Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes

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Flowers in the Dust    by Myriam Alvarez
Price: $4.99 USD. 88890 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Hispanic & Latino.

Can two people from opposite worlds forge a life together? Chola is a young woman raised in Catholic South America. Hans is the son of a wealthy Jewish family from Berlin. They don't speak eachother's languages; yet there is a strong attraction. After they marry, Hans' addictions surface, as war breaks in Europe and Chola must host her husband's family, escaping Nazi Germany.
Tea Party Teddy    by Dianne Harman
Price: $2.99 USD. 69480 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Hispanic & Latino.

Tea Party Teddy is a political tell-all novel about Sacramento, California politics - the public corruption, infidelity, and greed that affect a newly elected Assemblyman. His world slowly unravels as he succumbs to the power of his office. The ultimate irony occurs when his wife becomes romantically involved with the founder of the Republicans for Latinos.
Child With No Name    by Valentine Williams
Price: $5.00 USD. 47970 words. Language: English. Published on May 4, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

A little girl is orphaned in the Boxing Day Tsunami. No one knows who she is or what language she speaks. An aid worker visiting the orphanage discovers her name and wants to reunite her with family members, but the orphanage is in rebel held territory. A ransom is demanded. Aid worker Claire enlists her mother in a daring rescue attempt to free the child, and is punished. Based on a true story
The Wind Caller    by P. D. Cacek
Price: $4.99 USD. 81230 words. Language: English. Published by Bob Booth on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Horror » General.

There is much conflict in Richland, Arizona, including the longstanding conflict between the "white" and the "red,." But these all pale in comparison to what brews between Native American schoolteacher Sky Berlander and her estranged grandfathers, as a feud which has divided their family will finally come to a head over an ancient and terrifying birthright — the power to control the wind itself.
India Treasures: A Novel of Rajasthan and Northern India through the Ages    by Gary Worthington
Price: $4.99 USD. 267560 words. Language: English. Published on December 13, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

In this monumental work covering the sweep of Indian history, a search through a maze-like fortress for a Maharaja's legendary treasure weaves together tales of danger and romance, and of spiritual and artistic triumphs. "Worthington has wonderfully captured the mystique and adventure-soaked atmosphere of Rajasthan, with its golden forts and the awe-inspiring desert." --The Statesman, New Delhi
Deceptive Cadence    by Timm Rolek
Price: $3.99 USD. 50730 words. Language: English. Published on January 10, 2013. Fiction » Historical » General.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Musicians and spies in counterpoint at the twilight of the Cold War.
Marriage Of Deceit    by Pushpa Ramchandani
Price: $1.99 USD. 30150 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American.

Her parents chose a suitable match for her, though not matching in any way to their status but known to them .She also consented being taken in by his charm and looks. Her married life took off well but alas! it did not last long.
Inner Diva    by Laurie Larsen
Price: $0.99 USD. 52650 words. Language: English. Published on August 12, 2012. Fiction » Romance » Contemporary.

0.5 star(4.60 from 5 reviews)
Theater manager Monica is tired of being her family's first choice to help out at a moment's notice. They assume she has no life of her own, and they're right. She volunteers to be a Big Sister to a fatherless Hispanic girl, Luisa. She never dreams she'd fall in love with Luisa's older, brooding, gorgeous brother. Nor does she imagine that Carlos is the key to achieving her dreams. But it's true.
Uncle Sam's Family: Stories of Exceptional Americans and Their Amazing Animals    by Charles Sullivan
Price: $0.99 USD. 52750 words. Language: English. Published on December 30, 2012. Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories.

Uncle Sam's Family includes 44 short stories and folk tales about exceptional Americans and their amazing animals, such as Black Bart the stagecoach robber, Cinderella of Santa Fe, Crook-Jaw the whale, Honest Abe Lincoln, Johnny Appleseed, Judge Roy Bean and his pet bear, John Henry, Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Babe, Rip Van Winkle, Rosie the riveter, and Two-Toe Tom the giant alligator.
Troll    by Richard Sutton
Price: $2.99 USD. 62920 words. Language: American English. Published on October 4, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Ancient.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
At what point did humanity learn to fear each other? To hate? Paleo-Anthropologist Ariel Connor thinks she knows. She just can't prove it yet, but her newest find, high in a Norwegian Valley may give her the proof she needs. Those scary stories we've told our children to keep them from roaming too far outside the gleam of the porch light may have come from real incidents, many, many years ago.