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Frances Peabody is a tiny little dachshund, who just happens to live in a very large city. She lives there with a lady who wears rings on her toes and a man whom the lady calls "Honey." Frances didn''t always live in New York. She came from a pet store in a small New England town. Life was good and Frances was happy. She went to school every day with the lady and got to play with the school children. The little dachshund enjoys taking Honey and the lady on long walks, chasing pigeons and squirrels in the park, and of course hunting for the occasional pizza crust on the street. When Honey suddenly becomes very ill, life will change forever for Frances. Frances Peabody is a wonderful children''s book about a dachshund who must overcome adversity while learning the true meaning of family. April Jean grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, which is the neighboring town where Frances is from. She runs a dog walking/sitting business. "I spent my summers on Nantucket, which is also a setting in our story. Today Frances and I live in New York City, along with her Dad Kevin and her brother Mugsy. Frances inspired me to write this book and continues to be my inspiration throughout the series. Frances has to overcome a lot in this book, but I wanted the reader to feel inspired. It is important that the reader is able to feel sympathy for Frances, and I wanted to make sure there were still plenty of moments where they could laugh with her."Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/AprilJean/

On a sleepy Chicago street, author Jackie Steinway opens her door to find a scruffy-looking man wielding a gun and wanting her son, Max.This is the beginning of the fast-paced search for Max, after the boy is kidnapped and forced to assume a new identity in a new location with a new family.Jackie and her husband, actor Jeff Stanley, work with police to clear themselves and work to bring the focus to the kidnapper. Readers are introduced to CPD detectives Jane Peters and Jimmy Reardon, FBI investigator Tom Avalon, psychic Susan Nelson, and private investigator George Nicholas. Will they be able to find Max? And how long will the search take?Chicago author Jan Joseph brings her characters back from her first book, Vanished: The Search for Sally Hunt, to bring this detective story to life.Jan Joseph, a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, taught school for several years before entering the nonprofit world, where she is executive director of a national physician association.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JanJoseph

This book describes the important influences on the career of an eye surgeon, now retired. Dick Galbraith was head of the Eye Clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for twenty two years. For twenty years he led an annual eye team to the Solomon Islands and other islands in the Pacific where he and his team performed sophisticated eye surgery. Dick describes the humour, joy and pathos of his work during that time.Thanks to Phillipe de Montignie, producer of the prize-winning video documentary "Curim Sickness Belong Eye," who allowed details of the documentary to be included in the book so readers can download it from the Internet.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/DickGalbraith

On a moonlit night in the summer of 1917 in a rural southwest Georgia town, a twelve-year-old Negro boy hears the senator''s wife cry for help. He fights her attacker and saves her life. From that point forward he enjoys limitless favors from the couple. Soon he is a harmonica-playing, juke-jointing, moonshining gambler, whose hot temper gets him into one fight after another. According to one prominent person in his life, he is on an unalterable course to the grave. He tunes out all the unsolicited advice he receives about dropping his bad habits. That is until the cold winds of trying circumstances and perplexing events force him to make some difficult decisions. At the crossroads of his introspection, he meets a young lady who helps him change the course of his life. He finally responds to the calling he has long ignored. When his brother is murdered by the Klan, the community holds its breath in anticipation of his seeking revenge. His restraint shocks everyone. His own visit from the night riders comes a short time later. The story of how he survived is truly remarkable.A former professional football player, Al played five seasons in the NFL. He and his wife live in the Orlando area near their three adult children. As a grade schooler Al spent summer breaks on his grandparents'' farm in Georgia. He cherishes his experiences of country life, which inspired him to write this book.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/AlLatimer

When Phillip Anderson walks in on his eight-year-old son Brandon, who is mimicking ballet dancers on television, Phillip is shocked, and believes that his youngest son is showing gay tendencies.After all, Phillip is a six-foot eight-inch former college football player.Since Brandon also shows remarkable athletic ability, Phillip encourages his youngest son to become an athlete. He immerses Brandon in sports, which Phillip believes will direct his son properly into manhood and away from the path of being a "sissy boy."Brandon develops into a celebrated high school quarterback, only to then face the realization in his teens that he is gay. TGT handles the subject sensitively and offers an insightful read for parents, young adults, and middle and high school students. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/RandolphChristopherLongstreet

A bright Texas university student named Anthony is faced with threats from his professor, who lies about the student to protect himself. He goes so far as to send Anthony to a psych ward to protect his own reputation, while branding the student as certifiably insane.Even Anthony''s parents do not believe him, due to his family history of manic depression. In the meantime, the young man lives a crazy life, and truly experiences both the highest highs and the lowest lows. Madness: Based on a True Story takes a chilling look into the world of truth and madness. Anthony Andrew says these events are based on truth, "which I lived and never want to experience again. I had a very hard time writing this novella simply because I don''t want to think about these horrifying events ever again. However, I have completely moved past everything that has happened to me, and do not wish ill fortune on anyone portrayed in this book. This story is completely intended for entertainment and is not meant as any sort of revenge. Madness is not meant to make people feel bad, but instead to inspire people and entertain people for a 100-page roller coaster ride, unlike any other book on the market today."Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/AnthonyAndrew

Set in the early 1970s, Prince Perfect tells the coming-out story of Allen, a Jewish teenager from the Deep South, and his relationship with Mark, the "perfect Jewish prince."A recent graduate of the Ivy League, Mark hails from a prominent family and has just returned to his hometown. At his welcome home dinner, he is challenged by the radicalized Allen, who sees Mark as the prototype of a "bourgeois capitalist pig class enemy."Mark is intrigued by Allen''s intelligence and rebellion, and takes him on as "a project." Allen begins to see Mark in a different light. Once he finds out Mark is gay, Alan seduces him. Mark has problems with succumbing to the charms of someone so much younger. He panics and heads to New York to go to graduate school.Back home, Allen gets in trouble at school for his politics, so his parents decide to send him up North to a boarding school in Vermont. Though he refuses to contact Mark, he still has feelings he can''t get past.Mark visits Allen in Vermont to tell him he''s getting married and asks Allen to be his best man. The marriage is one of "obligation." After meeting Mark''s fiancée, Allen begins to understand the reasons behind the marriage.On the surface, both men have everything going for them: looks, intelligence, charm, and social position. But internally, they must come to terms with what they want, versus what is expected of them.At Mardi Gras, Allen begins to realize that he is not willing "to play the game" and be the "dirty little secret." It is "all or nothing."Josef Nix is an interpreter/translator and writer from Mississippi.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JosefNix

E-Novels of Paul G.These eight novelettes are the author''s lifetime work, experimenting on the philosophy of individual achievement and personal enrichment that will motivate the reader to seek an enriched life. It includes Paul G.''s own experimentation, and is written with plenty of passion and verve.The Grace: Counseling a shattered couple to the mainstream and the values of life.Be Graceful: Sequel to The Grace, outcome of an interactive novel.Lord of Lords: A romantic novel written in the background of a college of higher learning about the end of days.Last Encounter: Sequel to Lord of Lords.Amazing Ways: The adventures of three seminarians sent out to see competition in the world outside and the fulfillment of their love life.Reaching High: The plight of an estate boy to fulfill his ambition to become a doctor and his amorous adventures.Melody of Maldives: Myth of the holiday country unraveled in an adventure and spirituality.Train Tales: Experiences of twenty-five years of train journey every day.Final Conflict. Epilogue.Do visit the author''s website: www.paulgnet.com The late Dr. Manfred Hauck is releasing the book.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/PaulG

This book is on grammar, but it goes beyond grammar. Because by knowing the elements of grammar and the rules in putting them together, one can at best follow a text, but cannot communicate.One needs to cultivate language sense, develop understanding of language use, and learn to handle the tools of logical analysis. Logic helps. This book is a paradigm of reasoning and analysis, and it makes clear that anything that is logically invalid cannot be deemed grammatically correct. For example: "I say I am dumb" and "I am there."Being aware that a clear, correct, complete, and consistent write-up is a basic requirement in a professional career, the author designed this book to serve as a master key to unlock the door to the house of grammar. The book teaches how to handle tools of analysis for clear thinking, which is important because clarity in expression goes hand in hand with clarity of thought. Varindra Kumar Varma is an acclaimed Hindi writer who holds a degree in law and a doctorate in philosophy. He specializes in linguistic philosophy, and worked as a senior research fellow at a centre of advanced study in philosophy. He was a professor of philosophy for years, and retired as a principal from higher education service. Dr. Varma has researched the logic of language, the role of logic in grammar, and methods of exploiting the native learner''s knowledge of his mother tongue in learning English. He published two books on language and grammar in English and one in Hindi.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/VarindraKumarVarma

Set in Vancouver, British Columbia, a well-meaning and honorable man caught up in his search for recovery finds strength and conviction meting out justice. Judge and Justice is the sequel to author Chris Hinch''s previous novel Seeking Justice.Chris is a recovering drug addict searching for drug dealers, people in the slave trade, and pedophiles, so he can mete out his own form of justice and give them the punishment they truly deserve. He meets a beautiful woman cop and their sexual relationship is told in a straightforward and honest way.The part of the story dealing with drug addiction recovery is from the author''s own observations as well as stories told by other recovering addicts.This thrilling crime novel is loaded with humor, honesty, violence, and a bit of recovery.Chris Hinch born in Halifax in 1950. A recovering addict, he is the manager of a furniture finishing shop in Kelowna, B.C. The author enjoys writing poetry, music, and playing pool.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/ChrisHinch

In the exciting sci-fi novel Sara's New Realm, Sara and Matt's honeymoon is interrupted by her life-long guide, Rowena, who gives her an urgent assignment: She must locate an alien named Dardo. A rumor is spreading fast that Dardo is asking all aliens to leave Earth before it is destroyed! She must find out if the rumor is true.Jenny and Beau, their best friends, join the couple in their quest. Trouble starts when the American government issues warrants to stop them from interfering with the alien nation.Sara learns of her true origins and destiny, angering the alien king's nephew enough to make him kidnap Matt and her friends. New alien friends help her locate them and find the real reason behind the rumor about Earth's demise.She discovers that a large asteroid is heading straight for Earth! Sara wants to help destroy the asteroid, but no one - not the American government, the aliens, or the fairy world - can solve the problem.When all looks hopeless, Sara's guide Rowena sends Sara to the mythological god, Vishnu, whose mighty weapon may be the only way to save Earth. Reba Rymers was born and raised in Del Rio, Texas. She now resides in Schertz, Texas, near San Antonio, where spring festivities include the Battle of Flowers Parade, the River Parade, and other events that bring people from all over the world. Retired from civil service, she has turned her attention to writing. This is her second book. Her first was Sara's Unexpected Detour. Publisher's website:: http://sbprabooks.com/RebaRymers

Deadly Recollections is a contemporary, psychological crime/thriller set in Boston. When a renowned Harvard professor suddenly informs his colleagues that he is retiring while in the final stages of a ground-breaking research study, everyone is in total shock.Shortly after, Harvard University''s peaceful campus is rocked when several important professors and scientists start disappearing. Both the Harvard University Police Department and Boston PD team up to solve this macabre case, but their efforts are unsuccessful.Homeland Security takes over, suspecting a terrorist organization might be responsible for the abductions. No one can imagine that a genius has snapped and is seeking revenge in the most unimaginably gruesome way.Derya Harman is a clinical psychologist. Raised in Ohio, she now lives in Nicosia, Cyprus. She enjoys reading psychological thrillers and psychological suspense. This is her third book.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/DeryaHarman

Rob Delodge is a brilliant and handsome young man who has everything one could wish for, except for the most important thing: contentment. Seeking meaning in life, the disillusioned Harvard grad has various adventures and tries numerous philosophies, only to end up in a dangerous situation when he becomes a prisoner of ISIS terrorists. Rob's Escape from ISIS becomes a matter of cunning and luck. After he gets away, he finds himself in another world and has no clue to its meaning. Being a youth of today, however, where is meaning? Thomas E. Berry, PhD, is a retired professor of Russian language and literature. He still teaches a course at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and lectures at the Smithsonian Institution and the Russian Cultural Center of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. He wrote this story to show that there are still heroes who "are patriotic and valiant."

From one dangerous escape to another, Nina''s life is fraught with anxiety. Almost snarled by the Russian revolution, she is brought to America as a maid in a wealthy American mansion. Her new master tries seducing her with tragic consequences. She is accused of murder.Slipping away on a late night train, she finds refuge in a Bordello in the rough coal mining area of Southern Illinois only to be sold by the Madame for a thousand dollars. A labor boss with ulterior motives convinces her of his sincerity, but she must again escape his seduction.A minister hides Nina on a poor man''s farm near the Mississippi River. Nina''s integrity will not bend for the owner''s passion. When a huge flood overflows the farm, the minister again helps her escape. Nina becomes a school teacher in a very poor school, but her students love her. A monstrous tornado destroys the building and many of her little ones. It is the saddest funeral ever in the little town. Yet Nina finds love and happiness in a way she never could have expected.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/DrThomasEBerry/

In the west of the 1890s, Jake''s wife is raped and murdered, an image from which he attempts to escape and hide. When two thieves try to take what little he has left, Jake realizes he must face the past and solve his wife''s murder to truly escape the images in his head. But to find the killer, he discovers even more surprises ...Jake McTavish left his home in central Canada when he was in his early teens. After working ships on the Great Lakes, fishing Lake Winnipeg, feeding cattle south of Fort Garry, and shooting wolves on the prairies, he starts his own cattle operation in the foothills of the western mountains. Then he meets his life-long partner, Anna.Jake and Anna were married three years when it all came crashing down. He came home to find his beautiful wife raped and murdered. In an attempt to escape the vision of his butchered wife and all that he lost, Jake runs deep into the mountains, where he spends three years trapping and panning gold. When two outlaws attempt to rob him and leave him for dead, Jake finally comes out of the stupor he has lived in and begins to fight back.First he deals with the two thugs. Next he returns to his homestead to find his wife''s killer. Solving a murder after several years is no easy task, especially when it includes surprises he didn''t want to find.After a variety of work experiences, D. M. McGowan has now returned to work as a commercial driver and lives near Mile "0" of the world-famous Alaska Highway. His books bring Canadian history to life. This is his fourth published book.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/davidmmcgowan

More than 500,000 readers loved the recommendations made in Lady, You Deserve It on how women can live their life to the fullest.For those who dream about living a confident and positive life, this book has seeded the courage and power to pursue the dreams in their hearts. If you want to experience that magic, start now. You can change your life in a few months. Isn''t it worthwhile to invest some time in yourself?First put yourself under a spell.ΓÇóIt''s time to change.ΓÇóI will surprise others with my transformation.ΓÇóI will become an outstanding woman by increasing my self-worth.Are you ready? As soon as you turn the first page, the magic will start. Aness An always wanted a career that allowed her to travel around the world. She wrote down her dreams on a blank notecard, carrying it in her wallet as a constant reminder. A few years later, she accomplished everything on the card. Now she wants to share how her dream cards changed her life with other women. A graduate of Illinois State University with a major in mass communication, the author became an anchor and reporter at KBC-TV Chicago, where she covered stories on women''s issues. Lady, You Deserve It was published in South Korea and became a bestseller, giving hope and motivation to women. Her books are published in several languages and continue to captivate the minds and hearts of millions of readers, challenging them to succeed.Visit the author on Facebook at www.facebook.com/writer.aness. Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/AnessAn

"Love means a lot when you don''t know much about it," a woman once told the author. He didn''t quite understand her then, but as time passed, he began to figure out what she meant. He has asked many people what the word love means, and everyone has had his or her own idea.If you meet ten different people and ask about love, they will all have different answers. None will say the same thing. To some, love sucks. To some, it''s just a game. And to others, it''s an ordinary word that has no meaning. In the author''s early teens, he understood love to be something pure. Later, he vowed to have nothing to do with it. That is, until he met Mary.Passion for Mary is about a man who has a different viewpoint about love. In fact, he doesn''t believe it exists. He thinks love is imaginary and something you get into by mistake. He never witnessed or had love early in life. He was charming and rich, so he could get any woman he wanted. Women came to him claiming love, but he gave them something entirely different.He became a Casanova, treating women like prey, and acting like a wild animal. Until one day, he met an old woman who changed his views. She tells him the story of her life that touches him so deeply that he wants to change, and he learned what love really means.This book changed the author''s life and it will change yours, too.In the past five years, Gabriel Fortune Charles has lived in four countries. He is currently the manager for an education center in Kyrgyzstan.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/GabrielFortuneCharles

Secrets are meant to be kept secret!Just before he begins fourth grade, Frankie Bennett goes to Sea Sight Elementary School to get ready for the new school year. After picking up his class schedule, he overhears a woman in the school lobby talking to her son about finding a student there named Joey Fallon.The mother knows Joey has a secret she must learn. She tells her son to trick Joey into revealing the secret being protected by Joey and his family.As it happens, Frankie is Joey''s cousin, so he warns Joey about the woman and her son. Joey gets help from Frankie, his older brother Jake, and their two friends, Matt and Baron. Those Five Kids team up to investigate the mysterious kid, wanting to learn why he and his mother must know Joey''s secret.New Yorker Marlon Cozier wrote this book to send a message to kids that if they only stay true to themselves, they can get the job done. "Whatever they want to be in the future, they need to aim for that goal and not let the negative stuff stick in their head. Always believe that dreams can come true." This is his first book.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/MarlonCozier

This is Charles Edward Scheideman''s fourth book, all of which grew from his years in the RCMP and the experiences of a lifetime. 300 Wasted Years is about the natives of Canada, and to some extent, North America. Charles grew up on the Canadian prairie, in close proximity to a large population of natives. This gave him knowledge of these people far beyond the average person. His experiences with natives were enhanced by his policing career, which involved him with more than twenty reserve locations. His career took his family to seven locations in British Columbia. On retirement, he moved to the Victoria area, where he and his wife Patricia live today. Charles learned a lot from the native tragedies he was involved in as a policeman over his twenty-seven years on the force. The most startling of the different attitudes and cultures among the majority of natives, was the lesser value they placed on life itself. He was also privy to their sense of humour.The author''s previous books are Policing the Fringe, Tragedy on Jackass Mountain, and When Grampa Was A Mountie. The success of these encouraged him to write this book, which departs from the format and subjects of the first three. The main theme in this book focuses on the tragic existence these people have lived over the past 300 years. Raised on an Alberta farm, Charles Edward Scheideman hopes his book sheds light on the plight of natives. "False information is being spread about these early people through our government and media and in our schools. Hopefully this book will cause some re-thinking of these embellishments, half-truths, and fabrications."Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/CharlesEdwardScheideman

"Expecting Washington to fix healthcare is like waiting for cancer to cure cancer." - Dr. Deane WaldmanA cancer is devouring the U.S. healthcare system. Is there a cure?America: are you confused, scared ... or mad as hell? Before you give up in disgust, read The Cancer in the American Healthcare System. You''ll discover:Why health care is both less affordable and much less available...Where all those trillions of "healthcare" dollars go...Who the real bad guys are...Why Obamacare can''t and won''t help you...How to regain control over your own health care...Praise for multiple award-winning The Cancer in Healthcare (2012)"Easy, entertaining read, will make the Bad Guys squirm. Dr. Waldman''s style is lively and lucid, and the book is packed with facts. It is not just another boring recital of platitudes. His real life examples leave no doubt as to how absurd and sick the system is. ...Read it an weep, laugh, or both." - DR. JANE ORIENT, FORMER PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS"This book is easy ... to understand, but does not lack real fact-based academic rigor. It is a fast fun read, that will help you get a better understanding of the issues with the healthcare system iin the United States. Five stars." - S. POWER, AMAZON TOP 500 REVIEWERABOUT THE AUTHOR:Dr. Deane Waldman with both MD and MBA has consulted for hospitals, public and private organizations, and governments. He marries the tools of management, especially systems analysis, with the principles of good medical practice to diagnose and correctly treat sick systems including healthcare. Dr. Deane has been the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Children''s Hospital of San Diego, University of Chicago and University of New Mexico. He is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Pathology and Decision Science at the University of New Mexico and serves as Consumer Advocate member on the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange where he advises on public policy.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/DrDeaneWaldman

Ann Dubois, a beautiful young white woman with everything money can buy, is working on a Johns Hopkins research grant with Mike Brown, a self-made black scholar from the Baltimore ghetto.Hidden prejudice enters their relationship, and the rampant crime in Baltimore plays a role in their story.The major elements of social unrest plaguing the city continue to develop, and fear reigns until a surprising conclusion calms the storm. This intriguing contemporary novel is about Baltimore Now ... with murder served up in the finale.Thomas E. Berry, PhD, is a retired professor of Russian language and literature. He still teaches a course at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and lectures at the Smithsonian Institution and the Russian Cultural Center of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Travel is his hobby.Publisher''s website: http://sbpra.com/ThomasEBerry

Once upon a time, Delaney Walker's life was filled with warmth and love and family and friends, expectations and desires and happiness. Then a disastrous lifelessness set in. Living became painful to him, too painful to endure until the end of time.Delaney, retired after teaching for over thirty years at university level, had become filled with despair and was trying to understand why. On the morning of February 25, 2004, Delaney was afflicted with enough serious mental derangement to warrant a psychiatrist's enrolling him into what Delaney facetiously came to call "The Depressing Society of the Deeply Depressed." Unlike many societies, this one has no proud members. It is a very large community containing millions of associates and is quite exclusive, because nobody - absolutely nobody - gets in without proper credentials. H. G. Hastings-Duffield grew up in West Virginia, moved to Michigan during the early years of World War II, and now lives near Atlanta. He says, "Had I remained in West Virginia, I likely would be dead from black lung disease. The move afforded me the opportunities to earn two universities degrees, teach thirty-five years at three universities, and write for the edification of fellow citizens." This is his seventeenth book. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/hghastingsduffield

Orion Jackson, kingpin of the BGO, otherwise known as the Black Gangsta Organization, has inherited a world of life-threatening problems.The adverse circumstances of an uncouth outside affiliate have mercilessly entangled Orion and his organization to an ongoing murderous conflict with the Mexican mob. This cruel and deadly challenge threatens to forfeit Orion’s hopes and dreams of providing a peaceful and safe life for his family.Much to his dismay, Orion alarmingly discovers that sowing corruption can make life discouragingly daunting, especially when it’s A Time to Reap.The Criminals- Book I: A Time to Sow maliciously plants seeds of gloom and doom. Now it’s A Time to Reap. The Criminals – Book II: A Time to Reap is the shocking, highly anticipated sequel.Publisher’s website: http://sbprabooks.com/BruceWilson

Mainly out of loneliness, a messed-up writer falls in love with Marthe, his female main character, and decides not to let her die as initially planned, but to invite her into his life to help him write his next novel.He also welcomes popular characters from other successful novels, all experts in love. In addition, he summons Vivian, a prostitute - like Vivian from the movie "Pretty Woman" - who is an expert in "love for sale" to spice up the story.The characters (and their writer) embark on an erotic journey of sensuality, sex, and murder, as the writer takes copious notes that turn into an unusual meta-novel offering different vistas on life, death, murder, and love.The story ends in Vietnam at the lake of Dalat, where according to an old legend, pine trees formed intimate couples holding each other, entwining their roots after a young couple committed suicide. The legend renews itself at midnight the day the writer''s group arrives. Will they find love or will they seek death?A native of Belgium, Hugo Van Bever now resides in Singapore, where he is a professor of paediatrics at the National University Medical School. His other novels include A Sweet Double Murder, When Death Does Not Part, and On My Father''s Bike.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/HugoVanBever

Mal is one of so many born with a vivid imagination, but in a slightly deformed body. His spine never developed properly, leaving him with the deformity of a small hump.He was reared in a deeply religious society that imposed a strict regime, with its taboos and harsh beliefs forced on very young impressionable minds.The restrictions imposed on his young body brought its own problems in his dealing with a life filled with obstacles, especially when he would seek the solace of furtive love from others, a kind of love forbidden according to their scriptures. Mal''s many adventures and disappointments at the hands of those he loved, are told with feeling and some grim humour in this story of a life.Vic Vincent has been writing stories for most of his life. He enjoys exploring the unusual or bizarre aspects of the human condition, and the secrets we keep very much to ourselves, as we pursue our hopes and desires through the many aspects and situations we encounter on our journey. He previously wrote: "Vampricia and Other Short Stories".Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/VicVincent

This first of the Gumwood tales takes place around the village of Muchadoo in the land of Gumwood. The villagers have just heard that their mayor''s precious ceremonial regalia has been stolen. Who could have taken it?The friends platypus, brush turkey, and possum are falsely accused of the dastardly theft, following a failed attempt to persuade sergeant bulldog to rescue a rabbit from two nasty foxes that ambushed the rabbit and put him in a sugar bag. The king of the foxes has also trapped an unsuspecting goose and put her in a bag.A more subtle enticement is carried out by a cat who wrongly thinks she''s in league with the foxes. She leads a brush turkey into a trap, only to find she''s also caged and ready to be cooked on a bonfire! It turns out the animals were trapped to furnish food for the grand foxes'' yearly feast.Police dogs and the sergeant bulldog go on a wild chase after the friends. Meanwhile, at the great fox feast, the village animals attack the foxes, scattering them into the forest, but the foxes gather together, and while the villagers are looking for them in the forest, the foxes make their way to the village, where they wreak havoc. They light another bonfire, and commence smashing, stealing, eating, and drinking until the villagers return and another fight begins.Where will this all lead? Good triumphs over evil in the end, but there are casualties and one mystery that remains for the next book in the series.Publisher''s website: http://sbprabooks.com/JohnTWinter

The new informative children''s book, Koala and Bunny: Instilling Protective Behaviours in Children, will help kids become more aware of the special parts of their bodies. Having this information can prevent children from becoming victims of abuse. "I would like to sincerely thank you for your wonderful book Koala and Bunny. Your thoughtfulness is truly appreciated." - On behalf of Terri Irwin, Australia Zoo Author Al Smith describes himself as a battler. He has been an artist for twenty years and has exhibited in some of Brisbane, Australia''s finest galleries. Al plays several musical instruments, and has recorded CDs that received acclaim at the Queensland Recording Association Awards. He has performed with Ray Davies of The Kinks, Lobo, and Keith Urban. The author has been a conservationist for more than 30 years and has received a commendation for his efforts by then Midnight Oil front man and A.C.F. (Australian Conservation Foundation) President Peter Garrett, A.M. In his fight to save rainforests and establish a native tree seed bank (eventually established at Mt. Annan), Al was called "The Treeman" by the media. He hopes his creative children''s book, with an ecological slant, will open up the minds and hearts of both young and old. Al Smith lives in Brisbane, Australia. A project dear to his heart is his mind management technique, (www.binmagic.net), which he developed into a brochure to help sufferers of schizophrenia. Approval to distribute the brochures to over 100 outlets throughout Australia, including libraries in all capital cities, took six years of effort. Read more about him at http://www.theartofal.com.