The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle by Damien Rollins
Price: $2.99 USD. 6860 words. Language: English. Published by LL Pub on May 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Caribbean & West Indies / General.
The Bermuda Triangle. The Devil’s Triangle. Call it what you will but this area off the coast of the southwestern United States has stirred peoples’ imaginations for hundreds of years.

龙蛇之年(1988-1989):一个回国者的经历(中文纪实文学) by MoreFun
Price: $2.00 USD. 450 words. Language: Chinese (simplified). Published on May 22, 2013. Essay » Literature.
龙蛇之年，是1988到1989年这段特殊的历史关口。“龙蛇之年”，是一个博士留学生在北京大学工作时的所见所闻所想。从一个特别的角度，记录了在6.4风暴聚集地的历史片段，是珍贵的不可或缺的史料。涉及的人物，既有普通百姓，也有许多当时的名人，比如，方励之李淑贤夫妇，中国科学院院长周光召，邓小平小儿子邓质方。更有将要为人熟知的：王丹，封从德，熊炎，柴玲。通过对一些历史事件的亲身体验，书中有一种非左非右的第三者思考，非常难能可贵。书中，也细腻而真实地描写了自己在绝望和惨淡的心理中，象逃跑一样离开故国的的一个个镜头。作者苇明，为Virginia Tech大学博士。1988年，回北京大学物理系工作，为CUSPEA项学者中第一个学成回国的。

The Unfortunate Dutchman by Dennis De Witt
Price: Free! 5070 words. Language: English. Published on May 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Modern / 18th Century.
The Unfortunate Dutchman is a tale of the many trials and tribulations faced by Jacob van Kal, an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), during this travels to the Far East and his return to Holland at the end of the 18th century.

THE GOOD PEOPLE OF PALOCZ by Miksz�th K�lm�n
Price: $3.49 USD. 10360 words. Language: English. Agented by Publio Kiadó on May 21, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Europe / Austria & Hungary.
It was a thick, foggy morning; the fog seemed densest in the precincts of the Court House. It had enveloped completely this gloomy building, making it look more repellent than ever. It had settled there as if with a fixed determination to remain.

Chico Xavier: Uma Mentira? by Waldon Volpiceli Alves
Price: $0.99 USD. 12740 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on May 20, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Biography.
Livro que revela toda a verdade sobre Chico Xavier: os absurdos do livro Nosso Lar; pareceres de especialistas mostrando erros em seus livros e muito mais. Também será revelado aqui os falsos milagres do Frei Galvão, o primeiro santo brasileiro.

Magna Carta in the 21st Century by Hampden Trust
Price: $2.99 USD. 4030 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books on May 20, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.
Magna Carta was a key foundation stone in the development of the British Constitution and the establishment of freedom in Britain. But how relevant is the Magna Carta to life in the 21st Century?

Robert E. Lee, the Supreme Patriot by Alton Pryor
Price: $1.99 USD. 3190 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Nonfiction » History » American.
With the exception of George Washington, the most famous general in American history is Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870). Lee’s fame came in spite of the fact that he led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia against the Union Army in the Civil War.

Journeying with God Part III by John Monyjok Maluth
Price: $13.99 USD. 18860 words. Language: English. Published by Discipleship Press on May 16, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Africa.
I started my education by learning how to write and read in Nuer language in 1991. Because I was born in Nuer land, my first language was also Nuer.

Journeying with God Part I by John Monyjok Maluth
Price: Free! 18110 words. Language: English. Published by Discipleship Press on May 16, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Africa.
I was born in 1983 in the small village called Dhuording near Nasir. Nasir is one of the towns in eastern region of the Upper Nile State in South Sudan. I have no exact birth date in mind because my parents cannot read or write and they cannot tell me the exact date of which I was born.

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