Spotlight Book: Spun--101 Movies to Recreate Your Reality

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Spun: 101 Movies to Recreate Your Reality
by Primrose Roberts

Through the magic of movies, we have spun the most wondrous tales that seek to interrogate, inspire, heal, guide, and entertain us. These movies speak of universal themes that orient us as to what is valuable and essential in life. They show us how to find meaning and purpose in our own lives. They teach us the right way to act. They evoke emotions that inspire us to change. They not only show us how the world is, but how it ought to be.

By exploring the hidden structure of 101 Movies through the lens of the Law of Attraction and Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, or the Hero’s Journey, we learn the secret formula that reel life heroes use to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals. This unique approach offers a fascinating new method for analyzing and appreciating movies. It also acts as a powerful guide for anyone wanting to discover how to recreate their reality by rewriting the script of their lives.

Website: MavenRose.com
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Spotlight Book: Planning Your Corporate Escape

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Planning Your Corporate Escape Early Retirement & Financial Independence Guide: Quit Your Job 10 Years or Less

by M Tayah

Retiring at the age of 30 and 40 is becoming popular as more people realize working should be optional. If you desire to spend your life doing other activities or hobbies, the planning your corporate escape series guides will help you achieve your goal to become financially independence. This is the first book part of a series of 5 books guiding you in planning your escape. The financial theory can be applied to families or individuals seeking to achieve financial independence. Challenging the conventional theory in our society that you have to work until the age of 65-80. You can apply these same strategies as I and many other escapee have to achieve your dream.

Links to buy the book: Amazon

Spotlight Book: After the Rapture: A Story of What's Possible

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After the Rapture: A Story of What's Possible
by Anne Kelleher

When a lesbian couple wake one April Fool's Day to find most of the people in the world vanished, is it really Armageddon?

Links to buy the book: Amazon
Twitter: @AKelleherAuthor
Website: AnneKelleher.com

Spotlight Book: Who Am I? How my Daughter Taught Me to Let Go and Live Again

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Who Am I? How My Daughter Taught Me to Let Go and Live Again
by Charlene Dior

Megan Cyrulewski is an ordinary person who has faced extraordinary challenges and now wants to inspire people and show them that hope gives them the power to survive anything. Who Am I? is about her journey into post-partum depression, anxiety disorder, panic attacks, visits to the psych ward, divorce, domestic violence, law school, and her courageous struggle to survive with her sanity intact—and how a beautiful little girl emerged from all this chaos.

Links to buy the book: Amazon
Twitter: @MeganCyrulewski
Website: MeganCyrulewski.com

Spotlight Book: Real Estate Investing: My First Year

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Real Estate Investing: My First Year
by Charlene Dior

This is a Real Estate Investing Case Study for Beginners. When I first decided I wanted to invest in real estate I wanted real information about what to expect. This book walks through actual properties I purchased my first year in real estate investing. It's detailed account of my investing experiences not simply a general overview of real estate investing. I've outlined the actual properties I purchased, my real timelines and costs, the contractors I worked with (and the one I had to fire) and more. 

This is not a get rich quick book that paints only a rosy picture. This is a factual account of my first year in real estate investing intended to provide a real world context to starting in real estate investing. 

You will learn: 
How I Found My Investment Properties 
How I Financed My Investment Properties 
What My Actual Out of Pocket Expenses Were 

I also share my advice on: 
Getting Started 
Working with Partners 
Deciding whether to take a potential real estate deal or not

Links to buy the book: Amazon

Spotlight Books: CELLOGIRLS

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CELLOGIRLS: Identity and Transformation in 2CELLOS Fan CultureEdited by Elizabeth Simpson, Carolynn L. Segers, and Pam Pieroni

CELLOGIRLS: Identity and Transformation In 2CELLOS Fan Culture is at once a celebration of an emerging global culture born from social media connectivity and a commentary on gender performativity and music fandom. The book includes 13 essays written in first-person by active engagement fans who found community within the cross dialogues of the band's social media feeds. They come from North and South America and Europe. Their age difference ranges some 40 years. Collectively, they epitomize fangirls. The stories of friendship and shared experience amongst the writers are engaging and spirited. The personal interactions of the girls with the musicians who have delivered inspiration and self-esteem to them through their musical talent and their reciprocal respect is both thought-provoking and joyous.

This Fun Yet Thought-Provoking Anthology Includes:

• Foreword on Fandom and Fan Culture by Molly Segers
• Compelling Introduction on Fandom and the Concept of the Muse in Art and Music
• Special Chapters from Luka Šulić, Stjepan Hauser & Dušan Kranjc of 2CELLOS
• Bonus Chapter on Emil + Dariel, AGT Finalists, Season 9
• Information on How To Share YOUR Fan Story
• ˃˃˃ A New Fan Anthology With a Female Voice

How they celebrate their fandom calls into question the broadly accepted opinion that female music fans are principally emotional in their fandom and music appreciation. Aside from the usual reputation of fans being groupies or crazy stalker chicks, CELLOGIRLS differ from the traditional opinion of fangirls in general. Part academic and part fan writing, CELLOGIRLS does great job exploring fangirls, fandom, and the culture/community around these concepts.

"Fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture and that they represent the vanguard of a new relationship with mass media." ”"Henry Jenkins

˃˃˃ Have You Ever Wondered What Kind of Person Becomes a Fan, and Why?

In this fan anthology, you will go on the adventure of becoming a 2CELLOS fan. You'll get a keen sense of what makes each fan so passionate and you'll see how fans come together to create community. In CELLOGIRLS, your questions will be answered because you get an intimate peek into the lives of thirteen fans from around the world as they share the emotionally honest accounts of their own experiences. Each chapter, written independently, forms a narrative arc of personal transformation and community through collective fan culture. For many of the authors, English is not their primary language. The editors have chosen to leave the character, color, texture and tone of each author intact, rather than diminish each personal fan identity.

Volume 1 Contributors

Annelis Kores

Vicky Houle

Zanna Jezek

Valentina Gomaz

Lucija Milutin

Mina Guja

Zynnia Jezek

Barbara Vesanović

Ana Marija Varaždinac

Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

Stéphanie Loubier

Lucija Kustura

Carolynn L. Segers

Website: Cellogirls.com
Links to buy the book: Amazon

Spotlight Book: Wild, Wicked, Wacky Ways by Lawrence Horowitz

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Wild, Wicked, Wacky Ways
by Lawrence Horowitz

 A 15 year old runs away from home, after gang violence car racing, he becomes a millionaire arms dealer. He then spend 30 years at sea, raises a family, fights hurricanes, sharks and pirates.

A series of seven true life, family adventure books, soon to be made into movies. Follow the principal character as he progress thru the seven phases of a man's life. A 007/ Harry Potter story, except its all true.

Website: Wild Wicked Wacky Ways
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Spotlight Book: It's a Sweet World

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It's a Sweet World (Celebrating Sugar Art Around the World)
by Edible Artists Network Magazine

It's A Sweet World is a unique in infinitely useful booklet with 40+ pages of detailed technique instructions, step-by-step projects, and valuable advice from leading industry experts.

It's A Sweet World is: brimming with stunning color photographs of finished cakes and detailed photos of instructional steps, spiral bound, so it stays open to desired page for easy reference while working, and an exciting and rare compilation from some of the industry's most talented international designers.

Links to buy the book: Edible Artists Network Magazine

Project Spotlight: The Elements by Ricky Goodall

The Elements

By Ricky Goodall

The Elements is like the law of attraction combined with human biology and psychology, quantum physics, NLP, ancient history and more.

Have you always wanted to travel to other countries but can't seem to get the time or money?

Have you always wanted to be a musician, athlete, business owner, a happy parent or some other dream you aren't living yet?

Do you suffer from the fear of not paying bills or providing for yourself and your family?

Do you struggle to find enjoyment in your work and feel as if you're in a vicious cycle of just getting by?

This book is for anyone who has the courage and imagination to dream the big dream.

This book is for those who who desire change in their lives and have the determination to make it happen.

This book is for those who just know there is something more to life because they can feel it in every ounce of their being.

The Elements is a 55,000 word nonfictional strategic guide to manifesting the life of your dreams. It is a product of 18 months of research into everything from the nature of the universe to the habits and belief structures of some of the most successful people in history.The book contains detailed chapters along with effective homework to help the reader get their life in alignment with their dreams right away.

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Spotlight Book: The World at Large: Book 1 - Carpe Diem

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The World at Large: Book 1- Carpe Diem
by Adam Mehaffey

The following is an account of my journeys throughout the world. What started off as a couple of months to get away for an adventure turned into a ten-year journey of learning, enlightenment, hard times, and moments that will never leave me, including times of joy, sorrow, love, pain, near-death experiences, and experiences nearly worth dying for. During that time, I travelled to over 60 countries, set foot on every continent, including Antarctica; worked in over half a dozen countries; and saw relics from ancient civilisations and technological marvels of the modern world. I saw the highest peak on earth, the lowest valley, and so much in between. I visited places where they had never seen a white man before and countries ruled by governances ranging from democracies to theocracies to military regimes. I saw the cruelty that humanity can have for each other as well as the love that can bind us all. I fell in love, had my heart broken a few times, and broke a few hearts of my own. ~Carpe

Website: World at Large
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Spotlight Book: Think and Get Sober

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Think and Get Sober
by Edward Murphy 

THINK; Direct one’s mind toward something 
GET; Seek and obtain 
SOBER; Not habitually drinking alcohol 

The present cultural debate about problem drinking labels it as an addiction in terms of it being a disease rather than just poor choices. This has allowed the A.A, 12 Step disease theory of alcoholism and the promotion of powerlessness to go largely unchallenged as the only rational and viable cause and treatment for the abusive of alcohol. 

This book seeks to change this. It shows the absurd implications of the disease theory, substantiated by known empirical evidence, relevant logical argumentation and the real life experience of the author. It lays out a coherent framework upon which one can make sense and understand how we get into trouble with alcohol and how to get out of trouble with it. 
Using simple exercises and techniques, you will be shown how in 30 days you can reset your body and mind to where you are in a position eliminate the “Problem” from drinking whether you choose to moderate or abstain from it. We will show you how to look at your drinking in a nonjudgmental sober way, while explaining that YOU and only YOU make the final decision on what course of action, if any you want to take. 

It is my Fervent hope that this book will bring sanity to the discussion of 
Problem Drinking and Getting Sober

Links to buy the book: Amazon

Spotlight Project: The Pop Up Art Book by Poposition Press

The Pop Up Art Book from Poposition Press

We're Poposition Press and we make pop-up books with visual artists, transforming their artwork work into three dimensional pop up spreads. We're here to let you know about our new book, The Pop Up Art Book! 

About The Pop Up Art Book 

The idea behind this group book is to represent a wide range of contemporary art styles in an exciting new pop up format, and our ultimate goal is to get this book in as many of your hands as possible. After creating and self-publishing our first book, Pop Up Funk with artist Jim Mahfood in 2013, we reached out to other artists with the same simple concept: to take their art apart and then re-construct it as a three-dimensional pop-up spread.

Making A Pop Up Book 

Working closely with each artist, we picked out the best artwork that we thought would lend itself well to a pop up, and then worked on digitally cutting out each piece of art as well as the corresponding paper engineering required to make it work as a functional pop up spread.]

Why We Need Your Help 

With our first book, each of the 100 copies we made were printed, digitally-cut, hand-assembled and bound by two of us here in West Palm Beach, FL. The entire process took us a little over a year. This is about how long we've been working on designing the pages for The Pop Up Art Book.

Making a pop-up book is very time consuming, and it can take many revisions to get just one page to work just right. But designing the book is only half of the work (or less!). Get this: all pop-up books are assembled entirely by hand which means each copy of every pop-up book ever produced is handmade, piece-by-piece, page-by-page. So in order for us to get the book in as many hands as possible we need to outsource the assembly aspect of the book, which is why we're on Kickstarter!

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Spotlight Book: Interview Success by Nigel Armitt

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Interview Success
by Nigel Armitt

• More than 60 interview TIPs 
• More than 150 worldwide job sites
• Only USD 8
Aimed at novices to the interview game (students, unemployed, redundant) and even more experienced interviewees who want to perfect their skills to SUCCEED at the next interview.
Author worked for more than thirty years in the UK, Middle East and Europe for many large corporate companies both in the private and public sectors being on BOTH sides of the interview table in many countries.

A reference book to HELP in the job search and to make sure you WIN your next interview !

Links to buy the book: Amazon

Spotlight Book: The Incredible Adventures of Jake Astro

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The Incredible Adventures of Jake Astro (Volume I)
by Ashley Sherer


All Jake Astro wanted to do was to find an honest job...

The Mystery of the Ancients Trilogy

Part I

Jake Astro and the Missing Professor
Follow Jake Astro and his co-pilot Mikja as they lead an expedition to a jungle world in search of a missing professor and a million year old lost civilization.

Part II

Jake Astro and the Temple of Death
The second part of the Mystery of the Ancients trilogy finds the adventure continuing with a search for a lost temple of the Ancients that holds the key to unlimited power.

Part III

Jake Astro and the End of the World
Can Jake and company stop an ancient device from destroying a world or worse, being sold as a weapon to the highest bidder?

Jake Astro and the Island of Doom
Jake and his new co-pilot make a delivery to a mysterious island where nothing is what it seems and danger lurks around every corner.

Jake Astro and the Wandering Ghosts 
Jake and Mikja find themselves in a haunted mining town where a misunderstanding makes Jake the new town sheriff.

About the Author:

Ashley Sherer grew up in the golden age of sci-fi, cryptids and cartoons(the 1970s) and developed a lifelong love of all three. It didn’t matter if it was Steve Austin battling Bigfoot, Leonard Nimoy going ‘In Search Of’, or the Super Friends saving the world, he was hooked. His first novel, a collection of short stories based on the adventures of spaceship captain Jake Astro, is due out this Fall. Ashley works as a full time software engineer at a life insurance company when he isn’t writing.

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Spotlight Book: Big Wide Calm by Rich Marcello

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The Big Wide Calm
by Rich Marcello

Paige is a rock star. The world just doesn't know it yet. She's got the charisma, the drive, and, of course, the mega-musical skills. All she needs is to make her debut album, one that will change the world, inspire revolutions--and make her galactically famous along the way.

When John Bustin, a former semi-famous singer/songwriter offers to record Paige's album for free, it feels like destiny, like the next step on her way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Guitar in hand, Paige sets off to John's recording compound, ready to unfold her future.

But the ever-elusive John, with his mysterious history, and Paige, a big dreamer but naive about her footing in life, clash as much as they coalesce. Before they can change the world through Paige's music, the improbable duo must learn to work together.

A coming of age story and retrospective, The Big Wide Calm focuses on human nature and the complexities of love through the eyes of young and old on the journey of creating the perfect album.

Links to buy the book: Amazon and Barnes and Noble
Website: RichMarcello.com
Twitter: @marcellor
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Spotlight Book: Devil Eye by Rebecca Jean Downey

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Devil Eye
by Rebecca Jean Downey

Penny Larkin is hired by the US Marshals Service to track down low level gun trafficker Juan Rico and finds herself part of the weapons cargo on its way to Mexico.

What Reviewers Have to Say:

Devil Eye is a very well-written novel, and it kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page to the last.  I enjoyed the adventure, and look forward to enjoying many more from this exciting author. She has kept it rated general audience so it can be enjoyed by all ages.  The book is entertaining, descriptive, exciting, and suspenseful, along with being well edited and a joy to read. I gave it a very well deserved "A" on my tight grading scale and recommend it to one and all. Pick it up and try it, you will not put it down.  

William Phenn, for Blog Critics 


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Website: Rebecca Jean Downey
Twitter: @RebeccaJeanDown
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Spotlight Book: Libellus de Numeros (Magicae Mathematica Book #1)

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Libellus de Numeros (Magicae Mathematica Book #1) 
by Jim West

What is the missing variable? 

Alex, a young precocious girl, mysteriously gets transported to a strange world where Latin and Math combine in formulas and equations with magical effects. With a cruel council leading the only safe city of its kind in this world, she will have to prove her worth to stay as well as help this city as it is the target for two evil wizards who seek to destroy the city and its ruling council. 

Will the council's mighty army of guardians be enough to repel the onslaught of the two wizards' wrath? 

To help the city and also get back home, she will need the help of the greatest mathematician of all time, Archimedes. In a world where math is magic, Alex wishes she paid more attention in math class.
Links to buy the book: Amazon
Website: Magicae MathematicusTwitter: @magicaeseries
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