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Where it went    by Brian Tomaine
Price: $0.99 USD. 1250 words. Language: English. Published on May 16, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Alternative history.

In February of 1865, the full moon failed to appear. Where did it go? An inquiry.
鹿鼎记    by ronghua xiang
You set the price! 8010 words. Language: Chinese (simplified). Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Alternative history.

《鹿鼎记》作为金庸的封笔之作,一直被众人奉为武侠小说经典中的经典,由《鹿鼎记》原著改编的影视剧作更是影响了几代金庸迷。 《鹿鼎记》讲述了出身于妓院的少年韦小宝,凭一时之勇搭救了落难的江湖好汉茅十八,又阴差阳错地假冒小太监,成为少年康熙驾前第一红人;他既是天地会总舵主的关门弟子,被寄予反清复明重任;他又艳福齐天,娶得七个如花似玉的夫人;他不肯反清,只因当今皇上是好朋友小玄子;他不肯剿灭天地会,只因不愿坏了江湖义气;他不学无术,却是天下第一好运的小无赖;他建功无数,却懂得功成身退。本书更似一部历史小说的神来之笔。 金庸(1924年2月6日-),香港“大紫荆勋贤”。原名查良镛,当代著名作家、新闻学家、企业家、社会活动家,《香港基本法》主要起草人之一。金庸是新派武侠小说最杰出的代表作家,被普遍誉为武侠小说作家的“泰山北斗”,更有金迷们尊称其为“金大侠”或“查大侠”
Touch    by Ulf Wolf
Price: Free! 4420 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

It certainly seems that this physical universe or ours is here to stay. But what if you don’t like it here anymore? What if you want to get out? And what’s the game here, anyway? Is there a game? Well, yes, there is.
Running Red River    by Jason Blacker
Price: $0.99 USD. 8600 words. Language: English. Published on April 13, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Historical.

Running Red River is a story about what might have happened if the founding of America by Columbus had turned out differently. What if the original inhabitants had been visited before by ancient astronauts? Running Red River is barely a man. The son of the leader of the Run'oonin. On a warm, sunny day he watches as ships sail in from the ocean and land upon the shore of his land.
Slouching Towards San Hozay    by Javaid Qazi
Price: Free! 2410 words. Language: English. Published by Float Street Press  on March 17, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

Chaos ensues in San Hozay. The guerillas have turned to mercenary userers and real estate agents in their attempts to overthrow us. Winds from the Bay, heading south towards the NO-MAN'S-LAND of Gilroy and Morgan Hill waft their odor over our bunkers. The smell makes our wives restive. They go into frenzies. The Guerillas are cunning. They know our weaknesses.
Ready Reference Treatise: Wide Sargasso Sea    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 9000 words. Language: English. Published on March 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

“Wide Sargasso Sea” appears to be acting as a prequel to Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. The story of the novel “Wide Sargasso Sea” revolves around Antoinette Cosway (who was known as Bertha Mason in Bronte’s novel “Jane Eyre”).
Ready Reference Treatise: Pamela    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.50 USD. 4340 words. Language: English. Published on February 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

“Pamela” by Samuel Richardson is also titled “Virtue Rewarded.” It is an epistolary novel. The book was first published in 1740. The story revolves around a maid servant named Pamela Andrews.
Ready Reference Treatise: Bread Givers    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.99 USD. 4350 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

“Bread Givers” by Anzia Yezierska was first published in 1925. The story of the novel revolves around the growth of a Jewish American girl. Her immigrant parents are originally from Poland. The story presents the complete details of her growing up in that house-hold.
Ready Reference Treatise: Darkness at Noon    by Raja Sharma
Price: $1.50 USD. 3680 words. Language: English. Published on January 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides.

“Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler was first published in 1940. It is considered as his best known work.
Redescobrindo a Amazônia    by Rayel G. C. Barroso
Price: $0.99 USD. 5480 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on January 22, 2013. Fiction » Adventure » General.

Redescobrindo a Amazônia é mais uma obra do escritor Ráyel G. C. Barroso. Desta vez, Ráyel nos brinda com uma narrativa surpreendente, um verdadeiro convite a descoberta de um passado fantástico e de um futuro revelador para a Amazônia. A mistura de ficção e história faz a leitura deste conto ainda mais excitante.