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Subtropical Trilogy 3: Paradise Found | by Kenn Dahll Sep. 03, 2010 | $1.99 | 4112 words | Sample 10% |
| An impulsive purchase of a Florida key provides the setting for a three-way romp with a pair of porn stars. | |||||
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Marilyn | by D.B. Story Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 9916 words | Sample 10% |
| We will build robots in any form we wish. Unfortunately, in the way that fame has brought burdens to those it grants its graces to, it will also bring unique challenges to those built in that image. | |||||
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A Halloween to Remember | by eXcessica Publishing Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 12309 words | Sample 10% |
| Adena meets sexy Dimitri at a Halloween bash. There’s something very different about him. Halloween magic is at play. Will Adena be able to harness it before the magic & her dark lover are both gone? | |||||
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The Waiting Place | by Dan Houser Sep. 03, 2010 | $3.00 | 65449 words | Sample 25% |
| Walter Gamble and Jen take a surreal trek across a post-apocalyptic America, where it seems every living soul has vanished. Along their journey, they discover the secret of The Waiting Place and face the darkness that threatens every person. | |||||
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Caribbean Passion | by Monica P Sep. 03, 2010 | $0.99 | 1925 words | Sample 15% |
| It is a cold day and Kym hurries home to warm herself as the chilly rain soaks her to the bone. When at home she begins to warm herself - however then her step-father Cory comes along and he begins to build the want to warm her. He promises Caribbean passion - will she give in? | |||||
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Teaching the Teacher | by B.K. Wright Sep. 03, 2010 | $1.75 | 5309 words | Sample 20% |
| Being new to this non-gay-friendly workplace is not easy for Cameron until he meets Mykel. Mykel is straight, but somehow knows or senses that Cameron is gay, and takes him under his wing, so to speak. Cameron cannot help but think of the endless possibilities of love and sex with Mykel. The man is gorgeous, with his blue eyes and silver and black hair. | |||||
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Remarkable Romances and other stories | by John Ellwood Sep. 03, 2010 | $2.99 | 20709 words | Sample 40% |
| Remarkable Romances consists of short stories about the nature of contemporary and historical love. Ponsonby Investigates on behalf of HRH Queen Elizabeth. He is helped in his quests by the redoubtable curvy nurse Delia. CV extracts from the famous and infamous gives a new insight in to the minds of notable personalities. | |||||
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Space Junque | by LK Rigel Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 26393 words | Sample 50% |
| When the Defenders of Gaia set off dirty bombs in random cities, Char Meadowlark accepts an invitation to visit the Imperial Space Station until the terror subsides. --o0o-- Mike, Char’s station connection, wants more than friendship, but Char is attracted to Jake, the pilot who transports her off planet. --o0o-- Is love possible in flagrante apocalypto? | |||||
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Tales of the Dim Knight Preview Edition | by Adam and Andrea Graham Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 12831 words | Sample 50% |
| What happens when the World's biggest superhero fan gets superpowers? When Mild Mannered Janitor Dave Johnson discovers an alien symbiot that gives him untold powers, there's only one thing to do. Put on a pair of tights and save the world. In this special free preview, see how Dave's adventures begin as he faces down drug dealers, car thieves, and the dreaded petty criminals. | |||||
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We Are All Here And That Is Just How It Is | by Keemo Sep. 02, 2010 | $9.99 | 9771 words | Sample 15% |
| This book illustrates that the literary world and the art world can peacfully coexist. Keemo's portraits are equal parts painting and words and give unique insight into his subjects, the artist and the world around us. This is a book for the art lover, artwork for the book lover, and in the end each painting and each story is really about each one of us. | |||||
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On Promised Land | by kae Cheatham Sep. 02, 2010 | $0.99 | 38873 words | Sample 15% |
| ON PROMISED LAND is set in the 1840s at the end of the Second Seminole War. It details the great American dream of all pioneers who settled the western lands. But these are black pioneers. Black-Seminole pioneers. These stalwart, industrious folk strive and survive in what we think of as the "American Way" even when they aren't recognized as Americans--or Seminoles--or free. Yet they persist. | |||||
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The Life and Work of Oscar Micheaux: Pioneer Black Author and Filmmaker: 1884-1951 | by Khafra Omrazeti Sep. 02, 2010 | $8.99 | 52087 words | Sample 25% |
| Over a three-decade period that began in 1919, Oscar Micheaux wrote, directed, edited, produced and distributed over forty films nationally and internationally. These films usually featured all-Black casts. They spanned a silent film period (1919-1930)and a talkie period (sound films) (1931-1948).The book features a commentary by actor/producer Ossie Davis and was reviewed by Dr. Maya Angelou. | |||||
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The Good Samaritan | by R.M. Haag Sep. 02, 2010 | $0.99 | 2691 words | Sample 50% |
| Jane geared up for battle when she left work. With two girls already dead this month she didn't plan on taking any chances. But would it be enough? | |||||
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Notes To My Daughter | by David Dixon Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.95 | 13309 words | Sample 20% |
| An insightful journey into the relationship between a father and his daughter. David Dixon writes from his heart as he shares life lessons. He reveals the depth of a father's love as he gives purposeful direction to help guide his daughter's life down a meaningful path. | |||||
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Bombs, Bullets and Blood | by Dave and Linda Broughton Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 115139 words | Sample 50% |
| Bounty Hunter Melanie banks is now the one being hunted, by bombers that don't care about collateral damage, be it buildings or people. She doesn't know why they're after her, just that they are. She goes into hiding after leaving the hospital following the first attempt. Eventually, she partners with an ex-special ops agent to find the bombers, and those behind them, to take the fight to them. | |||||
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Jeremiah Brown (A Trilogy in D minor) | by C.B. Smith Sep. 02, 2010 | $4.99 | 66748 words | Sample 20% |
| A man loses his wife and goes on a nomadic soul search living by the credo contained in the Hasidic saying: Be the master of your will and the slave of your conscience. | |||||
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King Arthur's Raid on Hell and other poems | by G. R. Grove Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 15698 words | Sample 50% |
| Most of these poems are written in medieval fixed forms, or approximations of medieval forms – one of my on-going quests being a search for ways of reproducing the sound and feel of medieval Welsh poetry in modern English. And yet, because the bardic art I practice is a performance art, these are in a larger sense not my poems at all, but merely pale imitations – poems preserved on paper. | |||||
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Bristol Famous Airplanes - A History | by peter dancey Sep. 02, 2010 | $10.00 | 12570 words | Sample 50% |
| Now almost totally forgotten at the start of WWII Bristol located at Filton in the UK was the largest airframe and aero-engine producer in the world. In both WWs its combat planes excelled Its Blenheim and Beaufighters inextricably involved with the introduction of AI radar claiming the first AI 'kill' It also excelled in the civil field its superb Britannia and poineering SST research - Concorde | |||||
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THEM! Came From Outer Space! | by Richard Taylor Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 17790 words | Sample 50% |
| Terror visits the little town of Flannel, Oregon, when a body is discovered on the pool table of a prominent bus bench writer. Soon Flannel’s eclectic young doctor, Milo Bushnell learns Flannel is being invaded by Brussels sprouts from space, ill-tempered little vegetables that metamorphose into duplicates of Flannel’s citizenry. Can Milo save the day or is he just dead meat in a vegan world? | |||||
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Events Concerning the Last Evening of Molly Malone | by Steven Bennett Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 861 words | Read a sample |
| Molly never knew she had so many enemies, but on this night she found she did. A mystery poem, with a challenge to the reader. | |||||
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Cat Had a Tail | by Steven Bennett Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 3705 words | Read a sample |
| Murder swirls amidst the coffee and haiku as caffeine and curiosity lead a man from the comfortable settings of the Cafe 575 through dangerous alleys and dark city streets. | |||||
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Romancing The Snow | by Darren G. Burton Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 8388 words | Sample 10% |
| Matt and Sara are close friends. Out on a three day hike in the wilderness, a blizzard threatens to snow them in. Down by the river they find a cave in which to shelter from the storm. What happens when these two friends take refuge in the cave together while a blizzard rages outside? Find out in this erotic adult tale. | |||||
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Sounds of Justice | by David Ivan Lickhalter Sep. 02, 2010 | $4.99 | 131551 words | Sample 50% |
| Cecil Trask runs the most clandestine spy organization in the United States. His operatives carry out their missions under the direction of the President of the United States. Trask's operatives work secretly to keep the world safe. For the first time enter the secret world of America's greatest spy and the men and women under his control. | |||||
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The Incomplete Works of Kenn Allan | by Kenn Allan Sep. 02, 2010 | $5.95 | 11728 words | Sample 22% |
| In his latest collection of poems for non-poetry lovers, Kenn Allan offers a generally lighthearted but sometimes serious look at the ups and downs of modern life. This eBook includes sixty of his best works— including the hilarious “Chicken Hearts”—each one penned with a twinkle in his eye, his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, and a uniquely-Christian point-of-view. | |||||
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The Manager's Toolbox | by Ray Gragg Sep. 02, 2010 | $12.95 | 29943 words | Sample 35% |
| This book explains 99 tools described in the book, "Managing from the Heart." These tools are designed to assist managers in the day-to-day "art" of managing their most important asset - their people. Most managers are promoted to that position because they're good at what they do, but are never trained in how to develop a staff that is willing to go to war for their manager. | |||||
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Literature & Fiction Interviews Volume II | by Shelagh Watkins Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 35042 words | Read a sample |
| This volume of interviews provides an insight into a group of authors from the United States, Canada and Europe, and gives a glimpse of their past and present books. The unique collection of interviews will entertain and inspire readers to find out more about the authors and their books. | |||||
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The Curiosity Shoppe | by Melanie Jackson Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 17309 words | Sample 20% |
| The dogs have their day in this heartwarming novella, the sequel to A Curious Affair. Mister Spatz, the trust-fund kitty, has been catnapped and his beautiful owner, Fritzi Darling, is frantic. The town is also being haunted by a ghost Mastiff. Can Graham Bell and his detective dog, Grover, save the day? | |||||
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The House of Question's: Skip (Sample) | by Stephen Dobson Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 10356 words | Read a sample |
| This is a free sample of a young adult fantasy I'm working on to fill the void of Harry Potter that so many are trying to do at the moment. Skip is a boy who has a troubled life filled with giant birds that he tends to but soon his quaint world is interrupted by a stranger rider on a jet black horse who takes him from his home to go to a school that teaches special abilities. | |||||
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The Estate of my Uncle Sam | by phillip meyers Sep. 02, 2010 | $5.00 | 90430 words | Sample 15% |
| If the Founding Fathers were to be resurrected in modern-day America, and they learned that their fiscally limited constitutional republic had morphed into the current massively wasteful bureaucracy they would grab their muskets and head for Washington DC to start a second American Revolution. If enough concerned Americans read this book, then it just might take the place of that resurrection. | |||||
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A Partner's Promise | by Fran Shaff Sep. 02, 2010 | $5.99 | 36038 words | Sample 10% |
| Recommended Read Award. EPPIE nomination for excellence in young peoples' literature. 1880's. Caught stealing! Eleven-year-old Axel O'Grady faces a choice--go to jail or leave New York on the orphan train bound for Iowa. Axel chooses Iowa, but he promises his best friend Nate he will return. Keeping his word won't be easy, but A PARTNER'S PROMISE can never be broken. | |||||
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La légende de N`tu Saanda | by Isidore Guy Makaya Sep. 02, 2010 | $8.65 | 25853 words | Sample 20% |
| À Tch-n'bouadandji, un rêve, un seul rêve venait fréquemment hanter le sommeil des habitants : une rivière qui naît au cœur du village. Des réunions ou des conférences s'étaient tenues sur sa forme, sa longueur ; des propositions avaient surgi sur les moyens de la favoriser. Cependant personne n'avait vécu assez longtemps pour la voir apparaître. | |||||
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The Hidden Will of the Dragon | by Charlie Courtland Sep. 02, 2010 | $4.99 | 171247 words | Sample 50% |
| In the sequel to "Dandelions in the Garden," the journey of history's most intriguing noble female murderer continues. Come following Elizabeth and Amara through the canals of Venice and high into the Carpathian Mountains to discover the inevitable. How the story of the Blood Countess really ends! | |||||
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Ramblings | by Sam Morton Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 17185 words | Sample 50% |
| The collected short stories of of a mill-hill mama's boy. | |||||
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2 and 0 | by Don Mayhew Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 84842 words | Sample 50% |
| In 2 and 0, two working-class guys leading parallel lives of quiet desperation are brought together by the traumatic events of Sept. 11, 2001. How their lives intersect is the central mystery in a tale filled with romance, action and, naturally, baseball. | |||||
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The Confederacy of Heaven | by Margaret Taylor Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 92335 words | Read a sample |
| There has been no rain for two hundred years. Nasan Rattlingbones has been exiled from her clan and left to fend for herself in the waste. She discovers she may be at the heart of a heavenly conspiracy involving the curse on her world. | |||||
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The Hybrid | by Carl East Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 18149 words | Sample 35% |
| Celeste is a Wood Nymph and she's been happily feeding and protecting her tree for many years. After being attacked by a vampire everything changes over night and she must come to terms with her newly found powers and the urges of lust she now feels. ***This story is graphic in nature and is meant for adults only*** | |||||
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Paula Sherman and the National Rifle Association | by Lynn Hoffman Sep. 02, 2010 | $4.99 | 52563 words | Sample 20% |
| When Paula Sherman's best friend is shot in a mugging and his death is exploited by a pro-gun Senator, Paula begins a crusade. Using guns and sex and media savvy, this modern day Lysistrata turns a nation against the gun crazies. | |||||
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Running The World: Sofia, Bulgaria | by Blaze Travel Guides Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 2060 words | Sample 30% |
| The routes, maps, stats, and cultural information you need to safely - and happily - run Bulgaria's capital. Brought to you by Blaze Travel Guides, a not-for-profit publisher of international guides for active travelers. | |||||
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Jenimac Moments Inspirational Words of Wisdom | by Darlene McCoy Sep. 02, 2010 | $7.99 | 8259 words | Sample 30% |
| JENIMAC Moments are a collection of motivational expressions that grow you in your daily. JENIMAC Moments offer words of encouragement and inspiration that take you on a personal journey to guide you through life with affirmation of who you are in God. It is my prayer that you find freedom and life as you feed your spirit with these words of wisdom. | |||||
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Harem Girl | by Mariyah Saalih Sep. 02, 2010 | $5.99 | 122761 words | Sample 25% |
| From within an Arabian sheik's harem, slave girl Sapphira shares her story unblushingly revealing the sexy secrets of life in a harem. Enjoy sheik/harem slave girl stories? You will not be disappointed. An intriguingly sexy and romantic story enormously erotic (aided by 16 illustrations), but tastefully presented. Recommended for mature and broad minded readers - not for teenage daughters | |||||
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Finding Kindness | by K.C. May Sep. 02, 2010 | Free! | 1138 words | Read a sample |
| Binna and her two children are starving. In a park where angel statues frolick, surely they'll meet a kind stranger. But everyone turns a cold shoulder until Binna meets an unlikely beggar. | |||||
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Fatal Sisters | by Leon Shure Sep. 02, 2010 | $2.99 | 71665 words | Sample 24% |
| A discharged soldier, Thomas Spevak, returns home only to find that someone is impersonating his sister, Megan. Hoping to find out what happened to his sister, Tommy hides his own identity and fakes a friendship with the woman who he calls Meg. But when he starts to fall in love with Meg, he discovers to his horror that Meg probably murdered his sister. | |||||
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A Spies Story | by David Ivan Lickhalter Sep. 02, 2010 | $4.99 | 98278 words | Sample 50% |
| "Sounds of Justice introduced Cecil Trask. This is the continuing story of one of the great spy families of the Clandestine world. The story tells how it all began for some of America's greatest spies and the founder of the most top secret agency under the president of the United States. From WWII in China to the back roads of the Middle East, a family of spies live an adventure most readers can o | |||||
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Managing from the Heart - A Way of Life | by Ray Gragg Sep. 02, 2010 | $19.95 | 131425 words | Sample 35% |
| This book is a comprehensive training manual on the “art” of managing people. Most managers are promoted to that position because they are very good at whatever it is they do, but are never trained in how to effectively manage their most valuable asset - their people. Learn the skills necessary to develop that is self-managing and "vested" - a staff that is willing to go to war for you. | |||||
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fasdfads | by andr Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 1606 words | Sample 50% |
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Acid Round the Clock | by H C Sep. 02, 2010 | $3.95 | 41278 words | Sample 40% |
| 70 original stories that range across all knowledge and ignorance and all culture, high and low, and include the seeds for many feature sci-fi films, many post M-theory theories of physics, and many tragic depictions of near-future social psychological events and forces. Great for short attention span, hi-density, multi-taskers, and OCD ADHDers. By the author of The Washington Pissed and MFU. | |||||
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The Big Page | by Erik Lundy Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 19228 words | Sample 25% |
| A budding reporter and goofball photographer embark on a cross country trip to save a controversial writer with a church bounty on her head. | |||||
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Consumer's Handheld Guide to Privacy Protections | by PrivacyJournal Sep. 02, 2010 | $3.95 | 52258 words | Sample 15% |
| Descriptions and legal citations for state and federal laws protecting personal information in the marketplace, at work, at school or at home. Selected categories from the Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, 2010 ed. Includes financial, credit, medical, school, government, insurance, and employment records, plus Social Security numbers, tracking technologies and telephone services. | |||||
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The Next Hour: The most important hour in your logbook | by Richard Collins Sep. 02, 2010 | $9.99 | 77300 words | Sample 20% |
| “Pilots don’t crash airplanes because they want to,” says Collins, but even experienced pilots do. The best way to stay out of an accident report, he suggests, is to understand and manage the risks inherent in flying—every time you get in an airplane. In this completely new book, Collins shares some personal insights learned from his lifetime of flying in general aviation airplanes. | |||||
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Nostradamus, a Man of Prophecies or Politics? | by Patrick Bernauw Sep. 02, 2010 | $1.99 | 9945 words | Sample 50% |
| Here are some articles I wrote during the last years, about Nostradamus, and how his prophecies maybe were not prophecies at all, and how they are still used to go into politics. Did Nostradamus foresee the election of Barack Obama and the End of the World in 2012? Was Nostradamus the author of the Prophecy of Orval and are some of his quatrains containing a code to locate the Bourbon War Chest? | |||||