A Man Called Nash    by Deborah Scruggs-Cox
Price: $3.95 USD. 34430 words. Language: English. Published on July 1, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
Printed here for the first time, this heart-warming true story of Professor W.E. “Willie” Nash and his wife Willa, is told by Mr. Scruggs and his daughter Deborah Scruggs-Cox. The authors share other stories, political and historical references exhibiting the struggles faced by Professor Nash and other blacks in the South following Reconstruction and extending into the 20th century.

Still Time to Live: A Biography of Jack Belden    by Gary Yerkey
Price: $12.99 USD. 95330 words. Language: English. Published on June 15, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
TIME-LIFE correspondent Jack Belden covered war and only war reporting from China, Burma, North Africa and Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. Now, in this first-ever biography of an American original -- described by Edgar Snow as “mad and gifted” -- we see him wounded in battle fighting his way back to the front lines only to be wounded again, perhaps irreparably, by the ravages of McCarthyism.

Jamestown Odyssey: America's Unspoken Legacy of Multi-Racial Families From Its Founders    by Chip Langston
Price: $4.99 USD. 60420 words. Language: English. Published on June 14, 2011. Nonfiction » History » American.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Jamestown Odyssey is a ground breaking book on race and family in America. It chronicles the author's journey researching his family's Southern history. When he discovers that he has ancestors and distant cousins in both the black and Native communities, he has to come to terms with his, and American society's, hidden racial prejudices. Many Americans, if they have the courage, will find the same.

From the Diplomatic Bag    by William McDowell
Price: $4.85 USD. 84320 words. Language: English. Published by Memoirs Publishing  on June 12, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
During his life in India, William McDowell was offered the freedom of the harem by his friend the Maharaja of Patiala, he unwittingly threw the president of the Punjabi National Congress out of a train after a dispute about the occupancy of a compartment, and he shot his own foot off in a hunting accident. His life makes the kind of colourful story that simply doesn’t happen in the modern world.

The Milk Jug Was A Goat    by Chris Birch
Price: $10.99 USD. 90710 words. Language: English. Published by E-Books Publisher on June 9, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
The author describes his Burt and Berridge ancestors and how they helped run St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean and parts of the British Empire for over 300 years. Extensive quotations from contemporary official correspondence give a flavour of the times and illustrate the difficulties experienced by the British government ruling the Empire in the days before air transport, radio and telephones.

We Can Do It! A Rosie the Riveter Story, a Biography of my Mom.    by The Gifted Learning Project
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Language: English. Published on June 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
This is one woman's story about what it was like to grow up during the World War II era, retold by her son, Mr. G Sagmiller. Read what it was like working as a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse or as a real-life "Rosie the Riveter". This story is rich with history, and really shows how much times have changed.

French Sketches: Cap d'Antibes and the Murphys    by Paul A. Myers
Price: $0.99 USD. 5820 words. Language: English. Published on June 4, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
Gerald and Sara Murphy, a wealthy young American couple, arrived in Paris in 1921 and walked into the Modernist cultural revolution sweeping through France. They were charter members of the Lost Generation chronicled so poignantly by Ernest Hemingway in "The Sun Also Rises." In 1925 the couple moved into their beautiful home, the Villa America, on Cap d'Antibes where they famously entertained.

Liver-Eating-Johnson: (a.k.a. Jeremiah Johnson) The Truth Finally Revealed    by Dennis McLelland
Price: $8.95 USD. 46730 words. Language: English. Published on May 30, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
John "Liver-Eating" Johnston, a.k.a., Jeremiah Johnson of Hollywood movie fame, has been an enigma for the student of early American history and the old West. Little has been written about the true life of "Jeremiah Johnson." This book unfolds the reality that was Johnston's life. From whaler to gold miner, to Indian fighter and lawman, Johnston's life is accurately portrayed.

Control Switch On - A True Story of the World's Most Powerful Man    by Ira Teller Esq., Pharm.D.
Price: Free! 64880 words. Language: English. Published on May 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Inspiration » Personal inspiration.
Hitch the ride of your life with Ira Teller as he journeys into the mysterious realms of science, invents—the most advanced technology in existence and teams up with Ryan Moran—the singularly most powerful man in the world. Witness the rise of Ryan Moran’s global control over existing nations. Experience his might and power to achieve lasting world peace in this free and true online book!

The Emigrant    by George Baker
Price: $4.99 USD. 166950 words. Language: English. Published by E-Books Publisher on May 18, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
This is the moving story of George, his years in China from his birth in 1934 up to 1957 and his quest to be reunited with his family whom he had not seen for many years.