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Orthodox Theology and Technology: A Profoundly Gifted Autobiography

About Orthodox Theology and Technology: A Profoundly Gifted Autobiography

The book, like most of my books, is in fact a collection of originally independent works drawn in to a single center of gravity. In this case it includes the following works:

“About the Author:” my website’s author biography. Some people have found it significant that I claim not some uniqueness, but the glory and shame of being a human being.

“An Author’s Musing Memoirs About His Work: Retrospective Reflections, Retracings, and Retractions,” a set of musing memoirs at midlife.

“Character Sheet.” I am intentionally no longer a gamer, but a character sheet with a bit of fantasy is something that some reader will instantly connect with.

“An Interview with the Author by… the Author Himself!” It might be read with the “Cosmic Patriot” work of “Why I’m Glad I’m Living Now, at This Place, at This Time, in This World”

“Orthodox Theology and Technology: A Profoundly Gifted Autobiography” offers a single autobiography in a more conventional sense.

“Appendix A: Recommended Works” is intended to give the reader a head start in navigating my voluminous output. It covers which works to read first.

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Bell Hammers

About Bell Hammers

“Remmy’s life of constant schemes and pranks and a lifelong feud with classmate Jim Johnstone and the local oil drilling company proves consequential. This is a hoot.”
– Publisher’s Weekly

🏆 Finalist for Glimmer Train’s Fiction Open.

PRANKS. OIL. PROTEST. JOKES BETWEEN NEWLYWEDS.

AND ONE HILARIOUS SIEGE OF A MAJOR CORPORATION.

Remmy grows up with Beth in Bellhammer, Illinois as oil and coal companies rob the land of everything that made it paradise. Under his Grandad, he learns how to properly prank his neighbors, friends, and foes. Beth tries to fix Remmy by taking him to church. Under his Daddy, Remmy starts the Bell Hammer Construction Company, which depends on contracts from Texarco Oil. And Beth argues with him about how to build a better business. Together, Remmy and Beth start to build a great neighborhood of “merry men” carpenters: a paradise of s’mores, porch furniture, newborn babies, and summer trips to Branson where their boys pop the tops off of the neighborhood’s two hundred soda bottles. Their witty banter builds a kind of castle among a growing nostalgia.

Then one of Jim Johnstone’s faulty Texarco oil derricks falls down on their house and poisons their neighborhood’s well.

Poisoned wells escalate to torched dog houses. Torched dog houses escalate to stolen carpentry tools and cancelled contracts. Cancelled contracts escalate to eminent domain. Sick of the attacks from Texaco Oil on his neighborhood, Remmy assembles his merry men:

“We need the world’s greatest prank. One grand glorious jest that’ll bloody the nose of that tyrant. Besides, pranks and jokes don’t got no consequences, right?”

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Professional Student

About Professional Student

When Elena Brooks finds her dream job as a Professional Student shortly after graduating from her Masters program, she believes her future is set. However, the Department of Learning has some secrets of its own. After discovering that there is more to the program than taking advanced classes, Elena has to decide if she’s going to continue to live in denial or confront her past. She has to put her safety on the line and risk everything she knows to work on an undercover project that is tied to the Professional Student program, for the chance to make a difference in the world. With the help of her new friend, Elena understands what it takes to become a true leader, while learning to listen to her heart.

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Match Me Up

About Match Me Up

The hottest nerd I know just became my roommate.
But it’s a no-go on the down low, seeing as he’s my best friend’s brother.
The best part is that he’s a hunk and a half, but oh so smart.
How can one guy have all the good stuff? And now he’s in my face all the time.
I just needed a place to stay while I’m in grad school.
And it’s entertaining watching this sexy IT genius create a new dating app.
Not so fun being his guinea pig until something crazy happens…
He turns out to be my perfect match on the app.
We’re too good as friends to mess this up, plus my BFF is less than thrilled about all of it.
No matter how much I want this guy, he’s gonna have to match me up with someone else.
As if.

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Everything Led Me to You

About Everything Led Me to You

After waking up in the hospital, I just wanted to get back to my normal life but when I found out that the person who did this to me hadn’t been caught, I just couldn’t let it go.

Now I’m left paying for what happened in more ways than one and my stubborn ass refuses to let this person get away.

I usually follow my instincts but there’s no way that I could have predicted anything that night.
I know that I couldn’t have done anything to react any sooner.

If I did, then maybe things would have gone differently.
Maybe I would have never lost a week of my life…
I probably would have never fallen in love…
And I would’ve never ended up in the situation that I am in right now.

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Dirge of the Dead

About Dirge of the Dead

As Xlina struggles to come to terms with killing her best friend, the wily necromancer Oxivius hatches a plan to set things right. The duo will march straight into the gates of Hell and reclaim what the Arch Demon Ertigan has taken from them. But stealing Amber’s soul from Hell is not without perils.

Xlina finds herself facing the judgement of the Counsel of Magic as the forces of Heaven and Hell align to stop her from performing the resurrection. With new allies and old friends vying to reclaim the stolen soul Xlina is thrust into a whirlwind of deceit and betrayal.

Is it all just another clever scheme by Oxivius to further his own secret agenda? Who are the mysterious druids sent to preserve the natural order? With the world at her back, Xlina must overcome her isolation and deepest fears if she has any hope of freeing Amber from an eternity of torment at the hands of Ertigan.

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Fairy-Tailed Wish

About Fairy-Tailed Wish

What happens when someone makes a wish to be Fairy-Tailed on their Birthday Eve?

It’s up to Suzie and her fairies-in-training to see that the wish is granted. But when fairy dust meets toilet paper, things don’t always go as planned. Dashing up and zooming down, tying knots and winding around, a nighttime mission can quickly go wrong and wake a sleeping child. Will Suzie and her fairies escape in time before they are discovered?

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Good Girl Gone (A Seekers Mystery – 2) by Sam Berretti

About Good Girl Gone (A Seekers Mystery – 2) by Sam Berretti

FREE on Amazon Sept 3-7!
Doris Watson is an army vet and engineer by profession, a designer of kitchen appliances. But when she gets an emergency late-night message, her mundane existence takes a decided turn into the bizarre and deadly realm of human trafficking as her secret existence resurfaces. She is an on-call agent for a firm named Seekers Worldwide, a front for a loose group of high-tech mercenaries, managed by one Della Jamay Charboneau and run by NSA agent, Sam Namath.
Someone made the mistake of taking Della’s niece. And that was a truly epic mistake indeed.
Della Jamay is no ordinary aunt. She is an assassin with a very short temper and a very large arsenal. Doris’ assignment from Sam—to handle her handler and keep Della’s body count low. Plagued by prophetic dreams and embroiled in Della’s most private matters, rookie Doris finds herself in way over her head. Together the two women fight for their lives against ruthless New Orleans criminals and a mysterious Voodoo priestess claiming to be stealing souls with fire in this thriller about family love versus true evil.
Non-stop action and suspense propel these two tough women through a mystery shrouded in the darkest aspects of human behavior and crime. Time is of the essence—every hour, every day the girl is missing means the trail is growing colder and her fate more dire. Della Jamay is forced back to her home, her hidden past and memories she would like to keep buried. Doris is pulled with her into a morass so dangerous and unthinkable it is beyond even her darkest nightmares. Intriguing subplots, explosive situations, humor, heartwarming moments and a cast of highly memorable characters combine with a touch of the paranormal to weave a tapestry of memorable proportions in this romance mystery thriller adventure.

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Book Outlining Basics

About Book Outlining Basics

How to plan a great book and make writing it easier and faster than you ever thought possible. With a solid outline, you can do on your first draft what it takes other writers three or more drafts to do.

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A Little Girl’s Dream by Aneika Turnbull

About A Little Girl’s Dream by Aneika Turnbull

A Little Girl’s Dream is a fictional story of a little girl who was born with Cerebral Palsy and dreams of becoming a famous singer. However, she fears that her appearance may limit her ability/opportunity to achieve her dream. With support from her family, she learns to embrace her differences and to believe that she can reach the stars.

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Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey

About Mr Thinkalot’s Fantastic Space Journey

Mr Thinkalot is a professor of science. He has lots of ideas and cannot stop thinking. He works tirelessly and has developed something very special.

The problem is that nobody believes in him; they believe that he will never amount to much or do anything worthwhile.

But, Mr Thinkalot is about to prove everyone wrong as he rockets off deep into our solar system and beyond where no one from Earth has ever dared venture. What questions will he ask? What mysteries will unfold? What Earth shattering news will he discover?

He returns to Earth a changed man, with a very important message for humanity.

This time they will listen.

Follow Mr Thinkalot on his fantastic space journey and see where it takes him.

With bright and quirky illustrations, this book is a fantastic way to learn about how we can help change the future of our planet.

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The Balkan Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second Balkan War and Their Impact on World War I by Captivating History

About The Balkan Wars: A Captivating Guide to the First and Second Balkan War and Their Impact on World War I by Captivating History

It was a term devised in the early 20th century to describe the unstable political situation in the region just before it exploded into a conflict known as the First World War. The Balkan Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro) and its allies and the Ottoman Empire. But these wars didn’t involve any of the great European powers such as Germany, France, or the United Kingdom. This is what makes them less known, but they were crucial for the development of the European political scene.
The Balkan Wars were first fought for ethnic groups that were ruled by the Ottoman Empire so they could gain their complete independence and expand their territory. Looking up to the successful western states, Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Greece wanted to achieve national states with a territory that would gather all their ethnic brothers into one state.
But the legacy of the Ottoman Empire lives on in the multiethnic hodgepodge of the Balkan Peninsula. Unlike Westerners, the Ottomans considered their faith to be the uniting factor, not the idea of belonging to a nation. This belief created the complex situation in the Balkans that lasts to this day.
To understand this part of Europe, one must look into the past and understand the obscure and complex conflicts that are known as the Balkan Wars. This book will take you into the past and show you how it all started, from the creation of the Balkan League to the Bucharest Peace Conference.
If you want to learn more about Balkan Wars, get this book now!

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Female Entrepreneur’s Playbook by Patricia Wooster

About Featured Book: Female Entrepreneur’s Playbook: Secret Strategies From 20+ Women for Building a Business You Love and Getting Paid for It by Patricia Wooster

Special release price of $.99. Buyers can get over $1500 of bonuses by submitting proof of purchase to book@startowersystems.com
More women than ever are starting businesses — yet so few are sharing how they do it. Why? Because being a successful female entrepreneur is hard work and comes with a unique set of challenges that many don’t share.

If you want to know what happens behind the scenes of a growing business, this is your guide. If you want to create wealth, opportunities, and freedom in your business then we’ve got you covered. Whatever is holding you back from having the business of your dreams — whether it’s lack of experience, not knowing where to begin, money issues, or not understanding how to turn your purpose into profit — this book shows you how other women have walked the path, faced challenges, and built a business that thrives.

The Female Entrepreneur’s Playbook will change how you think about your business as 20+ successful entrepreneurs reveal their secrets to building a business that complements and enhances their lifestyle.

Inside, you’ll learn:

Why your hero’s journey is an essential part of your brand and story.
What to do if you need to generate revenue fast.
How to avoid the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make.
Why failure often leads to success.
What self-care routines help maintain physical, emotional and mental health.
Each chapter is written by a different female entrepreneur who gives candid and advice-fueled answers to empower women to lean into their zone of genius and create a business they love.

GET READY TO BE INSPIRED, GROW YOUR BUSINESS & CHANGE LIVES.

This Non-Fiction book is available in these Formats: eBook

Love Heals

About Love Heals

This is never more important than when life takes a downturn in the form of a sick loved one. LOVE HEALS is the true story of a doctor’s journey from successful physician to patient facing illness after illness, until his life depended upon a heart transplant so risky, few hospitals would even dare to attempt it. At one point, the family faced the dilemma of choosing between an artificial heart or taking a risk of waiting for a donor heart when the patient was given 24 hours to live.

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(U)topian

About (U)topian

What would you do if you woke up in a utopia? Would you accept it? Would it accept you?

Card Smith, a privileged everyman from 2019, unexpectedly finds himself in a strange time: 2122. War and crime are gone. Jobs are optional, everything is free, you can spend your time on whatever you want to do. Society is flourishing. Card is immediately excited, but also annoyed for reasons he can’t fully explain. His head hurts. He falls into old habits. He gets into trouble.

As he meets new people and awkwardly settles into his new life in utopia, he must figure out the mystery as to why he’s not adjusting well when everyone else is so happy. Is there something sinister lying beneath the surface? Or is the only problem inside his own head? Card must overcome his limitations and weaknesses in order to evolve to meet the future he unexpectedly arrives in.

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Dragon’s Egg by S. R. Langley

About Dragon’s Egg by S. R. Langley

DISCOVER A WORLD UNLIKE ANY OTHER

13-year-old Roger Briggs has been trained to believe there is no such thing as Magic… He has only ever shown interest in his own scientific pursuits, mainly that of studying bugs and is a loner whom lives in an alternative 1950’s “Inglande” in a world called “Erf”.

CHANCE OR DESTINY?

Then a collision with the nature loving, Mary Madam, occurs. This rapidly leads them into adventures they could never have believed possible, let alone imagine. And soon, these two seemingly mismatched loners are drawn into a daring rescue and an incredible escape, from the most unbelievable and deadliest forces of evil existing on, or under, Planet Erf: The Psychonomy and the Fire-Worm Lords of the Core.

WELCOME TO A WORLD UNLIKE ANY OTHER – THE DRAGON’S ERF SERIES.

Dragon’s Egg is the beginning of an epic adventure story, full of action, intrigue, compelling characters and fantastical imagery. If you’ve enjoyed classic fantasy, ranging from Gaiman to Pratchett, or Pullman to Potter, then you’ll love S. R. Langley’s incredible journey into the deep unknown of the last bastions of Magic on Planet Erf!

Download ‘Dragon’s Egg’ today – Book 1 of the exciting new Fantasy Series – ‘Dragon’s Erf’

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Eyes on Jesus

About Eyes on Jesus

Do you find that the cares and pressures of this life can be overwhelming?

We all struggle with worry, fear, and anxiety in some way. You’re far from alone if you struggle with anxiety. Humans—as far back as we can find written documentation—have always dealt with worrying about things that might go wrong.

We’re preemptively anxious, stressed, and afraid about scenarios that likely will not happen. The truth is, anxiety permeates our minds and hearts.

What is the point of our worrying? What does it benefit us? Is there a way to escape the fears that so easily consume us?

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Shadow’s Apprentice

About Shadow’s Apprentice

Macayla, a skilled healer, is cutting corners, to keep her master’s nook afloat in his absence. But beast attacks are on the rise. And, her seven-year apprenticeship is ending. But she would do anything to stick around this remote Tamaire village that feels like home. Her friends, including the handsome, quick-witted blacksmith, offer their opinion on how to accomplish that. So, with nose to the grindstone, she hopes her blood, sweat, and tears will impress her master enough to earn a residency. Except it’s hard to impress a master who travels for a local warlord, a bossy man Macayla avoids like a bad case of raw prickly rash that won’t heal. On a late-night trip home, she rescues a small pup from sure death in a local Hollow. However, at Kerna Keep, one council master of the Guild suspects Macacyl’s cute furry survivor isn’t what he seems. That simple midnight deliverance might get her killed or save her precious kingdom and friends.

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And Trouble Followed by Michael T. Tusa Jr.

About And Trouble Followed by Michael T. Tusa Jr.

In this work of historical fiction set in 1868 during the Congressional Reconstruction period, four Union soldiers, are finally discharged from the Army. They had been in many Civil War battles together, creating an undeniable bond, and then jointly decided to extend their enlistments, ending their service in the Third Military District, one of the five districts set up by Congress over the defeated South. Uniquely the four soldiers, Dalton, Harrison, Emmet and Shadrach, are two white men and two black men. Shadrach and Emmet are former slaves who joined the Army after fleeing the plantations and after Congress allowed blacks to serve. Dalton lived on the streets after his parents died and before he joined the Army. Harrison was an abolitionist and a preacher’s son who intends to return to the ministry. With their service ended they struggle with saying goodbye to each other knowing it is unlikely they will ever meet again but promising to stay in touch. The men then head their separate ways to different parts of the country to try to forget the trauma of the war and create new lives, but in a world still shattered by disunion, trouble followed.

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Digital Fasting

About Digital Fasting

The potent pull of digital dopamine, wasteful screentime and relentless distraction weighs heavy on all of us.

Decayed into zombies, glued to our screens; our time is manipulated, bodies neglected, our futures stolen…

“Digital Fasting” is an escape to this modern day nightmare

…a simple switch, to turn it all off.

– Get more work done, in less time
– Improve mental health
– Free up time to achieve & become what you truely seek

The benefits are endless, but it starts with you and your ability to flick the switch…

This book is about taking action, beginning with the 7-Day Digital Fasting Challenge.
Take the challange, and take back your life…

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