Nonfiction » History » War

Touchstone (2. Family at War) - a time travel Blitz story    by Andy Conway
Price: $2.99 USD. 20730 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Romance » Time travel.

Continuing the adventures of Rachel and Danny, a pair of mismatched History students who stumble upon an old gravestone that catapults them back in time. Dealing with the catastrophic fallout of their previous encounter with Amy Parker in 1912, they now race to locate Amy during the 1940 Blitz and become caught up in the nightly German bombings of Birmingham and their chilling aftermath.
America's Heroes:; Untold Stories of Honor, Courage and Sacrifice    by J. Jackson Owensby
Price: $9.99 USD. 103710 words. Language: English. Published by A-Argus Better Book Publishers  on May 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

Combat wounded veterans from World War II, Korea, Bosnia, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq tell their stories in their own words for the first time.
Survivors: The A-bombed Trees of Hiroshima    by David Petersen
Price: $5.99 USD. 22500 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

"Survivors", a pictorial journey into the heart of Hiroshima, describes and illustrates more than 50 sites with 75 treasured trees, shrubs, and groves dating from before the bombing on August 6th 1945. This condensed Smashwords version features a forward, introduction, postscript, and reference section, as well as translations of essays by the a-bomb survivor Tamiki Hara.
Prayers in Stone: Nagasaki's A-Bomb Heritage Sites    by David Petersen
Price: $5.99 USD. 49470 words. Language: English. Published on May 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

This condensed Smashwords version of Prayers in Stone provides an overview of more than 200 of Nagasaki's A-bomb heritage sites. The entries are organized into a series of tours for the convenience of tourists actually visiting the city, and to give the general reader a sense of the layout and the proximity to the hypocenter.
Jason's Helmet    by Linda Heinrich
Price: $9.99 USD. 37820 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Jason's helmet is the true story of a WW2 helmet's journey home from the Normandy battlefield. Roger Pillu found the helmet after a battle, picked it up and vowed to return it to the family to thank them for their sacrifice and his freedom. He kept it in safe keeping until the sixtieth anniversary of d-day. He wrote the letter to Jason's brother, 'we have the helmet of your brother. Come...'
WWII 1939 Polish Bomber PZL 37 “LOS”    by Jaroslaw Skora
Price: $11.49 USD. 22000 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

PZL 37 “LOS” (Moose) was the most modern aircraft as part of the Polish Air Force during the German invasion in September 1939.
The Protected Will Never Know: 10th Anniversary Edition    by Don Meyer
Price: $7.99 USD. 70410 words. Language: English. Published by Two Peas Publishing  on April 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Entering the Army in June of 1969 and “In Country” by November, there began the journey. Vietnam was more than just a war. Vietnam was also the oppressive heat of the jungle, the bugs and mosquitoes, the snakes, the swamps and rice paddies, the monsoon rains and the constant grind of “Humping the Boonies.”
A Genteel Spy    by Judith Riker Damon
Price: $6.99 USD. 51650 words. Language: English. Published by Two Peas Publishing  on April 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Betsey Royce knows better than to say anything on that day in 1862 when she peeks around the upstairs bedroom door to discover her mother staring out the window with a pair of field glasses. Martha Royce sits watching and counting as men in blue uniforms march up Columbia Turnpike and into Franklin, Tennessee. For Betsey, that can mean only one thing: the war has come to her doorstep.
Far From My Home, Never to Return: A Polish Child's WWII Memoir    by Nadia Seluga
Price: $7.99 USD. 84220 words. Language: English. Published by Martin Sisters Publishing on March 22, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Most people are familiar with the Nazi atrocities of World War II committed against the Jews. Far less commonly known, however, are the experiences of the Poles of Eastern Poland at the hands of the occupying Soviet army. Far From My Home, Never to Return: A Polish Child's WWII Memoir is a first-person account chronicling the dire peril and adversity endured and suffered.
Eye of the Eagle: The True Story of an American Hero    by Norman Miller
Price: $4.99 USD. 54990 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

In World War II, most aviation pilots were armed with many weapons. But in the US Air Force reconnaissance squadron, these men flew ongoing missions over enemy lines, photographing enemy targets before and after they were bombed – facing onslaughts of enemy fighters and armed with -- a camera!