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'Loukoumi And The Schoolyard Bully' has won the Mom's Choice Award for Excellence.

Wiley, a leading publisher for architects releases the 15th edition of The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice(Wiley, December 23, 2013; $250.

Transamerica Retirement Solutions today announced that Stig Nybo, Transamerica's president of pension sales and distribution, won two 2013 USA Best Book Awards for his book, Transform Tomorrow: Awakening the Super Saver in Pursuit of Retirement Readiness.

NEW YORK, Dec.

'Loukoumi And The Schoolyard Bully' has won the Mom's Choice Award for Excellence.

Chris Brosnan, one of the United Kingdom's top writer, producers, recently announced his decision to create the first ever graphic novel series of the legendary Irish hero, Finn McCool.

Welch Publishing recently released a completely revised version of its best-selling ebook, 'Defy Mediocrity.

Horses are animals that have been admired for their beauty and strength for centuries.

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'Pastor: A Fictional Reminiscence with Conversations on Religion and Society' (AuthorHouse), by James Stanley Barlow, is the tale of a fictional parish in the 1950s.

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Leadership advisor and Forbes columnist Mike Myatt is celebrating today - and not just because it's holiday season.

In his new book 'Carbon Dating, Cold Fusion, and a Curve Ball' (published by Trafford Publishing) author David D.

A desperate race to save Japan from a monk's terrifying prophecy and find three ancient Samurai swords buried in the ocean's depths sends two romantically involved treasure hunters on the quest of a lifetime in Kaylin McFarren's 'Buried Threads' (ISBN 9781492120469, Creative Edge Publishing LLC 2013

Harper Collins, one of the biggest the publishers of fictional and non-fictional books in India as well as the world, has agreed to list its products on Findable, the local shopping facilitator who has taken the Indian market by storm.

About the book: A wacky compilation of tech cartoons about people and their off-centre relationships with computers, the internet, smart phones, social networks, MP3 players, gaming consoles, e-book readers, GPS systems and other amazing technologies, all inspired by real life events.

Isn't it amazing that the votes of the ignorant and those of the well-informed carry the same weight? Mark A.

In his 60-page book "I Forgive," written as a 'long letter,' Nathaniel B.

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Matteo Cucchiara is the author of DEFYING THE MOB: Underworld Secrets Exposed, a true crime story about the life of Susan Weeks that has shocked the business community.

Author Dudu Sokhela is hosting a book signing and launch for her new book Why Urban-Rural Under-Developed Communities Will Never Develop in South Africa - Mooiplaas Informal Settlement, a Relevant Case Study: In the Front Lines.

Doris Durbin's new historical fiction, 'The Captain Takes a Wife: The Captain Chronicles, 1875' (published by CrossBooks) follows the adventures of Sarah Franklin and Captain Harry Richardson against the backdrop of the north Georgia mountains in the post-Civil War era.

In 'Time to Celebrate and Not Worry' (published by AuthorHouse), author David LeSieur discusses the second coming of Jesus Christ and what he believes the end times will mean for humanity.

In the words of Maya Angelou, 'If you don't like something, change it.

When facing love, loss and betrayal there is no stronger bond than sisterhood, faith and friendship.