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Shakespearean sayings, Maxims and Epigrams by...
Shakespearean sayings, Maxims and Epigrams by Bedrettin Simsek in La Rochefoucauld and Oscar Wilde style Bedrettin Simsek
A unique example of ingenious creativity that brings together so many statements with wit, humor and irony, all of them belonging to the Bedrettin Simsek.
Some excerpts from the book:
"Love makes the beggar a king and the king a beggar"
"A woman who asks her lover to never lie to her, does not believe that love is blind either"
"We hold in our hands the right to commit minor misdeeds by avoiding great sins"
"There are happiness in poverty that a rich man cannot taste. Such as sleeping peacefully at home while the neighbor lays there hungry"
"Man remembers his friends even more when he goes to hell"
"While the beautiful examine the throne of beauty in detail, the ugly are in a race to sit on it"
"Banning something to a man is to remind him of his good old days in heaven"
Some excerpts from the book:
"Love makes the beggar a king and the king a beggar"
"A woman who asks her lover to never lie to her, does not believe that love is blind either"
"We hold in our hands the right to commit minor misdeeds by avoiding great sins"
"There are happiness in poverty that a rich man cannot taste. Such as sleeping peacefully at home while the neighbor lays there hungry"
"Man remembers his friends even more when he goes to hell"
"While the beautiful examine the throne of beauty in detail, the ugly are in a race to sit on it"
"Banning something to a man is to remind him of his good old days in heaven"
Dylan's Cosydoze
Dylan's Cosydoze Elsa Joseph
gone? And can Mum
and Dad get Dylan to sleep without it?
A funny, heart-warming story for very
young readers told in rhyme.
and Dad get Dylan to sleep without it?
A funny, heart-warming story for very
young readers told in rhyme.
Really amazing story about what love can do with us. I like how characters are so real and so vivid, you drown in their story. Natasha is so strong woman and I admire by her. She decided to save her lover despise the fact that they are parted the life gave her to be with another man and forget all her sorrow. But she chooses the love!
Elsa Joseph's novels keep the pages turning.! The plot lines are fantastic, the characters seem real and believable and the writing is rich with description. The Best Kept Secret is a novel with mystery, thriller and romantic elements.
Elsa Joseph is a smart writer. I definitely enjoyed reading her books :)
Elsa Joseph does great work depicting the conflict Natasha is feeling over the two loves in her life. Her writing is original and well worth the read.
Refreshing to read a novel written in Third Person. Natasha is someone you can root for. As for London, what a gorgeous landscape to set
your story in. Been there, so the descriptions bring back fond memories. Good pacing, smart dialogue.
The Bridal Train: A Wintervale Promises Compa...
The Bridal Train: A Wintervale Promises Companion Novella Melodie March
In a time of war and heartbreak, two people who never expected to find love are brought together under the most extraordinary circumstances. But can their love survive when the entire world stands between them?
Suburban Luchador: Memoirs from Suburbia (pre...
Suburban Luchador: Memoirs from Suburbia (preview edition) Philip Rivera
His minivan is his chariot. His mower is his weapon. Enter the whimsical world of suburbia's favorite underdog.
Author Philip Rivera is a father to three, a husband to one... and a hero to all. When he's not fighting crime in his fighter-jet-cloaked-as-a-minivan, he can be found teaching high school and patrolling the 'hood for story material. He's the man who's making mortgages, meatloaf, and the middle-class sexy again.
In Suburban Luchador: Memoirs from Suburbia, Philip turns his ordinary family, marriage, and teaching scenarios into offbeat and humorous slice-of-life adventures that collide day-to-day humdrum with vivid imagination.
Join him and ride shotgun on a road trip of domestically epic proportions!
(Contains a sample of short stories from the full book)
Author Philip Rivera is a father to three, a husband to one... and a hero to all. When he's not fighting crime in his fighter-jet-cloaked-as-a-minivan, he can be found teaching high school and patrolling the 'hood for story material. He's the man who's making mortgages, meatloaf, and the middle-class sexy again.
In Suburban Luchador: Memoirs from Suburbia, Philip turns his ordinary family, marriage, and teaching scenarios into offbeat and humorous slice-of-life adventures that collide day-to-day humdrum with vivid imagination.
Join him and ride shotgun on a road trip of domestically epic proportions!
(Contains a sample of short stories from the full book)
Definitely adding this to my reading list. It sounds whacky and hilarious
The title "Suburban Luchador" sucked me in from the outset, and Philip Rivera's tales of being bossed around by children, dealing with cockroaches, and a quest for minivan parts at a junk yard (or is that 'auto salvage yard'?) are just as enthralling. In the introduction, the author states that he hopes to "highlight the wonder and humor that exists", and I think he has captured this beautifully. "Unfortunately, we live in a world where wonder has been demystified. Dragons and castles are reduced from larger-than-life creations to images on a screen or toys to be put away."
Although I only read a sample of stories from the full edition, Suburban Luchador: Memoirs from Suburbia is a beautifully formatted, well-illustrated book of everyday magic, full of warmth and the wonder of childhood.
Crashing In On Love
Crashing In On Love Taylor Love
After crashing a wedding in Jamaica can two strangers find love?
Tamara Reed spends her days seeing the worst that love has to offer as a divorce lawyer. Yet she still finds herself drawn to weddings and a secret part of her heart still believes in love. Crashing a wedding while on a much needed vacation, finds her meeting a tempting man. He not only catches her attention but sets her blood on fire. After an intense night with him she sneaks home to forget her vacation fling. That’s easier said than done, as memories keep her up at night and her vacation boo tracks her down.
Tamara Reed spends her days seeing the worst that love has to offer as a divorce lawyer. Yet she still finds herself drawn to weddings and a secret part of her heart still believes in love. Crashing a wedding while on a much needed vacation, finds her meeting a tempting man. He not only catches her attention but sets her blood on fire. After an intense night with him she sneaks home to forget her vacation fling. That’s easier said than done, as memories keep her up at night and her vacation boo tracks her down.
Leashed
Leashed Zoe Dawson
GENRE: Steamy Rom Com
Jack has some 'splainin' to do!
That's right! Callie Lassiter's normally well-behaved Great Dane Jack has run off and done the wild thing with the neighbor's dog. It's doubly embarrassing since she's a professional dog trainer. Of course, the neighbor would have to be hot, hot nightclub owner bad boy Owen McKay, just the kind of man Callie is determined to avoid.
Owen’s comfortable with his playboy status and the hype in the media. But the ground moves beneath his feet when he gets an eyeful of the girl next door. The Dog Whisperer never looked this good! How can he convince this wholesome honey that his player days are behind him? Maybe Jill, his Great Dane can help him with this dilemma now that she’s pregnant and Callie’s dog is to blame.
Is this bad boy a bad
Jack has some 'splainin' to do!
That's right! Callie Lassiter's normally well-behaved Great Dane Jack has run off and done the wild thing with the neighbor's dog. It's doubly embarrassing since she's a professional dog trainer. Of course, the neighbor would have to be hot, hot nightclub owner bad boy Owen McKay, just the kind of man Callie is determined to avoid.
Owen’s comfortable with his playboy status and the hype in the media. But the ground moves beneath his feet when he gets an eyeful of the girl next door. The Dog Whisperer never looked this good! How can he convince this wholesome honey that his player days are behind him? Maybe Jill, his Great Dane can help him with this dilemma now that she’s pregnant and Callie’s dog is to blame.
Is this bad boy a bad
PICTURES FOR YOUR MIND
PICTURES FOR YOUR MIND Martin E. Silenus
Pictures for Your Mind, is a collection of short stories, incidents, observations, and personal experiences that compose segments of my lifetime. Some are sweet, some are sad, some are angry, many are just wonderment.
In this third volume from Martin E. Silenus following the popular “WTF-OMG, WTF-OMG Vol II” books, Martin once again examines our society, customs, traditions, current challenges, and our aspirations and asks awkward questions like “WHY”.
Pickup your copy of Pictures for Your Mind today, in fact purchase several copies and give some as gifts to people you like, or maybe someone you don’t like.
In this third volume from Martin E. Silenus following the popular “WTF-OMG, WTF-OMG Vol II” books, Martin once again examines our society, customs, traditions, current challenges, and our aspirations and asks awkward questions like “WHY”.
Pickup your copy of Pictures for Your Mind today, in fact purchase several copies and give some as gifts to people you like, or maybe someone you don’t like.
Vietnam was Hell, and this story brings readers into the heart of the jungle to experience what our brave men in uniform endured during that horrific eight - year - old conflict.
Martin E. Silenus shares his humorous essays about what the way life should be for a hard working male. Not too long, not too short, and definitely entertaining. Reading this is like having a beer and venting with your buddies. Ah, good times!
This sounds like the kind of story that belongs on the big screen because upheavals like these are visually amazing. That's why I want to read it. I want to see if it's a brain workout for the imagination to add those visuals.
This series looks so cool! It may be the next series I didn't realize I needed in my life. Looking forward to checking it out.
I love the cover and title. Cool.
Surrender (a preview)
Surrender (a preview) Chris Baum
A hairy bachelor (Bigfoot) decides to set off on a dangerous quest to find his long lost kin. He knows the journey will be fraught with danger because he knows he and his family are on the endangered list—a constant struggle to survive. But like an adage he once read in a book, “nothing ventured, nothing gained,” he is steadfast to not give up on his goal. Fortunately, and unexpectedly, he gets some assistance from two animals, one of whom is far bigger in his faith than his physical size. PoBo encounters many obstacles along the way, and his own faith is tested repeatedly as time runs out to fulfill his quest. What he at first thinks is the true meaning of his journey becomes redefined.
When we’re broken and we realize we are not in complete control, it's time to SURRENDER.
When we’re broken and we realize we are not in complete control, it's time to SURRENDER.
Sci-Fi Shorts II
Sci-Fi Shorts II Mark Roman
Four humorous science fiction stories telling of: the man with a rather special talent, an app that can reveal people’s darkest secrets, the man who invents the antidote to Murphy’s Law, and the galactic bailiff who comes to Earth to evict everyone.
Great cover! I look forward to reading these sci-fi "shorts".
I've read Mark's 'The Ultimate Inferior Beings', which I most remember for its brilliantly 'Heath Robinson' technologies - wonderfully over-complicated mechanisms that (in view of Mr Roman's scientific background) one suspects might actually work. And I read, too, The Worst Man on Mars, which is another incarnation of British humour at its lunatic best. Messrs Roman and Duke clearly work together very well - though, as I've said before, if they'd ever been at school together, I suspect they'd have been considered a disruptive influence on the class.
He's in my all-time top five funny sci-fi authors. Ok, let's be honest, if we exclude the 'Douglas', he's my number one.
I love humorous science fiction--especially British! I can't wait to read this one.
Can't wait to read this!
Summer in Bliss
Summer in Bliss Freda Ann
Mia Everly is an independent woman married to her career. She has everything—loving parents, a brother who’s her best friend, and the perfect companion…her canine pal, Hope. When her traumatic past resurfaces, rocking every fiber of her being, Mia questions her life and future.
Dash Stevens is a Lieutenant with the county fire department, and a widowed father to his daughter, Allie. Newly-neighbored on Bliss Cay, Dash and Mia’s worlds intertwine.
Can the hunky fire lieutenant help Mia face her past and put her life back together, or will he push Mia off the edge of the tightrope she’s teetering on?
Dash Stevens is a Lieutenant with the county fire department, and a widowed father to his daughter, Allie. Newly-neighbored on Bliss Cay, Dash and Mia’s worlds intertwine.
Can the hunky fire lieutenant help Mia face her past and put her life back together, or will he push Mia off the edge of the tightrope she’s teetering on?
Riding Past Midnight - A Western Romance
Riding Past Midnight - A Western Romance Ella Cooper
Don’t Judge me!
I know I made the worst mistake of my life, but all it took was five years and now I’m back to make amends.
Love was never the intention, I did not see this coming at all,
And neither did I think it would come in a cowboy hat,
Blue eyes, blond hair and a smile that could set me on fire.
Keith Bradley caught me completely unawares and now I’ve fallen deep in love.
What is wrong with me? Do I even deserve this? Deserve him?
If he knows what a monster I am, will he still stay?
I must be strong, I must focus on what I am here for.
I have a responsibility, and a chance to atone for my past sins.
But my present is Keith,
And I’ll be damned if I don’t have him in my future.
I know I made the worst mistake of my life, but all it took was five years and now I’m back to make amends.
Love was never the intention, I did not see this coming at all,
And neither did I think it would come in a cowboy hat,
Blue eyes, blond hair and a smile that could set me on fire.
Keith Bradley caught me completely unawares and now I’ve fallen deep in love.
What is wrong with me? Do I even deserve this? Deserve him?
If he knows what a monster I am, will he still stay?
I must be strong, I must focus on what I am here for.
I have a responsibility, and a chance to atone for my past sins.
But my present is Keith,
And I’ll be damned if I don’t have him in my future.
I love a good Western Romance and your books sounds awesome!
Can’t wait to see what this talented author writes next!
Excellent!!
Littlethumb Sneezed
Littlethumb Sneezed Truant Memphis
"Littlethumb Sneezed triumphs as both a fast-moving mystery and literary character study. Memphis writes with effortless dexterity and a lighthearted tone, imbuing the story with a subtlety that keeps the story both swift and fascinating. Add a devastating turn of fate as the penultimate twist, and Memphis hooks in the reader as the book barrels toward a tough but satisfying conclusion. A wonderful, entertaining novel with a deep understanding of what motivates humans to do what they do, for a thoroughly original work of literary fiction." Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★
That title alone made me laugh. Can't wait to dive into this one!
Splendid book for fans of off-the-wall humor.
A crafty writer that knows how to surprise the reader yet supply them with a satisfying conclusion.
The first couple of lines got me hooked
Tales of Romance
Tales of Romance Cindy Tomamichel
Explore the strange paths that love travels in this collection. An eclectic mix of later in life love, angsty poetry, comedy, tragedy, memory and the paranormal.
A fish laden comedy. An ode to beautiful men. The love of a forest god. What happens after the funeral? An eternal love. Finding a new path. Autumnal thoughts. Rescued from the church. Windows and past loves. A fresh start after grief. An appointment that must be kept. A chosen fate. Last memories of love. What will she find in the moonlit forest? Even a heart of stone yearns for forgiveness. The last journey.
Escape the everyday with eighteen short stories, flash fictions and poems.
A fish laden comedy. An ode to beautiful men. The love of a forest god. What happens after the funeral? An eternal love. Finding a new path. Autumnal thoughts. Rescued from the church. Windows and past loves. A fresh start after grief. An appointment that must be kept. A chosen fate. Last memories of love. What will she find in the moonlit forest? Even a heart of stone yearns for forgiveness. The last journey.
Escape the everyday with eighteen short stories, flash fictions and poems.
Taking Action for a Better Tomorrow
Taking Action for a Better Tomorrow Jeremy P. Boggess
In our world today, there are monumental and exponential changes occurring. These changes are happening not just in the local, international, and global arenas, but even within ourselves. Looking at ourselves, our governments, our societies, humanity, and the world in general, many questions and concerns may come to mind. It is important to look beyond isolationism or globalization. There are many different contributing factors to our immediate surroundings, the cultures we live in, and the changing situations ...
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Thank you for this opportunity Jeremy Boggess.
Jeremy's book resonates with me because we seem to see things in a very similar light. The thing that I really connected to is this idea to "discuss our responsibilities and the necessary actions that will help guide us into our future." I believe that true social transformation emerges from the thoughts, ideas, and beliefs that lie within each of us as individuals. To Jeremy's point humanity shares in the responsibility beyond laws and legislature or politics and economics. Much is at stake and the future belongs to all of us.
With the changes happening worldwide, it’s time for us also to embark on a journey of rediscovery and transformation. It is inside yourself that you’ll find a better understanding of each facet of your well-being. Our relationship with each other is deeply ingrained in our sense of humanity as our wholeness. In today’s world, it’s easy to get lost in isolation. Now it is time to invest in yourself and expand your global vision and to act for a better future, this features the best of Jeremy Boggess and an invitation for you in Taking Action for a Better Tomorrow. A must-read for all souls revolutionaries and those who are interested in consciousness and expansion.
Jeremy Boggess is on to something. Most answers are within our selves. It's just a matter of taking audit of yourself and Jeremy Boggess not only looks within but at society as a whole. Far too many things are taken for granted that are not what we believe them to be. This book sheds the needed light.
This author is super talented
Whoops: Nobody's Perfect
Whoops: Nobody's Perfect David Stone
WHEN IS LOVING THE WRONG PERSON THE RIGHT MOVE?
Tassie Collins has had no luck in love in or outside the bedroom. She’s about to give up when, on an innocent errand, she finds her mother’s lover Tom crying in his workshop. She only means to comfort him, but sparks ignite, and…
Whoops…
They make passionate love. It’s far beyond what Tassie felt possible between a man and woman.
They agree it can never happen again, which by this point means for a fourth time. Oh well. No one is perfect.
A year later, Tassie gets some bad news... Whoops again?
Tassie Collins has had no luck in love in or outside the bedroom. She’s about to give up when, on an innocent errand, she finds her mother’s lover Tom crying in his workshop. She only means to comfort him, but sparks ignite, and…
Whoops…
They make passionate love. It’s far beyond what Tassie felt possible between a man and woman.
They agree it can never happen again, which by this point means for a fourth time. Oh well. No one is perfect.
A year later, Tassie gets some bad news... Whoops again?
Sounds very intriguing. Can't wait to read it.
Wow! Great to read about a couple who are willing to take some chances to get their lives back on track.
Can't wait.
David Stone is such a great writer!
Sweet Fetish (SAMPLE)
Sweet Fetish (SAMPLE) Bedrettin Simsek
Bedrettin Simsek's two short comedy novels "Sweet Fetish" and "Love Stratagem" will soon be published as e-book titled 'The Quirks of Love'.
The book will also feature "Rose and Nightingale, a tale in the style of Oscar Wilde"
Bedrettin Simsek, in the work "Sweet Fetish", surprises his readers by turning the dramatic short story of the French writer Maupassant "Hair" into a multi-charactered, crazy comedy.
In 'The Stratagem of Love' Bedrettin Simsek transforms Marquis de Sade's short and perverted story 'Augustine de Villeblance' into a rich comedy novella, an avant-garde work in world literature.
The book will also feature "Rose and Nightingale, a tale in the style of Oscar Wilde"
Bedrettin Simsek, in the work "Sweet Fetish", surprises his readers by turning the dramatic short story of the French writer Maupassant "Hair" into a multi-charactered, crazy comedy.
In 'The Stratagem of Love' Bedrettin Simsek transforms Marquis de Sade's short and perverted story 'Augustine de Villeblance' into a rich comedy novella, an avant-garde work in world literature.