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Phantoms    by Ray Miles
Price: $1.00 USD. 22080 words. Published on August 31, 2009. .

The world is ruled by the ruthless Committee of Public Safety. It's a world gone mad where having more than one child is a crime. Yet the Sanctuary dares to defy them. Will their technological superiority be strong enough to defend their existence?
Essays in Philosophy    by Gerry Stahl
Price: Free! 60860 words. Published on September 28, 2010. .

A collection of philosophical essays about Nietzsche, Heidegger, Marx, electronic music, Adorno and topics in artificial intelligence
The Fifty-Minute Nietzsche    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 1930 words. Published on January 22, 2011. .

"Peter rushed into the classroom and fell onto a seat at the bottom of the horseshoe of tables aimed at the professor. Pulling a three-ring binder from his rain-soaked bag, he squeezed his toes in the wet lining of his shoes and wished he could be somewhere else." Brothers, a memory of a skateboard, and an endless class on literary theory. A short story about reality, imagined and otherwise.
A Wanderer at the Dawn    by Carl Reader
Price: $9.99 USD. 25780 words. Published on January 26, 2011. .

A Wanderer at the Dawn is a play about the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and takes place on the day of his death. His mind destroyed by tertiary syphilis, Nietzsche is partially paralyzed and under the care of his sister. As he lays dying, the play takes place in his mind as the various characters interact with him and illuminate the life and philosophy of this great anti-Christian.
An Introduction to Western Philosophy    by Matt McGinniss
Price: Free! 12840 words. Published on March 20, 2011. .

Biographies and key ideas of twenty of the most important western philosophers, from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle to Nietzsche, Foucault and Derrida.
Predestination (and Other Games of Chance)    by J. Daniel Sawyer
Price: $5.99 USD. 124010 words. Published by AWP Books  on April 25, 2011. .

When leaving Earth to escape a contract on his life, Joss Kyle finds his poker habit gets him caught up in a struggle for control of the entire solar system. He just wants to build a new life, but in the looking-glass world above the gravity well, survival, like poker, is just another sport. And in this contest, it isn’t whether you win or lose, it's how you rig the game.
Finding Happiness in a Society Full of Narcissism    by David Thomas
Price: $2.99 USD. 19370 words. Published on August 30, 2011. .

The book identifies the most common error made in today's society that causes people to be unhappy. Despite an unremittingly hedonistic pursuit of instant gratification, the deep and satisfying glow of real happiness still can’t be achieved. However, this book shows how small changes to an individual's behaviour can have massive positive effects that lead to true happiness.
Do I Exist? And Other Philosophical Questions    by Andy Marlow
Price: $0.99 USD. 29370 words. Published on September 22, 2011. .

Ever found yourself plagued by deep questions? This cheap, accessible book gives you a basic introduction to philosophical issues drawing on the works of philosophers from Descartes to Sartre through Kant and Nietzsche. Don’t know who they are? Don’t worry- each chapter ends with a “Philosophical Who’s Who” giving you a brief biography of the life and works of each major philosopher.
Le Nouvel Adam    by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Price: $9.99 USD. 63450 words. Published by Éditions de l'Âge d'Or  on October 9, 2011. .

L'histoire fascinante d'Edmond Hall, qui découvre qu'il est un surhomme appelé sans doute à remplacer l'humanité ordinaire; on assiste à ses tentatives pour s'intégrer à la société, sa découverte de la beauté et de l'amour charnel de la belle Vanny, ses réussites et ses échecs. Ce roman, paru à titre posthume en 1939, est publié pour la toute première fois en français.
Free Will (and Other Compulsions)    by J. Daniel Sawyer
Price: $6.99 USD. 220760 words. Published by AWP Books  on October 26, 2011. .

Book 2 of The Antithesis Progression As the Lunar Revolution threatens to unravel, fugitive Joss Kyle has one chance left to clear his name and avert an interplanetary war before events spin out of control--assuming he can rid himself of his sworn enemy, Alyssa Hartman. View From Valhalla calls Free Will "Challenging, entertaining, and amazing...Sawyer dazzles the literary palate."