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We live in a toxic world — and there's no escaping it. But each of us can take steps to enhance our body's ability to detoxify pollutants, synthetic hormones, and cancer causing chemicals. The Benefits? A healthier life with a lower risk of developing debilitating diseases. This User's Guide focuses on specific supplements, including herbs and vitamin-like substances, that help protect your body protect itself.

A lonely man pining away for a lost love and a chance not taken finds a way to change everything in Blair: a time travel story, a short story by writer James J. Caterino, the author of The Andromeda Girl, The Man in the Window, Escape to Nowhere, Night Skies, Ghost Stories, Cool Stuff, I Want to Believe, Fantastic Stories, Fantastic Stories: Season 2, The Promise, Time Travel Stories, and much more.

Seven years after Queen Sylvia’s dramatic liberation of Aurba from tyrannical sorcerers, the realm confronts a dire new threat. The four deposed sorcerer lords—Clement, Darien, Lillian, and Xanaphia—driven by a thirst for revenge, unexpectedly find their plans thwarted by Darlyth, a demon lord whose ancient power far surpasses their own. Recently freed from a millennium of imprisonment, Darlyth aims to usurp Sylvia's enchanted tiara, a relic endowed with extraordinary powers.

Teenager Jake travels across America with his granny- his witch granny in a Camper van. As they search for Jake's witch mother they are pursued by the Unit, a band of day vampires- chemically enhanced men whose only desire is to become real vampires. Ther Unit is led by Jake's aunt. On their journey, they pick up Manus, a martial arts one-;legged man and his niece, Kells. Later they pick up Joel, a werewolf. This is a fast-paced story, juveniles and young adults will enjoy.

Chris Banner travels to a cabin in the mountains where he plans to commit suicide, but his plans are changed by a mysterious force of energy. The Entity is a Twilight Zone/Outer Limits/Amazing Stories style short story from writer James J. Caterino, the author of The Green Girl, The Selfie, The Man in the Window, Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, Escape to Nowhere, and much more.

An alien flees from its prison on a slave ship. He lands on earth and changing to become a dog, he quickly makes friends with Tommy, a red-haired boy who is being bullied at School. Meanwhile, six alien bounty hunters are sent to bring back the escaped alien, dead or alive. Children who love sci fi will enjoy this fast-paced 22,500 word story.

What is it that is so strange about their grandfather Jack? He tells Jake and Sophie- twins, wonderful tales that he says he can see in the unusual shaped lightbulb in the attic. But there is something more to the old man than the twins ever dreamed about. When they capture a leprechaun on holiday, little do they think their adventure is only beginning. This tale will be enjoyed by seven to eleven year olds. This story is one of the best from James J. Deeney, best selling author of, The Workhouse Boy. 34,5000 words long

When Batach and his evil army of monsters and the undead threatens the Elf city of Collegian, it's up the strange Lady to save the Sacred garden that lies within the city. With Feverfew a young elf girl. Ferol one of the Special, Baldo general of all the Elves, and Orleo the oldest Elf Elder, they must go to the fabled Silver City to search within Wizard's Keep for the Tarsis Amulet. The Lady believes that the magic of the amulet will destroy Batach and his army. She also believes that Feverfew has the most powerful magic of all. But how will it be released? On the long journey, the small ...

The Best and the Worst Concert Ever: Why The Warning is Awesome, is an essay about a concert that was, as the title says, the best, and yet the worst concert ever. From writer James J. Caterino. the author of Cool Stuff, Reviews and Essays, True Stories, True Stories 2, Escape to Nowhere, and much more.

Inspired by a real-life encounter, Believe It or Not: My Hollywood Pitch Meeting is a short story about possibilities, from James J. Caterino, the author of True Stories, My Encounter with the Partridge Family, sort of, California Dreaming: How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter, What If, Why I Don’t Drink, and much more.

In Renegade Ranger, Jim Blawcyzk is shot and left for dead by Tom Foley, a fellow Texas Ranger and riding partner who has just murdered their commanding officer. With Jim lying gravely wounded, it's up to his longtime Ranger partner and friend Smoky McCue, and Jim's son Charlie and Charlie's friend Ty Tremblay, both newly appointed to the Rangers, to track down the Ranger turned killer. Unfortunately, the trail takes Charlie and Ty into Mexico, where Foley has powerful friends, who are determined to keep the renegade Ranger from facing Texas justice, at any cost. Renegade Ranger is an ...

Nate Stewart’s parents and older brother are brutally murdered by a gang of raiders on the Texas plains, and Nate is left for dead. But a company of Texas Rangers saves his life, and through a twist of fate, Nate proves himself as a provisional Ranger. At fourteen years old, he’s too young to join the ranks of the Rangers just yet—but he’s not too young to seek out the men who killed his family! From fighting with a knife to imbibing his first bottle of tequila, Nate learns some much-needed lessons in growing up. But when he and pal Hoot Harrison confront a gang of bank robbers, ...

Sixth-generation Texas Ranger James C. Blawcyzk is granted permission to go after the two survivors of a group of terrorists who intended to bomb the Alamo. Jim's Texas Ranger father stopped the plot, killing four of the terrorists, but at the cost of his own life. Now, almost two years later, the remaining men have been seen, deep in the Big Bend. Jim will track down those killers and mete out justice ... or die trying.

Cattle rustling is about to get the best of some of the finest ranches in Texas—until the Rangers come to call. But while Nate, Hoot, and the rest of Captain Quincy’s Texas Rangers are out to arrest the outlaws, things take an unexpected turn for the worse. When Nate throws in with the renegade rustlers, his Ranger friends can hardly believe it. It seems that the compadre they’d trusted and accepted into their regiment as one of their own has turned on them—but can it be true? Nate appears to enjoy the life of crime as he not only steals cattle, but robs banks and stagecoaches on ...

Nate Stewart and his Texas Ranger partners return to Austin from their grueling assignment in west Texas, expecting only a few days’ rest before they are sent back on the outlaw trail. Instead, they learn that the state legislature has refused to extend funding for most of the Rangers. All but a few have been given their walking papers—placed on indefinite furlough. Forced to face an uncertain future without the Rangers, Nate and his best friend and partner, Hoot Harrison, travel to the land Nate still owns outside San Saba. With mixed feelings, the pair heads toward Nate’s family's ...

New Hampshire State Police detective Paul Talbot returns for another spine-tingling murder mystery. Someone is killing many of the top dressage riders on the horse show circuit. This time, though, the murders hit too close to home when his wife Jacquie’s riding instructor, Horst Wilhelm, is murdered and the body hung from the covered bridge near the Talbots’ farm. Paul becomes the prime suspect in Wilhelm’s murder and is taken off the investigation just when it appears Jacquie may be the murderer’s next target. Sprinkled throughout with welcome, offbeat bits of humor, DEATH BY ...

Texas Ranger Nate Stewart has been through a lot in his life—and his losses aren’t over yet. In the months that Nate has ridden with Captain Quincy and his Rangers, his best friend and pardner, Hoot Harrison, has been the rock Nate has depended on. But once beautiful Clarissa Hennessey comes into Hoot’s life, she sets out to destroy the friendship between the two young Rangers. When the chips are down and Black Dog’s raiders attack the Hennessey ranch, there’s bound to be bloodshed and lives lost. Will Clarissa divide Hoot and Nate forever, or can Hoot prove that he’s A RANGER ...

Gina Torres is an elite senior college basketball player and a national star on the verge of becoming the number one pick in WNBA draft. Everything is happening just as she had dreamed and planned. Until one day, she finds herself in 1963, in the same town as a twenty-five-year-old version of her grandfather, and a beautiful young woman who she falls in love with. The Girl Out of Time is a rousing, romantic time travel adventure by James J. Caterino, the author of The Address Book, Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, Pop Star, The Promise, The Anti-Matter Girl, and much more.

Sixteen year-old Gina Zeneski is leading a good life. She is smart, beautiful, a track star, and has a sweet gig babysitting the Robinson kids. One fateful Saturday she takes the children for what was supposed to be a fun Saturday at the amusement park. But when she and the kids witness something they were not supposed to see, it turns out to be a deadly day of harrowing danger. “Rollercoaster” is another knockout, action-packed short story from the lurid imagination of James J. Caterino, author of “The Eco-Warrior”, “Watch the Skies”, and the “Caitlin Star” series.

When most people hit middle age, they buy a sports car, or go skydiving, or start a new exercise program. But fifty-three year-old James Pezzini goes another route. He decides to become a quarterback and tryout as a walk-on for the North Dade University Spartans football team. “The Quarterback” is a hilarious, heartfelt, wickedly entertaining tale of inspiration and second chances from James J. Caterino, the author of “Super Hornet 1942” and “Miami Noir 1987”.