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Central Heat    by David Dvorkin
Price: $3.99 USD. 109580 words. Published on May 5, 2010. .

When aliens remove the sun, life survives in military bunkers under the earth and in lunar bases. Underground America devolves into a religious-military dictatorship. Jonathan Holroyd escapes to the surface and finds a new world warmed by an artificial sun, and only slightly more freedom than in the dying world he left behind. He rises to a position of power. But now the aliens are coming back.
21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: North Korea Country Handbook - DPRK Political and Economic Overview, Transportation, Geography, Climate and Weather, Military Forces and Doctrine    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 24090 words. Published on December 3, 2010. .

A superb and timely Department of Defense publication, the Marine Corps Handbook entitled North Korea Country Handbook. The handbook is described as "providing essential information on North Korea, intended to provide Marines and other U.S. military personnel with a base of information for conducting effective operations in the Korean Peninsula."
North Korea: Federal Research Study with Comprehensive Information and Analysis - Political, Economic, Social, and National Security Systems and Institutions, Nuclear Programs, Cult of Kim Il Sung    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 114110 words. Published on December 3, 2010. .

Comprehensive, unique, and up-to-date information and professional analysis of North Korean political, economic, social, military, and national security systems and institutions, written by the experts at the Federal Research Division.
An Enlightening Lie About the Lucidity of Bees    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60270 words. Published on January 18, 2011. .

Crofton Eer, a member of a militaristic society set in a canyon that knows only war, seeks an escape from the troubled canyon in which he lives, guided by the embodiment of the lone star that is visible from the canyon depths. His escape takes him on a journey in which he discovers that there are a great many more stars (gods) in the sky, which leads to a search for truth in the valley of life.
The Far Side of Evil    by Sylvia Engdahl
Price: $2.99 USD. 93740 words. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on February 1, 2011. .

Assigned as a observer to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization, Anthropological Service agent Elana expects merely to gain knowledge that may save other planets. When a young, inexperienced agent unwittingly endangers the entire world by a well-meant but ill-advised attempt to intervene, Elana finds that only she--at great cost--can prevent an immediate war of annihilation.
Stone Moon, Silk Scarves    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $1.99 USD. 9840 words. Published on May 19, 2011. .

"Evaluate the new head of House Laisira, and if he seems unsuitable, deal with it." Such was Pathen Ures-emodo's unpalatable assignment. When he begins his investigation, he suspects nothing more than incompetence. But could House Laisira be hiding a far greater sin? And what will he do about it? A Jokka story set in the time of Roika's empire, after the novel The Worth of a Shell.
Scars of Defiance    by Lorena Angell
Price: Free! 66760 words. Published on May 27, 2011. .

When Paul Bronson pulls an unconscious female from the icy lake, he has no idea he’s just saved a princess. Paul's family is devoted to helping defectors from across the border as they seek freedom from the sadistic dictator, but giving aid to this beautiful young lady could be catastrophic. Princess Sierra Montgomery is on the run and would rather die than be forced to marry the dictator's son.
The Dictator's Daughter    by Lorena Angell
Price: $3.99 USD. 81760 words. Published on July 13, 2011. .

When tyranny becomes law, defiance becomes duty. Sean Cutler was taught by example how to defy the ruthless dictator of the neighboring country, by helping and hiding defectors. The latest refugee in Sean's care is a 15 year old boy, beaten to a pulp. Once reports surface that the dictator's daughter is missing, Sean examines his ward closer and shockingly discovers nothing is as it appears.
Kea's Flight    by Erika Hammerschmidt
Price: $3.89 USD. 170620 words. Published on December 6, 2011. .

It's the 25th century, and humans have learned to end unwanted pregnancies by cryogenically freezing embryos to save for later. Kea was an exile before she was born. Grown from an embryo that was rejected for having autism-spectrum genes, she's been raised on a starship of unwanted children. When corrupt bureaucracy threatens their quest for a home, Kea joins with other rejects to save the ship.
The Triptych Papers: Lectures in Post-Colonialism, Creolisation and the Epistemologies of Displacement    by Gilbert NMO-Morris
Price: $0.99 USD. 31170 words. Published on December 10, 2011. .

Post-Colonialism is revealed as "backward looking"; as tending to read its anthropology against the sociology, economics and history of which it escaped in Colonialism. In the Triptych Papers, Morris explores the problem of post-colonialism and argues that there is a value in the situation or anthropology - which is to say the life-world - of the post-colonial which he or she is apt to overlook.