Famous STEM Inventors is an exciting collection of stories of young inventors and how they invented new things such as glowing paper, the surfboard, ear muffs, the television, the popsicle and more. It includes the engineering design process behind every invention to encourage children to understand the methods of inventing anything new. The book also contains prompts which inspire kids to design and create their own new gadget or useful thing. Targeted Age Group: 6-12 years Book Price: … [Read more...]
Free Book 10/11/2017: The Big Book of Apps by Beth Ziesenis
This book is free on these days only - 10/11/2017 at midnight PST until 11:59 pm on 10/15/2017. If the dates are the same that means the book is free one day only. A mere decade after the debut of the very first iPhone, modern professionals have more than five million apps to choose from. How can you figure out which apps you need for work and home? Just ask Your Nerdy Best Friend! The Big Book of Apps is the guide you'll want to keep on your desk at work as a quick reference for finding … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Carmen Andersen
About carmen andersen: Carmen Andersen is the founder of CSB Innovations and the creator of Theatre Books, a new and innovative way to illustrate children’s books. “For every crazy idea my family wished I had never had,” reads the dedication written on CSB’s first book. Carmen has always had the spirit of an entrepreneur, and this idea is just one of many. “What if” and “wouldn’t it be cool if” are common phrases for her. It took 40 years for one of those “What if’s” to come to life. … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – H S Rivney
About H S Rivney: Holly Rivney was born in southern California at the tail end of the Baby Boom era. Beginning her writing before high school, she considered teaching English as a career. An extroverted introvert, however, she pursued another avenue to avoid human interaction, animal sciences, but kept drifting back to the pen and paper. Led astray into the corporate world by the desire to buy groceries, she kept her foot in the door by writing technical manuals, dabbling in copy writing, … [Read more...]
The Secret Keepers by Geoffrey M Gluckman
In this sequel, when Sara Nardell and Peter Wellington meet with a man telling a tale of an upscale brothel in the heart of Manhattan, it disrupts the easy life of reunion that Sara and Frank Revere have enjoyed over the last year and a half. Peter springs into action and assembles the Team, now part of a United Nations Special Operations unit. And Sara soon discovers a world rampant with sex trafficking, from Vancouver to China. What begins as a relatively simple mission blows up into … [Read more...]
Bargain Book: Prometheus Ascendant by Ian Makarov
2135. Cybernetics are a way of life. Decadence, crime and corruption run rampant. Corporations essentially control the government and all its functions. And there's none more influential or powerful than Red Sun Incorporated, monopolizing almost exclusively the cybernetics market and keeping themselves on the bleeding edge of technology, years ahead of their competition. But Red Sun has a secret. A unique cyborg infiltrator, codenamed Echo, is the prime agent of Red Sun's supremacy, having … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Nicole Sallak Anderson
About Nicole Sallak Anderson: Nicole Sallak Anderson is a Computer Science graduate from Purdue University. After graduation, she developed encryption and network security software, which inspired both the storyline and the science behind the eHuman Trilogy—both eHuman Dawn and eHuman Deception are available at Amazon, the third installment is expected in early 2016. She currently lives with her husband and two teenaged sons on two acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, where … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Susan Louise Peterson
About Susan Louise Peterson: Susan Louise Peterson is an experienced school psychologist and award winning author. She has worked in the inner city schools of Las Vegas, NV for more than twenty years. Susan has conducted over 1000 assessments on young children with autism and developmental delays. She is the author of over ten books in the areas of education, research, autism and school psychology topics. What inspires you to write? My love of writing started early as I wrote speeches for … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – John Altson
About John Altson: John Altson retired from IBM in 2010 after more than twenty years of exposure to IBM's cutting-edge technology. His involvement with IBM Research is reflected in many of the concepts put into play within three of his adult novels. John has published three children's books: What Happened to Grandpa? A child views the hereafter through the world's major religions was published in 2009; The A to Z of Forgotten Animals was published in 2010; Veggies:A-Z See 'em, Rhyme 'em, … [Read more...]
Bargain Book: Shadow-7 by Eduardo Suastegui
This book is bargain priced from 05/15/2015 until 05/21/2015 Check book price before you buy, as prices can change due to expiration of the sale or other technical issues. Army canine trainer and handler Jane McMurtry served in Afghanistan with her dog Shadow until an IED blew her legs away. Now, after learning to walk again, alongside a new canine companion, Jane is tracking the scent of kidnapped children in the Colorado high country when her past, her inner turmoil, and her current case … [Read more...]
WYW:Part 1 by Derek Dollahite
Wyatt Fox and his friend Eli live in a world where everything, from clothes and cars to weather and weapons, is connected and monitored. Today’s “Cloud” has become IOTA, or Internet Of Things Access – a system that allows for constant connectivity, smart power grids, and safer guns. On the other hand, the technology has brought widespread surveillance, greater economic disparity, and less hope for change. Wyatt, a high school student with a unique talent for programming, notices something … [Read more...]
Superfacial by Nuah Belleton
Superfacial Purgatory Field Part I A Dystopian Sci Fi Romance... As the poet once said 'the price of comfort is meaning' ...and identity. Change your face, your body, your gender. All in minutes. Just choose your new look from whatever catalog you can afford today. No names, just mnemonic chops. After all, what is a name - and what would be the point anyway? A rising star in one of the Citadel mega-corporations. Singled out, offered the promotion of a lifetime. Or is it … [Read more...]
