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Gold Panning and other stories    by Ned Tarrington
Price: $0.99 USD. 2230 words. Published on July 4, 2009. .

This collection of five short stories combines both adventure and education suitable for reading with children. Includes “Agate Logs” (a visit to the Petrified Forest), “Gold Panning” (hunting for gold), “It’s a Big Place” (astronomy outing), “Sky Castles” (contemplation of the sky and clouds), and “The Glacier” (understanding the environment).
The Kerry Chronicles - Book One - THE RESPONSE    by Gary  Naiman
Price: $6.99 USD. 42330 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on August 6, 2009. .

The Response launches us into a terrifying biblical prophecy. Set in 2015, it introduces Devin Kerry, a brilliant entomologist who is confronted with an unexplained global uprising of ten thousand trillion enraged ants, bees, and wasps. Swarms devastate cities we are powerless to stop them. Devin discovers the attacks were triggered 30 years ago, thus begins humanity’s greatest battle.
Space Primer (AU-18): Comprehensive Spaceflight History and Guidebook, Doctrine, Orbital Mechanics, Military Space, Satellites, Rockets, NASA Programs, Threats, Designs, Operations, Intelligence    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 132550 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .

In what may be the best single-volume introduction to military and civilian space flight, this up-to-date space primer from the Department of Defense provides comprehensive coverage of modern spaceflight principles and practices, with an extensive and authoritative history of military and NASA programs, along with the fundamentals of space.
Tele-Peri-Kaleido-Scope    by Jonas Samuelle
Price: $1.99 USD. 27440 words. Published on August 4, 2011. .

A collection of short stories intended to cause temporary blindness in one's third eye.
My Father's America - Volume Two - The Colonies    by Walter Lorenz
Price: $4.99 USD. 175370 words. Published on November 7, 2011. .

England was ready. Of all the nations in Europe, 17th-century England was most peculiarly suited to succeed in peopling the North American continent. This was a strange turn of events. England had been the very last of the Western powers to show any kind of interest in the world beyond Europe. Yet once they got started, the English were destined to succeed in the most spectacular way.
Complete Guide to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Project - Spacecraft, Instruments and Mirror, Science, Infrared Astronomy, GAO and Independent Review Reports, Congressional Hearings    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 95570 words. Published on December 8, 2011. .

Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), currently under construction and planned for launch sometime near 2018, is provided in this unique compilation of official NASA material.
The Old Telescope    by Jerome Francis Lusa 
Price: $0.99 USD. 2300 words. Published on January 22, 2012. .

It was a long telescope, the kind sea captains and pirates might have used...
Trouble in the Triangulum Galaxy    by John Gaukel
Price: $3.99 USD. 11040 words. Published on January 30, 2012. .

The Hale Astro was a telescope the size of Texas. It’s task at the moment was research. They had just happened to focus on a corner of the Triangulum Galaxy. What they found raised more questions than it answered.
Mr. Olcott's Skies: An Old Book and a Youthful Obsession    by Thomas Watson
Price: $1.99 USD. 35430 words. Published on April 6, 2012. .

The story of how an old book and a small telescope shaped a passion for stargazing, and how that passion was lost and then rediscovered over the course of a lifetime.
The Magic Telescope    by Trista Baughman
Price: $0.99 USD. 4140 words. Published on April 16, 2012. .

When Seth receives a second-hand telescope for his birthday, he's a little disappointed. But he soon discovers that it may just be the best birthday present in the history of the universe. First in a series.