New Release for Students Who Want to Score Highly on the SAT, and Tutors and Teachers Who Help Students Prepare for the SAT – Book by Blackstone Review

Ace the SAT writing section with this comprehensive guide to the rules of good writing tested on the SAT. This innovative study guide is based on a simple principle:

If you know the rules, you can ace the test.  You just have to know the rules.

Blackstone Review identifies and explains the rules of good writing tested on the SAT and pinpoints the various tricks and sentence patterns that SAT question writers use to test these rules. Chapters cover frequently tested grammar mistakes such as lack of subject-verb agreement, misuse of pronouns, errors in verb tense, misplaced modifiers, illogical comparisons, faulty parallelism, and improper idiom. Also included is a chapter offering straightforward, practical advice on how to write a high-scoring essay.

Maximize Your SAT Writing Score, published by Dog Ear Publishing, is designed to help high school students of all skill levels and experience. The book explains each grammar rule simply and concisely, and uses examples and sample SAT questions to illustrate how each rule is tested. The book also gives each rule a priority rating of one to three stars based on how frequently that rule is tested. These ratings ensure that students master the essential rules first and allocate their study time wisely and efficiently.

Other special features include a Super-Quick Study Guide that summarizes the most frequently tested rules and a condensed Study Outline that lists all the rules, with examples. Students can measure their understanding of the material by taking short review quizzes at the end of each chapter and practice questions at the end of the book. This SAT study guide is a valuable resource for any college-bound student who wants an advantage on the SAT and any teacher or tutor who helps students prepare for the SAT.

 

For more information, visit www.blackstonereview.com

 

 

Maximize Your SAT Writing Score: The Expert’s Guide to Mastering the SAT Writing Section

Blackstone Review

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-644-5          228 pages          $21.95 US

 

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

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New Romantic Thriller Explores Life’s Darkest Passions – Book by Joan Nelson

Love hits charismatic surgeon Robert Geller like a hurricane, sweeping him into a vortex of desire, passion and intrigue. Robert is an ambitious charmer, living a life of privilege with his cardiothoracic practice and a residence in an exclusive New Jersey enclave. But despite his apparent success, he’s trapped in a loveless marriage to an emotionally unstable wife and contending with a ruthless and tyrannical father-in-law.

With divorce out of the question, Robert defiantly pursues an affair with Jennifer, an alluring and vibrant jewelry designer. Jennifer is an intelligent beauty with inner strength, and her refined yet earthy sensuality draws Robert like a moth to a flame. What begins as an escape from the confines of his oppressively dull marriage changes in ways he never anticipated; love and emotional intimacy weave themselves into their erotic sexual encounters.

Final Exit, published by Dog Ear Publishing, is a seductive and mesmerizing tale of a man’s obsession to be with the woman he loves. The story reveals the ecstasy and agony of passion and betrayal, and examines the extreme measures people will take to get what they want, and the violent acts they will commit to hold on to what they have.

This is a debut novel for author Joan Nelson Eisen, an award-winning sculptor who began her creative journey as a fashion designer and later became a successful interior designer. Joan paints pictures with words and was inspired to write a novel using the same heart and inspiration she brings to her art and design work.

 

For further information contact: Joan Nelson at 973-775-9311, or via email at Joan@JoanNelsonAuthor.com

or through the Final Exit website at:
www.JoanNelsonAuthor.com

 

Final Exit: A Suspenseful Tale of Passions Unleashed

By Joan Nelson

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-450-2          284 pages          US $14.00

 

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About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

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New Release Tells Tales of Mining Expert’s Real-life Treasure Hunts – Book by Paul L. Jones

Life’s rarely been boring for Paul Jones, who spent three years in the Army before beginning a career that would cause him to travel two million miles in the United States and a dozen foreign countries. He earned a degree in mining engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and spent 50 years exploring and managing mines. These true adventure anecdotes include encounters of flooding and collapsed mines, uninhabited islands, storms at sea, Arctic survival, protecting gold and explosives from terrorists, and escaping armed men.

The Pursuit and Capture of Hidden Treasure, published by Dog Ear Publishing, tells the author’s story from the beginning, when he moved around a lot as a child and even then showed a sense of daring. Readers will be drawn in by the detailed descriptions of life in the Army in Alaska and the author’s underground mine experiences. The author’s sense of humor shines through, such as his story of helping a friend in a remote area kill a goat for food, only to have the friend change his mind and ask Jones to help him bury it. This adventurous memoir gives mining enthusiasts a behind-the-scenes look at the rewards and dangers of belowground hunts for treasure that take place all over the world.

Author Paul Jones, a registered professional geologist, developed and sold an exploration tool used all over the world that detects mines, including a multibillion dollar treasure trove of gold, silver, zinc and lead in Montana. He has worked on drilling and mine management projects across the globe. His aunt and grandmother inspired Jones’ interest in mining and its vital role to modern society.

 

For more information, visit www.CimarronSilverSearch.com

 

 

The Pursuit and Capture of Hidden Treasure

Paul Jones

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-722-0          228 pages          $14.95 US

 

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!

 

New Release Offers a Unique and Intriguing Look at Holocaust Survival – Book by Joseph Leary

KLARA begins and ends in Chicago, which is a little unusual for a Holocaust story.  Chicago is normally known for its waterfront, its majestic structures and its sports teams.  But the real Chicago happens in the ethnic neighborhoods, where often people from a variety of nations have come to seek refuge and forget the past. This story is, in large part, about one of those neighborhoods – Ukrainian Village.  In 1977, Chicago and the Village were a bit dimmer, a bit more haunting, and just a bit closer to the horrors of Europe during World War II.

KLARA, published by Dog Ear Publishing, is a story of hope, but a frayed and sober hope, sprouting from the worst of tragedy.  The hopeful sprouts that emerge have come at a terrible price.  The novel reveals this in layers, for it cannot be digested all at once.  That would be too much, almost too much to be credible.  But the events that underpin this story did happen in Poland during the War, and the rot and odor of these things lingered in Ukrainian Village many years later.  Suppressed or denied by normal enough people, folks who refused to claim their own memories.  These memories were better off left alone.

But great crimes can never be left alone forever.  Someone always speaks up.  One thing leads to another, as it does in this story.  Many films and novels about the Holocaust shine bright lights on heroic victims and cruel villains.  There are some of these here, but there is much more here, in this gripping story.  For in truth, most who lived in Poland in 1944 were somewhere in the grey middle, neither heroic nor cruel.  They were just tested too harshly, and could not bear it.

KLARA  is their story.

For further information contact: Ray Robinson at 317-228-3656,
via email at RayR@DogEarPublishing.net,
or through the website at: www.dogearpublishing.net.

Klara

Joseph Leary

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-667-4          200 pages          $14.95 US

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
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About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

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Author Challenges Others to Make Leap of Faith in New Spiritual Release – Book By Sherri Lane

The author has a simple message, calling for all Christians to dare to be more like Jesus: to stop judging others and to start living a life of love. Christians, whether practicing their faith or not, should release God from the restrictions or preconceived notions of what He is and can do for them. Although making a leap of faith is not easy, the rewards make it worth the effort. Someday, the author writes, we will be enlightened beyond imagining, and we should be ready to make the jump to paradise.

Setting God Free, published by Dog Ear Publishing, asks believers to consider the idea that Jesus return “might be through our open hearts and minds, rather than in an incarnation as a single human.” Simple experiences can be profound, forever altering how people view the world around them and live their lives. Seeing God’s work in a beautiful flower, marveling in a new baby’s birth or reveling in a patient’s miraculous cure all have merit. Simply changing how people think of God in their life provides a ripple effect in the world. As the author writes, “Today is the day that you change your life by shifting your thoughts to a more loving place. Today is the day that you change the world through the process of changing yourself.”

Author Sherri Lane’s own powerful spiritual experiences have inspired her to share her enlightenment with others, helping them walk the path to faith. For several years, Lane has shared these experiences on her blog, “Seeing Miracles Every Day,” found at www.seeingmiracleseveryday.blogspot.com. She hosts a Facebook fan page with the same title that explores miracles and focusing on love as a means to return to God.

 

For more information, visit www.sherrilane.com

 

 

Setting God Free: Awakening to Miracles

Sherri Lane

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-840-1          142 pages         $13.95 US

 

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and fine bookstores everywhere.

 
About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis. Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!

New Release Brings Hope for Those Riding the Roller Coaster of Unemployment – Book by Neal R. Pellis & Bonnie S. Roy

Millions of people across the country are out of work. Those who have lost their jobs typically struggle with not only a loss of income but also loss of self-esteem, stress and depression. Their identity is tied to their career. Like any relationship that ends, the loss can deal a devastating blow. This comprehensive book covers the emotional cost of losing a job as well as techniques that work to find a new one. With its help and some insight into their own life, job seekers can move toward finding their way to a new position.

Job Lost, Job Found, published by Dog Ear Publishing, provides a two-prong approach to unemployment. Neal Pellis offers counseling and coping skills to recover from job loss, while Bonny Roy supplies practical tools to finding a new job, such as how to write an effective resume, how to perform well during an interview and followup steps to an interview. Chapters cover the phases of separation, layoffs, the emotional impact of losing a job and job hunting, depression and job loss, setting goals, job searching, showing the best side, red flags, interviewing techniques, what to do after getting a job and how to find a therapist or psychiatrist.

Neal Pellis, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Texas, has a master’s degree in psychology counseling. He studied under Harlene Anderson, founder of the collaborative language systems. Pellis also worked as a technical analyst for 15 years. Bonnie Roy, a career counselor for more than 15 years has worked as an employment counselor and school admissions counselor. She has helped hundreds of people get on the right career path and find a job. Roy also had a career in information technology, managing a college’s computer department.

For more information, visit www.joblostjobfound.com

Job Lost, Job Found: A Comprehensive Survival Manual for Those Who Find Themselves Out of Work

Neal Pellis and Bonny Roy

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-699-5          128 pages          $13.95 US

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!

New Release Puts Family’s Memoirs on Center Stage – Book by Mary Ellen Stelling & Peter James Stelling

Lenore de Quincy, born into privilege, has a rebellious spirit but bows to her father’s wishes, attending a girls’ school and marrying the man he chooses for her. Everything changes when, on the verge of death, he gives her the key to a bank box filled with cash. Now she’s free to leave her marriage and the “one-horse town” where she lived and take her daughter, Angela, to Manhattan, embracing life to the fullest and chasing impractical dreams.

A Place To Call Home, published by Dog Ear Publishing, which tells the story of two wealthy families linked by an arranged marriage, is set against the backdrop of history: World War I, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. Readers will see the story through Angela’s eyes as she struggles with the reality of life after her parents’ divorce, a shocking act in the 1920s. Humorous anecdotes about growing up in New York City and during summer visits with her father’s family in a coal town in Pennsylvania bring the story to life with rich details. The storytellers’ easy style makes the pages fly by.

Mary Ellen Stelling was a feature columnist for the women’s page of the Atlanta Constitution for five years and belonged to the Georgia Poetry Society and the Poetry Society of Texas. Her work appeared extensively in poetry journals and newspapers across the country in the 1950s and ‘60s. A document she wrote in the 1950s portraying her childhood inspired this book. She died in 1998 when she was 82.

Her son, Peter James Stelling, spent four years in advertising in New York before returning to Atlanta to work for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and later in the Group Travel Industry. Among his most memorable work experiences is time spent as road manager for a traveling symphony orchestra during the early years of Robert Shaw’s term as their Music Director.

 

For more information, visit www.peterjstelling.com

A Place To Call Home: A Memoir in Novel Form

Mary Ellen Stelling and Peter James Stelling

Dog Ear Publishing

Hardcover ISBN: 978-160844-800-5          352 pages          US $24.95

Paperback ISBN: 978-160844-916-3          352 pages           US $18.95

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!

New Release Shares Story of an Adolescent Girl from a Troubled Family Finding Strength, Solace in Athletics – Book By Vicki L. Drewa

Adrianna “AJ” Howard is about to enter the sixth grade, but she is not an average sixth grader.  Her life at home has quickly disintegrated over the last few months, after her parents came home drunk and her father injured her mother, leading to his arrest and her brother’s subsequent drug-related automobile accident.  She’s spent the summer worrying about her brother’s physical and mental health as well as her mother’s increasingly busy work schedule, and wondering where her father ended up after he left their house in handcuffs on that fateful night.  She tries desperately to push her worries aside, focusing on her schoolwork and, most importantly, her basketball team.  She tries to lose herself in the game, but the caring coach forces her to face her issues head-on.

As things at home become even worse, AJ finds that basketball isn’t providing the solace it once did—she seeks out other ways to dull her emotional pain, drinking to make the sadness go away.  Things come to a head when the police bring her home intoxicated one night. As she distances herself from her parents and brother, her grandfather steps in and tries to point AJ in the right direction.  Will AJ pull herself together and get back on the right path?  Will her family ever be the same again?  Can everyone put the broken pieces of their relationships back together?

Jump Ball, published by Dog Ear Publishing, is a touching coming-of-age story, and a sensitive portrayal of a girl on the edge—an average girl who could easily become a sad statistic but for the intervention of family and caring teachers and coaches.  Vicki L. Drewa has drawn upon the positive experiences she had with athletics as a youth, and upon those she has had coaching children herself.  Drewa lives and teaches elementary school in Chicago, IL.

 

For more information, visit www.vickildrewa.com

 

Jump Ball

Vicki L. Drewa

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-760-2          107 pages          $9.95 US

 

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere.

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!

 

New Non-Fiction Personal Story with General Patton- Perhaps the Last? – Book by Joseph Sprouse

Peter Bonano, a young man from Los Angeles was just beginning a career in banking, when Congress suddenly changed his life forever:  In the fall of 1940, eighteen months before Pearl Harbor, he was drafted into the US Army.  For the next four years, Bonano trained at bases all over the United States.  In January 1944 he shipped out to England as part of General Patton’s Third Army Headquarters where he became a trusted friend to Patton.  He remained with Patton as the 3rd Army pushed the Nazis from western France to the eastern borders of Germany.  Six days after the war ended, General Patton, without advance notice, promoted Master Sergeant Peter Bonano to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, leading to one of the strangest experiences of his life.

No one in Bonano’s division knew anything about his new assignment, before or after its completion- at least not for many years.  The mission, to his surprise, was to make an inventory of a huge Nazi treasure- consisting of huge quantities of gold, silver and bales of foreign currencies stashed in a forest in southern Bavaria under Patton’s control.  Then, in a small armed convoy, he escorted the cache for three days on back roads until reaching, to his astonishment, a secluded castle near Heidelberg on the Neckar River where he supervised the unloading.  It was the last time that he saw or heard about the large Nazi treasure.

Documentary: Gen. George Patton Jr., 2^nd Lt. Peter Bonano and A Vanishing Cache of Nazi Gold, published by Dog Ear Publishing, is a loving portrait of a brave, honest man serving his country.  It also provides a unique picture of Patton from the view of an enlisted man.  Documentary is a true labor of love on the part of Joseph Sprouse, a longtime friend of Peter Bonano and the recipient of much of Bonano’s firsthand information.  His in-depth investigation of the events of 1945 make for a fascinating read.  Sprouse served in the US Marine Corps, and possesses a B.S. and a masters’ degree in physics, and worked as an aerospace research engineer at the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee.  This is his first book.

 

For more information, visit www.josephsprouse.com

 

Documentary: Gen. George Patton, Jr., 2nd Lt. Peter Bonano and
A Vanishing Cache of Nazi Gold

Joseph Sprouse

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-746-6          133 pages          $12.99 US

 

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!

New Release Tells of Mutually Beneficial Relationship Between African-Americans and Baseball – Book by Daryl Russell Grigsby

Baseball has long been a force among African-Americans and their families. The game enhances “personal achievement, community advancement, economic independence and social equality,” the author writes. From slavery to Moses Fleetwood Walker’s 1884 major league season; from the founding of the Negro National League in 1920 to Jackie Robinson; from the pinnacle of black baseball participation in 1975 to todays Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities program, baseball has deep roots in black America. Although the book touches on a rich social history, the author’s love of the game shines through each page.

Celebrating Ourselves, published by Dog Ear Publishing, includes more than just statistics and accomplishments on the diamond. It’s also a tribute to African-American baseball fans. The African-American community needs baseball, and the game benefits from a black presence. “African-Americans bring a laughter, noise and color to a game that many times has needed all three,” the author writes. The book’s four major sections include the history of black baseball; a review of African-American players; a summary of the organizations and programs that promote African-American participation in the game; and personal stories including the author’s family journey with the game and interviews with fans. Photographs throughout the work add to its authenticity.

Detailed examples of baseball history provide insight into how the game led to social change. Robinson’s debut on April 15, 1947, with the Brooklyn Dodgers preceded Brown vs. Board of Education, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott and the civil rights movement. Simply by appearing on the field, Robinson changed how some whites viewed blacks. Likewise, Curt Flood’s challenge to the free-agent clause when playing for the St. Louis Cardinals forever changed the relationship between players and owners. Baseball’s ties to black families and communities is no less important, and the author urges African-Americans to return to the game as players and fans, continuing a relationship that began in slavery, was critical to the Civil Rights movement, and continues to bond generations, families and communities.

 

For more information, visit www.celebratingourselves.com

 

 

Celebrating Ourselves:
African-Americans and the Promise of Baseball

Daryl Russell Grigsby

Dog Ear Publishing

ISBN: 978-160844-798-5          436 pages          $25.00 US

 

Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble
and fine bookstores everywhere.

 

About Dog Ear Publishing, LLC

Dog Ear Publishing offers completely customized self-publishing services for independent authors. We provide cost-effective, fast, and highly profitable services to publish and distribute independently published books. Our book publishing and distribution services reach worldwide. Dog Ear authors retain all rights and complete creative control throughout the entire self-publishing process. Self-publishing services are available globally at http://www.dogearpublishing.net and from our offices in Indianapolis.

Dog Ear Publishing – self-publishing that actually makes sense!