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Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 1 by Blue Tyson Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 1 by Blue Tyson June 08, 2010 521113 words Read a sample
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Free SF and Not Free SF MegaBlog : http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress Website : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/bluetyson Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/BlueTyson Paolo Bacigalupi (ology) : http://paolobacigalupi.blogspot.com Laird Barron (ology) : http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com Leigh Brackett (ology) : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Ted Chiang (ology) : http://tedchiang.blogspot.com Greg Egan (ology) : http://borderguards.blogspot.com James Enge (ology) : http://jamesenge.blogspot.com Alastair Reynolds (ology) : http://alastairreynolds.blogspot.com Cordwainer Smith (ology) : http://cordwainersmith.blogspot.com Charles Stross (ology) : http://charlesstross.blogspot.com Free SF Reader : http://freesf.blogspot.com Not Free SF Reader : http://notfreesf.blogspot.com Super Reader : http://superprose.blogspot.com Space Opera Reader : http://spaceoperareader.blogspot.com Year's Best SF Reader : http://yearsbestsf.blogspot.com Free SF Best : http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Australian SF Reader : http://ozsfbest.blogspot.com SF Watcher : http://sfwatcher.blogspot.com See here for more :- http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Blue%20Tyson%22
Torres de medianohce by jesser rose Torres de medianohce by jesser rose Dec. 14, 2011 375247 words Read a sample
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Melody and the Pier to Forever: Book One by Shawn Michel de Montaigne Melody and the Pier to Forever: Book One by Shawn Michel de Montaigne April 20, 2011 315454 words Read a sample
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Writing has always been a part of my life, even from the time I was a young boy. There were periods, some of them stretching to several years apiece, when I didn’t write a thing. But I always returned to the art. I read lots, too. Rarely fiction, mind you, but moral philosophy, education, history, religion, politics, economics. My favorites: Erich Fromm, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Lao-tse, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ray Billington, David C. Korten, E.F. Schumacher, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (my all-time favorite). I read the occasional science-fiction novel (Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, Robert Heinlein, and Frank Herbert); I picked up my first fantasy book, The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks, when I was 19 and working in a tiny gas station booth and needing something to do with the long hours. But overwhelmingly nonfiction of the variety I listed above ruled my bookshelves and my thoughts, and does to this day. If you'd like to read more about me, please go to ThePiertoForever.webs.com.
People Of The Tiger - Metric Edition by Wayne Edward Clarke People Of The Tiger - Metric Edition by Wayne Edward Clarke Sep. 02, 2010 315258 words Read a sample
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I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept 21, 1963. I'm estranged from my father, having met him one since I was a toddler. I've lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 1980. I have three brothers and a sister. My sister is married, she and her husband each have two grown sons. All of us and my mother live in Calgary and are quite close. I'm married to a lovely girl from the Philippines named Jema Tuyor Clarke, and I look forward to enjoying my life with her as soon as two governments stop putting us through their interminable and expensive bureaucratic processes. I'm intensely and compulsively self-educated, I read at about 300 words per minute, and I've increased my IQ to about 160. I've always enjoyed inventing and designing machines. Most of the machines I've designed are new types of vehicles. I was a professional musician for about nine years. My musical skills include lead and harmony vocals, most styles of guitar and bass guitar, some drums and keyboards, songwriting, mixing, and production. I spent about fifteen years researching and designing a comprehensive change in society and culture that will solve all the world’s major problems, guided by the principles of bio-sociology as introduced and developed by Prof. Edward O. Wilson, and influenced by Dr. Desmond Morris’ human sociobiology. I haven't worked on it like a fanatic over the last eight years like I did for the previous fifteen, but I have continued to develop my work in this field. Over the last eight years I've spent most of my intellectual and creative energies in writing sciences fiction and fantasy novels. I’ve been a hard sci-fi fan my whole life, but everyone else I know who’s an avid reader are all fantasy fans. Over the years I’ve borrowed all their books, and learned to love that genre as well. My science fiction influences include the old masters; Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. Also William Gibson, Iain M. Banks, and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. My favorite relatively unknown author is Daniel Keyes Moran, and if you like sci-fi you should read his Continuing Time trilogy; Emerald Eyes, The Long Run, and The Last Dancer. They might be out of print, but I think you can still get them as ebooks online. My fantasy influences include Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings, and Jaqueline Carey. I’ve also been influenced as a fiction writer by my sociological work, and my science fiction novel People Of The Tiger (and the rest of The Rational Future Series) is set in a utopian future where my social policies have been implemented, which is a good way to get those ideas out into the public consciousness. Much of my social thinking permeates my fantasy novel Blessings Of A Curse as well, though it’s a lot harder to notice there. I’ve also included my ideas on the law and legal reform in that book, though those policies were appended to the back of the book in an excerpt, for the sake of smooth readability.
People Of The Tiger - USA Edition by Wayne Edward Clarke People Of The Tiger - USA Edition by Wayne Edward Clarke Sep. 01, 2010 315257 words Read a sample
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I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Sept 21, 1963. I'm estranged from my father, having met him one since I was a toddler. I've lived in Calgary, Alberta, Canada since 1980. I have three brothers and a sister. My sister is married, she and her husband each have two grown sons. All of us and my mother live in Calgary and are quite close. I'm married to a lovely girl from the Philippines named Jema Tuyor Clarke, and I look forward to enjoying my life with her as soon as two governments stop putting us through their interminable and expensive bureaucratic processes. I'm intensely and compulsively self-educated, I read at about 300 words per minute, and I've increased my IQ to about 160. I've always enjoyed inventing and designing machines. Most of the machines I've designed are new types of vehicles. I was a professional musician for about nine years. My musical skills include lead and harmony vocals, most styles of guitar and bass guitar, some drums and keyboards, songwriting, mixing, and production. I spent about fifteen years researching and designing a comprehensive change in society and culture that will solve all the world’s major problems, guided by the principles of bio-sociology as introduced and developed by Prof. Edward O. Wilson, and influenced by Dr. Desmond Morris’ human sociobiology. I haven't worked on it like a fanatic over the last eight years like I did for the previous fifteen, but I have continued to develop my work in this field. Over the last eight years I've spent most of my intellectual and creative energies in writing sciences fiction and fantasy novels. I’ve been a hard sci-fi fan my whole life, but everyone else I know who’s an avid reader are all fantasy fans. Over the years I’ve borrowed all their books, and learned to love that genre as well. My science fiction influences include the old masters; Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Bradbury, Clarke, etc. Also William Gibson, Iain M. Banks, and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. My favorite relatively unknown author is Daniel Keyes Moran, and if you like sci-fi you should read his Continuing Time trilogy; Emerald Eyes, The Long Run, and The Last Dancer. They might be out of print, but I think you can still get them as ebooks online. My fantasy influences include Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings, and Jaqueline Carey. I’ve also been influenced as a fiction writer by my sociological work, and my science fiction novel People Of The Tiger (and the rest of The Rational Future Series) is set in a utopian future where my social policies have been implemented, which is a good way to get those ideas out into the public consciousness. Much of my social thinking permeates my fantasy novel Blessings Of A Curse as well, though it’s a lot harder to notice there. I’ve also included my ideas on the law and legal reform in that book, though those policies were appended to the back of the book in an excerpt, for the sake of smooth readability.
Shattered Remnants of a Dream [Volume I: The Death Jam Exordium] by Dan Luffey Shattered Remnants of a Dream [Volume I: The Death Jam Exordium] by Dan Luffey June 21, 2010 311190 words Read a sample
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My name is Dan Luffey, author of Shattered Remnants of a Dream, which is updated weekly at http://s-r-o-a-d.blogspot.com . I am also a professional translator and graduate student at Kyoto University of Art & Design. You can find reviews of SROAD here: http://webfictionguide.com/listings/shattered-remnants-of-a-dream/
Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 2 by Blue Tyson Leigh Brackett (ology) Volume 2 by Blue Tyson June 08, 2010 306551 words Read a sample
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Free SF and Not Free SF MegaBlog : http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress Website : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/bluetyson Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/BlueTyson Paolo Bacigalupi (ology) : http://paolobacigalupi.blogspot.com Laird Barron (ology) : http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com Leigh Brackett (ology) : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Ted Chiang (ology) : http://tedchiang.blogspot.com Greg Egan (ology) : http://borderguards.blogspot.com James Enge (ology) : http://jamesenge.blogspot.com Alastair Reynolds (ology) : http://alastairreynolds.blogspot.com Cordwainer Smith (ology) : http://cordwainersmith.blogspot.com Charles Stross (ology) : http://charlesstross.blogspot.com Free SF Reader : http://freesf.blogspot.com Not Free SF Reader : http://notfreesf.blogspot.com Super Reader : http://superprose.blogspot.com Space Opera Reader : http://spaceoperareader.blogspot.com Year's Best SF Reader : http://yearsbestsf.blogspot.com Free SF Best : http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Australian SF Reader : http://ozsfbest.blogspot.com SF Watcher : http://sfwatcher.blogspot.com See here for more :- http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Blue%20Tyson%22
Finding Charlie by Lon Lovett Finding Charlie by Lon Lovett Aug. 24, 2011 298765 words Read a sample
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In A Time Of Darkness by Gregory James Knoll In A Time Of Darkness by Gregory James Knoll Nov. 23, 2011 287245 words Read a sample
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I prefer a certain level of anonymity so if you came here hoping to discover who I am, what I do in my free time or where I'm from I am sorry to disappoint. I simply allow my work to speak for itself. All other matters are trivial.
Life equal to death - Poems on life , death by Nikhil Parekh Life equal to death - Poems on life , death by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010 278580 words Read a sample
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Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
Gennaro's Children - the Gathering. by Jessica Simpson Gennaro's Children - the Gathering. by Jessica Simpson Nov. 13, 2010 264696 words Read a sample
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Writer, Theologies. I love my cats and my cats love me!
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Genre and Rating Guide by Blue Tyson Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Genre and Rating Guide by Blue Tyson May 06, 2009 263145 words Read a sample
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Free SF and Not Free SF MegaBlog : http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress Website : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/bluetyson Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/BlueTyson Paolo Bacigalupi (ology) : http://paolobacigalupi.blogspot.com Laird Barron (ology) : http://lairdbarron.blogspot.com Leigh Brackett (ology) : http://leighbrackett.blogspot.com Ted Chiang (ology) : http://tedchiang.blogspot.com Greg Egan (ology) : http://borderguards.blogspot.com James Enge (ology) : http://jamesenge.blogspot.com Alastair Reynolds (ology) : http://alastairreynolds.blogspot.com Cordwainer Smith (ology) : http://cordwainersmith.blogspot.com Charles Stross (ology) : http://charlesstross.blogspot.com Free SF Reader : http://freesf.blogspot.com Not Free SF Reader : http://notfreesf.blogspot.com Super Reader : http://superprose.blogspot.com Space Opera Reader : http://spaceoperareader.blogspot.com Year's Best SF Reader : http://yearsbestsf.blogspot.com Free SF Best : http://freesfbest.blogspot.com Australian SF Reader : http://ozsfbest.blogspot.com SF Watcher : http://sfwatcher.blogspot.com See here for more :- http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Blue%20Tyson%22
The Migrant by Nicholas Stanton The Migrant by Nicholas Stanton Jan. 06, 2011 262727 words Read a sample
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NICHOLAS SHERIDAN STANTON was born in Yuma, Arizona, and has lived in Southern California and Texas. After a twenty-five-year career in the aerospace industry, he is now a writer by choice and spends his time observing and living life as fully as possible with his wife and two children in San Diego
You die , I die - Love Poems ( Part 1 ) - Poetry on Romance, divorce, friendship, lovers by Nikhil Parekh You die , I die - Love Poems ( Part 1 ) - Poetry on Romance, divorce, friendship, lovers by Nikhil Parekh Sep. 05, 2010 261664 words Read a sample
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Nikhil Parekh, 33 years of age, from Ahmedabad, India- is a Love Poet and Eight-time World Record holder with the Limca Book of Records India (Only 2nd in Official World Rankings to Guinness Book of World Records) for his poetry. These Eight World Records held by Parekh with the Limca Book of Records are for - (1) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published/featured in McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme which is the World's Number 1 English Rhyming Dictionary-for his poem: Come Lets Embrace our New Religion" (2) "Being the First Indian Poet to have won Poet of the Year Award at the Canadian Federation of Poets which is Canada's National Poetry Body endorsed by Governor General of Canada" (3) "Being the First Indian Poet to be published in a Commonwealth Newsletter for his poem on AIDS which is 'Aids doesn't kill. Your Attitude kills." (4) "Being the First Indian Poet to win an EPPIE award for best poetry e-book" (5) "Writing the most number of letters to and receiving the most number of replies from World Leaders and World Organizations". (6) "Being the First Indian Poet to be Goodwill Ambassador to the International Goodwill Treaty for World Peace - GoodwillTreaty.org". (7) "Being the First Indian Poet whose Poems have been made into Films at Youtube.com - The World's largest video sharing website". (8) " Being the 1st Indian Poet to be featured for his Poetry Book - 'Love versus Terrorism- Poems on Anti Terror, Peace' , at Wattpad.com - The World's most popular ebook community and largest website for reading books on mobile phones". * Images and Details of Parekh's complete World Records in Poetry and Awards can be visited at - www.worldrecordsandawards.blogspot.com . Parekh has composed thousands of poems on - God, Peace, Love, Friendship, Life, Anti Terror, Death, Mother, Father, Environment, Lovers, Humanity, Brotherhood, Philanthropy . He is also an author of several Poetry Books which include : "1 God" , "Love Versus Terrorism", "You die; I die", "Life = Death", "The Womb", "The Power of Black", "Hide and Seek", "If you cut a tree; you cut your own mother", "Longest Poem by Parekh-Only as Life"- These comprise of over 7000 pages of his Poetry in totality . His Poems and Poetry Books have had millions of viewers and downloads on the Internet and his collected Poems have been Awarded "FEATURED" at Scribd.com (The World's Largest Document website) . Parekh's Poetry has had the patronization and support of several World Leaders including U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama & the Queen of England . A complete compilation of the Poet's poems, poetry books, awards and works can be visited on the Internet at - nikhilparekh.org or nikhilparekh.com .
Rhuddlan by Nancy Gebel Rhuddlan by Nancy Gebel Aug. 24, 2011 249134 words Read a sample
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Angry White Male by Steven Travers Angry White Male by Steven Travers May 13, 2011 246571 words Read a sample
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Steven Travers has always been entrepreneurial. “I was turned down by my high school newspaper because they didn’t allow freshmen,” says the sixth-generation Californian, “so I started my own!” Aside from journalism, Travers was a star pitcher, playing three years of varsity baseball for the same suburban California high school that USC football coach Pete Carroll graduated from years earlier. Travers helped lead his team to the mythical national championship of high school baseball, according to polls conducted by Collegiate Baseball magazine and the Easton Bat Company. Travers attended college on a baseball scholarship, where he was an all-conference pitcher, and played collegiate summer ball in Colorado, Nevada and Canada. The 6-6, 225-pound Travers played professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals' organization, where he was a teammate of Danny Cox. Travers once struck out 1989 National League Most Valuable Player Kevin Mitchell three times in one game (he K’d 14 that night). In the Oakland Athletics' system, he played alongside Jose Canseco. “Punching out K-Mitchell was great,” he recalls, “but the highlight of my career may have been when I was with the A’s against the Giants in a Major League exhibition game at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. I struck out the side and went nine-up, nine-down in three innings. Bill King and Lon Simmons announced it on the radio.” Steve later coached at USC, Cal-Berkeley and was recruited to manage a team in Berlin, Germany. After pro baseball, Travers returned to college. He studied in the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. At USC, he was a classmate of Mark McGwire and Randy Johnson. After graduation, he traveled extensively to New York City, Washington, D.C. and to Europe: London and Paris. “I almost went to work for Dean Witter in the World Trade Center,” he recalled. “After 9/11 I really started to think about ‘what might have been.’ ” Travers also went to Western State University College of Law, the Hollywood Film Institute, and was part of the UCLA Writers' Program. He served in the U.S. Army during the Persian Gulf War, and was a political consultant, speechwriter and campaign manager for a California Congressional candidate. Travers was also a sports agent, co-founding San Francisco Sports Management, Inc. The agency represented Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder Al Martin. Another client, ex-Angels' playboy pitcher Bo Belinsky, was at that time being approached by Hollywood producers about a movie depicting his tempestuous life. Travers wrote the screenplay. That script, Once He Was An Angel, was a quarterfinalist in the Quantum Leap screenwriting contest before getting optioned by a Hollywood producing group that included Frank Capra Jr. and Frank Capra III (son and grandson of the famed It's A Wonderful Life director). Thus began Travers' embarkation into a full-time professional writing career in 1994. “I’ve punched a lot of tickets,” Travers says of his background, “and I bring real-world experience to my writing.” A veteran of Hollywood, Steve has written 15 screenplays, teleplays and stageplays. His credits include The Lost Battalion (the true story of a World War I unit during the Argonne Offensive, the subject of a film starring Rick Schroder), Wicked and Baja California. His additional writing awards are for Bandit, an America’s Best quarterfinalist, and Rock 'n' Roll Heaven, a Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction quarterfinalist. He appeared in the film The Californians, starring Noah Wylie and Illeana Douglas. Travers worked closely with legendary Hollywood producer Edgar Scherick, the original producer of The Lost Battalion. Scherick started ABC’s Baseball Game of the Week and Monday Night Football with Roone Arledge. Travers also wrote for the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, and was a sports stringer on San Diego’s XTRA 690 AM radio station. Steve has freelanced for magazines, newspapers and web sites. He produced Steven Travers’ Journal on the Internet. Eventually, Travers became the number one columnist at StreetZebra, an L.A. sports magazine where he covered the USC beat and wrote a monthly "Distant Replay" of great events in the Southland's rich sports history. “I have encyclopedic knowledge of history,” Steve says. “I am truly versatile as a writer, able to use my knowledge of the past to understand the present. I have also survived as a freelancer; written extensively for the Internet and the so-called New Media; and have up-close knowledge of the ‘dot-bomb’ era that was the 1990s.” In 2001, Travers was hired as the lead sports columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. While writing for the Examiner, Travers was an eyewitness to Barry Bonds' historic 73-home run season of 2001. He got Bonds to agree to authorize the writing of his autobiography, but a business deal with the publishers was not worked out. Eventually, by 2002 Travers wrote the Best Seller Barry Bonds: Baseball’s Superman from Sports Publishing L.L.C. (www.sportspublishingllc.com). Actor Charlie Sheen wrote the foreword. It has gone through multiple re-prints, is now in paperback, and was nominated for a Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. A sequel, covering Bonds' alleged steroid use, additional MVP awards, and chase of Hank Aaron's career home run record, is in the works. In 2004, Travers wrote a proposal for the book that eventually became Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, who landed the deal he did not. An avid reader, Travers poured through books, at least one a month; classics, biographies, history, sports, novels, philosophy. He was also a Christian, but had never read The Holy Bible. "Sometime around March or April of 2004, I decided to read The Bible," he says. "Two pages a day. I started out with the New Testament. After a while I began to read out loud, which made a difference. Then the Old Testament. It took a little less than a year to read the entire book. As soon as I read it through, I started again. Two pages per day, out loud. At this point I have read it twice through. I am beginning to understand it. I am not an expert on it, but the Holy Spirit has come to me and inspires me each day that I read God’s Word. I will read that book until the day I die, God willing and I am able, until some day I will have read it so many times I will be an expert. . .” In 2006, Taylor Trade, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (www.RLPGTrade.com), published his book The USC Trojans: College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty, which argues that the University of Southern California has replaced Notre Dame as collegiate football's greatest tradition. USC legend Charles "Tree" Young graciously wrote the foreword, and the book ascended to Amazon.com “top seller” and National Book Network “top 100 seller” status. It was re-released in paperback in 2010. Taylor Trade released One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed A Nation in 2007 (foreword by Forrest Gump author Winston Groom). It was re-released in paperback in 2010. This is the true story of how the 1970 USC-Alabama football game ushered in desegregation of the American South. A film is in development. USC graduate Kerry McCluggage, a top Hollywood producer (Craftsman Films); former president of Universal and Paramount TV divisions; founder of UPN; with credits that include Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Miami Vice, has optioned it with plans for a major theatrical release. The co-producer is Barry Kemp (Coach, Patch Adams, Catch Me If You Can). Potential directors include Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, Delores Claiborne, The Devil’s Advocate) and Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves), with Costner possibly starring as John McKay, Tommy Lee Jones as Bear Bryant. Travers is a member of a “producer team” that includes Trojan football legend Anthony Davis and USC graduate Jim Starr. The deal was masterfully put together by Lloyd Robinson (USC ’64) of Suite A Management in Beverly Hills; Steve’s former literary agent, Craig Wiley; and Rowman & Littlefield president Rick Rinehart. Davis is on board to promote the project along with other former Trojans. When the film is released, Travers, Davis and Starr will be executive producers. In the past, Steve was repped by Peter Miller of PMA Literary & Film Agency in New York City. His agent is now Ian Kleinert of Objective Entertainment in Manhattan (who negotiated the huge Jerry West autobiography and Michael Savage’s Trickle Up Poverty). In 2009, Taylor Trade published Pigskin Warriors: 140 Years of College Football’s Greatest Traditions, Games, and Stars. In 2009, major publishing house The Globe Pequot Press published Travers’s book The 1969 Miracle Mets (foreword by Buddy Harrelson). Also in 2009: Dodgers Past & Present, Voyageur Press and A Tale of Three Cities: The 1962 Baseball Season in New York, L.A., and San Francisco. In 2011: The Poet: The Life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray, an authorized biography through Potomac Books. Triumph Books (www.triumphbooks.com), a division of New York publishing giant Random House, released five of Travers's books in 2007: A's Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be A Real Fan! (foreword by A’s GM Billy Beane), Dodgers Essential (foreword by the late, great Bud “The Steamer” Furillo), Angels Essential (foreword by ex-L.A. Times sportswriter Ross Newhan), Diamondbacks Essential (foreword by Phoenix radio personality Andy Dorf), and The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Los Angeles Lakers (foreword by longtime sports columnist Art Spander). In 2008 Triumph/Random House published Trojans Essential (foreword by ex-Coca-Cola/North American President Terry Marks) and The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Oakland Raiders (foreword by radio personality Bruce Macgowan). In 2009 from Triumph/Random House: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly San Francisco 49ers (foreword by 49er Hall of Famer Bob St. Clair) and What It Means to Be a Trojan: Southern Cal’s Greatest Players Talk About Trojans Football (foreword by Pete Carroll). Steve is the author of five unpublished books. These include From the Frat House to the White House to the Big House; God's Country, a three-volume conservative, Christian worldview of how history formed the U.S. Empire and America's manifest destiny for the 21st Century; Ambition: My Struggles to Fail and Succeed in Baseball, Politics, Hollywood, Writing . . . and The Rocky Path I’ve Walked With Christ (his autobiography); a novel, Angry White Male; and a compilation of his work over the years, The Writer’s Life. Travers contemplated an authorized autobiography of former New York Mets’ superstar Tom Seaver; a book about fascinating baseball pitching subjects; and a study of the modern nature of American politics and media manipulation, using the Whittaker Chambers case of the 1940s as its “Genesis.” The telegenic Travers has made numerous appearances on television and radio, being interviewed for the books, articles and screenplays he has written over the years. His national appearances have included "The Jim Rome Show", CNN, ESPN, and the Armed Forces Radio Network. He has appeared on TV and radio stations in major markets such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In September 2005, Steve was interviewed on College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), a division of CBS, as part of a program devoted to the 35th anniversary of the 1970 USC-Alabama game. In February 2006, CSTV featured Travers prominently in their documentary Tackling Segregation, which aired throughout Black History Month. His work was also the subject of a 2005 CSTV documentary on Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. In 2006, Travers was a guest speaker, leading a panel of distinguished former USC football players and coaches, for Professor Dan Durbin’s popular class “Sports, Culture & Society” at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communications. The subject was the 1970 USC-Alabama game, with Steve’s book a focal point. Out of this have come discussions with USC regarding Steve’s possible hiring as an adjunct professor. Travers made numerous other speaking and booksigning appearances through USC, which included appearances at the USC Bookstore, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and the USC Collections at the South Coast Plaza Shopping Center in Orange County. In 2007, he addressed the USC East Bay Trojan Club in Walnut Creek, California; the incoming freshmen and parents during Parent’s Weekend at USC; the USC Orange County Trojan Club; as well as more signings at the USC Bookstore and USC Collections; and an address of the Hollywood Congress of Republicans; and the annual banquet of the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Professor Durbin invited him back for a retrospective of the 1972 USC national champion football team at Annenberg School for Communications. In 2008 Travers addressed Republican political groups in support of U.S. Senator John McCain (R.-Arizona). During the 2008 football season, Travers was again a guest lecturer in Professor Durbin's class. The subject was his book Angels Essential, and focused on "the old Pacific Coast League and the early Angels). He was the November speaker at the prestigious Pasadena Quarterback's Club next to the Rose Bowl (past speakers have included Pete Carroll), and signed books at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the third consecutive year. In 2009 Travers again was a guest panelist in Professor Durbin’s class, centered around a re-union of the USC players interviewed in What It Means to Be a Trojan. Steve is the scion of a distinguished California family. The Travers’s came to colonial America, fought in the Revolutionary War, and settled into New York and Massachusetts. They founded the Travers Stakes horse race. One ancestor, a Captain Edgerly of the Union Army, was reputed to be President Abraham Lincoln’s “personal spy” during the Civil War. Steve’s side of the family came West during the time of the 1849 Gold Rush. His grandfather, Charles S. Travers, covered the 1906 Great Earthquake as a journalist, started a silent film magazine in Hollywood, and was President of the San Francisco Press Club. Steve’s great-uncle, Reginald Travers, was a noted Shakespearean actor. His father, Donald Travers, is a retired attorney and track coach who served as a Naval officer during World War II. His mother, Inge Travers, is a renowned artist. Steve’s brother, Donald Travers II, is a former Naval officer. Daughter Elizabeth Travers is a college student. Inside Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium is the Colonel Charles Travers Big Game Room (named after Steve’s late uncle, who served during World War II) to accommodate press conferences, and (named after Steve’s late aunt) is the Louise Travers Memorial Club Room. Colonel Travers also founded a wing of the university’s political science department, dedicated to fair and balanced analysis of public affairs. Members of the Travers family have served in the military during the Revolution, the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War. His books and further information be found at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=steven+travers&x=11&y=12 or via http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q==STEVEN+TRAVERS+USC+METS+DODGERS&btnG==Search His web page is http://www.redroom.com/author/steven-robert-travers/ Steve is a board member of the USC NorCal Trojan Club, the Hollywood Congress of Republicans, and worships at Christ Lutheran Church. Steve tutored foreign students trying to learn English, as well as jail inmates, through the Marin Literacy Program. "I always wanted to give of my time," he explained, "but was too selfish to really do it. I found excuses. If at the beginning of 2006, if you had told me how busy I would be, I never would have signed up, but I did. I was assigned to a Korean divinity student named Kyung-Taek Hong. We became friends and shared Christian fellowship despite the language barrier. Almost as soon as I started tutoring Kyung, incredible good fortune began to reign down on me. Book deals, the movie deal, speaking engagements, ‘top seller’ sales, maybe a professorship at USC. As busy as I was writing, I met him every Wednesday for an hour and a half at the library. I consider him my ‘angel.’ After Kyung moved on to a Ph.D. program in Chicago, Travers taught a class at the Marin County Jail, then volunteered to work with high school kids. “As Jim Hill always says as his signature signoff on of his sports show, ‘Keep the faith.’”
Amanda Ackers and The Deep Forest Elves by GlennAndSasha Gabriel Amanda Ackers and The Deep Forest Elves by GlennAndSasha Gabriel Jan. 03, 2012 244305 words Read a sample
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Special Note: Hello everyone, and thank you for visiting our Authors Page. We are delighted to announce that we have just published our first novel, Amanda Ackers and The Deep Forest Elves. We are still in shock that so many people had liked our short stories. From November 14th of 2011, to January 1st of 2012, our little short stories have been downloaded over 2,200 times! We are very thankful to you all, for supporting our work, which we do for the enjoyment of it. Our thanks also, to the many of you who have emailed us, with kind comments on our stories, and those who had requested receiving a prerelease version of our novel. We had never thought of doing that, but what a great idea. It gave many a chance to read the novel before we actually published it. Thanks to all of you! We are most humbled by the response we have received, and thank you from the top, middle and bottom of our hearts! Book Two of the Amanda Ackers series, Amanda Ackers and The Realm Of The Witches, will be out near the end of the year. Should any of you like a prerelease version, please let us know. As you know, we do require you to sign a non-disclosure agreement and fax it back to us… it’s just good business practice. Please let us hear from you when you get the chance. Email us at: GlennAndSasha@gmail.com -------------------------------------------- Hello and thank you for visiting our Smashwords.com page. My name is Sasha Gabriel, and I would like to take a few moments to say a little about Glenn and myself. They say that creativity belongs to the young. Well, not always. Young at heart, I’ll buy, but nothing else. Writing is relatively new for me. I’ve been an avid reader for most of my 60+ years. But writing seemed daunting. How do you write an idea to get over to other people without boring them to death? How do you write conversations that sound like the people who are speaking them? Once I studied the “how to’s” a bit, and with the encouragement from Glenn, my wonderful husband and best friend, I started writing. And I love it. So does Glenn. Writing has opened a door for me that nothing else has – my imagination has soared and I’m absolutely thrilled and thankful, from the bottom of my heart, that others like my writing, as well. Both Glenn and I have been submitting very, very short stories (no more than 600 word stories) because these are also being entered into a writing contest with that directive. At the same time, both Glenn and I are writing novels (Glenn’s is awesome!!!! Think the depth of Lord of the Rings with the immediacy of Harry Potter and you’ve got it!). But I want to share something with you all… Glenn has battled Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia almost his entire life. That’s a mouthful, for sure, but try living with them on a daily basis! Even so, Glenn has worked to overcome the more serious side effects and his talent in writing, painting, and all over creativity is nothing short of staggering. Honestly… I’m running to keep up with him but I’m mostly just out of breath! So… the bottom line is… we’re all just human with all our challenges and it’s those challenges that make what we create that much better. Please… If you like to read… then write. If you like to paint… then paint. Pick up that paintbrush and start. For writing, get to your keyboard and begin. We think you’ll surprise yourself at your talents. And, again… Thank You all for your kind and generous words of appreciation for our stories! It means the world to us! ----------------------------- Glenn here. Just wanted to add that we never thought anyone would even read our work, let alone have downloaded our little stories hundreds of times in less than a month. Because of the kind words from you all, I will continue to write. I have, as Sasha had mentioned, been writing a novel which I was writing for fun, for our grandson Logan. I was not going to publish it, just print it out to give to him. Now… once the first book of that series is finished, I’ll publish it here for FREE. My thanks to all of you. Feel free to contact Sasha and I at the following email address. We would love to hear from you: GlennAndSasha@gmail.com
Nature Abhors a Vacuum by Stephen L. Nowland Nature Abhors a Vacuum by Stephen L. Nowland Sep. 09, 2011 239086 words Read a sample
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I am often astonished by the sheer amount of ideas that go through my head. I have tasked myself to grab hold of as many as I can, weave them into stories, shaping them to my will, and like, writing them down, because people can't read thoughts. I spent over fifteen years dealing with poor health, including chronic fatigue syndrome (a symptom of other stuff, but annoying nonetheless) which gave me ample time for thinking, but slowed me down in the way of actually writing. My first novel was actually done back in aught three, but I didn't care for that sort of thing at the time, so I scrapped it and started writing a new story for Neverwinter Nights, that RPG video game thing you may or may not have heard of. The story was so successful (filled with rich, creamy character development) that I lamented that only people playing the game would ever see it. In 2009, with my health improving, I resolved to novelize the stories I'd written, in addition to developing the world in which they exist, for fun and profit. Thus was my first novel conceived, and lo, it was published online, for the enjoyment of all! The saga will be five books in total, with another 4-5 books after that as a second saga that's in the pipeline. Oh, I also paint. Expect to see more cover art with each title, probably becoming more technically sophisticated each time.
The Three Musketeers For All by Alexandra Dumas The Three Musketeers For All by Alexandra Dumas Aug. 16, 2010 232361 words Read a sample
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Evoguía by Steven Lyle Jordan Evoguía by Steven Lyle Jordan July 21, 2011 232193 words Read a sample
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Steven Lyle Jordan originally took up science fiction writing as a hobby. Over 15 years and more than a dozen books later, he is a rapidly rising star with an incisive and realistic look at the future, and an international following. He has been interviewed for articles in the New York Times and in various blogs, including DigiReader and The Tainted Archive. He has also lent his web production talents and support to the Read an E-Book Week website, elucidating on and encouraging ebook reading around the world. He is loved by his wife, fondly spoken of by his family, and tolerated by his cat.
Under The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 1 by Josephine Dillon Under The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 1 by Josephine Dillon Sep. 18, 2011 219810 words Read a sample
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Josephine Dillon was born March 9th, 1969 in Kenitra, Morocco, to parents Patricia and Eugene Godfrey. She grew up in Oceanside, one of the northern suburbs of San Diego, California, graduating from Vista High School. She later attended San Diego State University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in nursing. She has been a registered nurse since graduating in 1995, working in the profession for the past sixteen years. As a novice writer, Josephine wrote the first three books from The Blue Series during the years 2006 through 2009 and is currently writing the fourth and final book in the series. The story was created in the early 1980's, when she was a young teenager. These novels are her first work of fiction. Please note that all the characters and story are fictional and only a few isolated incidents paralleled my existence at the time. The Irish Setter Reuben, the high school, and the home address were all from my childhood and not fictional. I attended and graduated from Vista High School, (survived is more like it), and I lived and grew up in Oceanside. The failed attempt to drown was my experience, and I will admit to wanting desperately to be a boy when I was growing up. Along with that, I also had a very vivid imagination. My family, however, were not at all similiar to the Smiths - I had loving, caring, nonjudgemental parents who adored me. Hope you enjoy the book and if you're 40 something, you'll understand and probably relate to the 80's being the 'Decade of Silliness.'
The Moghul by Thomas Hoover The Moghul by Thomas Hoover Aug. 19, 2010 218584 words Read a sample
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Live in New York City. Have published nine books. All available from Smashwords or my web site.
The Upraised Hand by Michael Steptoe The Upraised Hand by Michael Steptoe March 03, 2011 217898 words Read a sample
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Der Kaiser ohne Namen by Peter Marnet Der Kaiser ohne Namen by Peter Marnet Sep. 17, 2011 212543 words Read a sample
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Bin verheiratet. Habe zwei erwachsene Kinder (die typischen Internet-Junkies). Auf dringenden Wunsch meines familären Umfeldes pseudonym unterwegs. Beruf: bis 05/2011 Einzelhändler in Düsseldorf (25 Jahre selbständig)
Жар объятий by Dukenbai Doszhan Жар объятий by Dukenbai Doszhan June 07, 2011 204367 words Read a sample
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Первый рассказ писателя увидел свет, когда его юному автору было лишь пятнадцать лет. На сегодняшний момент из-под его пера вышли 11 романов, 22 повестей, около 100 рассказов. Дукенбай Досжан имеет свидетельство самого читаемого писателя Книжной палаты. В настоящее время книги писателя переведены на все основные языки мира, были изданы общим тиражом в объеме 7,7 миллионов. Начав свой трудовой путь младшим редактором в областной газете «Жетысу», в 1966–1975 годы работает старшим редактором в государственном издательстве художественной литературы «Жазушы», в 1976–84 годы заведует отделом издательского комитета РК. В 1984–91 годы он советник прозы Союза писателей Казахстана. 1994–96 годы заведущий отделом Агентства авторских и смежных прав РК. В 1996–2002 годы открыл Музей национальной валюты – тенге Национального банка РК, исполнял обязанности первого директора. С 2002 года и по настоящее время – главный редактор журнала «Мәдени мұра – Культурное наследие» в Президентском центре культуры РК. По итогам электронного опроса-исследования Министерства связи и информации 2010 года, проведенного по 14 областям страны, занял первое место как самый читаемый писатель Казахстана. Д. Досжан своими первыми крупными произведениями «Отрар», «Аль-Фараби», «Шёлковый путь» (1965–76 гг.) открыл новый этап в развитии казахстанской литературы и был назван пионером исторической темы. Он первый писатель, внедренный в закрытый архив Комитета национальной безопасности. Вследствие этого была написана основанная на фактах, по судебным документам повесть «Тюрьма» (1992 г.), а также по следам Декабрьских событий 1986 года – художественный роман «Площадь» (1993 г.). Эти произведения более не переиздавались, только несколько экземпляров хранятся в фонде редких книг. Повесть «Аль-Фараби» написана на основе реальных фактов. Выходец из Отрара Абунасыр в поисках знаний едет в Бухару и заканчивает медресе Бухары, Багдада, в последние годы жизни он оседает в древнем Куддусе, нынешнем Дамаске. Служивший секретарем-визирем при эмире Саиф ад-Даула, он переводит на арабский язык эллинских ученых. Пишет коментарии на труды Аристотеля, Платона. В конце своей жизни Абунасыр в караване эмира по возвращении из похода сильно заболевает и умирает на середине пути. Его отрывистые размышления между потерей сознания и бредом о своей прожитой жизни передается литературным методом – потоком мыслей. Повесть была опубликована в журнале «Жұлдыз» и принесла автору известность. «Аль-Фараби» сразу переводилась на русский, немецкий, мадиарский, английский, монгольский, украинский, турецкий языкий, вышла в свет отдельной книгой. Роман «Шёлковый путь» – историческое художественно-философское произведение. Богатое торжество средневекового города Отрар описывается с сыновней гордостью и любовью. Идея романа заключается в том, что причиной разрушения прекрасного города послужили порочные пристрастия жителей, и он превращается в пыль, уходит в небытие, словно затонувшая Атлантида. Богатая фабула и напряженная сюжетная линия вызвали интерес иностранных читателей. Произведение переводилось на русский, украинский, немецкий, венгерский, монгольский, пуштунский языки. По сюжету книги Ардак Амиркулов снял двухсерийный художественный фильм «Гибель Отрара». Исследователи творчества Д. Досжана делят его прозу на три этапа. Первый – произведения, написанные в начале 60-х годов на историческую тему, из глубины веков воскресившие дух мужественных тюрков– «Шёлковый путь», «Отрар», «Аль-Фараби». Второй – галерея образов наших современников, повести, показывающие обнищание духа, раскрывающие духовную экологию: «Трудный шаг», «Большая река», «Поклонись своему порогу», «У тигра своя тропа», «Долг людской». Третий этап – романизированные биографии замечательных людей – «Путь Мухтара» (1988 г.), «Дух Абая» (1994, 2008 гг.), «Судный день» (1997 г.). Дукенбай Досжан видит мир своими глазами, рисует его свойственным только ему внутренним восприятием. Он один из немногих писателей, пишущих о своих замечательных современниках, углублённо рисующим характер своих современников – героев ХХІ века. Рассказывающий историю независимости роман «Ак Орда» («Елорда» баспасы, 2005 жыл) тепло приняли читатели. Документальная повесть «Главный архитектор Астаны» была опубликована в «Роман-газете» (2007 г.), став для русскоязычных читателей важной публикацией. За книгу «Трудный шаг» в 1974 году от издательства «Молодая гвардия» писатель получил премию «Лучший современный роман». В 1988 году издательство Украины «Дніпро» удостоило его премией «Лучшая книга на историческую тему» за роман «Шёлковый путь». Имя Дукенбая Досжана было занесено во второй том энциклопедии «Люди искусства и литературы» США (1999 г.), в третий том Казахской Национальной энциклопедии (2001 г.), в энциклопедию Абай (1994 г.). В 1983 году в Москве трёхсоттысячным тиражом изданы его роман «Шёлковый путь» и избранные рассказы как приложение к журналу «Дружба народов». В 1990 году читатели получили избранные произведения в двух томах с предисловием О. Сулейменова, изданные по госзаказу в издательстве «Жазушы» тиражом 20 тыс. По заказу областных библиотек в 2002-2003 гг. вышел в свет тринадцатитомный сборник произведений в издательстве «Білім». Предисловие к сборнику написал видный критик Зейнолла Сериккалиев, а редактировал и снабдил издательским аппаратом писатель Жарылкасын Нускабаев. Спонсорами проекта выступили деятели из облкультуры Карагандинской и Павлодарской областей и реализовали эти книги в своих регионах. После переезда в 2002 году в Астану у писателя открылось второе дыхание. Если ранее писатель больше уделял внимания историческим темам, описанию жизни своих учителей, то в последнее время Д. Досжан написал цикл рассказов, окидывающих жизнь философским взглядом, глубоко раскрывающих психологические мотивы поступков человека. Немаловажен его вклад в развитие казахского художественного слова, он раскрыл потенциал его неисчерпаемого духовного богатства. В последнее время он намного расширил свои творческие горизонты. Например, построенная на жестоком столкновении в верхних уровнях власти повесть «Страх» толкует о противостоянии чиновников, стремящихся чуть что – поставить палки в колеса друг другу, чуть что – задеть друг друга злословием. Упасть с вершины власти для них равносильно смерти. И вас завораживает подпольная борьба карьеристов. Мухтар Ауэзов однажды говорил: «Я пережил две общественные формации». В повести «Смерть пророка» главный герой переживает три общественные ступени. Сначала Мыркы представлен в образе зажиточного бая, держащего в страхе всю Сарыарку. Потом подвергается конфискации во времена красной империи и еле-еле приходит в себя. Затем он, переживая эпоху социализма, попадает на рыночную площадь капитализма. Прежнее богатство растаяло, отец давно на том свете. В своём полусонном состоянии он попадает на удочку красивой, соблазнительной женщины, берет кредит в банке и открывает с ней небольшой бизнес. Беспринципная женщина обманывает Мыркы, закладывает дом его отца и пропадает. Много довелось испытать герою бедствий, и в эпилоге мы видим, как, с трудом добравшись в Мекку, Мыркы, упав пластом у подножия горы Арафа, обращает свой взор к небесам и оплакивает свою грешную жизнь. Ужасающая метаморфоза героя, пережившего три общественных строя, повесть читается с трепетом. Критик сказал: «Первый раз прочитал в казахской прозе такое произведение, в котором 150-летнюю историю переживает один и тот же герой, попадавший три раза в такую психилогическую встряску». Некоторое время назад один корреспондент газеты спросил его: «На какое место вы поставите себя в ряду современных прозаиков?» Писатель ответил: «По совершенствованию своих произведений и поисках лучшей формы вперед пропущу только Кекильбаева и Магауина, а сам встану тертьим», – ответил он. («Аламты ақшамы», №46, 2005 год, 21 апреля). В этом высказывании – истина. Написанные в последнее время рассказы писателя «Прощение», «Человек–зеркало», «Библиотека Александрии», а также повести «Гореть–угасать», «Происшествие в Кызыл-кенише», «Жизнелюб» рассказывают о судьбах неординарных людей, в них использованы необычная окраска живых слов, литературные приёмы магического и философского реализма. Дукенбай Досжан (09.09.1942) – лауреат Государственной премии (1996), лауреат Национальной премии имени М. Ауэзова (1987 г.), является почетным гражданином города Туркестан, Жанакорганского, Сырдарийнского, Сузакского, Отрарского районов. Обладатель орденов «Парасат», «Құрмет». По произведениям Д. Досжана были защищены диссертации, рассматривающие языковую стилистику и феномен человека писателя. Увидели свет монографии Сауле Сейденовой «Судьба писателя» 2008 г, Алпысбая Мусаева «Художественные приёмы в произведениях Д. Досжана» 2010 г. Была издана книга Х. Коктанди «Гладиатор мысли» 2005 г. О стилистике Д. Досжан: видит мир по-своему, в присущем только ему спектре. Часто прибегает к мистике, потоку мыслей. Раскрывает духовный мир героя, мастерски изображая его душевные переживания. О характере Д. Досжан: не принадлежит ни к какой группе, не вступил ни в какое политическое движение, имея своё видение мира. Иногда его не понимают некоторые оппоненты, либо не хотят понимать, поэтому изредка злословят, критикуя. На это писатель не реагирует, полагая, что все это суета сует, что время расставит всё на свои места, и берется за новое произведение или же приступает к чтению хорошей книги. Каждый день браться за перо – в его характере. Прекрасные рассказы писателя увидели свет отдельным сборником на английском, русском, японском, китайском, шведском, чешском, мадиарском, монгольском, украинском, пуштунском языках. Писатель активно ведет переписку с архивистами библиотеки Гувер США и им. Л. Толстого в Ясной Поляне. У него хранятся все письма исторических личностей. Является владельцем богатого архива времён Алашорды, включающим в себя письма и документы лидеров этой партии.
The Aeolian Master   Book One     Revival by John Northern The Aeolian Master Book One Revival by John Northern Sep. 18, 2010 203078 words Read a sample
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I love good science fiction and deplore the bad. I write science fiction novels, and I hope no one deplores them. My novels are marketed online, on TV, and in the newspapers. My marriage is great, and my wife's name is Lou Ann. We have four sons who are grown and gone. We live in Las Vegas, Nevada. But we don't gamble - too smart for that. I play tennis - mediocre. I love sci fi movies, but my wife doesn't, so I have to go by myself. (She did like "Iron Man".) Although I love to write, I had to find a profession which would support me and my family---I was a Chiropractic physician for 29 years. I hope things are going well for you. We need more peace and love in the world - violence needs to stay in fiction.
Illusion by Lynn Allen Illusion by Lynn Allen May 06, 2011 202782 words Read a sample
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Lynn Allen was born in the northeast of Scotland into a family that has lived in the region of Brechin for centuries. In the 1960s she migrated to Perth, Australia, where she now lives and works as an independent thinker, writer and coach. During her more than 20 years as an executive in the information services sector, including the computer industry and 12 years as a government CEO, Lynn has written many papers on leadership, strategy and the use of technology. She has studied and loved the novel all her life, believing in the power of story to illuminate and explore the human condition. Her particular interests are women's literature and feminism. Lynn's novel, Illusion, is a contemplation of what can happen when a single woman's integrity is challenged while working as a public servant in politically charged environments. She is currently writing a novel that explores what highly educated, professional baby-boomer women might do after they leave paid employment. Is the world ready for this group of women and their wisdom? Are the women themselves prepared to generate another feminist agenda?
Inferno of Life by Duane Watson Inferno of Life by Duane Watson Aug. 16, 2011 201179 words Read a sample
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Ember Rising Light by C.K. Mullinax Ember Rising Light by C.K. Mullinax May 22, 2011 200407 words Read a sample
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C. K. Mullinax is an accomplished creative writer and published author.  She has entertained a wide audience with her writing talents that include novels, theatrical productions, poetry and articles. She lives with her husband of ten years in the mountains of Western North Carolina.  After graduating with honors from college, she spent a summer writing the first Ember book in the thrilling epic fantasy fiction adventure series. “Thank you for bravely venturing with me...” -C.K. Mullinax
The Conductor: Exodus by S.R. Torris The Conductor: Exodus by S.R. Torris Nov. 26, 2011 199668 words Read a sample
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Meddlers In Time by Wayne Watson Meddlers In Time by Wayne Watson Nov. 19, 2009 199617 words Read a sample
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About Myself: Born in 1960, it can be said that I was born into one of the more interesting periods in our history. Forty-nine years on, I can certainly say that I have led an interesting life. Factory hand, soldier, technician, labourer, manager, ambulance officer, corrections officer- just to name the main jobs - I think I can truly call myself a jack-of-all-trades It’s been up and down all the way- see-sawing between dirt poor and well-off- in the peak of fitness to near dead a couple of times. I have worked with many fine individuals and many of New Zealand’s worst. I have seen very ordinary people succeed beyond all expectations and watched those destined to do great things fall and loose everything. Working in areas like defense, corrections and ambulance you get a real insight into how people act and react under the most extreme of circumstances. Along the way I got to use a lot of really interesting bits and pieces- the Army was good for that- if a new piece of kit came through the workshops- it wasn’t hard to convince somebody that you needed to try it out! This was a useful background for somebody who wishes to write tales of adventure… Now, like most, I have settled into a quieter life of family and work, with adventure left in the past- although it comes to visit from time to time. I wish it wouldn’t! As life slowed down a little, from the needs of raising a family and an accumulation of old injuries, I started to amuse myself in a fantasy universe distilled from the many tales I had absorbed over the years- this beats the hell out of morning radio while stuck in traffic! This stepped up a gear after a bad car smash left me recovering from multiple injuries over two years. From this period came ‘Meddlers in Time’- my escape from the realities of my life. Writing this story down probably saved my sanity! Nowadays, I’m back at work- spending more time than I would like keeping the local water supplies working. Once a week I get my six-guns out and shoot up a bit of paper and steel plate. Twice a year I fire up my still and run a few gallons of moonshine, although I drink more coffee than whiskey these days. The rest of the time I spend as an indentured servant to my wife and two boys. I’m occasionally described as a grumpy old sod and a know-it-all, with an opinion on EVERYTHING! I try to live up to that. I like the simple pleasures of red meat, black powder smoke, Islay whiskey and the occasional good Dominican cigar- all to be savored in the outdoors. My beliefs are staunchly libertarian- each to their own if they harm no other. I believe that politicians, lawyers, busy-bodies and do-gooders are like salamis- greatly improved by hanging for a time. My writings continue as time permits. UPDATE: Ask me a question or find out more about Meddlers in Time, search 'Meddlers in Time Blogger' I used to have a link here,but for technical reasons, can't put it in my Bio without upsetting some of Smashwords partner sites!
The Republic by Simon Cutting The Republic by Simon Cutting July 13, 2011 199179 words Read a sample
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My books are all free but if you read them I would appreciate you posting a review. Also, my email is simoncutting@gmail.com for any feedback or questions on my work.
Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee Nov. 23, 2009 196484 words Read a sample
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The Converging by George Straatman The Converging by George Straatman Nov. 17, 2009 193289 words Read a sample
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George lives in Timmins, a small Northern Ontario city with his wife Louise and their collection of furry kids. He writes both horror and high fantasy. The Converging Trilogy is his first series and will be followed by the epic fantasy series entitled Journey Through the Land of Shades.
Flight of the Shaman by  Flight of the Shaman by geoffwidders Oct. 31, 2010 188343 words Read a sample
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Delver Magic Book I: Sanctum's Breach by Jeff Inlo Delver Magic Book I: Sanctum's Breach by Jeff Inlo Aug. 20, 2010 182169 words Read a sample
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Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I by Tracy Falbe Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I by Tracy Falbe Feb. 27, 2009 180907 words Read a sample
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I have been hooked on fantasy and science fiction since preschool when I watched Star Trek the Original Series with my family on TV. Then came Star Wars at the theater when I was 5, and a few years later, I discovered the joys of reading fantasy with the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. I quickly moved up to stronger stuff like Conan, and I currently like The Song of Ice and Fire. The elements I like most about the genres are the high stakes (save the world, overthrow the empire, etc.), the diversity of characters, and how magic or extraordinary technology allows plots to expand in interesting ways. The ability of fantasy and sci fi to include analysis and criticisms of social conditions like religion and politics is especially fascinating as well. When this is done in conventional humdrum fiction, people and readers descend into arguments about whether an opinion is valid or the historical information is accurate instead of assessing the concepts themselves. These interfering issues are not present in the purely metaphorical works that occur sometimes in fantasy and science fiction. Of course, fantasy and sci fi can just be fun as well. I love a good hero or heroine and villains can be the best of all. And there is something therapeutic about picking up a sword or blaster and solving the problems of the world. My taste in genre has inevitably married itself to my love of writing. For some reason I am a person capable of writing novels. The act of creating thousands of pages of fiction does not overwhelm me. Making it a good work of fiction is the hard part that requires countless hours of editing and rewriting and lots of daydreaming too. I have written a four-novel epic fantasy series entitled The Rys Chronicles. The individual novels of the series are: Union of Renegades, The Goddess Queen, Judgment Rising, and The Borderlands of Power. I produce my novels in paperback and ebooks, and readers all over the world have been kind enough to allow me to entertain them. Currently I am in the midst of writing another fantasy series. I expect this one to be 4 novels as well, and, as of February 2009, I am closing in on completing Book II. This series is still untitled and I won't be publishing it until it is complete. This process allows me to fine tune everything throughout the novels. When I'm not writing, my other passions include cooking, growing food, reducing my consumption of fossil fuels, and reading.
Betrayal by Mayandree Michel Betrayal by Mayandree Michel March 28, 2011 180587 words Read a sample
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I live in New York with my husband and two adorable sons. I love writing young adult paranormal romance and historical fantasy stories. My first novel, Betrayal, is the first in The Descendants series. The second in the series, Sacrifice will debut December 2011
Paths of the Chosen by Kenneth McDonald Paths of the Chosen by Kenneth McDonald Oct. 24, 2010 180261 words Read a sample
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I am an education consultant who works for state government in the area of curriculum. Prior to my current job, I taught American and world history at a number of colleges and universities in California, Georgia, and South Carolina. I started writing fiction in graduate school. In addition to my novels and short works, I have written a lot of serialized fantasy fiction that has been posted on the Story Hour forum at the Dungeons & Dragons fan site EnWorld.org, including stories placed in the Forgotten Realms, Shackled City, and Rappan Athuk settings. These stories have collectively received over two thousand reader posts and three hundred thousand page views. I am also an active member of the player community for the multiplayer computer game Neverwinter Nights, and have released over two dozen modules for that game on the Neverwinter Vault Web site. My doctorate is in European history, and I live with my wife, who is an attorney, in Sacramento, California.
Moon Dreams by M.A. Harris Moon Dreams by M.A. Harris Aug. 19, 2011 180031 words Read a sample
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Born in England in the mid years of the socialist experiment I moved to the US with my parents (economic refugees of a sort with three boys in a country where 1+ was more the norm) I have lived in the US ever since. I am a third generation engineer, a mechanical engineer who has worked for the government, myself, a tech start up and a foreign owned defense middle weight. I have experience in manufacturing, detail design, concept design, product development, and research in both government and corporate environments (in other words I've lived in Dilbert’s world). I usually love my job, (when its not driving me nuts) and have had the luck to work on a broad range of programs, developing concepts and proposals for systems from electromagnetic guns to nuclear electric space probes and remote monitoring systems for long term hospitalized children. Reading came late for a child who had some issues with a form of Dyslexia, but when I got the hang of it I went from having a hard time with Dick and Jane to reading Zane Grey, G.Heyer, Heinlein and Clark with the book hidden in my desk during class in less than six months. As soon as I learnt the wonders of reading and the wonders of the inner mind I wanted to write. In high school and college Arthur C. Clark was my muse (I still re read Rendezvous with Rama every few years) along with L.L’amour, J.Pournelle and L.Niven plus dozens of authors writing on the history of weapons and warfare like Ian Hogg and Keegan. Favorite contemporary authors are, Clancy, Weber, Francis, Ringo, Flint, Correia, etc. I started writing in high school, I was one of the few guys to take typing, convinced that it was a skill I would need for both computers and writing (though my early computer projects were on punch cards or tape.) In several advanced English courses in High School I wrote short stories that got me through on pure bravado if not technical skill. Then life and a career got in the way, I continued to see computers as the wave of the future for writing, and was almost always tinkering with something but time passed and all I did was tinker. Then a bit more than a decade ago I decided that I wanted to write professionally and took the advice of J.Pournelle and S.King on writing, both advising that in the end its about work and some luck, but mostly its about writing lots of words getting lots of critiques and doing more edits. But timing has never been my best skill and I got to the point of actually trying to sell my work just as the old publishing model began to implode. After more than five years of frustration (and having several full length novels at the point of at least being ready for a professional scrub) I discovered Smashwords. I bought my wife a Nook and then we began to acquire and read free and low cost eBooks, many of which were published by this strangely named company, Smashwords. And that’s how we come to meet....I hope you like the stuff I write, I actually enjoy writing it though like all jobs it has its down side (edits and critques) and it bad days (I really need to grow up and stop dreaming.) As I get into this I hope to be able to get to know more of you and get your opinions on the job I’m doing.
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins by Randolph Lalonde Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins by Randolph Lalonde Aug. 02, 2009 178930 words Read a sample
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Born in 1974, Randolph Lalonde has worked in customer service, sales, played drums for several heavy metal bands you've never heard of, dealt blackjack in a traveling casino, and serviced countless computers. He's also owned businesses in the design, printing, collectible and custom computer fields. He completed writing his first novel in the fantasy adventure genre at the age of fifteen and has been writing ever since. He self published his first novel; Fate Cycle: Sins of the Past in 2004 and after taking a break has begun to release his work again starting with the First Light Chronicles series. Randolph Lalonde has sold thousands of eBooks to date, enough to keep writing full time. He is deeply grateful for his following of readers and strives to improve his skills to better entertain them. The Spinward Fringe Space Opera series has proven to be his most popular offering. He currently resides in Sudbury Ontario with his roommate, a tattoo artist. In his diminishing spare time he reads voraciously, tinkers with design, video editing and reviews the occasional film or television show. A science fiction and fantasy fan, he often comments on the state of the entertainment industry on his website, www.randolphlalonde.com.
The Ghosts of Earth by Paul Dore The Ghosts of Earth by Paul Dore Aug. 17, 2009 178780 words Read a sample
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Amour desamour by abeior djerat Amour desamour by abeior djerat Jan. 21, 2012 173984 words Read a sample
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Writer from vocation. Published in French-novels, short-stories and poetry. Abeior Djerat is a pen name. I use it because it enables me to talk freely about subjects which I consider important. I pay big attention to 'impulsive 'writing. Like surrealists poets use to say, to write about what your subconscious tells you to. Be yourself. Without the make-up of conventions. This is what I aim through all my books written under the signature Abeior Djerat: a miror of the soul's and body's feelings and moods in very complex situations of life. Ecrivaine de vocation. Publiée en français avec romans, nouvelles, poèmes. Abeior Djerat est un pseudonyme. Cela favorise une écriture franche, impulsive, que j'affectionne beaucoup, parce que ça me permet de parler en toute franchise des sujets que je considère très importants. Je donne une grande importance à l'écriture impulsive. Comme les poètes surréalistes disaient, écrire ce que ton sousconscient te dit. Soi toi-même. Sans le maquillage des conventions. Le but de mes écritures est ceci: présenter un miroir des sentiments et des états d'âme de l'esprit et du corps dans des situations très complexes de vie.
FALL LOVE by Anne Whitehouse FALL LOVE by Anne Whitehouse April 26, 2009 172700 words Read a sample
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Anne Whitehouse was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. She graduated from Harvard College and Columbia University. She is the author of The Surveyor’s Hand (poems) and Fall Love (novel). Poems from her series, Blessings and Curses, have appeared widely in journals. Her second novel, Rosalind’s Ring, is set in Birmingham. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. www.annewhitehouse.com
Is It Love or Insanity: Renewed Encouragement by Freedom From Rain Is It Love or Insanity: Renewed Encouragement by Freedom From Rain Sep. 03, 2011 169814 words Read a sample
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"Limitation Inhibits Creation" -Dorsen Viuss Gorfote The quote above explains us perfectly. Surely this statesmen of thought speaks humbly for itself. With many other words not having to be said, yet my rants got to start somewhere. We(Sttorm and myself)are the sole creators of Freedom From Rain, and its world with only 20 years of age. However the entire 30+ book series happens to be about eight years old, if not more. Not really a professional writers of any circumstances, however our creations, are just that. Artistically Crafted, not professionally written. Surely the many writings might have a few bumps, yet they are beyond the masses of society and their annoying limitations. From which most if not all professional novelist writers appease in their adventures. Instead ours intertwined hold their natural passionate juicy goodness fully intact. Do check out our site and the many diversities these four of kind hands have crafted. Most importantly, enjoy yourself!
MISTAH by Norman Savage MISTAH by Norman Savage July 19, 2009 168725 words Read a sample
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I was born into a crazed Jewish family, 1947, and raised in Coney Island. I became a diabetic in 1958 and insulin dependent two years later; five years after that I was to begin what would be a 45 year journey as a junkie, writer, lover, thief, scholar, asshole and idiot to myself and all those I came in contact with. I split from confines of my home early on and, when cutting school, found myself in Greenwich Village where I met and fell in with those also outside the rules of boredom and adopted a lifestyle that deceived me into thinking I could ever really escape myself.
Laird Barron (ology) by Blue Tyson Laird Barron (ology) by Blue Tyson May 16, 2010 166682 words Read a sample
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Dusk by Ashanti Luke Dusk by Ashanti Luke Jan. 06, 2011 166352 words Read a sample
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Ashanti Luke was born in Richmond, Virginia. He studied writing as well as world history and religions at the University of Southern California where he received his Masters degree in writing. For several years, he worked in advertising and the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. Ashanti currently lives in Richmond where he is a professor of English, a personal trainer, and an avid martial artist. Other novels by Ashanti luke: Dusk
Caribbee by Thomas Hoover Caribbee by Thomas Hoover Aug. 19, 2010 166192 words Read a sample
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Live in New York City. Have published nine books. All available from Smashwords or my web site.
Taste and See, A Sampling of First Chapters by John 3:16 Marketing Network Authors by Lorilyn Roberts Taste and See, A Sampling of First Chapters by John 3:16 Marketing Network Authors by Lorilyn Roberts Nov. 12, 2011 165853 words Sample 20%
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Lorilyn Roberts graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama in 1993 with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities/Social Sciences. She won an award for "Outstanding Senior Project" upon graduation for her coursework that was done in conjunction with her on-site study at the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem. Ms. Roberts is currently working on her Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Perelandra College. As a Certified Court Reporter, Ms. Roberts has made contributions to the journal published by the National Court Reporters Association. She has spent the last ten years providing real-time broadcast captioning for television. Ms. Roberts blogs on several websites including searchwarp.com and faithwriters.com. Lorilyn Roberts' first book, The Donkey and the King, had a second printing last year, and is a beautifully illustrated children's book published by Virtualbookworm.com. In her latest book and memoir, Children of Dreams, the many pearls of suffering Lorilyn Roberts has experienced enable her to share deeply from the heart. Ms. Roberts is intimately familiar with adoption, having also been adopted as a child, and is able to present the spirit of adoption, as never before captured, in Children of Dreams. Her writing shows how God is able to restore dreams and bring redemption. When Ms. Roberts is not writing and closed captioning for television/web, she homeschools her younger daughter, Joy, who is in sixth grade.