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Winning at Entrepreneurship    by Raj Gavurla
Price: $9.99 USD. 24360 words. Published on February 15, 2009. .

Raj Gavurla helps you produce Spirit-Enhancing Results to ensure positive change happens in your entrepreneurial business and life. In Winning at Entrepreneurship, Raj motivates and inspires you to bring more wins and growth into your life and career. He offers nine common-sense strategies to identify your callings, be an idea champion, and take your stress off new and existing issues.
Boone Barnaby    by Joe Cottonwood
Price: $0.99 USD. 51630 words. Published on August 18, 2009. .

An award-winning novel loved by adults and children alike about the adventures of three boys (and a flaky dog) chasing an arsonist while testing the limits of life, soccer, and garbage in their scrappy little town among the redwood trees of California. “This warmly engaging story is resplendent with humor, irony, thoughtful introspection, and well-paced plotting." —School Library Journal.
Colt O'Brien Sees the Light    by George Cole
Price: Free! 48730 words. Published on November 27, 2009. .

Colt O'brien sees himself as the most savvy computer technician at Highline High. The energetic senior, with his bright, colorful attire and cocky attitude, knows that he is the best. Colt is cruising through senior year, but his life is about to be turned upside down. A new computer program will challenge his credibility and his psychic powers will emerge when he least expects. Hang on Colt.
Tales From the Drake House Outhouse    by Joe Novara
Price: $2.99 USD. 22890 words. Published on January 3, 2010. .

Based on a real pioneer homestead in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this story has two 12-year olds working back in time with each ‘find’ they dig up from an historian’s dream: a 180-year old outhouse. Zach uses his imagination to create a movie script about the Drake family. Maddy objects to Zach’s notion that, “all stories are true and some of them actually happened.”
Ragazzo Quest    by Joe Novara
Price: $2.99 USD. 33420 words. Published on January 9, 2010. .

15-year old, Anne Marie, has boy friends but no boyfriend. A summer in Italy means a chance to snag a ragazzo. Born in the States of Italian parents she finds that the rules are different between men and women when she exports her made-in-America attitudes and co-ed soccer moves. Elena, a look-alike cousin in Sicily comes to live with Anne Marie leading to boyfriend troubles in two languages.
My Summer with Pele    by heather dune macadam
Price: $2.50 USD. 6780 words. Published on February 7, 2010. .

A personal narrative essay (22 pgs) about the God of Soccer and how I once dated him--without having the foggiest idea of who he was! If you love soccer, you will love reading about this amazing man and what he was like away from the paparazzi and how he changed one dancer's life.
Fergus: the Soccer-Playing Colt    by Dan Peterson
Price: $4.95 USD. 38940 words. Published by Raven Publishing of Montana on March 12, 2010. .

An acrobatic colt joins his young master and his friend in a soccer game, proving unusual understanding and talent for the game. When his skill gains media attention, Fergus Bobby and Ramon are sent on a tour to promote soccer in the US. All is well until a conniving rodeo stock dealer and his bumbling henchmen abduct the colt. Suspense and humor fill this heart-warming tale of loyalty and love.
Will the Soccer Star    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $3.99 USD. 3750 words. Published on March 28, 2010. .

The last few seconds of the soccer game. The score is tied. Will does a fake and then shoots the ball to Roz, who scores. Roz and Will are heroes. At the next game, Will thinks the other team is talking about his twitching eye and rolling shoulder. They really are talking about the play he made with Roz. Will learns everyone has vulnerabilities. Kids who don’t get it need someone to talk to.
He Shot, He Scored - the official biography of Peter Ward    by Matthew Horner
Price: $11.99 USD. 103830 words. Published by eBookpartnership.com  on March 31, 2010. .

The book chronicles the life and career of footballer Peter Ward who played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Nottingham Forest and England. Ward also played professionally in the USA and was the Player of the Year in 1982 when part of the Seattle Sounders team that played New York Cosmos in the Soccer Bowl.
The World Cup Baby    by Euan McCabe
Price: $12.99 USD. 121000 words. Published by Dr David Reiter on April 3, 2010. .

Euan McCabe is a football World Cup compulsive. Once a typical rugby-loving New Zealand schoolboy, he was mesmerised by his first sighting of Buenos Aires’ Monumental Stadium in 1978 and has since become besotted with the global phenomenon that is the FIFA World Cup ™. This book traces his growing infatuation with an event that he chooses to celebrate for its flaws as well as its strengths.