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Lifeline    by Stéphanie Chénard
Price: $10.00 USD. 82280 words. Published on June 8, 2009. .

Yunbok is a kind-hearted man from Tongyeong, Korea, who was once contaminated by the HIV virus. To spare his loved ones from the grief, he decides to leave his life behind to spend his remaining days in Tokyo, Japan, where he meets the foul-mouthed, short-tempered Jaesun. Will love blossom between the two, and what will be Jaesun's reaction when he learns of the other's fate?
Holding Me Together: Essays and Poems    by Duane Simolke
Price: $3.99 USD. 44970 words. Published on February 10, 2010. .

Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award. This collection, quoted by many authors and Web masters, includes the multi-part essay Reactions to Homophobia, followed by poems and short essays on a variety of topics, such as writing, AIDS, religion, violence, family, friendship, and gay relationships. Holding Me Together counters homophobia, celebrates gay love, and promotes gay pride.
What Child Sexual Abuse Means to Women & Girl Perpetrators    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $1.29 USD. 2740 words. Published on March 7, 2010. .

Women and girls sexually abuse children far more often than many people realize. This article describes what child sexual abuse means to women and girl perpetrators. Sexual abuse by women and girls can be confusing for girls and boys. They often feel stigmatized because of wide spread-assumptions that only men sexually abuse children.
School Violence & Workplace Violence: Risk Assessment    by Jane Gilgun
Price: Free! 4030 words. Published on March 12, 2010. .

Risk assessment for violence involves the investigation of five factors: These factors are 1 ) precipitating events, 2) patterns of direct statements, 3) circumstances that increase the likelihood of violence, 4) signs of cumulative stress, and 5) indicators of lowered risks for violence. This article describes a risk assessment based on these factors. For school violence and workplace violence
Selected Poems    by Duane Simolke
Price: $0.99 USD. 5780 words. Published on May 8, 2010. .

This short eBook includes the gay love poem “Home,” the strange story of “The Gardener,” and the comical “Angels and Razors,” as well as thirty other poems. These works also appear in Duane Simolke’s longer anthology Holding Me Together: Essays and Poems.
Boracic Lint    by Martin Bryce
Price: Free! 66790 words. Published on May 22, 2010. .

An out of work actor with a serious superiority complex lands work playing Santa Claus in the grotto of the world famous London department store, Harridges. It seems like child's play , it turns out to be anything but. Every ounce of his improvisation skills is challenged by the children who come to see him. His colleagues stretch his wit and wisdom to the limit until he makes a fateful decision.
Loving Someone Gay (Rev. 5th Edition)    by Don Clark, PhD
Price: $6.99 USD. 102010 words. Published by Lethe Press  on July 2, 2010. .

For more than three decades, clinical psychologist, Don Clark, has been speaking to the hearts and minds of gay people, their families, friends, teachers and helpers in the many editions of Loving Someone Gay. With compassion he has promoted communication across generations as well as revealing a path of understanding and reconciliation for parents, siblings, husbands and wives and more.
Hetero World    by Stephen Shypitka
Price: $6.99 USD. 80070 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

Viruses grow, evolve, mutate. They don’t die. They wait in the shadows. Aaron Sumner, reared in a life of Dixie privilege, woke to find the AIDS virus had become intermittently airborne and the world edging toward a final and terrifying solution. It would be up to Aaron, one gay man infected with the virus they so feared to not only save himself, his friends, his family, but his way of life.
Homophobia: From Social Stigma to Hate Crimes    by Jamie Hunt
Price: $7.95 USD. 8130 words. Published by Mason Crest  on December 9, 2010. .

While homophobia and hate crimes seem to be new social and political issues, the fear and hatred of gay people has been present throughout history. Despite the many advances made by the LGBT community, homophobia continues to run rampant. Learn about the plight of LGBT people and explore ways young people—straight and gay—can work together to end the hatred and create a better future for all.
Stuck in Love    by Lisa Pickering-Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 1430 words. Published on January 5, 2011. .

Toni had finally found the perfect guy in Larry. The couple loved to dine out for lunch each weekday, using the alphabet to make it interesting. All went well until Toni and Larry entered the Rainbow Restaurant. Find out how the fare flipped their entire orientation!