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The Zoo    by Michael Power
You set the price! 74240 words. Published on October 24, 2009. .

Margarita Brown is a seven-year-old girl who wakes from a coma to find herself unable to speak or hear... until she visits the Bronx Zoo where the voice of a giraffe penetrates her silent world. Part contemporary literary novel and part supernatural fantasy, “The Zoo” is an exploration of a girl’s awakening to a world that is filled with both brutality and beauty.
Berserk Revenge    by Mark Coakley
Price: Free! 66640 words. Published on November 7, 2009. .

Berserk Revenge is a literary historical thriller, written in the style of authentic ancient Norse sagas. For lovers of action fiction, poetry and/or alternate history.
Solar Girl and Lunar Boy    by Gabriel Constans
Price: $4.00 USD. 4810 words. Published on November 16, 2009. .

Solar Girl and Lunar Boy is a delightful collection of children stories that taps into their personal inner light to vanquish fear of the unknown (Solar Girl); humorously transforms a common experience from sadness to joy (No Smiling On Wednesdays); breaks stereotypes and teaches earthquake safety in Quake, Shake and Roll; and explores the world of ants and the environment, in As Precious As Gold.
Antithesis    by Pat Whitaker
Price: $2.99 USD. 46820 words. Published by Cooper's Press on November 24, 2009. .

An entomologist seeking answers as to how ants communicate goes to Namibia searching of her long-lost mentor. She finds the answers, but is faced with a question she cannot answer. It's a story of one person’s hunt for the truth. An ‘old school’ work of science fiction, it questions our homocentric view of the universe and our place in it.
Africa Sky Stories    by Tony Crisp
Price: $1.99 USD. 8760 words. Published on November 25, 2009. .

Africa Sky stories are tales which emerged from listening to that old story teller - the deep centre. Having long been walking in the deeps of my unconscious, occasionally the voice of that silent deep tells me a story. Here are some of those stories told me in African mode.
Easy Travels in South Africa    by André Ferero
Price: $0.99 USD. 10590 words. Published on November 25, 2009. .

This is the latest release of the popular Easy Travels in South Africa guidebook, completely revised and updated in March 2012. The book is aimed at independent travelers who want to plan their own trip online and save money in the process. It is written from the perspective of a South African who has traveled extensively throughout the country.
Poverty and Promise: One Volunteer's Experience of Kenya    by Cindi Brown
Price: $7.99 USD. 122080 words. Published on November 28, 2009. .

Author Cindi Brown sold everything to volunteer in Africa. With only her skills and desire to assist others, Brown hit Kenya hard... and then Kenya hit back. Follow Brown's setbacks and victories while getting an insider's view of Barack Obama's Luo homeland, polygamy, cycling past Cape Buffalo, floating past hippos, Sikh weddings, and Luo burials. Book proceeds train Africa's future leaders.
A Lion In The Living Room    by Jennifer Melnik
Price: Free! 790 words. Published on December 2, 2009. .

Alex and his family bought a lion cub in a pet shop. They wanted to give him a good home. George was friendly and gentle, but he was growing fast. He grew too big for Alex’s bedroom...too big to sit in the shopping trolley... and too big for the backyard. The zoo arranged for him to travel to Africa. Will he feel at home in the wild and remember Alex when he visits him?
Remembering Names: Reflections from Kenya    by Andrew Kooman
Price: $0.99 USD. 6650 words. Published on December 14, 2009. .

Andrew Kooman reflects on his time in Kenya while a member of the crew filming E for Everyone: The Mouse and the Elephant. With moving passages of his time in areas of Kenya affected by AIDs and drought, Andrew gives a behind the scenes look of the film that has inspired people around the world.
The Slavery Debate in 19th Century America    by Kyle W. Bell
Price: $2.99 USD. 15650 words. Published on December 18, 2009. .

Slavery is an issue that the United States has had to deal with since the early British colonies. The moral, cultural, economic and political impact of slavery in the United States is profound in its magnitude. Slavery shaped the way our nation was formed in everything from political decisions regarding territory to legal recognition and rights of the nation's inhabitants.