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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The 6th Seal by J.M. Emanuel

The 6th Seal by J. M. Emanuel is part manhunt, part biblical saga, part mystery, and part revelation of scriptures hidden secrets. When Satan clones himself, laying the foundation for his rule on Earth, an old Priest, Father Gudino, and two of his followers must bring the secret identity of Satans spawn to light so that the truth of Christs ultimate return can be revealed. In the process, the decisive battle of good vs. evil plays out with humanity caught in the middle. It falls to Jason, Maggie, and Father Gudino to carry the banner for Christs second coming and uphold Gods message warning of the greatest deception to ever come upon the world. Told with foreboding and laced with the hope of faith, The 6th Seal dares to tell the often-misinterpreted story of the Apocalypse. Written with a Christian audience in mind, The 6th Seal is also a thriller that will please anyone who just loves a tale well told.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Book Trailer: "Beyond Going Postal" by Stephen Musacco

Beyond Going Postal: Shifting from Workplace Tragedies and Toxic Work Environments to a Safe and Healthy Organization by Dr. Stephen Musacco examines the history of violence and toxic work environments within the U.S. Postal Service organization and its negative impacts on the health and psychological well-being of its employees. Musacco provides comprehensive evidence of the decline of the organizational culture within the Postal Service and the internal neglect, denial, and lack of accountability by postal management that fosters toxic workplace environments. This book is, to date, the most comprehensive analysis available on postal workplace violence and postal culture in general, and it includes a blueprint for postal management and government leaders to make the U.S. Postal Service a healthier organization for its employees. Written with postal rank and file, union, management, and government leaders in mind, this book sounds a clarion call to action that cannot be ignored. 
 

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Book Trailer: "My Fair Clone" by Will Watson

My Fair Clone, by Will Watson, follows Joe Zanowski, jaded millionaire, ladies man, and ne're-do-well who falls head over heals for the beautiful and vacuous Michelle, the product of secret human cloning. Joe wants her for the blank slate that she is so he can make her into the perfect wife. But, Michelle has been promised to another, literally, when she was still a child in the lab. Raoul Chavez, drug kingpin, bought her for body parts and aims to collect. A twisted version of My Fair Lady ensues as Joe tries to make Michelle into his version of Eliza Doolittle, while Raoul closes in to exercise his ownership rights. The tug of war between love vs. body parts gives new meaning to the phrase alls fair in love and war. Told as a contemporary science fiction cautionary tale, My Fair Clone teaches that love and biological necessity can sometimes be at odds, but love has the edge; in this case thats good news for sci-fi fans.
Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Book Trailers: R.W. Ridley’s "The Takers"



Thirteen-year-old Oz Griffin knows it’s his fault that the Takers are eating everyone in sight. He also knows that a comic book written by a neighborhood boy is the key to defeating them. But every time he and his band of survivors try to read the comic book, the Takers draw closer. Can they get to the end of the story before the Takers devour them?

Author R. W . Ridley won a well-deserved IPPY Award for this first book in the Oz Chronicles; Book Two is also now on the shelves. Kirkus Discoveries says the author's work "recalls both Stephen King’s The Stand and L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz." See more about this provocative author online at >> http://www.rwridley.com/

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