JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When Jacksonville, Florida, poet Kay B. Day read at the South Carolina Book Festival in February, she struck up a conversation with poet Patricia Gray. Ms. Gray is coordinator of Poetry at Noon, a regular reading series at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. "We were just talking about poetry," Day says. "The idea of a Florida poetry reading came up."

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Dee Dee Phelps, author of "Vinyl Highway," singing as Dick and Dee Dee in the Sixties was introduced to a sold out audience by Book Publicists of Southern California founder Irwin Zucker, with comedian Fred Travalena and game show host Wink Martindale, at the 12th Annual IRWIN Awards dinner and program for Book Publicists of Southern California on October 11th in Studio City, California.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Linbrook Press today announced the publication of "Lemon Curd" (ISBN 10: 0-9779780-0-1), a fictional tale of love and loyalty by first time author Homa Pourasgari. The author infuses Lemon Curd with morals and ethical standards as demonstrated by the internal struggle of the main characters, taking place in two transcontinental cities, Los Angeles and London.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In his new book, "The New Income Tax Scandal: How Congress Hijacked the Sixteenth Amendment" (ISBN 1413495443, Xlibris) John C. Garrison, who has served honorably on the legal staff of a major State of Florida law enforcement agency, and who has been active for over two decades in tax history research and tax reform activism, has delved into the history of those questionable events in Congress that led to the establishment of our modern income tax, fearlessly revealing in his book the legislative corruption that went into the system at its inception.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "Flying Embers" (ISBN: 0-9774017-0-7), published by Visual Horizons Publishing Group, LLC, is a newly-released romance novel authored by James H. Pasternak - a Newport Beach, Calif. firefighter (Ret.).

CHICAGO, Ill. -- While libraries are filled with scores of books about Chicago's colorful history, few acknowledge the political, social, and economic impact of the city's once powerful brewing industry. When the Haas & Sulzer Brewery opened its doors in 1833, the town's population of only 200 managed to guzzle down its first year's output of 600 barrels in record time. Chicago was on its way to becoming the beer-drinking town that it is today, says Bob Skilnik, author of the just-released BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago (Barricade Books, ISBN 1569803129).

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "Shuttle Rising: Rendezvous with a Rumor" (ISBN: 0965721450), authored by NASA alumnus Charles Boyle, will launch on the same day that the space shuttle is scheduled to lift off - July 1, 2006.

DETROIT, Mich. -- Harper Arrington Publishing and Media today announced that "The Little Entrepreneur-Takes Flight," the first title in their new "Little Entrepreneur" series by Michael Harper and Jay Arrington designed to teach kids how to turn their hobbies into businesses, will publish on February 1, 2006.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Penny Webster, author of "Allergy Free For All Ages: Milk-free, Egg-free, Nut-free Recipes" offering safe food alternatives for severely allergic kids and adults that are delicious enough to satisfy the whole family, today announced that millions of individuals are now living on restrictive diets due to food allergies or intolerance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rising energy prices can cause some families to see as much as a 50% increase in their utility bills this winter. So Matthew Lesko, the Government Money guy on TV in the question mark suit, is offering a free e-book called "Free Money to Pay Your Utility Bills," to anyone who can get on the web and go to www.lesko.com.