Lindsay Chandler is a complicated woman caught in the shallow society of Manhattan’s snooty Upper East Side social X-rays in this funny and deliciously naughty take on the boy-next-door story certain to appeal to the 21^st century female.

This witty and inspirational novel follows the love-struck Lindsay, a multi-tasking, working wife and mother, on an infatuation-turned-obsession for her upstairs neighbor – a man she recently met on the elevator. Hers is an aspiration filled with hope and wonder, warmth and wanton lust.

Life is perfect on the outside for Lindsay: Handsome attorney husband, two healthy children, friends, a job with flexibility and a beautiful New York City home. Then one day on the elevator of her posh luxury high-rise, she meets “The Man Upstairs,” and becomes convinced that he is the perfect one.

Her friends try to tell her, “Perfect men only exist in online dating profiles.”

Nonetheless determined not to become a member of the Lonely Wives Club, Lindsay devises Plan B, a practical strategy to change herself, maintain her new friendship and improve her life.

But can a girl who actually eats cheeseburgers with fries make this happen on the Upper East Side without counting calories?

Readers of this book will discover the secrets of survival and the thrill and humor of falling in love in the most exciting city in the world, and perhaps come away from it with a Plan B for winning at life of their own.

In the tradition of Sex and the City, Bridget Jones’s Diary and The Ivy Chronicles, Size Eight in a Size Zero World is the contemporary story of a good girl who is trying to do the right thing and the wrong thing at the same time, while remaining true to herself, whoever that is.

About the Author

Accidental author Meredith Cagen, a New York City resident, has drawn on a storehouse of personal experience in writing this exciting, unpredictable, and yet believable, adventure in romance.

“My debut novel is fiction based on my reality as an Upper East Side working wife and mother. Surrounded by seemingly picture-perfect, double-processed blonde mannequins dressed in look-alike designer clothes, with their honor roll children and bland husbands who lead extraordinary lives, I found myself wondering whether ‘having it all’ means giving up the most important thing: your uniqueness.

I have become an unofficial commentator on lifestyles while observing this search for personal perfection in a world devoid of passion. Where else do women compete to position themselves with such vicious intensity?”

Media Contact Information

To arrange an interview, or request a review copy or additional information:

Meredith Cagen (212) 289-2880; (212) 860-9005.

info@meredithcagen.com, mcagen@gmail.com

www.meredithcagen.com, www.sizezeroworld.com

Romance for a married woman with children?  by accidental author Meredith Cagen

Comedic Biting NYC Social Commentary Novel:  Size Eight in a Size Zero World

Love or Loyalty?  Lust or Loneliness?

Life seemed perfect until she met him in the elevator of her Upper East Side luxury high rise building.  She affectionately refers to him as “The Man Upstairs.” Like many females, Lindsay Chandler has everything she thought she ever wanted:  Handsome attorney husband, two healthy children, job with flexibility, beautiful New York City home, and friends.

Imagine after 10 years of marriage, this multi-tasking phenom starts to revolt against her status quo.  Fed up being surrounded by double processed pampered size zero Manhattan socialites at her children’s schools and ignored by her husband. This disgruntled working wife and mother develops s romantic crush on The Man Upstairs.  He is the perfect man.  Ah, if only that was true.

Can a girl who enjoy cheeseburgers with fries find happiness in a fulfilling relationship?

In the tradition of Sex and the City, Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Ivy Chronicles, and The Devil Wears Prada, Size Eight in a Size Zero World, is a modern-day story of a good girl who is trying to do the right thing while remaining true to herself.

About The Author

“This is a fictional story but based in my reality as an Upper East Side working wife and mother. Living in Manhattan I am surrounded by seemingly picture perfect double-processed blonde women in designer clothes with honor roll children, indulgent husbands leading extraordinary lives. These days the pressure on women to be perfect, comes from all directions.  No one fat is ever photographed seriously for Page Six. Does having it all mean you give up your uniqueness?”

www.sizezeroworld.com

Media Contact

To arrange an interview, or request additional information

Meredith Cagen 212 289-2880

212 860-9005

mcagen@gmail.com

sizezeroworld@gmail.com

Maid of Heaven: The Story of Saint Joan of Arc is a best selling biography about the incomparable and legendary Saint Joan of Arc.  Now with the help of Google Books a limited number of pages can be previewed providing everyone with glimpse of the unique nature of this particular book about Saint Joan of Arc.  Every page in Maid of Heaven contains unique drawings depicting the life of Joan that accentuate the beauty and understanding of the poetic verse contained within.  There are also seventeen full page pictures of Joan of Arc covering many of the major events of her life.

Once people get a chance to preview Maid of Heaven they have a much better understanding of why the book has been hailed by Joan of Arc experts across the world as a must read.  Chris Snidow, the leader of five Joan of Arc Pilgrimages in France, proclaimed:  “I’ve read many books about France’s Patron Saint, Joan of Arc, but never seen one like Maid of Heaven . . . Mr. Kennedy does an amazing job of putting such a lyrical story into captivating lyrical form.”  Virginia Frohlick of the St. Joan of Arc Center in Albuquerque, NM, explained how she “devoured it in one sitting” and “was impressed by his clever English prose that was able to combine actual historical fact and the words spoken by Joan of Arc herself.”  Sergio Vargas of San Cristobal Antiques Fine Art called Maid of Heaven:  “An epic flash back that watered my eyes. . . I did not expect this breathtaking story.”

This digital preview of Maid of Heaven at Google Books is an opportunity for people everywhere to see exactly what all the experts have been raving about.

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New-technology publisher promises traditional, top-quality reading, and the amusing as well as poignant stories collected in “THE GUARDSMAN OF MURRAY HILL” are on the bookshelves NOW!

New York, 1st September, 2009

Famous and not-so-famous patrons of the New York saloon “The Guardsman of Murray Hill” reveal many outrageous secrets in R.M. Gibson’s first re-telling of stories originally jotted down by the late industrialist Paul Lanier.

The Black Leaf Publishing Group publishes the extraordinary stories collected by the late Paul Lanier, who observed with keen eyes and ears life itself as well as fellow regulars at his favourite New York saloon. Author R.M. Gibson, Paul Lanier’s life-long friend, resurrects so far unpublished manuscripts and “The Guardsman of Murray Hill” is the first of five books to be published.

New Yorker Paul Lanier was a multi-facetted man whose varied career included paratrooper, corporate executive, consultant, entrepreneur and author. He met his colourful characters in ‘The Guardsman’, a saloon in the Murray Hill district of New York City. Even though the identities of the protagonists had to remain anonymous, their stories are true confidences collected in an atmosphere of slightly inebriated and friendly conviviality.

Quote from ‘The Guardsman of Murray Hill’:

“`[...] so the Guardsman became one of the places that Wren and Bobby used to supply their unceasing need for sex partners. At the same time, Wren “worked” maybe ten or twelve places on a regular basis. The Guardsman, however, was especially fruitful for them because of the sizeable number of regulars and their diversity.”

A spokesperson for Black Leaf said, “The characters range from highly amusing to downright bizarre, events that unfold are sometimes funny, sometimes tragic and more often than not border on the outrageous. ‘The Guardsman’ is a saloon that could have inspired the television programme ‘Cheers’. You will meet an English poet working as a janitor, an inventor without any entrepreneurial skills, read a hilarious story behind a curious needlepoint hanging and much, much more.”

From a reader: “I enjoyed this book as I could ‘dip in and dip out’.  I admired the skill of the author in his close observations of his characters and his ability to produce laughter, feelings of poignancy and anger in the reader.”

The author, Paul Lanier’s lifelong friend, R. M. Gibson, has himself led a colourful life.  After serving on a minesweeper during the Korean conflict and graduating from Indiana University he began his career working for the California company which built the Apollo Spacecraft, later going on to work in oil, basic metals and executive search businesses. He and his wife now live in Europe. For more information see his website: http://rmgibson.com. For more copies of his book contact the publishers – www.blackleafpublishing.com.

The Black Leaf Publishing Group has been established with a mission : to bring ‘old-fashioned’ top-quality reading to new audiences by employing economically-viable new publishing and printing methods. The Black Leaf Publishing Group also offer new as well as established authors the opportunity to receive individual attention and ‘tender-loving care’ in the traditional way from a dedicated team whose passion is the written word.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Airline pilot and author Tom Sylvester’s third suspense novel, The Bernoulli Award, has been published and is now available at Amazon.com and Target.com.  The book is also available in a Kindle (digital) edition.  “I have been very pleased with the early reader response to my new book,” Sylvester says.  “I always want to give a fair chance to my readers.  About ten percent figure out the ending, which is the number I had hoped for.”

“Tom has done it again!  Bernoulli Award is the fast paced, action packed thriller we’ve come to expect from Tom and I just can’t wait until they turn it into a movie.  Like many of his fans we’re already looking forward to his next novel.”  R. Hensley, Florida

SYNOPSIS: Three years ago, brilliant student Steve Brinkley was dismissed in disgrace from M.I.T. and charged with numerous federal crimes for a naive mistake in judgment. It made national news for days.  The charges were eventually dropped, but the damage had been done: no other reputable school would touch him. Eventually a small college in southern Illinois gave him a second chance and now he hopes to salvage his reputation by winning an engineering competition sponsored by a major aerospace company.  Together, he and three other students create and patent a new manufacturing process which will undoubtedly revolutionize all manufacturing worldwide. But the college, the aerospace company, and a third entity all lay claim to the patent and an ownership rights battle erupts.   At the height of the controversy, one of the students is brutally murdered and the only suspect appears to be Steve. Worse, when the authorities link Steve with his past sins, he can no longer turn himself in. His only chance is to find the real killer before the authorities find him.

Sample text, contact information, and a video summary are available at www.HotBlackTruck.com.

As the rate of child obesity continues to increase, it is time to help kids learn how to make nutritious decisions.

The K-5 200 page USDA based Nutrition EZ book is finally available!

This wonderful and engaging standard based resource provides great ideas on incorporating nutrition education within the core curriculum.   Additionally, in this day of teacher directed curriculum, NUTRITION EZ gives kids many opportunities to be involved in the learning process; measuring the amount of sugar in popular beverages and food items, reenacting the milling process to learn the difference between whole and refined grains, and measuring the circumference of delicious produce all the while understanding the healthy benefits of specific nutrients are just the beginning!

NUTRITION EZ is for parents and teachers who wish to instill healthy life long habits in children who are constantly influenced by less healthy food options from media, schools, and fast foods.

Nutrition EZ has quickly become popular with teachers such as Kim Giorgio who with bounds of energy stated, “nutrition has become my students’ most favorite subject in my class.  Building 3D food pyramids, sanding whole grains, playing fat detective, measuring grams of sugar, and tasting healthy fruit and vegetables keeps them engaged.  All the while they forget they are practicing core skills in reading, writing and math.  This book has helped me make education more engaging and fun for my students.  Nutrition EZ truly is a must for every teacher and parent!”

To learn more about Nutrition EZ, please go to www.nutritionez.org.

Media coverage on this book can be viewed on the following site. To view media coverage on this book, please go to:
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“Spring crept softly… almost furtively, into the western realms of Falanholme that year. For still, the bitter, icing winds from off the grey, flinty mountains tugged and whimpered about the tree-tops that surrounded the old Algethi Garrison of Calverstock, deep in the forest of the Delvlings that bordered the Kingdom of Lorenfalu. The fragile Moonflower buds were only now beginning to struggle bravely from the woodland floor through the last of the winter snows that lay all melting into spidery islands, creating a soft, green and white patchwork amidst the trees.”

So begins “A BRIGHT AND SHINING LAND”… the first book of a new Epic Fantasy Trilogy titled “THE ETERNAL WATCHTOWER.”

Just when we thought that there would never be another decent Epic Fantasy that wasn’t just one more Tolkien or Conan rip-off, here comes the first part of a Trilogy that doesn’t revolve around Elves, or Sword and Sorcery.
With J. K. Rowling completing The Harry Potter series, and the effective closing of The Middle Earth saga with the publication of Tolkien’s CHILDREN OF HURIN; readers are searching for something new and exciting… and this could well be it.

A BRIGHT, AND SHINING LAND stands out  from the “New Generation” of Fantasy Novels…  the author, D.W. Mace has created a world that will entertain and excite readers without suffocating them with great tracts of description. His world is suggested; rather than visually rammed down the throat. This is classic, old-time narrative, where the reader uses his imagination to visualise the great sweeping landscapes that his characters inhabit. The author has created a world which is not so very different to that, which ours might well have been, in the far distant, forgotten past.
The story is, as one would expect; another facet of the “Good versus Evil” scenario. but, It’s really refreshing to find an author who is not afraid to sacrifice a few central characters along the way. This is indeed, quite a change from the usual immortal heroes and heroines; and, there is real humanity in these characters.
Although this first book is effectively, a scene-setter for the complete Trilogy;  it really is a page-turner. You get immersed in the plot, and can never be really certain that the good guys will actually survive.
For a first novel, this is impressive stuff;  the author hasn’t padded it out with generic cotton wool and cliches, just to lengthen the plot. The sub-plots merge seamlessly into the whole, and the basic premise of imagining the reader is actually listening to the story being read, as it unfolds from the pages, is unusual, but very effective.

A BRIGHT, AND SHINING LAND is filled with romance, vicious battles; ever-creeping evil, and believable, constrained magic.

If you are a devotee of Middle-Earth-style adventure, then this book is for you.

A BRIGHT, AND SHINING LAND is published by the Arts Council supported YouWriteOn. com, and Legend Press; the UK’s youngest-run, mainstream fiction publisher; and is available in online bookstores, including Amazon worldwide, The Book Depository. com. Alibris, etc.  Check out the author’s blog at: http://calladhor.blogspot.com/

Book Details:
# Author: D.W.Mace.
# Paperback: 284 pages
# Publisher: YouWriteOn; 1st edition (June 13, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1849238162
# ISBN-13: 978-1849238168
# Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
# Price: $12.99 (USD.) £7.99 (GBP.)

22 June 2009, Rowland Heights, Calif., USA – Chinese SATs are only held during November.  A children’s Chinese bookstore is reminding high school students  to prepare as early as now.

ChildBook.com reminds high school students that the Chinese SAT II this year will only be held on November 9, 2009.  To assist the young people to get exemplary scores for the test, ChildBook is making available a reviewer set, the  “Chinese SAT II”.

The SAT Subject Test in Chinese is an 85-item multiple choice test that measure a student’s knowledge of the Chinese language.  Students who have 2 to 4 years of Chinese instruction and practice are encouraged to take the test.

The “Chinese SAT II” reviewer is compiled by the Association of Northern California of Chinese Schools.  Practice tests for reading, listening and usage are included.  The reviewer set contains 2 books and 2 audio CDs.  It also contains tips on how to score high in the SAT II.

ChildBook is accommodating the demand for reviewers this summer break as the long vacation is the perfect time for young people to review. At this time, school work load is much lighter compared to when simultaneously studying and reviewing during the academic year.

The SATs measure the proficiency of high school students in different subject areas.  Almost all colleges and universities in the US consider SAT scores in the admission process.

Deadline of registration for taking the SAT Subject Test in Chinese is on October 9, 2009.  Contact your local College Board office for more details.

Contact:
Ray Ritchey
ray@childbook.com,
Tel. 909-595-8882

About ChildBook
http://www.childbook.com is an online Learn-Chinese bookstore for children.  Since 1997, ChildBook has been helping kids and their families get the Chinese advantage with its bilingual English-Chinese books, videos, songs and other educational materials.  ChildBook also offers free learning resources for kids and teaching guides for parents and teachers.

June 11, 2009 – Rowland Heights, Ca., USA – A Chinese bookstore for kids is pleased to make available for all Chinese language readers Chinese Harry Potter books before the movie is shown in July this year.

ChildBook.com is carrying the Chinese translations of Harry Potter 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and other books in the series. Since summer vacation is up, students of Chinese can read the Chinese Harry Potter 6 before the movie comes out on July 7 this year.

Practice reading of Chinese using the Harry Potter book series are guaranteed to be exciting. Basic-level readers of Chinese are encouraged to try reading the Chinese Harry Potter books. Mom or dad, or a Chinese-English dictionary, will come in handy.

Harry Potter 6 revolves around Harry Potter finding the different Horcruxes that shelter splintered parts of Voldemort’s soul. As the war of the wizards continue, romance also blossoms between the teen-age wizards of Hogwarts. See if Harry will be able to round up all Horcruxes before Voldemort conquers the wizard world.

ChildBook assures all Chinese Harry Potter books are authentic JK Rowling books, supplied by a reputable Taiwan dealer. Customers are assured of ChildBook’s 100% money-back guarantee in this regard.

Chinese Harry Potter book bundle, containing all 7 Harry books, come in either Simplified or Traditional Chinese.

ChildBook.com has been offering high quality Learn-Chinese materials for children since 1997. The store aims to help kids enjoy learning and practicing Chinese with stories, videos, songs and more.

NOW AVAILABLE through WHSmith, Waterstones, Amazon worldwide and other stores.

444 pages

ISBN: 1849238901

Synopsis:

For twenty years civil war has torn the Empire apart; the Imperial line extinguished as the mad Emperor Quintus burned in his palace, betrayed by his greatest general. Against a background of war, decay, poverty and violence, men who once served in the proud Imperial army now fight as mercenaries, hiring themselves to the greediest lords.

On a hopeless battlefield that same general, now a mercenary captain tortured by the events of his past, stumbles across hope in the form of a young man begging for help. Kiva is forced to face more than his dark past as he struggles to put his life and the very Empire back together. The last scion of the Imperial line will change Kiva forever.

Excerpt from Interregnum:

“the man continued forward, his two weapons

“the man continued forward, his two weapons ready and swinging as he moved. Athas stood still, arms remaining folded. Quintillian tugged on the medic’s arm.

“This isn’t good” he said urgently. “Why isn’t the captain helping?”

Mercurias grinned back at him.

“He doesn’t need any help. Can’t you see that?”

The large man finally broke his slow advance and ran at Athas, the mace high and ready to drop and the sword jutting forwards at chest height. Athas continued to stand until the last moment, when he shifted his weight slightly to the left, stepped forward inside the reach of the blade and, unfolding his arms, jammed the fork he’d been holding into the man’s throat. The momentum carried the two forward a couple more paces, the fork tearing skin as the movement jarred them both. As they stopped, the big man stared down in shock and the weapons toppled from his hands. He reached both arms toward Athas, who merely waggled the fork, still buried in the man’s neck. His other finger waved in front of the enemy as though scolding a naughty child.

“Ah Ah. Play nice” he said sweetly.

The big man’s hands dropped slowly to his sides. Athas smiled at him.

“I’m now going to remove the fork” he said slowly and clearly. “You’re going to have to reach up very quickly and grasp your throat to prevent too much blood loss. After that you’re going to leave. We have a medic in the corner, but I doubt he’ll feel inclined to help you.”

Mercurias laughed as Athas continued. “I noticed an apothecary on the way into town. If you can get there without too much blood loss, you’ll be alright, but it’ll cost you a packet and you may never speak again, coz I think I touched your voice box. Be happy. I could have stuck your windpipe. Ready?”

The big man, a stunned and stupefied look on his face, nodded, causing him to wince as a fresh gout of blood pumped out around the fork.

“Go!”

Athas removed the utensil with a bold, sweeping stroke and a great quantity of dark blood splashed onto the floor. A fraction of a second later, Jorun was out of the tavern, one hand clutching his throat very tight. The sergeant bent down and gingerly, trying to avoid the bulk of the blood, picked the two weapons up from where they lay. He tossed the mace onto the bar.

“Sell it to pay for the cleaning” he said loudly.

Synopsis:

For twenty years civil war has torn the Empire apart; the Imperial line extinguished as the mad Emperor Quintus burned in his palace, betrayed by his greatest general. Against a background of war, decay, poverty and violence, men who once served in the proud Imperial army now fight as mercenaries, hiring themselves to the greediest lords.

On a hopeless battlefield that same general, now a mercenary captain tortured by the events of his past, stumbles across hope in the form of a young man begging for help. Kiva is forced to face more than his dark past as he struggles to put his life and the very Empire back together. The last scion of the Imperial line will change Kiva forever.

—— Excerpt from Interregnum ——

NOW AVAILABLE through WHSmith, Waterstones, Amazon worldwide and other stores.

440 pages

Buy at Waterstones (£8.99 – free delivery)

Buy at Amazon US: $13.99

ISBN: 1849238901

Synopsis:

It is 58 BC and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in Northern Italy , prepare for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar.

Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar’s. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of Gaul .

Fronto is about to discover that politics can be as dangerous as battle, that old enemies can be trusted more than new friends, and that standing close to such a shining figure as Caesar, even the most ethical of men risk being burned.

—— Excerpt from Marius’ Mules ——

“Priscus raised his head to make out what was happening and saw one of the three remaining warriors, who had rescued shields from among the dead Romans, making straight for him in the press. It was always a dangerous situation; Centurions led from the front, and their high visibility made them an obvious target. The Centurionate bore a ridiculously high mortality rate, and Priscus was determined not to become just another statistic in the Legion’s paperwork. He eyed the wounded, blood-stained warrior who clutched a dagger in one hand, a large Roman shield in the other.

Reaching out, he gripped the shaft of a standard that one of his Signifers held.

“Give me that.”

The Signifer relinquished the tall, heavy and unwieldy standard reluctantly. It was an honour, though a dangerous one, to carry the standard.

Swinging the weighted pole above the heads of the men, he brought it down and angled it like a spear. Indeed, there was a spear head on the very tip, above the golden laurel wreath. Bracing himself, he pulled it back. The barbarian sneered and held the large shield over his torso, looking over the top in the manner of a Legionary, and picked up pace into a charge. The Legionaries held back. Though they could probably have tackled the barbarian, none of his men would dare dishonour the Primus Pilus like that. The barbarian pushed the shield out forward to ward off the spear head and laughed.

At the last minute, Priscus braced himself and dropped the point of the standard toward the ground. The spear point jammed deep into the lower leg of the barbarian, who stumbled and tripped, shredding his shin. As the point tore out of the side of his leg, his momentum carried him forward, pitching him into the air. He landed some yards from Priscus, and struggled to get to his feet. His right leg was useless but Priscus had to give him credit, as he managed to pull himself upright with his left, leaving the shield on the floor. He turned to face the Roman, snarling, and failed to see the swinging standard in the arms of the Primus Pilus in time. The heavy bronze and steel weight at the top of the standard smashed into the side of his head. Priscus hauled the thing upright and held it out for the Signifer to take. The man took one look at the blood-soaked spear tip and the bent and dented decoration.

“I hope you’re not going to try and take that out of my pay, sir.”

The Search for Truth, the third book in the Erec Rex fantasy series will begin appearing on bookstore shelves nationwide June 30, 2009.

(Cincinnati, Ohio, May 20, 2009)- The Search for Truth begins with Erec being faced with even more daunting tasks, choices and dangers than before. Not only does the latest contest to become king appear to be a suicide mission, but it means more than just winning the crown of Alypium. If Erec doesn’t succeed, then Upper Earth could disappear forever. So Erec must set out to retrieve the five Awen from their mystical hiding places and unite them, a herculean undertaking that has laid waste to all those who have attempted it before him. Before this can be completed, Erec will have to put a great friend in mortal danger and decide if that friend’s life is worth the survival of Upper Earth. To succeeded, he must face inner battles, passions, friendships, deadly missions and daring risks in this breathtaking adventure.

Nickelodeon’s daily sitcom Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide popular star, Devon Werkheiser (a.k.a Ned), says, “I have been a big fan of Kaza’s books since her first one, but her third, The Search for Truth, is amazing. It is hilarious, spellbinding, and heartwarming all at the same time. I could not put it down, straight through to the jaw-dropping ending. Everyone will love this book!”

All of Kaza’s Erec Rex Books have been on the bestselling lists. She has received multiple highlighting reorganizations including ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, Best Children’s Fiction Award (USA Book News.com), Borders Original Voices pick December, Bill Fisher Best New Book Award, multiple Benjamin Franklin Awards and she was nominated for the Cyblis Award.

Kaza has recently joined forces with Simon & Schuster. They have rereleased the first and second books, The Dragon’s Eye and The Monsters of Otherness and are looking forward to the release of The Search for Truth. Her books are also being published in multiple languages and are found all over the world.

For more information you can visit the series website at www.erecrex.com.

Additional information contact Danielle Brodowski

Publicist for Kaza Kingsley

614.499.0838 or erecrex.danielle@gmail.com

A new book is coming out by an unknown author Munish Ghai, called

“Changing Your Mind Set in Changing Times”. Munish demonstrates how we are able to take and turn around the problems that each of us face. By changing the way we think and do things, however we can learn to readjust ourselves and make adjustments to our lives for the better.

This book takes us step by step through the process of our hopes, dreams and plans for the futures. Munish shows us how to create more abundance in our life.

How to make a surefire plan for success. More important is showing us how to pull from within, the best of ourselves, even in hard times.

Can you imagine, by just taking a few minutes a day out of our busy lives; to stop and reevaluate what we can change for the better that day, what we would accomplish?

Our own “Mind Set”, can be changed and by doing so, the outcome will also change.

This is what the book teaches us.

Munish came to the U.S. from his homeland in India, but has made this Country his new home. Before settling here in Fresno, he traveled all across the Country, meeting people and learning about this great Country. He believes that all people have the means to better themselves and can do it by changing the way they think.

March 15, 2009 – Fort Worth, Texas – With the controversy surrounding American immigration policy and the continuing violence and chaos brought on by the Mexican drug trade, Jeffrey Osburn has written a novel that could very well have been written in today’s headlines.

Under the Fifth Sun (StoneGarden Publishing, 1-60076-128-3) began years ago, with Osburn’s interest in Mexican history and contemporary culture. Having studied both pre- and post-Colombian history and the cultural anthropology of Latin America, he searched for a way to dramatize the historical and current issues that make Mexico the source of fascination it has always been for Osburn.

The book is populated by a Customs and Border Protection agent caught up in international intrigue, the colorful directors of an up-and-coming defense contractor, two cousins who illegally enter the U.S. seeking jobs, the ambitious and nefarious leader of the Sonora Drug Cartel, and a newly elected Mexican president embroiled in a bitter political rivalry, all intersecting in a fast-paced plot feeding off today’s issues.

The author and business executive leverages his personal and professional experience to create realistic fiction that is both engaging and enlightening. His novels use contemporary hot-button topics to challenge and inform readers about the mutual interests at stake in the Americas including border security, immigration reform, drug and human trafficking and the emergence of popular socialism. Osburn wrote most of Under the Fifth Sun in two to three hour blocks each night over the course of a year. Fortunately, he was able to coax out of retirement an experienced copy editor—his mother—for a few days to put the final touches on the galleys before printing.

Jeffrey Osburn is a member of the Writers League of Texas and lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife Rosalinda, their daughter Ashley and son Travis. Under the Fifth Sun can be ordered online at Amazon.com and Stonegarden.net.

Review copies and interviews upon request.

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A first-time author whose  novel had still not appeared two months after the promised launch date is now celebrating double publishing success.

When his book Tasting the Wind failed to appear at Christmas, Allan Mayer, 48, contacted his publisher YouWriteOn to find that difficulties with reproducing the book’s cover were jeopardising its publication.

‘I was really disappointed,’ said Allan, ‘as my wife and I had designed the cover ourselves. I was offered another one, but I wasn’t very impressed with it. It was also starting to get embarrassing, as people who had seen earlier press releases had started to go into W.H. Smiths only to be told that the book wasn’t on their system.’

In the meantime Allan, who manages a day service for people with severe learning disabilities, began to submit articles to an online ‘collaborative fiction’ experiment called Greyling Bay.

‘I wasn’t too optimistic about getting my work accepted there,’ said the writer. ‘Many of the contributors are well established novelists with a string of published works.’

But in an upturn of fortunes, Allan received an e-mail saying that his work had been accepted – the same week that he found that Tasting the Wind had surfaced on the Amazon book selling site. And thanks to the painstaking work of YouWriteOn director, Edward Smith, the book now displays the original cover.

Tasting the Wind is available on Amazon.co.uk, and can be ordered from W.H. Smiths and Waterstone’s bookshops. 50% of the author’s royalties will be donated to Derian House Children’s Hospice, Chorley.

For further details please visit www.allanmayer.com

Ears by Lehel Vandor is a memoir freshly published by Legend Press in the United Kingdom.

It is a personal journey of a Transylvanian Hungarian ethnic child of Ceausescu’s dark `70s, a teenager during the suffocating Romanian `80s, a student during the surreal `90s and an emigrant of recent years.

His journey from a world that Kafka imagined, but Ceausescu created, to a society that still fights with numerous ghosts also reveals unexpected parallels between that past totalitarianism and the disturbing transformations of his recently adopted home.

It combines the recollections of a child’s personal experiences with the subtle humour of the reminiscing adult, genuine literary craftsmanship, a gentle lyrical tone of remarkable restraint even when writing about everyday experiences one can’t even imagine to live through once.

On the other hand, it is not just a memoir of years spent during an infamous totalitarian regime – it is also a sensitive and deeply observant description of the many unexpectedly dark changes that came after the optimism that followed the Romanian Revolution of 1989.

It is a tableau of a society going through the most disorienting tectonic shifts, seen from `street level’ and in the final chapters there are revelatory parallels drawn between the author’s former and his later adopted home.

Whether the dumbing down and exquisite propaganda tactics are used by a communist dictator or, years and miles apart, a free democratic country’s government seeing itself in the second line of a so-called `War on Terror’, it becomes evident: the context and details may differ in certain methods used by radically different powers, but the essence and intent of those classic methods can be remarkably similar.

It also gives the reader the opportunity to follow the cognitive journey of a person who gradually discovers the shadier side of the things everybody craved during the communist regime: the wonders of consumerism, the apparent total freedom of speech and press, freedom of thought being streamlined into few narrow mainstream trends…

ISBN-13: 978-1849231589, available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other major book retailers.

When John Elkins Sargent left Vermont to head west in the 1860s, he starts a new family and new adventures.  Working his way to Wisconsin, he, his wife and his sons, Leonard and Jay manage to survive and thrive in the wooded wilderness.

The book Saw-Dust is a collection of recollections that includes insights into how hard work and creativity helped transform forests into towns.  If you are interested in Wisconsin history, or the lives of lumberjacks, saloon keepers, farmers, politicians, railroad workers or educators, this is the book for you.

The book was written by Leonard Sargent, Jr. and was researched by his granddaughter, Suzanne Gales.  For the most part, the stories are true, the people named were found in early census records, and newspaper archives confirmed many elements of the tales.   Some aspects of the stories could not be confirmed and there remains speculation about who or what caused the explosion and devastating fire that caused the Sargent’s to leave Laona Wisconsin and start anew.

Ex-Pantomime baddie, Allan Mayer, has pledged to give 50% of the royalties from his new novel to Lancashire Children’s Hospice, Derian House.

Allan, 47, took part in nine successive pantomimes in his home town of Chorley, in roles such as the Millennium Bug, Abanazzer, and the Sheriff of Nottingham, for which he won a NODA award. When he was an Ugly Sister in Cinderella he also raised money for Derian House through a sponsored beard shave.

Allan has lived in Chorley with his wife, Alison, who is a full-time foster carer, for over twenty years.

His novel, ‘Tasting the Wind,’ published by ‘Legend Press’ features several major characters who have severe learning disabilities. This is familiar territory for the writer, who has worked in the caring profession for twenty-two years, and is currently a manager with Brothers of Charity Services.

‘It was my intention,’ said Allan, ‘to include disabled characters not as passive bystanders, but as central to the plot.’

The novel is about what happens when a nurse in a 1970’s ‘Mental Handicap Hospital’ kills a patient, and the only two witnesses are unable to communicate what they have seen. Ten years later they leave the hospital for ‘Care in the Community,’ only to find that the same nurse is now manager in their new home. How will they alert someone to her true nature before one of them becomes her next victim?

Despite the serious nature of the subject matter, the story is one of hope, and is not without humour.

The process of writing and attempting to find a publisher for ‘Tasting the Wind’ has taken Allan over ten years.

‘I had revised the manuscript so many times,’ said Allan, ‘and received so many rejections from agents and publishers that I thought my novel would never find its way into print. Then I came across the YouWriteOn website, which is committed to giving chances to new writers, and now all of my hard work is coming to fruition.’

But the hard work doesn’t stop there. Because ‘Legend’ is a small press, they do not have the marketing ability of their larger rivals, so the writers have to do most of the promotion work for their novels themselves. Allan has been busy writing a blog, setting up a website, and adding chapters of ‘Tasting the Wind’ as an audiobook on ‘YouTube.’

‘I am keen to get my story out there,’ said Allan ‘and in doing so raise money for Derian House.’

‘Tasting the Wind’ will be available through Amazon, or can be ordered at W.H. Smiths and Waterstones. For more information visit www.allanmayer.com