A Beckoning from Paradise
by Dr. Robert E McGinnis
Fiction
Book 40

Product Description
Dr. Robert E McGinnis has been writing books for over thirty years. All of his books are intended to offer motivation and entertainment to the reader. This latest group of books, called the Paradise Series are each totally fictional with a hint of reality. There are five books in this series and A Beckoning From Paradise is the first. Dr. McGinnis graduated from Southern Illinois University with a BS in education and his Doctorate from Nova Southern University. He spent almost thirty years teaching school and retired from that noble occupation to complete these books which were conceived years back. The books in this series are: 1. A Beckoning From Paradise 2. Secrets Of Paradise 3. Paradise Is Where you Find It 4. Paradise Grows 5. Raised In Paradise.

A Cry From The Heart
by Lawrence McGrath
Non-Fiction
Book 39

Book Description
A Cry From the Heart gives readers a unique and powerful perspective on the origins of strife in the world and its relationship to our ability to think critically. Our ability to perceive our beliefs and discern facts, and to know the difference between the two, constitutes each of our personal worldviews, the paradigms through which we interpret the world. Colored by mindsets about the nature of truth which we inherit from past generations, our paradigms can get muddled and confused, leading to misunderstanding, dogma, and strife. Nowhere is this muddle and strife more evident than in organized religions, whose leaders cannot resolve their own logical dogmas about God. Lawrence has written a book that presents concrete ideas on how we can regain our balance, as a world, to find harmony, peace, and our human compassion. A Cry From the Heart is a clarion call to everyone who is tired of miscommunication, strife, doctrine, and spin-doctors.

About the Author
Lawrence McGrath is a father of six, with fifteen grandchildren. He is a former marine fighter pilot, trial lawyer, prosecutor, abstracter, and realtor. Lawrence was also a college professor and college president. In business he presided over two savings and loans and managed six other companies with sales of 1-120 million. He and his wife Raffy live in Sandestin, Florida.

Stolen Dreams
by Elizabeth Mueller
Non-Fiction
Book 38

Product Description
Jean Sanders' peaceful world is shattered one sunny Florida day when disaster strikes. Her loving husband, to whom she was devoted, may not have been devoted to her. And now he was dead. Secrets surface and mysterious individuals enter her life, some apparently with intentions of killing her. She and her faithful assistant try to unravel the mystery of why someone wants to harm her. A life dominated by efforts to conceive a child now becomes a life focused on loving other people's children and building her career. She dodges a shadowy threat that continues to haunt her. Lonely, she tries to find someone who will love her, someone she can trust. But the odds seem to be against her when, unexpectedly, a young woman appears on her doorstep with a tale that threatens to, once again, turn her world upside down.

The Silent Man
by Alex Berenson
Fiction
Book 37

Book Description
Alex Berenson's The Faithful Spy was declared "one of the best spy stories ever told" (The Wall Street Journal), and The Ghost War "mesmerizing . . . an extraordinary achievement. Wells is a complex blend of smarts, scars, cynicism and wile. And the book's imaginings seem not so much 'ripped from the headlines' as eerily destined to be set in type for tomorrow's" (The News & Observer). Berenson's third novel, however, is his most masterful yet.

It isn't easy to steal warheads from the heart of Russia's nuclear complex in Mayak. It requires a great deal of money, coordination, ingenuity, and sleight-of-hand, and just a touch of luck. But if you're determined enough, anything is possible.

It's been a rough few years for CIA agent John Wells. The undercover work in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the attack on the United States, the Chinese plot that could have led to war. Wells is exhausted, and his nights filled with disturbing dreams. But he knows he has no time for that. He has made many enemies, and the world won't stay quiet for long.

Nevertheless, Wells is not prepared for what is about to happen. He and his colleague -- and fiance -- Jennifer Exley are driving into work when traffic comes to a standstill, due to accidents on both bridges into Washington. A pretty big coincidence, he thinks, beginning to get a bad feeling -- a feeling that only gets worse when he spots the red motorcycle zooming up between cars toward him. Before the day is over, several people will be dead or severely injured, Exley among them, and Wells will be a man possessed.

The attackers are Russian, and it is to Russia that Wells must follow the trail. He finds what he's looking for -- but also a great deal more. A plan of almost unimaginable consequences is in motion, and Wells has no idea if he has discovered it in time. The last few years have been rough indeed, but the next few weeks will be much, much worse.

Real-world threats, authentic details, a scenario as dramatic as it is chillingly plausible, Alex Berenson's new novel is another "timely reminder of the extremely precarious way we live now." (The Washington Post).

Digital Engagement: Internet Marketing That Captures Customers and Builds Intense Brand Loyalty
by Leland Harden & Bob Heyman
Non-Fiction
Book 36

Product Description
In an age of overwhelming Internet competition and rampant takeovers, marketers face the very real challenge of understanding how to engage customers online. Leland Harden and Bob Heyman, online marketing pioneers and authors of the popular book Net Results, team up again to teach marketers how to use search engine optimization, affiliate marketing, and all of the Web 2.0 tools they need to compete in the digital marketplace. Filled with up-to-date information on the best venues for online marketing, as well as explanations of social networking, virtual worlds, widgets, wikis, and emerging media, Digital Engagement shows marketers how to:

• stop burning money on web advertising campaigns that don't deliver
• tweak websites to improve conversions and traffic flow
• master proven strategies for consumer-generated media to generate buzz and improve brand recognition.

Featuring case studies from companies like Toyota and Tommy Hilfiger as well as lists of key vendors for online marketing software, this is the only book that offers a truly comprehensive guide to all of the new online marketing tools.

Anything But a Dog!: The perfect pet for a girl with congenital CMV (cytomegalovirus)
by Lisa Saunders
Non-Fiction
Book 35

Book Description
"I congratulate Lisa on producing a very good piece of work," says Gail J Demmler-Harrison, MD, Director of the Congenital CMV Disease Registry and Research Program, Baylor College of Medicine. Lisa Saunders says "no" to her daughter Jackie's pleas for a dog, fearing it will be too rambunctious around Jackie's disabled little sister Elizabeth. But she does make her a promise she thinks will never come to pass: "If God brings a dog to our door, then you can have it." But is this dog really Heaven-sent? PLUS: The latest news on how to prevent the far-reaching but under-reported effects of congenital CMV, the #1 viral cause of birth defects-more common a cause of disabilities than Down syndrome. It also contains highly useful sections with Resources, Contacts and Support for anyone whose life is touched by CMV.

A World I Never Made
by James LePore
Fiction
Book 34

Product Description
Pat Nolan, an American man, is summoned to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter Megan, who has committed suicide. The body, however, is not Megan's and it becomes instantly clear to Pat that Megan staged this, that she is in serious trouble, and that she is calling to him for help.

This sends Pat on an odyssey that stretches across France and into the Czech Republic and that makes him the target of both the French police and a band of international terrorists. Joining Pat on his search is Catherine Laurence, a beautiful but tormented Paris detective who sees in Pat something she never thought she'd find--genuine passion and desperate need. As they look for Megan, they come closer to each other's souls and discover love when both had long given up on it.

Juxtaposed against this story is Megan's story. A freelance journalist, Megan is in Morocco to do research when she meets Abdel Lahani, a Saudi businessman. They begin a torrid affair, a game Megan has played often and well in her adult life. But what she discovers about Lahani puts her in the center of a different kind of game, one with rules she can barely comprehend. Because of her relationship with Lahani, Megan has made some considerable enemies. And she has put the lives of many--maybe even millions--at risk.

A World I Never Made is an atmospheric novel of suspense with brilliantly drawn characters and back-stories as compelling as the plot itself. It is the kind of novel that resonates deeply and leaves its traces long after you turn the final page.

Winter in Madrid: A Novel
by C. J. Sansom
Fiction
Book 33

From Publishers Weekly
The playing fields of Rookwood did little to prepare reluctant spy Harry Brett for the moral no man's land of post-Civil War Spain that awaits him in this cinematic historical thriller from British author Sansom (Sovereign). But those halcyon days have made him one of the few people likely to win the confidence of fellow old boy Sandy Forsyth, now a shady Madrid businessman, Franco associate and object of intense curiosity to British intelligence. Despite his reservations, Brett -- whose best friend from Rookwood, Bernie Piper, disappeared in Spain a few years earlier while battling Franco with the International Brigade -- accepts the assignment as his duty, and almost as swiftly regrets it. For the Madrid he finds has become a mockery of the vibrant, hopeful place he and Bernie visited during the dawn of the Republic. As in his Matthew Shardlake mystery series set in Tudor London, Sansom deftly plots his politically charged tale for maximal suspense, all the way up to its stunning conclusion. A bestseller in the U.K., this moving opus leaves the reader mourning for the Spain that might have been -- and the England that maybe never was.

Labor Pains and Birth Stories: Essays on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Becoming a Parent
by Jessica Powers
Non-Fiction
Book 32

Product Description
The majority of men and women in the world have given birth or supported their partners through that beautiful and terrifying experience. Giving birth is a time when one s best dreams and ideas and worst fears and nightmares coalesce into a single moment of anticipation. Out of such moments come stories that reach into the deepest place of what it means to be human, what it means to be a spiritual being, what it means to love and be loved. Labor Pains and Birth Stories is a collection of stories written by ordinary men and women about the transformation, joy, hilarity and pain of childbirth.

Taking the Sea: Perilous Waters, Sunken Ships, and the True Story of the Legendary Wrecker Captains
by Dennis M. Powers
Non-Fiction
Book 31

Book Description
By the mid-19th century, an intrepid, reckless group of men ruled the ocean. Known as "wreckers," they earned their living by rescuing and raising sunken ships, even in the face of monstrous waves and fierce weather. To some, they were heroes, helping to rescue both passengers and ships with courage and skill. To others they were ruthless pirates, who exploited these shipwrecks purely for their treasure.

In Taking the Sea, Dennis M. Powers uncovers a fascinating, yet largely unknown, period in our history. Here he traces the journey of these legendary men through the story of Captain Thomas P. H. Whitelaw, the most important ship salvager of his day. From their early beginnings when needy villagers followed stricken ships in the hopes of improving their lives a little to their heyday in the early twentieth century when steamships and schooners ruled the country's transportation byways. Powers offers a compelling portrait of the wrecker captains and the dangerous lives they and their men led.

From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and the Bering Sea, we travel along with these men as they faced the savage seas to save foundering ships and frightened passengers. Beautifully written and vividly told, this is a magnificent look at the untold history of the fearless and at times mercenary men who made their living from the sea.

About the Author
DENNIS M. POWERS is the author of ten books, including the acclaimed maritime narratives Sentinel of the Seas, Treasure Ship, and The Raging Sea. He has also been featured in USA Today, on CNN, Hard Copy, Extra!, The O'Reilly Factor, and other shows. Dennis Powers lives in Ashland, Oregon.