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Once More, From the Beginning    by Wendy Bertsch
Price: $2.99 USD. 61910 words. Published on July 29, 2010. .

The Bible is a funny and preposterous book, with humour and outrages, like jewels, just waiting to be mined. Inspired by these nuggets, I have retold the story of the Old Testament, digging out and presenting the most amusing bits. My interpretation is not that of the men who wrote the Bible. Their show has had a nice long run. Now it's time to look at that world through a woman's eyes. And laugh.
Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany    by Mildred Allen Butler
Price: $2.99 USD. 50960 words. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on March 20, 2011. .

Anne of Brittany was only 12 when, in 1488, she became its Duchess, but already she was among the best-educated women of her era and she was determined to preserve the duchy’s independence. At 15 she averted takeover by France when she married its king, Charles VIII, and after he died she married his successor, Louis XII, becoming the only person ever twice crowned Queen of France. Ages 12 up.
Seashells in the Desert    by Susan Tornga
Price: $6.99 USD. 73180 words. Published by Lee Emory on July 8, 2011. .

Murder in the Old West. Trains, Harvey Girls and Mayhem.
The Woman who Rewrote History    by Claire Lloyd
Price: Free! 16570 words. Published on October 29, 2011. .

Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, was known as the Red Duchess for her political views and imprisoned by Franco during Spain´s fascist dictatorship. She found evidence in her family's archive that much of Spain's accepted history had been 'cleaned up'. To preserve the archive for posterity she married her secretary on her deathbed, disinheriting her children.