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De Greet Hofmans-affaire    by Lambert J. Giebels
Price: $7.99 USD. 96890 words. Language: Dutch. Published by Fosfor  on April 27, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

De Greet Hofmans-affaire is de beruchte hofkwestie waarin een eenvoudige gebedsgenezeres het voortbestaan van het Nederlandse koningshuis in gevaar bracht. Lambert J. Giebels (1935-2011) was de eerste historicus die deze affaire in zijn geheel in kaart heeft weten te brengen.
Tegels lichten    by H.J.A. Hofland
Price: $5.99 USD. 81500 words. Language: Dutch. Published by Fosfor  on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

Tegels lichten - of ware verhalen over de autoriteiten in het land van de voldongen feiten stamt uit 1972 en is het bekendste en meest geprezen werk van H.J.A. Hofland, die in 1999 door zijn vakgenoten werd uitgeroepen tot ‘Journalist van de eeuw’ en in 2011 voor zijn gehele oeuvre werd bekroond met de P.C. Hooftprijs.
A Jewel In The Centre Of The Mediterranean Sea    by Mignone Claudia Borg Catania
Price: $5.00 USD. 14750 words. Language: English. Published on April 18, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

Historical events of a beautiful Island situated right in middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
Salamanca 1812    by Oliver Hayes
Price: $2.99 USD. 29240 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.

For six weeks in the spring of 1812 Wellingston’s Anglo-Spanish army marched and countermarched across western Spain as it sought to find away past the French army of Marshal Marmont. Their chance came at Salamanca.
Oporto 1809    by Oliver Hayes
Price: $2.99 USD. 28610 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.

The Battle of Oporto was key early British victory in the Peninsular War that ensured that the troops commanded by Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington) would not be driven out by the French any time soon.
Saint Valentine: The Man Who Became the Patron Saint of Love    by Jeannie Meekins
Price: $0.99 USD. 2560 words. Language: English. Published by LearningIsland.com  on March 4, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Religious biography.

You’ve probably heard of Saint Valentine’s Day. You may have given someone a card or a present. You may even have done it in secret, and watched the look of happiness on their face. But what do you really know about the person who inspired one of the most popular days of the year? Read this 15-minute biography to find out about the three men who may have become Saint Valentine.
The Battle of Barrosa    by Oliver Hayes
Price: $2.99 USD. 21890 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 1, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

The Battle of Barrosa was an unexpected British victory in the Peninsular War. Caught strung out on the march on a mountain road by a superior French army, the British should have been annihilated, but instead gained a stunning victory.
The Retreat to Corunna    by Oliver Hayes
Price: $2.99 USD. 22220 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 1, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.

The Retreat to Corunna was a spectacular defeat for the British Army, yet it managed to save its reputation by carrying out one of the great fighting retreats of military history.
The Battle of Albuera 1811    by Oliver Hayes
Price: $1.99 USD. 30600 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 1, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.

Key note: The Battle of Albuera was one of the bloodiest, and yet least decisive of the battles fought in the Peninsular War.
The Papal Prophecies - St Malachy and the Doom of the Popes    by Oliver Hayes
Price: $2.99 USD. 8330 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on February 18, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

NOW UPDATED FOR POPE FRANCIS. For five centuries scholars have puzzled over a document known as The Papal Prophecies that were ascribed to St Malachy, an Irish cleric who died in 1148. The Prophecies clearly state that both Rome and the Papacy will be destroyed at some date in the early 21st century.