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Out of the Void - The Primal Scream Story    by brendan yates
Price: $4.99 USD. 52510 words. Language: English. Published by Empire Publications  on February 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Artists, architects, & photographers.

Few bands have persevered like Primal Scream. From leather-clad indie icons to electro punk rockers, they have frequently appealed to and surprised their followers in equal measure since their chaotic beginnings in the mid '80's.
An Accidental Cowboy    by Jameson Parker
Price: $2.99 USD. 73070 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on February 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

Not long after Simon & Simon went off the air, the author was shot twice and left for dead. Physically, he recovered fairly quickly. Psychologically, however, the effects were far more severe and long-lasting, sending him into a spiral of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. As a result, almost by accident, he ended up in a world of horses and cattle and ranching that helped him survive.
The Young Romantics: Writers & Liaisons, Paris 1827-37    by Linda Kelly
Price: $4.95 USD. 57210 words. Language: English. Published by Starhaven  on February 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography.

Linda Kelly sketches in the political background as well as the literary beginnings of the French Romantic movement... She traces the rise and decline of Romantic theatre from 'Cromwell' to 'Ruy Blas', with piquant cameos of the famous prima donnas, the most - perhaps the only - independent women of their time, except of course the unique Georges Sand. -- The Washington Post
CIA Bride    by Thornton Barnes
Price: $5.99 USD. 70390 words. Language: English. Published on January 31, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

CIA Bride is a biography of the life of Velma and Werner Weiss, a CIA family starting during World War II when Velma worked for the CIA in England and continuing into Area 51 in the Nevada desert where Werner, a.k.a. the Desert Fox, commanded Project OXCART, the CIA's A-12 Mach 3 spyplane. The author worked with Werner Weiss at Area 51 and remained a close friend of Velma Weiss until her death.
Preserved Ginger    by Barry Johnstone
Price: $4.99 USD. 65150 words. Language: English. Published on January 31, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Preserved Ginger is a kind of loose biography, being the life stuff of a retired orchestral musician. (Old enough to know better and too old to give a s…) I’ve developed some reasonably firm views over the years, and being utterly unknown I enjoy the complete freedom to have a stab at anything I feel like - right or wrong
Naked in Budapest - Travels with a passionate nomad    by Heather Hapeta
Price: $4.99 USD. 96370 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » Trip Journals.

Whether naked in Budapest, canoeing down the Zambesi, sailing the Great Barrier Reef, eating durian in Malaysia, cooking in Athens, shaking hands with the King of Cambodia, watching bear cubs in Alaska, visiting Gracelands or having a young Egyptian lover, Heather says she feels most alive when on the road. A slow traveler, Heather gets to know locals, eat their food & learn something as she goes.
Last Year    by Merlin Douglas Larsen
Price: Free! 23440 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

A short tribute to the memory of my best friend, Rocky Russo. We shared slot car racing, war games, wrote war games rules together, argued history, religion sometimes, had a soul mate kind of relationship as pals, yet were as different as two men can be in most things. Closeness in the presence of so much difference is a mysterious thing....
Uniform Decisions: My Life in the LAPD and the North Hollywood Shootout    by John Caprarelli
Price: $7.99 USD. 46670 words. Language: English. Published by End of Watch Publishing  on January 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Law enforcement.

"Uniform Decisions: My Life in the LAPD and the North Hollywood Shootout," by Officer John Caprarelli. February 28, 1997 - Los Angeles was the scene of a botched robbery at a Bank of America. Officer Caprarelli was one of the first officers at the scene. Before a national TV audience, he confronted one of the robbers, provoking a gun battle and exchanging numerous shots before the gunman fell.
Well of Life    by Roderic Anderson
Price: $4.99 USD. 68990 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Gay and lesbian.

Well of Life is Roderic Anderson’s memoir up to age 18. Born into affluence until when he is four, his artist father becomes unemployed and the family have to survive the Great Depression on the little he makes from private commissions. At school Rod becomes interested in left wing politics and at puberty realizes he is gay but is scared to reveal his true feelings.
Betty's Black & Blue Bottom    by Louis Kahn Nin
Price: Free! 2490 words. Language: English. Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction » Erotica » BDSM.

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A man goes to a Los Angeles dungeon and finds that spanking a slave-for-hire can be rather transgressive for the sinful soul.