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	The Inhabitants of Magnolia Park	by Tracy James Jones Jan. 01, 2012	$0.99	15057 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Tracy James Jones was raised between Dallas and Waxahachie, Texas, and considers both cities as “home.” At Navarro College Jones majored in Journalism / minor in Mass Communication. Before college, Jones worked as an actor with the local Community Theater, and as an extra/stand-in for award winning feature films, “Places In The Heart” & “Born On The Fourth Of July.” As a freelance writer/novelist, Jones have written several college introductory letters, other contract writing projects, newspaper articles, and three published novels. Literary portfolio also includes a screenplay adaptation of my original fiction novel, “Searching For Eden.”
	Antigone di Sofocle	by Andrea Adriani Oct. 31, 2011	$0.99	8338 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Andrea Adriani was born and lives in Umbria, Italy. Besides his freelance occupation as a structural engineer, he has always been committed to writing and literary fiction. As a dramatist, he is the author of one-act plays, some of which have been performed, as well as of translations and adaptations for the stage. Currently he is working on a series of short stories and a full-length novel.
	A Time Before	by L.M. Hannah Oct. 03, 2011	$4.95	146753 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: I was born in California but moved to Cleveland, Ohio when I was 18 months old. I was raised primarily by my Mother. She was a single Mom and struggled to raise my sister and myself. From her I learned that women could be strong and impendent. She also encouraged me to follow my dream as a writer. I have always written something from creative short poetry to short stories. I have received some awards for my poetry and early writing. When I was in my late 20’s and early 30’s I put away my writing thinking it would never amount to much. Then in my late 30’s I began to write short stories again. It felt good to wake up my muse again. When storytelling is your blood, you cannot purge it no matter how hard you try. My heritage is the reason the story flows. I am nearly half Rromany.(Gypsy) We have a strong oral tradition and are wonderful storytellers. My first novel is A Time Before: It is the first in a serious of books that I have planned. I hope that the second book will be available for down load and purchase next year. Thank You for visiting the web home for L.M. Hannah And I hope you enjoy reading A Time Before. Please feel free to leave your comments and encouragement on this page. L.M.
	12 Short Christian Plays on The Fruits of the Spirit	by William Kritlow Sep. 14, 2011	$1.99	17578 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Indiana born, California raised, a Christian at 9, a returning prodigal at 37, I published my first books with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company when I was 50 and now have 7 novels in print, and a number of non-fiction books, some with, some without my name on them. I'm currently pioneering a Theater Arts Program for adults and children in Fountain Valley, CA. God is working faithfully in His children's lives. My passion is to explore His love and grace.
	The Next 10 Short Christian Plays	by William Kritlow Aug. 24, 2011	$1.99	11948 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Indiana born, California raised, a Christian at 9, a returning prodigal at 37, I published my first books with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company when I was 50 and now have 7 novels in print, and a number of non-fiction books, some with, some without my name on them. I'm currently pioneering a Theater Arts Program for adults and children in Fountain Valley, CA. God is working faithfully in His children's lives. My passion is to explore His love and grace.
	3 One Act Christian Plays	by William Kritlow Aug. 16, 2011	$1.99	19732 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Indiana born, California raised, a Christian at 9, a returning prodigal at 37, I published my first books with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company when I was 50 and now have 7 novels in print, and a number of non-fiction books, some with, some without my name on them. I'm currently pioneering a Theater Arts Program for adults and children in Fountain Valley, CA. God is working faithfully in His children's lives. My passion is to explore His love and grace.
	Fairy Circle	by johanna frappier Aug. 10, 2011	$2.99	91299 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Johanna Frappier lives in Massachusetts with her family of humans, alpacas, cats and goats. She watches the stars for UFOs and loves to go ghosthunting.
	Scenes and Monologues for Actors	by Jay Buckner Aug. 05, 2011	$2.99	24742 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: From Silicon Valley to Northern Virginia, Jay Buckner has been intimately involved in technology marketing for more than two decades. In 2007 he served as the director for the first USAID sponsored agriculture fair in Herat, Afghanistan. In his spare time this native of Brooklyn has written a number of plays and received recognition in the one-act play contest of the Actor’s Theater of Louisville. Several of his plays have enjoyed limited productions off-Broadway in New York as well as Hollywood. In other lives he was a National Park ranger and a lifeguard at Rockaway, Queens. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
	Another 10 Short Christian Plays	by William Kritlow Aug. 03, 2011	$1.99	10843 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Indiana born, California raised, a Christian at 9, a returning prodigal at 37, I published my first books with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company when I was 50 and now have 7 novels in print, and a number of non-fiction books, some with, some without my name on them. I'm currently pioneering a Theater Arts Program for adults and children in Fountain Valley, CA. God is working faithfully in His children's lives. My passion is to explore His love and grace.
	10 More Short Christian Plays	by William Kritlow Aug. 03, 2011	$1.99	8051 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Indiana born, California raised, a Christian at 9, a returning prodigal at 37, I published my first books with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company when I was 50 and now have 7 novels in print, and a number of non-fiction books, some with, some without my name on them. I'm currently pioneering a Theater Arts Program for adults and children in Fountain Valley, CA. God is working faithfully in His children's lives. My passion is to explore His love and grace.
	10 Short Christian Plays	by William Kritlow July 29, 2011	$1.99	10044 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Indiana born, California raised, a Christian at 9, a returning prodigal at 37, I published my first books with Thomas Nelson Publishing Company when I was 50 and now have 7 novels in print, and a number of non-fiction books, some with, some without my name on them. I'm currently pioneering a Theater Arts Program for adults and children in Fountain Valley, CA. God is working faithfully in His children's lives. My passion is to explore His love and grace.
	Little Wild Flower: Unto Others, Amish Fiction, Christian Fiction	by Samantha Jillian Bayarr July 11, 2011	$1.99	61416 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Samantha Jillian Bayarr lives in Florida, where she makes her living as a Parlegal, working in personal injury law. In her spare time, she writes novels, rides her bike on the trail, walks her dog, Sushi, or plays with her cat, Moo-Kitty.
	Der Jadestein	by Stefan Eckert July 08, 2011	$3.99	12577 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Biographie STEFAN ECKERT Geb 3.9.1962 in Passau/Niederbayern - 66-68 Auswanderungsversuch der Eltern nach Kanada. - 68-73 Landshut/Nbb, Schulbesuch mit mäßigem Erfolg - 73-75 München, weiteres Schulversagen - 75-79 München, Abbruch der Schule, Abbruch von drei Lehrstellen (Kfz-Mechaniker, Offsetdrucker, Betonbauer) - 79-82 Berlin, Häuserkampf - 82-84 New York, Charakterbildung - 84-86 Berlin, Häuserkampf II. - 86-90 München, Teilhaber (20%) und Geschäftsführer Restaurant „Zest“ - 88 Geburt meiner Tochter Alisha - 89 Hochzeit mit meiner Frau Angelika - 90-93 München, Geschäftsführung Diskothek „Babalu“ - 93-95 Hamburg, Produktionsleiter „Sonic Press“ - 95-00 Hamburg, Redakteur, Abteilungsleiter, Geschäftsführer MME-Online - 00-08 Hamburg, diverse Operation wg. Gehirntumor - 09 Berlin, Strahlentherapie wg. Tumor - 10 Berlin Tumor besiegt, Neustart als Autor, Maler, Fotograf
	The Princess and the Pad and other Horrifying Humour for Women	by Christine Langtree May 29, 2011	$0.99	5946 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Hello, happy little readers! I've been writing for a lot of years and in a lot of different ways. I have two published books and an award winning short film - Mother of an Attitude - to my name. I've also churned out a lot of magazine articles over the years. I'm a musician, a tarot reader and the mother of two unbelievably great women. What else is there to say? I have a lot of stories to tell and you ought to read them. You can find links to my books - How to be a Child and Naked: Confessions of Adultery and Infidelity on my blog.
	What's Done in The Dark: Volume III	by Solae Dehvine April 18, 2011	$0.99	4977 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: Solaé Dehvine is a 21st century author of, the eBook Carry Yourself Like a Lady, F#%k Like a Porn Star, and the upcoming release of her debut novel Freaks Cum Out. She also is the owner of the best sex blog site online www.sexmentality.com, which is a site full of blogs, erotica miniseries, and eye catching pictures. Solaé Dehvine is known for her erotic stories and her fearless talks about subjects referring to sex. She is more than an author she is an entertainer, intellect, and most importantly a woman with a genuine personality. Check out her youtube page youtube.com/SolaeDehvne and follow her on twitter @SolaeDehvine.
	Finding Home	by Calvin Mofield March 19, 2011	$0.99	17049 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: There is a window in my mind that looks out upon wondrous places where magical things take place everyday. I sit on a stool looking out that window with pen in hand and tablet on my lap taking down all the spectacular things I see there so you can know them too.
	Little Wild Flower Book Two	by Samantha Jillian Bayarr Oct. 17, 2010	$1.99	55524 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Samantha Jillian Bayarr lives in Florida, where she makes her living as a Parlegal, working in personal injury law. In her spare time, she writes novels, rides her bike on the trail, walks her dog, Sushi, or plays with her cat, Moo-Kitty.
	Little Wild Flower Book One	by Samantha Jillian Bayarr Oct. 17, 2010	$1.99	54776 words	Sample 40%
	Author bio: Samantha Jillian Bayarr lives in Florida, where she makes her living as a Parlegal, working in personal injury law. In her spare time, she writes novels, rides her bike on the trail, walks her dog, Sushi, or plays with her cat, Moo-Kitty.
	Milk Maid in Heaven	by Samantha Jillian Bayarr Oct. 16, 2010	$0.99	35629 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Samantha Jillian Bayarr lives in Florida, where she makes her living as a Parlegal, working in personal injury law. In her spare time, she writes novels, rides her bike on the trail, walks her dog, Sushi, or plays with her cat, Moo-Kitty.
	Return of the Medes	by Hamma Mirwaisi Aug. 02, 2010	$4.99	128424 words	Sample 50%
	Author bio: Hamma Mirwaisi is dedicated to the vision of binding together the western, Christian countries, especially the United States, and countries of the Middle East including parts of Asia (the territories of the Achaemenid Empire without the land occupied by Arab’s), through mutually profitable economic interests. Born in Kurdistan/Iraq, in the Kurdish village of Chwar-claw, he spent the early years of his life participating in the struggle to free the Kurds from the tyrannical rule of Saddam Hussein. Hamma and his wife, Showgar, eventually left Iraq in 1975 went to Iran as refugee to be alive after the collapse of Kurdish people revolutions then. Thanks to the Persian, Kurds and Geilani or say Rudbari we survived the Arabs atrocity. In pursuit of a better life Hamma and his wife Showgar moved to North Dakota, USA with their two children in 1976, where Hamma obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota. The following 33 years of his life have been spent working as a Design Engineer and logician, including two years working as analyst and translator in Iraq and Qatar on projects aimed at stabilizing the region. Hamma Mirwaisi currently resides in Castle Rock, Colorado, where he spends his free time enjoying the outdoors and playing with his grandchildren. His passion involves research into the eleven thousand year history of his people and of the many Iranian Empires that rose up during those millennia before their final destruction by the legendary Macedonian, Alexander the Great. Part I and II of this book is based on his research and is a unique analysis of the history of the region and his people using fictional and historical figures to tell the stories of the dynasties which ruled those many millennia before the Christian era. His research shows the importance of Zoroastrianism as a predecessor to, and the evolution of, the religions of the world.
Part III of this book is the story of the life of millions of Iraqi Kurd, but told in the third person, that of the Fourhati, born on the border between modern Iraq and Iran. It is, in its way, a personal representation of the modern and continuing tragic fate of his people, and it is a story still being played out in these early years of the twenty first century. Mullah Mustafa Barzani the leader of the Kurdish people revolutions then promised us Kurds an independent country and democratic system with rule of laws. He was exiled for thirteen years before coming back to Kurdistan. They wrote books about that how hard it was to be away from family and relative for thirteen long years. The Fourhati and his kind are exiled for thirty three years and most of the Kurds are more or less like them. Thanks to Mr. Massoud Barzani and Mr. Jalal Talabani’s, abuses with the help from the USA wrong policy of supporting people like them, the entire Kurdish populations want to get out of the country of Kurdistan now as this book is going to print. Hamma believes that the western Christian countries’ practices toward those regions are unjust and unfair. The western Christian countries’ must have hundred of secret negotiations since Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, crusaders. And later on in the modern days of western Imperialist who divided our people to small countries and creating many false nations for us. The most known and famous one is the Sykes-Picot agreement or treaty in 1916. The treaty was a secret agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom (UK) and France. Both countries are known for their wrong doing against the people in the region. The Russian was part of conspires always from their Peter the Great to modern days.
He also believe that both the people of those “western” countries (Europe, Russian and the US) and the majority of the people living in the territories of the former Iranian Empires are related by blood; and that fact is important to his effort to bring about reconciliation and the development of economic ties between those two regions of the world. A major historical theme for Hamma is the actions of the Greek Empire, and the Roman Empire which followed, using Christian religion to create hatred between the two regions. The Islamic Arab Empire which later conquered the Iranian Empire, and the Islamic Turkish Empire which followed, used their Islamic religion to justify a war with the Christian countries. As time goes on animosity and hatred seem to be building between the two world communities and will have disastrous consequences unless something is done. Hamma also believes that the modern western Christian countries are involved in a conspiracy toward the region. They have been, in this modern era, helping dictators and corrupt rulers with the intention of hurting peoples of Islamic world, especially within countries of the former Iranian Empire. The USA support of Shah of Iran in 1953 is an example for wrong doing. The solution will only be found when these Christian countries stop their wrong and unjust practices in the Islamic world; he can come up with hundred of unfair practice by these powerful countries for example Treaty of Lausanne (July 24, 1923) and many similar treaties. Rich and sophisticated countries can do harm to poor, less sophisticated countries by supporting corrupt governments and then robbing them of the wealth of their resources. History is our witness. In the past the Islamic world was harmed by those Christian countries through colonialism, but both communities are hurting now. The solution to overcoming these mutual difficulties can be found when the Christian countries become willing to help create free elections and a rule of laws not by words as always saying but in reality their actions are different it is as nothing changed. They need to help the indigenous forces within the region which want free elections and the rule of law instead of, as they have in the past and now, helping the evil forces of dictators and corrupt politicians in return for their loyalty and cooperation in looting the country. Cooperation and building are better than conspiracies and destruction. Over two thousand years of animosity won’t be eliminated in a few months however. The people on both sides need education and need to learn that cooperation and that peaceful building that Hamma calls for. In time those feelings will be changed with obvious and appropriate actions.
The population of the world is increasing rapidly. Cooperation serving mutual interests by doing business in peace is essential; it will be far more beneficial for both sides than building bombs and threatening to destroy one another. It is, in fact, the only solution preventing eventual disaster.