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The Evolution of An Identity: Indian American Immigrants from the Early 20th Century to the Present A Fictional Family History    by Diya Das
Price: $4.99 USD. 16120 words. Published by Tribute Books on May 28, 2009. .

Historical fiction depicting an Indian American family and its assimilation into American culture.
Help, There is a Communist running for President!!!    by Albert Bakker
Price: $0.99 USD. 22140 words. Published on April 22, 2010. .

“Democracy”; everyone claims to understand it. Yet, through the eyes of an immigrant, the lack of understanding among Americans is a staggering concern. An immigrant, an outsider on the inside, shows you how physical, mental, emotional and spiritual patterns among citizens influencing the path this country will follow.
移民女性:二つの文化を持つ女性たち    by atsuko kusumi
Price: $5.00 USD. 970 words. Published on May 29, 2010. .

各国からの移民女性に聞いたこと 何故アメリカに来たの? どうやって来たの? 永住権はどうやって取ったの? 夢は実現したの?  苦しかったことは何? 楽しかったことは何? 
Night Wine: A Novel    by Nick Taddeo
Price: $4.99 USD. 113840 words. Published by Foremost Press  on June 23, 2010. .

Night Wine traces the experiences of a determined young immigrant winemaker, Amerigo Pugliesi. His struggles over the forces of weather, Prohibition, and prejudice provide the backdrop for this unique novel set in the California wine country.
The Only Way is Up: The Journey of an Immigrant    by Folake Taylor, MD
Price: $5.99 USD. 51640 words. Published on July 2, 2010. .

This book features the author’s experiences and views on pertinent life issues as an immigrant to the United States of America. Though the objective is to empower women, African Americans and immigrants, the greater part of the message of hope is of relevance to a general audience. Some of the issues that are the focus of this book are self esteem, self worth, success, health and relationships.
Vilkas    by Vidas Mykolas
Price: Free! 7760 words. Published on July 10, 2010. .

Vidas Mykolas' parents came to America as World War II refugees from Lithuania. The poems in Vilkas are about prostitutes in St. Petersburg Russia, the Armenian Holocaust and stickball, reviving dead brothers, Caligula eating pearls, mythical wolves in Baltic forests, dumpster diving, White Nights, ravaged family cemeteries, Mexican bands in Oregon, a pig roast, defiling St. Paul, and other poems.
A New World    by Patricia McLinn
Price: $3.49 USD. 69540 words. Published on November 17, 2010. .

All her life Eleanor Thatcher's known dreamers like Cahill McCrea–and their dangers. But since Cahill's Irish ballads bring much-needed customers to her waterfront restaurant, she'll simply appreciate him without falling for his charm. Cahill knows the life he wants and now he’s found the woman he wants to share it with, if he can only persuade his headstrong Eleanor. . .before time runs out.
The Schepp Family Chronicles    by Frances Schepp Ruh
Price: $9.99 USD. 75970 words. Agented by Concierge Publishing Services  on January 12, 2011. .

Fredrick Schepp stepped off a steamer in 1853 to seek his fortune on American soil. The dream led him and his mail-order bride to Kansas where their investment bought a piece of prairie that remains in the family to this day. Scattered to Nebraska and Oklahoma, Schepps live the American dream. But getting there, the family has experienced success, failure, wealth, poverty, kidnapping, and murder.
Litany    by Mary Travers
Price: $5.99 USD. 77030 words. Published on January 22, 2011. .

When a street girl with attitude meets an itinerant old gardener named Rose, sparks begin to fly, fanned by clashing aesthetics, defenses, and denial into a conflagration of misunderstanding that births an awkward and pragmatic partnership. It's Chicago,1968, and these two and a woman librarian,unaware of the cultural upheaval around them, are as affected as the beach is by the tide.
Catherine's Travels    by Adele Marie Crouch
Price: $3.99 USD. 89510 words. Published on February 6, 2011. .

The chances that we ll find ourselves in a wilderness survival situation are remote, of course, but immigrants who came to this country to help settle the vast wilderness of the America of 1820 willingly put themselves in just such circumstances. They prepared themselves for dangerous and long treks across wide stretches of prairie, through dense forests, over mountains and through rivers.