Astor + Blue Editions http://astorandblue.com Digital Publishing. Classic Publisher. Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Yahoo Set to Acquire Tumblr http://astorandblue.com/yahoo-set-to-acquire-tumblr/ http://astorandblue.com/yahoo-set-to-acquire-tumblr/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 01:32:39 +0000 APlusB http://astorandblue.com/?p=278 Board of Directors approves $1.1 Billion acquisition of the popular blogging platform… More @ Mashable

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]]> http://astorandblue.com/battery-breakthrough-to-revolutionize-electronics/feed/ 0 DEAD WRONG and DEAD END DEAL Named Finalists for ITW’s Best Thriller Award 2013 http://astorandblue.com/dead-wrong-and-dead-end-deal-named-finalists-for-itws-best-thriller-award-2013/ http://astorandblue.com/dead-wrong-and-dead-end-deal-named-finalists-for-itws-best-thriller-award-2013/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:45:02 +0000 APlusB http://astorandblue.com/?p=229 ITW AwardThe International Thriller Writers (ITW) Annual Awards finalists were announced today, and two Astor + Blue titles are officially in the running:  Dead End Deal and Dead Wrong, both by Allen Wyler, are up for ITW’s Best E-Book Original Novel 2013.

Winners will be announced during a special ceremony at the International Festival of Thrillers (a.k.a. ThrillerFest), which will be held at the Grand Hyatt in New York City from July 10 to 13th, 2013.  The ITW, an honorary society of published authors (from recognized publishers only), holds its annual awards to promote the thriller genre worldwide.

DeadWrong5Allen Wyler is an internationally renowned neuro-surgeon and has intimate knowledge of the latest research and surgical techniques attempting to cure the most severe mental illnesses of our time, including Alzheimer’s disease.  Wyler frequently uses this knowledge, as well as his own experience, to form the intellectual backbone of his medical thrillers; the result being a very intelligent procedural within a taut and exciting story.  Both Dead End Deal and Dead Wrong are top shelf medical thrillers based on the latest issues and research emerging in the medical field today.DeadEndDeal_cvr

Thrillerfest is an annual conference for writers that brings together the best and the brightest of the publishing industry from around the country.  Among the headlining guests at this year’s event are Anne Rice, one of America’s most read and celebrated authors, R.L. Stine, author of more than 330 books for children, as well as Michael Connely, T. Jefferson Parker and Michael Palmer, all NY Times Bestselling authors.

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SMART AS A WHIP

by Marisa Lancione

WhipSmart_CVR_Web_#The life of Lola Montez reads like a story of a Hollywood starlet. Her seductive dances, royal entanglements and exploits with whips and pistols made her fodder for the gossip mongers of the 19th century. However, she was not always known as the infamous Lola Montez.

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Debut Author Kit Brennan

Born in Ireland in 1818 as Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, she spent her early childhood in India with her parents before they shipped her off to school in Britain. During her childhood, she was known for her miscreant and hot-tempered ways, which resulted in expulsion from boarding schools and a life in which she was shunted among relatives. At 16, Gilbert eloped with Lt. Thomas James, but they divorced five years later. Then she disappeared for a year.

Historians and biographers do not know what happened to Gilbert between 1842 and 1843 that transformed her into Lola Montez, the Spanish dancer… More @ NOW

 

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