By Joseph Evans

“I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys young adult books.”

When Seckry Sevenstars is forced out of his village by the greedy Endrin Corporation and relocated to the daunting metropolis of Skyfall City, he harbours resentment for the company and vows to get them back one day for taking away his home, his school and his friends.

Fortunately, the marvels of the city do a good job in distracting Seckry from his anger and homesickness, and it isn’t long before he’s competing at Friction (the city’s most popular multiplayer video game), slurping awe-inspiring multicoloured milkshakes, and getting butterflies on his first date.

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Donkey Heart Monkey Mind

By Djaffar Chetouane

“I read the book in a day and a half because I could not put it down.”

The young Berber narrator of Donkey Heart Monkey Mind has to learn the kind of perseverance and ingenuity it takes to survive in 1980’s Algeria, where his people are second-class citizens in a third world country. His tale opens when police brutally beat him for participating in a protest march. Knowing that he must leave his own country or suffer this kind of treatment forever, he begins wandering Europe and northern Africa, desperately seeking some alternative. He tries his hand as a street vendor and a pickpocket, is mistaken for a drug smuggler and an Egyptian spy, and he poses as Jewish to sneak into Israel and as a devout Muslim to escape notice in an Egyptian prison. He is eventually swept up in the wave of arrests following the “Black October” Algerian political riots of 1988. Drugged and shipped to a remote military prison, for months he is burned, brutalized, and held in solitary confinement. But in the end, his tale poignantly illustrates how even in the most desperate circumstances sometimes hope is found, help is offered, and inspiration strikes.

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By Rob Patrick

Do you want to become a successful creative writer, but are stuck in a rut? Have you tried all the methods and still find yourself coming up blank when it is time to put pen to paper? If so, then this straightforward guide is your means to becoming the creative writer that you always wanted to be.

In 30 shorts days you will be on your lifelong journey to creative writing bliss and self fulfillment.

Free as of 9/13/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

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Diary of a Mummy Misfit

By Amanda Egan

“This is one of those book that guarantees you hours of laughing and complete enjoyment.”

Ever felt like you don’t belong?

When Libby Marchant and husband Ned made the monumental decision to sacrifice luxuries and holidays to see their only son Max through private education, they hadn’t expected to meet so many unsavoury and dislikeable personalities along the way.

Happily, the cruel jibes of the pompous ‘Meemies’ are made more tolerable by the lasting and loyal friendship they strike up with the affluent Fenella & Josh.

Follow Libby’s journey as she discovers the chasm between the Haves and the Have-Nots in her mad new world of school committees, designer handbags, bitching and botox.

With Fenella by her side, Libby is able to maintain her sanity. But what happens when the credit crunch bites, you’re desperate for another baby and your Asian neighbour is trying to match-make you with her infatuated son?

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By Tony Elam

“If you are looking to get your finances in order and stop being normal than this is the book for you!”

If you are getting behind on your bills, or are already neck deep in past due bills, delinquent credit cards, and possibly considering bankruptcy, then this book might be for you.

If you are paralyzed with where to begin, because you want to do the right thing, but it seems impossible then this book is definitely for you.

I was in that same position nearly 10 years ago. I filed bankruptcy once when I was 20 and I nearly again when I was 27. I decided to fight back the second time however. I realized that change I needed had to come from me or I was doomed to repeat similar mistakes over and over.

Once I decided to make a change, I learned how taking action and taking things step by step will get you further than trying to do everything all at once. Conversely doing nothing for months at a time will create added fear and larger financial problems.

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