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	Open Wide: Dr. Mark Manhart's Journey in Dentistry, Theatre, Education, Family, and Life	by Leo Biga Nov. 07, 2011	$9.99	74379 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: The die was cast when I developed a precocious command of fancy words at a fairly young age. That's when I also became a moderate reader, mostly of Marvel comic books, World Book Encyclopedia, Sports Illustrated, Life Magazine, and my older brothers' English Lit books. Praise from teachers for my fledgling attempts at essays and short fiction encouraged me to try more. A high school journalism teacher recruited me to write for the school paper. I majored in "J" at UNO, writing a bit for The Gateway, but getting most of my practical experience writing promotional copy for the campus film program I ran. Out of college my most valuable training ground came as public relations director at the Joslyn Art Museum. Despite contributing to dozens of newspapers and magazines, I've never worked on staff at one. I've always freelanced. In 24 years I've had well over a thousand articles published. I am both a generalist and a specialist, as I write about all manner of subjects but also concentrate on a few. Arts, entertainment, culture, social justice, history, and sports stories make up a good portion of my work. I also write on African-American subjects. Aside from profiles and features, I do some depth and enterprise work as well. I chronicled the rise and fall of the Omaha stockyards. I accompanied a Midwest baseball tour through several states. I reported from the Santa Barbara set of Alexander Payne's Sideways. I covered the Obama inauguration trip a group of Nebraskans made. I've profiled several Holocaust survivors and rescuers. I interview notables from the worlds of art, film, literature, music, sports. My long planned The Making of an Alexander Payne Film book may soon become a reality. My first book, a biography called Open Wide, is out this fall. I am due to start on a new biography before year's end. A pair of books I contributed to will be released in 2012. I also write documentaries: a produced film on the Brandeis Department Store empire; and an in-progress radio doc on KVNO, 90.7 FM. My peers at the local, state, and national levels have recognized my work. The best way to appreciate the breadth and depth of what I write is to visit my blog, leoadambiga.wordpress.com. Then you'll see why my brand is, "I write about people, their passions, and their magnificent obsessions."
	Surgery on conscious patients by Dr Naga of Burma	by Heiko Rudolph Oct. 01, 2011	$3.00	15409 words	Sample 33%
	Author bio: Made in Germany, exported to Australia, working in Asia. Engineer, writer, Chi Gong practitioner. Lover of tea, good Cafes & good friends. Haiko Writing of numinous beauty that sends a shiver down your spine... Following my heros and masters of the craft: Lafacadio Hearn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn George MacDonald http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald
	All about Albert Einstein-An Illustrated Book	by Students' Academy Aug. 05, 2011	$2.99	10409 words	Sample 20%
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	Wilhelm Reich: Eine Persönliche Biographie	by Ilse Ollendorff Reich May 23, 2011	$5.99	63215 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: For the most part, this obituary was written by Ilse; only a few small changes have been added by the family. Ilse Ollendorff Reich, 99, who spent the 1940's and 1950's in a marriage to the controversial psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich, died on Friday, December 19, 2008, at the home of her son in Leverett, MA. Ilse had moved to Amherst in 1989. Ilse was born March 13, l909 in Breslau, Germany, daughter to Georg Ollendorff and Margarete Muhr. Growing up in Nazi Germany, Ilse became an ardent Socialist; later in the United States, she became active in the American Society of Friends and the Peace Movement. She was educated and lived in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) until March, l933 when she fled Nazi Germany for France. She lived in Paris where she worked for the American Joint Distribution Committee until her emigration to the United States in February, l939. She met and married Wilhelm Reich later in that year, and started to work for him in early l940 as bookkeeper and administrator. After taking a course in laboratory technique, she also worked as a laboratory assistant in his research institute. A son, Peter Reich, was born in April of l944. Ilse became a U.S. citizen in 1947. Dr Reich moved his Orgone Institute and research enterprise permanently from New York to Rangeley, Maine in l949, and she lived there until l954, when she separated from Reich. Wilhelm Reich died in 1957. Ilse began her studies for a career in education in 1954, earning a BS (summa cum laude) from University of Hartford in l960, a MA in Childhood Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in l962, and a Professional Diploma in Teaching Foreign Languages from the same institution in l965. She taught both French and German in public elementary, junior high, and high schools in Connecticut for l7 years before retiring in l974. She had been active in Germany in the socialist movement, and was an activist for peace and prison reform. After her separation from Reich in l954, she renewed her social activities in the League of Women Voters and the Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom. She sought contact with Quakers through attendance in l955 at the Avon Institute, and became at that time a member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship. After moving to Fairfield County, Connecticut, in l964, she became a regular attender at Wilton Monthly Meeting, which she eventually joined in l968. She was active in that Meeting as representative to the Connecticut Friends Council and as assistant clerk in the later l970's. When she moved in l979 to the Friends Community in North Easton, she transferred her membership to the North Easton Meeting, where she held offices as treasurer and Clerk. She was a member of New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) Ministry and Counsel Committee, of NEYM Friends General Committee (FGC). She attended FGC Gatherings for more than 20 years, and was a member of FGC's Publication Committee. She transferred her membership from North Easton to Mt. Toby MM, when she moved to Amherst in l989, and at that time became a board member of Woolman Hill. While living in Connecticut, she was a volunteer visitor and teacher at Danbury Federal Prison under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, and at the same time a visitor at Connecticut jails, prisons and reformatory under the auspices of the Connecticut Prison Association. In l969, her biography of Wilhelm Reich was published by St. Martin's Press, later translated and published in French, German, Spanish and Japanese editions. She also published a pamphlet on Angels. Ilse moved to Clark House, Amherst, in 1989, and in January, 2001 moved to The Arbors at Amherst, an assisted living facility. At the time of her death she was the Arbor's oldest resident. Having entered Hospice Care recently, she moved to her son's home in Leverett in mid-December.
	Wilhelm Reich: A Personal Biography	by Ilse Ollendorff Reich May 17, 2011	$5.99	63633 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: For the most part, this obituary was written by Ilse; only a few small changes have been added by the family. Ilse Ollendorff Reich, 99, who spent the 1940's and 1950's in a marriage to the controversial psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich, died on Friday, December 19, 2008, at the home of her son in Leverett, MA. Ilse had moved to Amherst in 1989. Ilse was born March 13, l909 in Breslau, Germany, daughter to Georg Ollendorff and Margarete Muhr. Growing up in Nazi Germany, Ilse became an ardent Socialist; later in the United States, she became active in the American Society of Friends and the Peace Movement. She was educated and lived in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) until March, l933 when she fled Nazi Germany for France. She lived in Paris where she worked for the American Joint Distribution Committee until her emigration to the United States in February, l939. She met and married Wilhelm Reich later in that year, and started to work for him in early l940 as bookkeeper and administrator. After taking a course in laboratory technique, she also worked as a laboratory assistant in his research institute. A son, Peter Reich, was born in April of l944. Ilse became a U.S. citizen in 1947. Dr Reich moved his Orgone Institute and research enterprise permanently from New York to Rangeley, Maine in l949, and she lived there until l954, when she separated from Reich. Wilhelm Reich died in 1957. Ilse began her studies for a career in education in 1954, earning a BS (summa cum laude) from University of Hartford in l960, a MA in Childhood Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in l962, and a Professional Diploma in Teaching Foreign Languages from the same institution in l965. She taught both French and German in public elementary, junior high, and high schools in Connecticut for l7 years before retiring in l974. She had been active in Germany in the socialist movement, and was an activist for peace and prison reform. After her separation from Reich in l954, she renewed her social activities in the League of Women Voters and the Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom. She sought contact with Quakers through attendance in l955 at the Avon Institute, and became at that time a member of the Wider Quaker Fellowship. After moving to Fairfield County, Connecticut, in l964, she became a regular attender at Wilton Monthly Meeting, which she eventually joined in l968. She was active in that Meeting as representative to the Connecticut Friends Council and as assistant clerk in the later l970's. When she moved in l979 to the Friends Community in North Easton, she transferred her membership to the North Easton Meeting, where she held offices as treasurer and Clerk. She was a member of New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) Ministry and Counsel Committee, of NEYM Friends General Committee (FGC). She attended FGC Gatherings for more than 20 years, and was a member of FGC's Publication Committee. She transferred her membership from North Easton to Mt. Toby MM, when she moved to Amherst in l989, and at that time became a board member of Woolman Hill. While living in Connecticut, she was a volunteer visitor and teacher at Danbury Federal Prison under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee, and at the same time a visitor at Connecticut jails, prisons and reformatory under the auspices of the Connecticut Prison Association. In l969, her biography of Wilhelm Reich was published by St. Martin's Press, later translated and published in French, German, Spanish and Japanese editions. She also published a pamphlet on Angels. Ilse moved to Clark House, Amherst, in 1989, and in January, 2001 moved to The Arbors at Amherst, an assisted living facility. At the time of her death she was the Arbor's oldest resident. Having entered Hospice Care recently, she moved to her son's home in Leverett in mid-December.
	Ich aber erforsche das Leben. Die Lebensgeschichte des Jean-Henri Fabre	by Martin Auer Feb. 26, 2011	$4.99	47313 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Scroll down for English bio Martin Auer wurde 1951 in Wien geboren. Er hat die Universität besucht und dort ein Jahr lang das Studium von Germanistik und Geschichte und dann ein weiteres Jahr das Dolmetsch-Studium geschwänzt. Stattdessen hat er Theater gespielt. War sieben Jahre lang Schauspieler, Dramaturg und Musiker am „Theater im Künstlerhaus“. Hat dann eine Band gegründet. Ist als Liedermacher aufgetreten. Hat Gitarreunterricht gegeben. Die Weltrevolution vorbereitet (gratis). Als Texter für Werbung und Public Relations Übertriebenes, Unwahres und Einseitiges verbreitet (für Geld). Für Zeitungen gearbeitet. Sich zum Zauberkünstler ausgebildet. Ist bei Betriebsfesten und Kindergeburtstagen aufgetreten. Hat irgendwann einmal auch ein Kinderbuch geschrieben. Das 1986 veröffentlicht wurde. Seither betrachtet er sich als Schriftsteller und hat aus diesem Grund noch über vierzig weitere Bücher geschrieben, davon ca. zwei Drittel für Kinder. Auch einige Preise eingeheimst, z.B. den Kinderbuchpreis des Kultusministers von Nordrhein-Westfalen 1990, den Österreichischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis 1994, 1998 und 2000, den Förderpreis des österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Verkehr (das damals auch für Wissenschaft und Kunst zuständig war) 1996 und den Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien 1997 und 2002. Er wurde nominiert für den Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 1997, und für den internationalen Hans-Christian Andersen-Preis 1997. 2005 wurde ihm für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich der Berufstitel Professor verliehen, was er ehrend, aber auch irgendwie lustig findet. Martin Auer ist Vater einer erwachsenen Tochter, Großvater von zwei etwas jüngeren Enkeln und Vater einer kleinen Tochter. Er lebt in Wien und hat keine Katzen. Martin Auer (pronounce as in “happy hour”)was born in 1951 in Vienna, Austria. He attended university but never really studied anything there. He was an actor, a musician, a singer-songwriter, a teacher, a journalist, a stage magician, a copy-writer for public relations agencies. His first book was published in 1986, and since then he has been a free lance writer. By now he has published over 40 books, among them childrens books which have won various awards and have been translated into several different languages.
	The Great Inventor: The Story of Thomas Edison	by Waln Brown Jan. 05, 2011	$4.99	4601 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Waln K. Brown was born in York, Pennsylvania, October, 1944, a "surprise" child of ill-matched parents who did the "right thing" and got married. For the next 11 years, they fought constantly, creating an unhealthy environment that adversely affected Waln emotionally and behaviorally. Rejected by his father for "ruining his life," and confused by his mother's obsessive-compulsive disorder of washing him in her "crazy clean" solution of Lysol and ammonia, Waln began a pattern of acting out that led to placement in an orphanage, juvenile detention home, state psychiatric hospital and juvenile reform school. A terrible student who spent eighth grade in special education and failed the ninth grade, Waln earned an A.S. degree from York College of Pennsylvania, B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University (summa cum laude) and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He held positions with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the National Center for Juvenile Justice and the Orthogenic School at the University of Chicago. Waln is the CEO of the William Gladden Foundation, and the author of over 230 books, scholarly articles and popular publications about youth and family issues.