Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography

Soldat du contingent - Soldato de la kontingento    by Roger Condon
Price: $2.99 USD. 100050 words. Language: Esperanto (original orthography with diacritics). Published on January 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Lorsqu'arrive son tour de rejoindre l’armée, l’auteur sait déjà qu’il part pour une guerre qui n’est pas la sienne. Pourtant, alors, il est bien loin de se douter de tout ce qui l’attend… Situation cornélienne que celle de ce jeune homme qui, début mars 1961, se retrouve dans une caserne à suivre un entrainement pour aller faire son devoir en Algérie. Situation qu'il ne peut accepter...
Shoulder Patch    by Doug Hall
Price: $0.99 USD. 7310 words. Language: English. Published on January 13, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

The author describes his father's service with the Royal Canadian Regiment and the First Special Service Force (the Devils Brigade) during World War II. Particular emphasis is placed upon the beachhead established at Menton, France where after two days of fighting his father's platoon is very nearly wiped out to the last man. This is an excerpt from the ebook, "Haywire My Life in the Mines"
Memoirs of a Tin Can Sailor    by Bernard Hovestadt
Price: $1.99 USD. 26430 words. Language: English. Published on December 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

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While a lot of these stories deal with all the shenanigans we pulled in liberty ports in the four corners of the globe, most of the time we were haze grey and underway. So sit back and enjoy reading about a navy that in all probability, no longer exists.
From Roaring Hate to Ramrod Straight A Journey from Hitler’s Germany to the US Marine Corps    by Peter S. Beck
Price: $3.99 USD. 202210 words. Language: English. Published by Fideli Publishing on December 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

This story tracks the life of an immigrant German Jew who was able to escape the clutches of Nazi Germany, fleeing Berlin, with his family in 1939, shortly after the horrific events of “Kristallnacht” when the Nazi Party in Germany finally showed its’ true colors. Left without a country and nowhere to go, the family manages to get to Genoa where transportation to Ecuador is arranged.
Alejandro. La arrolladora marcha de la falange    by Gabriel Sanchez
Price: $8.99 USD. 30450 words. Language: Spanish. Published by LD Books - Lectorum  on December 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

Esta es la historia de Alejandro III, rey de Macedonia, conocido también como Alejandro Magno, cuyas cualidades para la acción fueron demostradas desde muy joven y hasta nuestros dias es considerado uno de los más grandes genios de la guerra de todos los tiempos.
Welcome To My Nightmare    by Susan Ganger
Price: $3.99 USD. 14800 words. Language: English. Published on December 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

What could be worse than being raped by someone in whom you placed your trust? Thousands of veterans and service members know the answer to that question: being raped, and then being shunned and revictimized by your colleagues, comrades, and chain of command – the people with whom you live, work, and upon whom you depend for your very life – while they protect and even promote your attacker.
Gulag #7: The Authorized Biography of Karl Heinz Lawrenz    by Charles Schwend
Price: $7.99 USD. 17940 words. Language: English. Published by Black Rose Writing  on November 28, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

Gulag #7 is a gritty account of Karl Heinz Lawrenz's life from birth in Pomerania, Germany, through his retirement at Highland, Illinois, USA. In 1943, at the age of 15, Karl was captured by the Russians while trying to escape their advancing front and was sent to a Siberian Gulag. There he almost died several times.
Out of Order, Story no. 2    by Hary Fery
Price: Free! 2270 words. Language: English. Published on November 22, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

This is an authentic and true story of the Bosnian war, told from the perspective of direct participant, the fighter of special troops, Hardin Horion. If you want to know the real truth about the Bosnian war, read this shocking, but also very witty, confession of a Bosnian partisan. The book was translated by volunteers who are not professionals, so forgive us for possible mistakes. Enjoy reading!
Out of Order, Story no. 1    by Hary Fery
Price: Free! 2980 words. Language: English. Published on November 22, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

This is an authentic and true story of the Bosnian war, told from the perspective of direct participant, the fighter of special troops, Hardin Horion. If you want to know the real truth about the Bosnian war, read this shocking, but also very witty, confession of a Bosnian partisan. The book was translated by volunteers who are not professionals, so forgive us for possible mistakes. Enjoy reading!
9 Lives of a Fighter Pilot: One pilot’s personal story as an American patriot    by Gregory Raths
Price: $6.99 USD. 70110 words. Language: English. Published on November 3, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

A pilot's life is never dull, especially when you're a jet fighter pilot in the Marines flying assault missions in Iraq during Saddam Hussein's reign and then when you work at the White House under President Clinton! Sometimes you have close calls with Death. Sometimes you get nine lives. You better live the ninth to its fullest! This is Colonel Greg Raths' life... a roadmap for success.