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Two Horizons    by Hank Lawson
Price: Free! 121550 words. Language: English. Published on March 17, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

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Great Pyramid, rival priests, romance with a harem (perhaps royal) woman, and jealous Queen prey on God-king Khufu. In parallel to Khufu’s labors, Mehi labors to absolve his family’s crime by self-sacrifice as a pyramid worker. The crime also burdens his love for An-khi, a governor’s daughter who aspires to be governor herself. Will Mehi save Khufu from his enemies, including Mehi’s own brother?
Retablo of Ponce de León    by Enrique Sánchez Goyanes
Price: $2.99 USD. 77940 words. Language: English. Published on March 6, 2013. Fiction » Historical » General.

San Juan de Puerto Rico, fall of 1520. Juan Ponce de León, conquistador and first governor of the island, plans his second voyage to Florida, discovered and named by him seven years previously. Officially, his aim is to found the first city in this territory, of which the Spanish Crown has appointed him as its Adelantado.
Des plages de Dunkerque aux rives de la Loire    by Jean-François Capelle
Price: $10.00 USD. 55820 words. Language: French. Published by Editions Dédicaces on February 27, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

Ce récit romancé est un témoignage à la mémoire de ceux qui, tel que Julien, le père de l'auteur, se sont battus pour la liberté durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, comme soldats, puis avec la Résistance.
Дитя войны. Повести и рассказы    by Игорь Малах
Price: $2.99 USD. 81510 words. Language: Russian. Published by Wiener  Literat on January 23, 2013. Fiction » Literature » War.

Главный персонаж - эмигрант из Советского Союза живёт в немецком городе и работает смотрителем в местном Еврейском историческом музее. В первые дни войны ему, пятилетнему мальчику, вместе с родителями и двухлетней сестрой удалось за несколько часов до прихода немцев уехать из родного дома и под бомбами бежать на восток, на край света. В книгу вошли повести разных лет.
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.

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Short novel based on the true story of a Frenchman who "invented" a country so the Panama Canal could be completed.
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.
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...
Boscutti's Elvis Presley (Novel)    by Stefano Boscutti
Price: $2.99 USD. 58740 words. Language: English. Published on November 10, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire.

Step into the soul of a legend. Increasingly anxious Elvis breaks free from the confines of Graceland on a crazy mission to meet President Nixon and score a Federal Drug Agent’s badge. For the first time in his life Elvis leaves his entourage behind as he hits the road on his own. Will he find what he’s looking for? “Boscutti’s Elvis Presley” is a true rock’n’roll novel. You’ve never seen ...
Garbo's Faces    by Ulf Wolf
Price: $4.99 USD. 116070 words. Language: English. Published on November 4, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Biographical.

Garbo's Faces tells the story of Nachiketa Krishnamurti, a boy raised in India by his paternal grandmother who teaches him to speak with snakes. His father, Jiddu, is a well-known Indian mystic who is rarely home. His mother is never discussed. When Nachiketa is 23, Jiddu reveals to him that his mother is the reclusive Swedish film star, “Harriet Brown” (a Greta Garbo alias).