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Homeless: Miracle Essays #3    by D. Patrick Miller 
Price: $2.95 USD. 4900 words. Published on June 3, 2009. .

This essay, the third in the "6 Miracle Essays" series, recounts the author's experiences with changing homes and considers both the spiritual and political dimensions of homelessness. Originally published by THE SUN and later excerpted in the anthology WHERE THE HEART IS: A Celebration of Home.
Kami Jin, rev. 3.0    by Jason Shohara
Price: $1.99 USD. 80880 words. Published on September 21, 2009. .

“Kami Jin” chronicles the life of protagonist, Gordon Sakata, as he describes his challenging, yet victorious life in the 23rd Century in two worlds – one a troubled life on Earth, and then later on the utopian planet of Xychron. With a global unemployment rate of 95%, Sakata returns to Earth to save those in despair and the homeless and takes them to a distant planet to live in paradise.
I Took the Buddha Shopping    by Bill Bruzy
Price: $1.99 USD. 28750 words. Published on December 14, 2009. .

"When you are asleep you don't know what goes on with those who are awake." When he said that I started to realize this guy wasn't just a retired businessman living by a country club. We were very different men, unlikely to meet. He'd been a CEO and I'd been a street person and yet we became friends. This is the story of that friendship, of a spiritual teaching and of opening a man's heart.
The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be    by Jack Preston King
Price: $0.99 USD. 1780 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 17, 2010. .

What better definition could you ask for the word "anxiety?" The weight that isn't there. The weight of wasted potential, of what might have been, of what's stalking us around life's next corner, of pending deadlines, the unmet expectations of others... The weight that isn't there outweighs them all. But Michael also showed me, that night, anxiety's antidote -- the courage to be...
Dire Means    by Geoffrey Neil
Price: $2.99 USD. 128250 words. Published on June 20, 2010. .

A ruthless vigilante uses terror to transform the affluent, coveted beach-side city of Santa Monica California. His ingeniously-targeted campaign of fear ends homelessness in days, curing public apathy toward the impoverished. Dire Means weaves a tale of a city under siege, its citizens forced to flaunt the Golden Rule as the only way to survive. Only one person can end the nightmare.
Honor in the Heart    by Ruth Fawcett
Price: $8.00 USD. 123580 words. Published on June 22, 2010. .

A story of ordinary people, struggling to overcome life wounds,find meaningful work, people to love. Characters with entire gamut of personality types form unlikely attachments based on their working together in a school. Readers follow them at school and in their private lives where the impact of being part of that school really resonates. Scenes behind closed doors reveal politics,human dynamic.
The Labyrinth    by World Audience
Price: $9.99 USD. 49970 words. Published on August 22, 2010. .

The Labyrinth is the memoir of M. Stefan Strozier. Strozier is a modern-day, global Huck Finn. 2nd Edition! Revised, expanded, updated, edited by Kyle David Torke; and with a new cover; prefaced by Lee Stringer.
Elemental    by Jessica Erica Hahn
Price: $1.99 USD. 6220 words. Published on October 30, 2010. .

ELEMENTAL is a chapbook of 11 poems by Jessica Erica Hahn. It was originally published by Passing Through Publications in 1998.
Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness    by Kevin Hendricks
Price: $3.99 USD. 23020 words. Published on November 4, 2010. .

“We’re homeless, we’re not less human,” says Tish. Tish is one of 35 homeless people who share their story in the book, giving a glimpse of the reality of homelessness. Also included are reflections from social media experts, nonprofit heroes, technology executives and more. It's a manual to motivate action and all proceeds go to support the nonprofit InvisiblePeople.tv.
Crossing Over    by Joy Arnett
Price: $9.99 USD. 17180 words. Published on December 4, 2010. .

Crossing Over is a book about change; places where we step over lines, where lines dissolve and reappear in our lives. The beautiful poetry in this book captures everything from the plight of the homeless to crossing over the line of sanity into the shadowy world of the mentally ill. Between the words is the constant theme of embracing the changes in your life with hope for a better tomorrow.