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Bombardirovka    by Crystal Allene Cook
Price: Free! 122100 words. Published on May 30, 2009. .

Journalist Jada Perlmutter becomes the story she seeks as she travels from Soviet Moscow to the mountainous "South" where her lover Vahan plans to take up being a guerrilla fighter in a new breakaway state. Injured, Jada is transported back to Moscow. Years later, in NYC, the taste of ash in her mouth sends Jada back to the Caucasus to conclude the story she left unfinished.
The Conquest of Oila    by Tony Christini
Price: $0.99 USD. 59610 words. Published on November 3, 2009. .

Fiction of US militarism in Iraq and greater Oila.
Nazar    by Andrew Kooman
Price: $2.99 USD. 4160 words. Published on November 13, 2009. .

The award-winning short story by Andrew Kooman, winner of the 2004 Hobson Prize for Fiction. A young Canadian college student tutors Nazar, a refugee from Afghanistan, in English. Unable to communicate with each other beyond basic words and signs, the young man tries to piece together the story of Nazar’s flight from the Taliban, through Pakistan into Canada.
International Political Economy: Free Trade or Fair Trade?    by Kyle W. Bell
Price: $0.99 USD. 5740 words. Published on December 20, 2009. .

Like it or not, globalization is here to stay. The days of protectionism are long gone. America and the world are trading at levels never seen before in the history of man. As the most recent economic collapse has shown quite vividly, markets are interconnected in a way that an investment banker in London or Shanghai is affected by a mortgage default in Los Angeles or Detroit.
Empire and War    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 64000 words. Published on January 3, 2010. .

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters    by Sam Vaknin
Price: Free! 54570 words. Published on January 3, 2010. .

The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism.
The Many Roads to Japan    by Robert W. Norris
Price: Free! 20780 words. Published on January 17, 2010. .

Originally an English textbook for Japanese university students, "The Many Roads to Japan" tells the story of the adventures of a Vietnam War conscientious objector who had to follow many twists and turns in his life journey before finding his niche in Japan. Suitable for low intermediate and above students. Excellent resource for peace studies. Good story for native speakers of English, too.
Captain Cat    by David Shaw
Price: Free! 9940 words. Published on February 9, 2010. .

This is an audio script. A young British special forces soldier is blinded in Afghanistan. Luckily for him he meets a very special kind of nurse. One who's prepared to do everything a woman can to help a man fight his own despair. But has she found the key to a whole new life for him, a career beyond belief?
The War    by Rolf McEwen
Price: $0.99 USD. 9400 words. Published on February 10, 2010. .

This one-act play presents a dramatic dialogue about US involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five college students, four men and one woman, debate various war issues. Ron challenges each of his friends to join him in a march against the wars scheduled to take place in Portland, Oregon, where the participants are college students.
The Years of Walter Gordon Fischer: Fleeting Moments    by Gordon  Fischer
Price: $4.99 USD. 93160 words. Published on April 2, 2010. .

In a life on the front lines of 80 years of political, military and social upheaval Gordon Fischer has done it all: dancing while bombs landed in Damascus, held at gunpoint in Togo, dating Ms India, skiing with the aristocracy during the Korean War and deer stalking in Scotland. Travel the world and go back in time to see the rich and the poor as you have never done before.