Fiction » Literature » Biographical

Clay Rockets    by P. R. Jimson
Price: $0.99 USD. 1240 words. Language: English. Published by Mossy Feet Books  on January 18, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

One magic day Ricky saw the future and using his hands and modeling clay molded the dreams of a new age.
I Took Panama: The Story of Philippe Bunau-Varilla    by Rodolfo Leitón
Price: $1.99 USD. 34090 words. Language: English. Published on January 13, 2013. Fiction » Historical » USA.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
Short novel based on the true story of a Frenchman who "invented" a country so the Panama Canal could be completed.
Cookie    by P. R. Jimson
Price: $0.99 USD. 1050 words. Language: English. Published by Mossy Feet Books  on January 11, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

Ricky Huening made a lot of friends during his lifetime, but the most treasured was for an old man that taught him to make wine.
Inspiration    by Donald Meisenheimer
Price: $0.99 USD. 83770 words. Language: English. Published on January 8, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

In 1936, when sculptor Gutzon Borglum is counting on FDR’s attendance of the Jefferson head’s unveiling at Mt. Rushmore, a “news-hawk” reporter arrives to investigate his role in the founding of the KKK. Rumor has it that years ago he also stole his younger brother’s identity. To silence her story, Gutzon invites his employee, a Lakota veteran of WWI, to help him confront her at her hotel.
Rockin' The Bronx    by Larry Kirwan
Price: $9.99 USD. 101290 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on December 21, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.

The Bronx is burning in 1980-82. John Lennon is being stalked, Bobby Sands is dying, the Reagan Revolution has begun and AIDS is about to be identified. Sean arrives from Ireland searching for his girlfriend, Mary. He finds a lot more than he's looking for, including Danny McCorley, a hard-hitting, book-loving, construction worker with a shadowy past in the Irish Republican movement and a secret.
Thunder    by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 3630 words. Language: English. Published on December 8, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Drama.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Her husband was a good friend of mine. I respected him, and would never betray him. Never. Or so I told myself often enough. Implored myself often enough. To no avail. For has the man, or woman, seen the light of day who can withstand desire right out of the original wrapping?
Viva la vida (english version)    by Quelli di ZEd
Price: Free! 110670 words. Language: English. Published on December 2, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

Warning: experimental translation (hybrid) Viva la vida it is the history of a trip. A trip undertaken for a long time in camper by five united friends, together from the times of the crayons to wax, to celebrate the marriage of one of them. The vacation, the goodbye to the bachelorhood that unrolls him along the roads of the whole Italy, becomes also however the point of turn for...
Strange Days    by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 2120 words. Language: English. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

I have a theory that Bach is God. I think it will survive scrutiny if you follow and allow it. If not "God" God then at least of the same substance. I have no doubt. Now, God’s music entered me with such force, in such volume, and of such beauty that I had to let it flow through me and out through my arm and hand and fingers and pen as ink on white paper, or I would drown in beauty.
La mort de Balzac (édition préfacée par François L'Yvonnet)    by Octave Mirbeau
Price: $4.99 USD. 14960 words. Language: French. Published by Editions de  L'Herne  on November 19, 2012. Fiction » Classics.

Les pages consacrées à la mort de Balzac ont fait scandale, car mettant en cause la respectabilité de madame Hanska, icône balzacienne, qui aurait entretenu avec son amant, le peintre Jean Gigoux, des relations charnelles pendant que son mari, Honoré, agonisait dans la pièce voisine.
What The Doves Said: The Shenaas-Nameh (Book Three)    by Mojdeh Marashi
Price: Free! 7170 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

Eager to find the truth about her parents' divorce, the author examines her mother’s shenaas-nameh (identification card) in this third installment, hoping to find answers. This brings back memories of betrayal, greed, and sadness.