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Embryos in Space    by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Price: $3.99 USD. 10120 words. Published by Olo Books on June 16, 2011. .

Award-winning author and physician, Melissa Yuan-Innes, explores the strange new worlds of embryo transplantation ("Red"), human-ape genetic engineering ("Growing Up Sam"), and exile (two Shaolin monks banished to outer space in "Iron Monk") in an exclusive collection of her science fiction stories.
Saving Maine: A Personal Gazetteer    by Jim Krosschell
Price: $3.99 USD. 71430 words. Published on June 30, 2011. .

Saving Maine combines history and fact about this unique state with personal commentary and nature appreciation and a deep commitment to a Maine way of life. Conservation is fragile now,under assault by developers and financiers; Maine is a place we must keep looming large, both in reality and in imagination. This book, therefore, is a personal geography, a manual for dreamers.
Stanley Seagull    by Cathy Mazur
Price: $4.99 USD. 1680 words. Published by Tribute Books on June 30, 2011. .

Meet a young seagull named Stanley. Follow him as he wanders far from home and tries to find his way back. Join Stanley on his journey as he learns how humans affect the balance of nature.
Petroplague    by Amy Rogers
Price: $4.99 USD. 89620 words. Published by Diversion Books on July 19, 2011. .

UCLA graduate student Christina Gonzalez wanted to use biotechnology to free America from its dependence on Middle Eastern oil. Instead, an act of eco-terrorism unleashes her genetically-modified bacteria into the fuel supply of Los Angeles, making petroleum useless. With the city paralyzed and slipping toward anarchy, Christina must find a way to rein in the microscopic monster she created.
Live and Let Live    by Phillip Spar
Price: $5.00 USD. 8340 words. Published on July 21, 2011. .

Wildlife Conservationist Phillip Spar looks at the real issues that face free roaming predators throughout the world. Predators are under threat whether that be Leopards in Africa to Coyotes in the USA and Foxes in the UK. This short book provides an understanding of the issues but more importantly it it offers practical solutions for farmers and conservationists.
What the Parrot Told Alice    by Dale Smith
Price: $1.99 USD. 25170 words. Published on September 14, 2011. .

"What the Parrot Told Alice" is an entertaining and engaging story about a curious young girl and a parrot that changes her view of the world. “‘What the Parrot Told Alice’” is not only delightful – it is inspired." -- Dr. Jane Goodall
What the Orangutan Told Alice    by Dale Smith
Price: $1.99 USD. 55710 words. Published on September 14, 2011. .

When two American teens visit Indonesia, they follow a gibbon into a Borneo rain forest where they meet orangutans threatened with extinction. They meet scientists working to save them. And… they learn how young people can make a difference in the world. “… one of the leading environmental writers for children…” -- Dr. Jane Gooda
The Boy Who Loved Ants: Edward O.Wilson    by Sara van Dyck
Price: $0.99 USD. 2590 words. Published on September 21, 2011. .

As a boy, famed scientist Edward O. Wilson spent happy days outdoors, hunting for fish, snakes, and bugs. Drawing from Wilson’s autobiography Naturalist, author Sara van Dyck shows how the shy boy who loved ants became a world leader in nature conservation. Written for ages 7 and up, the book includes easy activities for children to explore life in their own backyard. Color photographs.
The Rape of Britain - Wind Farms and the Destruction of our Environment    by Struan Stevenson
Price: $1.99 USD. 3290 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on September 28, 2011. .

Hard-hitting attack on the government’s windfarms policy, backed up by data and delivered in an engaging style.
Naked Mommy    by Aidan Parkinson
Price: $0.99 USD. 65190 words. Published on October 29, 2011. .

Two brothers, once inseparable, now irreconcilable, brawl and bumble over the most beautiful woman in town. What they don’t know is that Nuala Macree is a ferocious eco-activist with her sights on a corporation buying up the rights to her beloved town’s pristine spring water.  The two battles lead the brothers to sense, manhood and hospital, and Nuala into a world of impossible resentments.