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The Slavery Debate in 19th Century America    by Kyle W. Bell
Price: $2.99 USD. 15650 words. Published on December 18, 2009. .

Slavery is an issue that the United States has had to deal with since the early British colonies. The moral, cultural, economic and political impact of slavery in the United States is profound in its magnitude. Slavery shaped the way our nation was formed in everything from political decisions regarding territory to legal recognition and rights of the nation's inhabitants.
Elijah Lovejoy's Fight for Freedom    by Jennifer Phillips
Price: $3.99 USD. 8120 words. Published on January 5, 2010. .

Two decades before the Civil War, Elijah Lovejoy used his newspaper to protest slavery. His beliefs were dangerous enough. Taking his cause public proved deadly as he defended press after press before losing his life to a mob. Insisting on his constitutional right to speak freely about unpopular subjects, he refused to be intimidated by those who would silence him. A biography for young readers.
Cerdic    by Stuart Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 21800 words. Published by MHT Publishing Co on January 7, 2010. .

The adventures of a youth of fourteen years and his younger sister Julie on the day the Romans abandoned the coastal forts and signal stations after having occupied the land for over three hundred and fifty years.
Shadow of Dawn    by Debra Diaz
Price: $2.99 USD. 96090 words. Published on January 18, 2010. .

Southern bride Catherine Kelly is plunged into a world of danger and deceit in this riveting tale set during the Civil War. An unfamiliar husband, a familiar stranger, startling revelations... all lead to the discovery of a double treachery that will end in murder and cause Catherine to fear for her own life - and her soul.
The War    by Rolf McEwen
Price: $0.99 USD. 9400 words. Published on February 10, 2010. .

This one-act play presents a dramatic dialogue about US involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five college students, four men and one woman, debate various war issues. Ron challenges each of his friends to join him in a march against the wars scheduled to take place in Portland, Oregon, where the participants are college students.
Hannah Robinson: The Celebrated Beauty of Her Day, A Play in Two Acts    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $5.99 USD. 11300 words. Published on February 22, 2010. .

The beautiful, strong-willed Hannah Robinson defies her powerful father Rowland and marries the man she loves. The action takes places on a plantation in colonial Rhode Island in the mid 1700s. This play is based on historical records and the legends that sprang up over the centuries after Hannah died her early, tragic death.
Winning His Spurs    by Roger Kean
Price: $1.49 USD. 87980 words. Published on March 22, 2010. .

1191: In a clash of two faiths, a boy knight destined to be a hero…Cuthbert, hungry for adventure and glory, joins King Richard on his way to free Jerusalem from the Saracens. Even before reaching their goal the Crusaders are torn by jealousy and intrigue. Cuthbert finds that chivalry and honour are little valued as he faces desperate obstacles to his quest for knighthood and his own castle.
Dash For Khartoum    by Roger Kean
Price: $1.49 USD. 85570 words. Published on March 22, 2010. .

1884: Deep in the Sudan, the British are in a frantic bid to save Gordon of Khartoum, from the Mahdi’s fanatic army. Teenage brothers Edgar and Rupert Clinton, twins divided by a woman’s greed, unravel a past crime that threatens their futures. Separated by events, they are thrown into desperate adventures as the conflict rages. Both find Muslim allies willing to risk all to see them through.
By Sheer Pluck    by Roger Kean
Price: $2.99 USD. 86700 words. Published on April 21, 2010. .

In 1873, orphaned at 15 and penniless, Frank Hargate, too proud to accept help from others, determines to make his own way in life and joins an explorer's expedition to darkest West Africa. Among new friends, he struggles against staggering odds to survive hostile nature, cannibals, disease and the bloody Ashanti war. From the horrors, a man aspiring to help others toward a better life is forged.
Hypocrites    by Michael Muhammad
Price: $1.99 USD. 36510 words. Published on June 12, 2010. .

One born to save our world, the other born to destroy it. When the Enemy discovers the one born to destroy his evil world is a street thug from Atlanta, he plots to kill him before he can come into the knowledge of who he is and what he is born to do.