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The Mohammed Code: Why a Desert Prophet Wants You Dead    by Howard Bloom
Price: $9.99 USD. 123920 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2013. Nonfiction » History » World.

Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Adolph Hitler tried to take over the world. All of them failed. Yet an illiterate desert prophet and his followers hammered together an empire 11 times the size of Alexander the Great’s conquests, 5 times the size of the Roman Empire, and 7 times the size of the USA. How did Mohammed pull it off? And how does his success threaten you and me?
Bên Thắng Cuộc: Quyền bính    by Huy Đức
Price: $9.99 USD. 257870 words. Language: Vietnamese. Published on January 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Asian.

0.75 star(4.83 from 12 reviews)
Quyền Bính tiếp tục nói về những khúc quanh của Việt Nam. Nói về những thời điểm mà đảng cầm quyền thay vì nắm bắt tư duy của thời đại và ý chí của nhân dân, chỉ có thể loay hoay trong một cái vòng tự vẽ. Hệ thống chính trị, trải qua nhiều thế hệ, càng về sau lại càng có ít khả năng khắc phục sai lầm.
Bên Thắng Cuộc: Giải phóng    by Huy Đức
Price: $9.99 USD. 230810 words. Language: Vietnamese. Published on December 8, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Asian.

0.75 star(4.75 from 24 reviews)
Cuốn sách của tôi bắt đầu từ ngày 30-4-1975 - ngày nhiều người tin là miền Bắc đã giải phóng miền Nam. Nhiều người thận trọng nhìn lại suốt hơn ba mươi năm, giật mình với cảm giác bên được giải phóng hóa ra lại là miền Bắc.
Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer’s (& Editor’s) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, & Myths    by Susanne Alleyn
Price: $3.99 USD. 53210 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.

A detailed guide to the factual mistakes that writers of historical fiction often make—and how to avoid them. From medieval knights smoking cigars to characters crossing streets that wouldn’t exist for another 2000 years, historical novelist Alleyn exposes and explains the often hilarious, always painful goofs that turn up most frequently in fiction set in the past.
From Baron To Battler    by Caroline Gaden
Price: $5.99 USD. 81420 words. Language: English. Published on February 2, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Biography.

The story of Dr CUD Schrader and his family who migrated from Schleswig-Holstein to Australia in 1853. Included is the diary of his son Ludwig written in 1873-74 and extensive information about members of the family with family trees for several generations. This book is a companion volume to 'The Schrader Letters' and gives more information about the family, their lives and their homes.
Adventurers Against Their Will: Extraordinary World War II Stories of Survival, Escape, and Connection-Unlike Any Others    by Joanie Schirm
Price: $9.99 USD. 84990 words. Language: English. Published on April 2, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Cultural heritage.

Sorting through her parents belongings after their deaths, Joanie Holzer Schirm discovered an extraordinary lost world. Hand-written on faded and brittle stationary, stamped by censors and military authorities, and neatly filed in those two lacquered boxes, were 400 letters from 78 correspondents-along with carbon copies of the letters her Czech father had sent to them during World War II.
Hold Fast: Tom Crean with Shackleton 1913-1916    by David Hirzel
Price: $2.99 USD. 97530 words. Language: English. Published on March 9, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Polar regions.

When Shackleton’s ship was caught in the ice and crushed, 2nd officer Tom Crean faced each setback as though he did this sort of thing every day. When 28 men were forced to take to sea in three small boats, he took the helm of one of them. To save those men, he crossed the southern ocean in an open boat, to land on a barren shore and cross an unknown territory. Hold Fast follows on that journey.
The Pencil Case    by Lorraine Cobcroft
Price: $2.99 USD. 123870 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Neither wrongful incarceration nor childhood abuse and deprivation could break Paul Wilson’s indomitable spirit, but survival means an endless battle against the system that stole him from his family and denied him his identity.
Hard to Turn: A History of the Camp, Gabbert, Griffin, Huskey & Webb Families of Drew County, Arkansas    by Judy Hubbell
Price: $9.99 USD. 100810 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Family history.

This is a history of the Camp, Gabbert, Griffin, Huskey & Webb families of Drew County, Arkansas and associated families: Alexander, Dodson, George, Harris, Hawkins, Marshall, McCall and Stovall. It is set in a historical background and draws heavily on primary sources such as census reports, marriage data, wills, land records, military records, official church documents, as well oral history.
Secrets of the Sun Sects    by Christopher Jordan
Price: $4.99 USD. 143600 words. Language: English. Published on July 28, 2010. Nonfiction » History » Ancient.

(5.00 from 1 review)
An ancient solar paradigm is revealed that embraces many ancient cultures. It is shown how the pyramids and temples were used for an eco industry. When combined with mirrors, able to make glass, metals and win wars a new view is forced. The ancients were not worshipping the sun, they were using it to support their society, art and science. Evidence comes from texts, relics, proofs and demos.