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In His Own Hometown    by Janice Daugharty
Price: $2.99 USD. 3480 words. Published on July 27, 2010. .

Earl Sanders, a black man from Washington, DC, is the only one worthy enough to dedicate the new library in his S. Ga. home county. He is the only one to go away and make good. But nobody, black or white, is willing to put him up for the night but a bitter, old black lady who wants to know one thing: why would he come back after he finally got out of these turpentine woods?
The Nature of the Judicial Process    by Andrew L. Kaufman (ed.)
Price: $4.99 USD. 39700 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on August 2, 2010. .

Modern compilation and Foreword by Harvard law professor Andrew L. Kaufman, for a new generation to understand Justice Benjamin Cardozo's important and historic analysis of the way judges think and decide cases. Cardozo's frank discussion of the influences on judges, and Kaufman's expert take on Cardozo and his work, combine for an interesting study of judicial decision-making, still useful today.
Grandfather J. B.: Letters to My Grandson    by Joseph Bercovici
Price: $3.99 USD. 66580 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on August 19, 2010. .

Memoirs through poignant, witty letters by a self-taught immigrant to his professor grandson from 1959-66, first published by Little Brown and now in quality digital. Both sweet and acerbic, with plenty of subtext and wistfulness of dreams of philosophy or just college, the book compels attention for its strong characters deftly revealed by short letters--and always the correction of the grandson.
The Man Behind The Brand - At School    by Doug Gelbert
Price: $0.99 USD. 6300 words. Published on November 29, 2010. .

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Kraft, Kellogg. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson or Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s take a look at the men behind America's famous colleges...
How To Eat An Elephant    by Marcus McGee 
Price: $3.99 USD. 8890 words. Published on December 9, 2010. .

An Inspirational and Entertaining Short Story by Marcus McGee - The Secret For How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Things
GOLF Mystery    by Robert R Anderson
Price: $4.99 USD. 38190 words. Published on February 10, 2011. .

A golfing romance overlaid with a gruesome mystery.
Ellen In Medicaland:True Stories of How I Fell Down Medicine's Black Hole And Still Lived After All    by Ellen Kagan
Price: $4.99 USD. 40 words. Published on February 14, 2011. .

Ellen In Medicaland:True Stories Of How I Fell Down Medicine's Black Hole And Still Lived After All tells the true story of what it is like to be a patient and a caregiver at a Harvard-teaching hospital in Boston. It is a veritable eye-opener and a window on our broken health system. It also gives you tips on how to navigate this system so that you will thrive while dealing with your doctors.
Philologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita    by James D. Macdonald
Price: $0.99 USD. 7060 words. Published on April 25, 2011. .

One evening in 1848, an American scholar, visiting Romania, overhears a pair of Turks planning a murder. A classic tale of supernatural adventure, mystery, and terror, from the best-selling and award-winning writing team of Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.
Platform and Alliance thinking for your success ~ how you can be a person who others help ~lessons from the success story of mobile payment service in Japan    by Carl Atsushi HIRANO
Price: Free! 35580 words. Published on July 28, 2011. .

Japanese best selling author and Professor at BBTU,invited speaker at Harvard Business School, also known as Mastermind of mobile payment wrote on how you can be a person who others help, lessons from amazing success of mobile payment service in Japan which he drove. Carl Atsushi HIRANO is well-known as bestselling author in Japan and 3 of his books were ranked No1 in Amazon Japan as bestseller.
Ivy League Crypt    by Christine Frost
Price: Free! 7860 words. Published on August 6, 2011. .

There is a secret in Harvard Yard. A vampire, imprisoned in a crypt, is freed and discovers how the world has changed since the Victorian Era. He finds new companions, and shares the story of his creation, and how he was changed by an ancient god.