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Amateur Rebel    by John Ivor
Price: $2.99 USD. 59000 words. Published by Darling Newspaper Press  on June 28, 2008. .

Maggie, an interpreter, believes justice can’t be achieved without just rulers, so she fights corrupt despots of an 1830s British Colony. And tries not to fall in love with Jeremy, her hot-headed foolish ally. Magistrates commit murder, the natives mistake a missionary as an incarnation of the Rainbow Serpent come to evict white settlers, and Maggie could lose her head - literally!
Captain Striver    by John Ivor
Price: $3.99 USD. 52740 words. Published by Darling Newspaper Press  on August 12, 2008. .

Family in disgrace, a penurious young sea captain dreams of creating a British colony to replace lost America. Against him stand Admiralty, Government and the influential British East India Trading Company. Nevertheless, if only he can marry into wealth . . . Based on true events, this fictional autobiography is Book Two of ‘Strive’, dreamers of The Great Southland, published hardback in 2000
The Food Boutique    by Ian Buchanan
Price: Free! 1540 words. Published on June 26, 2009. .

Yukio was a demented old-school chef with an unhealthy obsession about food wastage.
Hiroshima Sunset    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 84590 words. Published on July 23, 2009. .

In 2007, self-publishing author, Amanda Blackburn accepts an assignment in Japan to help exonerate the name of a former soldier who served in the post-war Australian occupation army in 1946. The soldier’s damning exploits are revealed in a journal written by an unidentified veteran. A tender love story set against the background of Atomic devastation.
Saints and Relics    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 105550 words. Published on July 23, 2009. .

A casket containing a remarkable relic of a 17th century nun, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, is stolen from a devout society in France by one of its members, a priest from Sydney. The priest, Father James, secretly entrusts the casket to two women in Monterey Creek, a small country town in New South Wales. The Society immediately sends Monsignor Henri Pascal from Paris to recover the casket.
Andrea's Secret    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 114080 words. Published on July 23, 2009. .

In early 1974, a pregnant Andrea Steedman leaves home to conceal the birth of her daughter Mary Therese. A few months after she has given birth, depressed and confused, she agrees to an adoption under highly irregular circumstances. Twenty two years later on her deathbed, Andrea reveals the existence of her daughter to her wealthy brother Warwick, who promises to find Mary Therese.
Thin Blood    by Vicki Tyley
Price: $3.99 USD. 80050 words. Published on October 5, 2009. .

A stockbroker’s wife disappears. Blood on his hands and an adulterous affair with the missing woman’s younger sister sees him charged with murder. With no body and only circumstantial evidence he walks free. Ten years later, journalist Jacinta Deller decides to investigate, only to become embroiled in a warped game of delusion and murder.
The Cicada    by Inge Meldgaard
Price: $4.99 USD. 151190 words. Published on October 30, 2009. .

In the year 2450, Earth, having survived war, famine and environmental disaster, is finally at peace, and is governed by the World Federation of Nations. At a principal research site in Melbourne, Australia, and at four similar facilities, scientists are assaulted and vital data stolen. Federation investigators soon realise they are dealing with a dark conspiracy that stretches across the globe.
Didgeridoos and Didgeridon'ts: A Brit's Guide To Moving Your Life Down Under    by Vicky Gray
Price: $9.99 USD. 47880 words. Published by Bookshaker.com  on November 24, 2009. .

Didgeridoos and Didgeridon’ts is a collection of short, personal experiences Vicky Gray and her family encountered during the first year of their new life down under. In addition to entertaining diary entries, inspirational stories from other expats, top tips and vital resources, the book is crammed full of well-researched information on everything you need to know to survive and thrive...
An Accidental Atheist    by John Kelly
Price: $7.99 USD. 87800 words. Published on December 2, 2009. .

Australian author, John Kelly gives us this delightfully funny, yet poignant, bittersweet account of life in Australia both past and present as he confronts the challenges he faces and tackles his demons both real and imagined.