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Can't Get There From Here (a collection of alleged humor writing)    by Jeff Tompkins
Price: $2.99 USD. 38500 words. Published on February 1, 2011. .

In this book of more than 40 humor columns, Jeff Tompkins battles a spider, has a medical professional assault his eyeballs, identifies the oddest job in the world and offers some suggestions to make spelling bees more exciting. Go inside a giant fiberglass hot dog on wheels and find out what happens when you Google yourself too much. Number of classified C.I.A. documents: 0
Herr Balaban und seine Tochter Selda    by Martin Auer
Price: $2.99 USD. 23560 words. Published on February 2, 2011. .

Ein Flüchtling - sein Hut kommt aus Usbekistan - kommentiert die Welt des Westens mit dem Witz des Ostens. "Verbüffende Geschichten, Anekdoten und heitere Szenen über die Unwirklichkeit des Realen und die Realität des Unwirklichen. Jeder einzelne Text regt zum Nachdenken an. Seite für Seite stehen kindsköpfige Aha-Erlebnisse neben philosophischem Witz." Focus
Big Dragons Don't Cry    by C. M. Barrett
Price: $1.99 USD. 98510 words. Published on February 2, 2011. .

A cunning opportunist incites the people of Oasis to kill the local dragon so that he can convert Druid's swamp into suburban housing. The would-be dragonslayer also plans to have the current head of state assassinated and assume power. Unless the dragon joins a kitten with attitude and a human with unlawful psychic gifts, Oasis is finished.
The Osecca Option    by Helen Montgomery
Price: $0.99 USD. 9500 words. Published on February 6, 2011. .

Osecca del Mar desperately needs Guild backing to survive the medieval world in which she lives. But the head of the Guild declares the job she trained for is strictly a male profession. Does she have what it takes to prove she’s capable of doing the job? Only one thing is certain: her only friend and confidant, Ace Blackthorn, doesn’t think she is.
The Pub Letters    by PK Munroe
Price: $0.99 USD. 22870 words. Published on February 6, 2011. .

Have you ever had a great idea in the pub or bar, but forgotten it by the next day? The Pub Letters is a collection of bar-room brainwaves, in the form of letters to prominent companies and individuals, and their replies. Read the pitches for Rodent Deodorant, Vegetarian Pork Scratchings, and the Pavarotti Bouncy Castle. Peter Jones of BBC TV's Dragons' Den called it "hilarious in the extreme".
Doodling    by Jonathan Gould
Price: $0.99 USD. 18000 words. Published on February 6, 2011. .

After Neville Lansdowne falls off the world (because it's moving too fast), he finds himself adrift in an asteroid field full of eccentric characters and experiences some most unexpected adventures. Douglas Adams meets Lewis Carroll (with just a touch of Gulliver’s Travels) in this engaging comic fantasy.
The OTHER Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: A Parody (Anniversary Edition)    by Gene Doucette
Price: $4.99 USD. 29350 words. Published on February 7, 2011. .

Have you ever wondered: --How to shoplift? --How to summit Mount Everest? --How to deliver a baby in a manger? --How to find Jesus? --How to deliver an emergency appendectomy? --How to tell you've lost the election? Wonder no more! Find answers to these and many other important questions of our time. Pick up the greatest book since the invention of hyperbole!
The Strange Worlds of Hank Quense    by Hank Quense
Price: Free! 5860 words. Published on February 13, 2011. .

I've created two strange worlds for my characters to romp around in. Gundarland is inhabited by humans, elves, dwarfs and other fantasy creatures. Zaftan 31B is the home world of a race of nasty, snarly and foul-smelling aliens known as Zaftans, naturally. This ebook provides a tongue-in-cheek look at these worlds. Check it out!
A Hatful of Rabbits    by Benjamin Jacobson
Price: Free! 11450 words. Published on February 19, 2011. .

Ingredients: Ten stories, a countdown to death, fairy tale genocide, too intelligent rabbits, a deadly meteor shower, the transmutation of matter to energy, swearing, a ten-ton weight, a man who cannot fail, the world’s shortest space opera, a zduhac, three never-before-published tales, including a “Writers of the Future” award winner. All in just over ten thousand words.
Save Me From My Cell Phone    by Rodney L. Sharp
Price: $1.99 USD. 24120 words. Published on February 20, 2011. .

This is a satirical look at the uncivilized way we are using and abusing our cell phone privileges. Whether making calls publicly or privately, the cell phone represents one of the greatest inventions of our time, with the greatest intrusive behaviors, and personal safety and risk to you and others. Know the rules of what's expectable and when, and maybe you too can be saved from your cell phone.