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Eaten by the Japanese: The Memoir of an Unknown Indian Prisoner of War    by John Baptist Crasta
Price: $4.99 USD. 31910 words. Published by Richard Crasta on March 29, 2011. .

John Baptist Crasta's only mistake was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time--Singapore, when the Japanese invaded--and to be a man of "rectitude and courage". His memoir tells of his miraculous survival through 3.5 years as a POW of the Japanese. The memoir itself miraculously survives 51 years until it is published by his son, just before his death!
A Soldier's Journey Through Life    by Lakshman Singh
Price: $3.99 USD. 116760 words. Published on November 18, 2011. .

The Journey: A poignant picture of an innocent time. A narrative commencing in the 1930's detailing the trials and tribulations of a newly wedded young soldier of the Indian Army. "Only the Jouney is written...not the Destination."
NTR: Nothing to Report    by James Leasor
Price: $3.49 USD. 91470 words. Published on January 21, 2012. .

In the early spring of 1944, when the British fortunes of war in the East were low, the Japanese invaded India. From GHQ - the invasion must be stayed whatever the cost and thus the men of draft RAKXK were sent to one of the unknown, unheard of places in India to defend one of the smaller sectors of the front. NTR is their story and tells of their battles, their loves, their deaths.
On The Road With Geoff And Jules    by gerry virtue
Price: $5.99 USD. 49290 words. Published on May 21, 2012. .

christmas eve 1959. geoff and jules hit a low point in calcutta. what to do? they try hitch-hiking across asia on what would later be the hippie trail - with glittering generals, weirdos, wrestlers and mad fundamentalists. they upset the military in darjeeling, are reborn in the ganges, jailed in afghanistan, dodge the savak in teheran, get drunk in Macedonia, wind up in 1960s london and party on.