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Points of Contact: On the Practice, Philosophy, and Pleasures of Fell Walking    by Mick Harney
Price: $4.70 USD. 59530 words. Published on July 11, 2011. .

Are you passionate about walking and climbing, perhaps in areas such as Scotland and the English Lake District? Or do you simply have a curiosity about those activities and those places? Points of Contact is the book for you. Knitting geology, history, and meteorology into an illuminating exploration of the world of fell and hill walking, it is by turns descriptive, humorous, and poetic.
Contour Lines: On the Path to a Thousand Mountains    by Mick Harney
Price: $4.70 USD. 75090 words. Published on July 15, 2011. .

Mick Harney returns with more unique perspectives on fell and hill walking in Scotland and the English Lake District. He offers a fresh crop of new and compelling insights, including many detailed descriptions of individual mountains, the paths we take to them, and what they reveal to and about us.
Tales of the Carpathian Vampire    by Lumi Laura
Price: $0.99 USD. 8800 words. Published on July 17, 2011. .

How did vampirism originate? What connection does vampirism have with the Garden of Eden and Greek mythology? What is the difference between immortality in the real world and immortality in the divine world? All these questions are answered in this collection of short stories.
The Lineshack    by Peggy Johnson
Price: $2.99 USD. 32200 words. Published on July 19, 2011. .

What is a lineshack? It's a small cabin used by ranch hands, a place of refuge during storms. Sometimes the only place within miles, a place that can mean the difference between life and death,except that this time theres three murderous brothers, the sheriff and a group lost skiers who may just need the same Lineshack and one more man.
The Backcountry Bucket List    by Darin Letzring
Price: $2.99 USD. 6500 words. Published on July 23, 2011. .

I took the idea of the "bucket list" and applied to my favorite things to do in the backcountry. Most of the things in this book will rock you out of your rut and make you FEEL ALIVE. It also provides a nice list of cool things to do if you often get bored in the backcountry. Plan your trips with these bucket list things in mind. There is more to the backcountry than summiting mountaintops.
Backcountry Trail Pics    by Darin Letzring
Price: Free! 1050 words. Published on August 3, 2011. .

In the past ten years, I've seen some really great scenery in the backcountry of the national parks and wilderness areas in the western United States. This book is meant to be a "quick read" in that it should only take 10-15 minutes to view, but I hope these pictures last alot longer than that in your mind. You might also want to keep it handy to review when you get sick and tired of the office.
Trekking in South Sinai: the highlights    by Zoltan Matrahazi
Price: $2.99 USD. 14780 words. Published on August 6, 2011. .

Although South Sinai (Egypt) is a popular holiday destination the interior is not very well known. It is, however, a world class trekking country. This book, despite describing only some of the highlights, is the first trekking guide to South Sinai as such. It contains 8 treks from 6 different regions, 17 maps, GPS coordinates, trek images with waypoints and a Bedouin-Arabic trekking dictionary.
Death and the Dream    by JJ Brown
Price: $2.99 USD. 41230 words. Published on August 7, 2011. .

Scientist storyteller J.J.Brown's fourteen short stories explore death and dreams. From tragic moments in childhood up to crises of conscience in the research labs of New York City, the stories illuminate the beauty and the horror of ordinary lives. Mothers, daughters, scientists and murderers explore the fine line drawn between sanity and insanity, reality and dream, life and death.
The Backcountry Fun Series #1    by Darin Letzring
Price: $4.99 USD. 19340 words. Published on August 13, 2011. .

Here are three of my current books bundled into one option for people who want to dream about the backcountry and maybe put together a trip to get the fish. When the daily grind gets you down, pick this up to plan a fishing trip, think about the great things to do in the backcountry, and look at some great scenery from the throughout the western U.S. Three books in one download.
Sinai Gardens: Retreats in the Sinai High Mountain Region, Egypt    by Zoltan Matrahazi
Price: $6.99 USD. 9480 words. Published on August 16, 2011. .

Despite its religious importance the Sinai High Mountain Region in Egypt remains largely unknown to the general public. This concise book gives background info on the unique orchard farming tradition which lives on from Byzantine times with beautiful images of snow, spring, gardens and Bedouin life.