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Queen Bee    by Keith Brooke
Price: $0.99 USD. 6090 words. Published by infinity plus  on September 25, 2011. .

Domed cities; a lost lover; alien lifeforms whose biochemical excretions might kill you or worse... Colvin Stark must battle deadly jungle and primitive settlers to find his fleeing lover, and his destiny. Traditional science fiction with a contemporary spin, Queen Bee showcases the short fiction talent of an author described by Locus as belonging in "the recognized front ranks of SF writers".
The Bone Flute    by Lisa Tuttle
Price: $0.99 USD. 9260 words. Published by infinity plus  on November 12, 2011. .

Venn, a fickle and restless young musician, is drawn to the “lost planet” of Habille where, it is said, human nature has changed, and love once experienced can never die. In an afterword written especially for this edition, Lisa Tuttle explains her controversial decision to refuse the Nebula Award for this story.
Scorpio Triumph [Dray Prescot #43]    by Alan Burt Akers
Price: $5.99 USD. 70280 words. Published by Mushroom Publishing on January 10, 2012. .

Volume forty-three in the saga of Dray Prescot of Earth and of Kregen, and the last book of the Lohvian Cycle. Paz, the hemisphere of Kregen where Dray Prescot has adventured and succeeded, is threatened by the reiving Shanks from Schan, the other half of the planet...
Atmosphere of Freedom: 70 Years at the NASA Ames Research Center - Pioneer, Galileo Jupiter Probe, Kepler, Apollo, Space Shuttle, Planetary Sciences, Space Life Sciences, plus 2012 ASAP Annual Report    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 183400 words. Published on April 7, 2013. .

This is a comprehensive history of NASA's Ames Research Center in California. This 70th anniversary edition begins with a history of the Center from the perspective of the Center directors— there have been ten since 1958.
Contested Ground: The Historical Debate Over NASA's Mission - From Sputnik to the Apollo Moon Landing, Space Shuttle and Space Station Decisions, Commercial Space    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 198100 words. Published on April 8, 2013. .

This book will examine the changing views of NASA's mission(s) held by government officials over the years. Drawing upon relevant concepts in political science and public administration, it will attempt to account for the shifts in space policy, by describing the political, economic, and technical factors that helped bring them about.