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Featured Author: Dinesh D’Souza Dinesh D’Souza has been called the “enfant terrible of the Reagan revolution” and one of the “top young public-policy makers in the country.” After serving as a senior policy analyst at the Reagan White House, D’Souza went on to become a leading authority on international issues as a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and at Stanford University. His New York Times best-selling books
What's So Great About America,
Letters to a Young Conservative,
Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus ,
The End of Racism, and
The Virtue of Prosperity, cemented him as one of the country’s influential conservative thinkers. D’Souza’s latest book,
The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11 , published by Doubleday and available now on Amazon.com, outlines D’Souza’s thoughts at how the cultural left served to inflame the Islamic world’s anger against America. Now, read D’Souza’s thoughts about the passionate issues he raises in the book, and why he felt it necessary to write it, in his exclusive Amazon Short,
The Origins of The Enemy At Home.
Featured Short: "Feed Your Tiger" by Letha Hadady Bestselling author Letha Hadady, D. Ac., is one of the foremost experts on Asian natural and herbal remedies, helping people transform their eating habits and overall health through natural remedies. Her latest book,
Feed Your Tiger, outlines distinct energy and eating types based on four animals – tigers, cranes, bears and dragons. Drawing from contemporary scientific research and traditional Chinese medicine, Letha gives specific food and lifestyle techniques to help you eat better and shed the pounds. Get a sneak peek at Letha’s unique program in her exclusive Amazon Short,
"Feed Your Tiger: Lose Weight and Love It!"
Featured Author: Rolland Love – Ozark Mountain Tales To this day the Ozark Mountains remain an untouched natural wonder. Rolland Love’s ability to paint this landscape in clear, crisp detail stems from his time spent with the "solitude of the streams, deep hollows and blue-hazed vistas" over the course of his life. His deep-rooted passion for the Ozarks has transfigured into a series of fantastic tales Huck and Tom could have only dreamed of. Check out his serialized Shorts
"Blue Hole Murder Mystery" and
"River's Edge Murdery Mystery" as well as his other Ozark Mountain standalone stories:
"River's Edge Pool Hall",
"Grandpa's Hay Barn",
"Giggin' Suckers",
"The American Royal and My Gold Buckle"
and
"The Ozark Scarecrow".
Featured Author: Leigh Michaels With 75 contemporary romance books with over 30 million copies in print, popular and award-winning author Leigh Michaels knows a thing or two about writing romance novels. Her latest book,
On Writing Romance, gives prescriptive advice for would-be romance authors to craft better dialogue, intriguing plots, and even how to improve your chances of getting published with winning submissions. In her Amazon Short,
"Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?" Leigh offers more expert advice, exploring gender-specific behaviors to help authors fashion more realistic and believable characters.
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