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Nobunaga World    by Darvin Babiuk
You set the price! 28060 words. Language: English. Published on July 1, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

A collection of short stories about modern Japan, told from from the perspectives of both native Japanese and expatriates living in Japan.
SAFFRON SEPTEMBER: A Muslim Woman's Story    by Aliya Anjum
Price: $4.99 USD. 99410 words. Language: American English. Published on July 1, 2012. Fiction » Women's fiction » General.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Zara grows up privileged, in Pakistan. By the time she reaches her late twenties, she is single and no longer welcome in her home; death, illness and an arranged marriage has broken family bonds. She leaves Karachi, Pakistan to seek a new life in America. What begins as a quest for a new life turns into a journey of faith. This is the story of Zara and Ali's struggle to find eternal bliss.
The Sitar    by Rebecca Idris
Price: Free! 70210 words. Language: English. Published on June 24, 2012. Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » Lesbian.

From the bowels of middle-class England, bona fide Brit Muslim lesbian Jaya Chakarbatti belies her mild-mannerisms and leads her group of Lassi Lesbians from their urban Midland terraced houses to the smelly back alleys of London's gay Soho, to seek out other Gaysians. Snapshooting Britain and navigating the world of Bollywood drag queens, and the choice between reading the Quran or The Pink Paper
The Indian Girl's Definitive Guide to Staying Single    by Nivi Engineer
Price: $2.99 USD. 14150 words. Language: American English. Published on June 21, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

"IT professional seeks Hindi-speaking homely girl with US citizenship who can cook and make chai. Please send biodata and photo." This indispensable guide may offer answers to those questions plaguing single Indian women everywhere: - Does this sari make my marriage photo look fat? - If I drink chai, but no Indian sees me, do I become more marriageable? - How can I avoid marrying that guy?
Shores of Despair    by Merit Gogo-fyneface
Price: $4.90 USD. 27010 words. Language: English. Published on June 15, 2012. Fiction » Romance » Contemporary.

A tale of the challenges in the lives of two young women in Nigeria...vividly depicting routines and life in rural and urban Nigeria.
Lehua--Ka'ao a Ka Wahine (Lehua--The Story of a Woman)    by Gene Parola
Price: $2.99 USD. 96710 words. Language: English. Published on June 14, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Colonial America.

(5.00 from 1 review)
TOP IN GENRE AWARD, 12/2012. In 1819, the Hawaiian Queen, Ka'ahumanu destroyed the native religion five months before the arrival of the missionaries. Kanaka royalty rushed to convert leaving the common people to deal with a confusing and often contradictory set of choices. Lehua, a royal, comes of age at this trying time and seeing the people abandoned by their leadership, takes up the challenge
A Sense of Justice?    by Henry Meghaizel
Price: $0.99 USD. 2000 words. Language: English. Published on June 10, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Can justice be served while damaging an entire village? Can Justice be served by punishing the innocent? This is a dilema of a village who found itself choosing between the good of one against the good of the village. A love story that went wrong by the overprotective parent.
Celtic Heart    by Eliseo Mauas Pinto
Price: $0.99 USD. 5850 words. Language: English. Published on June 9, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

The Claddagh Ring, perhaps one of the most related expressions of the celtic heart symbolism, plus other remarkable motifs from the Celtic culture make this E-Book a quite amusing one to be read.
My Crazy Diary    by Rachel Murphy
Price: $2.99 USD. 11730 words. Language: English. Published by DoroClem Publishing  on June 5, 2012. Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure.

A young man working on his PhD thesis visits a remote village while doing some research. What he encounters is a very backwards society that is still very much into their traditional beliefs. They do not believe in modern medicine and instead rely on traditional healers. The young man has a new goal. He tries to bring modernisation to the society and meets his future wife in the process.
The Innocent Ones    by Barbara Holden
Price: $2.99 USD. 10090 words. Language: English. Published by DoroClem Publishing  on June 4, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family.

The Innocent Ones is a story about a woman who loved her daughter (Nina) so much that she unwittingly causes her daughter a lot of pain. She practically rejects all her suitors and the daughter is not given the chance to say a word about it. This resulted in two children, which were born out of wedlock. Before she dies, she marries off her daughter to a herbalist in exchange for money owed to him.