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The Unfeeling Doctor Betwixt Birthing Babies: Poems About Love, Loss, and More Love    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $3.99 USD. 26070 words. Language: English. Published by Olo Books on February 19, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor and satire.

This is the story about a plucky emergency doctor giving birth to two healthy babies—and all the whacked-out stuff that happens in between. Death and disease stalk and smite my family; I'm trying to save lives in the ER and conceive another baby. Warning: this book is less about official doctor-ing and more about my unbalanced life (but funny! And plucky! Did I mention plucky?).
Spiritual Truth & Life Journeys: Biography of Don Kemp    by Jeff Roby
Price: $9.99 USD. 37630 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » New Age » Spiritualism.

At 35 years old a normal midwestern man, barely literate, who grew up bouncing between two families, enduring poverty, rough farm life, grueling army experiences, and challenging medical ordeals, discovers he can talk with a dead Indian girl. Police detectives, politicians, corporate moguls, sports figures, socialites and celebrities consult with him, making him the most popular medium in Indiana.
Rainbow In The Shade - An antiwar poetic autobiography of the happy hippie, The Hippy Coyote    by The Hippy Coyote
Price: $4.44 USD. 15430 words. Language: English. Published by Richard Del Connor  on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Deported from the USA in 1970, our artistic antiwar musician was exiled in Newfoundland, then hitchhiked Canada and North America, singing of love, peace, and the joy of life. Watching wars, murder and abuse perpetuated by generation after generation, Coyote's poetry of peace was watered by the blood of friends and relatives as he watched the world suffer from his "rainbow in the shade."
The Potatoe Valentine & Other Love Poems    by The Hippy Coyote
Price: $4.44 USD. 19240 words. Language: English. Published by Richard Del Connor  on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Motivation and inspiration.

Searching for answers from his past to unlock the success of his future, Coyote dug out his memories of past lovers and the women he'd lived with in the 1970s. He uncovered a wealth of romantic feelings. Unable to discover any guilt or blame he may have earned, Coyote emerged in a newborn passion for life, and a confidence in his abilities and compassion.
Constable for Life: Chronicles of a Canadian Mountie    by Chuck Bertrand
Price: $2.99 USD. 40790 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Law enforcement.

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This collection of short stories presents the reader with a refreshing view of policing. Entwined with the many humorous tales are some that tell of the darker realities of life. The Constable for Life anecdotes relate how a common sense, well-rounded individual attempts to police in the square mould of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
As Good As It Gets    by Sam Pizzo
Price: $9.99 USD. 46760 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

"AS GOOD AS IT GETS" From 150 MPH TO MACH 3  2100 MPH A glimpse of Air Force assignments that certainly places them in the category of the title of the book. A career that started by  flying 30 sorties over Europe in a  B-17 bomber during WWII then a tour in B-29 bombers flying alert sorties, which was followed up by flying worldwide RB-47 recon missions around Soviet territories.
James Jesus Angleton: was He Right    by Edward Jay Epstein
Price: $4.99 USD. 20970 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Political biography.

A new biography of James Jesus Angleton by Edward Jay Epstein that asks the question: was he right after all? Angleton was the legendary head of CIA counterintelligence during most of the Cold War.his rise, fall, and the astounding revelations that emerged in the CIA after his death. Epstein .spent hundreds of hours interviewing him to understand the mind of this unique mind warrior.
Mary G. Shaw's Life – Psychic from Birth    by W.W. Donham
Price: $2.99 USD. 33710 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.

A biography of a psychic medium from the Midwestern United States. This fascinating account of the life of a renowned medium chronicles the struggles and achievements of a true psychic medium, Mary G. Shaw. A macabre, magical and inspiring account of the life of the renowned medium. (Edited by Brandon Straun)
Stolen Away... A True Story    by Jeanie Blanton-Trimble
Price: $8.99 USD. 15260 words. Language: English. Published on February 18, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Cultural heritage.

The amazing tragic true story of the kidnapping of my mother, Eugenia, when she was just a young girl. Not only was she "Stolen Away" once in a failed kidnapping effort, but the very same kidnapping took place again a few years later. This is a tragic story of a young girl's plight after being given away to a loving family when she was only a baby and then torn from their loving arms.
Foy Short, A Life in Southern Africa    by Gardner Hall
Price: $0.99 USD. 69110 words. Language: English. Published on February 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Religious biography.

Biography of Foy Short, a pioneer evangelist who lived in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe from 1922 through 1995. The book explores not only the traditional hazards he faced as a “missionary” (wild animals, primitive tribesmen and dangerous travel) but also the doctrinal and spiritual challenges that he had to battle in establishing churches of Christ and training African teachers.