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At any given time, I am open to reading new authors. Here are some that have touched me lately. I encourage you to check them out as well. Mark Hoog – Letters From Katrina – All I have to say is WOW. This man is a true inspiration to me. He is changing the world one book at a time. Mark has taken tragedy and turned it to hope not once but twice and has effected thousands in the process. A pilot for United Airlines, Mark found his passion to inspire others when he lost his friend and mentor Jason Dahl (Captain on flight 93) on September 11th, 2001. Out of this tragedy the Growing Field series, and Mark’s message of Conscious Leadership, was born. Through the series Mark shares with children ideas on personal growth, self empowerment and how to live life “without limit.” In the spring of 2006 Growing Field Books began donating books to a single elementary school in Colorado. Inside each book students were invited to write a pen pal letter to an elementary student in Mississippi. The letters touched the heart of Mark and his staff at Growing Field Books so deeply that he compiled them into Letters From Katrina. Today, these heartwarming letters of hope, encouragement and friendship are raising money for the Katrina Endowment and helping fund educational efforts in the region. They remind us all that we have the power to change the world when we learn to ask not about gender, race, religion or socio-economic status- but instead ask one another the magical question that will truly change the world…”Would you be my friend?” Letters From Katrina is not about looking back in fear or focusing on destruction. It is about hope, about inspiration and friendship and about the example set by the children of our country. Make a difference today! Purchase your copy of Letters From Katrina and help every child in Mississippi understand that while the storm may have been able to wash away much of their past…it cannot touch their future!!!! You can learn more about Growing Field Books at their website :http://www.growingfield.com/ or about Letters From Katrina at it's website: http://www.lettersfromkatrina.com/ He's So Vain, He Can't See You by Lisa E. Scott Maybe you know him? Maybe you dated him? Maybe you almost married him...oops! We all know a narcissistic man that drives us up the wall. More then constent primping or his obcession with himself, we just look to be part of his life, but that is where it ends. We wish to be, but never will. Why? Because he is a narcissist and can not see you. It is not entirely his fault. Maybe he would see you for the amazing women you are if he could see you at all, but he can't and you can't make him. Follow Lisa E. Scott though a memoir, in which she recounts her experience of falling in love with not one but two pathologically narcissistic men. Then ponder the idea that if our society is becoming increasingly narcissistic, what are the warning signs, and how can we avoid dating narcissistic men. Check out more about Lisa E. Scott at www.Vainencounters.com The Devil's Reign by George Newberry. I had the wonderful opportunity to sign books next to Mr. Newberry at BookExpo America 2008. He is a delightful man who has me captivated by his story. The Devil’s Reign is a true story. Statements made by the author in this book have been validated with documentation and verified by this publisher's legal department. You will read about a near-death experience, an ensuing mission to expose the forces of evil and warn people to get their lives in order with God, and mind-boggling events that followed. George spent years writing a screenplay to relay his message, while being bombarded with problems, financial losses and shocking supernatural experiences. For example: The name “Lucifer” mysteriously appeared on a court document, baffling even the agencies involved. When numerology was done on the circumstance involving that name it equaled “666.” Many documented and witnessed supernatural occurrences followed. A priest told George, “You have to finish your story or the Devil wins.” George finished his screenplay. But, he was still being watched by an evil eye. In 1998 a Hollywood Producer took $20,000 from him and destroyed his script. In 1999, over twenty scenes of George’s script appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film, “End of Days.” The production company for that film was “Lucifilms” and the production start date was November 21, 1998, George’s birthday. George realized he was living the story he was to tell. He was in the midst of a battle between the forces of good and evil. His faith in the forces of good gave him the strength to confront the onslaught of evil, and he kept writing. He couldn’t let the Devil win. Regardless of religious beliefs, The Devil’s Reign is an inspiring book that will change people’s lives for the better. “The lamb never killed the lion. We can’t conquer evil when we are bound by our own rules. We must fight evil with our enemy’s rules and with equal force or we will be destroyed.” Learn more about George Newberry and get a sneak peak into this riveting new book at www.GeorgeNewberry.com.