Author Jackie Carpenter Stand Your Ground

Self-defense or murder? This is what a Florida jury must decide in yet the latest Stand Your Ground trial. While the preface of the law is to provide citizens the right to protect themselves against violence, it's questionable if the law is truly protecting the innocent. Just ask Jackie Carpenter. Her worst fear became her reality when her son was wrongly accused of murder in a widely publicized trial. Now Jackie's story is on the big screen in a new movie, Stand Your Ground: A Cry For Justice. Find out about all of Jackie's books

Author John Havik Ghosts Of NASCAR

Get Up To Speed On The Daytona 500 And The Authentic Early Story: The Ghosts Of NASCAR Stone Mountain, GA, January 20, 2014 – Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was Midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, declared the victor at the finish line, or longtime NASCAR driver Lee Petty, declared the official winner a few days after the race. It's all here in The Ghosts of NASCAR: The Harlan Boys And The First Daytona 500 (University of Iowa Press). Author John Havick puts the controversial finish under a microscope. After interviewing scores of people, analyzing film of the race, and poring over newspaper accounts he presents all of the evidence. It's also a much bigger story: the tale of a multimillion dollar sport coming of age. When John Havick's grandfather sold his car to local boy and aspiring racecar driver Johnny Beauchamp, the young Havick went to see how the car performed. Falling in love with the sport, he kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles and programs tracking the triumphs and defeats of successful racers from the town of Harlan, Iowa. Then he went away to high school and college, leaving his childhood hobby behind but never forgetting it. After a career teaching public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he revived his interest in the sport and decided to tackle one of its longtime controversies: who really won the inaugural Daytona 500 in 1959? John Havick has a Ph. D. in political science from the University of Iowa. He was a professor at Georgia Tech for thirty years, authoring two books and a number of research papers, including the widely read article, "The Impact of the Internet on a Television-Based Society,” Technology in Society (2000). John Havick lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia. For more information, please see www.ghostsofnascar.com.

MIndless Photos of Nothingness

What is a photograph? What are the stories being shared? What if a photograph didn't hide inside digital devices? What happens to the photograph when it falls off the wall? The song featured comes from my new book and cd Scrambled Eggs. The song is titled The Photograph

Author Peter Sacco Madonna Complex

Find Out Why He Might Not Be True To You In Madonna Complex: Why Men Are Wired To Cheat NYC, NY, January 28, 2014 – It's a documented fact: a surprising number of men cheat on their partners (see http://bit.ly/1hJ2XNz). Now, noted psychologist and author Peter Sacco and sex therapist Dr. Debra Laino offer readers the straightforward reasoning and causes for cheating and a discussion on what is sometimes viewed as "acceptable" cheating. Madonna Complex: Why Men Are Wired To Cheat is now available online from Chipmunk Publishing. "Here's what it looks like sometimes,” Sacco says. "She lays on the floor sobbing. She just found out -- he's been cheating. Not once, not thrice, but for years! He says he is sorry. In fact, he says he loves her more than the other. After all, she is his wife and the mother of his kids. With his palms pressed against his forehead, it is his turn to cry, 'I can't help myself!' "Is it real or is it an excuse? Can sex really, truly be an addiction, out of control, or is it just another cynical card to play when the rich and famous get caught? When is it BS and when is it really worth saving the marriage? After all if sex is an addiction, that makes it an 'illness.' Do you dump someone just because they have a mental illness?” The Madonna Complex is a self-help book exploring the notion of infidelity and the reasons it is so prevalent in our society. Does pornography, so readily available online, contribute to infidelity and sexless marriages? Sacco has researched the topic thoroughly, finding some men actually get married so they can get a girlfriend on the side. Madonna Complex explains the differences between choice, habit and addiction. Is sex really addictive? Peter is an author, psychology professor and former private practitioner. He is the author of many international popular selling books and author of more than 600 magazine/media articles. He is also a regular resident expert on several television and radio shows as well as hosting Matters Of The Mind, a weekly radio show out of Toronto. He resides in one of the most picturesque regions of the world, Niagara Falls, Canada where he calls home. Co-author Dr. Debra Laino is a Board Certified Sexologist/Sex Therapist in private practice in Wilmington, Delaware. She holds certification from the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists and serves as an adjunct instructor at Wilmington University, University of Phoenix, Philadelphia University and Strayer University. For more, please visit the website: www.petersacco.com Madonna Complex: Why Men Are Wired To Cheat Peter Sacco Chipmunk Press Available online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble Read a free excerpt at www.petersacco.com ISBN-13: 9781849916295 $18

Author Kim Hilton

Closet Words: A Glimpse At The Words Given By God To Someone Who Had The Courage To Earnestly Seek Him Houston, TX, November 26, 2013 - Although it had happened once before, it was on a particular August morning in 2002 as Kim Hilton prayed a single prayer to God that He began speaking to her. Taken word for word as heard from God, Closet Words (WestBow Press) is a collection of the powerful and penetrating words that were written down in the stillness of a prayer closet. What began as Kim's earnest journey to seek God in prayer became a passageway for God to answer and speak to her. Kim was an orphan, the youngest of six children. Her mother was 13 when she had her first child and 19 when Kim was born. Six children in six years. Kim saw her mother shot with a shotgun by her father. She lived in violence, abuse and poverty. She personally experienced extreme hunger because there was no food. Eventually the State came in and took all six of the children from the home. They were put into an orphanage, then foster care and then eventually four were adopted. She has lived a journey of healing for many years – she chose long ago to not only be a survivor but to be an overcomer. Kim began a journey of seeking God and as she did she began hearing from God. She kept a journal and wrote down what she heard. It was during the time Kim had been searching for a deeper relationship with God and praying in the quiet of her closet that she started hearing from Him and she kept a journal of what she heard. His words would come at any time; sometimes as she was praying in the closet, sometimes at night in bed and she would reach for her pen and paper to scribble the words down. He even spoke to others through her and what she passed on to them greatly impacted their lives. Kim reveals to us the words she heard in the same honest, straight-forward way she received them from the Lord. Closet Words is both encouraging and uplifting, and brings a clear message to the Christian believer - that we are not alone in this life and that God is deeply and personally committed to each and every one of us. From Kim's powerful and inspiring words we are reassured that we never have to face the journey of life alone. Kim Hilton, MCC, PCC, has a master's degree in Christian counseling. Founder of Closet Words Ministries Foundation, Kim is a teacher on prayer and listening to God. An avid writer of several books, Closet Words was chosen as the first book to be published with the proceeds going to Closet Words Ministries Foundation. A sought-after speaker and Bible Study leader, Kim has spoken at both national and local events. She resides with her husband on a small farm in a rural community and enjoys spending time with their six grown children and first grandchild. For more information on Kim Hilton or her work, please visit: www.KimHilton.org. Available at fine bookstores and all online outlets: Closet Words By Kim Hilton, MCC, PCC Publisher: WestBowPress ISBN-10: 1449774539 ISBN-13: 978-1449774530

Daily Writing And Why

Since 1994 the importance of Daily Writing has kept a middle aged man's mind wide open with achieving possibility. Six published books. Radio and television commercials heard around the world. Blogs that have landed on the laptops of foreign keepers with ambitions to be free to write. Endless are the levels of inspiration. Unconditional the love for writing becomes when the choice to write daily becomes not a habit but a legacy of who you've become. My mentor has always been the author of The Artist Way Julia Cameron. Find out more about Julia Cameron

John Heffron's I Come To You From The Future

I've always believed the most creative, completely in touch authors on the planet are comedians. They live the life of the real American. They study the path of the modern word. The send out vibrations that influence and or motivate the passerby to take steps forward. Comedian John Heffron has penned out an incredible tool with Topher Morrison: I Come To You From The Future. Get the book