Linda Barnett-Johnson

Read more. " Rio - A Love Story  is a  beautifully written  love story indeed, a love story of a mother and her children and  the special love story many of us have experienced with a beloved pet.  Poignant and compelling, Joni takes the reader on a powerful journey from tragedy to triumph. The book is a testament to both the  strength and resilience of the human spirit  and how the unselfish love between a dog and a trainer can heal both.  Highly recommended ."     --  Bradley Rand Smith, Internationally  Award-Winning Playwright,  Screenwriter, Theater  Producer and Director        Most of us will experience various forms of heartbreak, loss, and tragedy at some point in our lives. Joa...

Read more. "Mr. Ayuk's book shows  how the oil and gas industry can unleash economic development and prosperity  across the continent." - Sec. Gen. Barkindo    Although Africa has been an oil-market force for decades, it has lagged on natural-gas development, Ayuk points out. This needs to change, he says. While more gas exports would boost the continent's economy, the main reason he wants to see a gas-development boomis that gas would ease the continent's power shortages until renewables inevitably take over.       The power shortages that gas could help fix have been battering Africa's economy for decades, Ayuk laments. The main reason is that governments own most countries' utility assets, he contends. Governments that have separated power cr...

By Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers I recently heard about a new kink in the old agent-for-upfront-fee scam. I thought it authors were getting wise but this scam and similar ones are getting worse if only because of the new twists on old cons. One of my longtime friends on Facebook told me that just as she had been waiting for the “right time to terminate” her relationship with her agent, she received a mass e-mail informing her of the agent’s new fee-for-service plan. My friend then canceled her contract (the terms of the contract had already expired) and asked that the mention of her books be removed from this former agent’s website. The agent refused her request (and other authors' requests) citing that she was the “agent of record” for those books. My friend says, “I feel bad for new writers who fall for this trap of paying her upfront fees.” This agent also added another wrinkle ...

New  Book on the Amazing Powers of  Essential Oils From the author of the hugely successful Healing Powers series (Honey, Vinegar, Olive Oil, Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, Superfoods) comes  THEHEALING POWERS OF ESSENTIAL OILS :  A Complete Guide to Nature’s Magical Medicine. (Released December 2019).  Follow your nose to nature's pharmacy: the garden, where the essence of flowers, fruit, and trees provide some of our most   powerful--and pleasurable--sources of health and healing... Essential oils--including peppermint, eucalyptus, rose, and tea tree--are nature's ancient medicine, abundant with therapeutic effects. The latest scientific research shows that many popular essential oils and aromatherapy can boost your health and well-being, adding years to your life! This fascinating guide gives you the down-to-earth scoop on the top twenty oils. Learn how nature's bouquet can help you: lower your risk of cancer, heart disease, and depress...

Read more. This is the ultimate gardening guide - a beautiful coffee table book you'll treasure, but it's a step-by-step workbook to help you create a Garden Sanctuary! A great gift book, too!   Do you feel like you are on a gerbil wheel, and just can't get off? Does it feel like life keeps coming at you,leaving no place for  you ?   Do you crave the comfort of a garden?  Do you wish you could walk out your door and be surrounded by the restorative powers of Nature? Do you crave a place  to connect with something greater than yourself?   Maybe you have a backyard and want a garden to relax in, but you don't know how to create it.   Garden Sanctuary  will guide you in how to envision and create your own connection to Nature.  Follow...

Read more. Aafia Unheard is a non-fiction book covering the life story of a brilliant minded young Pakistani woman, an MIT graduate and a mother, who found herself being the focus of a case which continues to serve as an example for the war on terror in response to 9/11.      Terrorist!  Lady Al-Qaeda!  The Gray Lady of Bagram!  FBI's Most Wanted!  Prisoner 650!...Innocent! These and more labels have been used to describe Dr. Aafia Siddiqui; a brilliant minded young Pakistani woman, an MIT graduate, and a mother, who found herself being  the focus of a case which continues to serve as an example for the War on Terror in response to 9/11. From Dr. Aafia's humble beginnings to her disappearance in 2003 surviving sec...

Read more. " Bridging Science with Spirit  is a revolutionary view which  bridges a particle to every other 'God particle,' from the inside out  and from macro to macro. Can atoms of information, in form, inform each other? Is this subtle exchange of 'bits' of light revealing the heart of our connected universe? Explore. Dare to rethink what you've thought." -- KAREN ELKINS,  Author, Inside OUT and editor and researcher of  Science to Sage magazine   Fascinated by the mysterious power of human intention? Discover its real-world applications by exploring the breakthrough research of psychoenergetic science.  Does the physics of consciousness have you scratching your head? Want to know how being intentional can improve your life? Ever wonder ...

Read more. A romance novel but so much more...Politics, betrayal, domestic violence and yes, passion!     Memoirs Of The Senator's Wife is the saga of a tempestuous forbidden love affair between a beautiful politician's wife, Estella Myrtle- Cyrus, and a sensuous Secret Service agent, Michael Hagar. Set during the '50s to the present-day; their romance spans decades of the most turbulent times in America.         Xavier Cyrus meets and marries the impoverished Estella in college during a tumultuous courtship. Being a member of a wealthy prominent political family, Xavier runs for Congress and easily wins. Thrusting his new family into the exciting DC social scene and an Ancient Secret Society. However, Xavier's abuse and indiscretions with ...