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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.
Joseph P. Day: The Great Salesman    by Daniel Alef
Price: $0.99 USD. 2580 words. Published on July 18, 2009. .

Joseph P. Day, the great salesman, sold about a third of the Bronx, a third of Queens and large swaths of Brooklyn during his lifetime. In one 12-hour auction he sold 1,574 properties. Day was the quintessential New Yorker. Day's story is a text-book lesson on what it takes to become a great salesman, and his 10 rules for success a menu on the qualities and characteristics he espoused.
Better Off Dead In Paradise    by John Carinci
Price: $1.09 USD. 82610 words. Published on September 14, 2009. .

Better Off Dead In Paradise is the sequel to Better Off Dead, which told the story of Frank Granstino, a younglife insurance salesman who got trapped the Mafia into writing life insurance policies on people who ended up dying mysteriously. Frank almost killed was saved by the FBI. Now in thise sequel the Mob catches up to Frank in the Cayman Islands, and the chase begins. Action packed thriller!
Better Off Dead    by John Carinci
Price: $1.09 USD. 93620 words. Published on September 17, 2009. .

Young Frank Granstino knew that selling life insurance would be a tough business even though he had only started selling six months before. But he never thought that it could cost him his life. After all, who knew that Tony Vongemi, a restaurant owner who had been feeding Frank people to write insurance on, was in the Mob? When Frank's clients start dying he realizes that something is dead wrong.
Look Up, Brooklyn! A Walking Tour of Bedford/Stuyvesant    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 3500 words. Published on January 10, 2010. .

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural sites and ecclesiastic touchstones and provides step-by-step directions.
Look Up, Brooklyn! A Walking Tour of Brooklyn Heights    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 4820 words. Published on January 10, 2010. .

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Brooklyn Heights from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural sites and ecclesiastic touchstones and provides step-by-step directions.
Look Up, Brooklyn! A Walking Tour of Park Slope    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 6600 words. Published on January 10, 2010. .

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Brooklyn's Park Slope from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural sites and ecclesiastic touchstones and provides step-by-step directions.
Look Up, Brooklyn! - A Walking Tour of Williamsburg    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 4530 words. Published on January 10, 2010. .

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Brooklyn's Williamsburg section from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural sites and ecclesiastic touchstones and provides step-by-step directions.
The Betty G's Gold    by Jacques Evans
Price: $0.99 USD. 19180 words. Published on June 23, 2010. .

There was no name on the C-46 but the crews who flew the Hump called her the Betty G. The airplane was identified by a painting of a scantily clad female on the side of the nose. In 1944 the Betty G encountered severe turbulence and crashed into the side of a mountain---attempts to reach the site were futile. Rumors circulated that gold coins for Chiang Kai-shek's payroll were aboard the Betty G.
Bums No More: The Championship Season of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers    by Stewart Wolpin
Price: $2.99 USD. 38990 words. Published on July 9, 2010. .

This is the definitive story of only world's championship by the legendary Boys of Summer, Dem Bums, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers – Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, Carl Furillo, Johnny Podres – told through the eyes and memories of the die-hard fans who lived and died with them at Ebbets Field.