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The Three Lives of Ged    by John De Roach
Price: $4.99 USD. 54190 words. Language: English. Published on June 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

Ged has lived three lives, each of them quite different from the other two. This is a story similar to any number of tens of thousands of such stories of migrants who have travelled to Australia to make it their home, while still retaining a love of their homeland. It is, therefore, a remarkable story.
Reporting Live: Articles and Letters from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair    by Lyndon Irwin
Price: $10.99 USD. 67620 words. Language: English. Published by Gregath Publishing Company, Inc.  on April 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

The 188 page book was published in May 2008. It is a compilation of articles written by fair visitors primarily from Western Missouri. Illustrations are included in the book.
Barfußkinder: Eine Kindheit in der Zwischenkriegszeit    by Berta Margreiter
Price: $9.99 USD. 80630 words. Language: German. Published by Edition Tirol  on April 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

Berta Margreiter zählt zu den bekanntesten Mundartdichterinnen Tirols. In diesem Buch beschreibt sie die Zeit ihrer Kindheit und Jugendzeit während der Zwischenkriegsjahre in der Wildschönau.
The Great Adventure    by Barry Allan
Price: Free! 69280 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography.

From Footscray in the western suburbs of Melbourne to Flanders on the Western Front. Personal accounts of three brothers George Joe and Dave, who served in the AIF during World War One, and of the families they left behind. They all had life changing experiences but not all of those were caused by the war. Battles at Lone Pine, Pozieres, The Somme, and others, are described from their perspective.
Biographies Through Postage Stamps: 290 Indian Personalities [Collector's Edition]    by Sanjeeb Behera
Price: $7.00 USD. 135450 words. Language: English. Published by patternGraphic DigiBooks  on March 31, 2012. Nonfiction » Antiques & Collectibles » Stamps.

Biographies Through Postage Stamps is a Collector's Edition series that show cases great men from history who appeared in postage stamps of different countries. Current Edition "290 Indian Personalities" depicts short biographies of Indian Faces who appeared on Indian postage stamps during different phases of history.
Here's to Our Far Flung Empire: An Account of a Colonial Upbringing    by Tony Orchard
Price: $4.85 USD. 96980 words. Language: English. Published by Memoirs Publishing  on March 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

Tony Orchard was a product of the British Empire at a time when Great Britain's rule across an empire that stretched from India to Singapore and Jamaica to Borneo was fast fading into history. Here’s To Our Far-Flung Empire is a fascinating and entertaining account of 17 years of conflict, comradeship, romance, adventure and excitement across the world.
1309 Days to Freedom    by Dietrich Geschke
Price: $4.99 USD. 110820 words. Language: English. Published on March 20, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

This is the autobiography of Dietrich W. Geschke, who was born in pre-war East Prussia. Kept along with his mother and sister on Russian collective farms in post-war Kaliningrad Oblast (pre-war East Prussia) for 3 1/2 years and eventually escaped from East Germany to West Germany. His family immigrated to the U.S. in 1952.
Black Sheep and Gold Diggers    by Barry Allan
Price: Free! 58110 words. Language: English. Published on March 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

The personal stories of two men, Richard Venvill and Joseph Allen who were transported to Australia as convicts. Both were pardoned for very different reasons. The book spans the years from 1830 to 1902 and follows them through their convict years, the settlement of Port Philip, the beginnings of Melbourne,the gold rush,and other events that affected their lives.
The Only Living Man With A Hole In His Head    by S.B. Addison Books
Price: $0.99 USD. 65190 words. Language: English. Published on February 21, 2012. Fiction » Historical » General.

One man. One Tamping Iron. One medical marvel. Based on a true story, “The Only Living Man With A Hole in His Head” tells the tale of railroad foreman Phineas Gage.
History, Heroism and Home    by Terence Kearey
Price: $4.85 USD. 58220 words. Language: English. Published by Memoirs Publishing  on February 20, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

History, Heroism & Home is the second in a quartet of books by Terence Kearey. It deals with life in Britain through the centuries from the perspective of his family. It relates how the Ciardha (‘Ciar’s people’) in the Ireland of the Dark Ages evolved into the modern Keareys, how holders of that name laboured, loved and fought through the centuries.