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Road to Avonlea - Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	24616 words	Sample 15%
AS SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER RACHEL LYNDE SETS OUT to Alexander Abrahamâ€™s farm in search of a truant pupil, so too does Felix (with the help of his sisters and cousin Sara) to warn his schoolmate of her impending arrival. But Felix, Sara and Mrs. Lynde not only find themselves thrown together in Mr. Abrahamâ€™s parlor, but quarantined too â€” with the old curmudgeon, Alexander Abraham.
Road to Avonlea - The Materializing of Duncan McTavish	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	21383 words	Sample 15%
SARAâ€™S DREAD AT HAVING TO ATTEND HER FIRST SEWING circle turns to delight, when she discovers that as much storytelling as sewing goes on there. And the best story of all is Marilla Cuthbertâ€™s, of a long-ago suitor named Duncan McTavish.
Road to Avonlea - Song of the Night	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	24407 words	Sample 15%
WHEN SARA AND HER KING COUSINS GO EXPLORING THE old, run-down Lloyd mansion â€“ and discover the reclusive Old Miss Lloyd within â€“ Sara makes it her mission to discover the secrets behind Old Lady Lloydâ€™s lonely, reclusive life.
Road to Avonlea - Story Girl Earns Her Name	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	24213 words	Sample 20%
AFTER MISTAKENLY HELPING A CON MAN TO RUN OFF with the proceeds from a Magic Lantern show, which were intended for donation to the school library, a remorseful Sara takes it upon herself to raise the money again, launching one disastrous scheme after another â€” until she comes upon the idea of her own Magic Lantern show.
Road to Avonlea - Journey Begins	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	27078 words	Sample 15%
SARA STANLEYâ€™S LIFE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN WHEN HER adored father is threatened with financial ruin. To protect her from scandal during this crisis, he determines to send her and her Nanny Louisa from their Montreal mansion to Prince Edward Island â€” her late motherâ€™s birthplace, and home to a family she has never known. Thus begins Saraâ€™s journey, on the road to Avonlea.
Wind At My Back - Something From Nothing	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	25010 words	Sample 15%
FAT'S BEEN BITTEN - BY THE ACTING BUG. ALLOWED to participate when a travelling stage show comes to New Bedford, Fat is dazzled by the footlights and now has ears only for the applause of an adoring audience. He thinks he's found his calling - until Grandmother Bailey finds out about his plans, of course.
Wind At My Back - My Dog Pal	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	25216 words	Sample 15%
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HUB AND FAT: THEY HAVE been entrusted to "dog-sit" Pal, the town's beloved collie, Grandmother Bailey even agreed! But trouble starts brewing when Pal is accused of terrorizing the next-door neighbor's prize-winning chickens. And things go from bad to worse when Grandmother Bailey's purse disappears and guess who looks like the culprit? Pal, of course.
Wind At My Back - Nerves of Steel	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	27580 words	Sample 15%
IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. HUB'S GOOD AT EVERYTHING - including all the sports that Fat finds impossible. So when Max Sutton, the local schoolteacher, puts together an athletic team to compete for the Fall Fair's Human Pyramid Contest, Hub naturally is right in the thick of things. But as the pyramid nears completion, everyone realizes someone Fat's size is just what the team needs.
Wind At My Back - Leaving Home	by Sullivan Entertainment May 08, 2012	$4.99	26457 words	Sample 15%
LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. HUB AND FAT KNEW THAT the Great Depression had come to their home town - their friends and neighbors are now very poor and even food seems scarece - but they didn't think it would affect them. After all, Dad did own the local hardware store. Then the bank forecloses on Jack Bailey's loan, and everything changes - fast.
Giant Cannon	by celal Boz May 07, 2012	$2.99	2118 words	Sample 20%
I would like to brief you about the story in a nutshell, it's quite short, of its entirety last about 15 min. A Quick Historical SIFI Novella for kids (6-16) by Celal Boz, Year 1700, Place Ottoman Empire, Istanbul
The Duchess of Chittenden	by Heather Mar-Gerrison May 07, 2012	$2.99	56288 words	Sample 35%
Emilia is married to Isaac Wolseley, Duke of Chittenden, but neither love each other - she is secretly in love with his cousin and as for Isaac - well he is in love with his best friend. The situation is intolerable for both of them so Isaac makes a decision to fake his own death to release them both from the marriage...
Dog Man	by NIGEL FLANAGAN May 07, 2012	$2.99	46315 words	Sample 20%
A wanted war criminal, a vengeful family, murders and racist assaults in 1990s Leeds. Who is The Dog Man? Auschwitz means different things to different people. But what does it mean to the Dog Man? The last of the Holocaust Survivors and Nazi War Criminals join forces with the young to fight over the meaning of history.
The Leper's Bible	by D Reeder May 07, 2012	$0.99	10158 words	Sample 30%
At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries the monks who remain at Fountains Abbey are struggling. It is a time of intrigue, corruption and power politics. Within the hallowed hush of the scriptorium two monks are working in companionable silence. Until a shocking revelation challenges their relationship. Will the corruption of others destroy any hope of a miracle? Is belief in God enough?
Archimedes of syracuse: Leonardo da Vinci's Mentor	by Monte Anderson May 07, 2012	$3.99	106084 words	Sample 20%
In 1499 Leonardo da Vinci is hired by Cesare Borgia as a military engineer. He begins to work on a steam canon that had orginally been the idea of Archimedes 1800 years earlier. Leonardo tells Cesare the story of Archimeds and how he made many discoveries in mathematics and science.
The Gypsy Man	by Ronald Florence May 07, 2012	$4.99	145905 words	Sample 20%
The Gypsy Man is a novel of the gypsy holocaust, a story of obsession, love, revengeâ€”a tale of the gypsies' unique experience in the Nazi extermination camps, of one man's decision to avenge those experiences and to make his story heard, and of one woman's decision to defy boundaries and help him.
The Chaperone Bride	by Marina Oliver May 07, 2012	$7.99	72328 words	Sample 5%
A brand new regency romance from Marina Oliver, author of over 60 books. Joanna, destitute after her gambler father's suicide, is offered a marriage of convenience. Sir Kenelm needs a wife as a chaperone, since governesses are reluctant to live in a widowerâ€™s household. The twins, children of his first wife, reject her as new mama and the governess resents her.
Children of the Cromlech	by John O'Neill May 06, 2012	$3.99	25907 words	Sample 30%
Three young Irish growing up in the unromantic Ireland of the 1930's... As children they meet around a secret Druid's stone for illegal smokes... They follow very different paths, but later their lives reconnect in surprising ways when the Stone is destroyed and the village is bitterly divided... At last, however, they all find their own hard-won enlightenments.
The Indisputable Legend of Thomas Parr: The Secret & The King	by Sofia Diana Gabel May 06, 2012	$0.99	14286 words	Sample 20%
1583 England. Thomas Parr, 100 year-old simple country gent, forgetful, but with a high libido and a passion for cider ale, is kidnapped and taken to Ruthven Castle in Scotland where the Earl of Gowrie wants to know his secret to long life. During his time at Ruthven, Thomas meets the Earl's wife, Lady Daphne and the young 16 year old Scottish King James who has been held prisoner for a year.
Fabia Virgen Vestal	by Juan Carlos Morales May 06, 2012	$2.99	30398 words	Sample 15%
En el aÃ±o 73 a.C. Fabia, la mÃ¡s bella de las vÃrgenes vestales, es acusada de haber roto sus votos de castidad. La decisiÃ³n de iniciar una peligrosa relaciÃ³n la lleva a enfrentar un juicio en el que si resulta culpable, la condena serÃ¡ morir enterrada con vida. Sin importar la verdad ni el resultado del juicio el fuego sagrado de Vesta continuarÃ¡ ardiendo con su llama eterna.
Eureka	by Warne Wilson May 06, 2012	$0.99	6727 words	Sample 20%
A fictional tale of a friendship bond between four men of different backgrounds, who came together to dig for gold in the rush following the discovery of gold in Victoria Australia in 1852. Without looking for trouble they were caught up in the aftermath of the battle at Eureka Stockade uprising against police license hunts and British red coated soldiers.
Beyond Betrayal	by Christine Michels May 06, 2012	$3.99	105359 words	Sample 8%
Fugitive, Samson Towers took the identity of a dying lawman to become the sheriff of Red Rock, Montana, but his pursuit of the beautiful widow, Delilah Sterne, could destroy his new life. The lady gambler was drawn to the handsome sheriff. But as the truth was revealed, Delilah feared sheâ€™d played the wrong cards, and sentenced the man she loved to death. Could their love exist BEYOND BETRAYAL?
I am Grey Eyes a story of old Florida	by Bill Ryan May 06, 2012	$4.99	107159 words	Sample 20%
20 May 1767 a Seminole Indian called Grey Eyes and some 25 Indian boys drove 500 cattle from Colerain Georgia on the St. Mary's River to a destination in South East Florida a distance of about 106 miles. The British Governor of Florida credited "my friend" Grey Eyes with finding a route for a new roadway. This is the story of a most unusual Seminole as told by Grey Eyes himself.
Armada	by Robert Carter May 06, 2012	$3.99	222147 words	Sample 20%
Forget Captain Sparrow! Time travel to the real Carribean of 400 years ago. See galleons filled with Mexican gold. Watch as Queen Elizabeth's ministers, Burleigh and Walsingham use Drake and Hawkins to humble the power of Phillip II of Spain. Feel the hopes and fears of Tudor England in this rich drama with all the historical detail of Patrick O'Brien and the storytelling of James Clavell.
Emerald Love	by Elizabeth Chater May 05, 2012	$2.99	125895 words	Sample 20%
While en route to India, just as the Sepoys are about to mutiny against their British occupiers, eighteen year-old Tania is proposed to by two men.
Steel Vengeance	by Jorgen Flood May 05, 2012	$0.99	13084 words	Sample 30%
Third of five adventure stories dealing with World War 2, tank warfare, love and survival. In these books we follow two cousins that fight for opposite sides in the war. Steel Vengeance pick up where Steel Queen ended. We follow Tommy Fletcher, an English tank commander, through the Italian Campaign in 1944 and 1945. Book four will follow soon.
Trooper Hansel - Book 1 of The Saga of Willard Hansel	by r. William Rogers May 05, 2012	$0.99	74737 words	Sample 15%
Set around the battlefields of Lexington, Missouri, this is the mostly-true story of Willard 'Bud' Hansel and Zeke 'Junebug' Jamison. It depicts the grim realities of what was the downright hatred and vengeance that helped shape the lives of those who fought the Civil War.
Less Than Nothing: a novel of Anasazi strife	by Jeff Posey May 04, 2012	$4.99	89276 words	Sample 30%
When the Crab Nebula Supernova appeared on July 4, 1054, it hung like a tiny sun in the daytime sky. What did the ancient ones of Chaco Canyon, N.M., do when they saw this unpredicted event? Went into a cannibalistic frenzy. It takes the combined efforts of the Chaco mob, a secret society of mad-as-hell women, and Tuwa with his band of orphans to try and make their world right again.
The Knights of Derbyshire: Pride and Prejudice Continues	by Marsha Altman May 04, 2012	$4.99	86408 words	Sample 20%
In Altman's fifth book, the Darcys and the Bingleys have grown and thrived, and their children are ready to enter society. But social discontent in Derbyshire threatens the safety of everyone.
"Still Life in Red" by Joyce Hinrichs and Jean Sweeney	by Jean Sweeney May 04, 2012	$1.99	80100 words	Sample 20%
A little larceny, a lot of New-Age paranormal and some shaman-induced mysticism pull audacious art teachers Hope Bloom and Dottie Stout into the remarkable world of Vincent Van Gogh.
A Rose in Summer	by Gayle Mullen Pace May 03, 2012	$2.99	196277 words	Sample 15%
Heart of A Rose Series: Book 2. The exciting conclusion to A Rose Beneath the Snow! Miranda Kingswood has been reunited with the man who abandoned her, and she strives to discover why he has no memory of her. The Earl of Hawk, determined to secure his inheritance, declares that their marriage will last the required one year and after that he will seek a costly divorce.
Horus	by Ashley MacGregor May 03, 2012	$0.99	12333 words	Sample 20%
In the land of Egypt myths are born of legends. Along the Nile legends are born of great deeds. The god Horus tells the story of his deeds on earth as a man. Great deeds made him Pharaoh, goodness saw him pass through heaven to join the gods. But can his momentous feats defeat evil? In the end Horus has a solution, and his triumph leaves a legacy future pharaohs will live and breathe with.
Brian: A New Beginning	by Wanda Thompson May 03, 2012	$2.99	19088 words	Sample 20%
Bronislav's heart sank as he realized just how much work it would be. Did he really think it was worth all the hard work he would be up against? 'Yes,' Bronislav thought,'this will be means to an end. It will be worth it in end.' 'How he wished he had never come to this country. Everything was so different; the customs, the language and especially the people!
Tinker	by Jamie Crothall May 03, 2012	$0.99	38962 words	Sample 20%
Ronald Tellman is heading home to attend the funeral of the mother he has come to resent - one of the reasons he left the village of his birth seven years ago. Yet another hand from the past reaches out to him. A voice only he can hear, from deep within the family home, calls out to him. A voice he has tried for years to ignore. Perhaps the time has come to finally listen.
112 Mercer Street	by Sal Aiello May 03, 2012	$2.99	61022 words	Sample 20%
112 MERCER STREET/ SYNOPSES YA suspense novel: 11-16 years old German Nazi forces have invaded France and are overtaking the rest of Europe. It is the year before the United States enters into World War 2. Benoit DeChamps, an eminent scientist and his family are secreted out of Occupied France and sent to live in Princeton New Jersey across the street from Albert Einstein. It is there that tr
Charmed By Knight	by Marie Higgins May 02, 2012	$2.99	77999 words	Sample 20%
Victorian historical. Can a mistaken identity ruin Megan Ramsey's life...or make it better?
Blood of the Wolf	by Charles Mackie May 02, 2012	$2.99	48168 words	Sample 10%
In this, the last of Charles Mackie's "Wolf Trilogy", a race against time brings Alastair Hogeston face to face with the grim handiwork of James Stewart, youngest son of the Wolf of Badenoch.
I Am Diving: A Play In Three Acts	by Joseph Valentinetti May 02, 2012	$5.99	11824 words	Sample 20%
The play is a fiction based on fact. The misunderstanding of his condition (fugue)is the reason for his dishonorable discharge from the Navy. The story concerns the events that lead Jack York to be in Dallas on November 23, 1963.
The War Comes to Witham Street	by Jean Grundy Fanelli May 02, 2012	$4.99	121582 words	Sample 20%
Life, loves and intrigue in Lincoln during the Second World War. A rest and recuperate scheme for two servicemen, one British and one American, places them with two families. The effect they have on those who have offered the hospitality is profound.
No Cause for Concern	by David Wishart May 02, 2012	$4.99	40156 words	Sample 20%
The thirteenth in the Marcus Corvinus historical crime series, set in 1st century AD Rome
Lace Curtain Irish	by P. L. O'Sullivan May 02, 2012	$4.99	97811 words	Sample 10%
Julia Hanlon wants to achieve the American dream, but an Irish-American girl has limited options in Chicago in 1887. Her brother Daniel can help her realize her goal, but family secrets are driving them apart. Daniel must confront their mother and expose the past, but time is running out for Julia.
Awakening - A Medieval Romance (Book 1, The Gresham Chronicles)	by Saskia Knight May 01, 2012	$0.99	13055 words	Sample 10%
Lady Angelique Gresham is a wealthy widow who is determined to remain free of the cruelty and control of marriage, even to her ex lover, Guy de Lacey. Determined to win her over, Guy tempts her with a night of passion in which she can realize her fantasies but is one night enough for Angelique to find the strength to trust not only Guy, but her own heart?
By Right of Blood	by Lorrieann Russell May 01, 2012	$2.99	106327 words	Sample 20%
William Fylbrigge is ill prepared to claim what is his by right of blood and his place among the powerful clan he has been born into. His older brother Thomas doesn't want to share what he thinks is rightfully his, secretly arranging to have the young lad killed in a convenient "accident." William could lose everything, including his life.
The Last of the Bird People	by John Hanson Mitchell May 01, 2012	$3.95	69763 words	Sample 10%
John Hanson Mitchell's new novel is about a secretive band of mixed-race hunter-gatherers who had lived, undiscovered, in the Swift River Valley of Central Massachusetts, for many generations. This book, takes the form of a legal deposition found at Harvardâ€™s Peabody Museum, is the story of the fate of these retiring, peaceable people and the young anthropologist who first contacted them.
The Devil's Wolf	by Karen Michelle Nutt April 30, 2012	$2.99	25233 words	Sample 15%
Romance Historical Novella ~ Sensual ~ Lady Catrione Johnstone knows of the Devilâ€™s Wolf and his ruthless exploits. Captured and held for ransom, Catrione vows to fight to the end. However, the myth is nothing like the man. In his arms, she forgets he is her enemy. Will the magic of love bring peace to the feuding clans or will it only inflame the hostilities?
Take My Heart	by Marie Higgins April 30, 2012	$2.99	85026 words	Sample 20%
Switching roles and the pursuit of freedom come together in the hunt to discover who can be trusted and who is really the traitor during the Colonial times.
Mariota	by Charles Mackie April 30, 2012	$2.99	43083 words	Sample 10%
Charles Mackie's second part of the trilogy about The Wolf of Badenoch.
Last Stand at Bitter Creek	by Tom Rizzo April 30, 2012	$3.99	69213 words	Sample 20%
Full-Length Novel A patrol of soldiers massacred... A hidden gold shipment missing... A priceless U.S. historical document stolen... An undercover agent betrayed, and on the run... For Union Army spy Grant Bonner, the war can't end soon enough. Tired of living a life of deception, he desperately wants to put his past behind him, but agrees to one last assignment.
Bulow Gold	by Bill Ryan April 30, 2012	$4.99	109283 words	Sample 20%
The Bulow family of Florida in 1821. Immense wealth, courage and planning of Charles Wilhelm Bulow who begans what would become the largest plantation in Florida. Here is the lost journal of "Aunty Mary" who was Bulow's housekeeper. This well researched story takes you from 1812 to present time as two geneology researchers seek to unlock clues to a great treasure in gold reportedly still there.
Longshanks	by Forrest Sherwood April 29, 2012	$4.95	47049 words	Sample 20%
Robert Hood seemed destined to a life of hard labor until a stroke of genius put him in the role of a simpleton. The role had a few drawbacks, so he planned a ruse to reverse the condition when the Lord Edward "Longshanks", heir to the throne of England, purchases him as a gift to the King of Spain. He is "found out" by the Prince and he fast talks to save his skin. Edward sees using him as a spy.
La Virada Por La Estela de la Adversidad: El Cuarto Viaje Desafortunado De CristÃ³bal ColÃ³n	by Richard Philbrick April 29, 2012	$4.99	105868 words	Sample 20%
This dual-language book about the calamitous fourth voyage of Christoper Columbus is designed for English-Speakers studying Spanish. The Spanish text is shown in boldface followed immediately by the English translation in italics. One can easily read the book in Spanish as one normally would or quickly check the translation to see how good their comprehension is.

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