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In Bob Scallan’s FCAT and FDOG: A Tale of Two Very Unusual Animals, Dylan and Andrew are third graders on a mission. When they hear their teacher talk about the FCAT, they think she is talking about a monster.

Friday, 24 October 2008 - All 24 library branches across County Limerick have been upgraded to allow the elderly, people with learning difficulties and those with physical disabilities to gain easier access to library services.

Downloadable booklets for writers are both inspirational and affordable

Tiny little micro fiction postcards that you can read and pass on... what more could you want? They're funny, sexy, sleazy, shocking, and will take you to places you didn't know existed. But if you want 'em cheap you've gotta be QUICK!

Author Devon Ellington announces new publication of novellas, short stories, and an upcoming play.

Open call for submissions for the anthology Queer Wolf published by QueeredFiction where genre is queered. Deadline is 30 November 2008. Publication in eBook & Paperback format in early 2009.

Only 10 days remaining to submit your writings for consideration in Flowers Bloom in the Moonlight, the book, a collection of poetry, short stories, letters and essays of life's beauty awakened in darkness. Deadline October 31, 2008.

THE SECOND VENICE by Askin Ozcan is a humorous alternative to solving the problems of Venice to save it from pollution and destruction of tourists. ISBN 1598000888 (Outskirts Press)

James houston Turner's acclaimed geopolitical thriller, The Identity Factor, was honored in Los Angeles at the 2008 Best Books Awards

Novelist Lisa Beth Darling brings her latest masterful sensation to the literary community.

The book, "Urban Theory: Critical Thoughts in America" (HBF Publishing, 2008) is a collection of short essays and poetry on various issues affecting the African-American community. Topics include Hurricane Katrina, Don Imus, hip hop and black love.

STOCKHOLM Stories - by Askin Ozcan (ISBN 1425771629 Xlibris) A magnificient book of memoirs of thirty years of residence in this lovely City of the North. Adventurous, interesting, unbiased.

Laughing relaxes us, invigorates our senses, stimulates our brain and helps us to socialize and be happy. Askin Ozcan is one of our time's masters of humor with his two published books: "WISDOM IN SMILE" and " THE SECOND VENICE".

The Fascinating Memoir of Shane Paul O’Doherty -- Shane Paul O’Doherty joined the Irish Republican Army when he was 15 and became a leading IRA bomber for over five years.

The Swedish Gypsy is a historical novel set in Stockholm, Sweden, and various Gypsy camps in rural Sweden from 1897 to 1911. It is a story of romance, death, trial, and turmoil.

Tears Fall Hard Like Diamonds is the story of the trials and tribulations a lone woman and her friends endure from the late 1800’s into the 20th Century.

Student and published author’s new book, Tribal Fusion and Social Evolution provides enlightenment about the Vedic period and Indian history.

Set in the 1950s in a small city in Germany, Silent Women is a riveting novel about two sisters and their mother; the lives they choose and the family secret that binds them and then sets them free.

Local Author Offers Insight on How to Change Your Life, Right Now - Seeing I to I is an exhilarating exploration of heightened levels of awareness, spanning the cultural divides to shine a life-enhancing spotlight on our incredible mental capacity.

PM Moon Publishers, a small, independent company established to publish good writing from new and not-so-new writers, announces our First Annual Writing Contest for new writers only.

Askin Ozcan, whose five self published books in the U.S.A. have awakened international interest, is looking for a publisher, to publish the second edition of his books, for global distribution and negotiate their global rights.

Both novels by D.L. Shiloh have his fingerprints: quirky characters, lone souls searching in a vast busy world, a mix of sex and death and a struggle to find their own way. His blog has a countdown clock you can watch. Google his name for it.

The Satana is a mythical being, with similar abilities as the Phoenix, at least that is how Robert Edge describes it in his novel called, The Satana, coming March 6th, 2009, or around the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Visit www.robertedge.co.cc

By the author of Hunted and The Moon Priestess, Laura Tolomei’s e-book TRESPASSING ALL HALLOWS EVE available from Oct.15 at www.extasybooks.com, her first full length novel for lovers of erotica dark fantasy, paranormal, adventure & gay/lesbian

This is a tale of Prophecy, Weird Herbs and Unnatural Manifestations

Astrology is a guide to better understanding yourself and the people around you. It is mainly about yourself and how you handle and get on with people close to you. It teaches you to build a richer and happier life for yourself...

In The Rise of the Fourth Reich, Jim Marrs presents the names, dates and personages who first supported Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, then following World War II brought that same Nazi philosophy to the United States under other names

The Return of True Magic is a transfixing tale that follows three young women -- Miryam, Carolyn and Caitlyn -- as they discover their incredible magical powers.

Before His Time: The Spirit Warrior is an extraordinary tale of a man’s adventure to another world; an ancient time where Indians ruled and a man’s strength, morality, and spiritual resolve are put to the test on a daily basis.

Take a journey into a world where adventure and magic are abundant -a world where 16-year old Calvin can escape his mundane existence.

Get a Ticket to Freedom and begin the journey toward accomplishing your goals and empowering your life.

A Free Fall into Life will have you laughing one minute and crying the next.

To coincide with the online publication of “How to Buy a Flat” – a non fiction title offering advice on buying a flat – webooks.co.uk looks at the nation’s obsessions of buying property.

Independent African American Book Publishers, Self Publishers, Black Interest Imprints at Major Publishing Houses, Literary Agents, and Publicists to exhibit at the African American Publishers Pavilion at Book Expo America. May 28,09 - May 31,09 NYC

TABLOID, by author Johnson Stanley, exposes the truth about the unethical ways the American government misuses its power.

Classmates embark on a challenging investigative mission to rescue one of their own and become KIDS ON A CASE: The Case of the Ten Grand Kidnapping, by author Tony Peters.

Freddy had to struggle for every inch he gained. He was teetering on the edge, in constant fear of falling back into the black hole from which he’d crawled in The Inheritance.

What a delightful series of adventures that will captivate your children! The Adventures of Brutus and Baby, Excitement at the Anderson Farm by writer Michelle Elizabeth Rogers will bring you and your children many hours of repeated readings.

After only three years on the internet, the Redwall Wiki is at the forefront of new media.

Great Lakes Literary, LLC, of Milwaukee, is pleased to announce the launch of Crickhollow Books, its new imprint for books of quality nonfiction and fiction ("Great Books To Share with Friends").

What is creative aging? Author Ruby Miller Abrahams’ book, At the End of the Day: Positive and Creative Aging After Midlife gives those entering their senior years a life manual to courageously explore their own personal journeys.

Benbrook, Texas— Author Donald Rogers takes you on a paralyzing journey deep into the forest to THE LITTLEST HOTEL, where a young girl has been taken by captors on the eve of her 20th birthday.

A MUTED MELODY is a charming and engaging novel that will have you cheering for its protagonist and diva, Ms. Demetria Crawford.

December 7, 1941 –The attack on Pearl Harbor was the beginning of the devastation suffered by many American and British families living in the Philippines.

Corridors of Pain is a powerful tale told from the point of view of a survivor of many horrific, terrible things happening in the Philippines in 1944.

Bella’s Marigold Cake is a story that you will treasure and read to your children over and over again. Are there lessons you’d like your children to learn about love, compassion and the ability to forgive?

The Montgomary Curse is a captivating story of two people drawn together by love and mystery and a time span of 300 years.

Take a fascinating look into the world of gender identity. Reversal introduces the reader to the dramatic results of a gender transformation that should never have taken place.

On the heels of the successful poem Adieu – (The final words of Gilles de Rais) Jonas Hyde is putting together a new poetry anthology titled, Last Words. For more on Jonas Hyde visit www.jonashyde.com.

Redding, California—Archeologist Sandra Adams finds her first real lead in locating a supernatural gateway from an ancient Hopi Indian legend after twenty years of searching in Richard S. Lucas’s Four Paths to Forever.