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Assault on Lake Casitas    by Brad Alan Lewis
Price: $9.99 USD. 62910 words. Published on July 15, 2010. .

Lewis’s story is more than a book about a man attempting to win a gold medal in a sport that offers little more than personal rewards. It is about challenging convention, overcoming defeat and working outside of an established system. Assault on Lake Casitas is a compelling tale of competition at the highest possible level and the emotions that fuel obsession.
The Jewel Collar    by Christine Karol Roberts
Price: $4.99 USD. 2650 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

The Jewel Collar is the story of a Maltese dog, Aristotle, who moves from the beach house to a new home so his Mommy,an attorney,can be closer to the Courthouse and train station. It's Christmas & Ari is very sad. He misses his garden friends. Ari decides to share the jewels on his Jewel Collar with birds and animals in the Floral Park garden.The lesson is that a child can make friends by sharing.
This Paper World    by Jeff Lane
Price: $2.99 USD. 122830 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

Jim Hunt is an average 18 year old college student... or he would like to be. He dreams of a door. An important secret about who or what he is lies behind that door; a secret he doesn't want to let out. During a trip home for Christmas break, he is confronted by his destiny, but will he follow the path that his old teacher Park would like him to? Or will he walk away to live a normal life?
Mentoring Relationships that Work    by Dr. William A. Gray
Price: $19.99 USD. 39700 words. Published on June 15, 2011. .

This ebook shares 30 years experience developing mentoring relationships that benefit participants. Mentors will learn how to improve your effectiveness in helping proteges (mentees). Proteges will learn how to manage the mentoring process. Book purchasers can receive a free copy of the Mentoring Style Indicator by contacting Dr. Gray, so you can identify your preferred Mentoring Style.
Inferno of Life    by Duane Watson
Price: $0.99 USD. 201170 words. Published on August 16, 2011. .

Dargon and his two friends, Matt and Silof are eighteen year old boys growing up in a small village, largely naive of the outside world. Yet when an unknown force called the Trikon attacks their home town with humanoid lizard-like beasts, killing everyone that the boys hold dear, they are forced to flee. The only direction that the boys have is a few words from a mysterious stranger
Character for Champions    by Charles Sutherland
Price: $4.95 USD. 30240 words. Published on September 17, 2011. .

"A wonderful book for students of any age -- young and old -- to learn the basic facts of everyday life and to see how exciting learning can be, both physical and mental."
Like a Maccabee    by Barbara Bietz
Price: $4.99 USD. 18300 words. Published by Yotzeret Publishing, Inc.  on November 13, 2011. .

Days before Hanukkah, ten-year-old Ben prepares for his championship soccer game while pursued by the school bully and adjusting to a new roommate: his grandfather.
Wanted: Rowing Coach    by Brad Alan Lewis
Price: $9.99 USD. 67930 words. Published on January 25, 2012. .

Coaching is fun, right? All depends on the rowers, the coach, the budget, the boathouse, the 10,000 other odds and ends. When an Olympic gold medalist in rowing, Brad Alan Lewis, decides to take up the challenge of coaching a crew at an under-funded college program, stuff happens. Some good stuff / some not so good / pretty much all of it interesting.
Demon Bean - the great coffee war of Pacific Palisades    by Brad Alan Lewis
Price: $9.99 USD. 28290 words. Published on January 27, 2012. .

Way back in 1995, before Starbucks owned the whole damn world, one lone woman tried to keep Starbucks out of her little burb of Pacific Palisades, California. Did she succeed? Read and find out.
Lido for Time    by Brad Alan Lewis
Price: $9.99 USD. 27140 words. Published on January 30, 2012. .

If you liked 'Assault on Lake Casitas', you might be interested in 'Lido for Time'. In Lido I wrote up the entries from my 1983-84 training journal. Then I opened a bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and wrote up the reasons behind certain workouts, what was going on that day, who I was feuding with at the moment, that sort of thing. Lots of fun stuff contained withing AND a top notch waffle recipe.