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Timeline of America: Sound Bytes from the Consumer Culture    by Floyd M. Orr
Price: $3.99 USD. 108410 words. Published on April 27, 2009. .

Timeline is a capsule history of the things that have defined us. It is a lot more than a pop culture trivia book, although no simpler phrase describes it. The chapters are divided into ten timelines that tell the story of America’s development: events, comforts, cars, toys, movies, television, music, nerds, sports, and gossip. Nostalgic stories and an extensive trivia quiz are also included!
Undaunted Heart: the true story of a Southern belle & a Yankee general    by Suzy Barile
Price: $7.45 USD. 51830 words. Published by Eno Publishers  on July 14, 2009. .

At the end of the Civil War, spirited Ella Swain—daughter of the University of North Carolina president—shocked citizens across the state when she fell in love with and married the Union general whose troops occupied Chapel Hill. Suzy Barile separates fact from lore, drawing on Ella’s never-before-published letters that reveal a love that transcended outrage and scandal.
Turning the Tides    by Eugene Elander
Price: $2.99 USD. 72310 words. Published by John McClure on August 11, 2009. .

The ancient Romans asked the question: "Who will watch the watchers?" In our own age as we face the scourge of global terrorism, we must also ask a further question: "Who will turn the tides?" Each of us can play a role in answering both of those questions. "Turning the Tides" by Eugene F. Elander has an important message of confronting the watchers in order to "turn the tides".
Little Big Horn: A Saga of Sitting Bull    by Fayette Jones-Ziegler
Price: $5.99 USD. 13570 words. Published on October 20, 2009. .

Seldom has the story of the Little Big Horn been told in terms Sitting Bull might understand; in a manner we all should see it. But here is such an account, from his early life to the Washita and Little Big Horn and beyond. Fayette Jones-Ziegler has captured the significant events of the great chief's life.
Newton Steel, Rime of the White Whale, and Trilogy(April 23rd, Ode to the Muskrat, On the Passing of the Mantis)    by Fayette Jones-Ziegler
Price: $5.99 USD. 10530 words. Published on October 22, 2009. .

A celebration of the spirit of a little known depression era labor strike, a commeration of Coleridge and Melville, and a collection of three rather Wordsworthian shorter works by the late black and Cherokee poetess from Detroit, Fayette Jones-Ziegler are offered here for your consideration and pleasure.
To the Ends of the Earth: The Last Journey of Lewis & Clark    by Frances Hunter
Price: $4.99 USD. 159940 words. Published on November 24, 2009. .

St. Louis, 1809. Three years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis never felt less like a hero. Trapped in a thankless political job, he's drinking too much and spending money like there’s no tomorrow. Confronted by an unexpected and dangerous enemy, Lewis finds himself drawn into a conspiracy to put him and William Clark at the head of a new American empire.
America-Culture Shock    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: Free! 63760 words. Published on December 25, 2009. .

Culture shock is about the shock of cultures coming together in our world today. This book presents the story of culture shock within America to Americans. This book consolidates twenty years of writing and research about the culture shock experience into a definitive collection of essays, poems, commentaries and stories. They offer practical perspectives for students in high school and college,
Who Killed Emmett Till?    by Susan Klopfer
Price: $0.99 USD. 67960 words. Published on January 5, 2010. .

Susan Klopfer moved to the Mississippi Delta in 2003 as the Emmett Till cold case was re-opened by the FBI. Living at Parchman Penitentiary due to her husband's employment, a notorious compound with a fascinating history, she had the opportunity to take a fresh look at this civil rights ground-breaking event and to meet some of the people who still had the story fresh in their hearts and minds.
The Fairest Portion of the Globe    by Frances Hunter
Price: $4.99 USD. 188820 words. Published on February 11, 2010. .

La Louisiane, 1793...a land of riches beyond imagining. Whoever controls the vast domain along the Mississippi River will decide the fate of North America. It's winner take all...and the losers might include two reckless young soldiers named Lewis and Clark whose dreams of adventure in the West will end in death or glory.
Independence    by Kate Kasserman
Price: $2.99 USD. 184880 words. Published on April 29, 2010. .

An orphaned girl in revolutionary America tries to hide her damning past and save the rebel officer she secretly loves.