(SkyNewswire.com) --- Linda Nelson published her book 'Friends of Choice' with Lulu Publishing. After she watched her own children go through the difficult task of choosing friends, she was prompted to write a story about friendship, trust, and consequences. This is the first book in a series of books she is planning on writing for Tweens/Teens & Young Adults.

In the story 'Friends of Choice', Karla does not like having to move to a new town. She hates the thought of leaving her best friends behind. The school she is to attend is about three times the size of her old school. It holds many new opportunities for her. At Brantwood High, she meets Carol Bower, and is introduced to her clique of friends. Karla also meets her first crush in history class. He is one of Carol's friends. He is also the football captain of the varsity team. They invite Karla to her first teen party. But first she must convince her parents into letting her sleepover Carol's. She begins to feel she is about to become a victim of hazing. Karla begins to have second thoughts about going to this party and hanging out with Carol and her friends. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Author Holt E. Glenn announced today the release of his new fiction work, A Disagreement in Idaho, published by Outskirts Press. Glenn’s novel explores what would happen if one state, frustrated with the federal government’s refusal to do anything about the local incursion of illegal immigrants, took matters into its own hands.

A Disagreement in Idaho is set in the beautiful and rugged lands of Idaho in the style of a grand western novel, but political intrigue weaves contemporary themes into the actions of Governor Seabon Wilson, whose state is overrun by illegal immigrants. He does not want to do battle with federal authorities, but he finally decides he can no longer stand idly by.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- The Nurturer’s Coach Hueina Su will be a featured guest on Lifetime Television’s The Balancing Act on August 9, 2010. Su is a keynote speaker, certified life coach and the best-selling author of Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul: 7 Keys to Nurture Yourself While Caring for Others.

Aired on Lifetime Television every weekday morning at 7:00 am ET, The Balancing Act show is America’s only one-hour morning show that’s about women, for women, and trusted by women.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- In researching for his upcoming book The Origin of Language, Lanyadoo concludes that "Evolutionists are unable to even theorize how a series of accidents created amino acids that spontaneously gathered into protein that inexplicably became DNA. Nor can they explain how evolution invented a four-letter programing language and then used it to write an operating and replicating program that we call life." Most agree that evolutionists have proven that life evolved from simpler to more complex organisms using the same program and language, namely DNA. But the theory of evolution begins after the creation of life, after an amoeba with 5,000,000 bytes of information materialized. Therefore the thousands of bits of evidence that support evolution as a series of inexplicable accidents are not useful in trying to explain how life began, nor can evolution explain how language, a human species-specific trait, appeared in humans.


"How did nature supply the proteins required as a catalyst before DNA can begin producing proteins?" asks Lanyadoo. He goes on to explain "The probability of the accidental creation of DNA can be compared to placing small pieces of ore and silicon in the desert and returning one billion years later to find that they had assembled themselves into operating computers with their own power plant, producing far more sophisticated computers than we produce today, all accidentally." The idea that radioactivity is responsible for stimulating genetic changes is the standard evolutionary explanation, which Lanyadoo suggests is doubtful as well. It has been shown that in laboratory experiments that bombarding organisms with radioactivity created many genetic changes but future generations reverted back to type or didn’t reproduce. Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims experienced many genetic deformities, but today, 65 years later, the population of both cities has reverted back to normal. " In other words, the evidence suggests that radioactivity is not responsible for permanent changes in DNA," concludes Lanyadoo.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- BookDaily.com, the leading source of book samples online, has just launched a new section dedicated to helping authors and book publishers promote online. The marketing advice is distributed by email through the BookDaily “Author Update” newsletter and then appears on the BookDaily Author sectionin a blog-like format. All authors who register for a free BookDaily author account receive this newsletter, along with the opportunity to post their book samples, biographies and marketing information to readers on BookDaily.com.


Since launching in Spring 2009, BookDaily has distributed more than 21 million book sample chapters. Readers can read the first chapter of a book on the Web site or by email as a way to learn more about a new author or sample a book before buying. “As the readership on BookDaily continues to grow, our intent is to become a key component of an author’s online promotional marketing,” said Scott Wolf, CEO of ArcaMax Publishing, BookDaily’s parent company. “Our experience in the online advertising world over the past 12 years gives us a wealth of experience that we can share with authors and publishers.”

(SkyNewswire.com) --- The search is over for self help book enthusiasts who have been looking for that 'one book' which reveals the most powerful information on the law of attraction and the exact steps on how to apply it. Dr. David Che has just released a new book on the law of attraction which is unlike any book currently on the market in the genre of self-help. The law of attraction is consistently one of the hottest topics in the area of self-improvement. In this recession, people are more interested than ever in learning how to use their mind to attract what they want in life. What exactly is the law of attraction? It is a universal law which states,“What we focus on, we attract toward ourselves.” Or another way to state it is, “What we spend our time and energy focusing on will eventually come to us.” That of course, is a major oversimplification.


Using the mind to attract what we want is nothing new. It is considered to have started with the release of the famous book, “The Science Of Getting Rich” by Wallace Wattles in 1910. Since then, a multitude of books have been written teaching the law of attraction. The most well known is the book, “The Secret” released in 2006, which was based on “The Science Of Getting Rich”. An excellent movie of “The Secret” was subsequently released based on the book. While the movie was very good, the various teachers featured in it admitted that the information was incomplete. This resulted in many people being disappointed and confused with how to use the law of attraction to get what they wanted. It was necessary to go searching all over for additional information on this subject. For the average individual, this was not an easy task by any means.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Brockagh Books has announced that the 4th book in its Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer mystery series, In the Shadow of the Serpent, by Brenna Briggs, is now available through U.S. bookstores and online. (ISBN-13: 978-1439271384; ISBN-10: 1439271380, 198 pages: $12.99).


“Survival Irish dancing has arrived,” says author Brenna Briggs, describing 13-year-old Irish dancer heroine Liffey Rivers’ adventures on a Christmas safari in South Africa. “Before this resourceful young dancer walks into a deadly trap set for her at an Irish dance competition in Johannesburg, she manages to dodge a charging rhino, fend off a pride of lions, re-route an enraged mother elephant and thwart an attack by a deadly Black Mamba snake using a common Irish dance step,” says Briggs.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- While Today’s morale and standards are going astray; the youth are losing sight and focus of their purpose. It’s important to have a medium that attracts the youth. Poverty, life cycles, and social bureaucracy have a way of limiting positive expectations of the unfortunate.


Isn’t She Lovely is a novel that models the true essence of perseverance. The main character, Munae is a bright and insightful individual who continuously triumphs through adversity. Munae’s journey is the story of many. Isn’t She Lovely displays the resilient nature through Munae, but also shows the importance of self-esteem for young women. “Munae’s story was educational and inspiration; a great read,” Deguzman stated. “Munae is such a familiar character, and many especially young girls will be able to identify with her. A great deal of them want to advance in life, but are constantly met with obstacle after obstacle,” said Deguzman, Social Worker of Department Family Children.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Five-year-old child author Zachary Malott may have released a couple of books already this year in his “Let’s Explore” children’s book series, but his latest children’s book release will no doubt be his most memorable.


The book, entitled My First Rock Concert, was created to chronicle Zachary’s very first rock concert experience at the Regency Theatre in San Francisco as personal guests of multi-platinum recording artist, Sevendust. Sevendust spared no detail and made extra effort in making sure the experience would be one of a lifetime for young Zachary. Sevendust lead vocalist LaJon Witherspoon is a long time friend of Zachary’s dad, Michael Malott. Malott had actively worked in the music business up until 2007, when he gave up a career touring with major recording artists to become a single, full time parent to the then two-year-old Zachary.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Outskirts Press, an Inc. 500 company and the fastest-growing full-service self-publishing and book marketing company, today announced the inaugural Best Book of the Year Award, with $1,500 in prize money. All books published through Outskirts Press in 2010 can be eligible. Specific rules and eligibility requirements are posted at outskirtspress.com/bestbook.html along with the manner in which the Best Book Award is determined.


To be eligible for the Outskirts Press 2010 Best Book of the Year Award, books must be published via the Diamond or full-color Pearl publishing packages in 2010, and must receive and accept an Official Outskirts Press EVVY Nomination in the fall. Outskirts Press officially nominates approximately 5% of the books they publish for this prestigious contest held annually by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. Among the EVVY Award-winning books announced in the spring of 2011, three finalists will be selected by Outskirts Press as Best Book of the Year finalists. The authors will be notified and the books will receive extensive exposure on the Outskirts Press blog and social networks. An open vote will determine the winner and will be open to anyone, writer or not, published by Outskirts Press or not. The three finalists are encouraged to call upon their circle of friends and associates to participate in the voting. After all, the Best Book of the Year Award recognizes not only a very talented writer, but a tenacious and savvy marketer as well.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Omid's Mission: A Tribute to My Son is a true love story of a mother that was fortunate enough to escape living in Iran in the turbulent mid-1980s to eventually make her way to America with her three young children. Starting a new life in America and experiencing freedom was their goal. The book is about a mother that discovered that her young son, Omid, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia dyskeratosis-congenita, a rare and fatal blood disease. The story will touch your heart and capture the pure innocence and kindness of his soul. It's a story about hope, love and faith.


It's about a young boy's will, strength and determination to beat this disease. The book captures the divine wisdom he had for his young age. He was always happy, optimistic and loved by all people. He always enjoyed making other children happy and optimistic, especially those going through aggressive cancer treatments and procedures in the hospital.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- This fall, fan favorite horror writer, Cullen Bunn, and Evileye Books bring to life the otherworldly legends and ghost stories of the fictional Ozark town of Crooked Hills in a multi-book supernatural series for the kid in everyone. For Charlie and his brother Alex, an unexpected trip to visit their Aunt Mary in the haunted town of Crooked Hills turns into a life-changing adventure, forcing them to confront local bullies, hell hounds, dead witches, and girls with slingshots. A throwback to classic adventures like that of the Hardy Boys, mixed with the creepiness of Goosebumps and Cirque Du Freak, Cullen Bunn's Crooked Hills blends mystery and adventure to weave a fun an unforgettable story of will, friendship and family bonds.


"Crooked Hills, Missouri, is a combination of many of the small towns in which I grew up," said Mr. Bunn, "from Newton Grove, North Carolina, to Thayer, Missouri. (Thayer in particular helped to form a template for Crooked Hills.) Those towns were rich with interesting people and even more interesting urban legends and ghost stories. With Crooked Hills, I imagined sitting in the heart of a dark forest around a campfire, telling kids those kinds of spine-tingling ghost stories. So it seemed to me that having a witch come back to life to kidnap kids and be eaten by a hell hound would scare the living daylights out of almost anybody. But in that nightmare, I also saw a chance to explore what happens when kids face their fears; to overcome them can be incredibly liberating and empowering."

(SkyNewswire.com) --- When New Hampshire author Kenneth Tingle self-published The Girl in the Italian Bakery, a gritty memoir about growing up poor in the inner-city, he didn’t know what to expect. Tingle had to approach bookstores himself to even get the book stocked. It exploded in the local area, selling over 5000 copies in ten square miles. The reviews were five-star at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, readers urged their friends to read it, and local schools had their students using it. Tingle has been on radio shows, local television, even in the Boston Globe. Sounds like a Hollywood success story. This is not the case.


Over 100,000 people self-publish a book each year, hoping to hit the big time. Most will sell copies to friends, family and co-workers; maybe a few more. Tingle has some advice for them: “People need to know what they’re getting into. When you self-publish the marketing falls completely on you. Many of these companies claim to have great marketing or distribution. Listing a book on Amazon will do nothing; there are close to 5,000,000 books listed there. If people don’t know your book is there, they won’t buy it, period. The truth is they will try to sell you copies of your own book, that’s it. This is how they make their money (along with their original fee for editing and cover design). My book has sold over 5000 copies and it is still an uphill battle. I’m still trying to get decent distribution.”

(SkyNewswire.com) --- Athletes, couch potatoes and everyone in between looking for a full-body flexibility program to help reduce fatigue and avoid injury now have a new resource with the publication of “Ten Minute Stretch” by author Larry Holden. In “Ten Minute Stretch” Holden, a certified personal fitness trainer and nutritional specialist, covers key aspects of flexibility and stretching, designed to result in greater functional movement of the body. The book is packed with easy and pleasurable stretching techniques that will help prevent lower back pain, promote relaxation and reduce post-exercise muscle soreness and stress. “Stretching is truly the way to overall health and fitness,” Holden says. “‘Ten Minute Stretch’ details all of the benefits that this simple, routine fitness program can bring to anybody, no matter their fitness level.”


Cardiovascular training helps participants lose weight and get fit. Strength training helps build muscles and shed fat. Stretching helps prevent and rehabilitate sore and injured muscles by maintaining joint health. A 10 minute stretch done regularly will reduce fatigue and will help participants avoid soft tissue injuries. The “Ten Minute Stretch” is designed to help users increase flexibility and stay limber, resulting in greater functional movement. “I decided to write this book on stretching because I could not believe how much my life changed since I began practicing my own stretching routine twice a day. I thought it was crucial that I share my story with as many people with sedentary lifestyles as possible, those who want to be more active, but are afraid of injuries that may be part of physical activity,” Holden says.

(SkyNewswire.com) --- When a devastating flood wipes out homes in a small town, residents are shocked by the news of a possible poison spill that also kills many of the fish and neighbor's pets. The people don’t know what to think or do, until Julia, the town's newest reporter, jumps into action and begins her investigation. Quickly Julia realizes the story is much bigger and more dangerous than she thought. As information unfolds, Julia and her husband find themselves on the run, trying to save their lives while finishing the story of a lifetime. She never realized that being a reporter could be so dangerous. With artifacts, dead fish, a devastating flood, and miscreants, John and Julia have their hands full.


In “Anasazi Intrigue” (ISBN: 978-1-58982-587-1), Clarke creates a story based upon an independent, educated, and strong woman character. Suko’s Notebook Reviews said of Clarke’s writing: “Linda Weaver Clarke is outstanding at presenting the characters' thoughts.”