The Dance of the Possible: the mostly honest completely irreverent guide to creativity

 Self-Help > Creativity
Author: Scott Berkun
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The Dance of the Possible: the mostly honest completely irreverent guide to creativity

The powers of creative thinking can be yours if you’re willing to laugh and learn in this concise, cliche free and memorable short book. With challenging chapters on topics like creative confidence, making bold decisions, and separating the need for feedback from the desire for encouragement, even if you’ve read other books on the subject or if this is your first, The Dance of The Possible will surprise you, make you think, laugh and perhaps even dance when you get back to work

Sharpe Shooter (Maycroft Mystery Series Book 1)

 Mystery > Cozy
Author: Lisa B. Thomas
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Sharpe Shooter (Maycroft Mystery Series Book 1)

Who knew a skeleton in the closet could come back to haunt you. That’s what happened to Deena Sharpe.

She hadn’t planned on ditching her teaching job so late in life, and she certainly hadn’t planned on investigating a murder. But when her great-uncle’s body is identified fifty years after his disappearance, that’s exactly what she does.

She’s a small-town, Southern woman with genteel manners. But standing in the way of her investigation is a big-city conspiracy nut determined to cash in on her family’s misfortune.

With her devoted husband and off-beat brother by her side, Deena sets out to right a wrong and uncover buried family secrets. When push comes to shove, will Deena back down? Never underestimate a country girl!

A Man and a Dog

 Contemporary Fiction
Author: Duane Hewitt
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A Man and a Dog

 

A Man and a Dog is the simple story of a homeless man and the mysterious, talking dog that befriends him, offering companionship, consolation, and counseling as they move from place to place. Strongly suggesting allegory with imagery that is clear and defined, this simple and yet poignant tale is dedicated to “the homeless and those who believe in them,” and will make its own unique claim on the hearts of its readers with the universal appeal of its theme.

The Bonerunners (The Chronicles of Corvacadia Book 1)

  Horror
Author: Karen Turkal
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The Bonerunners (The Chronicles of Corvacadia Book 1)

A vivid nightmare. Two voices. The murder of her mother. All these things have Dia Swift disoriented and scared to death. Dia’s life had been routine. From being home schooled to traveling the globe, her first twenty-three years were ordinary. Everything is about to change. Suddenly, she finds herself in the middle of a woods, standing in front of an old cabin. Will Dia be able to unravel the mystery of what she is and stop the dangerous man that’s haunted her dream? The only living relative she has left is her Gram Spina. Gram Spina–who only hangs around long enough to speak in cryptic phrases and then disappears. Strange notes lead her to terrifying adventures of horror. Crows and a little piglet help her discover and develop powers she didn’t know existed, or did she?

Motherhood is Murder (A Maternal Instincts Mystery Book 2)

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Diana Orgain
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Motherhood is Murder (A funny mystery) (A Maternal Instincts Mystery Book 2)

Nights out are hard to come by for new parents. So when Kate’s new- mommy club, Roo & You, holds a dinner cruise, she and her husband leave baby Laurie with Kate’s mom and join the grown-ups for some fine dining on the San Francisco Bay.
But when one of the cofounders of Roo & You takes a fatal spill down a staircase, the police department crashes the party. Suddenly every mom and her man has a motive. Kate’s on deck to solve the mystery- but a killer’s determined to make her rue the day she joined the first-time-mom’s club…

To Do:
1. Buy diapers.
2. Make Laurie’s two-month check.
3. Find good “how to” book for PI business.
4. x Find dress for the cruise (done)
5. x Ask Mom to babysit (done)
6. Exercise.

 

Easy Amazon FBA Book Selling Guide: How I earn an Extra $2,000 Per Month Profit Side Income Selling Books

  Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Author: Ethan James Frost
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Easy Amazon FBA Book Selling Guide: How I earn an Extra $2,000 Per Month Profit Side Income Selling Books Part Time on Amazon (Flipping and Selling on ... Books, Sell Used Books, Book Arbitrage)

Do you need to make a side income? In this book, you will learn one of the easiest ways to make an extra $2,000 per month on Amazon. Using the methods and outline in this book I was able to earn $2000 per month in one year.

It took me about 3 years to learn the tips in this book, but with this info +your hustle you can make it happen for yourself as well!

High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-5)

  Mystery > Collections & Anthologies
Author: Gemma Halliday
Regularly $9.99, Today $2.99

High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set (Books 1-5)

Boxed set of the first five award winning High Heels Mystery novels featuring fashion designer turned amateur sleuth, Maddie Springer, including:

SPYING IN HIGH HEELS – book #1
L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder.

The Island

  Contemporary Fiction > British
Author: Victoria Hislop
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The Island

The Petrakis family lives in the small Greek seaside village of Plaka. Just off the coast is the tiny island of Spinalonga, where the nation’s leper colony once was located—a place that has haunted four generations of Petrakis women. There’s Eleni, ripped from her husband and two young daughters and sent to Spinalonga in 1939, and her daughters Maria, finding joy in the everyday as she dutifully cares for her father, and Anna, a wild child hungry for passion and a life anywhere but Plaka. And finally there’s Alexis, Eleni’s great-granddaughter, visiting modern-day Greece to unlock her family’s past.

 

What She Knew: A Novel

 Thrillers & Suspense > Crime
Author: Gilly Macmillan
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What She Knew: A Novel

In her enthralling debut, Gilly Macmillan explores a mother’s search for her missing son, weaving a taut psychological thriller as gripping and skillful as The Girl on the Train and The Guilty One.

In a heartbeat, everything changes…

Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry—until Ben vanishes.

Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from Rachel’s newly married ex-husband to her mother-of-the-year sister.

Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life

 Biographies & Memoirs > Authors
Author: Tom Robbins
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Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life

Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.

Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels—including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates—provide an entryway into the frontier of his singular imagination. Madcap but sincere, pulsating with strong social and philosophical undercurrents, his irreverent classics have introduced countless readers to natural born hitchhiking cowgirls, born-again monkeys, a philosophizing can of beans, exiled royalty, and problematic redheads.

 

The Lost Girls: A Novel

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Heather Young
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The Lost Girls: A Novel

In 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family’s vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys the family—her father commits suicide, and her mother and two older sisters spend the rest of their lives at the lake house, keeping a decades-long vigil for the lost child.

Sixty years later, Lucy, the quiet and watchful middle sister, lives in the lake house alone. Before her death, she writes the story of that devastating summer in a notebook that she leaves, along with the house, to the only person who might care: her grandniece, Justine. For Justine, the lake house offers freedom and stability—a way to escape her manipulative boyfriend and give her daughters the home she never had. But the long Minnesota winter is just beginning.

The Loving Kitchen: Downright Delicious Southern Recipes to Share with Family, Friends, and Neighbors

  Cookbooks, Food & Wine > U.S. Regional > South
Author: LeAnn Rice
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The Loving Kitchen: Downright Delicious Southern Recipes to Share with Family, Friends, and Neighbors

The Loving Kitchen is a collection of comforting recipes straight from the kitchen of popular food blogger LeAnn Rice.

You know the feeling you get when you’re an overnight guest in someone’s home, and you awaken to a hot-off-the-griddle breakfast? Or when a coworker brings in a pan of her famous brownies to celebrate your recent promotion? Doesn’t it feel great when dinner at the neighbors’ house includes multiple courses of scratch-made recipes and conversation that lingers beyond dessert and that last cup of coffee?

For many of us, these are the moments in which we feel most loved. That’s the idea behind The Loving Kitchen. Get your family’s day started right with LeAnn’s fluffy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes, or a bowl of Almond Coconut Granola and yogurt. Keep your favorite sports fans fueled through the entire game with hearty servings of Hot Sausage and Spinach Dip, or toss together a Grilled Chicken and Berry Salad for lunch with your dearest girlfriends.

The Butterfly Sister: A Novel (P.S.)

 Women’s Fiction > Psychological
Author: Amy Gail Hansen
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The Butterfly Sister: A Novel (P.S.)

In The Butterfly Sister by Amy Gail Hansen—a moving Gothic tale that intertwines mystery, madness, betrayal, love, and literature—a fragile young woman must silence the ghosts of her past.

Ten months after dropping out of all-girl Tarble College, Ruby Rousseau is still haunted by the memories of her senior year, a time marred by an affair with her English professor and a deep depression that caused her to question her sanity.

When a mysterious suitcase arrives bearing Ruby’s name and address, she tries to return it to its rightful owner, Beth—a dorm-mate at Tarble—only to learn that Beth disappeared two days earlier.

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

 Science > History & Philosophy
Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries. Periodic Tales is an energetic and wide-ranging book of innovations and innovators, of superstition and science and the myriad ways the chemical elements are woven into our culture, history, and language. It will delight readers of Genome, Einstein’s DreamsLongitude, and The Age of Wonder.

The Fifties

  Social Sciences > Popular Culture
Author: David Halberstam
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The Fifties

Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Ozzie and Harriet. Elvis. Civil rights. It’s undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam’s triumphant The Fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald’s expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as “a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years.”

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