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And Watched the Dead Bury the Live | by Ron Duffy Sep. 30, 2010 | $2.99 | 370562 words | Sample 25% |
| The story of the lives of four generations of a Northern Irish family is told against the background of the country’s turbulent history. Theirs is a story of treachery, cruelty and destruction, but also of love,kindness and in the end a hope that the Troubles are coming to an end. In this novel Northern Ireland's past has never been made more comprehensible; its future more reassuring. | |||||
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Because We Are Greeks | by Basil Tsotsis Nov. 12, 2010 | $9.99 | 349620 words | Sample 20% |
| “Because We Are Greeks†by Basil Tsotsis is an historical novel, a “magnum opus,†based upon true happenings during and after World War II. We follow a young teenager, his peers, and his elders during a republic, a monarchy, and a dictatorship; through war, famine, and occupation; experiencing joys and sorrows. | |||||
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Superdaddyman and More from the Mind of Jeremy Crow | by Jeremy Fink July 22, 2011 | $3.99 | 303563 words | Sample 20% |
| For years the artist known as Jeremy Crow has written colorful stories about Superdaddyman and the Evils's for Mental Notes & Random Musings. Now you can get the whole dish on the mind of Jeremy Crow in the first full length book dedicated to the beginnings, the humor, the background and the insanity of everyone's favorite super villain turned super hero. You know you want to. | |||||
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The Corrupt Republic | by Andrew Buck Dec. 08, 2009 | $9.95 | 294180 words | Sample 20% |
| Shady dealings, corruption at the highest levels of government, and the ruthless pursuit of money and power: It's politics as usual in The Corrupt Republic, the explosive new political thriller by Andrew Buck (ISBN 1449596851). Inspired by Americans' growing distrust of Wall Street and Washington, The Corrupt Republic tells the all-too-believable story of the shocking corruption he uncovers. | |||||
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Southern Kingdom | by Don Stanford Jan. 15, 2011 | $6.99 | 280193 words | Sample 20% |
| One hears over and again that we are living in modern times. Since the day the first man walked the earth through this day, man has always lived in modern times. From the dawn of the ages when Eve was deceived by the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit to be like God, through today when men and women are eager to strike a deal with the devil to gain power and wealth, human nature has not changed | |||||
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Tempo Rubato | by Brendan Carroll Sep. 12, 2009 | $0.99 | 276121 words | Sample 10% |
| The virtually unlimited resources of a private company plus the genius of Einstein plus the talent of Mozart equals endless possibilities times exponential trouble. A murder mystery and a curious mind send a Viennese music history teacher on sabbatical she will never forget in a world where almost anything is possible. | |||||
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One Winter's War | by Alison Lanier Oct. 10, 2010 | $8.99 | 274660 words | Sample 20% |
| In 1899, the North American Confederacy and its allies have begun to abandon that century’s War To End All Wars in Europe. The Estate, a small, neutral nation, is surrounded by the conflict with no clear successor to the country’s aging sovereign. Mark, the Duke’s illegitimate son, is caught in the strains of this second, more personal conflict that threatens its own turbulent conclusion. | |||||
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This only can I say | by Peter Bailey Sep. 26, 2011 | $7.99 | 269288 words | Sample 20% |
| When an asteroid devastates the earth, a dedicated US Naval Officer balances his ethical duty against opportunistic greed | |||||
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The Migrant | by Nicholas Stanton Jan. 06, 2011 | Free! | 262727 words | Read a sample |
| Family: the word is both sweet and bitter. We all have one; it is our common denominator. We're all linked by birth to at least two others, and we spend our lives running to and running from these connections. | |||||
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Under the Devil's Belly | by Peter Bailey Sep. 25, 2011 | $7.99 | 262006 words | Sample 20% |
| Two focused girls climb the corporate city ladder and tread on many preoccupied males on the way. | |||||
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Taiso | by Peter Bailey Sep. 25, 2011 | $7.99 | 261933 words | Sample 20% |
| Returning warlord settles neighbour dispute | |||||
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Proditor : Book 5 of the Heku Series | by T.M. Nielsen Nov. 29, 2010 | $0.99 | 261745 words | Sample 30% |
| After thousands of years of war, the peace agreement arranged by Emily forces the factions to work together to destroy a new threat. Tensions between Exavior and the Equites grow and Emily becomes a prime target. Chevalier struggles to come to terms with the friendships Emily has with the enemy factions. When the Chief Enforcers go missing, he sets out to bring them back. | |||||
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Eternity of Vengeance (Extended Edition) : Book 7 of the Heku Series | by T.M. Nielsen Jan. 25, 2011 | $1.99 | 249545 words | Sample 20% |
| Emily still holds Frederick in her grasp as all three factions strive to get him back to avoid a major war. Furious, the Encala go to extreme measures to get their Elder back, and Emily finds herself in over her head. Delve deeper into Chevalier's personality when Emily goes missing and he's forced to go on without her. | |||||
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Another Forgotten War : 1811-1812 | by Peter Douglas Elias June 14, 2011 | $4.99 | 247833 words | Sample 20% |
| The first and last battles of the Anglo-American War of 1812-15 were fought far west of the boundaries of civilized North America, but they are barely mentioned in the histories of Canada, Britain and the United States. This historical novel builds on those nations’ sparse archival records to enliven the people and drama of the forgotten War of 1812, the war on the continent's western frontier. | |||||
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Proditor : Libro 5 Della Serie Heku | by T.M. Nielsen Oct. 11, 2011 | $0.99 | 246851 words | Sample 20% |
| Dopo migliaia di anni di Guerra, l’accordo di pace combinato da Emily obbliga le fazioni a lavorare insieme per distruggere una nuova minaccia. La tensione tra Exavior e gli Equites cresce ed Emily diventa un bersaglio primario. | |||||
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Angry White Male | by Steven Travers May 13, 2011 | Free! | 246571 words | Read a sample |
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A Question of Time... A Shadow of Time | by Jack Lawson July 11, 2011 | $9.99 | 244221 words | Sample 60% |
| Hours of quality reading! An epic story that you will lose yourself in! As powerful monarchies of Europe hunt him, Mikael Eriksson desperately flees across Europe to America at the turn of the century. Decades later his legacy explodes in his grandson's face as the past and present collide head on. Some of my readers have said it is as good as Grisham or Hillerman. A nail biter! | |||||
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Juxinseason (Respect The Jux Prt. 1,2,3) | by O.G. YELLO Raymond James Sep. 26, 2010 | $11.99 | 243099 words | Sample 8% |
| The Order Of Thieves" is a band of criminals formed with one thing in mind; to prey on the criminal underworld by way of The JUX. "The JUX" is the craft practiced by the men of The Order Of Thieves. Started by a group of Jamaicans, The Order Of Thieves created a legend in the streets that made it an honor to have this group of men relieve you of your personal wealth. No one was safe from the... | |||||
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Tratando de ser Feliz | by Maria Leon May 28, 2011 | $9.00 | 239377 words | Sample 15% |
| Es la historia de dos hermanos gemelos que luego de estar separados por 16 años se vuelven a reunir tras la muerte de su madre. Se llevan muy mal al principio por las diferencias de caracter, pero llegan a llevarse muy bien. Sin embargo, algo comienza a pasar entre ellos, algo que no debiera. Advertencia: hago uso de dos personas reales y famosas. | |||||
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Elizabeth Renaissance | by Peter Bailey Sep. 26, 2011 | $7.99 | 236311 words | Sample 20% |
| A dedicated group of intellectuals and servicemen set out to restore royal prerogatives and dominions | |||||
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The Parthian | by Peter Darman May 30, 2011 | $2.99 | 233575 words | Sample 20% |
| The story of Pacorus, a prince of the Parthian Empire who is captured by the Romans and sent to Italy to live out the rest of his days as a slave. But fate intervenes and he is freed by a gang of runaway gladiators led by a man named Spartacus. This is the epic tale of the Spartacus slave revolt, as told by the man who fought by his side. | |||||
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The Judas Factor | by Peter Bailey Sep. 25, 2011 | $7.99 | 224638 words | Sample 20% |
| Political string pullers triumph over man with a mission. | |||||
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Murdertainment | by Eric Campbell Dec. 26, 2010 | $2.99 | 224198 words | Sample 20% |
| Thousands of homicides occur each year. Most of the victims make a headline or two, only to quickly fade away from the public consciousness. However, on occasion, our society becomes fascinated by a murder. The headlines amplify instead of fading away. The principals in the tragedy achieve celebrity status. And what of the murder victim? Well, he or she becomes a victim of Murdertainment. | |||||
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Shared Emptiness | by John Brinling April 27, 2011 | $2.99 | 221767 words | Sample 10% |
| A portrait of the harrowing despair and remarkable courage of a middle-class family tormented beyond endurance by a mindless act of violence. Chris Carter, at 24, a medical student, had it all. Good looks, intelligence, a winning personality, a loving family. His girlfriend, Louise, was his dream girl, and he had everything ahead of him, everything to live for.... Until he was mugged.... | |||||
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Wizards' Slave | by Veronice Ceccarelli Sep. 30, 2011 | $4.99 | 221394 words | Sample 10% |
| In the eyes of the Kobi family of wizards, ordinary humans are the dirt-people, mostly ignored, sometimes of use. They are convenient subjects for spell-practice, and they like to keep a selection for use as sex slaves. Valencio is one of the slaves, the most troublesome they’ve ever had – and the most desired. | |||||
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Gathering of Cans | by Robert Saunders Jan. 07, 2011 | $5.00 | 218953 words | Sample 10% |
| Special Cans: Gold Budweiser; Green Mountain Dew; Red Santa Claus Coca-Cola; and Orange NEHI take the reader on another special journey with Zoie Baker; from the romantic but turbulent time of World War II, through the tumultuous decade of the 1960's; and ending with Zoie gathering cans during the 1980's. | |||||
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The Upraised Hand | by Michael Steptoe March 03, 2011 | Free! | 217898 words | Read a sample |
| After a disaster at sea and the failure of a "get-rich-quick-plan" two fisherman find themselves involved in a wave of crime that has them running for their lives across the high seas off New Zealand's eastern coastline and through the rugged wilderness of the Raukumara Ranges. This fast paced drama brings you into the obscure drug world of the Rastafarian society on the isolated East Coast. | |||||
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Woman desirous to love (ЖЕÐЩИÐÐ, ЖЕЛÐВШÐЯ ЛЮБИТЬ) | by Екатерина Графф Aug. 02, 2011 | $4.99 | 216853 words | |
| A pretty Russian woman craving for love and freedom left the suffocating environment of a former Soviet Republic to Greece, falling in a trap of a false love. An old, lust obsessed Greek general, who transformed her dream for love into disgust… Lots of humiliation and insult, she never forgave. Kiev, Athens, Cairo, Greek islands. Lives enmeshed in deadly ritual of passion and lust, risk and... | |||||
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Flight of The Setting Sun | by Marvin Arnold Dec. 30, 2010 | $5.95 | 215370 words | Sample 6% |
| "Flight of The Setting Sun" Novel & Movie; Flight of the Setting Sun is an action adventure and love story. It is a period story set in four decades beginning in the mid 1920s. Son of wealthy Texas rancher and oilman becomes a Pan Am China Clipper pilot in the 1930s and an aviation industrialist during and after WW II. Jake's life adventure takes him to New York, California and the Asian Pacific. | |||||
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Equites : Book 4 of the Heku Series | by T.M. Nielsen Nov. 03, 2010 | $0.99 | 215169 words | Sample 20% |
| While the Equites continue to hold off attacks, Emily is in a life-threatening accident that draws suspicions of the Valle. Another Winchester heir causes tension in the Equites, and an uprising brings Emily under the protection of Damon. Allen's full abilities come to light and he begins meshing himself with the heku. Enemies force Emily to offer the heku an ultimatum that could bring peace. | |||||
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Sultana: The Complete Collection | by Lisa J. Yarde Dec. 12, 2011 | $5.99 | 213990 words | Sample 20% |
| The omnibus edition contains the completed novels, SULTANA and SULTANA'S LEGACY. | |||||
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The E Chronicles: "Project Tag" | by J. Amory Forrester Aug. 27, 2009 | $5.95 | 213141 words | Sample 50% |
| Follow the government's attempt to find the elusive and mysterious E and the progression of unbridled terrorism during explosive economic times in history and folow two prominent TV news anchors on their trail of suspense, murder,and deception on their quest to capture him and see just what lengths citizens will go to in their attempts to stave off the worst economic disaster in American history. | |||||
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Celtic Remnants | by Deborah O'Toole May 10, 2011 | $2.99 | 212001 words | Sample 10% |
| "Celtic Remnants" by Deborah O'Toole is a powerful novel of enduring love and betrayal set in the political turbulence of Ireland, the glamour of London and the wilds of Scotland. | |||||
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Best of Enemies | by Jenna Grey Sep. 21, 2011 | $3.99 | 211718 words | Sample 40% |
| Jacek Buchinski has one goal in life - to escape from the Nazi labour camp where he's spent the past year of his life. He'll do anything to survive - and has done in the past - including murder, but this time it looks as if his luck's finally run out. Now the camp is due to be liquidated and he must escape or die. | |||||
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The Red Cross of Gold II:. The King of Terrors | by Brendan Carroll Aug. 06, 2009 | $3.99 | 210684 words | Sample 10% |
| Mark Ramsay returns to America bent on marrying the girl he left behind, but things are not well on the home front. Two members of his ancient Order set themselves on a dangerous course to stop him at all costs, believing that the marriage will cause the dissolution of the Order. He puts his own life on the line when his beloved Brother weighs in competition for her hand. | |||||
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Fortune's Bastard | by Peter Bailey Sep. 25, 2011 | $7.99 | 208921 words | Sample 20% |
| One sentence synopsis:- Privilege succeeds where merit doesn’t. Two Paragraph synopsis:- Personalities and emotions clash violently when two men from different backgrounds meet in the Far East and ambition dominates sullen adversity until humbled in a court of law. Reduced to an elemental struggle one prospers. | |||||
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Speaking Dolphin | by Michael Sustrick Sep. 16, 2011 | $9.99 | 207337 words | Sample 20% |
| What if the world you know was a lie? What if an unseen telepathic society was all around you controlling your life without your knowledge? What if someone tried to expose the truth? Would you listen? Would you have the courage to fight all of society? What if the biggest secret in human history was walking among you unnoticed? | |||||
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By Any Means | by Marvlous Harrison Oct. 17, 2009 | $0.99 | 207138 words | Sample 10% |
| By Any Means is a gritty tale of two friends looking to get rich in New York City. Like any other street savvy people, they do what they have to survive. The difference between them and everyone else who ever tried to do it, they did it the best! | |||||
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Ancients and Old Ones : Book 8 of the Heku Series | by T.M. Nielsen June 25, 2011 | $1.99 | 206532 words | Sample 20% |
| Emily begins to recover from her long captivity with Salazar, but a drastic setback threatens not only her, but the lives of the Equites Council. Chevalier struggles with Emily’s renewed friendship with the Encala, when they offer her a companion in a time of need. | |||||
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The Spear of Lepanto, Books I & II | by Leon Radomile Jan. 15, 2011 | $9.99 | 203588 words | Sample 50% |
| An epic tale of adventure, romance and heroism, vividly bringing the distant past to life. Set in the 16th century and featuring a young and affable Miguel de Cervantes, the story is about the quest for an enigmatic relic Pope Pius V believes will decide the fate of Christian Europe. Only a brokered alliance forced by the Holy See between Spain and Venice can stop the invincible Ottoman Turks. | |||||
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Equites : Libro 4 Della Serie Heku | by T.M. Nielsen Aug. 06, 2011 | $0.99 | 201995 words | Sample 20% |
| EQUITES, libro 4 della serie Heku, comincia con una guerra. Damon ed Emily continuano a litigare mente gli Equites devono difendersi dagli attacchi sia dei Valle sia degli Encala. Un incidente manda Emily all’ospedale e la tensione con i Valle diventa ancora più esplosiva. | |||||
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Storm from the South | by Peter Bailey Sep. 26, 2011 | $7.99 | 201599 words | Sample 20% |
| Private morality triumphs over international inertia and bigotry | |||||
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Over the Donkey's Back | by Peter Bailey Sep. 26, 2011 | $7.99 | 201599 words | Sample 20% |
| A woman company chairman fights to save her marriage and her children's inheritance. | |||||
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Came a man to Sweetwater | by Peter Bailey Sep. 26, 2011 | $7.99 | 201599 words | Sample 20% |
| A cowboy decides to rob a bank, but the achievement encounters unexpected problems. | |||||
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I Pledge Allegiance... | by Daniel Reddell Oct. 09, 2011 | $9.99 | 200165 words | Sample 15% |
| Captured by the Viet Cong just after graduating from High School, RJ Janzen later achieves financial success, but becomes known as a "Don Quixote." Now his windmill is punish those whose greed caused the housing crisis. They accuse Janzen of treason while in Vietnam, but they pale at Janzen's court martial when they realize Janzen is a master of survival and revenge. | |||||
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On This Rock | by Dave Leonard July 06, 2010 | $6.99 | 199072 words | Sample 10% |
| The world’s most secret society has been hidden deep inside the Catholic Church for twenty centuries. Father Joshua Cole had never heard of it even though he'd been working inside the Vatican for ten years. When he finally learned of its existence it turned his once quiet life into a nightmare. Twenty years later his nightmare got worse as he was thrown into a world he never imagined possible. | |||||
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Doctor Zhivago | by Boris Pasternak June 30, 2011 | $1.99 | 197720 words | Sample 15% |
| A major theme of the novel is how mysticism and idealism are destroyed by both the Bolsheviks and the White Army alike, as both sides commit horrible atrocities during the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Russian Civil War. | |||||
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Hamburger Zen | by Hank Harrison Nov. 04, 2009 | $1.00 | 197351 words | Sample 10% |
| This very HIP futuristic and spiritual novel explores romance and satire in a mid-21st century film noir manner ala Robbe-Grillet. Hillarious and gripping. Harrison blends Frances Yates' classic non-fiction with Nelson Algren and Lord Buckley to create an academic gonzo style. A wonderful reading adventure with a massive vocabulary, global travel and an astonishing ending. | |||||
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Red Rum Murders | by Clifford Roberts Sep. 05, 2009 | $2.50 | 196305 words | Sample 50% |
| An interracial affair, brooding jealousies, and unrequited love collide in moments of madness, as a secret is threatening to be exposed. A father dies and passes on to his son his legacy. But with old memories come old rivalries. For Smoot Mathews, the funeral director, rivalry will go too far. His nemesis Razor swears vengeance for his ratting on him for critically beating a storeowner. | |||||
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Three Romance Stories | by Gary Whitmore Dec. 06, 2011 | $2.00 | 195364 words | Sample 5% |
| Broken Heart - While a confirmed bachelor tells the story how his true love broke his heart during World War II. Follow Your Heart – A women accidentally time travels back to 1947 where she falls in love with another man. Girl Of My Dreams - Unhappily married man who has recurring dreams of loving a beautiful woman in 1918 then falls in love with a woman. | |||||