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Welcome Nonfiction Authors and Readers!
Aaron, Thank you for the brilliant review of `Imagine: How Creativity Works` on your site.
Now on my "to-read" list.
Amir
Hi there this is my second book NutriWine
I hope you like it. The first one The Book Of Tibetan Medicine went into 11 languages. The book started with my passion for natural medicine. As someone with an honours degree in biotechnology I know scientifically the power that wine has on boosting health. I even prescribe champagne for depressives and I have explained why in my new book.
There is much more scientific evidence and health reasons in the book. Having written The Book of Tibetan Medicine this was my next goal. I hope NutriWine encourages more people especially those with heart disease, diabetes and cancer to start drinking wine. With one in eight people in the USA suffering with syndrome X we need to let them know wine can help them. The world of wine is fascinating in terms of innovations particularly in environmental science. One innovative material called biochar could be used in all vineyards and help trap harmful carbon dioxide.
The green consumer will grow the organic wine market over the next few years and the book explains all the eco solutions the wine industry is making to save wine culture from environmental destruction from climate change.
Hello!!! I've finished my first short book! It's based on the challenges and drama I faced leading up to my wedding!!Available at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Hello, my name is Murdo Morrison. I would like to let you know about my book A Hole Without Sides. It describes my experiences as a volunteer for Community Service Volunteers in early 1970s Britain and my time working in mental health in Kent.
Hi everyone. My book is Shaping Destiny. This is a story about art, life, and passion. It asks some hard questions, is really honest, and hopefully inspiring. If you are trying to figure out how to move your life forward, or just want to know what it is like to be an artist, this is a good book for you.Shaping Destiny
Hi and well done to everyone for getting their books out into the world. My book is a business book, called Values-Not Just for the Office Wall Plaque: How Personal and Company Values Intersect.
While many of us have heard about values, what they are and the power they have over us is, in my opinion, not very well understood. From having seen teh impact of understanding my own values and having worked with clients and seen similar results, it prompted me to write this book. For anyone who works, particularly in an office environment, it explains what personal values are. For anyone who manages people and/or a business, its a must :)
Hope you enjoy.
Irial
Aaron wrote: "Hello. Every second week I read a brand new popular non-fiction book at the intersection of science and the humanities and write an article wherein I summarize the main argument of the book and off..."David wrote: "My new devotional ebook, Captivated By the Heart of God: 40 Daily Devotionals From the Life of a Worship Leader, is available on Amazon.com
book:Captivated By the Heart of God: 40 Daily Devotionals..."
This to Aaron or any one who likes to review an international nonfiction best seler. I have just coauthored the biography of the richest black person on earth titled: "Aliko Mohammad Dangote, the biography of the richest black person in the world." The blockbuster will be released as EBook on July 1, 2012 and later the print editions in North America and Europe in the fall.
Please if you want to review the book, let me know Contact me moshoodfayemiwo@gmail.com
Tears for the Mountain is a non-fiction book about a medical mission trip to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake there. It chronicles a team tasked with the delivery of 20,000 pounds of medical supplies to area hospitals who encounters gangs of roving bandits, heart wrenching stories of survival, and a notorious Haitian warlord.Watch the trailer for the book here.
Sign up for the book giveaway here.
Watch a CBS news report about the book here.
You can follow the author, Chris Rakunas, here.
Dr S,I didn't come up with that descriptive epithet but the Forbes magazine in New York did that by identifying someone as the richest black person in America, the richest man in the world, the richest black woman in the world, the richest black person in the world, the richest woman in the world, the richest family in America.
Hello, I'm Margaret Lynette Sharp, from Sydney, Australia.In addition to five volumes of Short Stories, I have published a non-fiction work entitled:
60 Questions, Insights and Reminiscences
This is a light-hearted look at life through the eyes of a Sydney, female baby boomer, presented as a series of short, pithy articles.
In common with my other works, this is edited by my husband Ronald Sharp B.E.M., the creator of the Grand Organ in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House.
Hi Everyone,My new release Spontaneous Combustion: Enlightenment and the Cosmic Crucible is in the religion/spirituality genre. More specifically, the book explores religious myth, the Christian mysteries, metaphysics, gnosticism, alchemy, and even Bible prophecy. If you are interested in these topics, you will certainly find this an interesting (and perhaps enlightening) read.
I am currently seeking reviews, and would be happy to give free copies (ebook or paperback) to those interested.
Hello All,My name is Joseph Lorick, author of "Did Everything But Think: D.E.B.T." If you are looking for a book that will help you overcome debt problems and provide a laugh or two along the way; this book is for you. I've read several personal finance books, but I found most to be boring and complex. I felt these books were missing what most people need, simple solutions to realistic problems. This was the beginning of my book writing process and I think you will be happy with the results. Check it out at http://www.amazon.com/Did-Everything-...
Ebook at http://www.amazon.com/Did-Everything-...
Here is a small video about my book http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdWBC...
You can also follow me on twitter @DidEvthButThink or on Facebook for daily debt tips.
It's kitten season! And Complete Kitten Care is pouncing off the virtual shelves. For those with a new furry wonder in their lives (or planning to add one) I hope this award winning book helps with choosing, caring for, and understanding the new baby. LOTS of cute kitten pictures in the book, too.
Hey Everybody! The book launch for American Gypsy:A Memoir, is coming up July 14th in Las Vegas. Stop by if you're not busy that day. In addition to readings and conversation, there will be food and live Gypsy music.Here's a bit more info:
http://www.oksanamarafioti.com/happen...
Hello all.My book "The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse" has just been released. It protrays the various looming stressors afflicting our world (e.g. peak oil, water scarcity, climate change, ecological degradation), and it proposes sweeping mitigation measures in all sectors of the industry. It also outlines a possible, suitable makeover of the economic and political setup. In short, the perfect book to take on your next beach vacation (just kidding). :)
And guys, if anyone interested in reviewing it, please contact me.
cheers,
Daniel
This is Your Life, Not a Dress Rehearsal has been an international bestseller in more than 20 countries and sold more than a quarter of a million books in Japan alone. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people create the life of their dreams and will do the same for you.
July 5, 6, 7th it will be free in the Kindle store as my way of reintroducing it to readers in the US.
http://amzn.to/MvtArm
This is Your Life, Not a Dress Rehearsal
I'm Horace & I wrote Horses and Farms For Fantasy Writers to try to give back a little to my favorite genre. Many fantasy authors don't have the opportunity to live on a farm & work with horses on a daily basis, so I tried to create a primer for them. I wrote it as a freebie, but found that it wouldn't spread as well unless Smashwords could make some money off of it, but it's free for the asking.
Hey everyone! I'm relatively new to GoodReads, so very glad to find this group!I'm the founding editor of Good As You (http://www.goodasyou.org), an irreverent LGBT activism site. I'm also the author of the new book, IF IT'S A CHOICE, MY ZYGOTE CHOSE BALLS, which is currently sitting at #3 on Amazon's hot G&L chart and getting lots of attention online (Advocate, Dan Savage, GLAAD, HRC, Towleroad, Queerty, etc).
Glad to be here and look forward to great discussion, reading, and friendships!!
Jeremy Hooper
Daniel wrote: "Hello all.My book "The Blueprint: Averting Global Collapse" has just been released. It protrays the various looming stressors afflicting our world (e.g. peak oil, water scarcity, climate change, ..."
Hi Daniel,
I'm in! Interested in reviewing your book that is.
Hi! My name is Dalel Khalil and I'm the author of the light-hearted survival guide "From Veils to Thongs" about how to balance one's Arabic culture and in America. Here is the description of the back of the book:
"Arabic women deal with very serious issues that they often feel powerless to change. Western women are raised to be extremely assertive and even fight for her rights. One who is both Arab and American is very often, very confused. Her one foot is planted firmly in a traditional world whose cultural rules haven't changed in over 2,000 years. Her other foot is skidding on a thin piece of ice, the mega-liberal free-for-all, called America. And she is trying to balance walking on both.
This hilarious, lighthearted survival guide explains how to retain one's sanity in the battle of the ultimate culture clash, and offers hilarious explanations as to why we have absurd cultural rules such as arranged marriages.
Best of all, Westerners not only finally have a practical tool in which to better understand us and our wacky ways, but they too, can find answers. Like us, many Americans are struggling in this escalating socio-political cultural war. They are torn between conservatism and liberalism, tradition and progression, fidelity and fun, flats and pumps!
It's hard to balance it all. It really is.
Contrasting Eastern traditions with Western ideas, V2T explains how to function when one's conservative ethnic side is at war with their liberal Western side."
My website is www.dalelkhalil.com! My book can also be purchased through all major book distributors.
is starting to gather some good reviews on Goodreads and Amazon UK & US. If you're an aspiring indie author looking to self-publish then I'd be happy to provide a review copy.Cheers
Ruby
http://rubybarnes.blogspot.com
Hi Folks,
While I'm still finding my way around here, I wanted to let people know that my international best-selling book, "This is Your Life, Not a Dress Rehearsal" will be FREE in the Kindle store on July 5, 6, 7th.
Fellow GoodReaders,Letters to My Children
Product Description:
What you’ll find in Letters to My Children (part dialogue, part monologue, mostly rumination) is a series of letters I wrote to my two children, Chris(topher) Russell and Alex(andra) Sophia, over the course of 21 years.
The first letter is one I wrote to my son on his day of birth: November 25, 1991; the last is one I wrote to my daughter leading up to her eighteenth birthday on June 8, 2012. Some letters are missing from this publication: they’re either lost to other computers, other hard drives, other floppy discs—or are still in storage in the Bronx. I may or may not be able to recover them ever again.
What, then, is—and was, from its genesis—the rationale for these letters? Quite simply, a desire to recall, as accurately as possible, the physical, moral and cognitive development of my two children year by year, and blow by blow, as they grew from infancy to toddlerhood, and from childhood to adolescence. But why? So that if they ever needed to, they could one day look back and understand a large part of what made (and makes) them who they are as adults in all of their scintillating functionality or dysfunctionality.
This publication may or may not prove to be a worthy addition—or at least a side note—to the ever-raging debate of Nature vs. Nurture. I’m not a psychologist. I’m a writer … “with a gift [or at least a head] for fiction” (David Mamet, State and Main) to boot. And so, I must warn you: caveat lector!
That said, these letters are the verbal foundation of a truth I aspired to establish early on with my children. What I conveyed often enough orally to my son from the moment he could understand English—namely, “You don’t lie to me; I won’t lie to you”—was never easy for either of us to embrace. And in some sense, at least, I made my part of the bargain easier by concealing lots of difficult truths until his eighteenth birthday (in 2009), when I suspected he’d be better able to handle those truths in written form.
He was. And did.
On that basis, and once I’d returned to Brooklyn just two weeks ago, I decided to risk the same with Alex, and consequently gave her all of the letters I’d addressed to her and that I could still access and print out.
But why—the skeptic in you may yet wonder—should anyone have any interest whatsoever in an otherwise private correspondence between a father and his children? I can’t say that anyone will. That said, no one has published—or even written—a series of letters to his or her children over the course of nineteen years (if one includes those children’s day of birth). At least, not that I know of. We all think thoughts; forge memories; bond, then break bonds; grow close, then grow apart. But too much of what occurs to a child gets lost in the shuffle—or worse, gets suppressed, only to raise its arrogant head in some other form(s) in adulthood.
The events that first kept us together as a family unit—but then blew us apart—were nothing I could’ve anticipated in my wildest dreams or nightmares. The strategies my children and I have employed to keep us close over the years are ones the children of estranged parents will hardly consider novel. But the words my two children said (and sometimes wrote in e-mails) to me are some of the kindest, most considerate—and yes, most loving—I’ve ever heard out of the mouth of any child.
In that sense, this collection is a gift to all parents for whom it’s not already too late. Not everyone has the quantity of free time I’ve had over the years—due in large part to long periods of un- or under-employment. Not everyone has a facility either with expressing his or her true feelings towards a child, or with writing candidly about those feelings for future reference. I don’t know that such a facility is really all that important; I rather think it’s the gesture, the consistency, the promise made and kept against all obstacles.
As we say in English, however, “the proof is in the pudding.” The royalties, should there be any, are entirely theirs—as are the responsibilities that come with publishing a book. What my two children are now—as well as what they’ll become as they grow older—is largely the result of their mother’s care; less so of mine (and in most cases from afar). I will henceforth let them speak for themselves.
As of this Father’s Day in 2012—just as on other Father’s Days in years past—I couldn’t be happier with either of them.
But that’s a father speaking. Caveat emptor!
Russell
Victoria wrote: "Hi!'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools' was awarded the HarperCollins Authonomy 'Gold Star' and is the story of our life in a tiny, remote Spanish mountain village. Somehow we became reluctant chi..."
Hi Victoria - Have just finished reading Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools and loved it! So much so that I've included it in my e-newsletter as recommended reading for would-be seachangers (www.seachangesuccess.com.au).
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful experience, trials and tribulations and showing that even 'mad' dreams can become reality!
Hello y'all! I'm looking for BETA readers for the first 25 pages of my narrative non fiction novel.
It's a very different story, deals with several issues of abandonment, loss, and abuse.
Please email me at
MissyLaRaeBooks@gmail.com
or private message me here on Goodreads.
Thank you so much.
Hello everybody, I'm a new author of "Teen Life: Everything a Teenager Should Know to Survive the Teen Years.
Teen Life deals with all the issues teens face today such as drugs, bullying, pregnancy, sex, and peer pressures. It offers inspirational advice that teens can relate to in a concise and straightforward language they can understand.
Lots of valuable information in this book passed down from generation to generation.
My name is Patrick Thibeault. I wrote My Journey as a Combat Medic. It was originally a self published work that I did. I served as a medic in the war. I had some pretty interesting experiences. I sent it to Osprey Publishing and they picked it up and made an Ebook out of it. It was released in July 2012Here are some links:
Osprey Publishing:
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store...
My book has a website with some video I took during the war. There are links to where the ebook can be purchased at from this website:
www.medicstory.com
And of course Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-Combat-...
and for our Friends in the UK ( Osprey is a UK publisher out of Oxford after all)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Journey-Co...
Maria's Duck Tales: Wildlife Stories from My GardenHi everyone!
It is so exciting to be a part of this group!
If you love nature, wildlife and gardens, I hope that you will also love my little book. So far, it has won 11 national book awards. And I just found out this weekend that it won a Silver Medal in Readers Favorite Book Awards (Animals). It was also a Finalist in two more categories: Humor and General Non-Fiction. So in celebration,I am offering a coupon from Smashwords (they have all the platforms for eReaders)for a free eBook edition. The coupon is good until Tuesday, September 4th. I hope if you like my book you will be kind enough to give it a quick review. Thank you!
Here is the link to my book trailer: http://youtu.be/nJXEKsm6mg8
Here is the Smashwords link to my book: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
If you scroll down all the way, there is a 5-Star review from a group member!
And here is the free coupon number which you enter at checkout: EX44A
Regulo wrote: "
Hello everyone, My name is Regulo Zapata Jr., author of Desperate Lands:The War on Terror Through The Ey..."
Thank you for your service! I'm going to buy the book for my son. :o)
For my upcoming birthday celebration starting on August 31, 2012, my book Mind Your Own Fitness will be offered for free on Amazon Kindle for two days. Again, those days are August 31st and September 1st. Thanks,
Bob
P.S.- If you have the time, please leave a review. Again, thanks...
Greetings! My name is Teresa Sue McAdams. My book, Lessons: The Wisdom Within Each Moment is non-fiction inspirational. It includes over one hundred stories about growing up, family, friends, and the wisdom of mischievous cats. Thankshttp://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Wisdom-...
Hi Everyone, here's links to my books. Thanks and enjoy!Thoughts for the Day: Reflections for the Soul
The Icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father: Apologia and Canon
The Divine Heart of God the Father: 2nd edition
God's Gift to Humanity: The Relationship Between Phinehas and Consecration to God the Father
Apostolate of the Divine Heart:The Divine Heart of God the Father Consecration and Prayer Book: 2nd edition
Devotion to the Divine Heart of God the Father: 3rd Edition
Votive Mass of the Divine Heart of God the Father: Texts and Lectionary
Hi everyone,I'm Martine Ehrenclou. My newest book is http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
My last book is http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...
Both books are about how to get the best medical care, and how to be an advocate for yourself and/or a loved one. Interviewed over 375 physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and patients.
" An Airman's Convictions by Joshua L HudginsPlease give it a read and leave me a review on amazon.com Spread the word and all feedback is welcomed seeing as this is my first self-published book. Thank you for your support. Spread the word and help make it a best sell shedding light on the USAF and thier treatment of service members they make 100% totally and permanently disabled. Told and tied together through poetry.
http://askdavid.com/reviews/book/air-...
Hi All,Just wanted to give you the heads up that we're doing another giveaway - this one is for our book "Adaptability" by Max McKeown. He talks about how to harness the innate evolutionary skills of adaptation to succeed in business, your career and life. You can enter here:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Enjoy!
--Kim, Kogan Page USA
Hey friends, I just wanted to let everyone know that there is still a few hours to download my book, Red Dirt Rocker FREE on Kindle. Red Dirt Rocker is a story that is inspired by small town, teen MTV musician, Forrest French. If you like small town values, big city adventures (Forrest goes to MTV in New York City, plays a half time at the last Dallas Cowboy football game ever played at Texas Stadium and hangs out with the cheerleaders, and ends up traveling to Stockholm, Sweden to open for rock Legends KISS all by the age of 15)then you'll enjoy my debut Y/A novel~~It's an inspirational rock-n-roll ride! Here is the link-- Thank you all!! http://www.amazon.com/Red-Dirt-Rocker...You can download free until Midnight tonight :)
Jody French www.reddirtrockermom@blogspot.com
Hello everyone, my name is Alex Forcier and I recently self-published my first e-book. It's called The Higgs Boson for Bozos and it's currently only available on the Kindle. It explains the science behind the Higgs boson to the uninitiated reader. If you're interested in the subject I would love some feedback, either as a review or privately.
Amazon
Thanks,
Alex
Hi, my name's Graham Brown since 1998 I've been researching and writing about youth and their mobile phones.It's not the boring technology stuff. My books have taken me on some exciting real world quests. Last year, I was in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro covering violent drug gangs followed by 4 weeks with Amish kids in Lancaster County PA who were secretly using Facebook to chat with their "English" friends. Then there were the Japanese High School girls of Shibuya... (plug alert)Well if you want to read more you'll have to read my book "The Mobile Youth"(/plug)
You probably have a couple of kids of your own playing with their iPads and Blackberries right now. 15 years ago, companies laughed in my face when I told them youth were the "next big thing". How times have changed.
Anyway, this is my passion. I travel the world clocking up about 500,000 airmiles a year finding stories of youth mobile culture. Real life stuff. It's the kind of stuff that you can't make up and often more exciting than fiction. If you're curious about culture, travel, people and fashions, feel free to ping me a message.
http://www.GrahamDBrown.com
So excited about The Boy Kings of Texas by Domingo Martinez just got nominated for the National Book Award for non-fiction. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
Check out my article on "Rod: The Autobiography" by Rod Stewart. http://www.examiner.com/article/rod-t...
If you like my literary column please subscribe for free.
My book which is my first and based on a true story has been published since June 2012. The book is called WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME and has been a great seller on Amazon in the UK. Also very happy with the rankings in America.It has been in the top 10 in True Crime and True Account and also in the top 100 in Biography and Non Fiction.
The book is about my trip to Spain where I was wrongly arrested for arson and manslaughter and the reviews have been very pleasing.
Check out the links below if you wish:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wrong-Place-T...
http://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Place-Tim...
http://www.facebook.com/wrongplacewro...
Twitter: @davepperlmutter
Hi everyone,My new e-book has just been published for the Kindle:
Corporate Mission Possible - The Manager's Guide To A Successful Corporate Career
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
I am looking for honest reviewers/reviews. Please, contact me for a free copy.
Rob Mars
How do I go back to March 2011 to see if I posted my book in the group?
Hello all!For a biography with heart, smarts and enthusiastic 5-star reviews, my book Henry Darrow: Lightning in the Bottle. Read a FREE sample on Amazon.com through "Look inside" feature.
Thanks,
Jan
Jan Pippins
Hello I am a Wallasey Historian and Author I have several History books out on Sale.The History of Wallasey - A Small Suburb With A Large History: The Wirral Peninsula
The History of Birkenhead Bidston: The Wirral Peninsula
An Introduction to the West Wirral Coastline: Wirral Peninsula
The HitchHikers Guide to the History of the Wirral Coastline
Hector Hornsmith Diary Entries Preface To The Memoirs of Hector Hornsmith
Hi everyone, My name is Barbara Bragg and my book, DESTINATION CANCER FREE, is my story. This is on my back cover: Destination Cancer Free is an easy to read, excellent resource detailing one couple’s experience through cancer diagnosis, treatment and the year that followed.
This book reveals valuable information on beneficial products, challenging side effects, practical menus, patient specific needs and caregiver responsibilities.
Cancer is big business and if you aren’t diligent about your own care, you will get lost in the process. Nurses and doctors are people and they know what they know from education and experience, but they don’t know you. You must be your own advocate, ask questions and speak up for yourself. If possible, have a caretaker with you, to help monitor your appointments, medication and nutrition.
Read this journal and celebrate in the triumph of two people through an incredible journey reaching their destination cancer free.
It is available at AMAZON.COM and the BARNES & NOBLE website. The ISBN # is 9780988463806.
If you do read our story, I would very much appreciate your feedback. Thank you so much.
Barbara
PS: If you are on FB kindly like our page, Destination Cancer Free :)
Hi Nonfiction Folk,If you have a teen, 20 or 30 year old, give them a fun to read roadmap to life. It helps them avoid the major sandtraps along the way!
Trust Your Radar: Honest Advice For Teens and Young Adults from a Surgeon, Firefighter, Police Officer, Scuba Divemaster, Golfer, and Amateur Comedian
by CB Brooks, MD
Real-life advice filled with memorable, fun stories.
Hi folks! Our book is "Which One Am I?" a hybrid memoir about my husband Darrell's life growing up with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Here's my blurb: There are at least 16 personalities inside James Darrell Williams. But who is he really? And why? “Which One Am I?” is a singular story about universal truths, horrors and grace. Setting their work apart from other memoirs, the authors explore the nature of family and how Darrell – and all of us -- are shaped by culture, history and geography. After two years of research, Darrell and his partner Thomas Smith dug deeply into family secrets, Southern culture and Darrell’s own psyche to explore portrayals of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) in popular culture and the psychiatric community, linking them with the events that made Darrell the man he is.
www.WhichOneAmI.net
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Aaron