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Family Merger Sampler | by John E. Jay June 18, 2013 | 7436 words | Read a sample |
| This is a selection of excerpts from my “Family Merger" series. I am giving it away free in the hope that you will buy some of the books in the series. If you buy one of my books and write a review at Smashwords I'll give you a 50% discount on any of my books. You can find my email on my website johnejay.com. Send me the review and I’ll send you a coupon good for 50% off any of my books. | ||||
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Silent but Deadly | by Alexis Kypridemos June 18, 2013 | 1304 words | Read a sample |
| Detectives Dick Tuggs and Davie Croquet get ambushed when they attempt a sneak attack on their prime suspect, Larry Fuhrer. | ||||
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Tipster | by Alexis Kypridemos June 18, 2013 | 1171 words | Read a sample |
| Detectives Tuggs and Croquet receive an anonymous tip in a strange location. | ||||
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Corpse Garden | by Ana Patrick June 18, 2013 | 8454 words | Read a sample |
| Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. In New America, the Marked are slaves to the rich. In the cruel slave system supported by the government, Juliette Monroe is Marked on her sixteenth birthday. Forced into slavery with the rest of her family and friends, Juliette works, cleaning her Master’s Corpse Garden. But when rumors of revolution rise, so does the body count. A novella. | ||||
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Le Pietre di Talarana I - L'Ombra del Tiranno anteprima gratuita | by Alessandro H. Den June 18, 2013 | 57149 words | Read a sample |
| Una Tempesta annuncia l’inizio dei cambiamenti per un mondo rimasto per quasi mille anni vittima della lotta tra l’Impero di Selthon e il Regno di Naren. Nel mezzo, a separarli, il grande Oceano Centrale. La capitale imperiale è il teatro di questi cambiamenti, un funzionario l’uomo che riceverà un bambino nel quale è riposta la speranza di liberare il pianeta da un’antica e oscura minaccia. | ||||
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Dusting Wars | by Jaleta Clegg June 18, 2013 | 1022 words | Read a sample |
| General DB and his dust army fight off a horrendous monster with the help of the outlawed Ferrous One. | ||||
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Seecrets | by Jon Jacks June 18, 2013 | 16121 words | Read a sample |
| The ‘quiet girl’. The ‘serious girl’. The ‘Oh just ignore her’ girl. There’s always one girl in class like that, isn’t there? Maybe it’s you. Maybe it’s someone else. Maybe you’re glad it’s not you. But maybe, just maybe, the quiet girl’s quiet for a reason. See, she’s got a secret. She sees all your secrets. | ||||
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A Last Resort | by D. A. Brown June 18, 2013 | 2653 words | Read a sample |
| Angel was a rising star in the ballet world until a car crash destoryed her dreams. Now she wants to be a music video dancer but finds that her body doesn't fit the image. As her number of audition rejections pile up Angel gets desperate and starts to obsess about going under the knife – cosmetic surgery - to be a dancer at any cost. Will she survive her ambition? | ||||
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He Has A Face Like A Steel Trap | by Deran Ludd June 18, 2013 | 1062 words | Read a sample |
| Crawling in his suit, crawling in his ratty gray briefs with his ankles tightly bound together with two rosaries, or crawling wearing only those sunglasses. Just crawling. | ||||
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The Squamish Murders | by Wallice Bellair June 18, 2013 | 23600 words | Read a sample |
| Why so many murdered in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada? | ||||
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Europa | by Gene Denham June 18, 2013 | 2808 words | Read a sample |
| The crew of the Cousteau is collecting samples on Europa when there is an accident. | ||||
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JON-29 | by Gary Mark Lee June 18, 2013 | 63018 words | Read a sample |
| A futuristic story of a genetically enhanced human by the name of JON-29, he has been raised by his Mother a highly advanced war machine, JON is an armored tank diver who lives only for war, but when his Mother is destroyed in battle with the enemy he must leave the confines of his steel home and try to survive in the harsh Outlands. Flesh eating mutants, warfare, and lots of action. | ||||
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This is Truth | by Geltab June 18, 2013 | 2638 words | Read a sample |
| While on travel through the mystical east I came upon a holy man who revealed a form of belief so strange it was unbelievable! He said he was expecting me, I had never been in that part of the world before. What did he mean by expecting me? I was given a copy of "The mystical revelation of Kah-Mun Serah, multiversal god of harmony and wealth." I agreed to publish it as fiction on his instruction. | ||||
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Swallowing Secrets 1 | by Lexi Maxxwell June 18, 2013 | 11300 words | Read a sample |
| THREE WOMEN. THREE SECRETS. When ad executive Kirsty Pool agreed to work late on Friday to prepare for the new guy Gerald, she had no idea she'd wind up with a dick in her mouth and $200 for the pleasure. | ||||
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My Visions | by Gerty So June 18, 2013 | 1404 words | Read a sample |
| A Vision on May 28th 2013. It all started like this: In this dream I saw a big field and I was wearing white and Jesus was holding me back from bad things that will happen. I saw a big cage and there were people inside this cage. There was a sign on this huge cage that said “Come Follow The Beast” and this wagon went right past me. | ||||
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Time | by Jw Grodt June 18, 2013 | 10228 words | Read a sample |
| There it was, exactly what I wanted to see, the date. It was June 21, 1947! I had warped back in time one hundred and three years, over a century! Having been a sci-fi junkie in my youth and was fascinated with time warps and time travel, so I knew a little about it or at least the theories. The thing that most came to mind was that any change in the past could alter the future. | ||||
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How To Deal With Bad Reviews | by Rich Meyer June 18, 2013 | 560 words | Read a sample |
| This is a VERY short book on how to handle bad reviews on your books. | ||||
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Plug In And Play: Guitar! | by Jack B. Fleming June 18, 2013 | 1723 words | Read a sample |
| As the title suggests it's plug in and play- no messing about. Any guitar will do, electric, acoustic, classical so long as its got some frets and strings! Pick Grip, Tuning, Strumming, Chords and Songs. All you need to get going. Each example also has a free online video demo, so you can really see what's going on. | ||||
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The Fisherman and His Wife | by Dr. Theo June 18, 2013 | 3121 words | Sample 20% |
| A poor fisherman down on his luck, turns things around with one lucky little catch, a fish that can grant wishes. | ||||
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Tail of the Dragon | by Timothy Reihm June 18, 2013 | 98223 words | Read a sample |
| Tail of the Dragon is the first book in the Fallen Trilogy, a fictional account of the fall of Satan and his demons from heaven, their work on Earth, and the ultimate battle that will decide the fate of the universe. | ||||
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How (Not) to Play with Magic (A Cindy Eller Short Story Prequel) | by Elizabeth A Reeves June 18, 2013 | 5152 words | Read a sample |
| A Cindy Eller Short story. Cindy Eller is a witch and a baker. She is making a name for herself in the world of desserts with her new and unique flavor profiles. | ||||
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Charli | by Jw Grodt June 18, 2013 | 9016 words | Read a sample |
| "Charli" is a concept draft of the first in a series of thrilling short stories. Charli follows a chilling account of murder, infidelity, and thrilling suspense as a man attempts to solve the brutal murder of his less than faithful fiance, guided only by a mysterious voice on the phone. | ||||
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The Doctor Knows It all | by Dr. Theo June 18, 2013 | 838 words | Sample 20% |
| In The Doctor Knows it All, you meet a man named Crabb or as he calls himself Dr. Know-it-all. Crabb is a fun character, who is more of a goof than a real doctor. Here Crabb plays detective looking to solve a crime. it is a delightful children's story. | ||||
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The Sickening King (The Grid 2) | by Amy Cross June 18, 2013 | 19028 words | Read a sample |
| With the world falling apart, an old nuclear power station is the scene of a horrific discovery. | ||||
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David Roberts und Richard Chambers, Die Haney Gruppe Executives | by amanda wong June 18, 2013 | 297 words | Read a sample |
| Die Haney-Gruppe ist ein Boutique-Equity-Forschung und-Management-Unternehmen mit Sitz in Hongkong. Citibank gehostet diesjährigen Taiwan Investor Conference im Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong, on May 15-16, 2013 statt mit Ehrengästen David Roberts, Senior Vice-President von The Haney Gruppe zusammen mit Director of Private Equity Richard Chambers. | ||||
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texting | by rohit gour June 18, 2013 | 18791 words | Read a sample |
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Carmela's Dream | by Robert Batista June 18, 2013 | 3676 words | Read a sample |
| Carmela Matthews is bound for college as a pre-med student. She decides to spend her summer vacation with her grandmother in the country. One night, a boy she's attracted to invites her to a party. What happens next will change the course of her life forever. A cautionary tale that will stay with you always. | ||||
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Mystery turns to thrill | by Paramita Choudhury June 18, 2013 | 4247 words | Read a sample |
| It is the 2nd part of 'The Romantic Mystery'. The story begins with Kriti searching for her husband.After that she finds about the vampiric administrative rules and regulations. In the last part she meets her old love Ryan and then the story takes a new turn. | ||||
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Sherlock Holmes and the Six Pearls of Agra | by bepublishing June 18, 2013 | 6036 words | Read a sample |
| Holmes is back and he has a brand new mystery to solve. | ||||
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Learning Lessons: Urban Water Supply Sector | by Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank June 18, 2013 | 10182 words | Read a sample |
| How can lessons from evaluations of past projects augment ongoing efforts to mitigate risks in the urban water supply sector? | ||||
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4 Week Advanced Bodyweight Workout Routine (Workout At Home Series) | by racheledison June 18, 2013 | 9594 words | Read a sample |
| The advanced workout guide is designed to give you optimal levels of lean muscle building and fat burning. These are the ultimate beach body workouts, and can be done with absolutely no equipment! This workout routine is a full body blast that will challenge your upper body, lower body, and abdominals in new and challenging ways. | ||||
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4 Week Intermediate Bodyweight Workout Routine (Workout At Home Series) | by racheledison June 18, 2013 | 8858 words | Read a sample |
| The intermediate workout guide starts to become very challenging and is designed to give you a well rounded physique. Each of the workouts in the intermediate guide are tailored to give you a full body workout. All of the intermediate workouts stress the importance of upper body, lower body, and ab strength while putting a strong emphasis on fat burning with plyometric and interval training. | ||||
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4 Week Beginners Bodyweight Workout Routine (Workout at Home Series) | by racheledison June 18, 2013 | 7977 words | Read a sample |
| This workout guide delivers a well-rounded workout routine that caters to improving strength, flexibility and helps with weight loss. If you are looking to sculpt a lean and sexy beach body and want that chiseled 6 pack – then the beginner’s workout guide is the perfect fitness foundation. Includes images and videos so you can easily perform each exercise in the comfort of your home. | ||||
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How to pass Magento Certification Exam in 30 days | by Jenny Ta June 18, 2013 | 27401 words | Read a sample |
| “How to pass Magento Certification Exam in 30 days” is written based on the 10 topics announced in the Study Guide of Magento. This book presents full knowledge of each topic as well as provides useful tips for developers to work with Magento. At the end of some topics, you can find questions that are designed to help revise what you have learned. | ||||
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Murder at Shady Oaks Senior Estates: The One Direction Massacre | by David McMullen-Sullivan June 17, 2013 | 5497 words | Read a sample |
| The Eastley sisters are at it again. Having just gotten out of prison for murdering Justin Bieber, the One Direction boys come knocking on their door. Will they be driven mad again by pop music? Forced to kill the boys due to their English accents? Find out in this hilarious, second installment of the Shady Oaks Murders series. | ||||
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I Am Not a Whore | by Girls Carrying Books June 17, 2013 | 2443 words | Read a sample |
| A wealthy, pretty woman in a committed relationship is on the street in Bangkok about to go shopping armed with her man's credit card. She gets much more than she's bargaining for as some of the tourists take her for a local prostitute rather than a rich tourist. Will she be offended? or will this experience release her inner whore? | ||||
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Enlightenment: A Weight Loss Journal | by Mollie Player June 17, 2013 | 52021 words | Read a sample |
| Can God help me lose weight? It’s an irresistible enquiry—and one that chronic binge eater and lifelong dieter Mollie Player will always be glad that she made. Based on her real-life journal, Enlightenment reveals moist layers of neuroticism, narcissism, and obsession—and all the gooey lessons Player has scraped out from between. | ||||
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Baby Bee's Honey | by Cameron McFadden June 17, 2013 | 28 words | Read a sample |
| Baby Bee's honey is missing! It's not in her beehive, so Baby Bee heads outside to ask her friends. Together, they set off on a colorful journey to find it; but soon, the sun starts to go down and Baby Bee starts to get lost. How will she get home now? Good thing her big sister is out looking for her, and will bring Baby Bee (and her friends) back home. | ||||
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Cmmi Implementation Guide | by Vishnuvarthanan Moorthy June 17, 2013 | 28668 words | Read a sample |
| The book details on various phases involved in CMMI Implementation in an organization. The people who ever is interested to know about how to implement CMMI as a program in their organization can use this as starting point. The various details on different funtions in organization and how they can be sychronized to implement this culture changing model in software organizaion is given. | ||||
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Tamehana Tito | by MackayBooks June 17, 2013 | 11104 words | Read a sample |
| 12 year old triplet brothers live in rural New Zealand where forest parks and coastal waters are their playground. They have wild adventures that test their survival skills. In story four, the ghost of a mysterious old character is believed to roam the Waitai valley, waiting for someone to find his murderer. The triplet brothers decide to investigate the cold case and find two vital clues. | ||||
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The Lonely Little Snail | by A. Braganza June 17, 2013 | 665 words | Read a sample |
| All the snails eat mushrooms... except for the little snail. He eats stones! Because of this, none of the other snails want to be friends with him, so he sets on a journey to find where he belongs. | ||||
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Сны Агаты | by Tess Rife June 17, 2013 | 35637 words | Read a sample |
| Единственное, что отличает Агату Исс от одноклассников, - способность видеть пророческие сны. Беда лишь в том, что ни сама Агата, ни ее близкие, в ее дар не верят. А вот таинственные искатели сокровищ воспринимают ее неординарные способности всерьез и решают воспользоваться даром девочки в своих целях... | ||||
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The Ballad of Clyde | by Reed Bosgoed June 17, 2013 | 9661 words | Read a sample |
| Clyde Simmons is one of Britain's most devoted, vocal, and well educated environmental activists. Just ask him and he'll be more than happy to tell you. Goaded into a position where it's time to put up or shut up, Clyde finds himself at an impasse. His friends have a scheme and they need one more pair of hands. Will Clyde prove his mettle, or prove he's a poseur? | ||||
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Karibu Heat (Sequel to Kabana Heat) | by Titania Ladley June 17, 2013 | 51173 words | Read a sample |
| Note: Karibu Heat is the sequel to Kabana Heat. Don't miss either of these scorching threesome romances! Hiding in plain sight at a nude Caribbean resort with her best friend, Keefer, seems to be the perfect plan for paparazzi photographer, Anjelee, while she awaits the blackmail funds to hit her offshore account. But once Jager tracks her to Karibu Resort, plans go awry, sexual chaos ensues... | ||||
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The Specials (Episode 1) - A Young Adult Serialized Science Fiction Thriller - | by bc chrestians June 17, 2013 | 9776 words | Sample 30% |
| "I see futures, plural. Most are horrible, but one is less so. You can call me The Guide. Take my hand, and I'll show you." He extended his hand. "Do you want to help me save the world?" | ||||
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CHOICE: uncover and claim your happiness | by Melanie Steele June 17, 2013 | 7142 words | Read a sample |
| It’s time to choose what’s important, what truly matters, what will fulfill you. It’s time to choose what opens you up to the life you were meant to live, the way you were meant to live it. It’s time to choose happiness. This guidebook shows you how. | ||||
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Breakaway | by Bryan Murphy June 17, 2013 | 3743 words | Read a sample |
| 2032. An independent, racist state, carved out of northern Italy, sliding into bloody chaos. A man with a mission: to save the two children of his closest friends. At what risk? At what price? Will it be enough? And who is the mysterious female go-between with the sensuous lips and steely eyes? Introducing Daria Rigoletti. Dark Future, good reading. | ||||
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Taylor Loses It (Taylor's Tales) | by E.C. Panhoff June 17, 2013 | 6396 words | Read a sample |
| In this first short story of the "Taylor's Tales" series: Taylor wants to lose his virginity, and the opportunity may have just presented itself. | ||||
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Shred - Cuts of Flesh | by Jacob Prytherch June 17, 2013 | 22727 words | Read a sample |
| When Aleister Ward left the Wyldston police force to become a private investigator he hoped that the horrors that he had seen in his past would remain solely in his nightmares, however his newest case threatens to open up old wounds and create vicious new ones... | ||||
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Lovers' Confessions | by ley david June 17, 2013 | 14725 words | Sample 15% |
| Olivia starts shedding weight after her boyfriend, Desmond, cheated on her. Though she thinks she has not burn enough calories, a classmate, Philip, starts giving her undue attention. But she thinks he has a girlfriend. So what does this attractive boy wants from her? | ||||