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Bad Tabloids    by Mickey Scantlebury
Price: $1.99 USD. 88840 words. Published on December 7, 2012. .

A bomb goes off, shots are fired, and an egregious tabloid newspaper Editor is fleeing for his life. Unfortunately for secret agent Amelia Hartliss, it's her job to protect him. How can she do that, in a small car, confined to the back roads and country lanes of northern England? Especially as she has a handsome reader in tow. He's a man with a grudge against the paper and is anxious for revenge!
A New Partner and an Old Enemy    by Mary C. Findley
Price: Free! 16530 words. Published on January 10, 2013. .

Excerpted from Benny and the Bank Robber 3: The Oregon Sentinel. Benny faces a life-changing decision: Accept the job at the Detroit Sentinel or go west with his family? Will he leave Violet Mitchell behind? Will an old friend endanger his life if he decides wrongly? Will he turn back at a threat from an enemy who almost killed him?
Ed Holley Major League Pitcher From Kentucky    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $1.99 USD. 4030 words. Published on January 20, 2013. .

Ed Holley is a little known major league baseball player, who pitched from 1928-1934 with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Pittsburgh Pirates. His best years, 1932-1933 were with the Phillies. In 2 seasons he won 11 and 13 games. My EBook covers Ed's major league and minor league seasons. It also discusses his ancestry, family, and marriage. I have used genealogy and newspaper records.
Pete Elliott's 1956 Nebraska Cornhuskers    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.75 USD. 4300 words. Published on February 7, 2013. .

In 1956 the University of Nebraska hired Pete Elliott to coach its football team. The new coach was a 29-year-old former All-American football player at the University of Michigan. He won 12 letters at UM. The Big 7 conference, of which NU was a member, was dominated by Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma Sooners. Elliott coached backs at OU before coming to Nebraska. He brought with him the Split-T offense.
Eliza    by Joyce Proell
Price: $4.99 USD. 77660 words. Published by Champagne Books  on February 23, 2013. .

The best reason to leave home forever is a husband who wants you dead.
Jake Hehl Brooklyn Robins Pitcher And Catholic League Bowling Star    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $1.99 USD. 2900 words. Published on February 26, 2013. .

Jake Hehl is an atypical biographical subject. He was a high school sports phenom. He excelled in baseball, basketball, and football at Brooklyn Prep. Hehl pitched one inning in major league baseball before being summoned for military duty in World War I. He pitched in the minor leagues from 1918-1926. He was a versatile athlete who became a star bowler in Brooklyn's 1940s Catholic Church Leagues.
The Mafia, Football Gambling and Len Dawson    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 7520 words. Published on March 7, 2013. .

Former NFL Quarterback Len Dawson is a controversial sports figure. A member of the National Football League Hall of Fame, he led the Kansas City Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV, in 1970. However, there are legitimate doubts about his complicity in "fixing" games between 1966-1970. He associated with gamblers. A Detroit grand jury named Dawson as part of a nationwide gambling scandal in 1970
The Last Newspaper in the World    by Mike Smith
Price: $3.95 USD. 49910 words. Published on March 10, 2013. .

Changes in the newspaper world underscore this story about the murder of a small town mayor, and the changing social, economic and political realities. ISBN: 978-0-473-23249-8
Joi Lansing Singer, TV Actress And B-Movie Icon    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 5550 words. Published on March 13, 2013. .

Joi Lansing died an untimely death in 1972. She was a multi-talented performer signed by MGM in the 1940s. Her curvy figure and facial beauty proved to be hindrances. They restricted her to playing "dumb blondes". Despite the stereotypes she was in steady demand as a singer, nightclub performer, as well as a stage, TV, and movie actress. My E-book focuses on her immense versatility and creativity.
The Tragic Life of Film Actress Lynne Baggett    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 3310 words. Published on March 19, 2013. .

Lynne Baggett was not a successful film star. The highlight of her career was a 1948 marriage to Hollywood producer Sam Spiegel. She played mostly uncredited parts in movies. Baggett experienced a spiral of despair which led to suicide in 1960. Like Marilyn Monroe pills were found close to her bedside. Unique to Lynne was her progressive disintegration after a car accident that killed a young man.