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Puzzling People: The Labyrinth of the Psychopath

by Thomas Sheridan As well-researched as a scholarly work, yet written with the immediacy and accessibility of a layman, Puzzling People is a first-person account of the cheats, the charlatans, the liars, the neglectful parents, abusive teachers, two-faced politicians and … Continue reading

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Standing Under Freedom: A Foundation For Personal Empowerment

by TheAntiTerrorist Dealing with the police. Disaster preparedness basics. The business of marriage and the absurdity of licensing what should be private. How and why the government can claim your children and what you can do to avoid this. The … Continue reading

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Handcrafted Ebooks: Portable Formatting for ePub and Kindle with Free, Multi-platform Tools

by Huw Thomas Written for the more technically-minded reader, Handcrafted Ebooks explains how to lay out ePub and Kindle ebooks using text editors, XHTML, CSS, and other free multi-platform tools. Packed with code snippets and sample output, the book documents … Continue reading

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Ghost Tree

by Bill Deasy “Ghost Tree… reunite the band…” These deathbed words set in motion a series of events no one could have predicted. Loves are found, lost roads rediscovered and long-buried mysteries are solved – some of them on national … Continue reading

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Traveling Clothes

by Bill Deasy On a bitter January night twenty years ago, Beverly Moon disappeared from the home she shared with her husband and daughter in the idyllic river town of Fairmont, Pennsylvania. When present-day writer/bartender Will Jameson gets wind of … Continue reading

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Gerard’s Herbal: Selections from the 1533 Enlarged and Amended Edition

The General History of Plants by John Gerard and Thomas Johnson Gerard’s Herbal, or The Generall Historie of Plantes, is the fourth gathering in 400 years, in a line of descent from the original folio, the 1633 edition enlarged & … Continue reading

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Hamlet

Hamlet  From the Velluminous Shakespeare Series An uncluttered presentation of Hamlet, typeset as poetry to bring the Bard’s immortal voice to the fore (much as it would have been in the original manuscript) and free of distracting extrania and over-busy … Continue reading

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The Toymaker

Literary Fiction by John Ballam A young man investigating his father’s untimely death. A woman’s initials, carved in an ancient tree. A half-forgotten hex sign revealing a crooked path. An Appalachian community that closes ranks to preserve its secrets. A … Continue reading

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Male Chastity: A Guide for Keyholders

by Lucy Fairbourne Adults Only! A non-threatening, female-friendly introduction to the topic of male chastity, ideal for nervous keyholders or as a love-offering from a would-be-chastened male. Read an Excerpt (pdf) Paperback available on amazon.com amazon.co.uk Also available as an … Continue reading

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Conflicting Desires

Notes on the Craft of Writing Erotic Stories by Han Li Thorn Storytelling qualities such as plot and character development often take a back seat in erotic fiction–and why shouldn’t they? The reader picks up a dirty book for one … Continue reading

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