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A Journey to Hell and Back    by Charlotte Russell Johnson
Price: $2.99 USD. 77780 words. Language: English. Published on April 17, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Religious biography.

A Journey: To Hell and Back is a gripping saga of a young woman’s journey from adolescence to adulthood at an accelerated pace. This book is an exploration of a troubled teen’s journey into the underworld to emerge as an independent, confident and self-assured woman. Pitfalls, tragedy and trials that lure a young honor student into the mean streets of Atlanta and New York mark the story.
Escape to an Orphanage    by Marvin Dorfman
Price: $2.99 USD. 76630 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

In the early 1940s a family is embroiled in scandal and a boy’s life turned upside down when his Orthodox Jewish mother leaves his father for her lesbian lover and becomes a Pentecostal Christian. Cruelly abused at the hands of his mother's sadistic lover, he is returned to a father who no longer wants him. Rejected by both his parents, he finds acceptance and dignity in an orphanage.
Flying Colors    by Jonathan Danilowitz
Price: $3.99 USD. 66900 words. Language: English. Published on April 14, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Jonathan cracks open many doors for an intimate yet revealing look at a world most people never get to see; Apartheid, civil aviation, Israel, gay rights & more “I really enjoyed [your book]. I read it in one sitting and found it absolutely riveting. You’re both a strong writer and a gifted story teller. Many thanks for sharing it with me.” Matt Mills, Editorial Director, Pink Triangle Press.
Bitter Freedom: Memoir of a Holocaust Survivor    by Jafa Wallach
Price: $2.99 USD. 53900 words. Language: English. Published by Gihon River Press  on April 13, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Holocaust.

Remarkable first-person story of survival in Nazi occupied Poland. Narrowly escaping the Nazi sweep in Southern Poland, Jafa Wallach and her husband, Natan, a physician, were able to send their four-year-old daughter to safety (they prayed) while they themselves—along with two of Jafa's brothers—managed to dig a shallow hole in the ground beneath the cellar of an heroic Polish mechanic's shop.
Spread Thin & Moving Fast    by Ed De Avila
Price: $3.99 USD. 142930 words. Language: English. Published on April 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

A tale of adventure, exploring new worlds, and meeting crazy characters. After growing up in an Irish-Mexican family, Ed became a restless street kid and adventurous teen. As a young adult he was thrown out of schools, became a golf hustler, hung out with artists, pimps, and actors, got drugs for friends, escaped from many petty scrapes, and followed his first love to the University of California.
Melissa's Gift    by Olin Dodson
Price: $9.95 USD. 143860 words. Language: English. Published by Bay Tree Publishing/Ardenwood Books  on April 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

A poignant, personal memoir, Melissa’s Gift recounts how a deeply solitary man discovers he has fathered a daughter while traveling years before in Central America. She evokes a capacity to love in him he has never known, even while she slowly wastes from the dreadful disease of cystic fibrosis.Written with beauty and power, Melissa’s Gift is an unforgettable story and a deeply moving read.
25 Chapters of My Life: The Memoirs of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna    by Olga Alexandrovna
Price: $6.99 USD. 69140 words. Language: English. Published by North Highland Publishing  on April 12, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Russian.

Grand Duchess Olga Aleksandrovna, the last surviving member of Nicholas II’s immediate family, recalls her life and relationship with her brother’s family. This includes personal reminisces from the childhood and reign of Nicholas II. Also a first-hand account of escape from the Bolshevik regime and life in exile from a member of the imperial family.
Blessed Returns    by Stuart Albright
Price: $2.99 USD. 62210 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

Camden, New Jersey, is quite possibly the most troubled and dangerous city in America. Blessed Returns is the moving, deeply personal account of a young man's coming-of-age amidst a life-changing summer. Albright worked at a youth facility in the heart of Camden's blighted, industrial core, and he discovered a community governed by faith and resilience in the face of unimaginable despair.
John Somerset Pakington: his first 50 years    by Andrew Harris
Price: $4.99 USD. 166440 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Political biography.

A biography of the Sir John Pakington of Westwood Park, Droitwich, born in 1799, who was MP for Droitwich, Worcestershire for 37 years. At Westminster he served on many select committees, including that investigating the Andover Union scandal. He was also much involved in Worcestershire affairs..
Midnight Sun, Arctic Moon    by Mary Albanese
Price: $9.99 USD. 61090 words. Language: English. Published by Epicenter Press  on April 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies.

A young upstate New York woman begins an adventure of a life-time as she moves away from her safe and conventional path. She is unable to resist the excitement and challenge of a chance to become a geological explorer in Alaska, where she maps remote wilderness areas and journeys to the depths of her own heart.