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Cracking Wise - A Screwball Comedy    by Richard Taylor
Price: $0.99 USD. 18610 words. Published on August 3, 2010. .

30sh virgin recluse Leon will inherit billions if he can just get out of his house, date a girl, and get a job. Problem is, he's allergic to the sun and almost everything else. His late father's attorney hires marine biologist Grace to reluctantly become his life coach, but she can't protect him from a gold-digger on the prowl. Screwball comedy is reborn in this homage to Hollywood's golden age.
Carnival Baseball    by Colby Cox
Price: Free! 71130 words. Published on September 9, 2010. .

As head coach of the 1933 Wilmington Whispers, Sarge holds a grocery list of troubles. His catcher is a double amputee. The robot outfielders are held together with chicken wire and his star player is an ego-driven hunk of chewing tobacco. Witch doctors. Vampires with tommy guns. Carnival Baseball turns our national pastime on its head and tells the tale of a born loser who refuses to fail.
What's So Funny? How To Sharpen Your Sense Of Humor    by Paul Moran
Price: $9.99 USD. 13900 words. Published on October 8, 2010. .

Readers of all ages and abilities will quickly learn how to generate laughter, spread good feelings, and perhaps even make a fool of themselves! Written in easy to understand language, the author clearly explains the principles behind such comic tools as: exaggeration, understatement, punch lines, sight gags, logical delusions, creating surprises, the use of funny words, and many others.
Hollywood's Classic Comedies: 200 Fun-Filled Films Rated & Reviewed    by John Howard Reid
Price: $4.99 USD. 102680 words. Published on April 21, 2011. .

200 classic movie comedies are discussed and reviewed (with full cast and credit details) in this must-have book that will delight every vintage film fan. If you've never heard of Abbott & Costello, The 3 Stooges, or Laurel & Hardy, this is not the book for you. On the other hand, for fans of classic Hollywood comedies, this book will evoke lively memories and guide them to buy more comedy DVDs.
The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - A Dix Dodd Mystery    by Norah Wilson
Price: $3.99 USD. 73490 words. Published on April 22, 2011. .

Dix Dodd, PI has hung out her own shingle, specializing in busting cheaters. The guys back at Jones & Assoc. are laying bets about how soon she’ll fail. Things are looking up when Dix gets hired by Jennifer Weatherby to trail her husband 24-7 for a week, for $10K. But Dix's big payday earns her prime suspect status in a murder investigation by her nemesis, Det. Richard Head (aka Dickhead).
Jack Be Nimble: Tyro    by Ben English
Price: $3.99 USD. 97430 words. Published on August 9, 2011. .

The second book in the Jack Be Nimble thriller series, taking up moments after the harrowing events related in the first book, Jack Be Nimble: Gargoyle. Tyro is both a mad dash from Paris to San Francisco to Los Angeles to Havana, Cuba, as well a brilliant coming-of-age story showing how the choices we make in youth provide both a blessing and a curse.
Grin & Barrett    by Ruth J. Hartman
Price: $2.99 USD. 43390 words. Published by Turquoise Morning Press  on August 14, 2011. .

Remmie Grin is a self-sufficient dentist who has her life right where she wants it. That is, until handsome, flirty Dr. Victor Barrett moves in next door. He constantly bugs her about selling her practice to him—but she's not budging. How can she convince him to leave her alone when all she really wants him to do is kiss her again?
Force of Habit    by Marian Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 61900 words. Published by Echelon Press LLC  on August 15, 2011. .

Isobel Enid Schuster never planned to go into space. She almost wished there had been no Vatican III, and the clergy had not gone co-ed, or at least the Jesuits had not. But all those things had happened.
Down the Ocean    by M. X. Scapino
Price: Free! 19730 words. Published on September 7, 2011. .

In this comedy/adventure, three naive high school graduates organize a no-holds-barred car race to attract friends into having an unforgettable vacation. Something is absolutely going to go wrong.
Jack Be Nimble: The Crystal Falcon    by Ben English
Price: $3.99 USD. 66960 words. Published on October 9, 2011. .

The third book in the Jack Be Nimble thriller series, The Crystal Falcon resumes the tale begun in Gargoyle and continued in Tyro. Jack Flynn and his team of clandestine covert operatives strike at the heart of vast global conspiracy engineered to bring about anarchy and destruction, and in so doing Jack comes face-to-face with the woman he thought lost to him forever.