Oscar's Story    by Mark Tan
Price: $3.99 USD. 23100 words. Language: English. Published on May 10, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
The life story of an Eurasian who lived and grew up in Singapore in the 1920's, without benefit of much adult supervision. He later encountered life, as many will never ever experience when a country is at war, while he was employed as a gaoler in a prison of deprived prisoners facing torture and death.

Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax    by Jon Tattrie
Price: $19.99 USD. 78790 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
From the Battle of Culloden, to the Pacification of the Highlands, to the founding of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Edward Cornwallis's life criss-crossed European and North American history. This first biography of the 18th century British military leader provides a panoramic look at his legacy and the price paid by those he deemed his enemies.

Zwischen Gummizapfern und Kautschukbaronen – Erinnerungen an 18 Jahre im Kautschukhandel in Amazonien (1897-1915)    by Instituto Martius Staden
Price: Free! 20640 words. Language: German. Published on April 9, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
Zwischen Gummizapfern und Kautschukbaronen – Erinnerungen an 18 Jahre im Kautschukhandel in Amazonien (1897-1915) ist ein autobiografischer Reisebericht über die Erfahrungen die Josef Maria Feichtner in Amazonien in der Jahrhundertwende als Kautschukhändler sammelte.

Hồi Ký Nguyễn Hiến Lê    by Danh Ba
Price: Free! 292560 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
Năm 1935, hồi mới vào đời, làm ở Sở Thủy lợi Nam Việt, những lúc lênh đênh trên kinh rạch miền Hậu Giang, nhớ mặt nước xanh rêu của Hồ Gươm, con đê thăm thẳm của sông Nhị, tôi viết hồi kí, chép lại những hình ảnh của người thân, những vui buồn của tuổi thơ và tuổi niên thiếu. Viết được khoảng sáu trăm trang vở học trò, không có ý in thành sách mà chỉ để vài người thân đọc. Tập đó còn lại được vài

Quattro settimane nelle trincee    by Fritz Kreisler
Price: $3.87 USD. 16660 words. Language: Italian. Published by Gingko edizioni on April 6, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
Copertina Quattro settimane nelle trincee Uno dei racconti di guerra più belli e toccanti sul primo conflitto mondiale. Le avventure di uno dei più grandi violinisti di tutti tempi che ricorda cosa accadde agli uomini e agli eserciti sul fronte orientale.

Cartea despre demnitate    by Alexandru Pătrașcu
Price: Free! 84970 words. Language: Romanian. Published on April 3, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
We should all ask ourselves the logical question: what would I have done? In 1989, in the last days of Ceaușescu`s regime, a young man who was ready to graduate from high school had just a few options. Normality did not exist any longer. As far as I was concerned, 1989 came at the right moment, before I got to answer this question: what road will I take?

I PAPI - i pontefici e le profezie papali di Malachia - storia e curiosità    by Duilio Chiarle
Price: $3.87 USD. 23260 words. Language: Italian. Published on March 26, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
La copertina del libro Quante volte abbiamo sentito parlare delle profezie papali di Malachia? Esse vengono rispolverate ogni volta che si deve eleggere un nuovo pontefice, a maggior ragione in questa occasione, nel 2013, in cui la Chiesa cattolica sente l’approssimarsi di una sfida epocale, con il nuovo Papa Francesco che tutti sentono come vicino ai poveri.

Lust for Inca Gold: Second Edition    by Steven J. Charbonneau
Price: $14.99 USD. 251700 words. Language: American English. Published on March 16, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Expeditions & Discoveries.
LUST FOR INCA GOLD is a masterful blend of history, biography, legend and storytelling, providing a definitive account of the Llanganati Treasure Story and much, much, more.

Empreendedor de Vidas    by Evandro Landa
Price: $4.99 USD. 34480 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on March 9, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
Autor narra vida desde 15 anos quando descobre doença nos olhos faz 6 transplantes de cornea 15 círurgias supera faz 2 empresas alto nível doando estas, fica viuvo 2 filhos 15 e 17 anos formando em universidade federal.Forma 15 empregados e outros melhorando suas vidas. Faz inumeras campanha filantrópicas. Mas a traição desonestidade vira rotina em sua vida o inesperado surge.leia com atenção.

Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand & Imelda: The Last Days of Camelot    by William C. Rempel
Price: $7.99 USD. 84510 words. Language: English. Agented by David Halpern on March 7, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
The Marcoses were once “the Kennedys of Asia,” likened to America’s beautiful and charismatic Jackie and JFK. But Camelot in the Philippines vanished amid deadly political intrigues, sex scandals, lies, spies and bribes. Today, the long-secret Marcos diary opens a rare insider’s view of the dictator couple’s lust for power and their plot to kill democracy–history that reads like a soap opera.