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The Sponge Diver    by Panait Istrati
Price: $2.50 USD. 8670 words. Published by Fario  on April 3, 2010. .

"The Sponge Diver" features the young Romanian vagabond Adrien Zograffi, this time in Greece, as he listens to the harrowing tale of a fellow Romanian drifter's season of forced labor aboard a small ship plying the Eastern Mediterranean in search of rich sponge beds. Panait Istrati (1884-1935) was once among the most popular writers in Europe.
On the Docks in Brăila    by Panait Istrati
Price: $3.00 USD. 12370 words. Published by Fario  on May 8, 2011. .

In Panait Istrati's 1929 novella, now translated into English, fourteen-year-old Adrien Zograffi begins an apprenticeship in a toolmaking workshop on the docks of the Danube River port in Brăila, Romania. Progress, in the form of floating grain elevators, threatens to destroy the livelihoods of a large community of dockworkers. Genre: novella
The Thüringer House    by Panait Istrati
Price: $4.75 USD. 45130 words. Published by Fario  on May 10, 2011. .

_The Thüringer House_ is the first of a cycle of novels written by the Romanian Panait Istrati in the early 1930's, shortly after his return, bitterly disillusioned, from a long stay in the Soviet Union. Adrien, servant in a bourgeois household headed by rich grain exporters, must reconcile his socialist ideals and his growing attraction to Madame Anna Thüringer, mistress of the house.
Tales from the Balkans: Cold diving    by Christopher Szollosi
Price: Free! 2410 words. Published on May 29, 2011. .

Lieutenant David Black has the wolr most interesting and most dangerous job: he is hunting fro illegal immigrants under the Danube's toxic water. But one day the roles are exchanged when somebodies kill his men...
Autumn Magic Playground Sky    by Edward T. Keller
Price: $0.99 USD. 13390 words. Published by Solstice Publishing  on December 21, 2011. .

What if you met the girl of your dreams – inside your dreams? Would this be enough for you? Or would you want more? When the season of school and homework returns, the magic of summer fades into an echo of a dream. But for Tim, the magic is just beginning, and soon the girl he meets every night will tell him who she really is.
City Breaks - Tour 3 - 3 Days In Budapest    by Caroline Y Preston
Price: $1.50 USD. 8760 words. Published on January 21, 2013. .

An inexpensive travel guide for those wanting to maximise their stay. It gives a well planned 3 day itinerary discovering the beautiful city of spa’s... Budapest; with its fabulous buildings, excellent inexpensive food & wine, thermal baths, galleries & museums full of treasures & the ambiance of welcome that this city exudes. This illustrated guide gives directions, map,location info,travel tips