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FEATURED BOOK: Roving Enchantments by Bruce Hesselbach

Genre: Poetry

New Formalism is alive and well in this collection of poetry which includes many traditional and innovative forms. The subjects range from alchemy to war, in settings as exotic as the Taj Mahal or as local as a mountaintop in Massachusetts.
“This book is a delight, full of surprises that leave the reader wishing there were more pages to go.” Rhina P. Espaillat, author of eleven poetry collections and winner of the Richard Wilbur award.
“An amazing collection of poetic ventures… truly enchanting.” Joseph S. Salemi, poet and editor of Trinacria.
Bruce Hesselbach is an attorney who lives in Newfane, Vermont. Roving Enchantments, published in May, 2014 by White Violet Press, is his first book of poetry. To date, 62 of his poems have been published in the small presses and another will be appearing soon. His first novel, Perpetual Motion, published by Cogwheel Press in 2013, is a steampunk novel set in Switzerland and Germany from 1876 to 1889, a love story between a time traveler’s daughter and a doomed inventor threatening to help Germany win the Great War.
Previously Bruce wrote High Ledges, Green Mountains (Bondcliff Books 2005), a memoir about hiking Vermont’s 270 mile Long Trail. An avid hiker, he has climbed over 500 different mountains to date. He is the author of nine published short stories, including one just recently published online by Bewildering Stories. As chairman of the Newfane Conservation Commission, Bruce helped create hiking trails in the Newfane Town Forest. He graduated cum laude from Yale in 1972 with a BA in English, and received a JD in 1975 from Villanova Law School. His favorite reading matter includes Travel and Exploration, history, fantasy and steampunk.

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Bargain Book: Seated Above, Looking Below by Bobby Brown

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This book is bargain priced from 10/05/2014 until 10/08/2014

“Seated Above, Looking Below” is on sale this week only!

“I first heard Bobby Brown’s wonderful poetry at an Open Mic poetry reading. One evening while I was listening to him share his writings, he said some words that touched my heart and I realized that God used Bob to change my life forever. Bob’s words took me on a spiritual journey that led me to learn about my Lord and Savior Christ Jesus! Since that time we have become good friends and his poetry continues to bless my life and I’m sure it will edify everyone else who reads it.” – Rosemary Maynes

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Targeted Age Group: All

Book Price: 0.99
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The Valley that Calls by Deniz Besim

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The Valley that Calls is a collection of one hundred and twenty poems divided into sestinas, villanelles, pantoums and sonnets. The poetry uncovers extraordinary themes including through an exploration of nature and a narration of personal tales. Not only are the stories told guaranteed to captivate readers but you are sure to be stunned by the grace of the valley and the beauty of the poetry narrated. Each and every tale told is remarkable and designed to be cherished.

Targeted Age Group:: All ages

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
This book is a follow up to my first poetry book, The Sky that Falls. This particular book intended to provide readers with a lot more poems than the Sky that Falls. I also wanted to explore more intimate and erotic themes and I had a chance to do that in the Valley that Calls. The Sky that Falls contains forty poems whereas this book contains one hundred and twenty poems. I wanted to produce a book with a lot more beautiful poetry and that is the reason I wrote the Valley that Calls.

Home by Uvi Poznansky @UviPoznansky

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This book is bargain priced from 08/16/2014 until 08/17/2014

Home. A simple word; a loaded one. You can say it in a whisper; you can say it in a cry. Expressed in poetry and prose, in the voices of father and daughter, you can hear a visceral longing for an ideal place, a place never to be found again.

Imagine the shock, imagine the sadness when a daughter discovers her father’s work, the poetry he had never shared with anyone during the last two decades of his life. Six years after that moment of discovery, which happened in her childhood home while mourning for his passing, Uvi Poznansky presents a tender tribute: a collection of poems and prose, half of which is written by her, and half—by her father, the author, poet and artist Zeev Kachel. She has been translating his poems for nearly a year, with careful attention to rhyme and rhythm, in an effort to remain faithful to the spirit of his words.

Zeev’s writing is always autobiographical in nature; you can view it as an ongoing diary of his life. Uvi’s writing is rarely so, especially when it comes to her prose. She is a storyteller who delights in conjuring up various figments of her imagination, and fleshing them out on paper. She sees herself chasing her characters with a pen, in an attempt to see the world from their point of view, and to capture their voices. But in some of her poems, she offers you a rare glimpse into her most guarded, intensely private moments, yearning for Home.

Targeted Age Group: 16 and up

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FEATURED BOOK: Random Musings of a Late Baby Boomer by Robert DAmato

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Genre: Contemporary Poetry

Random Musings of a Late Baby Boomer explores personal and seminal moments from the early 1960s until the present. Adapting free verse style and conversational tones, the poems meditate upon the universal and existential questions that produce the events that “rub” a life. Random Musings rouses the dormant mind and slinks alongside the periphery of space’s cold, black abyss with a hot dog as a companion.

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Anomalous Appetites by John Irvine @creativiapub

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This book is bargain priced from 08/07/2014 until 08/13/2014

“Screaming and banging
muffled by six feet of earth
claustrophobic zombie”

This horrorku is one of the many eccentric and entertaining pieces you’ll find inside this dark poetry and art collection. Anomalous Appetites is a collection of dark speculative poetry that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The collection is fully illustrated and gives the written word and illustrations equal love.

The simple elegance and somewhat unorthodox presentation makes the book intriguing and fun to explore. Anomalous Appetites is highly recommended to anyone who appreciates quality dark poetry and art, and for those less familiar with this brand, it is an ideal introduction to this vast and darkly wondrous realm.

Targeted Age Group: 18+

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Seated Above, Looking Below by Bobby Brown

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“Seated Above, Looking Below” contains about 200 poems that will take you on a journey, a journey that wanders through the seasons of life and ends on some deep spiritual truths. This is Bob’s first published book. Interestingly enough, the book title was inspired by scripture – Eph 2:6 which states “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” This is an incredible piece of scripture because it show’s Gods abundant grace towards us – but note the focus is on God; He raised us up and He seated us with Himself. Also, note the tense of the verse! Read it again!

Targeted Age Group:: 5-95

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
“On a summer’s Eve in 1976 I had a spiritual awakening. After weeping through the night I awoke the next morning and heard the birds really singing for the first time. I also felt inwardly enriched. The living waters of poetry began to flow like a river and these poems are the result.”

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Lest We Forget by Brian L. Porter @creativiapub

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This book is bargain priced from 08/01/2014 until 08/07/2014

His grandfather and father having served in the first and second world wars respectively, both in the army, author and screenwriter Brian L. Porter broke with family tradition to serve with the RAF during the years of the Cold War.

His interest in all things military stems from his family traditions, and from his current involvement with many ex-servicemen’s organizations. Many of the works in this collection are based on the personal experiences of those who took part in the various conflicts they depict, men and women who were pleased to relate those experiences to the author. This anthology showcases his works and displays his talent for placing the reader in the centre of the action, making you feel as if you are really there, sharing in the experience, one minute in the cockpit of a bomber limping home damaged from a raid over enemy territory, the next involved in a dogfight over the Kent countryside during the Battle of Britain.

You will also experience the poignancy of his words, the simple message of “Remembrance”, the moving dignity of “Polska”, and the graphic horror of the concentration camps, as related in “Holocaust”. Read and enjoy!

“I am writing on behalf of all members of 617 squadron to thank you for your written tribute to “The Dambusters”. It is a wonderful piece, which for me captures the spirit and courage of the young men who played a part on that fateful raid”.
Flight Lieutenant Richard Saunders, 617 Squadron RAF, speaking of “Apres Moi le Deluge”.

Targeted Age Group: 16+

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Frozen Sparks : A Rhapsodist’s Tale by Debopriyaa Dutta

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A collection of verses which describes the feelings of a young woman, who is tossed in the whirlwind of unrequited feelings, loss, rebellion and depression. Despite everything, she feels closer to home when she writes about the man she is in love with, who is blasphemously beautiful to her. Her thought processes develop as the poems advance, and eventually ends with a promise of a new beginning, bittersweet aftertastes and approaching happiness.

Targeted Age Group:: 14-29

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I wrote these poems because sometimes you need to express yourself through words, and the only way I could vent my pain, love, happiness, loss, anger, was on paper.

The Cracked Heart’s Club by Whitney Pagano @WhitOPag

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Poetry written by a 25 year old girl who’s experiencing heartbreak surrounding issues with men, the opposite sex and love.

Targeted Age Group:: 18-35

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I was going through a bad break up, and a bout of depression. I felt as if I didn’t have anyone to talk to, so I started to type what I was feeling to get it all out. Hence, this poetry volume-the first of a series.

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