A deal with the devil threw the Varinskis into darkness. It stained their souls. But, one escaped to America and hoped to break the deal. But the old country Varinskis would do anything to stop him. Ann was an innocent. She thought Jasha was her really hot boss. Her attepmt to seduce him brings her into the darkness in which she is the only light. Will her light be enough to them...or herself? www.christinadodd.com (more)

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Tags: darkness scent Dodd romance paranormal
Date: 2007-07-03

Slam poetry is becoming more and more popular. This incredible video shows slam poet Taylor Mali at a competition. Mali is a wonderful, funny person and writers will definately enjoy this piece.

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Tags: slam poet poetry comedy funny laugh
Date: 2007-07-03

Journalist Sally Armstrong has ventured through the Taliban's Afghanistan dressed in a burka. She has documented the lives of women on four continents. Now she is telling a story very close to home in The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Woman Settler of the Miramichi.

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Tags: Nova Scotia settler biography Canada woman New Brunswick
Date: 2007-07-27

Colin Angus is the first man to circumnavigate the planet using only human power. He began his adventure with one partner, but when they had a falling out his fiancee Julie joined him. 4,000 chocolate bars, 72 inner tubes, 250 kgs of freeze-dried foods, 31 dorado fish (caught from the sea), 2 offshore rowboats, 4 bicycles, 80 kgs of clothing, two tropical storms and two mid-Atlantic hurricanes later, he tells the story of how they made it home in his book ;quot;Beyond the Horizon;quot;.

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Tags: adventure environment travel hurricanes
Date: 2007-07-24

Artist Allen Smutylo has spent several months gathering material for a new exhibit and book in one of the most remote places on earth the Indian Himalayas. There he lived with a nomadic tribe called the Kharnakpa. The book is ;quot;Wild Places Wild Hearts;quot;.

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Tags: India Himalayas Kharnakpa travel exploration culture sociology
Date: 2007-07-24

For one year food journalists Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon decided to eat only food which had been grown or raised close to home. Now everyone is trying ;quot;The 100 Mile Diet;quot;.

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Tags: diet local 100 environment food
Date: 2007-07-24

3 stories of love and revenge

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Tags: chick lit romance comedy erotic novel
Date: 2007-07-04

First time novelist Mark McNay makes an impressive debut with ;quot;Fresh;quot; the story of a day-dreaming worker in a Scottish chicken processing plant.

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Tags: fiction scotland chicken violence family crime humor
Date: 2007-07-24

He is caught between two worlds. Caught between the living and the dead. She is the key to his salvation. But others would do anything to stop him even if they must kill her. She has secrets of her own. Powers of her own. A dark fantasy and sensual story of love and redemption.

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Tags: Dark possession Feehan vampires shapeshifter Underworld
Date: 2007-08-21

Before he started reading, he was talking about his process for twisting Deng's voice into his own. This excerpt is one of the first things he wrote when working on the book. Moe's Books, Berkeley.

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Tags: DaveEggers what is the what
Date: 2007-07-18

George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin may be all smiles and handshakes when they meet, but nevertheless tensions between their two nations are rising. Former Globe ;amp; Mail Moscow correspondent Mark MacKinnon examines the revolutions, rigged elections and pipeline politics in the former Soviet Union and the 'industry' which has aided the so called 'Color Revolutions'. It is all part of The New Cold War.

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Tags: Russia USA color revolutions regime change democracy
Date: 2007-07-24

contemporary military romantic comedy featuring the men of Task Force Zeta

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Tags: contemporary romance military novel
Date: 2007-07-04

What if you found out that your One True Love as destined by fate was People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive? Would you give up your quiet, peaceful life to go after him? Are you sure? To find out more about Diana Holquist and the One True Love series, visit Dianaholquist.com.

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Tags: romantic comedy paranormal contemporary gypsy romance psychic romance comedy
Date: 2007-08-30

Fagan's first book is vivid and aesthetically disturbing work. His promise is considerable because his originailty should prove to be decisive. --Harold Bloom

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Tags: Aaron Fagan salt publishing bronx garage
Date: 2007-08-01

The meaning of life unexplained by Beat poet and counterculture icon Tuli Kupferberg. Tuli was friend and associate of the late Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, et. al. and co-founder (with Ed Sanders) of New York's first underground proto punk garage rock band The Fugs. He reads us a poem from Snow Job, one of his early works, circa 1950. (more)

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Tags: beat poetry
Date: 2007-07-04

Conrad Black, recently convicted on fraud and obstruction of justice charges, is also a highly respected biographer. The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhouse Nixon is the most thorough biography ever written about America's most controversial President.

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Tags: Nixon biography president USA watergate scandal impreachment
Date: 2007-07-24

It’s been one year since the brutal murder of her sister Zo;euml;, and fifteen year old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Until Zo;euml;’s former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zo;euml;’s diary. When curiosity prevails, she starts reading, forcing Echo to uncover the truth behind Zo;euml;’s life, before she can rebuild her own. Prepare to laugh your heart out and cry your eyes out in this highly addictive tale as Alyson Noel tackles the complicated relationship between two sisters and shows how the bond can endure long after one of them is gone. www.alysonnoel.com

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Tags: TEENS SECRETS DIARIES FRIENDSHIPS HIGH SCHOOL FIRST LOVE
Date: 2007-08-14

Suspense, intrigue and spies. This fast paced, action-packed novel by Cherry Adair is a great summer read! www.cherryadair.com Stop by her site to play her online game for the book!

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Tags: white heat Cherry Adair spies romance bombs terrorists love
Date: 2007-07-10

Allen Ginsberg reads his 'Hum Bom!' live on stage at his last appearance in London on October 19 1995 Heaven nightclub, at club-night megatripolis. Pretty apposite for our times. Info at www.allenginsbergdvd.com and myspace.com/allenginsbergliveinlondon and www.leeharris.co.uk

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Tags: beat poetry anti-war
Date: 2007-07-07

A first book of poetry is usually a collection gathered from the poet's entire life output. Not so Steven Price. The Anatomy of Keys is an ambitious project part poetry, part biography and all wonderful. Steven Price talked about his new book at the recent Eden Mills Writers' Festival.

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Tags: poetry Harry Houdini biography Bookbits author interview
Date: 2007-09-18