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The Man Behind The Brand - Around The House    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 8000 words. Published on November 30, 2010. .

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Maytag, Kellogg. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson or Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s look at the men behind the names we see when we look around our house.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Lunar Module (LM) Reference    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 58920 words. Published on August 6, 2011. .

Every major component and system on the incredibly successful LM is covered in detail. It provides one of the best technical, nuts-and-bolts descriptions of the LM available. From the abort guidance system to the lunar surface sensing probes, every part of the Lunar Module is described - a genuine treasure-trove of facts and historical information about man's greatest engineering achievement.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Apollo 11 Official NASA Mission Reports and Press Kit    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 129930 words. Published on October 11, 2011. .

Four comprehensive official NASA documents - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - chronicle the historic mission of Apollo 11, which accomplished the first landing of humans on the moon in July 1969.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing with Unique Observations about the First Lunar Landing - Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins    by Progressive Management
Price: $8.99 USD. 93940 words. Published on December 6, 2011. .

This official NASA document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provides the complete transcription of the historic Apollo 11 post-flight debriefing given by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on July 31, 1969.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Unconventional, Contrary, and Ugly: The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (NASA SP-2004-4535) - Design and Development, LLTV, Armstrong    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 107280 words. Published on December 10, 2011. .

This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - is the complete story of the important training vehicle for the Apollo moon landings, the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) and the later version, the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV).
First Monday Murder    by Lisa Love Harris
Price: $4.95 USD. 73410 words. Published on March 6, 2012. .

Driven by her mantra of 'peace, love, and all the good stuff' and her junkin' addiction, Jimmie Rae cruises the Texas blacktops looking for vintage treasures and unique antiques. She gets more than she bargains for when she finds a stash of stolen goods in a junk store bathroom and then discovers a fellow antique dealer murdered at the flea market.
Famous Names; Forgotten People - 250 Stories of Forgotten People Behind Our Brand Names    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $5.00 USD. 132530 words. Published on April 26, 2012. .

Howard Johnson, Milton Bradley, Oscar Mayer, Russell Stover, John Deere. Real people all. Here are the stories of 250 men and women whose products became household names. Many are inspiring, some are dispiriting (David Buick, raise your hand) but may none be forgotten.
Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program: Astronaut Oral Histories, Group 1, including Anders, Armstrong, Bean, Borman, Cernan, Collins, Cunningham, Duke, Evans, Gordon, Haise, Mattingly    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 232460 words. Published on August 2, 2012. .

The fascinating oral histories of a dozen famous Apollo lunar program astronauts - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provide new insights into this extraordinary effort, with vital observations about an era of space history that changed the world.
Adversary    by S. A. Barton
Price: $0.99 USD. 7130 words. Published on October 9, 2012. .

For ten thousand years, the people of the habitats have lived in fear of Adversary, the focus of evil in the solar system. One family, however, has grown to doubt the truth of the old tales. The four of them will challenge evil itself with nothing but a single shuttle and their heretical curiosity...
Little Satchmo    by Sharon Folta
Price: $2.99 USD. 23150 words. Published by VSA on March 18, 2013. .

To the world, Louis Armstrong is a symbol of musical genius, unparalleled success and unassailable character. To Sharon Preston Folta, he was, simply, Dad. Folta is the product of a long affair between the married musician, and the vaudeville dancer Lucille Preston. Little Satchmo is an extraordinary tale of identity, loss, and one daughter’s ultimate search for truth—and her father’s love.