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Well of Life | by Roderic Anderson Jan. 30, 2012 | $4.99 | 68932 words | Sample 10% |
| Well of Life is Roderic Anderson’s memoir up to age 18. Born into affluence until when he is four, his artist father becomes unemployed and the family have to survive the Great Depression on the little he makes from private commissions. At school Rod becomes interested in left wing politics and at puberty realizes he is gay but is scared to reveal his true feelings. | |||||
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Journeys Through Darkness: A Biography | by Alina Oswald Jan. 10, 2012 | $2.99 | 47554 words | Sample 10% |
| Journeys Through Darkness tells the story of AIDS through the story of photographer Kurt Weston who, while finding his way through the darkness of AIDS and related visual loss, becomes an AIDS warrior at war with his disease, and also an award-winning, legally blind visual artist. | |||||
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You and No Other - A Memoir | by Jane Weiss Bonnie Zahn Jan. 09, 2012 | $7.95 | 91042 words | Sample 10% |
| "This riveting story is about two accomplished women who found themselves attracted to each other. . .These women write beautifully, and their letters to each other. . . (read like) lovely word bouquets." --St. Paul Pioneer Press What a touching story is "You and No Other," by Jane Weiss and Bonnie Zahn. . .A thoroughly eye-opening narrative told with frankness and skill. --ABC Newspapers; Dave W | |||||
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Bare Boy's Skimpy Sex Stories # 3 | by Emari Valdicar Jan. 08, 2012 | Free! | 1276 words | Read a sample |
| Bare Boy is at it again. After a few years discovering the thrills of masturbation, he encounters a high school classmate that will introduce him to other pleasures of the flesh... | |||||
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Cancer Inc., The Half Full Side | by M.G. Evans Nov. 28, 2011 | $0.99 | 20406 words | Sample 20% |
| This book is a collection of emails sent to my close friends and family that account for my ability to deal with cancer and the positive outlook, even under the worst of conditions. I received so many supporting emails, cards, and calls, it is what kept me going. M.G. (Marc) Evans | |||||
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Bare Boy's Skimpy Sex Stories # 2 | by Emari Valdicar Nov. 17, 2011 | Free! | 1036 words | Read a sample |
| Bare Boy is back! Now he is going camping and what could possibly happen out in the woods??? | |||||
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Cronicas del Chico Pelon # 1 | by Emari Valdicar Oct. 11, 2011 | Free! | 2122 words | Read a sample |
| La biografia del autor Emari Valdicar. Su vida como un joven gay, sus amores, y las relaciones con hombres anonimos.****SOLO PARA ADULTOS***** | |||||
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Bare Boy's Skimpy Sex Stories # 1 | by Emari Valdicar Oct. 11, 2011 | Free! | 2189 words | Read a sample |
| An new series chronicling the life of Emari Valdicar. His troubled youth, his lovers, and his anonymous sex stories that will leave you wanting more...Chapter One: A sexually-charged teenager thinks has a crush, but it is not with a person... | |||||
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Knock, Knock, Can Coleen Come Out? | by Coleen Harty Sep. 12, 2011 | $3.99 | 79786 words | Sample 20% |
| Take a journey with Coleen as she strives to break free from the conformity of her childhood. After following the expectations of family, church and society for years, she finally begins questioning the beliefs that were ingrained in her. The more she questions and begins to trust herself, the more she starts to free her own Soul from its confines. | |||||
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The Gifted Ones | by Lisa Vaughn July 05, 2011 | $0.99 | 57790 words | Sample 10% |
| Conservatively raised Catholic,Lisa,at age thirteen,would suddenly find herself on a totally different path. Through an unlikely chance meeting of a fellow classmate,she would soon find herself innocently taking their relationship to a foreign level neither saw coming...finding out what they are made of as they face the consequences and struggles that come along with going against the grain. | |||||
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Blind: A Memoir | by Belo Miguel Cipriani April 25, 2011 | $2.99 | 47645 words | Sample 15% |
| An engaging story of a young gay man who finds new direction in life as he deals with losing his sight after being brutally attacked. | |||||
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Dirty Poole: A Sensual Memoir | by Wakefield Poole April 23, 2011 | $7.99 | 103322 words | Sample 20% |
| Poole created Boys in the Sand, the film that would revolutionize pornography and gay film, start the "porno chic" trend of the 1970s, and serve as the ruler by which adult entertainment is measured. The new edition of Poole’s memoir is an honest and entertaining look at life in the worlds of theater and gay porn. | |||||
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New Life | by Jackson Williams Feb. 04, 2011 | $3.99 | 85150 words | Sample 30% |
| This is a biographical account based upon the true life story of Brooke McKellogg. Born male, she realized at an early age she was intended to be a girl. This stirring drama reveals the heartaches and joys of Brooke's life as she grew through her teen years and underwent the gender reassignment surgery necessary in order to become the real girl she was meant to be and discovers true love as well. | |||||
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Shorn: Toys to Men | by Dennis Milam Bensie Dec. 14, 2010 | $6.95 | 84057 words | Sample 10% |
| Bensie chronicles his journey from damaged boy to confused young man paying hustlers to shave their heads. The world of theater is his sanctuary, where he spins fantasy into reality and turns his private sexual conflict over haircutting into a career as a wig designer. Humorous and honest, this is a uniquely tangled love story—a triumphant quest for love, forgiveness and self-acceptance. | |||||
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You're Lost Little Girl | by Ms. Jamie Antonia Symonanis Dec. 12, 2010 | $0.99 | 83841 words | Sample 10% |
| Beginning with her erroneous birth, You're Lost Little Girl will take you on a journey of what it is like to have lived a life with gender dysphoria, to be transgendered. Jamie Antonia uses a dark sense of humor and her own personal experiences to give one the idea of what that existence is like. | |||||
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NOSOTRAS OPENING THE DOOR TO OUR LOVE LIFE | by ROSA SANCHEZ Aug. 03, 2010 | $14.99 | 44720 words | Sample 30% |
| This book reads like a romantic fantasy but it is autobiographical.Ofelia, wife of the owner of world famous cabaret Tropicana and Rosa San- chez,pioneer of Spanish radio in Miami, became partners in life and love and their extraordi- nary relationship lasted over four decades defy-ng time and death. NOSOTRAS is dedicated to "Mdiums, family and friends who keep the lines of communication open." | |||||
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In Jupiter's Shadow | by Gregory Gerard Dec. 06, 2009 | $0.99 | 72469 words | Sample 50% |
| Hiding from others is easy. Hiding from yourself is trickier. Growing up in Western New York in the late ’70s/early ’80s, Greg is a teenage “detective" searching for self-truth. He confronts Heaven and Hell as he struggles -- within a family full of secrets -- to solve the profound mystery he encounters in the bathtub on the second floor. | |||||