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Benjamin Matthews, n├⌐ Benjamin Pollock, is a successful businessman marketing the slimming formula "The Daisy Effect." He is preparing for a new life with his wife Rebecah and their twins, Luke and Lucy, moving from England to the United Arab Emirates, where Rebecah just got a job as a nurse.Ben''s unfortunate white lie (that his name is Pollock) leads him to discover just as he is about to fly out of the country, that his origins are not all that they seem. The confusion over his real last name gets him stopped at the airport, whilst he watches his wife and children fly away without him.Will Ben be able to get a new passport and prove his identity so he can fly out to join them? Or will other incidents prevent him from leaving? More to the point, can he escape Daphne, the undercover cop who is chasing him?Ben''s continuing story is fraught with calamities and frustrations ... until The Penny Drops! This second book in the Penny series offers a rollicking tale of confusion and nonstop action. It is the sequel to A Penny for Them.British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS, as well as in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist. This is her sixth book.Publisher''s website:  http://sbpra.com/PatMcDonald

Arkansas Hillbilly is the account of a country boy’s experiences growing up in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Cleburne County, Arkansas. The story will make you laugh and cry, and it will certainly warm your heart.Author Carl J. Barger shares his memories of the hard times as well as the good. He tells about the struggles of a migrant family of thirteen who survive the Great Depression through hard work and faith. He describes his inward drive to rise above poverty, succeed as a school administrator, and be a good husband, father, and provider.This touching story spans the early 1900s to present day, as Barger shares what kept him motivated to achieve his goals and dreams of a better life. He details his roles as a husband, and the father of one biological child and two adopted children.The memoir includes the author’s successful search in finding his children’s biological parents. Barger credits his relationship with God as the number one reason for a life of blessings. He considers his story a blessing of God and a story that needed to be told.Carl J. Barger grew up in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Cleburne County, Arkansas, one of the poorest counties in the state. He now lives in Conway, Arkansas. This is his sixth book.Publisher’s website: http://sbpra.com/CarlJBarger

Reina is smart, irreverent, and wise beyond her years. At age sixteen, she dies. Shortly after seeing her physical body buried, Reina enters the astral world and meets her higher self. Her life just lived is reviewed instantly in detail.Afterward, she is led to a brightly lit city where Reina meets some of her family and friends, now all deceased, and her pal, Omar, who assists in her astral travels. Reina relearns her skills as an astral agent to help others in a variety of situations, both on the physical and astral planes. These acts of benefit, sometimes dangerous, are instigated and supervised by her teacher and guru, Master Eli.Reina attends a class taught by Eli designed to increase her awareness and spiritual evolution. She then discovers her soul mate, Ian, who has been dead for five years. Ian was a monk in his past life and is a gifted guitar player. Reina is also a musician, so they share their love of music.At the end of their time on the astral plane, Reina and Ian plan out the lives to be experienced for their next incarnation. They proceed thereafter to the mental plane for suspected years of blissful existence.James S. Reiley has degrees in mathematics, computer science, and medicine, and has spent the last 35-odd years studying spirituality from a variety of different perspectives. Dr. Reiley is a retired physician, part-time writer, and a small farmer in Shady Valley, Tennessee. This is his third novel.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JamesSReiley 

Green Curry and Caviar: The Mystery of Arash Asahvi is not a classic romance, and yet it is a love story, an extraordinary account of love on many levels.Neither is it a cookbook, but it is a mix of savoury adventures steeped in the tantalising flavours of Bangkok, its foods, its markets, and its grand hotels. Nor is this a travel book, and yet for everyone it becomes a journey.Brimming with colour and fragrance, the novel is spiced with curiosity, the perfume of jasmine blossoms, and the smoke of burning joss sticks.We glimpse a Bangkok unknown to tourists, visiting the markets, shrines, Buddhist temples, monks, and deified mediums.Green Curry and Caviar is not a mystery, and yet its very essence is mystery: the mystery of the missing Iranian, Arash Asahvi, the mystery of political intrigue, the mysteries of Thailand and Buddhism, mysticism and meditation, the metaphysical and the spiritual, and ultimately, the great mystery of life itself.Tui Polasit was transferred with the New Zealand government to work with the SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) Military Planning Office in Bangkok. She married a Thai and raised two children while working for the Australian Embassy and later the Bangkok Bureau of The New York Times. She now lives in Sydney, Australia where she has worked for HKTDC, as well as a trade publisher and an antiques auction house. This is her first book and it is based on true events. “As described in my story, to cross reference various leads and prophesies and to later find that they almost always tallied with actual events was truly astounding.” Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/TuiPolasit

This is the true story of how an Uber driver experienced face-to-face fear from drug dealers, gang bangers and criminals as a taxi driver for Uber.Mitchell Martinez, the Uber-Groover, gives his account of driving for the taxi service Uber, with over 1,000 passengers who experienced the rides of their lives in cities from San Diego to San Francisco.A “Jerry Springer saga on wheels,” Mitchell Martinez gives his true confession and documents his experience of driving for Uber while coping with a war-time injury he incurred while serving in the United States Army during the Iraq war.Shocked and disappointed to discover that the German word “uber” is defined as superior; above from the Deutschland dictionary and devastated that he drives for a mobile sweatshop on wheels, Martinez dismantles the Uber organization by filing a class action lawsuit for benefits and fair wages.Uber, the word, lives up to its name that means in the German language: Slavery for Profit!Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/MJManley

Take a journey into the world of religion, God, and conscience to find out what makes a human wise, and how good sense can overcome depression and aggression.A modern criticism of the Bible and a synthesis of observations and logical views are blended efficiently in Devil’s Conviction. A god does not ask you to worship, and what you do worship cannot be called God.Your joy is your most positive element to drive you ahead. When bad meets good, bad happens; when good meets bad, bad happens; when bad meets bad, disaster happens; and when good meets good, great things happen. This is my theory of life.The age-old debate over the birth of Jesus Christ and the cacophony of Christianity as the real and authentic religion has taken on serious introspection. The holy Bible has been spread all over the world, but the concept of Christianity has been lost in the trade of religion and the altar of brutality.The belief that Christians are the most civilized community in the world may be somewhat true, but their domination over other religions is not acceptable. Being a good human has nothing to do with being a Christian, which is the theme of my book.I consider any person who lives happily and makes others’ lives happy is a “real human.” I hope Devil’s Conviction will open a few eyes.Rex Thomas grew up in a small village in Kerala, India. His primary education was in a non-English setting and he later earned an MBA. He owns his own English language academy in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This is his second book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/RexThomas

Plain Tales from Antarctica are short stories based on real incidents that occurred during the author''s two-year stay as a meteorologist at Halley 3, a British Research base in Antarctica located about 500 miles from the South Pole.In 1973 to 1975, Graham Chambers was part of an eighteen-man (no women) research group that lived in this fascinating yet unforgiving landscape.He writes:"It was a unique experience and one with sights, sounds and smells which are not forgotten after forty years."Each story is based on real events and essentially is a true recollection, barring a strictly limited amount of literary licence and the limitations of human recollection. It is worth mentioning in this respect the ''witness'' phenomenon, whereby 12 people can witness the very same event and produce at least half a dozen unique recollections of it."Thanks are due to the characters who inadvertently animated the stories. Some names have been changed and others not."About the Author: Now retired, Graham Chambers formerly worked as linguist and editor. He grew up in Middlesbrough, a large industrial town in northeast England, and currently lives in southern Portugal.

Author Edwin Ayala was diagnosed with the extremely rare and incurable condition called choreacanthocytosis in 2003. This is his story.As a result of being stricken with the condition known as ChAc, he was forced to retire from UPS in 2008 after nineteen years of service.At age forty-three, he decided to pursue his dream of becoming an author despite the limitations posed by ChAc.The condition is so rare that little information on this disease is available, but here is a brief synopsis: ChAc has no cure and its cause is not definitively known. Difficult to diagnose, its symptoms include fatigue, loss of speech, loss of weight due to involuntary biting of the cheeks and tongue, difficulty in swallowing, and involuntary muscle movement. To learn more about this progressive disease, visit http://www.rareconnect.org.The aspiring new author Edwin Ayala lives in southern Massachusetts with his wife and family.Publisher’s website:   http://sbpra.com/EdwinAyala

Emily is a determined young teen whose biggest dream is to one day be a state champion runner. She has many obstacles to overcome before her wish comes true.Her evil Grandma Helen has come for a surprise visit just before Emily’s big track meet. She treats Emily badly, but the girl is determined not to let anything stand in the way of her big day.Coach Devin got on the loud speaker and said, “Now, are you girls ready? Get on your marks …  get ready … and go!”Off I went, flying in the wind. I heard Mom and Dad cheering me on. “Go, Emily, go!” The other ten girls were way behind me, and I was so happy. The more I ran, the faster I ran.I said, “Yes, yes,” breathing heavily as I ran. Suddenly, I heard Coach Ryan blow the whistle, telling us girls to quickly get off the field. I kept running, though I noticed the other girls had stopped.Because Emily didn’t follow the coach’s rules and kept running, she was disqualified from the track meet. Will she be able to overturn the coach’s decision and compete after all?What Shall I Do? Sighed Emily is an inspirational story that will move young readers.A lifelong resident of Buffalo, New York, Faith P. Smith is working on the sequel. “My mom always said there’s nothing you can’t do.”Publisher’s website:  http://sbprabooks.com/FaithPSmith

I just lost my job ... Nobody likes me ... I have an addiction ... My business is failing ... I can''t get this thing to work ... This task is taking too long ... I am uncomfortable ... That tastes awful ... How can I stop him from bothering me ... We all have problems afflicting us. In most cases we tolerate the issue with the excuse that it is teaching us patience or humbling us, or maybe there is simply nothing we can do about it. But what if there was? What if you could not only solve your problems, but actually turn them into opportunities? People have made millions, been healed, overcome addictions, invented, wrote books, and became famous, all because of a problem they turned into an opportunity. In The Opportunity In Every Problem you will find a simple method to overcome any obstacle, solve any problem, and turn any problem into an opportunity. Best of all, you will learn a new means of enlightenment by this simple, entertaining yet engaging story sure to embed in your mind the reality that opportunities really do exist for everyone ... but especially for you.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/ScottLTaylor

Pamela Arnold has done it again: another fast-paced suspense thriller that slices through a multitude of dangers, always stays on track, and keeps readers intrigued.Lively seniors Biddy and Justin, with no time to unpack after returning home from an overseas assignment, are abducted and whisked away in a unique custom-designed, bullet-proof Mercedes.The action takes place between a luxurious South Australian hills estate called Landmark House and a Tokamak, an experimental machine that harnesses the energy of fusion, in Provence, France.The story embraces a multitude of interesting tech items, including Abio, a robot dog, which Justin’s dog, a Japanese Chin named Puffer, considers it nothing more than a retarded cousin that does tricks with a ball. There’s also Toots, a Google driverless car, in which Biddy traps an assassin, and Oso is a beautiful and sexy humanoid that’s been enhanced with an extra sex app.Biddy and Justin, expecting to enjoy a little R&R, are instead swept into action at the Adelaide Zoo, due to a terrorist threat. Going undercover, Biddy poses as an elderly blind woman accompanied by her seeing eye dog, which in reality is an attack dog.About the Author: After retiring from running her own successful business at age 75, Pamela M. Arnold discovered the fun of writing. Frenzy in Frome Road is the fourth in her senior sleuth suspense series. It is often suggested that the Australian author, now 83, should write her memoirs. Her reply is an adamant, “No way, even the suggestion might alarm some people!”Publisher’s website: http://sbpra.com/PamelaMArnold

All near-death experiences (NDEs) change people's lives for the better. Those affected became enlightened.Humanity worldwide thirsts for spiritualism to become enlightened. It is written in our DNA; it is mankind's birthright and the next evolution of mankind. Enlightenment can be achieved by all who wish to experience the exhilarating intoxication of being one with the universe.NDE is not necessary to become enlightened. Practicing the principles of the right path with trance meditation activates intuition, causing enlightenment by the superconscious mind to know and be guided through our mission in life.In the past, this was called the flash of genius responsible for the advancement of the sciences and math. Today strife reigns on Earth. Our civilization must evolve to overcome extinctions and escape the fate of previous civilizations. Technology has caught up with spiritualism, and quantum physics has objectively documented global EM bio-rhythmic changes, during global events such as 9/11 and Princess Dianna's death.This is the global consciousness compiled by the 7.4 billion people on Earth. Global change is inevitable, as is the next human evolution, and the new era of enlightenment is now. This guide offers individual, inspirational, spiritual and thought-provoking concepts for the global citizen.

Por años el gobierno federal a buscado la forma remota  de controlar el comportamiento humano.Empezando por proyectos de la CIA,MKULTRA, y MKSEARCH en la década  de 1950, la gente Americana han sido conejillos de indias involuntariamente en una multitud no consensuada han hecho experimentos que se han llevado acabo hasta El siglo XXI.Conejillos de Indias lleva a los  lectores en una viaje hacia los rincones más oscuros  de la experimentación no consensuada  de los Estados Unidos, diversas tecnologías de control que nos han llevado al estado de vigilancia.Las recientes revelaciones respecto al grado de espionaje de la NSA es solo el comienzo . Actualmente estamos en una guerra de la información, y guerra mental, en donde nuestra autonomía y privacidad como ser humano esta en juego.Conejillos de Indias lo preparara con la información que necesita para luchar contra los que buscan eliminar el libre albedrío. En los próximos años terminos como “Acoso electronico “ se volveran palabras de casa. Para estar un paso adelante, preparense en el  futuro con Conejillos de Indias.Nacido en San Antonio, Texas,  casa del alamo. John Hall es un médico que considera el ser escritor como su Segunda  profesión. Al tener conocimiento “ Conociendo el go bier no de los Estados Unidos grabar y experimentar en el publico sin consentimiento , el numero de personas con quejas identicas de acoso electronico y vigilancia tiene que ser explorado logicamente.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JohnHall

Winning Wizard’s Words of Management Wisdom is the second book in the author’s Winning Wizard series, and it is the sequel to Winning Wizard’s Leadership Axioms for Career Progression and Everyday Living.The book follows up on a retired Chief Executive Officer of an international organization by the name of Winning Wizard. The executive is mentoring Radael (leader spelled backwards), a young management trainee in need of advice and guidance, and learning how to survive and advance in the organization. The book identifies many management issues and challenges, each culminating in Words of Management Wisdom. The action takes place in the land of Yenom (money spell backwards). The words of wisdom provided are incisive, trenchant, and thought provoking.There are 40 chapters, including the titles Climbing an Organization Mountain; Management ABCs; Leaders vs. Bureaucrats; Bosses; and The Perfect Executive.About the Author: Born and raised in Ithaca, New York, William P. Fisher, Ph.D., earned his BS, MBA, and doctorate from Cornell University. After military service, he became an assistant professor, consultant, a platform speaker and was CEO of the National Restaurant Association. Before retirement, he held the Darden Chair at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He is currently working on the third book in the series.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/WilliamPFisher

In Book Three of the Keltian Trilogy, the group realizes that they are somehow being detected and must leave the security of the mine. With the ship completely repaired, they seek a new sanctuary where the Reficulians have difficulties tolerating the temperature extremes.Derrick’s dreams with the Keltians become more frequent as the group struggles to understand how they alone can drive the Reficulians from Earth. Their abilities have enabled them to help other survivors, yet the “fight,” the “war” on the Reficulians, has hardly begun. They quickly realize that in other parts of the world, complete eradication of cities has begun.It’s only a matter of time before the Reficulians discover where they are hiding.Author Bio : Born in Oklahoma, Michael Soliday grew up in Iowa and Colorado, and was mainstreamed at public schools long before most students who had a hearing impairment. “My son, who I adopted from the island of Guam, is also deaf. I wanted to show him that there are no obstacles in life unless you make it one.” He received his B.S. from Utah State University and his M.Ed. from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College). In 1993, he received the Nevada Teacher of the Year award. He has taught in Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Florida, New York City, Texas, and the island of Guam. He currently lives in Indianola, Iowa.

The late William Morrison was a poet. But was he a saint? His poems about sexuality might seem to deny this, but many still insist he was holy.Jim Jones, a professor of literature at a local college, is charged by Bishop Reilly, an old friend, with the investigation of the poet’s life. In the process, Jones meets an actress who had charged Morrison with sexual harassment. A trial is set, at which she testifies.Did Morrison really work miracles? Is he working them still?Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ignacio L. Götz has lived throughout the world. He has resided in Spain, India, taught thirty-five years at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and now calls North Carolina home. This is his nineteenth published book.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/IgnacioLGotz

Newly emerging African democracies have let down the people of Africa, and have brought about untold misery and suffering.Most of Africa’s social, economic, and security challenges have arisen due to the failure of political leaders to instill sanity and discipline in the government machinery. In fact, many join politics with the sole aim of accumulating riches in the shortest space of time.In the detective novel Crime and Corruption, a police inspector probes the deaths of a prominent businessman, his son, and some residents of Ndirande Township in the city Blantyre. What he finds leads to a cover-up by those he never would have suspected.Killy Kandeu Chisale wants to tell the people of Africa in this book that freedom without responsibility is dangerous and destructive. He reveals the evils of corruption in combatting crime, because in a corrupt society some may feel above the law, and these are the ones who cause suffering for peace-loving people.Publisher’s website: http://sbpra.com/KillyKandeuChisale

Imagine if you were given the chance to step into a machine and journey through the barriers of time toward any moment in the past. Where would you go? What would you want to find out?After a lifetime of apprenticing under a professor and father figure whose theories made building such a device possible, Ben Stone was suddenly presented with the opportunity. His choice was one that many would make - to travel back to the crucifixion of Jesus and finding himself sealed in the tomb. What he experiences is not at all what he expected.This is just the beginning of his adventures! Join Ben as he leaps through time to discover some of life''s biggest mysteries.Publisher''s website: www.sbprabooks.com/HaroldLeonard

Benjamin Matthews is the hapless hero with the innocent face of an angel and only two GCSEs in chemistry and history. At the vast age of thirty, he has not yet found his niche in life, but has drifted along performing a series of jobs that always go wrong.Then he meets Rebecah, a nymphomaniac and the beautiful daughter of a failed politician who is one of the most successful villains in his hometown.If lying should ever become an art form, Ben would succeed, because people believe in his honest face. From his very first white lie (about his name being Benjamin Pollock), he digs himself in deeper and deeper, realising that it is important to be considered a Pollock.Even he has to admit that he is rather good at this lying malarkey. Ben finds he has a talent for being a criminal, going from strength to strength, and taking Daisy Productions to new heights. But will his latest business venture follow the usual pattern and fail? Will his fabrications be the end of him?A Penny for Them takes a humorous look at crime from the viewpoint of the criminal and is spot on.British crime author Pat McDonald lives in a rural part of the Midlands, United Kingdom. She previously worked as a researcher, project manager, and programme manager in the NHS as well as in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. She is now a full-time novelist.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/PatMcDonald

This gripping autobiography of Indian author H L Agnihotri can play lighthouse as well as the Pole Star for those ships wavering and struggling to reach shore in the uprising seas of life.His is an interesting life journey and an incredible but true-life narrative that speaks of the unique man he is. Showing indomitable courage and patience, he suffered the heavy blows of cruel times, but never bowed down to them. Storms and whirlwinds came and passed over his head with their hollow roars, proving him rightly true to the dictum, "Abraham Lincoln: From Log Cabin to the White House."H L Agnihotri is a retired associate professor, and well-known poet and fiction writer who reached new literary heights getting his fourteen books published in Hindi and English by different publishers, both in India and abroad. He proved the phrase, "From Log Cabin to the White House" true, by rising from the dust to Class-I Gazetted Officer. A self-made man born in India, he obtained master''s degrees in English, political science, and music, and became a member of both the Academic Council and the Faculties of Languages at Panjabi University Patiala in Punjab, India.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/HLAgnihotri

Recent college grad Lacy was running late for work because she forgot to set her alarm. Tom, the neighbor''s cat, had climbed beneath the hood of her car that she forgot to put in the garage, so she had to take the freeway to make up time.Finally moving forward after getting stuck in a large traffic jam, Lacy was forced to slam on her brakes to miss a puppy in the road, which caused her to be rear-ended by the car behind her. What a day. Then she met Jay!From that moment on her life began to change, as well as all the lifetime plans she had made for herself and Spence, her boyfriend since kindergarten.Lacy found herself in some sticky situations and was faced with heart-wrenching decisions that had to be made. Which guy will she choose? This romantic tale of young love follows a young woman at her first job and the choices she''s forced to make. Janet G. Sims of Eaton, Ohio, has published two children''s books, Cristy and Her Amazing Friends and Mark''s Big Surprise. She also wrote the romantic suspense novel The Man in the Dark Suit. She is a retired nurse.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JanetGSims

A serial killer is terrorizing London with his weapon of choice, a Scimitar. Detective Chief Inspector John Moore of MI5''s Counter Terrorism Section is not convinced the murder spree is a random act of a crazed psychopath.Evidence leads to Eurotech, an international biotechnology company specializing in gene manipulation. CEO Jacqueline Rochester, desperate to revive the company''s flagging fortunes plans to unleash a genetically enhanced strain of smallpox upon the citizens of London. Only Eurotech has the vaccine to combat a catastrophic pandemic.Rochester enlists a group of misguided martyrs who believe they are embarking on a Jihadist mission, unaware that they are participating in a giant financial conspiracy.Once Moore connects the dots, it becomes a race against time to thwart Rochester''s ambitions but there is still an assassin on the streets; hell bent on ensuring the Jihadists'' mission is successful. Scimitar is a fast-paced, shockingly realistic thriller that will keep readers enthralled to the very end."Walters'' storytelling skills offer a gripping tale of suspense and intrigue, sure to keep the reader captivated." - News Limited"Following on from the Savage trilogy, Scimitar guarantees to keep you on the edge of your seat." - Irish Times"A must for anyone who loves a great thriller." - Alana WoodsPublisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/PaulVWalters/ Author''s website: www.paulvwalters.com

When billions of little stars find themselves individually fragmented and split off from the Original Beautiful Light, they suddenly begin to feel guilt over the mistaken thought that they had destroyed that Beautiful Light to gain their individuality. This sense of separation from their Source fosters fierce competition, with each star pitted against every other. Each star''s individual goal is to replace the Original Beautiful Light, but feeble twinkling is all that their super-strenuous and exhausting efforts can produce. The Parable of the Stars is a story of rediscovery as the stars come to remember their true beauty and power within their oneness as the single beautiful Light.

When Vanna saw Fallon use his gift of healing on an accident victim she was shocked. "Who are you, Fallon, that you can do such things no one else can do, and most important, where do you come from? I know you''re not from here.""Please, Vanna, don''t make me tell you. I''m so afraid you''ll turn away from me in fear if you know. I couldn''t bear never seeing you again. I couldn''t face life without you. Please, my love, don''t make me tell you." "Fallon, I have to know who I''ve fallen in love with. I''ve kept no secrets from you. I''ve told you every detail about myself. Now it''s your turn. I know there''s something different about you. Who are you, Fallon?"Fallon couldn''t get the words past his lips. Finally the words rushed out as if they were so vile on his tongue he had to spit them out in a hurry before they poisoned him. "I''m an..." Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/BarbaraEPleasant