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I went to see author Sylvia Browne on her farewell tour, sponsored by her publisher, Hay House. While I've been to a few book signings, this was an event, and I wanted to observe the orchestration of it as well as learn more about a prolific author turned celebrity. Advertising for this event began last fall via the Hay House newsletter.
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The Shimmer (Vanguard Press, ISBN 9781593155377, Hardcover, 352pp) is an engrossing and suspense packed thriller from the pen of Rambo creator, David Morrell. Set in and around the fictional Rostov, Texas, The Shimmer's about mysterious lights in the sky near the small town. Are they so much more than they appear to be or just some geological anomaly as...
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Dan Burns’ memoir- “Saving Ben: A Father’s Story of Autism” has struck a chord in the autism community. It is no surprise that the book has reached Amazon Sales Rank as #1 Special Needs category in September 2009-the story touches readers on many levels. Obviously it is sad that Ben...
Book Excerpt: Broken Whole by Keith Adams
I have always been strongly compelled to organize, categorize and understand every piece of information in my life. Now, as I felt my mind expanding infinitely in all directions the flood of ideas through my brain was becoming almost impossible to handle.
I was, for the moment, still...
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