the Practical Pedal - Summer 2007 Edited by Wiley Davis http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2636 en 2008 We print stories that inform and inspire. Riding a bike is an adventure and the Practical Pedal puts that excitement front and center. Every issue teaches people something about bicycling, something about how transportation affects their lives, and leaves them feeling excited about getting on a bike and making a difference environment bike green bicycle commuting bicycle practical pedal bike commuting bicycle commute portland wiley transportation commute http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2636.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2636.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2636.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2636.mobi the curious twitching lady Mr. Delirium http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5486 en 2009 The bizarre death of an everyday businessman. horror http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5486.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5486.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5486.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5486.mobi She Hates My Futon Craig Mitchell http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4043 en 1998 (A novella in progress) We’ve all seen those weird dating service ads that promise paradise. Are you a sucker or are you a dreamer? Ever call one? comedy dating service natural frequency team naked girlfriend express futon http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4043.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4043.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4043.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4043.mobi Bound with an Iron Chain: How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America Anthony Vaver http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673 en 2009 Most people associate convict transportation with Australia, when in reality colonial America served as the first major destination for transported British convicts. "Bound with an Iron Chain" tells the neglected story of the 50,000 convicts who were forcibly shipped to America, auctioned off like African slaves, and made to work on plantations in Maryland and Virginia during the eighteenth century. This forgotten chapter in American history is told through the lives of the government officials who invented this new form of punishment, the convict merchants who got rich off of it, the plantation owners who eagerly bought this form of cheap labor, and the convicts who were separated from their families and friends over the theft of what sometimes amounted to less than one shilling. Learn more about convict transportation at my website, Early American Crime (www.EarlyAmericanCrime.com). crime history Law American british america Britain colonial history 18th Century convict transportation criminals punishment http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5673.mobi The Case of the Naked Nun: A Dick Burns Minit Mrdr® William Garner & monkeyrotica http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623 en 2008 A cross country killing spree turns into a high-octane Christian allegory! As cited in the Vatican Index of Forbidden Texts! pulp dc monkeyrotica hardboiled dick burns minit mrdr http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2623.mobi Obnoxious librarian from hades Dennie Heye http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2658 en 2008 Satire from a librarian in a large bureaucracy, trying to survive boring meetings, clueless managers, reorganisations, offshored helpdesks and l-users (library users). New - updated version contains 8 months worth of new episodes! New episodes via http://olfh.blogspot.com Humor Satire Office library dilbert bureaucracy librarians http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2658.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2658.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2658.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2658.mobi eBay 101: Selling on eBay For Part-time or Full-time Income, Beginner to PowerSeller in 90 Days Steve Weber http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3694 en 2008 With today's rocky economy and unsteady job market, there's never been a better time to earn extra cash online. And now there's a new book that guides you each step of the way: eBay 101: Selling on eBay For Part-time or Full-time Income, Beginner to PowerSeller in 90 Days. Access the world's biggest marketplace, right from your own home. You'll learn how to: -- Register at eBay and PayPal -- Start part-time and expand your income when you're ready -- Find great inventory at low prices -- Auction to the highest bidder or sell at fixed prices -- Identify niche markets for big profits -- Get tax deductions for your eBay home-based business -- Guard against scammers and rip-off artists Starting a business on eBay is perhaps your fastest route to the American Dream. The payoff can be high, and the barriers to entry are low. The world's most popular online marketplace, eBay has millions of registered buyers waiting to do business with you. For less than $100 and very little risk, you can start an eBay venture with profit margins rivaling those of any business. Exactly how much money you earn depends mostly on how much effort you put into your new enterprise and how efficiently you operate it. In this new eBay guide, you'll see: How eBay works ... Register your business ... Sell your item ... Build your listing Timing, planning your auction ... Make a picture worth $1,000 ... Use Pre-filled Item Information ... Price your item ... Reserve Pricing ... Multiple Item (Dutch) Auctions ... The auction alternative: fixed prices ... Best Offer listing option ... Upgrade your listings ... The best time to list Profit with a niche ... Start with used merchandise ... Win with niche selling ... Cash in on collectibles ... Autographed items ... Trust, but authenticate ... How to recognize fake autographs amazon ebay e-commerce collectibles antiques drop shipping powersellers http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3694.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3694.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3694.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3694.mobi Beautiful Red M. Darusha Wehm http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548 en 2007 The future is boring. Technology has solved most of the world’s most pressing problems, leaving people with tedious work and mundane play. Jack is a Security Officer Class 5, which sounds important, but isn’t. However, her banal life as a cubicle worker by day and tinkerer by night is interrupted when she discovers that her employer’s computer system has been invaded. Jack enlists the help of her only friends – her co-worker, Gilles and Adrian, an online friend she’s never met – to help her track down the source of the invasion. Her investigation leads her to a shadowy group called the Red, where Jack learns that not everyone lives a life of quiet servitude. Even though she believes that the Red are responsible for a series of gruesome attacks, Jack begins to become attracted to their worldview. In her search for the people responsible for the attacks, she confronts the leaders of the group as well as her own burgeoning sense of self-awareness. science fiction thriller computers ai mystery cyberpunk future women http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.mobi Small Stories Small Stories http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705 en 2008 101 very short stories, some comic, some dark - each one written to provide a quick entertaining read. Great for reading on any mobile device. funny fiction short stories comic stories dark weird comedy surreal nanofiction microfiction absurd strange collections computer games http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2705.mobi The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795 urn:isbn:0679643427 en 1841 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery <p>"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire. <br />C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. <br />As the first true detective in fiction, the Dupin character established many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Many later characters, for example, follow Poe's model of the brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as narrator, and the final revelation being presented before the reasoning that leads up to it. Dupin himself reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter".</p> http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.mobi Mars Girl Jeff Garrity http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206 en 2008 "Mars Girl is reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's early satire ... [It's] a bizarre, satirical romp that offers a glimpse into the media and politics of a future that is probably nearer than most would like to admit." -City Pulse, Lansing, Michigan Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. You are free to download and distribute "Mars Girl" with attribution for noncommercial purposes. www.marsgirl.us science fiction politics Satire media http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.mobi Beasts of New York: A children's book for grown-ups Jon Evans http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976 en 2007 An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park. http://www.beastsofnewyork.com/ fantasy animals urban fantasy http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.mobi How To Disappear Completely David Bowick http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115 en 2009 www.bowick.net/books/ Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh’s life takes an unexpected turn, and things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life’s new path, he’ll come to take life advice from a family of ducks, get in a bloody war with a dog, lose his job over a spilled drink, wake up in the hospital, apply to work at an adult-themed novelty bakery, and find out that people often aren’t what they seem. When you're at the top of the world, there's nowhere to go but down. fiction Contemporary comedy David Bowick how to disapear completely http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.mobi Ultra Menage-a-Quatre MC Radiance http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/971 en 2003 A neo-Shakespearean, post-modern comedy script. A temple temptress has her work cut out trying to keep a world-weary multi-millionaire entertained... and satisfied. It's also about the sex industry and class problems, complete with a Greek chorus of porn starlets in insect masks, bizarre rituals and a repressed teenage boy in a bubble of Oedipal trouble. poetry Satire Spirituality Sex sexuality psychology erotica high art low art theater play script weird http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/971.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/971.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/971.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/971.mobi The Great Voyeur: observations on my sexual history MC Radiance http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/752 en 2008 Anecdotes from an unusual sex life, reaching back to first memories, and interwoven with a secret life as a voyeur... and many lessons learned along the way. Good for readers of Cosmo or nerve dot com. love Sex sexuality nonfiction psychology relationships porn evolution http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/752.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/752.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/752.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/752.mobi Bad Voodoo: a true story about hitching a ride to New Orleans MC Radiance http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/780 en 2003 It's a culture clash when two Renaissance Faire fans get picked up by an all American Willy Loman-type. They get a ride... and more than they bargained for. Soon they're being sucked into his downward spiral of unbelievable bad luck. Will compassion or self-preservation be the last straw? adventure new entertainment drama travel nonfiction psychology Jet Blue meltdown nightmare Orleans Miami http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/780.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/780.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/780.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/780.mobi Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure John Cleland http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84 urn:isbn:1840224177 en 1749 Novels Sexuality <p>Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. <br />Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica.</p> http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/84.mobi P.S.I.: a novel about Pressure, Sex & Intuition MC Radiance http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735 en 2005 About the sex lives and psyches of 4 artists along their bizarre paths to stardom: a singer, a film director, a writer and a rocker... Sabrina escapes death twice: will she finally triumph as the singer for her goth band, Clitorisaurus? Ziggy, a lonely professor, moonlights as an S&M director: X-rated reality shows catapult him to infamy. A Palestinian peacenik author feels someone is trying to kill him. And Todd the rocker can't seem to keep a grip... fantasy adventure politics marketing Satire rock reality TV sexuality goth shamanism underworld underworld S&M terrorism visionary survival stardom rehab publishing drama erotica peace disaster http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/735.mobi