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Growing Up With Shanghai- 10 Shanghai Soundwalks    by Terence LLoren
Price: $9.99 USD. 44610 words. Published on March 3, 2010. .

“Growing Up With Shanghai” is a series of soundwalks with young Shanghainese who were born and raised during the rapid modernization of their city in the 1980s and 1990s. These recordings capture not only their most intimate memories of the locations where they grew up, but also the progress and growth Shanghai has undergone in the past 30 years.
The Dogtown Chronicles: Our Life and Times with Sheep, Goats, Llamas, and Other Creatures    by Doris Ober
Price: $2.99 USD. 47800 words. Published on March 6, 2010. .

A middle-aged couple of escaped New Yorkers become shepherds in the rural outpost of West Marin, California, and learn much about life—and about death—from the experience. The Dogtown Chronicles is a memoir, a love story, and true animal tales featuring two Scottish Highland steer, Jacob sheep, San Clemente Island goats, llamas, a horse, and a dog; with cameo appearances by many other animals.
Preserving Memories: How to Write a Family History    by Lillie Ammann
Price: $1.99 USD. 6930 words. Published on March 8, 2010. .

Families often lose their histories through the generations, which may explain why genealogy — the process of trying to trace and recapture that history — is hugely popular. Learn how to preserve your precious family memories for future generations, whether you simply want to print a few copies on your computer or publish a hardcover book to sell to the general public
Mousetrapped: A Year and A Bit in Orlando, Florida    by Catherine Ryan Howard
Price: $2.99 USD. 72860 words. Published on March 8, 2010. .

The only memoir about working in Walt Disney World, Space Shuttle launches, the town that Disney built, religious theme parks, Bruce Willis, humidity-challenged hair and the Ebola virus, MOUSETRAPPED is the hilarious story of what happened when one Irish girl went searching for happiness in the happiest place on earth.
I Want to Show You: Poems    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $5.99 USD. 7740 words. Published on March 11, 2010. .

Through poetry, Jane Gilgun tells the story of one woman’s life. Inspired by Carolyn Heilbrun’s Writing a Woman’s Life, Jane writes in imagistic, lyric, and narrative styles to convey the rhythms of a life fully lived that includes the wonder of erotic love, the intrigues of bodily changes, and the warmth and com-fort of everyday life.
Turkish Tapestry--A Traveller's Portrait of Turkey    by Holly Chase
Price: $9.99 USD. 55620 words. Published on March 13, 2010. .

Portrait of a contemporary Middle Eastern society--Muslim but not Arab or Persian. Extensive material on food, folk art,bazaars, and markets, ancient ruins,quirky personalities, ethnic groups, flora, fauna, and language will engage both old hands and first-time visitors.
Daddy Bent-Legs: The 40-Year-Old Musings of a Physically Disabled Man, Husband, and Father    by Neil Matheson
Price: $4.95 USD. 26020 words. Published on March 15, 2010. .

DADDY BENT-LEGS is a memoir all about the author's life experience growing up with a physical disability (Cerebral Palsy). Told through a series of eclectic anecdotes, the book is very much an "Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-To-Know-About-Physical-Disabilities-But-Were-Afraid-To-Ask" affair. It's light-hearted, humorous, and an easy-to-pick-up read for all ... an impactful, inspirational testimony.
The Weight That Isn't There: Anxiety and Finding the Courage to Be    by Jack Preston King
Price: $0.99 USD. 1780 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 17, 2010. .

What better definition could you ask for the word "anxiety?" The weight that isn't there. The weight of wasted potential, of what might have been, of what's stalking us around life's next corner, of pending deadlines, the unmet expectations of others... The weight that isn't there outweighs them all. But Michael also showed me, that night, anxiety's antidote -- the courage to be...
In The Beginning    by Margaret Fieland
Price: Free! 1790 words. Published on March 18, 2010. .

A few of my many memories
The American Letters    by Dennis Adams
Price: $1.99 USD. 31650 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on March 29, 2010. .

The American Letters is a first-hand account of travels to a French village for an international convention of towns with the name “Beaufort.” Fresh lessons about customs and attitudes from hosts who know the true meaning of “hospitalité.” Completely bilingual text in English and French. Great resource for learners of either language.