Diversion Books


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Diversion Books is an eBook publishing company headquartered in New York City and focused on developing books with quality authors.

Diversion combines the best of old and new publishing. We offer the quality and care of traditional editorial and production services along with the efficiency, author empowerment and new revenue models made possible by the latest advances in electronic publishing.

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Dream Shot    by Robert C.S. Downs
Price: $2.99 USD. 68730 words. Published by Diversion Books on February 21, 2012. .

Seventy-year-old Pete Collins, a former high-school English teacher from Pennsylvania, now living in Myrtle Beach, attempts to pass the PGA’s Playing Ability Test, which will lead him to a position as a teaching professional at a golf club. The test is two rounds of golf in one day in which he must average 77 for a 154 total.
The Cure    by Bradlee Frazer
Price: $2.99 USD. 87560 words. Published by Diversion Books on February 16, 2012. .

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Surprise Me!    by Nancy Goodman
Price: $2.99 USD. 89360 words. Published by Diversion Books on February 9, 2012. .

How can a girl figure out if she's choosing the right man to marry? Can a craving for food be part of a clue that leads her to her truth? Could the unhappy events and fears from her past be a “set up” for the ultimate surprise party? And… What if pain was not the curse, but the course?
45-Love    by Ray Krueger
Price: $5.99 USD. 41110 words. Published by Diversion Books on February 2, 2012. .

An out-of-shape 275-pound teenager goes on an athletic journey that ends up at the highest level of tournament tennis nearly 30 years later. One of the marketing campaigns for tennis has called it a sport for a lifetime. This is a diary of a life as defined by a sport.
Executive Treason    by Gary Grossman
Price: $2.99 USD. 174930 words. Published by Diversion Books on January 9, 2012. .

The secret terrorist organization that came within a heartbeat of installing its agent as President of the United States in Executive Actions is back with a new—and deadlier—plot to destabilize the U.S. government. It all begins with what appears to be a simple mugging and murder of a female White House staffer.
Executive Actions    by Gary Grossman
Price: $2.99 USD. 169490 words. Published by Diversion Books on January 4, 2012. .

An assassin takes aim at a Presidential candidate during a primary stump speech. The instant he pulls the trigger, the outcome of the election is irrevocably changed. But Democrat Teddy Lodge, an upcoming media sweetheart, isn't killed. His wife is. As a result, Lodge emerges as the man to beat and the greatest threat to the incumbent President, Morgan Taylor.
The Golfer's Diet: A Daily Plan for Par Performance    by Scott Kramer
Price: $4.99 USD. 15960 words. Published by Diversion Books on November 21, 2011. .

In THE GOLFER'S DIET, sports writer Scott Kramer shares his expert knowledge of how nutrition can greatly affect a player's performance on the golf course. This how-to nutrition guide will help players learn in general terms what kinds of foods to eat before, during and after a round of golf to help them reach their peak potential.
Scars of the Prophet    by Mingo Kane
Price: $2.99 USD. 57150 words. Published by Diversion Books on October 11, 2011. .

Tom Judah, a former Marine recently discharged from the military after serving three tours of combat in the killing zones of Iraq. Jessica Spire, a young woman trying to reinvent her life after fleeing a callus and loveless marriage. Scars of the Prophet is a dynamic story of what happens when fate and destiny collide in an aggressive world of pawns and broken kings.
The After Cancer Diet: How To Live Healthier Than Ever Before    by Suzanne Boothby
Price: $4.99 USD. 30430 words. Published by Diversion Books on September 14, 2011. .

Thankfully for most people diagnosed with cancer today, the trend is survival. And the biggest tip for the more than 11 million cancer survivors in the United States to remain cancer free is to live a preventative lifestyle. This book is the go-to place for cancer thrivers who want to begin their journey to healthy living with easy recommendations from a cancer physician and a wellness writer.
Breaking the Chain: How I Banned Chain Restaurants From My Diet And Went From Full To Fulfilled    by Allyson Reedy
Price: $5.99 USD. 63200 words. Published by Diversion Books on September 8, 2011. .

In 2009 Allyson Reedy broke the chain. She stopped eating meals, snacks and goodies from the chain restaurants that line America’s streets and dominate our stomachs. Her food memoir, Breaking the Chain: How I Banned Chain Restaurants From My Diet And Went From Full To Fulfilled, chronicles her year-long experience as she sought out local alternatives to the food we’ve come to rely upon.
The Firebird Affair    by Dusko Doder
Price: $2.99 USD. 94360 words. Published by Diversion Books on September 8, 2011. .

The Firebird Affair centers on the suspicious death of Emily, the beautiful wife of Washington Tribune correspondent Todd Martin. In 1991, she collapsed over lunch with a friend in a Moscow restaurant. A massive heart attack, Moscow authorities said and the US Embassy concurred.
The Dean's List    by Jimmy Petrosino
Price: $2.99 USD. 77970 words. Published by Diversion Books on August 5, 2011. .

In this exciting and fast paced novel, The Dean’s List, author Jimmy Petrosino introduces us to characters who are darkly compelling in an S.E. Hinton meets Cruel Intentions kind of way. Growing up, Dean Perrasani always dreamed of following in the footsteps of his idol and older brother, Tyler. At nineteen his dream would be fulfilled.
Rabbi Gabrielle Ignites a Tempest    by Roger Herst
Price: $2.99 USD. 91870 words. Published by Diversion Books on August 3, 2011. .

Rabbi Gabrielle takes leave from her rabbinical duties to pursue a doctorate in biblical studies at the University of Chicago. She is summoned to Israel by the Director of Antiquities in Jerusalem when her scholarly live-in boy friend cannot be found to help investigate the robbery of a newly discovered cave at Qumran, site of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls.
Rabbi Gabrielle Commits a Felony    by Roger Herst
Price: $2.99 USD. 89610 words. Published by Diversion Books on August 3, 2011. .

A prized Torah scroll is stolen from Ohav Shalom. The FBI determines the event to be a "Hate Crime" and initiates an investigation. But Rabbi Gabrielle unearths clues into the theft that lead in another direction. While intensely active in her daily rabbinical duties, her attention is drawn back 65 years to the origin of the stolen Torah in the Ukraine.
Rabbi Gabrielle's Defiance    by Roger Herst
Price: $2.99 USD. 102260 words. Published by Diversion Books on August 3, 2011. .

Rabbi Gabrielle continues her personal and professional odyssey, this time toying with running for a seat in Congress. In the process she becomes entangled with a Korean computer geek who operates a successful on-line political campaign website for underfunded, unknown candidates. At the same time her congregation has lost a child burned to death in an accident lighting Hanukkah candles.
Petroplague    by Amy Rogers
Price: $2.99 USD. 89620 words. Published by Diversion Books on July 19, 2011. .

UCLA graduate student Christina Gonzalez wanted to use biotechnology to free America from its dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Instead, an act of eco-terrorism unleashes her genetically-modified bacteria into the fuel supply of Los Angeles, making petroleum useless. With the city paralyzed and slipping toward anarchy, Christina must find a way to rein in the microscopic monster she created.
The Good Physician    by Kent Harrington
Price: $2.99 USD. 80840 words. Published by Diversion Books on July 18, 2011. .

Straight out of medical school, Dr. Collin Reeves rejected the gold-plated easy life, enrolling instead in the famous London School of Tropical Diseases and, having completed his studies there, had gone straight out into the trenches of the Third World, fighting the Good Fight against the legion of parasites that bedevil the world’s poor. He began to make a difference...
Blood, Steel & Canvas: The Asian Odyssey of a Fighter    by Craig A.  Wilson
Price: $4.99 USD. 63700 words. Published by Diversion Books on June 28, 2011. .

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A Kiss for Rabbi Gabrielle    by Roger Herst
Price: $2.99 USD. 122440 words. Published by Diversion Books on June 22, 2011. .

Rabbi Gabrielle succeeds the senior rabbi a Congregation Ohav Shalom and in this new role must perform a funeral for her favorite Bar Mitzvah boy, now a young man recently murdered in a remote Washington DC park. This death brings her to a ghetto high school where the victim coached its struggling tennis team.
Rabbi Gabrielle's Scandal    by Roger Herst
Price: $2.99 USD. 114050 words. Published by Diversion Books on June 22, 2011. .

Rabbi Gabrielle, a young female rabbi in Washington DC, is called upon to defend an accused rapist in court, imperiling her career. She must negotiate a hostile climate both in her synagogue and in the community, while attempting to live a normal life as an attractive, unmarried woman. Here is a chance to have an internal look at the life of a clergywoman in a profession that has long been a man's
Red Jungle    by Kent Harrington
Price: $2.99 USD. 96710 words. Published by Diversion Books on June 9, 2011. .

Red Jungle is an archetypal noir thriller from Kent Harrington, author of the classic novel Dia de los Muertos. Set in Guatemala, Red Jungle steam-rolls over the tired formulae of good guys versus bad guys and pulls the cover off the Big Lies of neo-liberal economics and makes clear the real reasons for the decades of underdevelopment still plaguing large swathes of Latin America today.
The Diet Detective's Diet Starter Kit    by Charles Platkin
Price: $2.99 USD. 22780 words. Published by Diversion Books on May 31, 2011. .

Author of the nationally-syndicated health, nutrition and fitness column, The Diet Detective, Dr. Charles Platkin shares ten things you must know before starting any diet. This is a short eBook, designed to read fast, and get you started losing weight fast. Read on and start losing.


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