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A Tiger Heart Wrapp'd in a Woman's Hide    by Karen L. Abrahamson
Price: $0.99 USD. 5700 words. Published by Twisted Root Publishing on August 12, 2010. .

In the Sundarban swamp of Southern India, when man-eating tigers threaten the teak loggers, Nirojan, the shaman, protects them through his talisman to Bonobibi, the gentle forest goddess. But in the face of man's never-ending greed can a simple talisman placate a goddess?
The Jam of all Jams    by Edna Curry
Price: $0.99 USD. 5470 words. Published on February 28, 2011. .

The largest logjam in the world occured in 1886 on the St. Croix River at Taylors Falls, Minnesota. Reporters and sightseers arrived from all over the world. This event spawned the current tourist industry in the St. Croix Valley and also fueled the drive for the current two Interstate Parks there today. Pictures of this event are available at both the Minnesota and Wisconsin Historical Societies.
Running with Moose and Other Stories    by Dave Folsom
Price: $3.99 USD. 38030 words. Published on February 28, 2011. .

This book is all about people and how different we are, especially about life and how we deal with its mysteries. The stories include a little about death and an occasional encounter with animals and a lot about some of the colorful and interesting characters I've met told with a touch of humor, some adventure, and a little pathos.
The Woodsman    by RW Holmen
Price: $2.99 USD. 2670 words. Published on March 24, 2011. .

Multi-colored splashes of sugar maple leaves carpet the ground, disturbed only by squirrels scrounging for acorns and the woodsman's autumnal pilgrimage to cut firewood. Many happy days of the old man's life were spent in these hardwood hills, and he journeys here each fall with his memories. Spend a day with him and share his life in a day.
Last Wild Island:Saving Tetepare    by John Read
Price: $2.99 USD. 90240 words. Published by Page Publishing  on April 17, 2011. .

A well told story with humourous and insightful moments about Australian ecologist John Read and his family as they battle to save Tetepare Island in the Solomons from ugly indiscriminate logging. They establish the Tetepare Descendants Association (TDA) and the book shares the challenges of different food, culture, disease and the hope of a sustainable future.
Son of a Buck: Espee, Too    by Patrick King
Price: $2.99 USD. 72100 words. Published on July 20, 2011. .

Deprentis Drain goes looking for an old movie, the same movie that he supposes brought his parents together. He's, of course, mistaken about the movie and most everything else, including his parents being brought together.
Bone Bird    by Darlene Barry Quaife
Price: $9.99 USD. 76010 words. Published on August 11, 2011. .

Bone Bird (1989) received a Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Set in the rain-drenched, dying logging town of Tanis Bay on Vancouver Island, it is the story of a young woman, Aislinn Cleary, struggling to find hope for the future while burdened with the responsibility of a dying mother and a family store.
Highway Dinosaur: A Changed World    by Jack Nelson
Price: $0.99 USD. 3270 words. Published on January 28, 2012. .

The author makes a classic road trip in his 1962 hot rod Chevy, avoiding big highways in favor of the winding narrow roads. But like everything in our changing world, this simple adventure highlights bigger issues,suggesting personal quests should be grasped heedlessly lest they slip away.
Tempest of the Timber    by K. H. Kettenhoven
Price: $2.99 USD. 98050 words. Published on February 29, 2012. .

Most lumberjacks wanted what came in bottles and corsets in the nearest lumber town saloon, but Matthias Timmermann wanted out of the logging camps and into the arms of Annabella, a beautiful German girl working in a boarding house. On October 8, 1871, there was more than desire burning. The people of Peshtigo and the Sugar Bushes ran for the rivers and creeks trying to outrun the fire storm.
On the Many Uses of Cedar    by Geoffrey W. Cole
Price: Free! 7820 words. Published on March 14, 2012. .

On a mountain beside a roaring log flume, Fanny endlessly repeats the day her husband hits her. If Fanny can learn what's causing the day to repeat, she may be able to move on with her life, but that will mean facing the man the mountain has remade.