Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general

Bird Island    by Paul McConnell
Price: $1.99 USD. 34980 words. Language: English. Published on September 30, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

A modern parable about the dissolution of a Los Angeles neighborhood.
Monkey Say    by S. A. Barton
Price: Free! 2100 words. Language: English. Published on September 29, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

"No interview has made me feel more awkwardly American than the capuchin monkey seated across the small stone table from me." I couldn't think of a better blurb than the lead-in sentence. Really, don't you want to read about what happens when a man interviews a monkey?
The Turn-around Bird    by Lucinda Wingard
Price: $5.99 USD. 88120 words. Language: English. Published on September 26, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Literary.

A modern African American family is hurled to the “end of the earth”— fourteenth century Timbuktu. It’s a time and place teeming with devious djinn, powerful sorcerers, devout Muslim marabouts and fierce Tuareg generals. Above it all reigns Mansa Kankan Musa, emperor of Africa’s legendary Golden Empire. Will he allow them to return to the twenty-first century with their heads still attached?
Roland's Stupendous Imagination And The Native Americans    by Jan Clifton Watford
Price: $2.99 USD. 4630 words. Language: English. Published on September 23, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / Other.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Roland's Stupendous Imagination And The Native Americans is a story of a little boy that is overcome by his imagination and his curiosity about Native Americans. His imaginary adventure takes him to a Native American village where he meets other children his age that introduce him to their culture and legends.
Canadian Freethinker: Fall Equinox Issue    by Doug Thomas
Price: $1.99 USD. 11980 words. Language: English. Published on September 21, 2012. Essay » Sociology.

Canadian Freethinker is a magazine publishing the views of Canadian Freethinkers with occasional American contributors as well. This issue includes and interview with Valdy, an article on the misuse of language to support creationism, and and article speculating about what reality would be like if there really were a god.
The People's Republic    by Timothy Conerson
Price: $0.99 USD. 3310 words. Language: English. Published on September 21, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

See how China takes control of the U. S. and what happens under their control.
Stirring Winds    by Kelly Matsuura
Price: $0.99 USD. 12100 words. Language: English. Published on September 21, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
‘Stirring Winds’ is an Asian Literature Anthology, centering on the theme of life changes and significant moments. It contains six stories: five set in Japan and one in China, ranging in length from 900 – 3000 words.
Dark Spirit    by Rita Karnopp
Price: $3.99 USD. 66530 words. Language: English. Published by Books We Love Ltd.  on September 20, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense.

In best selling author Rita Karnopp's Dark Spirit, published by Books We Love, In'is'kim is infamous for his knowledge of his Blackfeet people and his lectures are sought internationally. But success is not the problem, keeping a step ahead of a serial killer is.
Heritages of Prejudice    by D. Dubuys
Price: $8.99 USD. 88550 words. Language: American English. Published on September 19, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

Heritages of Prejudice is the saga of the de la Chaise family and slavery. In a mini-series format, it begins in 1746 and ends in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina. It is a story of interracial relationships founded on historical data, of love and desire, lust and rape, prejudice and tolerance, incest and homosexuality, and the ongoing negative consequences of slavery.
Hello Gomorrah    by Bud Nilsson
Price: $2.99 USD. 55380 words. Language: English. Published on September 18, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political.

Killed in a car crash, Homer T. Quest arrives at the pearly gates. Learning the hereafter has no sex, coffee nor golf, he accepts a deal from St Peter, returning to earth to study America’s problems. He gives reports to an apprentice angel,in spite of adversity by an old enemy, romance, and a weird companion group; a Japanese lady elitist, a private investigator and a georgous Korean hooker.