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A Light In The Darkness: Insight from a Christian Southern Gentleman    by Ernie Nivens
Price: $9.95 USD. 36220 words. Published on March 24, 2009. .

Ernie invites us to get in touch with the intended meanings of the biblical text and pursue those meanings not only through the experiences of the biblical writes, but also through our own everyday experiences. His love for God’s Word is very evident. His readiness for his convictions, shaped by many years of experience, to be reshaped is challenging. His humility is genuine.
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Last Great Pennant Drive, 1957    by John Nordell
Price: $4.99 USD. 19410 words. Published by Tribute Books on May 27, 2009. .

A rundown of the Dodgers last summer in Brooklyn.
The Entitled    by Frank Deford
Price: $12.95 USD. 83550 words. Published by Sourcebooks  on June 29, 2009. .

From six-time National Sportswriter of the Year and NPR commentator Frank Deford comes a richly detailed, page-turning tale that takes you deep into America’s game. From the dugouts to the tabloid scandals, from the lights of the field to the glare of the media, The Entitled is the great novel of baseball’s modern era.
The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery    by Andrew Kent
Price: $4.99 USD. 84430 words. Published on September 2, 2009. .

What Lies Beneath? In this, his second published case, Johnny’s hired by a bio-tech mogul facing a bizarre form of blackmail and a disruptive pattern of corporate espionage. Within hours, Johnny’s drawn into a mirrorscape of secrets and half-truths. He soon discovers a cabal exploiting a venerable Boston landmark as part of an even more sinister plot. Can he defeat the Green Monster?
Playing the Baseball Card    by Wilson James
Price: $0.99 USD. 31370 words. Published on January 1, 2010. .

A story about personal courage and determination. Devin’s mother died six years ago, and he helps look after his younger brother while their father works as a baseball pitcher trying to make it into the major leagues. Just when it seems that things are looking better, tragedy strikes again. Now, it’s all up to the young teen as he tries to make it work for what’s left of his small family.
Turning Back The Clock    by John Fitch V
Price: $3.99 USD. 95570 words. Published on January 7, 2010. .

Greg Patterson has just watched his beloved Boston Red Sox lose to the New York Yankees in the 2003 American League Championship Series, when he gets a radical idea: Build a time machine to make sure that one of baseball history's worst sales - the sale of Babe Ruth - never happens. But as he's researching out that fateful event, he runs along another piece of info that he had never known.
Tony Towne and the Fearful Summer    by Michael D. Massaro
Price: $0.99 USD. 33330 words. Published on January 20, 2010. .

Hula hoops, the space race, the great American pastime. Life in the 1950’s should be a slice of Heaven, but 10-year-old Tony Towne feels like he’s in a much hotter place. He tries to fit in with his baseball-obsessed friends, but is failing miserably. When he beats the neighborhood bully, life starts to improve, but can he overcome his greatest fear to save his brother’s life?
A Hundred Years (plus) of Solitude...    by J Dean
Price: Free! 380 words. Published on January 25, 2010. .

A poem decidated to the Cubs and their North side fans in Chicago
Summers Run: An American Boyhood    by James Cotton
Price: $4.80 USD. 87280 words. Published on March 1, 2010. .

Claude Kinkade moves to the family farm and with his cousin Nathean Summers, helps form a Little League team for the local farm boys. Nathe is a film star from the 50s-60s and becomes the father figure Claude desperately seeks. Claude's mother Daisy, however, is launching her singing career in Las Vegas and expects Claude to join her. Whose wisdom will decide his future, Daisy's or Summers' Run?
Paying For Glory    by Sue Carswell
Price: $9.99 USD. 47600 words. Published on April 3, 2010. .

Did you enjoy reading: The Notebook, Field of Dreams, The Natural, or Tuesdays with Morrie? Sue Carswell, has written a debut commercial novel, Paying for Glory, which incorporates themes from all of these books, although her book is clearly original. At the heart of the book are secrets, and it begs to ask the question do you pay for glory?