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Jack: The Tale of Frost

A Science Fiction Adventure

By: Tony Bertauski

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Jack: The Tale of Frost

A Science Fiction Adventure

By: Tony Bertauski

The Jack Frost you never knew… Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost. He’s a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold. Mr. Frost’s love for Christmas is over-the-top and slightly psychotic. He’s made billions of dollars off the holiday and, according to Mr. Frost, a holiday he invented. Rumor is he’s an elven, but that’s silly. Elven aren’t real. And if they were, they wouldn’t be in South Carolina. Sura takes a job at Frost Plantation that’s strange and magical and, for the first time in her life, a place where she feels like she belongs. She’ll uncover the mystery of what really happens at Frost Plantation and who’s making all the toys. She’ll discover the biggest secret of all—Mr. Frost hates Christmas. Really, really hates it.

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DeadPixel Publications

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149351993X

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9781493519934

Designing the Landscape

An Introductory Guide for the Landscape Designer, Third Edition

By: Tony Bertauski

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Designing the Landscape

An Introductory Guide for the Landscape Designer, Third Edition

By: Tony Bertauski

Every professional landscape designer develops his or her own design process, emphasizing some steps while minimizing or eliminating others. It’s important to learn every aspect of the process before getting on the job. Bertauski’s comprehensive and readable Designing the Landscape presents every facet of the design experience from client interviews and concepts through presenting and pricing a master plan, so students can learn what works and what doesn’t when they still have the time and opportunity to make valuable mistakes. The author’s focus on topics that foster understanding of the functionality and aesthetics of design equips students with skills they need to be effective designers. While residential design is emphasized, many concepts and steps can be applied to commercial projects.

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414

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Waveland Press

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1478647477

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9781478647478

Humbug

The Unwinding of Ebenezer Scrooge

By: Bertauski Tony

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Humbug

The Unwinding of Ebenezer Scrooge

By: Bertauski Tony

Real change does not happen in a single night.

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1951432061

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9781951432065

Flury

Journey of a Snowman

By: Bertauski Tony

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Flury

Journey of a Snowman

By: Bertauski Tony

Some urban legends start with a grain of truth.

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1951432037

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9781951432034

Claus

Legend of the Fat Man

By: Tony Bertauski

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Claus

Legend of the Fat Man

By: Tony Bertauski

The Christmas story you never heard. Santa is not just about the presents. See something deeper in this mythological figure. A story that's meaningful. Find a cast of gritty, compassionate and courageous characters that make the journey to mythological fame despite their shortcomings and frailties. Pull away the veil of magic, reveal the difficulties of love and loss and struggle with life.Because Santa Claus is much more than presents.In the early 1800s, Nicholas, Jessica and Jon Santa attempt the first human trek to the North Pole and stumble upon an ancient race of people left over from the Ice Age. They are short, fat and hairy. They slide across the ice on scaly soles and carve their homes in the ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean. The elven are adapted to life in the extreme cold. They are as wise as they are ancient. Their scientific advancements have yielded great inventions -- time-stopping devices and gravitational spheres that build living snowmen and genetically-modified reindeer that leap great distances. They've even unlocked the secrets to aging. For 40,000 years, they have lived in peace. Until now. An elven known as The Cold One has divided his people. He's tired of their seclusion and wants to conquer the world. Only one elven stands between The Cold One and total chaos. He's white-bearded and red-coated. The Santa family will help him stop The Cold One. They will come to the aid of a legendary elven known as... Claus. Other books by Tony Bertauski (Bertauski.com) The Annihilation of Foreverland (Thriller/Sci-fi) The Socket Greeny Saga (YA/Sci-fi)

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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1478161159

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9781478161158

The Socket Greeny Saga

A Science Fiction Adventure

By: Bertauski Tony

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The Socket Greeny Saga

A Science Fiction Adventure

By: Bertauski Tony

If you liked Ready Player One and Ender's Game, strap in for Socket Greeny... "A brilliantly-written complexly-layered plot, set in a vivid, tangible future world." --IndieReader I was a nobody. I had this funny name and white hair and really didn't care about anything. But then one day something happened. Change is like that. One day you're a nothing, the next you're saving everything. Not everybody. Everything. It's not that I didn't want to do what I did. Someone once told me that true nature is a train--you either get on board or get run over. So I got on. What I saw... the androids and the off-world stuff. The psychotic minders. It's out there. The rabbit hole is deep. That's the thing with the truth. It's been in front of us all this time. You just have to see it. Once you do, you can't ignore it. I was once a nobody and now I'm a legend because I saw the truth about reality, about this universe. And I did something about it.

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1951432487

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9781951432485

The Training of Socket Greeny

A Science Fiction Saga

By: Tony Bertauski

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The Training of Socket Greeny

A Science Fiction Saga

By: Tony Bertauski

A year has passed since the Paladin Nation was exposed to the public. Their mission is still to protect humanity from whatever may threaten them. Previously, it was the human duplications, but now that they've been extinguished their biggest challenge is dealing with the complications of public image. Socket Greeny, now 17 years old, has been a Paladin cadet for the past year and is nearing the final test. But that's the least of his problems. He's trying to live two lives: one as a superhero while hanging onto his normal life. While fearlessly dealing with his masochistic trainer, he's trying to salvage his deteriorating relationship with his girlfriend back home. But Socket's greatest challenge is to find his true enemy. He discovers that fear has many faces. INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR When did you start writing? My first effort started with Socket Greeny. It was a story I started for my son because he hated to read. It didn’t work, but this character – Socket – took root. It was the first time I felt possessed by a character with a story to tell. It took me 5 years and countless rewrites to get it right. I waited by the mailbox after that, but the giant paycheck never arrived. If you can’t make money, why write fiction? I didn’t say you can’t make money. There are a lot of people out there with a good book, whether it’s romance, dystopia, science fiction or young adult. I’m just a minnow in a crowded pond. It took a good deal of networking and research to realize just how hard it is. Thanks to epublishing, I can get the book out. That frees me up to write what inspires me. Writing is the true love. There’s something deeply satisfying to have characters come to life in your mind and watch their stories unfold. It’s a deeper experience than reading someone else’s story. What do you want readers to get from your stories? I’ve always been inspired by fearless writing that asked poignant questions; questions like who am I and what is the universe? Things that made me look at life slightly different; books that exposed a layer of reality. Writing in the young adult genre appealed to me most because that’s the age I really craved those questions and answers. I want readers to see the world slightly different. What is your favorite character? I love a bad, bad antagonist that you can’t entirely hate; there’s some smidgeon of redemption you feel inside this demented, sorry character. Heath Ledger’s Joker. A despicable character that didn’t deserve an ounce of pity, but, for some reason, I didn’t hate him as much as I should have. It’s that character I find most intriguing. In The Socket Greeny Saga, the character Pike was my Joker.

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DeadPixel Publications

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0982845227

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9780982845226

Claus Boxed 2

Legend of the Fat Man

By: Bertauski Tony

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Claus Boxed 2

Legend of the Fat Man

By: Bertauski Tony

The Christmas adventures continue. The second volume of the holiday tales you never heard growing up... HUMBUG Eb Scrooge is left to run Avocado, Inc., an innovative technology business, all alone. An introverted shut-in locked away in a Colorado mansion, only his servant droids keep him company. Until the gifts arrive. THE MISER When Kandi's dad gets a mysterious call, they fly to a tropical island. Despite the heat, his sunburned client wears a heavy cloak. The world doesn't know it yet, but Santa Claus is missing. Kandi knows where he is. RONIN There's one Christmas story no one has ever heard, the legend of the biggest and baddest reindeer of them all, the one who leads the sleigh and protects the herd. Billy Big Game doesn't want to discover the last reindeer. He wants to capture him.

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1951432460

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9781951432461

Ashes of Foreverland

A Science Fiction Thriller

By: Bertauski Tony

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Ashes of Foreverland

A Science Fiction Thriller

By: Bertauski Tony

Tyler Ballard was in prison when his son created a dreamworld called Foreverland, a place so boundless and spellbinding that no one ever wanted to leave. Or did. Now his son is dead, his wife is comatose and Tyler is still imprisoned. But he planned it that way. The final piece of his vision falls into place when Alessandra Diosa investigates the crimes of Foreverland. Tyler will use her to create a new dimension of reality beyond anything his son ever imagined--a Foreverland for the entire world. Danny, living outside of Spain since escaping the very first Foreverland, begins receiving mysterious clues that lead him to Cyn. They are both Foreverland survivors, but they have more in common than survival. They become pieces of another grand plan, one designed to stop Tyler Ballard. No one knows who is sending the clues, but some suspect Reed, another Foreverland survivor. Reed, however, is dead. Everyone will make one last trip back to Foreverland to find out who sent them. And why.

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1951432282

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9781951432287

Toyland

The Legacy of Wallace Noel

By: Bertauski Tony

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Toyland

The Legacy of Wallace Noel

By: Bertauski Tony

The 7th standalone novel in the Claus Universe. The stories you never heard... Great aunt Annie was a storyteller. It was mostly Christmas stories she told. No one had ever heard her tales about giant reindeer, living snowmen, and Santa Claus. There were no movies about them. No books. When she passed away, everyone thought they'd never hear such stories again. But she saved the best one for last. When Tin's family inherits an enormous estate, they discover the hidden treasures of Toyland. The eccentric mansion was built long ago by a toy magnate named Wallace Noel, a man made famous by his beloved Noel toys. Tin and her family spend Christmas at Toyland and find forgotten toys in strange rooms, abandoned workshops and old photos of Wallace. When Tin discovers an authentic-looking elf hat, everything changes. She comes to know the truth behind the urban legends of Wallace Noel and what made his toys so special. And where Great aunt Annie got her stories.

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1951432231

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9781951432232

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics, Second Edition

By: Tony Bertauski

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Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics, Second Edition

By: Tony Bertauski

Many landscape architects and designers embrace an artistic approach to design. Maintaining that loose, aesthetic appeal requires landscape-design students to not only master the essentials of design but also fundamental drawing skills. Tony Bertauski introduces aspiring designers to the techniques of drawing, leading them from no knowledge of the craft to a final plan drawing of professional quality. Throughout, he emphasizes that a drawn landscape plan has not only aesthetic value but also communicates effectively with clients. With step-by-step illustrations, readers will learn to: • use drafting tools to set up drawings • letter professionally • draw symbols and textures to illustrate plants and hardscapes • label plan drawings accurately and draw to scale • develop section drawings to communicate vertical design elements • enhance drawings using design software

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Waveland Press

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1478636874

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9781478636878

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics, Third Edition

By: Tony Bertauski

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Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

with Section-Elevation and Computer Graphics, Third Edition

By: Tony Bertauski

Many professional landscape architects and designers embrace the practice of rendering plan drawings by hand as an artistic approach that supports the design process. Tony Bertauski uses abundant illustrations to train aspiring designers in the essential drawing techniques used to craft presentation graphics while learning the essentials of design. He guides students through the tools and techniques of drawing that are often overlooked in the classroom so that students can complete assignments on their own outside the lab. Student designers will learn to create plans that not only appeal aesthetically, but communicate effectively with clients.

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1478638788

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9781478638780

The Discovery of Socket Greeny

A Science Fiction Saga

By: Bertauski Tony

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The Discovery of Socket Greeny

A Science Fiction Saga

By: Bertauski Tony

If you liked Ready Player One and Ender's Game, you'll love the thrilling high-tech adventure of Socket Greeny I was a nobody before I was a legend. I had this funny name and white hair and really didn't care about anything. But then one day something happened and nothing was ever the same. Change is like that. One day you're a nothing, the next you're saving everything. Not everybody. Everything. It's not that I didn't want to do what I did. Someone once told me that true nature is a train--you either get on board or get run over. So I got on and let it take me. What I saw... the androids and the off-world creatures. The psychotic minders. It's out there. The rabbit hole is deep. That's the thing with the truth. It's been right in front of us all this time. We just have to see it. Once you do, you'll never unsee it. Once you know the truth, you can't ignore it. I was once a nobody and now I'm a legend because I saw the truth about reality, about this universe. And I did something about it.

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195143238X

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9781951432386

Book's by Tony Bertauski

Jack: The Tale of Frost

Jack: The Tale of Frost

Designing the Landscape

Designing the Landscape

Humbug

Humbug

Flury

Flury

Claus

Claus

The Socket Greeny Saga

The Socket Greeny Saga

The Training of Socket Greeny

The Training of Socket Greeny

Claus Boxed 2

Claus Boxed 2

Ashes of Foreverland

Ashes of Foreverland

Toyland

Toyland

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

Plan Graphics for the Landscape Designer

The Discovery of Socket Greeny

The Discovery of Socket Greeny

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