A directory of Smashwords ebooks available within the native Stanza ebook reading app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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The Talent | by Philip Caveney Feb. 10, 2012 | $1.99 | 81562 words | Sample 20% |
| In the near-future, life in the north of England is a daily struggle for existence. Young musician, Josh Williams’ only hope of escape is nationwide TV show, The Talent... | |||||
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An Approach to W. Shakespeare’s Plays-Eighteen- Measure for Measure | by Students' Academy Feb. 09, 2012 | $2.99 | 17272 words | Sample 20% |
| In this fast paced world, most of the academic institutions all over the world are gradually forgetting the past geniuses on whose foundations the pillars of English Literature had been raised. | |||||
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Footprints in the Mud | by Liam Fullerton Feb. 09, 2012 | Free! | 6185 words | Read a sample |
| He had started out as a wealthy business man, but he soon lost his way. Mad in the head some said, it could be true or it could be false. | |||||
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Klockupproret | by Bert Ola Gustavsson Feb. 08, 2012 | $2.99 | 70801 words | Sample 20% |
| När höstterminen börjar hittar tolvårige Ingel Hansson och hans kamrat Peder Svartling två paket dynamit. Med detta fantastiska fynd börjar ett skolår som inte blir något annat likt. Klockupproret ger en levande bild av vardagen i ett gruvsamhälle i Bergslagen på 1960-talet. Och kampen om hackordningen bland de unga är lika grym då som nu. Klockupproret utkom första gången 1997. | |||||
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Lydia | by Björn Björkegren Feb. 08, 2012 | Free! | 497 words | Read a sample |
| Undergång. | |||||
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Grind | by Shaun Shanks Feb. 08, 2012 | $5.00 | 38258 words | Sample 10% |
| Country local feels threatened by city incomer. Conflict is not easily resolved. Length: 40,000 words (novella) Style: cinematic realism | |||||
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Chapters of Life | by Tina K Burton Feb. 08, 2012 | $5.60 | 88603 words | Sample 15% |
| A contemporary Women's Fiction novel set in an English Cotswold market town. Chapters of Life focuses on the lives of a bookshop reading group, the shop owners, and one very special customer. | |||||
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The First Born Sons | by Raymond Boyd Dunn Feb. 07, 2012 | $1.99 | 20444 words | Sample 20% |
| Following the lives of the first born sons of the Rickards family during the whole of the Twentieth Century - from the original Billy Rickards to his present day namesake. It is an off-shoot from the Pearson/Rickards Trilogy. | |||||
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An Irish Love Story | by Russ Durbin Feb. 07, 2012 | $2.99 | 35622 words | Sample 15% |
| One Irish Spring (circa mid-1970s) An American businessman on his first trip to Ireland meets Maggie, a brash red-head who has a low opinion of Yanks. Despite her attitude, he invites her to be his tour guide after hearing her passionately describe Ireland's beautiful beaches and mountains. They start out for the beach and wind up lost in the mountains. | |||||
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Afternoons on the De Keyserlei | by Jeannie van Rompaey Feb. 07, 2012 | $0.99 | 4812 words | Sample 20% |
| Two women past their prime sit on the terrace of the Café Hulstkamp on the De Keyserlei in Antwerp, sipping coffee. They have known each other since schooldays but have never been friends. They sit at separate tables hoping that, for the price of a few whiskies, they can buy the company of an attractive young man for a few hours. But how dangerous is the game they are playing? | |||||
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Kiskutya - A Musician's Tale | by Robert James Tootell Feb. 07, 2012 | Free! | 11507 words | Read a sample |
| Set within the 'corner-cafes' of Budapest and across the Great Hungarian Plain, a musician scores the preludes of loss in search of the woman who calls herself 'atheist scorpion'... | |||||
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Point de chute | by Nicolas Eschrich Feb. 04, 2012 | $1.35 | 91592 words | Sample 30% |
| Une femme, deux enfants, un travail intéressant, une maison, la trentaine en point de mire. La définition du bonheur ou plutôt ma définition du bonheur. Pas celle de ma femme visiblement. Au prix d’une introspection douloureuse, j’allais devoir répondre seul à toutes mes questions sans imaginer une seule seconde jusqu’où me mènerait mon périple… | |||||
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An Approach to W. Shakespeare’s Plays-Seventeen- Macbeth | by Students' Academy Feb. 01, 2012 | $2.99 | 22116 words | Sample 20% |
| It is quite obvious, nowadays, that most of the academic institutions all over the world are gradually forgetting the past geniuses on whose foundations the pillars of English Literature had been raised. | |||||
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The Salome Effect | by Jim Sajo Jan. 31, 2012 | $9.99 | 56772 words | Sample 18% |
| A former American soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. A gorgeous Romanian stripper. A fascinating Italian city. A priceless painting. A murder. The Salome Effect. | |||||
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When All is Lost! | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 30, 2012 | Free! | 6636 words | Read a sample |
| When all is lost for one particular guy there is something he needs to do! His woman has gone and she is living the high life with ‘Mr Successful’ himself! He tries to take stock of his life! Someone ought to help him to pull himself together and help is at hand from a trusted source. | |||||
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The Almost Man | by Roy Smith Jan. 29, 2012 | $4.99 | 48941 words | Sample 20% |
| A raunchy novel set in the so-called 'Swinging London' of the ´sixties. Everything is changing. The sexual revolution. Youth. The cold war shadows everything. The main character and narrator, 'Tock' Johnson, struggles to come to terms with this emerging new world, and his own seemingly ever-evolving self. | |||||
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5 NANO-Noveller | by Björn Björkegren Jan. 28, 2012 | Free! | 94 words | Read a sample |
| NANO/Nanoismer är extremt korta noveller på MAX 140 tecken utan blanksteg. Testa! (Antal tecken får ni fram så här: Skriv in texten på Word, klicka "Verktyg", sedan "Räkna ord", kolla in siffran på "Tecken utan blanksteg". Lätt som en NANO-plätt!) | |||||
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Six Magic Numbers | by Martyn Tott Jan. 28, 2012 | $0.99 | 71086 words | Sample 50% |
| Inspired by Author's true story.'Brilliant! A real page-turner.So many twists and characters. I absolutely loved it.' June Whitfield CBE - Actress and National Treasure. 'An incredible story...it really is extraordinary.' B Booker - Head of Development, Independent Drama, BBC Television 'I actually refused to go out one evening just so I could read it!' K Fraser - UK Artist | |||||
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Five Still Missing | by Martyn Tott Jan. 25, 2012 | $0.99 | 58593 words | Sample 50% |
| ‘A thrilling page-turner with some shocking moments. Martyn's skill lies in bringing characters to life and making you care for them.’ Davy had spent his life running but never figured out why. Forced to return to Gallows Close where he grew up he may at last get an answer. With Police questioning him over a string of murders and old ghosts resurrecting themselves it's time to face his demons. | |||||
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A Kiss by the Clowns | by Anthony Steyning Jan. 21, 2012 | $2.99 | 81685 words | Sample 15% |
| This is about arsenic and black lace around whiter than white thighs and much, much else. A passionate story about life in a world of shining oldsmobiles and bold-look ties when Marilyn Monroe was still kicking. The years following WWII serving up a story that unfolds through loaded encounters in London and New York, but by fateful circumstance ends in murderous Paris... | |||||
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The Ostraka Plays - Volume Four - A LITTLE WINTER LOVE | by Francis Hagan Jan. 21, 2012 | $2.99 | 38873 words | Sample 20% |
| The Fall of Basing House during the last months of the English Civil War sees a night of violence, terror and phantasm released into its ruins. The survivors of that siege scramble amid the fires and the cracking stones seeking revenge, love and the awful performance of one last Masque covered in blood and tatters. | |||||
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The Ostraka Plays - Volume Three - THE ANDALUSIAN STUDY | by Francis Hagan Jan. 21, 2012 | $1.99 | 28177 words | Sample 20% |
| A young research assistant from Scotland arrives at the dusty manorial estate of a local Spanish grandee who whimsically calls himself 'Averroes' - and falls deep into the games and seductions played out between this eccentric and his daughter. | |||||
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42 | by Dmitry Sedov Jan. 20, 2012 | $3.00 | 86268 words | Sample 20% |
| Ð’ Ñтой художеÑтвенной повеÑти раÑÑказываетÑÑ Ð¾ ÑобытиÑÑ…, проиÑходивших оÑенью 1942 года в одном из нациÑÑ‚Ñких концентрационных лагерей, раÑполагавшихÑÑ Ð½Ð° территории воÑточной Польши. | |||||
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Hawkins: Absolute Power | by Graham Debenham Jan. 20, 2012 | $4.95 | 56884 words | Sample 20% |
| Ray Hawkins is a Detective Chief Inspector at a run down police staton in London's East End. One morning at the conclusion of another case, he is approached by the British Security Service to interview two suspects in the theft of Top Secret Government documents. As he investigates further, he uncovers a plot by a two hundred year old American secret society to overthrow Britain's Monarchy. | |||||
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Płaskowyż | by Jacek Twardowski Jan. 20, 2012 | Free! | 76892 words | Read a sample |
| Malarz (artysta malarz) z byłego NRD przeprowadza się do Ameryki Południowej, gdzie planuje spędzić resztę swojego życia. Tak jak przewiduje, podróż ta zupełnie go nie zmienia. Nadal jest takim samym b... | |||||
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First Son | by Carol Smiles Jan. 19, 2012 | $0.99 | 8207 words | Sample 15% |
| the thanusy family wanted a son. they needed a son or risk losig all that randolph had worked so hard to preserve. with the drunken doctor's mistake,the deception began. could it ever be made right again? | |||||
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Morna | by Mary Kate Brogan Jan. 18, 2012 | $6.99 | 76426 words | Sample 20% |
| In nineteen-fifties Ireland, Morna Reilly wages war between God and the devil for the love of a man determined to become a priest until a fatal accident rocks the foundation of Catholic Glentown and challenges much of what Morna holds sacred. | |||||
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Mauthausen | by Ivano Meli Jan. 18, 2012 | $0.99 | 15835 words | Sample 20% |
| Quando ho varcato quella soglia, ho visto la morte sopravvivere a quei luoghi e a quei tempi. Varcata quella soglia, ho visto la follia umana farsi reale. Oltre quella soglia, sono entrato nella dimora di Satana. | |||||
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Wistful Thinking | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 15, 2012 | Free! | 8001 words | Read a sample |
| Who knows what is going to happen next in any relationship? Can a woman ever relax & simply enjoy what is hers? When trouble hits home for one loving couple neither of them can escape the pain nor anguish that follows. Breaking up is hard to do especially when you've been together for thirty years. One woman thinks hard about freeing her man to jump straight into the arms of another loving woman. | |||||
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Beauty in the Woods | by Sean Cairns Jan. 15, 2012 | Free! | 12222 words | Read a sample |
| A short story about a man out for a walk with his dog in the woods. | |||||
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The Cello Swing | by L M Weaver Jan. 13, 2012 | $2.99 | 18583 words | Sample 5% |
| 'In the night the trapeze had made me dance and by the dawn I was a woman on the dirty ground gathering frost while Londoners walked by without a glance.' A circus performer is on the run seeking solace with strangers. Hidden in London's tangled alleys a cellist plays only for her. Above them all an old clown watches from his trapeze waiting for her to dance again. | |||||
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Short Stories from Issigeac | by Ian Phillips Jan. 13, 2012 | $0.99 | 19665 words | Sample 20% |
| Short Stories from Issigeac is a set of stories all containing a flavour of France. Each story is vibrant, philosophical and concerns love and life with the promise of a twist. The author, Ian Phillips inserts an element of truth into each piece and living in France as he does, secretes his life experiences into each story. | |||||
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One of Those Things | by Ed Wood Jan. 12, 2012 | $0.99 | 3343 words | Sample 20% |
| Christmas is already going to be a very sad time for George, a six-year old boy whose daddy won't be coming back home. But his luck seems to be getting even worse when the twenty-pound note he wants to donate to The Salvation Army, in memory of his daddy, is blown away by the wind. Set in Plymouth, this 3200 word short story follows the money's progress through the streets of a typical city. | |||||
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Wild Duck revisited | by John Fajo Jan. 12, 2012 | Free! | 27496 words | Read a sample |
| It all starts with an old friend, Gregers, returning home after a long journey. His arrival leads to unprecedented turmoil as the main character, Hjalmar, has to decide what to make of his life. This is not easy as things have changed a lot in the north since the age of Ibsen... In fact, everything has changed. | |||||
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Once A Woman | by Kathryn Allen Jan. 10, 2012 | Free! | 2082 words | Read a sample |
| Ellie reads the letter her mother has left for her and discovers a woman she barely knew existed. | |||||
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Monday Week | by Clive Carr Jan. 10, 2012 | $1.50 | 72956 words | Sample 40% |
| Monday week is the story of an unassuming young man working within the civil service. Who, within the space of a week, goes from complete obscurity to being named as the most despicable man in the country by the daily press. But is he really as terrible as he seems? Or is he just the kind of person who always ends up being in the wrong place at the wrong time? | |||||
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The Critic | by Clive Carr Jan. 10, 2012 | $1.50 | 40216 words | Sample 40% |
| The story is about a self serving hypocrite who manages to convince himself via his superior intellect that his needs should be put before that of anybody else. surprisingly his best friend also holds the same opinion of himself. The only difference is what one demands, the other gets due to his unbelievable good looks. Well that is what normally happens until a woman called Wrey enters the scene. | |||||
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The Girl With No Name | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 07, 2012 | Free! | 3244 words | Read a sample |
| Have you ever wondered what love is? Some people think that they already know. They feel they are in love, perhaps. Suddenly by chance they get a glimpse of what it is for real! If your life is already mapped out, what can a person do? | |||||
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Blooms and booms of vanity wedding | by John Rudram Jan. 07, 2012 | $1.99 | 3112 words | Sample 20% |
| This is a story of a family man attending a wedding reception party. | |||||
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Caught on the Hop! | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 07, 2012 | Free! | 2785 words | Read a sample |
| What can a woman do when she hears from a trustworthy source that her husband is having an affair! Not only that - it is happening in her very own home as the bearer of such bad news speaks? Deciding to act first and worry about the consequences later she acts upon instinct! Is there a funny side? | |||||
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Letting Him Stay | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 02, 2012 | Free! | 7557 words | Read a sample |
| How do you cope with the discovery of your husband's long term infidelity when there is no one to turn to? How much more can you learn about someone you think you already know? What choices can a couple make when they feel all is lost? Can a marriage survive the aftermath of a devastating coming to terms with the truth? | |||||
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Die Zeichnung | by Uwe Kullnick Jan. 01, 2012 | $0.99 | 1376 words | Sample 20% |
| Publikumspreis München 2011: Ein alter Mann versucht sich von Schuld zu befreien | |||||
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The Denture | by John Carja Dec. 31, 2011 | $3.50 | 10319 words | Sample 20% |
| This is a Romanian family Drama under Communist regime, back in 70'th. | |||||
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In Your Dreams: A Stage Play in One Act | by Steven Ayckbourn Dec. 30, 2011 | Free! | 4540 words | Read a sample |
| Margot and Reginald have decided to celebrate their many years of marriage by spending the night at the exclusive Royal Court Hotel. Greeted by Brian, the Porter and Elaine, the maid, all proceeds swimmingly until Margot has a hair problem and Reginald becomes a little too engrossed in his book. Characters: 2 male, 2 female. Hotel room. One act lasting approximately 30 mins. 2011. | |||||
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An Australian Ranch | by Raymond Boyd Dunn Dec. 28, 2011 | $3.99 | 164821 words | Sample 30% |
| Second Book of a Trilogy. Formerly titled 'Budgere','RANCH' a tale of an American establishing a 'ranch' in the Jimbour area of the Darling Downs in Queensland in the latter part of the Nineteenth century and of the trials and tribulations experienced by him and his friends - their lives and loves as they deal with usual problems associated with the life style of the period, plus some unusual ones | |||||
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Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice | by Paula Parker Dec. 27, 2011 | $4.99 | 22857 words | Sample 20% |
| Paula K. Parker’s sparkling new stage adaptation of the beloved Jane Austen classic, Pride & Prejudice, pits the lovely but opinionated Lizzy Bennet against the handsome, wealthy, yet brooding and taciturn Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy in a fencing match where reputations, family fortunes, and hearts are at stake. | |||||
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Always There's Omens | by Kate Walker Dec. 26, 2011 | $0.99 | 6377 words | Sample 25% |
| A story of insight and loss. A mother, jack-knifed out of reality by the pending death of her only son, begins to see the world differently. Suddenly there’s signs and meaning everywhere – signs that explain the inexplicable, uplift and furnish hope. But are these signs real? Is she reading them correctly? Can anything truly spare her the grief that's now just a phone call away? | |||||
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Cleaning Up | by Paul Connor-Kearns Dec. 25, 2011 | $5.00 | 90139 words | Sample 20% |
| A look at contemporary urban Britain through the intertwined lives of its three main characters; a 15 year old boy sliding into the drug scene that proliferates on the city's estates. a young policeman investigating that scene and its links to organised crime and a middle-aged youth worker caught between the two worlds. | |||||
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Dead Men Don't Walk | by Terry Ravenscroft Dec. 20, 2011 | Free! | 10410 words | Read a sample |
| Dead Men Don't Walk is a 10,000 word short story about brothers Ray and Andy Chambers who work in the family Funeral Directors business but would far rather be writing gangster movies - until they cross a real life gangster that is. | |||||
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A World Apart | by Camelia Miron Skiba Dec. 19, 2011 | $3.96 | 122261 words | Sample 10% |
| In a war that's not hers she loses everything. Everything she loses is because of him. Forgiveness is not an option. Or maybe it is... | |||||