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A Bernie Bolton Book: Bernie Bolton’s Big Apple Christmas by S. B. Sturdevant

Bernice Blossom Bolton--Bernie--is a nine-and-a-half-year-old force to be reckoned with as she charges head-first into the 21st century. Feisty and fun, liberated and opinionated, she's ready to take on the world.   (ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble) Continue the series:   CHAPTER 1 THE ULTIMATE WORST   If you asked any kid in the whole entire world to make a list of the worst possible things that could happen,…
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Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 3: Tausret by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
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Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 2: Seti, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
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Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 1: Merenptah, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by…
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Ascension Series, Book 2: Maelstrom, A Novel of Nazi Germany by Max Overton

Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people, the Jews, out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps, the corruption, the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire race, he knows he must find a way to turn the tide and become the savior his people desperately…
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Ascension Series, Book 1: Ascension, A Novel of Nazi Germany by Max Overton

Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people, the Jews, out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps, the corruption, the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire race, he knows he must find a way to turn the tide and become the savior his people desperately…
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Strong is the Ma’at of Re, Book 3: The One of Taweret, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary.   The reign of Ramesses III is failing and even the gods seem to be turning their eyes away from Egypt. When the sun hides its face, crops suffer, throwing the country into famine. Tomb workers go on strike. To avert further disaster, Crown Prince Ramesses acts on his father's behalf. The rivalry…
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Strong is the Ma’at of Re, Book 2: The Heirs, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary. Tiye, the first wife of Ramesses III, has grown so used to being the mother of the Heir she can no longer bear to see that prized title pass to the son of a rival wife. Her eldest sons have died and the one left wants to step down and devote his life…
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Strong is the Ma’at of Re, Book 1: The King, A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton

In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary.   That he is descended from Ramesses the Great fills Ramesses III with obscene pride. Elevated to the throne following a coup led by his father Setnakhte during the troubled days of Queen Tausret, Ramesses III sets about creating an Egypt that reflects the glory days of Ramesses the Great. He takes on…
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The Mystery of the Third Seal by Margaret Pearce

    Chapter 1   I have at last accepted that none of the others have survived. I am alone! No one will ever read this, but I still intend to leave a careful record of the dreadful events that culminated in the loss of our world. The carefree flock I tend cannot comprehend my bitterness, loneliness and despair. How could they? Despite all my efforts to re-educate them, they remain pleasant, charming and childlike, filling in their golden hours…
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The Scarlett Quest by Margaret Pearce

    Chapter one   John Scarlett was triumphant. His perilous experiment had succeeded. Parallel universes were a reality! He had arrived! He stood in the clearing on the side of a hill; a short, slightly built young man with overlong fair hair and pale blue eyes, wearing a long‑sleeved coarse white cotton shirt, black leather motorbike pants and boots. The air had the freshness and cleanness of a pre-industrial age. No combustion engines, industrial smog or even wood smoke.…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 8: Rebecca and the Dragon by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 7: Rebecca and the Flying Horse Problem by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 6: Rebecca and the Evil Leprechaun by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 5: Rebecca and the Horror Harvest by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 4: Rebecca and the Missing Heir by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 3: Rebecca and the Wicked Witch by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 2: Rebecca and the Hobgoblin Invasion by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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The Wingless Fairy Series Book 1: Rebecca and the Changeling by Margaret Pearce

Rebecca used to be a fairy princess. Now she's a mortal child living in the human world--and her life has never been more exciting! From battling wicked witches and mischievous leprechauns to uncovering ancient secrets, Rebecca and her friends face magical threats that spill into their quiet countryside. With the help of house goblins, talking owls, and the occasional bridge troll, she proves that a brave heart and clever mind are more powerful than any spell.   Full of whimsy,…
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Caught in Willaburra by Margaret Pearce

(ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and some from Angus and Robertson) Chapter One   I opened my eyes to dull spaciousness, and a silence as muffling as cotton wool. I was in a hospital bed. Had I been ill?  I didn't feel pain or weakness. Come to think of it, I didn't feel anything!  I pushed back the grey-white covers and slid off the high bed. Although I only wore…