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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.
I Saw Them Ride Away    by Harry Arthur Gant
Price: $2.99 USD. 133210 words. Published by Castle Knob Publishing  on March 31, 2010. .

Harry Arthur Gant lived at the intersection of the Old West and the New West. He was a cowboy in Colorado during the 1890s and a silent-film cameraman in Hollywood. He tells his story with a distinctive mix of Old West plain speaking and New West sophistication, with the rough edges left on. This memoir spans two of the most fascinating parts of America's past.
The Therapist's New Clothes    by Judith D. Schwartz
Price: $9.99 USD. 50250 words. Published on April 2, 2010. .

"I believed so wholeheartedly in psychotherapy that I became a psychotherapist." In The Therapist's New Clothes, author Judith D. Schwartz tells of training as a therapist, shifting back and forth between her experience as beginning clinician and her own increasingly devastating treatment. It is the story of the author's belief system crumbling--and how she comes out the other side.
Sweet Kisses - Memories of Hayden Chalmers    by Heath Buckmaster
Price: $1.49 USD. 37430 words. Published on April 2, 2010. .

From author Heath L. Buckmaster comes this trip through time spanning the Vietnam and Korean wars, children and grandchildren, love and loss. Sophia Chalmers, an aging southern widow, recounts her passionate life filled with heartache, champagne bubbles, and Sweet Kisses.
Gifts from Nola    by Guy Gallo
Price: $2.99 USD. 7650 words. Published on April 2, 2010. .

My first visit home to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
So Much More Than A Game    by Julie Wyckoff
Price: $5.99 USD. 58810 words. Published on April 6, 2010. .

During one magical summer, a group of young boys played baseball with heart, spirit and joy, but not at the beginning of the season. Starting as a disparate group, some unhappy with being stuck with a woman coach, some battling their egos, some battling their confidence and some battling their fears, they grew into a team with purpose, and unity, and with a never quit attitude, and they had fun.