A Life Through Books

True Crime, Biography, Short Story

Date Published: June 27, 2022

The True Story of a Serial Killer Waiting in Burt's Closet

On February 3, 1975, movie star Burt Reynolds was awakened by a bloody man crawling on his bedroom floor. Burt jumped up to call an ambulance and came face to face with infamous Skid Row Slasher, bloody machete in hand. What saved Burt from disaster? What woman did he break up with that ultimately saved him, and probably her? A must read for Burt Reynolds fans. From the writer/director of the feature film Forbidden Power.

This is a short read: A true story written dramatically.

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Paul Kyriazi directed seven feature films, including the award-winning Forbidden Power (2018). He's the writer/producer of five full-cast audio books with Rod Taylor, Robert Culp, David Hedison, James Darren, Henry Silva, Russ Tamblyn & George Chakiris. He created the Live the James Bond Lifestyle seminars.

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Nonfiction / Family

Date Published: 03-14-2022

Publisher: Talk+Tell

Do you ever wonder what led you to this moment in time and space? Do you ever wonder what made you who you are?

In our busy lives, we are rarely invited to sit back and think about our path. We always look at what’s next, instead of asking ourselves what’s already there.

In a bold hybrid form that is part autobiography and part personal development guide, Elizabeth Peladeau goes on a search for meaning by putting together the puzzle that is her life, piece by piece. One step at a time, a picture of her essence and her egregore begins to emerge, and we are inspired to follow in her footsteps and find out what makes us who we are.

Move along to the rhythm of the playlists that accompany each chapter, yearn for the recipes of Elizabeth’s childhood, and let the narrative invade your senses in this unique literary experience which invites you to explore the fascinating culture and history of Quebec. Ambitious, relatable and heartwarming, this compelling book is about the people, experiences, and love that link us together to build our story.

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Elizabeth Peladeau Is a public relations coach and the author of "My Egregore". Ever since she was a little girl, Elizabeth was always inspired by people's stories. This has led her to an accomplished career in communications in which she uses her knack for capturing the essence of her clients to make them shine. During the pandemic she started looking at the puzzle that is her own life story In order to uplift those around her. The picture that emerged is captured in this book. Elizabeth lives in Montreal with her husband and son.

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Crime Thriller

To be Published: July 29, 2022.

One month ago, four college girls were abducted. Three were brutally murdered. One girl escaped.

Angie Taylor was traumatized and shocked speechless.

The police think she killed her friends, and then had a mental breakdown.

Her psychiatrist believes she has an emotionally unstable personality disorder.

Can she ever speak up and describe the killer’s face to a police sketch artist?

Is the murderer stalking her right now, eager to finish what he started?

Everyone in the city is on edge, fearing the worst, not sure what to believe.

A visit from a determined FBI agent shakes things up and raises the stakes. FBI Special Agent Brenda Reynolds of the VSRT must investigate whether the mysterious silent girl is a victim, a killer, or has gone insane.

Grab your copy of the suspense thriller everyone is talking about, and start reading right now.

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Mark Nolan is an Amazon Bestselling Author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star. His latest book is titled The Girl Who Escaped.

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Physics, Lust and Greed Series, Book 4

Sci-Fi

Date Published: 09-22-2022

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

In the mid-21st Century, a top-secret consortium of corporations and governments have made time travel possible, only to realize that intruding on the past has been a terrible mistake.

At the program’s outset, a thousand scientists, engineers and support staff were confined to a subterranean complex where a corporate contributor specializing in artificial intelligence equipped apartments with Happy Home Companion software.

Time traveler Marta Hamilton had little enough tolerance for other people intruding in her life, much less a software Dear Abby, so Marta bullies her Happy Home Companion into silence.

At last convinced of the grave dangers time travel represents, government overseers suspend operations. Only the Happy Home Companions remain.

Marta and fellow traveler Marshall Grissom hope they can finally leave the past behind, but when a federal judge is murdered, they understand their vulnerability to horrible manipulations by future counterparts.

Marta and Marshall return to the Arizona desert where they confront a Happy Home Companion cult of vengeance, the outlaw Gillis Kerg, and an evangelical zealot waging a war on science.

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Mike Murphey is a native of eastern New Mexico and spent almost thirty years as an award-winning newspaper journalist in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. His debut novel, Section Roads, has been recognized by Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards, The IAN Book of the Year Awards, the Somerset Contemporary Fiction Awards, and the Independent Publishers Book Awards. His novel, The Conman has been recognized by the International Book Awards, the eLit Awards and the Manhattan Book Awards. His award-winning Physics, Lust and Greed Series includes Taking Time,  Wasting Time, Killing Time and  The Outlaw Gillis Kerg. “We Never Knew Just What It Was… The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio” is his first non-fiction work. Mike loves fiction, cats, baseball and sailing. He splits his time between Spokane, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona.

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Pony Tales on the Farm, Book 1

Children's Chapter Book

Date Published: 06-07-2022

Publisher: WAMAN BOOKS PUBLISHING

Lulu's 8th Birthday should be the best day of her life...but she soon realizes that things don't always go as planned. When Lulu struggles to form a bond with her new Pony, she finds herself questioning more than one friendship in her life!

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Pony Tales on the Farm is the Second Book Series written by Reena Korde Pagnoni. She began writing a picture book series titled The Rambee Boo Series during the pandemic after adopting a little puppy.  Lulu and Pebbles is the first book of the second series which is a chapter book series geared for children ages 8+. Both series stay true to Pagnoni's brand identity of realistic stories of human/animal interractions. 

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Poetry

Date Published: June 9, 2022

Each and every person is a subject with a range of emotions; through experiences, people’s perception of thoughts vary. Every emotion has a different purpose and the acknowledgment of the feeling affects the impact on the victim. My lucid ideas about similar emotions blended with other people’s exposure serves as a fine contrast and an intriguing viewpoint. To further understand this outlook, I watch, listen, and interpret these emotions through other people’s experiences in an effort to articulate them, in hopes that I will be able to find the places where these different shades of blue originate and lie within.

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Thanvi Voruganti is the international best-selling author of the book, From the Inside on Amazon. She is 12 years old and lives in Chandler, Arizona with her parents. Often the contemplative thinker, Thanvi continues to showcase her resume through poetry and other award-winning works.

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How to Stop Negative Thoughts and Emotions and Live a Positive Productive Life.

Nonfiction

Date Published: June 15, 2021

We live in uncertain times and due to this anxiety rules over manys daily lives. The spiral of toxic thoughts can leave you paralyzed, In this book you will find many ways to overcome your negative self defeating thoughts and behaviours. From meditation, daily routine improvement , C.B.T therapy skills, healthy habits and much more. This is a tool kit designed to help you stop negative thoughts and emotions as well as tips on how to live your best life with no regrets. I personally have struggled with my own self defeating thoughts and emotions and through these steps I was able to take control of my life.

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 Peter Vickers 29, Originally from Calgary Alberta has always enjoyed expressing his creativity in many different ways. Only in the last few years has he decided to use writing as a creative outlet. Having his fair share of hardship Peter is no stranger to negative thoughts emotions and hopes that his books may help others to lead a healthy happy life using the tips that helped him. Peter enjoys Hiking, camping and being outdoors and now lives in the beautiful okanagan where he continues to write and explore with his 3 year old lab husky mix.

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