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El Camino Primitivo de Santiago en Asturias y Galicia    by Xurde Moran
Price: $2.99 USD. 116860 words. Language: Spanish. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Un singular "Diario de Viaje" en el que nuestro andariego escritor nos revela y comparte sus propias vivencias, sus fotografías, su prosa amena, oficiando para nosotros cual 'guía virtual' en cada una de las etapas del camino. Hagamos de este libro un punto de partida de una experiencia única y muy personal...
Jade    by Belinda Ong
Price: $0.99 USD. 12940 words. Language: Australian English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Historical » General.

Jade remembers her childhood days in Singapore during the 1960s. The third daughter in a family of eight girls, she tells of the difficulties faced by her Ma as she struggles to bring up her girls. Jade's anecdotes of life in her primary school compels us to empathize with her fear and rejection, and rejoice with her achievements. The book concludes with a narrative of a mother's sacrificial love.
Reportage Albanya    by Quelli di ZEd
Price: $0.99 USD. 2830 words. Language: Italian. Published on May 7, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

A differenza degli altri racconti della serie Amblimblone di Max Vergani, quasi tutti umoristici, questo è un toccante spaccato di umanità pur sempre raccontato con l'immancabile ironia che contraddistingue l'autore.
Santa Fe Voices: Poems of New Mexico    by Charles Sullivan
Price: $0.99 USD. 15290 words. Language: English. Published on May 4, 2013. Fiction » Poetry » American poetry.

49 short poems giving voice to the thoughts and feelings of some colorful characters, encountered in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, plus a reader's bonus of 9 tales of the Southwest from the author's recent collection, Uncle Sam's Family: Stories of Exceptional Americans and Their Amazing Animals.
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
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.
Navajo Girl Escapes an Enemy Camp    by Eva Hutchison
Price: $1.99 USD. 4300 words. Language: English. Published on May 3, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

The story is loosely based on stories my mother told me about my paternal great-great-great grandmother (not sure of the greats) who had been captured by the Apache tribe when she was a young girl. Unlike others she was fortunate enough to escape captivity and rejoin her family. Names and other details of the escape were derived from a little girl's memory of more than half a century ago.
Bretwalda    by Maurice Price
Price: $4.99 USD. 50130 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2013. Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom.

Seven Kingdoms all vying for power in the newly conquered British Isles. Only one can be be the overking, or Bretwalda. This is the story of Raedwald, whose remains were found in the Sutton Hoo burial, and his fight to take his small kingdom to supremacy, through battle and skill. His achievement changed the course of history, but do we know the man?
The Color of Lies    by Victoria Breaux
Price: $2.99 USD. . Language: American English. Published on May 2, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Anne-Marie is a beautiful, rich teenager, with gorgeous blue eyes living in California. Her world is unexpectedly turned up-side down, when a strange man comes into her life. He tells her shocking revelations about her family and racial identity, Anne-Marie is forced to question her very existence. She painfully learns that her family is entangled in a generational web of lies.
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.