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Dear Agatha, Bad Advice From Paradise    by Agatha Callie
Price: $0.99 USD. 27740 words. Published on April 2, 2009. .

Absurd advice columnist Agatha Callie spent years on the Paradise Island of Bali where she wrote a popular satirical column. For over thirty years the island has been a magnet for expats foolishly seeking the ultimate earthly paradise. Being a recovering expat fool in Paradise herself, Agatha knows just the kind of advice these people need.
Trail Magic: Lost in Crawford Notch    by Maureen Sullivan
Price: $8.99 USD. 117340 words. Published on November 8, 2009. .

Teenager Angie Jackson, whose family runs a campground in rugged Crawford Notch in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, must find 4-year old Melanie who is lost in the surrounding wilderness. In a strange twist of fate, she gets help from 1941.
Climbing St. Friday: A Coming-of-Age Story    by Dena Kouremetis
Price: $2.99 USD. 31310 words. Published on September 13, 2010. .

Climbing St. Friday is a poignant, nostalgic look at the 1970s adventures of a young Greek-American girl who is sent by her parents from a small town in the Midwest to Athens, Greece, for a year of college. As she spreads her wings in the land that introduced democratic ideals to the world, she does so against the backdrop of a country recently taken over by an oppressive military regime.
Emails from the Edge: When Friendship Spans the Distance    by Kristie Leigh Maguire
Price: $2.99 USD. 93590 words. Published on November 16, 2010. .

Emails from the Edge defies today's world of political correctness where every word is carefully censored so as not to offend anyone. Kristie Leigh Maguire is open, honest, and sometimes over-the-top funny in her email correspondence with her friend back in the States with whom she shares her thoughts and feelings while living overseas as an expatriate wife during the decade of the 90s.
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.
Where Are My Children? The True Story of a Mother Who Risked Her Life to Rescue Her Kidnapped Children    by Cassie Kimbrough
Price: $3.99 USD. 60860 words. Published on November 30, 2011. .

It was a mother's worst nightmare: her husband had kidnapped their children and taken them thousands of miles away to his native Bolivia. Cassie tried to get help from the FBI, the State Department, even the Bolivian government. No one seemed to care. So she decided to take matters into her own hands. This is the dramatic, deeply personal account of her odyssey to bring her children home.
Expatriate Insights - Dissertations on International Living and Deep Comparative Culture Analyses    by Winston Wu
Price: $7.99 USD. 144020 words. Published on March 17, 2012. .

Dissertations on Expatriate Living and Comparative Culture Analyses by Ladislav, an Expatriate Expert and Chief Advisor of HappierAbroad.com, considered "The Socrates of Expatriate Living".
Happier Abroad: Why You Will Have A Better Love and Life Beyond America (International Dating, Foreign Women, Expat Living, Travel)    by Winston Wu
Price: $9.99 USD. 326470 words. Published on March 21, 2012. .

Your Ultimate Inspiration for International Dating and Living. 700+ pages of intellectual essays, compelling arguments, reasons, facts, photos, comparisons, testimonials and quotes from all over the world on the Dating, Social, Mental Health and Freedom benefits beyond America that the US media will never tell you about. An eye-opening oasis of liberating truths you won't find anywhere else!
Journal of Alien #25: A Painter in Pakistan    by Mary Lou Crerar
Price: $5.99 USD. 59650 words. Published on July 29, 2012. .

This book is from my journal about setting up house in Islamabad, Pakistan. My husband and I had to register at the Foreigners Police Station and were assigned numbers. I am Canadian Alien # 25. This book tells about my adventures as a woman painter in Pakistan.
Thoughtful Holiday Shopping for Expats Just Got Easier    by Tracy Zhang
Price: Free! 2240 words. Published by BroomhandleBooks on October 29, 2012. .

Just because you've moved overseas doesn't mean you don't face the holidays back home. In fact, you now probably have two sets of holidays. Despite the urge to just forget those birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and showers back home, you know they must be recognized. With the onset of Etsy, a unique source of handmade gifts worldwide, shopping from a distance just became a whole lot easier!