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Today we are taking a look at Andrea Beaty..... Children's Author Extraordinaire. A best selling New York Time Author that is sure to please those that are five and above and can read. Also, her books come to life when they are audio books and sure to help young ones learn to read as they follow along in their Kindle. Be sure and sample the audio when researching her books! She lives in Chicago and visits lots of  schools each year. She loves to share her love of reading, and her writing journey with the kids and educators. How do you say "Beaty?" It rhymes with "Lady!"

 A visionary explorer Nansen and his partner Hjalmar Johansen went further north than man had ever been. An explorer in his youth and a humanitarian in his later years, he truly lead a remarkable life. Watch the short video and you will understand.He was polar explorer,a humanitarian, and diplomat and led a blessed life..  His books are treasures to be placed where they are readily available for one and all. Truly.... he is the author of many master pieces!  Once read they must be shared!   There is a Nansen Refugee Award  that was established in his honor in 1953.... because of his life's work of repatriation and integration of refugees. A truly remarkable man... his legacy endures.

Winslow Eliot's novels have been translated into eleven languages and published in twenty countries. Through practices, meditations, and fun improvisations, the author takes you on a journey that activates the search and discovery of your soul’s purpose. She shows you  a way to breathe authenticity into every part of your daily existence by....  offering a map toward self-actualization. This is done through 22 stages of the traditional Fool’s journey, and using a wide variety of wisdom sources and practical exercises, including Sufism, Buddhism, Taoist philosophies, anthroposophy, mystical Christianity, Jungian psychology, mythology.......  and her own life experience.

" I wanted to create books with a wide-range of unforgettable characters, with heat and romance, and lots of guns. It wouldn’t be complete without a slice of humor and charm." Meet the crime-solving duo of the Florida Keys: Madison who has all the charm of the girl next door, not to mention a deadly aim and Fab, her best friend, a femme fatale private investigator with a taste for danger and stilettos. 

In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury , who died on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91, inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays, and screenplays.....  Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time.! His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles , The Illustrated Man , Dandelion Wine , and Something Wicked This Way Comes . Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel "Fahrenheit 451" is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction,  Firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never quest...

  Danielle Steel is the fourth-best-selling fiction author of all time! It is estimated 800 million copies of her work has been sold!  I’ve written 161 books (I’m published in 69 countries and 43 languages), which seems like a lot, even to me. I publish six books a year (7 this year), and work on several at the same time. Sometimes I work on five books at the same time. It sounds crazy, but it works for me, like an artist who has several painting in progress. It’s a juggling act, but I love it. And I try to keep the books different, so I do historicals and books with contemporary themes, books that deal with problems or tragedies and what that does to people’s lives. The books are set in industries or particular settings. I learn a lot when I write them. I also write happy or fun books. Sometimes I laugh out loud when I’m writing, or cry when I’m writing a sad part. If you laugh or cry when you’re reading them, you can bet that I did too when I wrote them. I’ve also wri...

President Clinton’s book is also the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written—encompassing not only the high points and crises but the way the presidency actually works: the day-to-day bombardment of problems, personalities, conflicts, setbacks, achievements.

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898–1963) Was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience.... and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year! His 30 books,    have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies.  The books that make up " The Chronicles of Narnia"  have sold the most and have been produced on the stage, television, radio, and cinema.  His philosophical writings are widely cited by Christian apologetics from many denominations. “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your...

Prize winning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College. He is a creator and associate producer of the HBO documentary  He Has Seen War  and has been chief consultant for numerous award-winning PBS productions. He is author of the prizewinning  City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America.