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Quick Quirk Quiz - Science & Technology    by Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen
Price: $0.99 USD. 8140 words. Published on November 12, 2009. .

Test your knowledge of the things that make our lives easier in these 28 true tales behind researchers and their discoveries. Can you match the inventors to their inventions after hearing the story behind their development?
Childish Discoveries: The Sandwich and Other Stories    by Kim Pearson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15220 words. Published on October 13, 2010. .

Look through innocent childish eyes in these 7 short stories, and discover that those eyes may not be so innocent after all. A sandwich turns deadly, a trampoline becomes an avenger, and the hallway coat closet harbors a secret occupant. These stories and others may make you remember your own childish discoveries in the mysterious grown-up world.
Bouncing Baby Boy    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3300 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on December 14, 2010. .

Micro-Gee, Gary Poland Junior, weighed less than a pound on the Moon at birth. As the first Moon baby Micro-Gee found fame without trying, much like the SECOND time he captured headlines.
The Tonga Book — February 1805 – June 1811    by Paul W. Dale
Price: $9.99 USD. 181240 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on July 20, 2011. .

The remarkable adventures of young William Mariner on a voyage around the world and his long sojourn in the islands of Tonga wherein he gives us a full account of the inhabitants of those islands and the conduct of their lives.
Seventy North to Fifty South - The Story of Captain Cook's Last Voyage    by Paul W. Dale
Price: $9.99 USD. 115920 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on July 22, 2011. .

Seventy North to Fifty South is an annotation of the published journal written by Captain James Cook during his third voyage: the voyage with major geographic and political consequences. His journal reports were filled with navigational and geographical detail plus anthropological observations about the inhabitants.
Bigfoot Challenge of the Century    by Leonard C. West
Price: $4.99 USD. 75110 words. Published on November 24, 2011. .

This is a surprising story entwining elements of fiction and reality. The author is led to a prehistoric cave site with priceless artifacts, gold and diamonds quite accidentally when a family of Bigfoot/Sasquatch, yes S-A-S-Q-U-A-T-C-H befriend him. His compassion and desire to protect "his friends" from being discovered is only a glimpse of this unusual encounter.
The Body is the Hero    by Ronald J. Glasser
Price: $9.99 USD. 88960 words. Published on March 4, 2012. .

This is the amazing story of what happens when the immune system goes haywire. Reading like a scientific thriller, the book intertwines science with history to describe the discoveries and flashes of brilliance of men such as Semmelweise and Pasteur, and the modern-day struggles of doctors and researchers to pry out why the immune system saves one person and kills another. The book also recounts a