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Laura Ingalls Wilder's Most Inspiring Writings    by Dan L White
Price: $4.99 USD. 52600 words. Published on December 24, 2010. .

A large collection of Laura Ingalls Wilder's most inspiring articles, written prior to and seed stock for her Little House books. She offers timeless wisdom on country living and warm memories that later became her beloved books. Extensive notes and setting, like a book within a book, by Dan L. White, author of Laura's Love Story, Devotionals with Laura, and Laura Ingalls' Friends Remember Her.
A Good and Gentle Man    by Bernard Fancher
Price: $1.99 USD. 22690 words. Published on March 24, 2011. .

A turn onto an unfamiliar road opens an unanticipated but welcome chapter in Corky McKerrow's life, leading to mystery and eventual sorrow. (A story that promises to amply reward the patient and perceptive reader. And now at a new, lower price!) WARNING: This book contains graphic sexual content and may not be suitable for all readers.
Sharpest Tool in the Shed    by Michael Angel
Price: $1.49 USD. 17000 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on June 4, 2011. .

Tune into rural Texas’ radio station KRAP (don’t touch that dial, there’s KRAP on it!) as a pair of down-home country DJs try their damnedest to stop a murder…all while they’re still on the air.
Peacocks: a short story    by Maren Bradley Anderson
Price: $0.99 USD. 7530 words. Published on August 2, 2011. .

In this short story, Sherri wants a new start, so moves from California to rural Oregon where she takes a new job as a bartender and befriends a wild female peacock. Unfortunately, her former husband manages to track her down just as she is beginning to feel at home. Is she strong enough to send him away and face the loneliness of starting over in a new place?
Kane    by Stephen Jennings
Price: $2.95 USD. 81060 words. Published on September 9, 2011. .

Kane is the story of rural poverty, the power and the impotence of family, the premium our society places on beauty, the sadness that comes with the realization the economic ladder is more difficult to climb than we imagined and how far we'll go to escape. Yet it is also the story of patience and perseverance, the time we need to embrace, understanding, truth and the importance of family.
Buying The Land To Launch Your Dreams    by Michael Antoniak
Price: $5.00 USD. 20030 words. Published on January 17, 2012. .

An essential guide to purchasing rural property for those who dream of or intend to escape to a simpler life in the country. Whether you seek a few acres, a hobby farm or a future home site give, your dreams their best start with this overview of the process, special considerations, and insights on what and where/how to look for your corner of paradise. Includes live links to many Web resources.
Lost Crossings: A Contemplative Look at Western North Carolina's Historic Swinging Footbridges    by Katey Schultz
Price: $3.99 USD. 11370 words. Published on April 29, 2012. .

This ebook contains 12 brief, contemplative essays and numerous photographs documenting North Carolina's most historic swinging footbridges. Mitchell and Yancey Counties are home to 13 of the state's 23 remaining footbridges, including the oldest in the state. Lost Crossings is the first book to offer comprehensive footbridge info. Read stories, view the map, and learn about this local feature.
The Last of the Bird People    by John Hanson Mitchell
Price: $3.95 USD. 69750 words. Published by Wilderness House Press  on May 1, 2012. .

John Hanson Mitchell's new novel is about a secretive band of mixed-race hunter-gatherers who lived, undiscovered, in the Swift River Valley of Central Massachusetts for many generations. The book, which takes the form of a legal deposition, is the story of the fate of these retiring, peaceable people and the young anthropologist who first contacted them.
My Kin (Mostly true stories about growing up Southern)    by Lisa Giles
Price: $1.99 USD. 13160 words. Published on August 1, 2012. .

In the South, family ties are strong but often as tangled as the kudzu that grows wild along the highways. This collection contains six humorous and charming southern tales. Each one shows a family at its best and worst, through the eyes of a girl learning what kin means when you grow up southern. These stories are told with a helping of humor, a pinch of forgiveness and a dash of dismay.
Asparagus Is Forever: A Love Story    by Scott Webb
Price: Free! 50910 words. Published on September 21, 2012. .

Micah is going through the breakup of a five year relationship. Listen as he chronicals his side of the story, taking you on a wild ride across today's back hills of rural Tennessee. The ironic twist: it's a tale about optimism & self-discovery. Translation -- it's funny as hell! Fiction in the tradition of Jack Kerouac.