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Teaching Abroad: an alternative life    by David Jenkins
Price: $5.99 USD. 69680 words. Published on January 8, 2011. .

Teaching Abroad combines travelogue, cultural description and teaching tips into a memoir giving a first hand account of what it's like to teach and earn a living overseas. The journey takes us from Central Europe to Oman, from Micronesia to East Asia. As creative nonfiction, it reminds us that success is not a destination; it is a journey.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
The Polyglot's Nightmares: Part X½ in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60080 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Fleeing a war and in search of himself, Ion finds himself residing in a number of strange caves, on the walls of which are written a strange language. He meets a woman who guides him through his state of being a refugee and is troubled by strange dreams that seem to incorporate the existence of the war, his love for the woman he has met and a sense of the divine.
The Quite Possibly Near Death of Hurol Davelrish: Part Three in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61010 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

When an arrogant stuntman, Hurol Davelrish, has a seizure during a stunt, he finds himself in the kingdom of Scalter, a land in which he is king, but which is strangely ruled by a phantasmic man named Viscount Vaunt. Hurol meets a strangely kind friend, Grib, in the malevolent world, who tries to pull him back from the ledge of his pride - what will become of the much-admired stuntman?
Which Word Do I Use?    by David Bowman
Price: $1.49 USD. 7260 words. Published on February 11, 2011. .

A guide to using the most commonly confused words correctly.
Indo-European Dictionary    by Anne M Bergere
Price: $9.99 USD. 14110 words. Published on March 4, 2011. .

This is a dictionary of the ancient language, Indo-European or Proto-Indo-European, originally written to translate German Names. These translations are just guesses by me and previous translators, without whom I could not have done this work.
English Teacher X Guide To Teaching English Abroad    by English Teacher X
Price: $3.99 USD. 58760 words. Published on March 20, 2011. .

English Teacher X has finally collected his essays into book format. This brutally frank, frequently profane, occasionally profound but always insightful look at English teaching abroad in the 21st century is a perfect guide for beginners and those thinking of entering the profession. This 2013 edition includes dozens of pages of new material, including interviews with real teachers of EFL.
More Than A Fortnight    by Stephen Tapply
Price: $3.99 USD. 29170 words. Published on March 30, 2011. .

A collection of travel stories, thoughts on language while travelling, and reflections on some aspects of being a long-term traveller.
Dactionary - ... the dictionary with attitude    by Philip Bradbury
Price: $2.99 USD. 9170 words. Published on April 6, 2011. .

Have you ever wanted to have an argument with a book? This is your book. With unsubstantiated facts and ill-formed opinions, along with a multitude of correct, authenticated, irrelevant and/or fascinating words, you'll find yourself amazed, incensed, facinated, laughing, crying and wondering why the heck you hadn't delved into such a deliciously, decadent depth of diatribe before, just for fun!
Soliloque du prisonnier    by Charles Maurras
Price: $3.99 USD. 17020 words. Published by Editions de  L'Herne  on April 18, 2011. .

Le soliloque est un texte à part. Ni écrit de combat, ni essai littéraire, il était destiné à être publié en espagnol dans un journal sud-américain. Maurras défend la « latinité » ou plutôt une certaine idée de la « latinité », alors qu’à la même époque, l’Europe se construisait sur des bases marchandes.