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Aftershock    by Lynn Michaels
Price: $2.99 USD. 53290 words. Published on August 19, 2011. .

Rockie Wexler's father has created a device that predicts earthquakes. Unfortunately it can also cause them, and now both Dr. Wexler and the TAQ box have disappeared. Rockie knows she needs help to resuce her father from the bad guys. Help arrives in the from of Dr. Leslie Sheridan. The self-described pain in the butt has his own reasons for hating anyone named Wexler. Sequel to The Patriot
Cherry Blossoms, Sushi and Takarazuka, Seven Years in Japan    by Jill Rutherford
Price: $7.99 USD. 100430 words. Published by Paul Hurst  on August 30, 2011. .

This book covers seven years in Japan and is the true story of how a British woman, with no influential friends, little money, no job or qualifications to get a job there, could realise her dream of living and working in Japan and survive and prosper in one of the world’s most ancient cultures; where real life is hidden under a veil of good manners and everything takes on a different meaning.
Kleist, Cortés, and the Great Santiago Earthquake of 1647    by Juan LePuen
Price: $2.00 USD. 7840 words. Published by Fario  on November 2, 2011. .

It is generally agreed that the sources of Heinrich von Kleist's bloody tales are European, but Juan LePuen argues that, for those interested in the genesis of "Michael Kohlhaas" or "The Earthquake in Chile," such colonial American documents as Hernán Cortés's letters to Charles V make for lines of inquiry of no less promise than that of more conventional European sources.
My Father's America - Volume Two - The Colonies    by Walter Lorenz
Price: $4.99 USD. 175370 words. Published on November 7, 2011. .

England was ready. Of all the nations in Europe, 17th-century England was most peculiarly suited to succeed in peopling the North American continent. This was a strange turn of events. England had been the very last of the Western powers to show any kind of interest in the world beyond Europe. Yet once they got started, the English were destined to succeed in the most spectacular way.
2042    by Melisande Mason
Price: $4.99 USD. 103450 words. Published on December 28, 2011. .

In the year 2042 an Australian oceanographer finds a new fault line in the Pacific Ocean and a nuclear dump in the Bering Sea that threaten to cause a global disaster. It’s a race against time as he is chased by the CIA, trapped in a skyscraper on the oceanfront, battles the world at war with the elements and faces the horrors of the aftermath of the event that reshapes the once advanced society
2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Boxing Day Tsunami    by Dr. Evelyn J Biluk
Price: $2.99 USD. 2040 words. Published on April 8, 2012. .

December 26, 2004 will always be remembered by the devastation caused by one of the largest earthquakes known to man. The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami is revisited in captivating, understandable detail with illustrations. The impact of the tsunami on the environment and economy (fishing and tourism) and recovery are discussed.
Terra Infirma    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $6.99 USD. 97160 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on April 15, 2012. .

When nomadic marauders attack the Independent city of Couver, seventeen-year-old Terra Vargas must choose: use her Cartos powers to protect her city, or rescue her mother from the marauders' camp. But as her control over the earth power erodes, so does her ability to choose wisely. Stay or go? Either way, there will be a horrible price to pay.