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ゴードン    by IE Institute
Price: $0.99 USD. 10 words. Published on May 27, 2010. .

ゴードンがあなたの今までの漫画に対するイメージを変えます。本書では文章が使われているのは冒頭のキャラクター説明のみです。クローガー氏の魅力的で独特な作風は彼の想像力と芸術性を通して、物語を楽しませてくれることでしょう。
Trembling in the Ivory Tower: Excesses in the Pursuit of Truth and Tenure    by Kenneth Lasson
Price: $6.99 USD. 67780 words. Published by Bancroft Press on June 16, 2010. .

In this gem of a book, scholar and wit Kenneth Lasson takes on all manner of excesses in the Ivory Tower which, from his insider's viewpoint, constitute little less than a full-scale assault on American values and mores. Lasson uses his sharply pointed pen to skewer both the powerful and the petty, from perpetually outraged law professors and would-be literati to ethnic hatemongers with tenure.
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.
The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
The Polyglot's Nightmares: Part X½ in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60080 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Fleeing a war and in search of himself, Ion finds himself residing in a number of strange caves, on the walls of which are written a strange language. He meets a woman who guides him through his state of being a refugee and is troubled by strange dreams that seem to incorporate the existence of the war, his love for the woman he has met and a sense of the divine.
The Quite Possibly Near Death of Hurol Davelrish: Part Three in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61010 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

When an arrogant stuntman, Hurol Davelrish, has a seizure during a stunt, he finds himself in the kingdom of Scalter, a land in which he is king, but which is strangely ruled by a phantasmic man named Viscount Vaunt. Hurol meets a strangely kind friend, Grib, in the malevolent world, who tries to pull him back from the ledge of his pride - what will become of the much-admired stuntman?
The Fool Who Counted Sins    by Robert Bela Wilhelm
Price: $9.99 USD. 29940 words. Published on January 25, 2011. .

Sixteen Middle Eastern folktales to promote understanding of Islamic spirituality for the Christian West through the art of storytelling. Tales from Arabic, Turkic, and Persian sources that can be told to Christian audiences in connection with the Biblical readings for Sundays in the liturgical year. Opportunities for deepening Christian faith while promoting a deeper appreciation of Islam
Doodling    by Jonathan Gould
Price: $0.99 USD. 18840 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.
Lesser Wisdoms    by E.I. Weiner
Price: $1.49 USD. 1990 words. Published on April 30, 2011. .

Words to live by ... for the unexamined life. Humorous sayings, misquotes, twisted logic and wisdoms of a decidely lesser nature.