Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century

The Vanguard Satellite Launching Vehicle, An Engineering Summary - Details of America's Early Rocket for the First Satellites, Program History, Vehicle Design    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 72210 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2013. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » Aeronautics & Astronautics.

This is the official comprehensive technical report on the historic Vanguard satellite rocket. Project Vanguard was conceived in 1955 for the purpose of establishing a scientific satellite in orbit about the earth during the International Geophysical Year (July 1957 to December 1958).
Complete Guide to the 1963 JFK Assassination: The Full Text of Three Major Reports - Warren Commission, House Select Committee, Assassination Records Review Board - President Kennedy    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 815330 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » White house.

All of the controversial aspects of the assassination of President Kennedy are examined in these three critical reports: the original Warren Commission report, the report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1979, and the Assassination Records Review Board report of 1998.
1963 JFK Assassination: Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board - President John F. Kennedy, The JFK Act, Investigations, FBI and CIA, Zapruder Film, Medical and Ballistics, Critics    by Progressive Management
Price: $8.99 USD. 121830 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century.

This is the 1998 report of the panel formed as a result of the 1992 President John F. Kennedy Records Collection Act.
Red Steel: Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Cold War    by Russell Phillips
Price: $3.99 USD. 22940 words. Language: British English. Published on April 4, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.

The Cold War never heated up, but if it had, the Soviet Union was ready. This reference work details 73 major Soviet war machines, from the 2P26 "Baby Carriage" - a deceptively light, Jeep-like vehicle mounting four anti-tank missiles - to the T-80U main battle tank with its advanced armour and electronic countermeasures.
The Spirit of the Marshall Plan: Taking Action Against World Hunger, School Lunches for Kids Around the World    by William Lambers
Price: $1.00 USD. 9060 words. Language: English. Published on March 21, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century.

Invoking the same spirit that fueled the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, author William Lambers calls for a global school lunch program to fight child hunger. 300 million children suffer from hunger worldwide. School lunch programs fight child hunger and also boost school attendance and performance.
In a Moon's Course    by Allan Jones
Price: $4.99 USD. 29300 words. Language: English. Published on March 1, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century.

In a Moon’s Course tells the remarkable story of the Air Transport Auxiliary in Britain during World War II and revisits through flight simulation 28 of their flights. Older veterans, volunteer pilots from other countries and the parents and sisters of servicemen rose to the challenge of delivering hundreds of aircraft daily from the factories to the RAF. Simulation details are included.
Growing Up With Guns    by Virgil H Castleberry
Price: $0.99 USD. 14790 words. Language: English. Published on February 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

How growing up with guns influenced the author's life. An autobiographical look at how growing up with guns affected the author.
De Moord op Albert I    by MoordSpel Collectief
Price: $18.50 USD. 8580 words. Language: Dutch. Published by De Scriptomanen  on February 12, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

De feiten rond het dodelijke ongeval van koning Albert I, in Marche-les-Dames, worden al sinds 1934 betwist. Heeft de koning zelfmoord gepleegd? Werd hij het slachtoffer van een passioneel drama? Van een politiek complot? Van een onevenwichtige? En werd er een ongeval geënsceneerd om de ware feiten te verhullen? Een moordspel op de "crime scene" zelf of in een locatie naar keuze, als moorddiner.
The Sorry Saga of the Brewster Buffalo: A 'Flying Coffin' to the Marines, but a 'Sky Pearl' to the Finns    by Daniel Ford
Price: $3.99 USD. 8200 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2013. Nonfiction » History » War.

A group of Internet aviation fans once debated the subject of the worst fighter of World War II. Their hands-down favorite: the Brewster Buffalo. Here aviation historian Daniel Ford teases out the secrets that was despised by Allied pilots but loved by the Finns in their war with the Soviet Union. About 7500 words; with photographs.
Country Power ~ The Electrical Revolution in Rural Alberta    by John and Frank Dolphin
Price: $8.99 USD. 34080 words. Language: English. Published by Dream Write Publishing  on February 9, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century.

When a rural electrification program, based on the cooperative concept, was put in place in the mid-forties, farmers were quick to take advantage of centralized power. Through self help and innovation, over 90 per cent of Alberta farms were electrified within a decade. Life on the farm evolved “from the candle to the computer” within the span of a generation.