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The West Old & New    by Susan Roberts
Price: $0.99 USD. 19350 words. Language: English. Published on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Contemporary essays on life in western Montana as well historical stories based on true events.Articles about museums, people and events past and contemporary.
Stories of Vietnam    by Truong Buu Lam
Price: $1.99 USD. 15360 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

This book narrates 14 fairy tales,legends of Vietnam.Although it is illustrated,it is not a children book for such books usually narrate an edited version of their stories.This book submits an unexpurgated text. It thus addresses parents and grandparents who yearn to reacquaint with things heard or read long ago. Children may look only at the images and start fantasizing their own legends, tales.
An Attorney's Guide to Secession    by Rik Kluessendorf
Price: $1.99 USD. 7180 words. Language: English. Published on January 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

The author offers up a path by which a group of people may secede from the United States, peacefully, legally, and successfully. In doing so, the author examines the relationship between states, citizens, and the United States government. This short work is intended as thoughtful political entertainment.
The Sixties, A Generation of Innovation and Imagination Revisited    by Lily Silver
Price: $1.99 USD. 9830 words. Language: English. Published on January 21, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century.

The decade of the 1960's was one of the most challenging of the twentieth century. The sixties brought us the Summer of Love, the Beatles and the civil rights movement. It was a time of communes and drug experimentation. Take a peek back into this exciting era to discover a generation fighting for massive social, religious & political changes we take for granted today.
Pilgrimage:Exploring the Ancient Towns of France    by Garry McDougall
Price: $1.75 USD. 5570 words. Language: English. Published on January 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

Be inspired! Pilgrimage explores France's ancient towns on the Way of St James, many travellers passing too quickly, without knowing their incredible stories. It relives the pilgrim's journey with affection and bite, lovingly written, with a vibrant and passionate pen. Commentators say Pilgrimage is “beautiful poetic writing", written with “Inspired metaphor”, “to a breathless walking rhythm
Pilgrimage: Meeting France and Spain's Pilgrim Towns    by Garry McDougall
Price: $1.75 USD. 6350 words. Language: English. Published on January 14, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

Seen 'The Way' to Santiago de Compostella, Spain? Want to know more about the ancient pilgrimage towns? Perhaps you’ve walked it. Be entertained with articles on Astorga and three other Spanish towns. This is off-the-scale travel writing: comic, affectionate, using 'inspired metaphor'; 'beautiful poetic writing', '... to a breathless walking rhythm.'
Three Articles: The Dark Knight Rises, Bronson & The Prestige    by Lee Adams
Price: Free! 3980 words. Language: English. Published on December 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Christopher Nolan is one of the most profitable and influential directors of the last decade, with films such as the Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception. But is Nolan an inherently boring director, or, a "man who dreams by Powerpoint"?
Earth Star: A Monograph on the 1977 Vision of Battlestar Galactica    by Steven O'Donoghue
Price: $2.99 USD. 12660 words. Language: English. Published on December 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Television.

The Battlestar Galactica franchise has undergone many changes throughout its history, from the books by Richard Hatch to the reimagined TV series of Ron Moore. This monograph goes back to the beginning to undercover the earliest version of the show. Examining unused scripts, storyboards and other production documentation, it reveals the universe of Battlestar Galactica 1977.
Schlock Sleaze & Cheesy Bs    by Ian Watson
Price: Free! 12340 words. Language: English. Published on December 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Entertainment industry.

Sexploitation! Shocksploitation! Blaxploitation! Grindhouses and drive-ins may be gone, but the b-string and basement budget pictures that played them have endured. With their bad acting, drooping mikes and constant mix of day/night shots, you wouldn't call them well-made but there's a strange appeal to their raw, unrestrained shenanigans. Welcome to the golden age of Exploitation Cinema!
Kubrick vs King - The Shining (1980) vs The Shining (1997)    by Lee Adams
Price: Free! 1630 words. Language: English. Published on November 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » History & Criticism.

Stephen King disliked Stanley Kubrick's interpretation of his novel The Shining so much he produced his own six hour made for TV version. This article compares King's efforts to restore his original vision with Kubrick's supernatural masterpiece.