Living at Twice the Speed of Sound    by Eddie Shapiro
Price: $1.99 USD. 62680 words. Language: English. Published by Dov Silverman on March 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
Information in this book has been cleared for disclosure by the Israeli Military Censor. Some names and dates were changed to protect those endangered by evidential exposure. If you read the Best Seller, "Start-Up Nation" by Dan Senor and Saul Singer then you must read "Living at Twice the Speed of Sound" The Senor/Singer book reveals a broad picture of Israel's Economic Miracle. Eitan (Eddie) Sh

A Checkered Past    by William Van Poyck
Price: $2.99 USD. 118160 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Miami native William Van Poyck- burglar, bank robber, escape artist, and novelist - pens a sweeping, vividly sketched autobiography guiding readers on an unforgettable, four-decade odyssey, from barefoot youth to reform school to death row. Projected through the lens of raw experience, this is a brutally authentic look into the hardscrabble underbelly of America's criminal justice system.

Be Brave, Be Strong: A Journey Across the Great Divide    by Jill Homer
Price: $2.99 USD. 123090 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Bicycling.
(4.43 from 7 reviews)
This is an inspiring and often harrowing account of Jill Homer's record-breaking, 2,740-mile mountain bike ride from Canada to Mexico along the Great Divide. The book follows the thrilling adventure, grueling physical challenges, and emotional turmoil of an ordinary person trying to do something extraordinary.

Caminar y Cavilar: Cuentos bajo el signo de la Cruz y a la sombra de la cruz gamada    by Robert Salomon
Price: $2.99 USD. 84260 words. Language: Spanish. Published on January 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Lejos de Metz y su familia y solo en España durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Vivió la vorágine de la Guerra Civil de España, y cárceles y campos de Concentración en la Francia ocupada por los Nazis - hasta poder reunirse con su familia en Cuba después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Almas Gêmeas em Busca da Luz    by Dulce Regina
Price: $2.99 USD. 98980 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on July 27, 2010. Nonfiction » Inspiration » Spiritual inspiration.
Almas Gêmeas em Busca da Luz é a história real de um amor vivido 800 anos atrás por Clarissa Lúcia, que hoje habita o corpo físico de Dulce Regina, astróloga kármica e especialista em regressão a vidas passadas. Neste livro a autora estimula o leitor a refletir sobre a existência de uma Força Maior, capaz de transformar o padrão vibratório do Planeta.

Rising Above the Wave    by L.E. Muesch
Price: $2.99 USD. 57540 words. Language: English. Published on June 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
As L. E. Muesch bear-hugged his wife, Helen, vowing to never let go, the surge of the tsunami engulfed them and their lives would never be the same. In Rising Above the Wave, Muesch not only takes readers through how they were able to survive such a horrendous event on Phi Phi Don Island, but, maybe even more importantly, shares how that moment in time has consumed him in many different ways.

Overlay: A Tale of One Girl's Life in 1970s Las Vegas    by Marlayna Glynn Brown
Price: $0.99 USD. 109820 words. Language: English. Published on January 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
*2013 Winner of a Next Generation Indie Book Award* Fans of The Glass Castle, The Liar's Club and Angela's Ashes will appreciate this award-winning true tale of survival and resilience recorded in spare and convincing prose. This memoir describes the author's turbulent 1970s Las Vegas childhood in a haunting voice full of simple youthful perception.

Walking and Wondering: Living Under the Sign of the Cross in the Shadow of the Swastika    by Robert Salomon
Price: $2.99 USD. 86630 words. Language: English. Published on September 30, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
(5.00 from 7 reviews)
One man's quest to be reunited with his family during years of persecution, exile and jailings.

Ghost Trails: Journeys Through a Lifetime    by Jill Homer
Price: $2.99 USD. 78200 words. Language: English. Published on May 26, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Bicycling.
(3.50 from 2 reviews)
"Ghost Trails" is the true story of an ordinary person - timid, nonathletic, raised in the suburbs of Salt Lake City - and her unlikely route to one of the most difficult bicycle races in the world, a 350-mile epic along Alaska's frozen Iditarod trail. Through her struggles and intimate confrontations with her fears and weaknesses, she discovers the surprising destination of her life's trails.

Lives Shattered: One Mother's Loss at the Hands of the Legal System    by Celine Zabel
Price: $2.99 USD. 67240 words. Language: English. Published on April 15, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
An incredible tale of survival, this shocking story shows how one woman overcame soul-crushing pain and loss at the hands of an inept legal system while refusing to leave hope behind.