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[close] In preparation for the release of The One by Kiera Cass, the third and final book in the Selection Series, I will be re-reading the first 2 books and the novellas. Please join if you would like to re-read or read for the first time along with me. I would love to have people to discuss with! Youtube announcement: http://youtu.be/Vxcj_qpygWY

[close] The book was featured in Top 100 Free Kindle Store in Amazon India & even reached #1 Best Seller spot in its Category. 'Beginner's Guide To Running' is an ideal book for all those aspirants who want to start with jogging or run official 5K, 10k, half-marathon or marathon. Before you start training for any of the race formats, it is vital to get the basics right. This book will help you understand all the little integrities which only an experienced runner would know. Various topics have been touched upon, right from how to choose the right shoe to how to entertain yourself while running. Many newbie runners quit running very soon. It takes both physical and mental will to continue running in initial days. This book will show you how to NOT QUIT and achieve the fitness level as desired by you. Various resources are included in the book which will make your overall running education complete. This group is an extension to the book and answers queries and elaborates on various topics.

[close] Goodreads members interview Benjamin about his new book "Barefoot in November" AMAZON REVIEW: I couldn't put this book down staying up half the night to finish it! I found myself laughing out loud one minute and crying the next! The author is so real and so human on every level! It is a story of courage and determination and about aortic anyusm but I felt it was a LOVE story! Love on all levels - friends,family,siblings,neighbors,children and marriage. You identify with the author and his family - you know the same dynamics in your own extended family and life is complicated! The "layers" of emotion and insight leave you with a sense of understanding and compassion for yourself, your family and for those around you. You just want to be a better person and to "get" the message the author shared - to live each day fully and to love openly and honestly. I found myself wanting to know both the author and his wife and would love to read more by this author - Very inspirational and comforting knowing faith and love is within our power. SYNOPSIS: A young man escaped a twisted life in Upstate New York and fled to Manhattan to start over. We meet him later in the prime of his life building the American dream; only to find out that his world is about to be turned upside down. Suddenly he is faced with his own mortality, and the possibilty that he may be saying goodbye forever to his pregnant wife, young children, and the big white house he has built in a quaint Long Island suburb. "Barefoot in November" is about dying and living, not living and dying. It's a wrestling match between Man, God, and Destiny, and the stories that interconnect them. A story and characters so real; as if you are living it yourself.

[close] "When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humor and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book."