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Broken Inn by Andrew W Baldwin
Last Star Standing by Spaulding Taylor
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Ditching Success? : A Career Ventured; A Life Regained by Batoul I. Ajlouni
NOT ALWAYS HOME BEFORE DARK by Brooke Newman
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Ruminations on a Parrot Named Cosmo by Betty Jean Craige
Death Never Dies: Mourning 2020 Through the Lives and Deaths of Public Figures by Lee Fearnside
New Mexico Remembers 9/11 by Patricia Walkow, Curator, Editor, and Contributor
Candy Floss Collection by Patricia Leavy
Homespun Mercies by DJ Hill
The Seven Gifts by David B. Whitacre
Hiding in Plain Sight: My Life and Adventures Protecting Celebrities by Thomas LeBrun
HeartStrings by Marjorie Lin Kyriopoulos
Days Like Smoke: A Minnesota Boyhood by Jon Hassler
The Trial of Billy the Kid by David G. Thomas
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My Father's House: Remembering My Swedish-American Family by Mona Gustafson
It's for the Best by Janet K. Shawgo
KING PEEPER by J. Ronald M. York
THE RAPTOR: The First Book of Cataclysm by G.A. Finocchiaro
The Sound of Wings by Suzanne Simonetti
You Got This - A Tale of Courage by Wanda Carter Roush
Dipped In It, a Memoir by Bethany Harvey
Love's Legacy: Viscount Chateaubriand and the Irish Girl by Daniel Fallon
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Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving by Samuel Sanders
Unconventional: A Memoir of Entrepreneurism, Politics, and Pot by Jamie Andrea Garzto
To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose by Ron A. Carucci
PEOPLE FIRST: A Proven Method for an Exceptional Healthcare Practice by Amy Lafko
What's Your "And"?: Unlock the Person Within the Professional by John Garrett
Pies to Die For: How to Live a Vibrant Life Despite a Fatal Diagnosis by Carole Weaver, PhD
Flight Paths to Success: Career Insights from Women Leaders in Aerospace by Rhonda Walthall, Brenda Mitchell
Love and Loss: The Storied Nature of Nursing Home Care by Carolyn Bailey Lewis, PhD
Life in the Chastity Zone by Holly Brandon
A Trip To Hideaway Farm (The Lae Lae Collection) by Laurenn Prater Barker
Imani's Undersea Adventure by T. M. Jackson
Myla's Magic Day by Erica L. Clymer
Rhythm's World Tour, Vol 1: North America by Patrick Adams
The Triple Terrible T's by Tannis Devilla
What Sounds Do You Love? by Gülsah Yemen
Benny’s Symphony by Amy Leask
Can Old Be Beautiful? by Sonja Lange Wendt
Everybody Loves Grace: A True Story of Grace's Adventure to Pennsylvania by Katy McQuaid
The Most Courageous Sailor in the World by Can Tugrul
The Wish Box by Susan Marie Chapman
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You Got This: A Tale of Courage by Wanda Carter Roush
My Protest by Linda Bessellieu, Co-Authors: Tawana Bessellieu & Jaliyah Webb
Nurse Florence, I'm having Trouble Sleeping by Michael Dow
The Mirabal Sisters: From Caterpillars to Butterflies by Raynelda A. Calderon
My Board of Salvation by Elsa iLardo
Pink: A Christmas Romance Novel by Monica Collier
All Will Be Well: Receiving The Keys To Strengthen Your Faith by Bukky Agboola
The Poet and the Fly: Art, Nature, God, Mortality, and Other Elusive Mysteries by Robert Hudson
After Happily Ever After by Leslie A. Rasmussen
Nowhere Near Goodbye by Barbara Conrey
The Diabolus Legacy by Saul Falconer
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Ghost Town by AJ Thibault
Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846 by Laurel Anne Hill
The Donor by Patrick M. Garry
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Crazy Horse Weeps by Joseph M. Marshall III
Living in Different Cultures by Tamar Frankel
We Hardly Knew Them, How Homeless Mentally Ill People Became Collateral Damage by Pat Morgan
You Are Still Beloved: When Your Long-Term Marriage Ends in Divorce by Mary Jo Rennert
The Art of Being a School Counselor: Leading with Confidence, Compassion, and Authenticity by Nancy L. Regas, M.S., M.F.T., P.P.S.
Kings of a Lonely Kingdom: Earth Day Essays, Poems, and Musings on Nature by David C. Mahood
Hælend's Ballad by Ian V. Conrey
The Binding Tempest by Steven Rudy
Vanir: Guardian: Book 1 of the Stomerki Prophecy by Saul Falconer
Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez
Dragons in the Clouds by David Blair
Ignatius and the Swords of Nostaw by D.A. Mucci
THE RAPTOR: The First Book of Cataclysm by G.A. Finocchiaro
True Teryn by S.G. Blaise
A Place to Hide by David Salner
Fedor by Brant Vickers
Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner: A Novel by Gerald Everett Jones
Searching for Jimmy Page by Christy Alexander Hallberg
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The Glimpse by Lis Bensley
Grief 50 Questions and Answers by RIchard Ballo
Voices of the Grieving Heart by Mike Bernhardt
Valiance by Vanessa Caraveo
Women of Fire and Snow: Short Stories by Nati del Paso
Devil By the Tail by Jeanne Matthews
Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things by Wendy J. Dunn
Fred: Buffalo Building of Dreams by Frances R. Schmidt
LANDFALL by Hugh FitzGerald Ryan
The Broda Salt Cabin by A. H. Nedani
The Soul of a Stranger: A Harvey & McCrary Adventure by Phillips Otts
Gone Before Glory: The Life and Tragic Death of William McKinley by Stephen G. Yanoff
Grumpy Goes Home For The Holidays by Susan Marie Chapman
Annihilation by Kaylin McFarren
Ékleipsis: the Abyss by Tamel Wino
Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief by Meg Nocero
Entering the Thriver Zone: A Seven-Step Guide to Thriving After Abuse by Susan M. Omilian JD
F*ck the Bucket List for the Adventurer: Trekking into the Unknown by Ayelet Baron
Never Lose Heart - Ordinary People Who Refused to Quit by Pete Black
Purpose, Passion, and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life,... by Genevieve Piturro
Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Even When Your Crown Feels Heavy by Catherine L Owens
Leading Below the Surface: How to Build Real Relationships ... by LaTonya Wilkins
Leading for Justice: Supervision, HR, and Culture by Rita Sever
People Power - Transform your business in the era of safety and wellbeing by Karen J Hewitt
Caged Time by Erik S Meyers
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CLUBBED: A Story of Gay Love: Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs by Robert A. Karl
Is There Still Room In Your Life For Me? by Will Manwill
KING PEEPER by J. Ronald M. York
Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic by Jan Phillips
Wandering Close to Home: A Gay Son and His Feminist Mother’s Journey to Transform Themselves and Their Family by Linda Drajem and Christopher Drajem
Becoming Nora by Margaret Farrell Kirby
River Current by M. Lee Martin
The Essence of Nathan Biddle by J. William Lewis
Watkins Glen by Eleanor Lerman
What a Wonderful World This Could Be by Lee Zacharias
Access Point by E.J. Yerzak
EVE-0 by Danielle Gomes
Match by Amy S. Peele
The Vines: A Novel by Shelley Nolden
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Fatherless, Fearless, Female: A Memoir by Mary Charity Kruger Stein
Paris Blue by Julie Scolnik
Shooting Out the Lights: A Memoir by Kim Fairley
Things That Crash, Things That Fly by Scott Gould
Truth Matters, Love Wins: a Memoir of Choosing Faith over Fear in the Face of False Accusations by Alexandra J. Kuisis
Welcome to California: From L.A. County Jail to #1 in Sales by Sandra La Boszko
Reflections of a Hessian by Richard F. Leighton
Behind the Lines: A Soldier, His Family and the 10th Mountain Division by Mary Donaldson-Evans
Care Under Fire by Bill Strusinski
Surviving Son: An Afghanistan War Veteran Reveals His Nightmare Of Becoming A Gold Star Brother by Scott DeLuzio
Go From Hustle to Flow: Yoga + Mindset Practice to Release Overwhelm, Cultivate Peace + Redefine Success by Amanda W. Jenkins
The Seven Gifts by David B. Whitacre
House of Fossils by Marilene Phipps
Lock Up: The Secrets of Mylin - Book III by Joe Klingler
My Stories Have No Endings by Gayle Gonsalves
The Serpent, The Puma, and The Condor: A Tale of Machu Picchu by Gayle Marie
COLDWATER REVENGE by James A. Ross
Death in Potter's Woods: A Witherston Murder Mystery by Betty Jean Craige
Scattered Legacy by Marlene M. Bell
Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery by G. P. Gottlieb
The Body in the Road by Donna M. Zadunajsky
The Secret At Sunset Hill by K.T. McGivens
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Blackout by Marco Carocari
Bluebird At My Window by H. Noah
Calculated by Nova McBee
Prophecy of Love by T. Satterfield
The GIVID by Sosena Audain
PEOPLE FIRST: A Proven Method for an Exceptional Healthcare Practice by Amy Lafko
Snow Blind: Recovering After the Random Shooting by William M. Johnson
Growing Compassionate Children: Grower's Guide by Sonja Wendt
Happy With Baby: Essential Relationship Advice When Partners Become Parents by Catherine O'Brien
Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging by Julie Ryan McGue
Why Some Animals Eat Their Young by Dallas Louis
AfterLIFE, Waking Up from My American Dream by Carlo Pietro Sanfilippo
Clouds: love poems from above the fray by Jon Meyer
A Bike for Buster by Junior McLaughlin, Reba McLaughlin, et al.
Izzy and the Lost Butterfly by Lindsay Barlow & Lisa Becker
Savanah Banana Caring for Others by Debbie L. Hepner
The Fearless Flight of Sammy the Swallow by William J. Barker, Jr.
The Night the Monsters Came by Junia Wonders
You are the Perfect You by Melinda Gibbons
Get Back in the Book! by Larry Issa
Grayson's Magic Dragon by Debbie L. Hepner
The Tap-Dancing Pigeon Of Covent Garden by Serena Hassan
Babies On Board Part 1 by Susan Marie Chapman
Caillou Learns About Screen Time by Christine L'Heureux
Tex the Explorer Journey Through Our Solar System by Ellie Smith
ASH by Gloria Mindock
Prime Meridian: Poems by Connie Post
The Curator's Notes by Robin Rosen Chang
When I Got Drunk with my Mother by Shelley Townsend-Hudson
Lifting Stones by Doug Stanfield
On the Road of Life: A Book of Unforgettable Poems by Chuck McAteer
SLOW PHOENIX by Michael Favala Goldman
Spells & Other Ways of Flying by Barbra Nightingale
The Fire Thief: A Life in Poems by Judith Koll Healey
The Girl Who Talked to Paintings by Shannon K. Winston
Death, With Occasional Smiling by Tony Medina
Gathering Broken Light by Heather Lang Cassera
Jacobo the Turko by Phillip Bannowsky
Little Victory by Elizabeth Kuelbs
Questions for Water by Virginia Crawford
Treasure Seekers by Roberta Seret
Through the Redwood Hollow by Kenna Paige
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Gameknight999 in Adopt Me meets Jailbreak by Mark Cheverton
How to Slow Your Inner Flash by Kenneth Rogers, Jr.
Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope by Patrick Dylan
Truth Is in the House by Michael J. Coffino
The Ghost Road by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
While the Windmill Watched: A Slice of Rural America in the 1950s by McGregor Knop
Children of a Northern Kingdom: A Story of the Strangite Mormons in Wisconsin and on Beaver Island, Michigan by Elaine Stienon
Oh, Lords! Who We Date, Why We Date Them, and What We've Learned by Jes Averhart & Terresa Zimmerman
The Mystic's Gift by Skip Johnson
Becoming Wilde by HK Jacobs
Crystal Lake Inn by Susan W. Green
The Refusal by Eve M. Riley
Wilde Type by HK Jacobs
Where Your Treasure Is by M.C. Bunn
What's Not True -- A Novel by Valerie Taylor
Fat Vinny's Forbidden Love by David Benjamin
Albobonnae's Way by Bella Rayne
Love Odyssey by Roberta Seret
Twinkle by Patricia Leavy
Succeed Without Selling: The More You Think About Selling, the Less You Will Sell by Diane Helbig
The Language of Global Marketing: Translate Your Domestic Strategies into International Sales and Profits by Wendy MacKenzie Pease
Luminess the island of the moon (A novella) by Aoife Burke
Martha by Walker Zupp
Prior Futures by Dan Kopcow
Requiem for a Genocide by Michael Drakich
We Have Met the Enemy by Felicia Watson
Spooky Action at a Distance by Felicia Watson
The Risks of Dead Reckoning by Felicia Watson
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Seeds of Potential, an anthology of positivity by Pat Grayson
Living in the Thriver Zone: A Celebration of Living Well is the Best Revenge by Susan M. Omilian
The Noble Edge: Reclaiming an Ethical World One Choice at a Time by Christopher Gilbert, Ph.D.
A Collection of Short Stories & Poems by Gary E. Smith
Falling From Trees by Mike Fiorito
No Diving Allowed by Louise Marburg
On Traigh Lar Beach by Dianne Ebertt Beeaff
The Marvelous Misfits of Westminster by Andrea Hahnfeld
Women of Fire and Snow: Short Stories by Nati del Paso
Let's Go Walking in the Storm: A Collection of Poetry and Reflections for Soul and Spirit by Gloria D. Gonsalves
Quickwater Oracles: Conversations & Meditations by Ruth Thompson
Soul Afterlife - Beyond the Near-Death Experience by Bud Megargee
Racing with Aloha: An Inspiring Journey from Humble Barefoot Maui Boy to Champion in the Water by Fred Haywood
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Complicit by Amy Rivers
Darkness and Grace by Kathryn Schleich
All the Things We Didn't See by D.A. Reed
Blue by L.E. DeLano
For the Love of Rose: A Journey in Three Worlds by Robert Egby
Sangre Cove by Gina Castillo
The Sand Pounder Love and Drama on Horseback in WWII by M.J. Evans
Deadly Serious by AJ Thibault
Death by Arrangement by Kathleen Torian Taylor
Ninety-Five by Lisa Towles
The Strait by Dom Stasi
An Elephant Ate My Arm: More True Stories from a Curious Traveler by Laurie McAndish King
Black Forest Dreams, A Journey Through Germany by Joseph Kuhn Carey
Stories from Ecuador: A Collection by Tyrel Nelson
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My Famous Brain by Diane Wald
The Dreamcatcher Codes by Barbara Newman
Stone Roses poems by Linda Neal Reising
Constellations by Patricia Leavy
First Course by Jenn Bouchard
Life in the Chastity Zone by Holly Brandon
Rewrite the Stars by Christina Consolino
Love, Only Better by Paulette Stout
The Sweetness of Venus. A History of the Clitoris by Sarah Chadwick
Three colors of the rainbow: Arco’s fabled Paris, Venice and New York by Albert Russo
Of Us and Them by T. L. Coughlin
Runaway Train by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Ski Weekend by Rektok Ross
The Boy Who Lived In The Ceiling by Cara Thurlbourn
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