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Novel “a housework crusher,” says 100th Amazon reviewer

Our historical adventure Into the Americas (A novel based on a true story)  has just secured its 100th review and its 65th five-star review on Amazon.

 

Novel resonates with reviewers.

 

Reviewer number 100, who headed their review “Housework Crusher,” says: “Yes, I said ‘housework crusher’. Instead of working on things I needed to have done, I wanted to sit and read the book. It has been some time since I have been so involved in a book. This was such an interesting book. At times I wondered what else could happen. Don’t forget to read the author’s note at the end. That was interesting as well.”

The review’s five-star rating gives the novel an average review rating of 4.5 stars, making it one of the more popular historical fiction novels on Amazon.

One of history’s greatest and yet least known true-life wilderness survival stories, Into the Americas  was inspired by the diary entries of young English blacksmith John Jewitt during his time aboard the brigantine The Boston  and also during his sojourn at Nootka Sound, on North America’s western seaboard, from 1802 to 1805. It will appeal to lovers of First Nations and Native American history.

To view all the reviews of this novel go to: http://www.amazon.com/Into-Americas-novel-based-story-ebook/dp/B00YJKM51E/

Available via Amazon as a paperback and Kindle ebook.

 

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Win a copy of the book that’s rattled Holocaust deniers and so-called revisionists

A free copy of our new release paperback DEBUNKING HOLOCAUST DENIAL THEORIES: Two Non-Jews Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide  goes to the winner of a giveaway competition now running on the literary site Goodreads.com.

 

Book aims to end the denial once and for all...

 

Written by independent researchers and filmmakers James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by Holocaust survivor Hetty E. Verolme (author of The Children’s House of Belsen), this book aims to end the denial once and for all by tackling the bizarre phenomenon head-on.

Undertaken in close consultation with Holocaust survivors and World War Two historians, no stone is left unturned in meticulously verifying the historical facts of the genocide. The Morcans present a wide array of sources including Nazi documentation, eyewitness accounts, scientific reports and shocking photographic evidence to shut down the debate deniers wish to create.

If you wish to learn more about WW2 and the Nazi extermination camps, if you are confused by all the convoluted conspiracy theories circulating on the Internet about the Holocaust, or if you are currently a denier yourself, then this book is a must read.

 

To enter the Goodreads giveaway and win a copy of the Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories  paperback go to the Goodreads page at:  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

 

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Win a copy of ‘World Odyssey’ historical adventure paperback

A free copy of our new release paperback WORLD ODYSSEY (The World Duology, #1)  goes to the winner of a giveaway competition now running on the literary site Goodreads.com.

 

Be in to win…a free copy.

 

Set in the Nineteenth Century, World Odyssey  follows the fortunes of three young travelers as each embarks on an epic journey. Their dramatic adventures span sixteen years and see them engage with Native American Indians, Barbary Coast pirates, Aborigines, Maoris and Pacific Islanders as they travel around the world – from America to Africa, from England to the Canary Islands, to Australia, New Zealand and Samoa.

Ambitious American adventurer Nathan Johnson’s journey begins when he runs away to sea to escape a violent father. After surviving a shipwreck and enslavement by one of the indigenous tribes of America’s northwest, his stocks rise and he becomes a successful trader. When Nathan decides to visit Fiji to trade muskets to the natives, he doesn’t know it but his fortunes are about to change again.

Sheltered English missionary Susannah Drake’s journey begins after she agrees to accompany her clergyman father to Fiji to help him run a mission station there. They endure a nightmare voyage they’re lucky to survive. When Susannah finds herself sexually attracted to a young crewmember, she is forced to choose between her forbidden desires and the life her father has mapped out for her.

Irrepressible Cockney Jack Halliday’s journey begins when he steals hemp from an unscrupulous employer who owes him outstanding wages. For this he’s sentenced to seven years’ hard labor in the British penal colony of New South Wales. Jack escapes to Fiji only to be tracked down by a bounty hunter employed by the British Government to round up escaped convicts.

After traveling thousands of miles and experiencing the best and worst that life can offer, these three disparate individuals eventually end up in the remote archipelago of Fiji, in the South Pacific, where their lives intersect.

The intrepid trio’s adventures continue in Fiji: A Novel (The Word Duology, #2).

 

To win a copy of World Odyssey  paperback go to the Goodreads page at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20300866-world-odyssey

 

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US Radio discussion about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism & the Middle East Conflict

I recently appeared on Boston’s Philosophic Perspectives Radio Show to discuss my newly-published book Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories: Two Non-Jews Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide (co-written with Lance Morcan with a foreword by Holocaust survivor Hetty E. Verolme).

Topics covered in this interview include the ugly history of anti-Semitism, indisputable Holocaust facts, the Middle East conflict…and Donald Trump!

Debunking Holocaust denial theories can be ordered via Amazon.

Paperback edition: https://www.amazon.com/DEBUNKING-HOLO...

Kindle edition: https://www.amazon.com/DEBUNKING-HOLO...

Thanks,

James Morcan

 

Holocaust deniers target new book that debunks denialism

Jewish and mainstream media are picking up on this week’s news release announcing that the recent publication of a book by a New Zealand father-and-son writing team debunking Holocaust denial theories has drawn the ire of two of the world’s leading Holocaust deniers.

The article reads as follows:

When Papamoa-based publishing company Sterling Gate Books published “DEBUNKING HOLOCAUST DENIAL THEORIES: Two Non- Jews Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide”, authors Lance and James Morcan didn’t expect to see another book released with an identical cover image and similar title slamming their book.


But that’s exactly what happened when UK company Castle Hill Publishers published “Fail: ‘Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories’: How James and Lance Morcan Botched Their Attempt to Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide”, by denier Carlo Mattogno, author of numerous books and papers championing Holocaust denialism.


  
The Morcans’ book (left) and Mattogno’s book (right).


Mattogno’s book includes a foreword by none other than the infamous anti-Semitic author/publisher Germar Rudolf who established Castle Hill Publishers and who, “in 2005 was arrested in the U.S., deported to Germany and sentenced to 44 months imprisonment for his publishing activities.” That’s according to an article on the publisher’s own blog at codoh.com, which openly promotes the philosophies of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust. In reality, Rudolf served a two year prison sentence in Germany for inciting racial hatred, disparaging the dead, and for libel.


The Morcans’ book “Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories”, with foreword by Holocaust survivor Hetty E. Verolme, was written in close consultation with Holocaust survivors and World War Two historians.


In a review on Amazon one of the Holocaust survivors, author Peter Kubicek, recommends the Morcans’ book “to everyone who has an open mind and wishes to learn more about this important topic.” Kubicek also states that the “book is the result of prodigtious research.”

As the book’s blurb states, “No stone is left unturned in meticulously verifying the historical facts of the genocide. The Morcans present a wide array of sources including Nazi documentation, eyewitness accounts, scientific reports and shocking photographic evidence to shut down the debate deniers wish to create. One by one, the various arguments Holocaust deniers use to try to discredit wartime records are carefully scrutinized and then systematically disproven.”


The author of published “Fail: ‘Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories’” takes issue with this, claiming “their knowledge even of their own side’s source material was dismal, and the way they backed up their misleading or false claims was pitifully inadequate”. He then devotes the entirety of his book to debunking the Morcans’ claims chapter by chapter.


Sydney-based James Morcan said today that he and his father consider the publication of a book debunking their own work a back-handed compliment of sorts.


“For a criminally convicted Nazi-apologist and an anti-Semitic author to go to the enormous trouble of writing and publishing a book analysing ours to this extent shows they consider the facts we present a serious threat to their publishing activities and their bogus Holocaust denial claims,” says James. “It essentially signals to anyone with an ounce of common sense that the historical facts we present in our book are indisputable.”


James says the comments of one Amazon reviewer best sum up his opinion of “that other book.” He refers to a 1-star review by a Holocaust survivor, which reads, “Whenever verifiable historical facts are presented, there are always some doubting Thomases who claim that the facts are wrong: in this case it’s anti-Semites and Holocaust-deniers. They are always ready to crawl from under a rock.”


“I couldn’t have put it any better myself,” says James.

Media coverage of this news release can be found at:

Scoop Independent News: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1607/S00265/holocaust-deniers-target-new-book-that-debunks-denialism.htm

One Community Chronicle: http://chronicle.1.org.nz/Item.asp?Item=4949



“DEBUNKING HOLOCAUST DENIAL THEORIES: Two Non- Jews Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide” is available as a Kindle ebook and paperback on Amazon via: http://www.amazon.com/DEBUNKING-HOLOCAUST-DENIAL-THEORIES-Historicity-ebook/dp/B01EYY7T7Y/



The Holocaust denial book with near-identical cover: https://www.amazon.com/Fail-Debunking-Holocaust-Theories-Historicity/dp/1591481449/




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‘World Odyssey’ historical adventure novel now available as paperback

Our historical adventure novel WORLD ODYSSEY (The World Duology, #1)  is now available as a paperback – a move prompted by the popularity of the Kindle ebook version on Amazon. After 30 reviews the book has a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars.

 

World Odyssey  paperback is available via Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/World-Odyssey-Duology-1/dp/0473363739

 

Historical Novel Reviews calls the book “A totally engaging epic!” / “Recommended for globe-trotting adventure fans,” according to Jason Letts, author of The Inevitable Trilogy. / Historian Remy Benoit, author of Peace, Now, suggest readers “Get ready to sail the high seas.” / And J.B. DiNizo, author of Comings and Goings, calls it “Highly readable and thoroughly enjoyable.”

 

Set in the Nineteenth Century, World Odyssey  follows the fortunes of three young travelers as each embarks on an epic journey.

Ambitious American adventurer Nathan Johnson’s journey begins when he runs away to sea to escape a violent father. After surviving a shipwreck and enslavement by one of the indigenous tribes of America’s northwest, his stocks rise and he becomes a successful trader. When Nathan decides to visit Fiji to trade muskets to the natives, he doesn’t know it but his fortunes are about to change again.

Sheltered English missionary Susannah Drake’s journey begins after she agrees to accompany her clergyman father to Fiji to help him run a mission station there. They endure a nightmare voyage they’re lucky to survive. When Susannah finds herself sexually attracted to a young crewmember, she is forced to choose between her forbidden desires and the life her father has mapped out for her.

Irrepressible Cockney Jack Halliday’s journey begins when he steals hemp from an unscrupulous employer who owes him outstanding wages. For this he’s sentenced to seven years’ hard labor in the British penal colony of New South Wales. Jack escapes to Fiji only to be tracked down by a bounty hunter employed by the British Government to round up escaped convicts.

After traveling thousands of miles and experiencing the best and worst that life can offer, these three disparate individuals eventually end up in the remote archipelago of Fiji, in the South Pacific, where their lives intersect.

The intrepid trio’s adventures continue in Fiji: A Novel, book two in The World Duology.

 

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New cover reveal for ‘Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories’ book

This week’s launch of the paperback version of our new release book DEBUNKING HOLOCAUST DENIAL THEORIES: Two Non-Jews Affirm the Historicity of the Nazi Genocide  coincides with the unveiling of a new cover for the Kindle ebook version of the same book.

 

The paperback cover (above) / The ebook cover (below). 

Written in close consultation with Holocaust survivors and World War Two historians, no stone is left unturned in meticulously verifying the historical facts of the genocide. The Morcans present a wide array of sources including Nazi documentation, eyewitness accounts, scientific reports and shocking photographic evidence to shut down the debate deniers wish to create.

Both versions of Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories  are available on Amazon via: http://www.amazon.com/DEBUNKING-HOLOCAUST-DENIAL-THEORIES-Historicity-ebook/dp/B01EYY7T7Y/

 

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US Presidential Election to fore in Underground Knowledge group on Amazon-owned site

The 2016 US Presidential Election dominates Underground Knowledge group discussions on the popular Amazon-owned book lovers’ site Goodreads.com. Little wonder given the importance of the upcoming election and the media coverage afforded its main contenders.

 

Candidates Trump and Clinton draw flak from Underground Knowledge group members (aka Undergrounders) who voice their thoughts about the election in the discussion thread at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/12042912-the-2016-u-s-presidential-election?page=1

 

However, the election isn’t the only discussion thread attracting members to this, one of the fastest growing groups on Goodreads.

Other popular Underground Knowledge group topics include:

Is the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) another invention of the West? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2094848-is-the-islamic-state-is-isis-another-invention-of-the-west

Vaccinating children — Is it the smart thing for parents to do? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2270994-vaccinating-children—-is-it-the-smart-thing-for-parents-to-do

Meditation, Yoga and intelligence. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2084575-meditation-yoga-and-intelligence

Modern fascism (in our governments!) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1956852-modern-fascism-in-our-governments

Satanic Elite Child Hunting Parties. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2207736-satanic-elite-child-hunting-parties

What or who are aliens? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2137716-what-or-who-are-aliens

Universal income. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/17903916-universal-income

Media manipulation. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1957036-media-manipulation

Mysterious deaths > Princess Diana. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1962418-princess-diana

 

Our polls are well patronized also. Check out our latest poll at https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group?type=group – It asks the question: What do you think should be done with repeat offender child molesters? Most respondents opt for castration for offenders. Feel free to add your vote. Poll ends soon.

 

To visit the Underground Knowledge discussion group, or better still to have YOUR say, go to: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/142309-underground-knowledge—a-discussion-group

 

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Win a copy of ‘Into the Americas’ historical adventure paperback

A free copy of our new release paperback Into the Americas (A novel based on a true story)  goes to the winner of a giveaway competition now running on the literary site Goodreads.com.

 

Be in to win…a free copy.

 

Into the Americas  is a gritty, real-life adventure based on one of history’s greatest survival stories.

Nineteen year-old blacksmith John Jewitt is one of only two survivors after his crewmates clash with the fierce Mowachaht tribe in the Pacific Northwest. A life of slavery awaits John and his fellow survivor, a belligerent American sailmaker, in a village ruled by the iron fist of Maquina, the all-powerful chief. Desperate to taste freedom again, they make several doomed escape attempts over mountains and sea. Only their value to the tribe and John’s relationship with Maquina prevents their captors from killing them.

As the seasons pass, John ‘goes Indian’ after falling in love with Eu-stochee, a beautiful maiden. This further alienates him from his fellow captive whose defiance leads to violent consequences. In the bloodshed that follows, John discovers another side to himself – a side he never knew existed and a side he detests. His desire to be reunited with the family and friends he left behind returns even stronger than before.

The stakes rise when John learns Eu-stochee is pregnant. When a final opportunity to escape arises, he must choose between returning to civilization or staying with Eu-stochee and their newborn son.

 

To enter the Goodreads Giveaway competition go to: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25600921-into-the-americas

 

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‘The Orphan Trilogy’ new cover reveal

New cover for The Orphan Trilogy box set now available via Amazon.

 

A new cover has been designed for our top rating international thriller series THE ORPHAN TRILOGY (The Ninth Orphan / The Orphan Factory / The Orphan Uprising).

See what reviewers are saying about the trilogy:

★★★★★ “An invitation to acknowledge the world around you as it is.” -Historian Remy Benoit

★★★★★ “The best of the best in thrillers!” –Alice M. Dinizo 

★★★★★ “Edge of your seat stuff.” –David Wilson

★★★★★ “Thrills galore…highly addictive and recommended. –L. Townsend

 

The Orphan Trilogy  is available via Amazon at: http://amazon.com/dp/B00BGGM05U/

 

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