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	Elijah's Great Race	by Clarissa Douthit March 24, 2012	$5.99	691 words	Sample 20%
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	The Wizards of the Body Shop	by Eric B. Thomasma March 13, 2012	$2.99	1585 words	Sample 40%
	Author bio: Born and raised in West Mitten, USA (Grand Rapids, MI), He still lives in the area in a house he built, (literally), with the help of his wife, Therese, and two sons, Eric Jr. and Nicholas, (and various other friends and relatives). The boys are grown and gone now, although they both live in the area. Eric and Therese have managed to get past the empty nest syndrome and currently only share their home with their two dogs, Sable and Tucker. For more information, visit Eric's website at http://ericbt.webs.com
	Austin	by Stuart Taylor Nov. 25, 2011	$0.99	40408 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Stuart Taylor is the author of The Austin Chronicles: fast-paced adventure stories for children. The first in the series, 'Austin' is a classic adventure featuring children, and adults with talking animals and machines, about a loveable old car sent to be crushed at Butcher's scrapyard. It was praised by the School Library Association and is available in both paperback and most eBook formats. The second book 'Austin and the Secret of Karnak House', has the same cast of characters, plus many new ones. The thrilling tale deals with spies, secret-codes and Austin's career in the British Secret Service as part of a mysterious Top Secret expedition to find the lost continent of Atlantis and an awesome mystic force that could destroy the world. This book is available in both paperback and most eBook formats. As you're reading this, I'm busy creating the third in the Austin Chronicles series - a roller coaster adventure story so secret I can't possibly tell you anymore about it now - well except that it features deep-sea submarines, terrifying prehistoric monsters and a mysterious, lost civilisation with...
	Buggy's Adventures in Motoland - Buggy Discovers Motoland	by Kathleen Bosman July 17, 2011	$0.99	11204 words	Sample 20%
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	Gesture Recognition	by Xiaoyi Zhang July 14, 2010	Free!	174 words	Sample 50%
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