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Sleep, insomnia, stress: What you don’t know can hurt you

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Sleep is a matter of LIFE AND DEATH. When we can’t sleep, we suffer in our productivity, mood, our relationships and our physical health. Not sleeping CAN BE THE DEATH OF YOU. What do you know about sleep? Don’t sell it short.

In this book, readers will learn about:

Why we MUST sleep
How the brain uses sleep to clean up the day’s toxins
How sleep is related to dementia
Common sleep disorders
The power of naps
Sleep and our immune system and medical disorders such as diabetes
What “sleep hygiene” means
How computer screens and cell phone blue light affect our sleep cycle.
The meaning of “sleep debt”

You’ll find a useful test to see whether you are a “lark” or an “owl” and when you are at your best in terms of sleep. For extra measure, there’s a test to gauge your stress level and how that affects your sleep.

Why are corporations encouraging employees to sleep on the job? Packed with useful references to important sleep articles you’ll want to read to inform yourself about sleep and how important it is. Don’t sell sleep short or it WILL kill you.

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Wild Open: Sacred Erotica, Poetry

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As women we are yearning to experience passion that opens our entire being to our own magnificence. To experience love and intensity that make us forget our pain and explode into our pleasure. To experience ourselves alive, awake and in ownership of our sexuality and sensuality. Wild Open, by Rachel Pringle is a book written with the intention to invite and awaken your erotic essence. We are all seeking to know and experience ourselves more deeply, especially through pleasure. By exploring this books short poetic stories of lust, desire, surrender and devotion we meet parts of ourselves that are yearning to be seen, felt and received.

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Last Gasp by Howard Levine

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Frank Tedeschi’s niece is dead, one of thousands of victims of a terrorist attack, which has been laid at the feet of “Islamic radicals” by a right-wing US government. Frank, based on a chance encounter, is one of the very few people who question the government’s explanation. He is a Vietnam veteran who wants nothing more than to live without further controversy or conflict. Can he and his grieving brother Rob, a detective with the NYPD, obtain the necessary evidence to uncover the truth, in the face of scorn and incredulity? Can they overcome their long-term estrangement to work together, given that they are putting their lives in danger?

In LAST GASP—a novel that resonates with today’s politics—the answers to these questions unfold in a way that mingles personal and societal issues and intertwines the past and present while moving relentlessly forward.

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The Stellar by Robert L Mason

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It began as a simple trip to marry the man to whom she was engaged. Raylynn Fisher, along with her five bridesmaid friends, landed in Tokyo, Japan expecting nothing more than five days of fun and relaxation, and a charming weekend that included a beautiful Japanese wedding before returning home. But destiny had a different plan.

In Japan, Ray and friend Marika Anderson meet the groom’s cousin, Sayuri Takinara. Sayuri reveals to them that a treasure belonging to an old Samurai was long-ago hidden in a cave—and she had the map! So, Sayuri, Ray and Marika go treasure hunting. But the three enter the cave unaware a strange fate awaits them.

Due to unknown radiation, the treasure alters the DNA of all three women, setting up a chain reaction that converts them into an incredible, superpowered, crystal-like being. A ‘star’ of many colors. Moreover, to both their amazement and dismay, by birthing this ‘star’ they also fulfill an ancient, otherworldly prophecy which tells of great battles between the ‘star’ and many creatures of Lovecraftian lore.

And so, Ray, Marika and Sayuri, begin an exciting adventure that has them kidnapped, learning an unfathomable secret truth, meeting an intergalactic mentor, and dramatically escaping from their captors. And finally, as THE STELLAR, facing against the great Cthulhu itself.

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ADAM II: ICON, by A K Stone

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In the darkness between the stars, nothing is quite what it seems.
It seemed that Adam and the Kinetics were safe, but they must hide from Shape-shifter menace.
It seemed that the Demos were defeated, but the victory was based on deception.
It seemed that humanity and AIs had the winning card, but forces gather to destroy it.
What will protect the Earth-Centauri system, if we lose the power of the Icon?

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Love Never Quits by Gina Heumann

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WHACK… At three in the morning Gina was sound asleep, yet somehow she was smacked in the head. She looked over at her husband, thinking perhaps he accidentally rolled over and flopped his arm on top of her, but he was sleeping soundly and facing the opposite direction. She turned to the other side and glaring back at her was her eight-year-old child.

“Did you just hit me?”

“Yes, and I’d do it again.”

“Whyyyy?”

“Because you took away my video games.”

“That was EIGHT HOURS AGO. And you’re still mad about it?”

“I wish I could kill you.”

This is the true story of the hell one family lived through parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder, a severe diagnosis related to children who experienced early-childhood trauma.

This inspirational story covers over a decade of daily struggles until they finally found resolution and made it to the other side. The family remained intact, and this once challenging son is now achieving things never thought possible.

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Kane by Ashley Lee

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About Kane by Ashley Lee

Not long after he meets his dreams come true, in a random encounter downtown, Kane and Olivia fall head over heels for each other which leads to a steamy relationship of exotic trips, secret dates, and lots of great sex. But just when their bond is at its strongest, Olivia stumbles on a dark secret about Kane’s sexual preferences and soon has a few secrets of her own to reveal. Olivia knows that being in love comes with sacrifices but turns her sacrifice into revenge. How devious can the ones closest to us be? Find out what happens when everything seems too good to be true.

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A Lady in Havana by Ashley Morgan

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It’s the late 1950’s in Havana. Flowing Mojitos and hip-shaking Rhumbas rule colorful nightclubs filled with elegantly dressed beautiful people from around the world. Casinos, run by gangsters like Meyer Lansky, and a government on the brink, keep the atmosphere charged.

Enter Dimple Duncan, a proper Southern belle trying to help her husband with the social aspects of landing a business deal with the Batista government. When she meets Roberto, the Latin dreamboat lawyer also helping her husband, things quickly get out of hand – romantically and ethically. And when she meets Fidel her patriotism is tested in a way she never dreamed possible.

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Sweet, Smart, and Struggling

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What do a dumpster, a buy and sell site, and a thrift store have in common? For single mom Carrie Bennet, they offer the chance to earn a little bit of money so she’ll never leave a grocery store in tears again.

What she finds along the way goes far beyond her meager expectations. Friendships, unexpected treasure, and a surprise chance to fulfill her dream to become a psychologist are suddenly within reach. It will be hard to do it all while prioritizing her 9-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter. But this is an opportunity that’s too good to ignore, and she’s determined to take full advantage of it.

Sweet, Smart, and Struggling is the story of how an average woman creates value from things other people throw away and transforms her life with hard work, a little creativity, and the help of some good friends.

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Renegade Star

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Renegade Star books 1-8 are on sale for 99¢/each this week to celebrate the launch of book 11 out now!

“They say the Earth is just a myth. Something to tell your children when you put them to sleep, the lost homeworld of humanity. Everyone knows it isn’t real, though. It can’t be.

But when Captain Jace Hughes encounters a nun with a mysterious piece of cargo and a bold secret, he soon discovers that everything he thought he knew about Earth is wrong. So very, very wrong.

Climb aboard The Renegade Star and assemble a crew, follow the clues, uncover the truth, and most importantly, try to stay alive.”

Experience the beginning of a sprawling galactic tale in this first entry to The Renegade Star series. If you’re a fan of Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, or Indiana Jones, you’ll love this epic, space opera thrill ride.

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Tempt Me Forever by Brenda Ford

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Being with him would wreck havoc!
Angelo is filthy rich.
Always suited.
And stares at me with his piercing blue eyes all the damn time.
He’s everything I need.
And I want him in my bed.
But he’s also taken.
His girlfriend is a cheating piece of sh*t.
Angelo deserves better.
But I’m not the right woman for him.
“A rock band drummer dating a billionaire!”
That in itself sounds like a joke.
And also like an unattainable fantasy.
In this life,
We’re not supposed to be together.
But as luck would have it..
Our two worlds collide.
It causes an explosion… and a ton of drama.
And now, he’s down on one knee.
Do you think I should say yes?

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Fractured Grace: How to Create Beauty, Peace and Healing for Yourself and the World by Julie Krull

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About Fractured Grace: How to Create Beauty, Peace and Healing for Yourself and the World by Julie Krull

Fractured Grace is a prescription for individual and collective healing—a resounding call for wholeness in today’s escalating state of chaos, separation and fear. With a unique and intimate journey into the author’s own healing process, from an early childhood Near-Death Experience to a freak accident with several broken bones, you are invited to step outside of an outdated worldview to create more beauty, peace and healing for yourself and the world.

Dr. Julie Krull offers an impassioned spiritual perspective on global healing and the evolution of consciousness. She demonstrates how an illusion of separation is the root cause of wide-spread pain, suffering, and even necessary whole-systems breakdown in every aspect of life. Fractured Grace breaks through that illusion and inspires a return to wholeness. Krull challenges the understanding of popular, fragmented models of healing and crisis response, and moves you into a grounded place of hope and clarity, helping you create the conditions for individual and collective healing to occur. She weaves personal stories, current events, and prophetic vision to lay the foundation for deep and regenerative systemic transformation and change. Her masterful story-telling and authentic voice, inspire and enliven the path to wholeness and the reclamation of your inherent unity. Her down-to-earth, palatable approach invites you to explore new concepts and expand your consciousness.

Fractured Grace is based on Dr. Julie’s thirty-plus-year career as a healer, spiritual teacher, and psychotherapist, working with individuals, groups and organizations, interviewing and working with hundreds of evolutionary leaders, and drawing on her own mystical experiences. The book reveals how the radical application of a heart-based, soul-centric lens can calm your mind, heal your body, create sustained peace, and jump our interconnected, whole-living-system to a higher order.

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Princess of Sky, Earth, Fire and Water by Cassandra Finnerty

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In 1772, amidst the ancient ruins and standing stones of western Ireland, a young woman inherits an army, a fleet of ships, and special powers.
To keep her magic, she journeys to the East Kingdom and meets her greatest challenge — a warrior prince whose love threatens to destroy them both.
Together, they face ruthless enemies and royal intrigue, fighting for survival and a chance for enduring love.

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Birth Right: Galak’s Rising

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On sale for $.99 on 6/16-6/17

“Sci-fi and fantasy readers seeking a story that bridges several subgenres and fills its pages with impossible challenges and hope against all odds will find Birth Right: Galak’s Rising an excellent story that stands well on its own, but sets the stage for more stories in the series. It’s a vivid, memorable tale of choices, consequences, and their lasting impact on the future of humanity that will linger in the mind long after the final struggle’s outcome.” D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review

What do you do when the world’s greatest power has no conscience?

Two, not of blood, but joined in blood,
may conquer only as a selfless act of love.
-from The Prophecy of the Dancers of Silence

In the illustrated dystopian epic fantasy Birth Right: Galak’s Rising, Galak, a cruel cyborg obsessed with creating a race of superior beings, demands that Valki twins compete for a Birthright.

The courage of two young women to resist Galak’s law pits princes, kings, and mighty warriors against a merciless foe.

The Birth Right Trilogy explores the ethical implications of technology with adventure, romance, humor, and terror.

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Summary & Analysis of The Unwinding of the Miracle by ZIP Reads

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The life of Julie Yip-Williams is a spine-chilling deluge of wit and wonder, filled with ageless wisdom and undying pragmatism. She was more than cancer, blindness, and ferocity, and she unveiled the ultimate secret in the unwinding of her miracle.

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Murder in Palm Beach: The Homicide That Never Died, by Bob Brink

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The doorbell rings in the home of a prominent Palm Beach citizen, quickly followed by a shotgun blast that shatters a window, cracking the calm of a cool January night. Rodger Kriger falls to the floor, mortally wounded, leaving a wife and six children.

Murder in Palm Beach: The Homicide That Never Died is closely based on a sensational, real murder that happened in the posh ocean-side town in 1976. In the thin guise of fiction, the book contains shocking new information never before made public. Author Bob Brink, an award-winning journalist, was a newspaper reporter in the locale where the assassination occurred. It made media headlines for 15 years.

An ambitious prosecutor pins the deed on Mitt Hecher, a hoodlum and karate expert. At Hecher’s trial, fellow jail inmates testify that he confessed. He is convicted and sentenced to the brutal and anarchic state prison at Raiford, where a stabbing a day and a killing a week are the “mean” average.

Judges repeatedly frustrate Hecher and several attorneys working without fees to get a new trial, as investigators pursue myriad scenarios. Meanwhile, his wife contracts a deadly disease.

Was Hecher innocent, and if so, who did it? Did the sons of a wealthy Cuban kill Kriger? Were the operators of a gambling enterprise out to get him? Was a love triangle the basis for the shooting? Did a vicious underworld figure do the bidding of a criminal gang? Was a prominent politician behind the slaying? Those are the questions seeking answers amid the exploration of issues of justice and power.

Murder in Palm Beach is the saga of a battle between a man whose swagger has sent him spiraling to the bottom and powerful, sinister forces determined to keep him there. It is a narrative of redemption wrapped in a mystery tale reeking with power, sex, and violence. It also contains a heart-rending love story.

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His Many Demands

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My Needs.
 My Demands. 
Your Pleasure.
 You’re Welcome.

 She had one year left of college when our parents got married. And thanks to being raised in poverty, she needed help with her expenses.

 My dad, being the benevolent billionaire, stepped up without question.

 But there was a catch. She had to intern at the firm for a year. With me.

 As her boss. Poor sweet little thing. 

She has no clue what she’s up against, but she’ll figure it out soon.

 I don’t play typical games, but the ones I do play, I always win. 

And regardless of how taboo our relationship might become, I’m all in.

 The reward is worth the risk.

 I just hope she can keep up with my many demands.

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Chosen by the Princess: A Reverse Harem Romance

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Why choose just one if she can have them all?
Princess Katrinetta is about to embark on her Choosing, a time when every province in Yewforia will select one man to send to Castle Wrenbrook where he will have the opportunity to show his value to the beautiful, intelligent woman who will someday rule the realm. Katrinetta is tasked with the duty of choosing just one man to spend the rest of her life with.

In the realm of Yewforia, a man’s highest honor is to please a noblewoman. When that woman happens to be the princess, being a part of the Choosing means everything.

As Katrinetta becomes more acquainted with the Representatives, it becomes clear she can never choose just one of them! Cassius is powerful and knows how to make her laugh. Jate is gentle and shy. Reeve is mysterious… and that’s just three of the men who have pledged their hearts to the beautiful princess!

Despite her feelings for the new men she’s grown to adore, Katrinetta is also in love with the one man her mother, Queen Rona, would never allow her to be with. When Eliason is blocked from the Choosing, Kit is desperate to find another way to keep him in her life, even if it means defying her mother and the realm.

Realm of the Chosen follows Princess Katrinetta as she embraces the love of her men and establishes herself as a benevolent ruler, one who will vow to protect her people and do what’s best for them, no matter the cost.

Full of steamy bedroom scenes, romance, love, and intrigue, Realm of the Chosen is a reverse harem romance for mature readers.

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Hoping For The Best, Just Hoping Nothing Happens by Astone Jackson

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About Hoping For The Best, Just Hoping Nothing Happens by Astone Jackson

I remember being 16 with all these plans of who I wanted to be. You’re young and hopeful. Then you grow up and everything crashes around you. You’re left looking at nothing and no one but your intentions of finding better but the thing is you’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else. So just speak your truth. Even if it scares you. Every part of who you are, not just part of you. Time to stop telling your story in second person and say, “I am getting there.” I am getting there.

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Hellbound (Persephone and Lucifer)

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Persephone’s story takes a delicious turn when she meets Lucifer himself in the debut of the erotic new series, “Hellbound.” This novelette is meant to be devoured in one bite.

‘Hello,’ a voice calls out from inside the fireplace. I sit up and blink my eyes into focus. The wine wore off two hours ago and I’m too sober for this shit. I take another sip of water.
“Who are you?” The fireplace says, the flames beginning to move unusually slow and rhythmically, forming themselves into the shape of a man’s face with two curved horns protruding from his head. I spit my water out.
“Why have you called me here?” The horned man made of flames asks me.
I open my mouth to speak, but my brain refuses to comply, so I just kind of gawk at him like a hungry baby bird.
“Who are you?” He says slower and slightly louder than the last time.
“Percy,” I answer aloud, after internally struggling with the fact I may or may not be hallucinating. “I’m sorry, I’ve never had a fireplace speak to me before.” At this point, I’m unsure of what constitutes as reality in any capacity, but I am intrigued. After all, every great story starts out with something kind of fucked up happening.
“I’m not a sentient fireplace,” he says sardonically.
“Then what are you,” I ask, mesmerized by the fire’s deep shades of burnt oranges and reds creating the entities sharp cheekbones, the lighter yellows at his mouth and brow.
“You’ve summoned me yet you don’t know my name?” He asks in a way that suggests I’m teasing him. The flames curl back into a smile.
“Are you a demon?” I ask. It’s the best guess I have based off of my extensive Netflix research.
His laugh is deep and rich against the crackling from the firewood. “You’ve watched too much ‘Supernatural, Percy.’” Damn, he is good.
“That’s a weird thing for a demon to say.” I squint my eyes at the flames.
“How so?” he asks, “It’s the number one watched show in Hell.”
“See, now that sounds more like something a demon would say.”
In an instant, the face in the flames disappears as a column of black smoke pours from the fireplace and fills the room.

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Infamous 1

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About Infamous 1 1-on-1. To the death? Four-star point guard. One-on-one champ. Insane skills. Everything was looking up. Until ... After the death of his father in Afghanistan, a fallen basketball phenom with a violent streak struggles to … [Continue reading] about Infamous 1

Eclipse

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About Eclipse On the distant planet Oasis the secrets lay behind the Porcelain Man’s dead eggshell eyes. The panicked riddles he spews between catatonic cycles drive agent Carver closer to the missing. The brilliant Ceren Dore lies frozen in her … [Continue reading] about Eclipse