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Industrial Pioneers Scranton, Pennsylvania and the Transformation of America, 1840-1902    by Patrick Brown
Price: $4.99 USD. 33500 words. Published by Tribute Books on July 2, 2010. .

During the 19th century, Scranton was the face of innovation, immigration, industrialization, and a rising America.
A Walking Tour of Carbondale, Pennsylvania    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 2750 words. Published on January 30, 2011. .

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 Carbondale, Pennsylvania 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.
I Visited Heaven, But Lived In Hell    by Nelson Peregoy
Price: $2.99 USD. 102160 words. Published by Red Willow Digital Press  on April 2, 2011. .

This book makes the perfect gift to send to any soldier, whether in active duty or retired. Follow the surprising life of Nelson Peregoy as he goes from very successful salesman to highly decorated Army combat pilot in Vietnam, to two-star general, to multimillionaire jet setter—to a drunk, broke, and homeless derelict who ends up spending three years in a federal psychiatric prison hospital
Rats: Murder in a Mining Town    by Saundra McKee
Price: $2.99 USD. 21290 words. Published on April 22, 2011. .

Rats is set in a western Pennsylvania coal mining town in the 1920s. Billy Hart tries to clear his father, the town's chief of the Coal and Iron Police, from suspicion of the murder of a mysterious stranger. In his quest Billy faces many dangers and gains surprising new insights about people he thought he knew well. Recommended for ages 8-13.
The Life and Times of Young Sonny Tompkins    by Michael E. Benson
Price: $2.99 USD. 61690 words. Published on July 27, 2011. .

When young Sonny Tompkins is sent to Utah to live with his Uncle Buck while his Dad serves a two year sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, he leaves his boyhood behind and embarks upon a series of adventures that will make him older than his years.
Black Gold    by Garry  Boyd
Price: $4.99 USD. 80590 words. Published on May 3, 2012. .

With his job under threat from a vindictive boss (his ex-wife's father) Coalmine engineer Mitch Mayne is plunged into the secretive and dangerous world of international terrorism. Hunter Valley Mines are targeted by a group planning to end Australia's geographical isolation from terrorism and 'terrify the nation out of its senses'.
Sock Full Of Pennies    by Danny  Dean
Price: $6.99 USD. 87580 words. Published on May 16, 2012. .

Rusty Sledge is the smallest and the brightest kid in his class. For this, the other kids beat him up and bully him to the brink of suicide. He makes a sock full of pennies and levels the playing field, and his overgrown nemesis, Barry Buckley. Then he turns his weapon into a world-wide coal mining entity that he uses to go after corporate bullies and crush a ruthless coal cartel.A gripping story.
Mountain Blood    by Patricia Knutson
Price: $6.99 USD. 123850 words. Published on May 26, 2012. .

Haunted by a tragic accident, struggling to survive, professor Chris Alford quits her job in New York and joins the faculty of a small college in the heart of Appalachia. Amidst rumors of a teacher's disappearance and whispers of "murder," she meets a dark giant of a boy, who pursues her beyond the classroom. Is he a killer, focused on her, or a lonely victim? A shocking event uncovers the truth.