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Becoming Patrick: A Memoir    by Patrick McMahon
Price: $8.99 USD. 107750 words. Language: English. Published on January 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

Becoming Patrick is the story of one adopted man’s universal quest for identity by uncovering the truth of his past. After an anguished search, the call to his original mother releases a torrent of conflicting emotions. He absorbs her shocking revelations, comes out as gay once again, and during a sometimes turbulent unfolding, forges a profound bond which shapes a future rooted in truth.
Just Keep Knitting: a journey of healing through forgiveness, faith, and fibre    by Lonna Cunningham
Price: $5.99 USD. 55760 words. Language: English. Published by Apple Jack Creek Books  on January 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

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When chest pain and exhaustion forced a pause in her busy life, author Lonna Cunningham was called upon to take a closer look at the big events of her past: the death of her infant daughter, her husband's sudden personality changes and the discovery of the brain tumour that had triggered them ... then she had to rethink her past in order to find her path to the future.
Combat Crew    by John Comer
Price: $4.99 USD. 104060 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on January 11, 2012. Nonfiction » History » War.

Combat Crew is one of the best memoirs about the air war over Europe ever written. John Comer kept a journal of the 25 missions he flew in 1943 when the casualty rate on his base was close to 80%. After each raid Comer gathered the crew together and pieced together the air battle from a 360-degree perspective. His book is handwritten history, recorded within hours after the battles occured.
La ciencia ficción de Isaac Asimov    by Rodolfo Martínez
Price: $5.00 USD. 102220 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Sportula  on January 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography.

En este libro Rodolfo Martinez repasa de un modo exhaustivo la narrativa de ciencia ficción de Asimov, y lo hace desde una perspectiva cronológica, comenzando por los primeros relatos que escribió en su adolescencia y terminando por su novela póstuma «Hacia la Fundación», con la que cerraba el ciclo narrativo que le había hecho famoso.
Finders Losers    by Jack Slack
Price: $2.99 USD. 53900 words. Language: English. Published on January 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers.

This is a revised edition of the original out of print hardcover book. It is the personal story by the finder of millions of dollars in sunken pirate treasure. Such a discovery is the stuff of dreams that became a nightmare. This is a tale of the tragic results of finding a treasure.
Caution to the Wind    by Jack Slack
Price: $2.99 USD. 69180 words. Language: English. Published on January 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers.

This is the true story of the author's adventurous life of relying on chance to survive in his dangerous world filled with threats that are both natural and man-made. He deals with murder, shark attacks, falling overboard alone at sea, a plethora of pirates above and below the sea, as well as the finding of a sunken pirate treasure. Then he must deal with the politically powerful too.
The Kindest People: Heroes and Good Samaritans (Volume 3)    by David Bruce
Price: Free! 73790 words. Language: English. Published on January 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Celebrity biography.

This book contains 250 stories about heroes and Good Samaritans.
At Home Wherever the Road Leads    by Sanda Horeis
Price: $9.99 USD. 50060 words. Language: English. Published by Leonard Flachman  on January 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » Trip Journals.

After a long career as a journalist and communication specialist, Sanda Horeis and her husband, Willie (a longtime educator and guidance counsellor, sometimes referred to as “The German”), sold their home and much of the items inside, gathered all their belongings into a motorhome, and started out on their retirement adventure. As they crisscrossed the country, Sanda wrote wonderfully insightful a
Disguised as a Man: Malachi Martin & Me    by Sally Hawthorne
Price: $3.99 USD. 176140 words. Language: English. Published on January 5, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Father Malachi Martin, a Roman Catholic priest, scholar and exorcist, was a best-selling author and media celebrity in the mid-1970's. At the peak of his career, a fifty-seven year-old Martin began a disastrous Abelard-Heloise-style love affair with a troubled teenager who had seen him on TV. She now recounts the story of her decade-long romance with the controversial cult figure and pop-prophet.
Yes, We Treat Aardvarks    by Robert M Miller
Price: $2.99 USD. 64430 words. Language: English. Published on January 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor and satire.

He's operated on whales, administered antibiotics to performing lions, barely escaped alive after treating unpredictable chimps, cared for every imaginable household pet. Well-known veterinarian, cartoonist, writer, and leading authority on horse behavior - Dr. Robert M. Miller shares his memoirs of a life filled with all the joys and tragic moments that caring for, and loving, animals brings.