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Time for the Team to Step In! Description Innocent animals are in trouble: temperatures are climbing, tides are rising, and nature is suffering. Someone needs to step in to rescue animals from extinction. Someone needs to turn this mess around, before it’s too late. And that someone is . . . the Endangereds, the unlikeliest heroes you’ll ever meet—a superstrong polar bear, a pangolin with a genius for engineering, an extremely sarcastic narwhal, and anRead More →

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Book Tour and Giveaway   Join us for this tour from Oct 12 to Oct 30, 2020!   Book Description   This story is about Rosie, who lives in Chicago. Within three weeks she lost all of her hair and asked, “Where did it go?” Rosie loved to rock the bald, without even skipping a beat. She happily wore sunscreen -not even a hat!- in the summer heat. At bedtime, Rosie would tell her ownRead More →

Dave Preston book

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Purrr-fect For Halloween Or Any Other Monstrously Scary Day Worth Singing About! Description There’s a monster in Dave’s basement! His name is Howard and he’s very hungry. Howard invites Dave to dinner. But will Dave eat dinner or BE dinner? The thought makes Dave shake a little bit, shake a little bit, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake. Has Dave made a big mistake? The Monster in My Basement began as a song called Howard the Monster.Read More →

Baking Information on Pies

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Description Look no further than The Book on Pie for the only book on pie you’ll ever want or need. Erin Jeanne McDowell, New York Times contributing baker extraordinaire and top food stylist, wrote the book on pie, a comprehensive handbook that distills all you’ll ever need to know for making perfect pies. The Book on Pie starts with the basics, including ways to mix pie dough for extra flaky crusts, storage and freezing, recipe size conversions, and expert tips for decorating andRead More →

Legal Fiction Thriller

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A Story That Won’t Disappoint ABOUT THE BOOK Playing by the rules landed him on death row. Now he’ll have to break all the rules to survive. After spending five years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, lawyer Thane Banning agrees to take on a case defending a former inmate against the same DA who put Thane behind bars. Thane is besieged by death threats from the alleged victim’s father and a tidalRead More →

Book by Wendy Walker

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A Book You Won’t Want to Put Down Description In Wendy Walker’s thrilling novel Don’t Look for Me, the greatest risk isn’t running away. It’s running out of time. One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn’t want to be found. Or at least, that’s the story. The car abandoned miles from home. The note found at a nearby hotel. The shattered family that couldn’t be put back together. They called it aRead More →

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Inspirational Historical Fiction That Will Capture Your Heart Sixteen-year-old Lorena Leland’s dreams of a rich and fulfilling life as a writer are dashed when the stock market crashes in 1929. Seven years into the Great Depression, Rena’s banker father has retreated into the bottle, her sister is married to a lazy charlatan and gambler, and Rena is an unemployed newspaper reporter. Eager for any writing job, Rena accepts a position interviewing former slaves for theRead More →

don hartshorn book

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Is True Guilt Ever Black And White? Synopsis Don Hartshorn’s new legal thriller The Guilty Die Twice is a taut, character-driven puzzle box in which past and present clash in unexpected and electrifying fashion—a page-turner in the truest sense. A Gripping Texas Legal Thriller and Family Drama The Guilty Die Twice is the story of a sweltering Texas night when a drug deal double-cross ends in a spray of warm blood and hot lead. The results: two freshRead More →

Book by Megan Goldin

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If You Liked The Escape Room Then Grab A Copy Of Goldin’s Newest Book Synopsis Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name—and the last hope for people seeking justice. But she’s used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her,Read More →

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Historical Fiction At Its Best Description Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the international bestselling author of the “epic and heart-wrenching World War II tale” (Alyson Noel, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Winemaker’s Wife. Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyesRead More →

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Adapted and Illustrated by Ian David Marsden Synopsis As only the second person in history to be awarded the PEGOT (Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), Marvin Hamlisch has quite an incredible story. This graphic novel adaptation of the biography of the renowned musician, composer, and conductor also includes his family’s flight from Nazi-occupied Austria and their immigration to the United States. Accepted into the prestigious Juilliard music school at age 6, Marvin had to workRead More →

Book by author Hannah Mary McKinnon

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A Breathless Thriller Synopsis Beauty. Wealth. Success. She’s got it all. And it all should’ve been mine. When Eleanor Hardwicke’s beloved father dies, her world is further shattered by a gut-wrenching secret: the man she’s grieving isn’t really her dad. Eleanor was the product of an affair and her biological father is still out there, living blissfully with the family he chose. With her personal life spiraling, a desperate Eleanor seeks him out, leading herRead More →

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How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in Amercica Review-Giveaway-Author Q&A Book Description: “American Dreamer” is an inspirational, first-hand account of the motivating power of an immigrant’s dream for a better life. From the rural Vietnam of Tim Tran’s childhood to his eventual escape to America and his rise as CFO of a multi-billion-dollar company, Tran’s memoir is a lesson in perseverance and ingenuity. After he initially left Vietnam in 1970 toRead More →