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Hi, my name is Ognian Georgiev. Few days ago I published on English my book The white prisoner: Galabin Boevski's secret story
The story is about Olympic weightlifting champ, who finds himself in Brazil prison. The real life events are taking the main character in some ups and downs. I will be happy if you take a look at the description of the book.
Over the years, I have discovered there is no single formula to achieve a life of contentment and joy. But there are only tools, which empower and remind us of our abilities and the powers we possess. The biggest problem is that we are unable to be our true selves. We are constantly trying to be someone who is accepted and loved by others. But this is not happiness! This is camouflaging your power to be who you are and giving in to the inessentials. I was doing the same for 24 years. In 2007, I came across these magical accouterments. Since then I have been expressing my emotions as I am, experiencing myself as I am, and living my life as who I truly am.An intelligent and capable, but always nervous, extremely fearful, and apprehensive girl I was. My encounter with the world of potentialities turned me into a confident, positive, and courageous girl. That's who I became — my real self, who was always suppressed and unheeded to. I became ME. My anger, my emotional wildness, my defeats, my desires, my moments of embarrassments, etc. were no more a shame for me. They defined me as much as my other positive emotions did.
With this new awareness, I started ACCEPTING my 'own' self, for once! I became more patient towards myself.
This magic of finding me amid so much self-doubt and self-criticism is what inspired me to pen down my encounter with nature's gizmos. From self-berating to self-forgiving, from 'living for others' to 'loving myself,' and from nervousness and anxiousness to tranquility and confidence, my book Bits and Pieces that will transform your life is a collection of the articles I wrote for an Indian Newspaper, just out of my joy to write and share! And, unknowingly, changed thousands of lives. So here I am! Sharing (worldwide) all those observations, learnings, bits and pieces I gathered on my journey to self-improvement. Of course, the journey hasn't ended yet. It's just getting better!
Keep loving yourself... Keep learning!!! :-)
GOD BLESS YOU ALL :-)
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Hey, my name is Royce Coleman and I've just self-published my book, State the Mind Free the Self. It uses psychology, metaphysics, and spiritual endeavor to weave together one conscious assessment of reality and the self.
The first two chapters are FREE. Find them here on Goodreads at:
State the Mind Free the Self
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The first two chapters are FREE. Find them here on Goodreads at:
State the Mind Free the Self
Or go straight to my site: http://www.roycecbooks.com/
Essay and Memoir Writing Contest: a reminder that the deadline for The Writer’s Drawer/Author Ingrid Hall contest is July 31, 2014. Check out the exciting prizes - http://www.thewritersdrawer.net/essay...
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Hi again guys! I hope you are all doing well. I'm just finishing my newest book and would love to email a review copy to anyone interested. Just email me at truesuccesscoach [at] gmail.com and I'll send you a full color PDF. Synopsis is below. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"What was the thought process behind the best life decision you have ever made?" This is the central question answered in "Destiny Defining Decisions" which explores the keys to happiness, inspirational living and business success. It offers new and established entrepreneurs and self-development enthusiasts the opportunity to receive inspirational and practical guidance from 11 best-selling business experts. Discover the 7 key skills of success, 10 guidelines for entrepreneurial and life happiness and a simple 5 phase step by step blueprint to start-up or enhance your passions based business immediately.
The list of guests include experts who run multi-multi-million dollar companies, who publish New York Times Bestselling books (with some individual title's having sold more than 1 million copies on their own) and who have a combined net worth of over $300 million.
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Hello, My book, "The Same but Different: How Twins Can Live, Love, and Learn to Be Individuals" is now a giveaway on Goodreads. You can toss your name into the ring here:
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ABOUT THE BOOK
The Same but Different offers insights on and solutions to the challenges that arise when young adult twins are expected to be independent, self-assured "singletons" after having been raised as twins.
Written for twins, their families, and significant others, this book
- Instructs twins how to have an honest, authentic relationship
- Explains why twins may feel disappointed about friendships that don't match the twin connection
- Teaches twins how to work through their guilt about wanting more space
- Discusses why some twins are afraid they might never love anyone else as much as they love their twin
- Reveals how influential twin connections are in choosing a spouse, a profession, and a place to live
- Offers tips and strategies to navigate the issues of separation, individuality, and codependence
- Provides insight and understanding to families and significant others coping with twin struggles
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Hello, nonfiction readers and writers, my recently published humorous book, THE BRONZE RULE, is a follow-up to last year's memoir, A REDLIGHT WOMAN WHO KNOWS HOW TO SING THE BLUES. In the new book, I divide people into three categories based on how well they follow the bronze rule. The three types of people are teachers, social workers, and missionaries. The book ends with some bronze rules to live by, some humorous and some serious. Both my memoir and my much shorter second book are available at Amazon, on Kindle, and can be ordered at bookstores.
Hi folks! I've just published the Kindle version of "A Defense Of American Ideals," and would love to email a free review copy to anyone interested. Just email me at tom [at] americanideals.info and I'll send you a PDF or Kindle version. See the the links below for descriptions of the book:
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5Y838G
Website:
http://americanideals.info
Thanks!
Tom
Hi everyone, my name is David and I live in the UK. I was born into a Christian family with my dad being an ordained reverend, but have been a devote Christian for several years now, with a desire to see believers walking worthy of the LORD as their spirits become alive to His Word.I have authored 2 Christian books (Equipping the Believer and The Simplicity of Living by Faith), and you can visit me at http://www.davidcorbin.org/ to gain a better understanding of my devotion to teaching spiritual truths, imparting biblical knowledge, and grounding every person in the message of God’s unconditional love and grace.
Hello Goodreads CommunityMy name is Tony Fahkry. I am a health and self-empowerment author and speaker having launched my first book, The Power to Navigate Life, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I am pleased to have NY Times Bestselling author of Choices & Illusions, Dr Eldon Taylor write the foreword on the book.
In the interim, please view my blog articles via Goodreads which are updated weekly, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I look forward to connecting with you all.
To your continued health and happiness.
Tony Fahkry
Hi,As an indie author with a new non fiction book about to be released, I am facing the daunting prospect of marketing. I know there are book reviews that can be purchased but I am wondering about bang for buck. Some of them like Kirkus are expensive and even more expensive if you want the expedited version. So my question: what's the best, most cost effective way to market your book? Does sending out a press release to newspapers and literary bloggers help? If you have some good advice let's hear it. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this place who will benefit.
Hello Damien,There are a lot of tricks to do successful marketing. You must use a lot of your time to do daily updates during the time of pre-release and the first weeks of release.
You may find a lot of good advices in the net about book promotion. I suggest to take a look here (http://www.authormedia.com/89-book-ma...).
I am the author of a sport non fiction book The white prisoner: Galabin Boevski's secret story. I've got some success finding fans who are interested in weightlifting and generally of sports. I made a facebook page of the book, which I started to develop 4 months before the release of the book. Now I have +2600 fans of facebook page and still update it daily.
You must be in a constant connection with potential readers. You may use goodreads as well with posting in the blog, taking part in discussions. Here you may find a review groups.
I am hosting interviews with fellow authors, so if you want to participate go here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
I wish you good luck with your book.
Ognian wrote: "Hello Damien,There are a lot of tricks to do successful marketing. You must use a lot of your time to do daily updates during the time of pre-release and the first weeks of release.
You may find ..."
Hi Ognian,
Thank you so much for your generous and thoughtful advice. I plan to take up your offer of an author interview and implement your other suggestions. All good and practical things to do. Talk soon and thanks again.
Damien
Hi Everyone,I came across this interesting blog post and thought it would be good to repost.
Let’s talk about reviews, shall we?
We’ve all read instances where an author acts poorly in the face of a one or two-star review. It’s usually referred to as ‘authors behaving badly,’ usually for good reason.
Writers are generally sensitive, artistic types. We slave over our computers to pound out stories that will not get out of our heads. It’s a lonely occupation, even with the advent of social media and blogging because the ideas, the writer, and our medium are solely what bring our stories forth.
Then…after we’ve paid for editing, proofreading, graphics, and formatting (hint hint), we upload our books and wait. Martini or Nutella in hand, we wait.
What if people love it? What if people hate it? What if what if what if? (I do recommend using betareaders for a bit of loin girding.)
And so it goes.
Well, guess what: some will love it. Some will hate it. As anyone who creates art can tell you, no work is universally loved.
Most of us accept this, perhaps grudgingly and with a certain amount of angst. Then we move on. More to write. Right?
We’ve all certainly read books we’ve hated. I even threw out a CD once because the music was so incredibly god-awful, I couldn’t bear to deal with the hassles of returning, so I broke it and dumped it in the bin. And it felt good!
Why then are authors behaving badly? Or, are we?
Authors Behaving Badly – Defined:
I’m of the camp that believes there are some authors behaving badly. Why?
I hear the argument frequently that one poor review will affect sales much more than ten positive reviews (though I haven’t seen actual data).
And perhaps that is true. Yet, accept that when you write a book, you are putting yourself out there for any scrutiny or criticism people want to heap upon you. You are no longer the lone author in your office, tapping away to your iTunes playlist.
You are now part of an established tradition and community, and you will be schooled in hard knocks whether you want to be or not.
You don’t like everyone you meet, right? Sometimes a person disappoints you, or isn’t interested in what or who you are. That’s life, baby.
All artists must develop a hard shell to criticism, as a form of staying true to our own vision as well as not allowing others to manipulate our emotions.
It’s been my experience that the authors who doth protest too much might want to look at what they’ve written instead. There could be merit. I’m not saying there will be; I’m saying there could be.
(Example: some people object to the use of hashtags in the one-sentence intros of my second book, Mancode: Exposed. I read them. I changed nothing. But, I’m aware that the use of this tool annoys some. #ohwell.)
Peer Reviews:
I, personally, would never write a scathing review of a fellow author’s book, knowing the effort we put into writing them. That said, there is a lot of crap out there (just as in music and in art), and though I’m an avid reader, I’m not a reviewer by practice, so I don’t feel comfortable advising someone else on what I believe they should have done (which I think is rather presumptuous anyway). I will email them with changes or suggestions if they’ve asked.
Meaning, I don’t review books as a book blogger – simply as a reader. I believe those who are book bloggers or professional reviewers should adhere to some guidelines (as many amazing reviewers do): review the book, not the writer; offer suggestions for improvement; point out inconsistencies or annoying tendencies; I would hope editing and grammar had already been looked at but worth pointing out if the author missed something in the process. Etc.
And yet, not every reviewer, reader, or book blogger ascribes to that. I’m often shocked at the horrible things people say that have nothing at all to do with the work itself.
(There are rumors now that Amazon will remove author to author reviews, unverified purchases, and other inappropriate commentary. If that’s the case, great. So far, there’s nothing in their official guidelines about it {though it’s been supposedly mentioned on their Facebook page}. I’m thrilled to see them taking steps to verify and set up better quality control.)
As writers, it’s our job to learn from these reviews; what we did well, what needs improvement. And move on.
Poor Reviews:
Sometimes, a person will have a viscerally negative reaction to your book. They hate it with every cell of their soul. It happens. However, I have very little respect for negative reviews that attack the author personally or use inappropriate names, labels, or make judgmental statements regarding the author’s personal life.
(I speak from experience. People often make these types of remarks about who I am as a person. Remember this: readers don’t know you. At all.)
But…do I feel it’s worth reacting? No way. For all the time you spend agonizing and righteously whining over that one poor review, you could have written five chapters of your next book.
What to Do:
So, is it then, a waste of time to read our negative reviews, if controlling our emotions about them is more difficult than moving on? That’s up to each writer, of course.
I read all my reviews. As I said, I never respond (though I do pull anonymous quotes from them occasionally for the entertainment value, ‘trustafarian dewdrop’ being my current fav).
Negative reviews actually legitimize your work. Many people look at a book with all four and five-star reviews and say, “Friends and family,” though (from my experience), that’s rarely the case. This is hard for most authors, especially new ones, to understand. I know it took me awhile!
Breathe. Relax. It’s just ONE review. (Wait til you have received ten, twenty-five, even fifty! Vodka helps.)
Bottom Line:
I write my books with my vision. That is my success. If people buy it and hate it to the point of writing a one-star review, at least I’ve elicited an emotion and that, my friends, is a win.
What if someone recommends others not buy it? Don’t care. I have faith that anyone who is truly interested in me, my book, or my work overall will be intelligent enough to make their own decision, find out more about me, or move on. The sheep that can’t make their own decisions probably won’t enjoy my work, anyway.
Final words: Reacting defensively to a poor review reminds me of kids fighting in the schoolyard over something that seems monumental at that moment, yet which they will forget about within minutes.
You dig in to make your point, fight with everything you have, and guess what? Nobody remembers anything about your book anymore. They label you instead.
If writing is your profession, be professional. Name-calling and drama is fun for some, and if you think it will sell you more books, knock yourself out.
Truly, please. Then we won’t have to listen to you anymore.
Ognian, this was so helpful. If Author Media does social media campaigns, has anyone used it? What was result?I appreciate non-fiction messages. The success of my book, Committee of One, comes from speaking engagements and networking within my area of interest. If you're not already talking to people, please do. Example: Invited to an evening of board games. A player, on hearing about my story, said she knew someone who knew someone I should meet. We met. She will be the subject of my next book. If I'd combed the city, I'd never have had this luck. So speak up.
Patricia,I don't know what is the exact number of sales that came from the facebook page of the book (https://www.facebook.com/galabin.boevsky) or twitter one (I started very late the twitter of the book and I am kind of sorry about that.). The interesting point was the hype that was build. A lot of visitors of the facebook page asked regularly when will be the release of the English version.
So I set up a date - 30 May and some of the guys there are still posting messages of a sort "Can't wait".
When the book was released there were big sale numbers in the first week, compared to the next ones. Also a lot of guys posted messages in the facebook page. I still got some inquiries in the FB page from India, Mexico or UK if it's possible the book to be delivered there and how much time it will take.
I've got some nice reviews at GR and Amazon from those guys at FB page and I even become a friend with some. For example two of them are helping me negotiating with local country publishers for another language release.
Hello everyone - I'm a newly published non-fiction author. I have always loved reading cultural analysis, especially those in the vein of Chuck Klosterman, and now I have written one of my very own."The Snowflake Effect" is a (pop)cultural criticism of the negative impacts of self-esteem. Topics discussed include the internet, television, education, mental illness, and region. The factor I'm bringing to the table is that I was in elementary school during the beginnings of the Self-Esteem Movement and have witnessed first hand how these ideals and values have (negatively) shaped my own generation.
I'm very much looking forward to connecting with other readers and authors now that I've found goodreads.
Hi All,I have just published the paperback version of my 5* rated business book, Freedom from Bosses Forever, which was nominated for a Small Business Book Award. Here are the details:
Freedom from Bosses Forever is classic comedy, biting satire and a really practical, useful guide to being your own boss. This is an updated, new version of the popular book 'Stripping for Freedom . See the reader reviews: 'snorting with laughter' is not unusual but all agree the Be Your Own Boss advice is spot on.
Successful global entrepreneur and CEO of cloud software and apps multinational WinWeb, Stefan Topfer, has called it 'The funniest hard-hitting business book, that is absolutely full of business truth'
Most successful business owners, entrepreneurs, even sports stars and top entertainers, have been willing to strip their lifestyle down to the bare essentials so that they can control their own destiny, gain their freedom from bosses, by earning a living working for themselves.
Freedom from Bosses Forever shows you how to gain the bare enterprise-ready essentials in order to successfully start your own small or home business (and escape the rat race).
As well as a useful guide to starting your own business this is also a very funny book.
The links take you to the author's favourite, free websites that provide further help for all those thinking about, preparing for and starting their own business.
The humorous narrative is based on the book's mythical author, Canadian fashionista,Leonora Soculitherz (So-cool-it-hurts - geddit?) returning to the UK to conduct a piece of investigative journalism. As well as finding out what it takes to prepare for and start your own business, Soculitherz also has in her sights the UK's fat cats, corporate clowns and insane politicians. Conspiracy theories abound.
Along the way Soculitherz provides absolute business truths which anyone interested in being more enterprising will value. There is even a highly useful and fully updated list of free websites provided that will give you all the additional know how to start your own business. It s a cracking read even if you don t want to escape the rat race and be free of bosses forever. Many people, now seen smiling knowingly, have bought and read the book just for its humour and satire. Join the cult of Soculitherz! Now is the time to consider being free from bosses forever.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Thanks and I hope you check it out soon!
Tony
Hi Guys,I am a new author of the newly released book Bamboo & Fern, which is now available on Amazon at
:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bamboo-Fern-A...
Soon to be in paper back 1st September 14. Please find blurb attached .
In this courageous story of growing up in one of the poorest areas of Jamaica, Ava Brown learned the life lessons of perseverance and survival. From a young age, Ava’s self-taught belief that she was destined for more then the community's recreational activities of sex, raising babies and going to the farm gave her the courage to forge a very different path than the one expected of her. Her story starts in a poor rural area, where the need to find food often won out over school attendance, and follows her journey through her adolescent years, which were encased in the dark shadows of incest and sexual abuse, to her young adult years when the event of being held at gunpoint finally led her to flee her home country in order to save her sanity.
Yet, her resilience and love for her native country allowed her to see all of her harsh and disappointing experiences as stepping stones to becoming a strong and self-reliant woman, one who is capable of helping our society to break the cycle of poverty and its effects. We welcome you to share in Ava’s journey through her book, Bamboo & Fern. Using the metaphor of the bamboo, her childhood experiences gave her strong roots to grow but made her tough and bendable like the bamboo plant, she is also like a fern, vulnerable but with a huge capacity for survival. You will experience her triumphs, setbacks and trials. Bamboo & Fern will break your heart, before it makes you smile. Be prepared for a roller coaster ride that breaks hearts, will undoubtedly motivate, Inspire and fuel the desire for change.
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Hello there, I'm the author of a range of business books, for example Your Guide to Starting and Building your Business: How I Survived my First Year of Full-Time Self-Employment AND Running a Successful Business after the Start-up Phase which I've written from my own experience, in a friendly and jargon-free style, which have got good reviews on Amazon but not so many here on Goodreads. My book website is at http://www.lizbroomfieldbooks.com for anyone who wants to know more. I haven't seen so many how-to books in this section, more memoir, so maybe someone can let me know if I'm posting in the wrong place.
Hi!I am Awdhesh Singh, author of "Practising Spiritual Intelligence" and few other books. I would like to request for the review my books. I can send you pdf copy of the book.Please visit my page www.goodreads.com/awdheshsingh for my profile.
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Awdhesh
Zebras of Hope is a guide to living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It includes relevant information about symptoms, specialists, diagnosis, personal stories, and faith. 
Hi, just an update! Wrong Place Wrong Place, my true story has received #216 x 5* plus 58 x 4* review's on Amazon! This story is based on events of my trip to Spain where I was wrongly arrested for arson and manslaughter! Currently its #4 in biography and top 30 in true account in the UK! Formerly the #1 best seller in true crime in America!
Jessica Brawner My first book is out! Charisma +1: The Guide to Convention Etiquette for Gamers, Geeks & the Socially AwkwardCharisma +1 The Guide to Convention Etiquette for Gamers, Geeks & the Socially Awkward Published by WordFire Press August 2014.
It's a look into Sci-Fi and Fantasy conventions, so a very topic specific book. It was written to be humorous as well as informative.
Here is the blurb off the back:
In D&D there are certain attributes you start with, just as in life there are certain things you’re born with: Strength, Will, Charisma, Wisdom, Intelligence and Constitution. Whether you’re a veteran convention attendee, a con-virgin, a volunteer, vendor or a guest, everyone can use a bump in their life stats.
Do you know what the 6-2-1 rule is? What do Barbarians and cell phones have to do with hygiene? Do you know when it’s okay to take a photograph? How do you flirt with that cute girl or guy across the room? Who are Booth Babes really?
In Charisma +1 you will find:
• Suggestions on how to network, flirt, and interact with attendees
• Tips for dealing with crowds, people in costume, and that weirdo that keeps following you around
• Rules for keeping yourself sane, happy and safe
• Advice on shopping, attending panels, dealing with volunteers, vendors, staff and other attendees
Visit my website at www.jessicabrawner.com or follow me on twitter @JABrawner
You can buy Charisma +1 on Amazon at
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My name is Richard Risemberg, and I've been dipping my toes into "independent publishing" with a selection of essays, most of them published in newspapers and magazines, online and off. My focus in these is on urban life, economy, and politics, but mostly in the experience of living in large diverse aggregations of human beings, and both the irritations and the inadvertent poetry that result. The collection is titled, "Our Own Day Here," and is available in both e-book and paper form. The portal to all its varieties is here:http://rickrise.com/we_dayhere.html
I'm also working on a rather sprawling memoir and an urban mystery; the latter should be available fairly soon, unless I decide to try the agent-and-trade-publisher route.
Hello All,I'd like to say, it's a pleasure being on the site today sharing with everyone about my first book, "Beyond the Darkness / Suffering in Silence.
In this first book of a trilogy I share my accounts of being a young girl loving a life of "love" and soon there after being torn away by my mother. In order not to give the whole story plot away, I can say this abuse, rape, incest happen on a daily basis here in the US. Most, that speak or write about it usually find it hard to continue because the subject is so taboo.
I too had the same fear, but no more. As I continue in my writing projects, I expect more and more individuals to open their eyes and hopefully see that getting involved and helping being a part of the solution to a child that has been abused is key.
But please you are welcomed to read an excerpt from the book. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... copy and paste into you address bar and happy reading.
Michael Metzler
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Hi everybody!I have just released my first book and I'm happy to share it with you here:
Title: Science of Happiness
Genre: Non-fiction
Synopsis: It's a book empowering people to use insights from psychological research to live a happier life.
Price: At the moment the price is 99 cents.
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Genre: Nonfiction/Memoir/Poetry
My poetry book "Corridors of My Mind" has been published since September 14, 2014.
$2.99 E-book Version, if readers prefer instead of the paperback version of my book
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"Tutor Your Child to Reading Success" is a hands-on book for busy parents. Instead of abstract theory, parents are given practical information to use during tutoring sessions. Parents are shown how to:
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Hi, Can you give my book a read. It is the story of my life and survival through child abuse and emotional torment, divorce and harassment from society. It also reflects on growing up in Pakistan where religious fanaticism ruins a perfect individual and how the elites twist and turn the concepts of Islam for their own agenda.
http://www.wattpad.com/story/25884623...
Mr. Sulaiman, your website says start reading, but then it brings up copyright information, but nothing else. Did you include sample pagaes or chapter? Is it available on Amazon as an e book? I will read and review your book.
My latest book, "Simple Time Management Tips" is free until Friday on Amazon.Full of quick, actionable tips on getting more out of your day.
Please read it and leave a review if it provides you value. I think it will.
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Manuel wrote: "Hi everybody!I have just released my first book and I'm happy to share it with you here:
Title: Science of Happiness
Genre: Non-fiction
Synopsis: It's a book empowering people to use insights..."
Manuel,
I just picked up your book using Kindle Unlimited. I'll leave a review when I finish it. Look forward to reading it.
George
Hello Vincent, authors, and readers,The newly released book Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing: Why An Herbalist's View Matters More Today Than Ever Before is part memoir (mine) and part information (from the words of nutritionist and natural healer Dr. Sebi).
It asks and answers questions such as:
Alkaline or organic food, does it matter which we choose?
Healthy human blood is alkaline, so how can this fact help us choose the best food?
For more information visit the book's website at http://www.sojourntohonduras.com
It's available in ebook and print https://www.createspace.com/5074819
Thank you and I hope readers find Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing helpful.
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I'm Aleks. I'm a Psychologist and self-development author from sunny Sydney Australia. I've been looking for an interesting writer's group to join in order to learn and share what I know and connect to like-minded people.
I have a new book coming out in 3-4 weeks where I interviewed best-selling business and self-improvement entrepreneurs and will offer a synopsis of it next time I post if that is acceptable to the group. I'll be happy to offer a review copy to those who may be interested.
Other than that, I hope everyone is well and I look forward to contributing where I can :)