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History of the Internet    by Michael Robinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 3350 words. Language: English. Published on May 28, 2013. Nonfiction » History » History of things.

History of the Internet is an overview of the history of your favorite invention. Veteran users can take a nostalgia trip through the good times and bad. New users can finally understand what we're all babbling about. Everyone wins!
The Goddess of the Grove    by Susan Mortin
Price: $2.99 USD. 7360 words. Language: British English. Published on May 27, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Civilization.

The Ancient history of the Goddess and the Well in Buxton, Derbyshire.
Undaunted: Five True Stories from World War II    by J. Pepper Bryars
Price: $0.99 USD. 7890 words. Language: English. Published on May 25, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.

Undaunted is a collection of five short stories (about 35 pages) of heroes from World War II who served in the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Air Corps, the U.S. Marines, and the U.S. Merchant Marines.
Mysterious Petersburg    by Yuri Nezhinskiy
Price: $2.00 USD. 18660 words. Language: Russian. Published by T/O "Neformat"  on May 24, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Historiography.

The purpose of this book is to find out whether the mystic legends of the northern capital are true, the city prophecies are correct, if the ghosts and apparition are really preserved in St. Petersburg. However, our respected reader will not find here any fascinating interviews with poltergeists witnesses or chilling interviews with the victims of vampires, or the sinister predictions of the State
What It Means to Miss New Orleans    by Mark Childress
Price: $1.99 USD. 8910 words. Language: English. Published on May 23, 2013. Nonfiction » History » American.

In two short essays and one long piece of reportage, author and screenwriter Mark Childress ("Crazy in Alabama," "One Mississippi," "Georgia Bottoms") explores New Orleans before, during, and after Katrina. Essays: "What It Means to Miss New Orleans," "Disaster Tourism," and "The Tragic City Laughs." All proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity. Approximately 10,000 words, w/ illustrations.
The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle    by Damien Rollins
Price: $2.99 USD. 7260 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: $1.99 USD. 460 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. 13040 words. Language: Portuguese. Published on May 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Christianity.

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.