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Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin    by Susan Neiman
Price: $6.99 USD. 96530 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on August 22, 2010. .

Berlin--East and West, day and night--in the 80s before the Wall fell. Through the eyes of a U.S. philosophy student. And Jewish, which makes for moments awkward, poignant, crass, funny, and always lurking. A city was divided, America the occupier, and the cigarettes not named Salem because it sounds too Jewish. The debut memoirs from the author of Moral Clarity, a N.Y. Times "2008 Notable Book."
Silent Shadows    by Eva Maria Knabenbauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 69440 words. Published by Amolibros  on December 14, 2010. .

The division of Germany into two separate countries during the Cold War disrupted many lives, leaving many in the East to become the victims of a vicious system. Anni struggles to come to grips with memories of those who sought to oppress her and vivid recollections of a passionate love affair that ended with her escape to the West.
Echoes    by Eva Maria Knabenbauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 49690 words. Published by Amolibros  on December 14, 2010. .

The common thread running through all twelve stories of this collection is that they are based on subsidiary characters of Eva’s novel Silent Shadows. Mostly, the stories are snapshots of life in the former GDR or they afford glimpses into the re-united Germany, and in this they are unashamedly political. But, above all, each story is about the trials and tribulations of the human condition.
Stumme Schatten    by Eva Maria Knabenbauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 3520 words. Published by Amolibros  on December 14, 2010. .

ie Aufteilung Deutschlands nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in zwei voneinander getrennte Staaten hat viele Menschenleben beeinträchtigt, und viele im Ostteil Lebende wurden zu Opfern eines unnachsichtigen Systems. Anni besucht nach dem Fall der Berliner Mauer ihre alte Heimat Aschersleben, jene kleine ostdeutsche Stadt, aus der sie mit zwanzig Jahren flüchtete.
Baumholder 1961    by Charles Deemer
You set the price! 19910 words. Published on December 29, 2010. .

2 GIs in the Army Security Agency, stationed in the Sin City of Europe, face a personal crisis on the night the Berlin Wall goes up.
The Decade Time Forgot    by Max M Power 
Price: Free! 1020 words. Published on February 1, 2011. .

A essay about memories of the 80's.
After Eden    by Eva Maria Knabenbauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 36450 words. Published by Amolibros  on March 31, 2011. .

Having been kidnapped the night before, Alexander regains consciousness and finds himself tied up – legs and feet – imprisoned within a cold and dismal cellar. He fights the rising panic and asks himself: where am I? How did I get there? Is this because of Tunchen? His suspicion that he is deemed responsible for East German Stasi crimes gradually turns into certainty.
Die Eine und der Andere    by Eva Maria Knabenbauer
Price: $4.99 USD. 31310 words. Published by Amolibros  on March 31, 2011. .

Nachdem Alexander in der Nacht zuvor entführt worden war, erlangt er sein Bewusstsein zurück und stellt mit Schrecken fest, dass er gefesselt in einem kalten, düsteren Keller gefangengehalten wird. Er wehrt sich gegen die aufkommende Panik und fragt sich:Warum?
The Last Man's Dead    by Guy B Rogers
Price: $6.95 USD. 122280 words. Published by Strict Publishing International  on April 25, 2011. .

Espionage, political and military intrigue, double agents, seduction, murder, lust and love may have been part of everyday life for some of those living in Berlin during the years it was a divided city. For a few, like Rudolf Hess incarcerated as the sole prisoner in Spandau prison, life was simpler, and yet he held secrets that would be politically devastating if he were free to reveal them.
Gunning for the Buddha (story)    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 10940 words. Published on June 23, 2011. .

You know what they say - if you meet Buddha on the road, kill him. A group of misfits pile into their souped-up '75 Firebird and travel the world in search of false Buddhas. This band of anti-establishment punks have also stumbled across the secrets of time travel (hint: it involves bridges). Strap on your seat belt for a violent ride through time and space, in search of Buddhas on the road...