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The Spectrum of Greatness: An Inspirational Youth Football Fiction Book about Overcoming Adversity and Excelling with High-Functioning Autism

October 5, 2021 By

Drawing on author Jared Alexander’s own triumphs over high-functioning Autism, Spectrum of Greatness is an empowering Teen, Pre-Teen, and Children’s fiction novel that teaches kids the values of teamwork, friendship, diversity, and inclusivity. This book is for readers of all ages.

12-year-old running back David Washington loves football and plays for the South Side Bandits. The Bandits are one of the worst youth football teams in Chicago. He also struggles with High-Functioning Autism and communicating with teammates. But David’s Autism is not the reason the Bandits have struggled in the past. In fact, David is just the football player to turn his team around.

Follow David and the team as they transform from losers to confident players under the new coaching leadership of former women’s professional quarterback turned social worker Allison Ward and retired NFL kicker John Preston. Can David overcome his struggles with Autism and lead his team into the championship game?

Readers will become the biggest fans of David and the South Side Bandits, as these ultimate underdogs prove that with enough hard work and a lot of heart, anyone can turn their luck around. Above all, The Spectrum of Greatness shows that individuals on the Autism spectrum can overcome struggles with High-Functioning Autism and become leaders in whatever role they find themselves in!

Even reluctant readers will love to cheer on David and the Bandits, as they find their groove and realize their true potential and become local football heroes. $1.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: Autism, kindle books, outdoors, sports

The Goalie

September 4, 2021 By

A professional ice hockey goaltender struggles with his inner demons and mental health after blowing the biggest game of his career. An act of hopeless and spun rumors by the media send him from the top of the league to living life away from the game.

Years pass, when a familiar face comes calling with the promise of a better life across the country and a chance to escape the mundane life Ben has faded into. All seems quiet until a run-in with one of the NHF’s best breathes new life into the Sloan name. All eyes are suddenly on Ben again and a rare second chance makes itself known. $2.99 on Kindle

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Run Through Barriers

August 25, 2021 By

Inspiring stories and practical plans to kick-start your running adventure

Want to start running, but life keeps getting in the way? You’re not alone. Even with the best intentions, many common barriers often stop us in our tracks; ageing, illness, unfitness, busyness, tiredness and anxiety.

Run Through Barriers analyses and challenges these obstacles by using real-life examples of people who have overcome them to transform their health through running. You’ll hear from:

• Eileen Noble, one of Britain’s oldest female marathoners
• Roger Wright, who has battled obesity to rack up over 66 marathons in 11 years
• 70-year-old ultramarathoner, Ais North, who keeps running despite multiple illnesses
• Delores Durko, a busy mother, on finding time in crammed schedules for fitness
• and many more

These stories are followed by motivating actions and comprehensive week-by-week running plans that will guide you from complete beginner to more advanced plans for the 5k, 10k, and half marathon distances.

Start your running journey today with Run Through Barriers. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: advice, kindle books, marathontraining, runningadvice, runningplans, sports

Wheelboys

May 7, 2021 By

Wheelboys is an emotional, action-packed novel that follows a summer for three Alabama families entangled in youth racing – a winner of the 2020 Readers’ Favorite awards and the 2020 eLit Book Awards.

When his best friend is in a tragic car crash, Chad Gibbons finds his plans to graduate from competitive go-karting to auto racing with the legendary Kilgore racing family are put in jeopardy. Elle Dillanger struggles with criminal charges against her son, but the truth about her son’s accident unfolds as the detectives investigate. Monroe Kilgore and his wife Uma see their racing world very differently, and Uma is haunted by it. In this pivotal summer after high school, Chad meets a smart girl racer, Jessica, and together they are hurled into their future at a national competition – Rodeo Kart.

More than a coming-of-age story, this book challenges society’s complacency with the exploitation of youth and explores the distinctions between feeding young people’s dreams and the ones who feed on those dreams. The journeys faced by these three families are universal and resonate for any reader: overcoming grief, finding one’s path, and discovering love. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Running for Nan

November 8, 2020 By

In 2016, I was on the verge of losing everything, my Nan lay seriously in hospital, my family had deserted me and I was about to be made homeless. Running, was the one thing that kept me going. At 21 I ran my first marathon, it was the ultimate challenge, and over twenty years later I would be faced with my toughest challenge ever.

Running, has been there for me all of my life, through the good times and the bad, but now I needed it more than ever, not only if I was to survive but my Nan too. In the last four years, running has not only saved my life but given it purpose and direction.
This book isn’t just about running, it’s about the love of a grandparent, having hope when all is lost, baring your soul and reaching out to others, getting out of your comfort zone, and never giving up.

Let me take you on an emotional roller coaster, from the depths of despair to pushing through and surviving, and coming out the other side a stronger person. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Hot Books, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: biographies, kindle books, memoirs, sportsmemoir

Steal First and Other Old Time Baseball Stories

October 5, 2020 By

Whoa! You mean there actually was a player that stole first base? Yes! Catch the story about the zany guy who pulled that off in STEALING FIRST AND OTHER OLD-TIME BASEBALL STORIES. Did you know that Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson was the star of a well-regarded Hollywood movie? The full story about #42’s successful stint in front of the camera is found in the pages of this book.

Learn about the All-Star career of the man who Lou Gehrig displaced as Yankees first baseman, and a major crisis Major League Baseball faced in 1969 plus lots more! $6.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, In the Spotlight, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: baseball, baseballstories, kindle books, MLB, Non Fiction, yankess

Catamaran Crossing

June 8, 2020 By eReader Nation

The novella Catamaran Crossing follows the adventure of sailing friends as they take delivery of a new boat in England and cross the mid-Atlantic. Of course, the exploration is met with a nasty storm. You knew it would. Written by an author with undoubted credentials, the intriguing tale offers interesting tidbits along the way. $0.99 on Kindle.

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Golf Sandbagger: Distance Scoring Winning

March 27, 2020 By eReader Nation

57 years golfing and the focus on what has been tried, tested, and now the keep it simple method of playing the game. From long drive competition sandbagging, making the irons dance, and the mental game to equipment selection, this clear and concise read is the accumulation of a lifetime of golf. Hit it long, score well and enjoy the game. You will not overload with angles, hinging, cocking, impact ratio, but will enjoy tested clear brevity in playing the game and shooting a better score. Pack it in your pocket and for a price less than a bucket of balls, carry it to the range or course. $3.99 on Kindle.

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Free: Rural Soccer Coach

February 14, 2020 By eReader Nation

This book is written for the recreational, rural, or entry-level travel coach in youth soccer. The book covers topics such as how to build a basic season plan, running effective practices, developing creative players, and reflecting on your coaching style and level of effort. With thoughts on common coaching dilemmas, website and book reviews, coaching terminology, basic tactics, and a full coaching session for each of the major age groups – you can use this book to get a jump on your upcoming season and bring some new ideas to the pitch. Free on Kindle.

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Mandy

February 14, 2020 By eReader Nation

Can a woman possibly play football against men in the English Premier League?

City are a Premiership club facing bankruptcy. Millionaire Chairman, Ollie Barnes “The Chip King” decides to sign a female goalkeeper, in order to generate enough new sponsorship money to survive.

Mandy Mann, a disillusioned, 23 year old policewoman, is talent spotted whilst playing football for a ladies team.

Mandy battles prejudice from players, fans and the media, but is determined to achieve her dream of playing in the Premiership. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: femaleempowerment, inspirationalnovels, kindle books, womeninsports

Ride The White Horse: A Checkered Jockeys Story of Racing, Rage and Redemption

January 18, 2020 By eReader Nation

An electric jockey with a juice machine, he rode on racing’s undercard, lived inside its underbelly and became a part of its underworld. From constant bulimia, broken bones and betrayal of Boston’s infamous Winter Hill Gang, he depicts an unseen side of Thoroughbred racing. Yet the five tons of his sweat that disappeared down “hot box” drains was nothing compared to his struggles with sibling sexual trauma, same-sex promiscuity and an addiction to crack cocaine that in seven months took him from sports writing and TV show hosting to grooming horses on a track’s backstretch.

Supernatural redemption came in a jail cell and after 23 years in full time ministry, he is a hospice and hospital chaplain. $1.99 on Kindle

Filed Under: Featured, Hot Books, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: horseracing, jockey, kindle books, ministry

Free: Understanding is the Key: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating a Partnership for Life with Your Young Horse

September 16, 2019 By eReader Nation

Understanding is the Key is not just another How-To-Train-Your-Horse book. Rather, it lays out all elements you need to develop your young horse into your dream horse, whatever it’s breed, personality or the discipline you prefer.

If your goal is that your horse enjoys the time you spend together and at the same time is well educated and reliable, this book will give you the keys to achieve just that.

With Understanding is the Key you will learn:

how you can win the heart of your horse and create with awareness the wonderful relationship you wish to have
to understand how horses learn, think and perceive the world around them so that you can avoid all those little everyday problems
to understand what your part is on this journey together with your horse so that you can develop into the clear and loving leader your horse appreciates
to understand the principles of fair horse training so that you will be able to educate your horse in a kind and clear way into a confident partner that is willing to please
the ingredients and the road-map from foal to well-educated horse to make sure you don’t miss a step in the development of your youngster.

As a result, you will be able to decide for yourself what works and what doesn’t work for your horse and your goals and become independent of any horse training method out there.

The ultimate goal is that you and your horse enjoy every moment you spend together, no matter where you are in your journey.
Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, In the Spotlight, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: horseeducation, horsetraining, kindle books, sports

Free: Heart Like a Bear

August 6, 2019 By eReader Nation

One of the most dangerous jobs in the world: Alaskan King Crab fishing.

1970’s Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Escaping a dark past, Casey Copperham moves to Alaska to fish for King Crab in the perilous Bering Sea. While fighting an addiction to prescription pills, Casey is dragged into the world of crab fishing that was cash, drugs, and prostitutes at the time. During his downward spiral, Casey finds himself working closely with the Russian mob. In a battle against mother nature, his eerie past, addiction, and Russian gangsters Casey is pushed far beyond his limit. Free on Kindle

Filed Under: Featured, Hot Books, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: #deadliestcatch, alaska, kindle books, Novel

Spirit Runner

March 29, 2019 By eReader Nation

An award-winning book for all ages.

In one catastrophic event, Ron Campbell loses everything: his family, his home, even his ability to walk. All he has left are his indomitable spirit and his friends. It’s a daunting task to train for a marathon. How much harder is it when your legs are paralyzed and you first must struggle to crawl before you can walk?

How much harder yet is it when jealous relatives who you must live with plot to kill you?

With all the seemingly impossible hurdles to overcome, what if your goal is to be an Olympic marathoner like your father was?

Read this book and see why so many people are saying it’s one of the most enjoyable, exciting, suspenseful stories they’ve ever experienced. $0.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Hot Books, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, outdoor, running, sports, Suspense

Let’s Go Cruising!

November 25, 2018 By eReader Nation

Power and Sail boaters! Make smart buying and selling decisions. Enjoy cruising local destinations and beyond. Learn to operate and maintain your boat. $2.99 on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: boating, book, cruising, ebook, kindle, outdoors, sports

Free: Compass Season–Find Your Bearings Through Nature’s Inspiration

July 19, 2018 By eReader Nation

What Others Are Saying About Compass Season:

”If you love exploring and discovering nature and human nature, you’ll find Compass Season the perfect guide.”

“A hot cup of coffee and this book are the perfect start to the day! Inspiring imagery, beautifully written to provide applicable reflections to everyday life!”

“It is a must read for those of us who need centering in the midst of an all too busy life.”

“This book is a gem. It is like the reward from a long hike to an alpine lake sitting on your coffee table.”

Compass Season mixes powerful images and experiences in a rugged landscape with insightful glimpses into problems we all face. His work as a marriage counsellor and canoe guide weave the grandeur of nature and the beauty of the human spirit into a memorable read.

Compass Season is more than a regional book. It is more than a book about canoeing and camping. It is not a travelogue journal about traveling from place to place. It is a book for armchair travelers and canoeists and backpackers. It is for anyone navigating life’s many transitions.

Compass Season is the kind of bedside reading you can pick up anytime. A great read for long winter’s nights. Something to place in the backpack or to take with you camping or to the cottage. For a rainy day, a cozy companion; for moments, a break from an over-complicated and busy world.

Compass Season makes a great gift for a friend, for birthdays, for retirement, for anniversaries. Check out the reviews in Amazon and leave one there if you like.

“His descriptions of the wilderness, seasons, and nature are stunningly beautiful. This author fills each page with insights of nature that reflect on goals, struggles, setbacks, joys, and triumphs.” Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: book, ebook, kindle, personalgrowth, selfhelp, stress

Femme-Domme Marriage: Weaker Than the Wife

February 24, 2018 By eReader Nation

This book, like all of my Amazon Kindle books, is about beautiful, powerful women who defeat men at wrestling and fighting. These women are married to men that they can defeat and have defeated. What does it feel like for a woman to wrap her legs around her husband’s neck and squeeze? What does it feel like to see his look of desperation as he readies his hand to tap out? What is going through his mind as he realizes that his beautiful, sweet-smelling wife can kick his butt? It’s embarrassing, exciting and quite an arousing event that will never be forgotten. If you like beautiful women who have the strength and skill to tame their husband, then this Kindle book is for you! Check out all of my Amazon Kindle Books! I have been corresponding with and meeting these amazing women for the past couple of decades and am thrilled to help them tell about their experiences! $3.19 on Kindle.

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Free: Yogi on the Green

November 6, 2017 By eReader Nation

Yogi on the Green, was written to help golfers of all abilities, to hopefully improve on their physical and mental game. It has been proven in many Medical Journals, that when one improve on their physical being they also improve on their mental awareness.

Yogi On The Green, is a guide to improving the Golfers physical and mental (mindfulness) abilities, both on the Golf Course and perhaps even their daily life. Free on Kindle.

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Pepperman’s Promise

October 24, 2017 By eReader Nation

Seventeen-year-old Jim Pepperman makes a promise on the site where his Dad died. The high school football player from Odessa, Texas finds himself starting his senior year in Belleville, New Jersey. He’s lost his dad and is separated from his teammates, and fears the opportunity for a college football scholarship is lost. Stepping into his dad’s shoes seems impossible, just like giving up his dream to play pro ball is harder than he thought. And senior year is just the beginning of his twenty year journey that’s challenged by the promise. $0.99 on Kindle.

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The 15-Minute Birde, Bird Watching No Matter Where You Are

September 6, 2017 By eReader Nation

Are you stuck indoors? Short on time? Always on the go? Don’t fret, there is always time to bird, no matter where you are. All you need is 15 minutes. This book will illustrate how to maximize your birding time and show you what you can see in 15 minutes. $2.99 on Kindle.

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Free: The Romantic’s Guide to Wilderness Survival

May 27, 2017 By eReader Nation

Billy Charbonneau, a charismatic young homeless man, flees Seattle for the rugged Cascade Mountains, accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He becomes stranded with Walt McCullough and Eleanor Sakamura, a conflictual yuppie couple who’ve come to the mountains for one last try at rekindling their relationship. These three, along with Max, a disfigured but plucky Cairn Terrier who’s adopted Billy, must share resources and work together to survive–or perish. Their struggles are complicated by a serious injury, an early snowfall, and an emerging love triangle. Are the ghostly bagpipes they hear in the night intent on leading them to safety–or into deeper peril? And could the enigmatic young woman who keeps appearing in Billy’s dreams hold the key to his future? Free on Kindle.

Filed Under: Featured, Indie Books, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Sports & Outdoors Tagged With: #romance, book, ebook, kindle, paranormal, wilderness

Free: The Tenor with the Golden Arm

March 3, 2017 By eReader Nation

Tommy Bauer is a popular, free-spirited and athletic high school senior with two uncanny abilities. One is public knowledge- he can throw a baseball ninety miles an hour. The second is private with only a few people aware-he is a fine piano player and despite hiding it for it for years, a singer with an astonishing, stop you in your tracks voice. Free on Kindle.

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Free: Travelled Far

February 10, 2017 By eReader Nation

Keith Foskett shares a collection of trips, thoughts and observations from his award-winning hiking blog. From the extremes of the New Mexico wilderness to his beloved South Downs in England, he observes the world with clarity, hope, daydreams and humour. With tales of local history, the changing of the seasons, facing death and pursuing his chosen path, this is a glimpse into one man’s unfaltering passion to follow his dreams. Free on Kindle.

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Sports in Cleveland, Baby!

November 4, 2016 By eReader Nation

Sports in Cleveland, Baby! Or How the Cleveland Cavaliers Miraculously Came Together to Hoist the 2016 Larry O’Brien tells the fantastic story of how LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love won Cleveland’s first NBA Championship. The main theme is the endless narratives that lead up to the title, covering the global game, Ohio hoops, the Influence of college programs, the Olympics, Canada, Brazil and trades with Knicks, Clippers and Suns. In the end being a Cleveland fan teaches one more about life than about any sport. $9.99 on Kindle.

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unBlocked

October 19, 2016 By eReader Nation

The Walls Come Tumbling Down is a book that was written to help cheerleaders, parents, and coaches understand and resolve the mental hurdles that occur in competitive cheerleading. Many athletes allow mental blocks to define them, inhibiting their happiness and success within the sport of cheerleading. Jeff Benson explains how a mental block is just a hurdle in the life of an athlete and one that can be overcome with hard work, determination, and persistence. Author Jeff Benson has designed the system laid out in this book to take anyone in the Triad, aka the athlete, parent and coach, through the process of resolving the athlete’s mental blocks in a holistic approach. This book is frank and to the point, there is no fluff here but Jeff does an excellent job of speaking to you like you’re his personal client. The author provides a detailed roadmap to clearing any mental block in a cheer athlete. The book is written in a way that speaks to the athlete, parent and coach so you can have a tailored learning experience. $0.99 on Kindle.