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 Princess of Paradise    by Ahna Shimaz
Price: $0.99 USD. 4990 words. Language: English. Published on June 12, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
About the woman who is the daughter of beloved Prophet,The best wife of the chief of men and the mother of all the believers. She is one that innocence adores her, chastity ventures pride in her and modesty, with folded hands, stands before her.

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.

Much Love To All    by Cathy Gaskill
Price: $1.49 USD. 416810 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
The diaries and letters of Esther Alsop Balderston, Quaker missionary to Japan – 1914-1924 by Catharine Balderston Jones Gaskill (Cathy Gaskill) author of RUTH’S GIFT The beginning of her development of the leading to become a missionary, to bring the love of God to the people of Japan, through the Quaker Christian method of religion being caught, not taught.

The Quiet Radical - The Biography of Samuel Longfellow    by Joe Abdo
Price: $4.99 USD. 112070 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.
The Quiet Radical: The Biography of Samuel Longfellow grew out of my first book, On the Edge of History, about the Dabney family in the Azores for whom Samuel was the children’s tutor. Samuel is better known as the youngest brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, but he was an important personality during the 19th century and this book provides a glance at life in Boston during his lifetime.