Free eBook from Laudizen King

Now available free at Smashwords through January 13, 2013

Bring in the New Year with a free eBook from Laudizen King, “Old Roads and Shadows”, a collection of stories both old and new. To obtain your free ebook in the eReader format of your choice, visit Smashwords at the link below and use coupon code ZZ97D at checkout.

Laudizen King writes creative nonfiction: memoirs, travels, and stories that celebrate the human spirit and honor the diverse moments that comprise a mortal life. Unconventional yet accessible and emotive, these narratives follow Laudizen through six decades, yielding unique and authentic stories penned by an original author with a wide-ranging eye.

'Old Roads and Shadows' is a generous and eclectic collection that includes many of his best-known works: a fire and its emotional aftermath on his family (Paper and Fire), the story of two summit attempts on the highest peak in Southern California (Mt San Gorgonio), and the account of a backpacking trip to the Cabinet Mountains of Montana where he almost met a violent end, twice (Leigh Lake).

This collection also presents stories from his military days when he served in the US Army: the savage killings of James Workman and Eugene Cox in Saigon (Murder at Midnight), and an emotional duty assignment at Fort Bragg (Burial Detail).

Within this collection are stories celebrating the singer Joan Osborne, Richard Brautigan, Blood Mountain in Georgia, and Mt San Jacinto near Palm Springs.


Timeless and emotive, these stories hold something for everyone.

(approx 110,000 words)

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Link to 'Old Roads and Shadows' at Smashwords



Chapters

A Special Cup of Coffee
Joan Osborne
The Ocean House
Bobby Fischer - In Memoriam
The Cosmic Bridge of November 1999
Talking to Carla Jean
Reunion
Murder at Midnight
Blood Mountain
Brautigan Gift
Dog-Day Afternoon in the Laguna Mountains
Salters Pond, Beau Geste, and the Return of the Vikings
Suit
Snow Day
A Husband Dies
Worms
Cheers and Slainte
Shoehorn
Burial Detail
On a Beach on Nantucket
La Grange
Mt San Jacinto, Winter 1991
Mt San Jacinto, Summer 1992
September 1959
Out of a Blue Sky
Mt San Gorgonio
Leigh Lake
Paper and Fire
Manchester Redux
The Dreams of a Young Man
Empty Bottle
I'm Seeing Keith Richards in the Morning
In the Grass of Mt Diablo
With Carlton Fisk, Forever
Induced Enlistee
First Flights
Leaving the Army
Snow Day at the Dugout
Off the Shoulder of Orion
In the Mind of the Artist
Baseball and Coffee
Foul Ball
Sto Lat
Dreams
Saint
Sentinel Snow
Norman
Beginnings
October 5, 1980
Pasadena Lunch
Scouting, and the Tattoo Merit Badge
Chairman of the Board
The Product
Houseboat
The Fokker U 2
Piece of Work
Death Valley Wind
Awash and Adrift on the Hockanum River
Little Tokyo Moment
Born to Love Baseball
Heinrich Harrer
Reluctance
Song for Hollister
The Road to Paradise
Oscar Wilde on Death
The Queen City
Popcorn
Elevator
Incident at Evergreen Lodge
Cuyamaca Mountains - Joy and Renewal

Thank you!

Laudizen

Top Ten Laudizen Stories for 2011

The following link entries comprise the "Top Ten List" of most-read stories at the Laudizen King website for the year 2011.

1.
Murder at Midnight

Forty years ago, two American MPs died in the Ivory Tower, a downtown Saigon bar, and the embers of anger and resentment still burn today.

2.
Burial Detail

Remembering a Military Funeral Detail at Fort Bragg

3.
My AMC White Mountain Guides

Homage to the White Mountains of New Hampshire

4.
Remembering the Dugout and Larry Lisciotti

A teenager discovers the game of pool, and meets the future world champion

5.
On Martinis and Oysters

heaven meets the earth where it joins the sea

6.
Oscar Wilde on Death

To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence

7.
Heinrich Harrer

The enigmatic Austrian climber and explorer

8.
Off the Shoulder of Orion

A personal lament

9.
On a Beach on Nantucket

Remembering youth and love on the island of Nantucket

10.
Scouting and the Tattoo Merit Badge

The Boy Scouts teach business acumen



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Thank you all! Laudizen King

Personal Bestseller of 2011

The White Mountain Chronicles

As 2011 draws to a close, I look back on the year and am thankful for the thousands of people who visited my website and to the many readers that purchased one of my eBooks. I am especially indebted to those readers who purchased a copy of, ”The White Mountain Chronicles", making that collection of stories from the mountains of New Hampshire my personal bestseller for 2011.

I am gratified that this unique volume of creative nonfiction, a simple compilation of travel, memoir and adventure from the Granite State, and the White Mountains in particular, is embraced by readers throughout New England and beyond.

I possess a lifelong passion and partiality for the White Mountains of New Hampshire including the Appalachian Trail, the mountains, the people, the forest and its roads. I look back on those years with an oleo of emotions, but primarily with love, gratitude, and longing for those times gone by. Because of that love and gratitude, I present the stories honestly, leaving the flaws and blemishes intact; the readers can make their own judgments. I also enjoy a great feeling of self-satisfaction over the challenges and obstacles I faced and overcame during my 18 years of adventures in the long shadows of the mountains of New Hampshire.

I appreciate your support and hope you will tell your friends about this unique collection of stories and adventures.

Thank you, and may 2012 be a great year for you! Laudizen King

The White Mountain Chronicles

The eBook is available for only $3.99, and may be purchased and downloaded to your Kindle or Android from Amazon, to your Apple device from the Apple bookstore, or downloaded to the eReader of your choice from Smashwords, Sony, Barnes & Noble or other eBook retailers.


"The White Mountain Chronicles" at Amazon

"The White Mountain Chronicles" at Smashwords

For more information about "The White Mountain Chronicles" eBook, click here

Link to the Laudizen King website

(approx 53,900 words)

'The White Mountain Chronicles', a collection of 22 travels, memoirs, and adventures from New Hampshire, the Granite State.

Chapters
My AMC White Mountain Guides
May Camp
Red Flannel Hash
In the Shadow of Monadnock
Carter Notch in Winter, the First Trip
Through the Past Darkly with Sven Saws and Candle Lanterns
Winter Night at Hermit Lake
How Things Come to Pass
Second Sojourn
Camp 16
Ghosts and Summits
Golden Girls
Pilgrimage
Mt Garfield Dream
Closing Galehead
Remembering Ray Evans, 1909-2001
Mountain Pond and Carter Dome
Riddle of New Hampshire
Mt Carrigain Trilogy
On the Garfield Ridge with Jack Kerouac
Out of the Fog
The 48 Summits

Creative Nonfiction of Laudizen King

The eBooks of Laudizen King are now available for purchase and download. These are works of creative nonfiction: stories, memoirs, and essays of travel and adventure that celebrate the human spirit and honor the diverse moments that comprise a mortal life.

The books are available at Amazon, Smashwords, and other fine eBook retailers.

For download to the Kindle from Amazon, follow the link below to reach the Laudizen King author page at Amazon.

Laudizen King at Amazon

Laudizen King's eBooks are also available at Smashwords, where they can be downloaded in all the formats used by the most popular digital readers. Follow the link below to reach the Laudizen King author page at Smashwords.

Laudizen King at Smashwords

Thank you,

Laudizen

Laudizen King's eBooks at Smashwords

Laudizen King's eBooks are available at Smashwords, where they can be downloaded in all the formats used by the most popular digital readers. Follow the link below to reach the Laudizen King author page at Smashwords.

Laudizen King at Smashwords

Laudizen King eBooks: now at Amazon

Laudizen King's eBooks are now available for download to the Kindle. Follow the link below to reach the Laudizen King author page at Amazon.

Laudizen King at Amazon

Read an eBook Week March 6-12, 2011

Read an eBook Week is March 6-12, 2011

To show my support for this promotion, I am reducing the price of all three eBooks that I currently have available at Smashwords: I will sell 2 books ("The White Mountain Chronicles" and "Mosaics") at 50% off list price, and "Death Valley Wind" will be free.

They are published by Smashwords and are available in all the download formats used by the most popular digital readers: the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Sony e-reader, select Palm devices, the Apple iPhone or iPad, and your personal computer as well.

To begin, create an account at smashwords.com with an email address and a password.

Visit my authors page during the week of March 6-12 at the following link to select a book.
Laudizen King

Add a book to your shopping cart and follow the instructions.

Don't have a handheld digital reader? Download a version for your PC at the links below and enjoy eBooks all the more.

Adobe Digital Reader for PC

Kindle for PC

Kindle for MAC

FBReader for Unix

Enjoy, and thanks. Laudizen King

Early look: Chicken Soup for the Soul

Because I have an original story making its debut in the book, I have just received several advance copies of the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers' anthology of stories. The book will be available nationwide on March 22, and it feels satisfying to finally hold the book in my hand and see the quality of the finished product.

My story, 'Passages in Stone', is a heartfelt narrative that I penned for my favorite Grandmother (my wife Shirley). 'Passages in Stone' is a story of a Grandmother's love reaching across the generations, and of the inevitable march of time in a world where nothing remains constant or unchanged.

As a writer, I am pleased to have this story selected for publication in such a collection, a compilation that features the work of 101 authors writing on Grandmothers using a diverse array of themes and emotional settings.

Look for it everywhere on March 22, 2011.

Laudizen King

Spring Fever in New Hampshire

It has been a long tough winter and its time to generate a serious case of spring fever. Fire up some excitement with "The White Mountain Chronicles" by Laudizen King, an eBook celebrating 18 years of exploration and adventure in the mountains of New Hampshire. From the Presidential Range to Monadnock, this book embraces the Granite State, from nights of revelry to the hard challenge of the trail.

Priced at just 3.99, the ebook is available in all the popular download formats at Smashwords, just follow the link below.

The White Mountain Chronicles at Smashwords

For those with other eReader accounts, "The White Mountain Chronicles" is also available for purchase at the following eBook stores: Kobo, Diesel, Barnes and Noble, Sony, and Apple.

Laudizen

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers

'Passages in Stone', a heartfelt narrative that I penned for my favorite Grandmother (my wife Shirley) has been chosen for inclusion in the 'Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers' anthology of stories. 'Passages in Stone' is a story of a Grandmother's love reaching across the generations, and of the inevitable march of time in a world where nothing remains constant or unchanged.

As a writer, I am pleased to have this personal and moving story selected for publication in such a collection, a compilation that will feature the work of 101 authors writing on Grandmothers using a diverse assemblage of themes and emotional settings.

Look for it in bookstores everywhere on March 22, 2011.

Laudizen King

Free Ebook Available

Now thru Christmas, I am giving away copies of 'Mosaics', an ebook containing my favorite collection of travels, memoirs, and stories!

It is published by Smashwords and is available in all the download formats used by the most popular digital readers: the Amazon Kindle, the Barnes & Noble Nook, the Sony e-reader, select Palm devices, the Apple iPhone or iPad, and your personal computer as well.

To begin, create an account at smashwords.com with an email address and a password.

Go to the page for 'Mosaics' by Laudizen King
Mosaics

Add the book to your shopping cart and use coupon code XU44W at checkout

Don't have a digital reader? Download a version for your PC at the links below and enjoy 'Mosaics' all the more.

Adobe Digital Reader for PC

Kindle for PC

Kindle for MAC

FBReader for Unix

Enjoy! Happy holidays, Laudizen King

Now available at Sony, Apple, and Smashwords

My two ebooks, 'Mosaics' and 'The White Mountain Chronicles', are now available for download at the Sony Reader Store, the Apple iBook store, and at Smashwords. Readers now have easy access to both collections of stories.

'Mosaics' is a compilation of stories and travels that celebrate the people and emotions that make the human experience so personal and grand.

'The White Mountain Chronicles' is a unique collection of stories detailing eighteen years of adventure in the mountains of New Hampshire: from nights of revelry to dangerous water crossings and mountain blizzards, from friendships forged on the trail to solitary moments on windy summits.

'Mosaics' and 'The White Mountain Chronicles' are published by Smashwords. Support your independent writers.

Laudizen

2 downloads

'Mosaics' and 'The White Mountain Chronicles' are the titles of two Ebooks by Laudizen King and are published by Smashwords. Sales coupons good for a discount on the price of each download are available on the Laudizen website.


'Mosaics' is a collection of 41 stories, essays, travels, and memoirs that span the decades of a life. Because this book is so hard to encapsulate in the 400 characters (including spaces) that appear with the publisher, Laudizen has published a description of 'Mosaics' on his website.

Find it at the link below.

Mosaics

'The White Mountain Chronicles' celebrate the eighteen years the author spent traveling and hiking in the Granite State of New Hampshire. Discover 'The White Mountain Chronicles' at the link below.

The White Mountain Chronicles

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