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Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure    by Duane Simolke
Price: $2.99 USD. 78920 words. Published on October 27, 2009. .

Winner, StoneWall Society Pride in the Arts Award. The brilliant scientist Taldra loves her twin gay sons and sees them as the hope for Valchondria's future, but one of them becomes entangled in the cult of Degranon, while the other becomes stranded on the other side of a doorway through time. Can they find their way home and help Taldra save their world?
Privacy Most Public    by Andrew Burt
Price: $3.99 USD. 16170 words. Published on May 4, 2010. .

In the future, the Minuteman software system listens to all phone calls, reads all messages, watches everything, to keep Americans safe... but what happens when it mis-hears what someone says? Who's watching the watchers?
We, The Watched    by Adam Bender
Price: $2.99 USD. 51460 words. Published on May 12, 2010. .

A 20-something man wakes up without memory and finds himself in a nation that administers a Watched List of its own citizens. He meets people who accept invasive surveillance by the government and forced uniformity by the church as necessary safeguards for protecting the homeland. The amnesiac learns quickly that opposition is heresy--and punishable by death.
Patterns of American Legal Thought    by G. Edward White
Price: $6.99 USD. 133740 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on July 22, 2010. .

A renowned legal historian's collection of astute and timeless essays on such subjects as the process, method and debates of legal history; the truth about Holmes and Brandeis; legal realism & its critics; the origins of tort law; appellate opinions as research sources; Brown v. Board and the role of Earl Warren; and the development of gay rights in U.S. constitutional law. Quality digital format.
Ben Franklin's Web Site    by Robert Ellis Smith
Price: $4.50 USD. 145880 words. Published by R. E. Smith  on August 14, 2010. .

This engaging book explores the hidden niches of American history to discover the tug between Americans' yearning for privacy and their insatiable curiosity. It includes histories of wiretapping, credit reporting, sexual practices, Social Security numbers and ID cards, modern principles of privacy protection, and the coming of the Internet and the new challenges to personal privacy it brings.
Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, 2010 Consolidated Edition    by Robert Ellis Smith
Price: $4.95 USD. 60250 words. Published by R. E. Smith  on August 14, 2010. .

Descriptions and legal citations for 700 state and federal laws protecting personal information or limiting surveillance of individuals, grouped by categories and states. Includes financial, credit, medical, school, government, insurance, employment, and arrest records, plus wiretapping, Social Security numbers, tracking technologies and telephone services.
Consumer's Handheld Guide to Privacy Protections    by Robert Ellis Smith
Price: $3.95 USD. 52350 words. Published by R. E. Smith  on September 2, 2010. .

Descriptions and legal citations for state and federal laws protecting personal information in the marketplace, at work, at school or at home. Selected categories from the Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws, 2010 ed. Includes financial, credit, medical, school, government, insurance, and employment records, plus Social Security numbers, tracking technologies and telephone services.
Keyword Filter Testing Manual    by A. Datta
Price: Free! 1770 words. Published on November 7, 2010. .

Ironically, the standard way to test web content filters is to to attempt to visit the very websites one desires to block. This book will show you an alternative method of checking your keyword filter. A safer method and one in which you and your family are not exposed to offensive content.
Law in a New Key: Essays on Law and Society    by Amitai Etzioni
Price: $9.99 USD. 83210 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on December 6, 2010. .

For thoughtful readers--and not particularly lawyers or scholars--engaged in the issues of the day who want something other than "easy" answers from right or left. Renowned sociologist Etzioni addresses key issues of terrorism, drone wars, TSA scanners, DNA banks, surveillance, privacy, norms of social disapproval and forgiveness, human rights, and respecting cultures; 15 trenchant essays in all.
The Right to Privacy    by Steven Alan Childress (ed.)
Price: $1.99 USD. 18840 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on December 25, 2010. .

Modern presentation of a classic work of legal thought, one of the most influential law works of all time, and important U.S. history. Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis created the notion of legal protection for a special interest in privacy with their 1890 article. Later Brandeis became a legend on the Supreme Court. Edited and introduced by law professor S. Alan Childress, with telling backstory.