Harry Houdin: "The Great Polynational Mimic"    by Tom Interval
Price: Free! 4800 words. Language: English. Published on September 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Other biographies.
Introducing Harry Houdin—one of the most versatile performers you've never heard of. Born decades before the great Harry Houdini, he toured Australia and New Zealand between 1860 and 1863 with a one-man act featuring drawing-room magic and international impersonations done to song and dance. Students of magic history will enjoy this first formal work of research on the "polynational" entertainer.

Three Governors From Greensboro, Alabama    by Jabe Fincher, Jr
You set the price! 6460 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century.
Three citizens of Greensboro, Alabama have gone on to become governor of that state. This book chronicles the lives of Israel Pickens, John Gayle, and Thomas Seay, all from the small Alabama town of Greensboro.

Unwanted Wives    by J. Gunnar Grey
Price: $0.99 USD. 9020 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2012. Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder.
Carlyle Harris and Robert Buchanan had several things in common. Both worked in the medical field, with Harris a medical student and Buchanan a practicing physician. Both lived in New York City in the early 1890s. And both had wives they didn't want. 5,000 words

Jack the Ripper in the New Zealand Press    by Martin Nicholson
Price: $4.99 USD. 26910 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century.
“Jack the Ripper” was one of several names given to a serial killer active in London in 1888. Newspaper coverage, both at home and overseas, was extensive but few people with an interest in Jack have had easy access to this material. Indeed it is fair to say that some of the many authors who have written about the case have paid scant regard to contemporary archives!

John Somerset Pakington: his first 50 years    by Andrew Harris
Price: $4.99 USD. 166440 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Political biography.
A biography of the Sir John Pakington of Westwood Park, Droitwich, born in 1799, who was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire for 37 years. At Westminster he served on many select committees, including that investigating the Andover Union scandal. He was also much involved in Worcestershire affairs..

Cotton and Cold Blood    by John Clayton
Price: $3.99 USD. 104260 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century.
The true story of a Victorian drama of life, love and murder. The story begins in the Staffordshire district and moves to the cotton weaving area of East Lancashire.

Die evangelischen Zillertaler in Schlesien    by Martin Reiter
Price: $8.99 USD. 29330 words. Language: German. Published by Edition Tirol  on May 3, 2012. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Protestantism.
Die evangelischen Zillertaler in Schlesien

Railroad 1869 Along the Historic Union Pacific Across Wyoming    by Eugene Miller
Price: $2.99 USD. 26410 words. Language: English. Published on July 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » American.
Building the Transcontinental Railroad through Nebraska had taken three years.. 36 months of dogged determination. When the construction crews finally reached Cheyenne they prepared for the grueling work ahead. They refined the organization and pace developed crossing Nebraska, but now they faced a new set of challenges, most notably the climb up "Sherman Hill", bridging Dale Creek, crossing the

Bloodshed, Crosses and Graves: Explore the California Trail through Battle Mountain, Nevada    by Larry Hyslop
Price: $4.99 USD. 32740 words. Language: English. Published on December 30, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century.
The California Trail through Battle Mountain was a hotbed of Indian-emigrant altercations and battles. The emigrants’ livestock had worn out and their food supplies were low. Here, they clashed with desperate Western Shoshone who had lost their food supplies and life style.

Railroad 1869 Along the Historic Union Pacific in Utah to Promontory    by Eugene Miller
Price: $2.99 USD. 14950 words. Language: English. Published on July 15, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 19th Century.
As the Union Pacific entered the Utah canyons progress slowed to a crawl. The builders were forced to use large embankments, trestles and tunnels. All of them slower, difficult to build and expensive. Then as the competing railroads drew closer to their meeting point at Promontory Summit the competition became intense. "Build it fast, we'll fix it later" was the by-word.