Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general

Dum Dum Castle    by Yasin Aziz
Price: $7.00 USD. 35980 words. Language: English. Published by Amolibros  on April 19, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Medieval.

Novel based on a well-documented historical account of a long battle in 1609–10 between Kurds and the Safavid Empire. The battle took place around a fortress called Dimdim, located in the Beradost region, near Lake Urmia in north-western Iran.
A Golden State of Mind / Golden Daze    by Geoffrey Wong
Price: $3.99 USD. 185930 words. Language: English. Published on April 18, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Coming of age.

Coming-of-age adventures of an Iowa farm boy amid the colorful traditions and rituals of the University of California . . . of love lost and found - found and lost . . . untold origins of Louie, Louie, casino craps, psychedelic art and the secret odyssey of Buddy Holly’s glasses.
Le récit des inséparables , Ou la mue de Boujelloud    by aghzaf brahim
Price: $10.00 USD. 12670 words. Language: French. Published on April 17, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

« C'est du dedans de lui-même que l'homme fait le monde comme il le voit. » (SHAKESPEARE) « Je suis la lune voilée ... Je suis sourire d'automne ... Je suis arbre sans feuilles » Par Ma femme : Naïma Ben M’Barek-
Pulling Back the Earth    by Mark R. Turner
Price: $2.00 USD. 17310 words. Language: American English. Published on April 15, 2013. Fiction » Drama » American.

For believing there are other people beyond this world who may be able to save humans from extinction a young couple is banished to a quest outside the world to return only if they find other people. She is 9 months pregnant by the time they discover their own sacred writings in a strange camp guarded by large, pale, babbling creatures. Will their words be stolen and their heir be devoured?
Mama Om    by Smyth Wang
Price: $5.99 USD. 184730 words. Language: English. Published on April 14, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

An egotistic and perverse English lad who was taught to see his "coloured" views from a different perspective with the assistance of an old patient and humble Chinese lady who came to live with his family. His "white" ideas and views eventually came to a coloured ending.
Story Tell    by Flavio Stroppini (a cura di)
Price: $2.99 USD. 7010 words. Language: Italian. Published by Gabriele Capelli Editore  on April 4, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Guglielmo Tell scoccò, colpì la mela e divenne l’eroe nazionale Svizzero. A cosa pensò quando tutti i presenti trattennero il fiato? Trattenne il fiato anche lui? Al progetto partecipano autori della svizzera Italiana e tra loro, per scelta del curatore, anche una selezione di artisti di altri campi (cinema, teatro, pittura, musica, giornalismo).
The Weird Life of Joshua Mirabene    by Garden Urthark
Price: $0.99 USD. 12130 words. Language: English. Published on March 31, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

Set almost entirely in the Washington, DC, suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century, Garden Urthark’s Weird Life of Joshua Mirabene will thoroughly familiarize you with one strange life story.
Treasure of the Ages    by Klym Polishchuk
Price: $7.99 USD. 21970 words. Language: English. Published by Sova Books  on March 30, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

This book is the first English translation of the Ukrainian ‘Treasure of the Ages’ by Klym Polishchuk. It contains seven short stories, in which the author retells legends heard from various characters during his travel across Ukraine in turbulent revolutionary times, when the Soviet government was establishing itself in the country. This edition of the book includes commentaries and illustrations
The Cook's House    by A. Vernon Richmond
Price: $2.50 USD. 11110 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

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Set in the rural Mississippi Delta of the 1950s, The Cook's House is the story of a privileged white boy growing up with the synergism of his family, his small community, and a colored lady, the cook. As a boy would, he took for granted her kindness and the richness of her wisdom. She was his unconditional champion and became a lifetime companion in his heart.
Progresso in marcia    by Emilio Biagini
Price: Free! 38700 words. Language: Italian. Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.

C’è progresso e progresso. Quello tecnologico è neutro, né buono né cattivo: dipende dall’uso che se ne fa. E poi c’è il Progresso, con la “P” maiuscola, il trionfo dell’umanità orgogliosamente protesa verso la propria autoaffermazione, la propria autodeificazione, che culminerà nell’anticristo. Da quel “Progresso” Dio ce ne scampi e liberi.