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A Fame of Two Halves    by Kevin Mahoney
Price: $0.99 USD. 83180 words. Published by Punked Books on April 28, 2010. .

For Elliot Gold, manager of the Duxford Ducks football team, life seems to be going from bad to worse. His job and his marriage both face imminent demise. He pins all his hopes on winning one last match. But Elliot Gold is not a lucky man! Drowning his sorrows with his parents in Malta, Elliot is suddenly offered a chance to resurrect his football career with a team he renames The Maltese Falcons!
The Twelfth House    by Bojan Zecevic
Price: $4.99 USD. 93390 words. Published on June 24, 2010. .

An ancient piece of knowledge left behind by an advanced civilization holding the key to absolute power and understanding of life had lain hidden for thousands of years. Death rewards John with the gift - a mind reading. The ancient sword awakes Aleksandra's pastlife memories. David is on a life-long quest to discover the closely-guarded secret. The race for survival heats on.
The Battle Honours of the Royal Hampshire Regiment    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $2.99 USD. 30990 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on August 27, 2010. .

Men from Hampshire have for generations fought in the ranks of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, or its predecessors. All 160 Battle Honours of the regiment are featured in this book, including Blenheim, Minden, Barrosa, Kabul, Paardeburg, Mons, The Somme, Mesopotamia, Ypres, Passchendaele, Dunkirk, North Africa, Sicily, D-Day and Rhine Crossing.
Naked Hero    by Fergie Boy
Price: $9.99 USD. 143540 words. Published by Firm Hand Books  on October 26, 2010. .

Wimbledon Champion Lewis McLair goes on a voyage of discovery in search of his perfect man. Jilted by his former lover, Lewis's career has blossomed but his life is in crisis. He needs a break from tennis to regroup and the island of Gozo is the destination. A new man is on the horizon and the old one is lurking, biding his time. It all makes for a roller coaster Mediterranean adventure.
Georges Meekers' Wines of Malta - The Definitive Guide to the New Heritage Wines of Malta and Gozo | 2011    by Georges Meekers
Price: $9.99 USD. 36460 words. Published on December 5, 2010. .

Georges Meekers’ 2011 ebook edition of “Wines of Malta – The Definitive Guide to the New Heritage Wines of Malta and Gozo” is the ultimate compact guide to Malta’s vinous treasures. The only guide you ever need to uncork the wines of Malta and Gozo, complete with Q&A and Vintage Reports by Malta's foremost wine writer.
Crossing Over    by Oakeley
You set the price! 19790 words. Published on December 25, 2010. .

An Eclectic collection of seventeen short stories and poems by twelve authors from the Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation in Western Australia. The themes include youth, family relations, travel and exploration, the World Wars, love, detective and others.
The Spear of Lepanto, Books I & II    by Leon Radomile
Price: $9.99 USD. 203580 words. Published on January 15, 2011. .

An epic tale of adventure, romance and heroism, vividly bringing the distant past to life. Set in the 16th century and featuring a young and affable Miguel de Cervantes, the story is about the quest for an enigmatic relic Pope Pius V believes will decide the fate of Christian Europe. Only a brokered alliance forced by the Holy See between Spain and Venice can stop the invincible Ottoman Turks.
Faithful through Hard Times    by Jean Gill
Price: $0.99 USD. 71440 words. Published on March 17, 2011. .

This is not a WW2 memoir. It is a riveting reconstruction from an eye-witness account written at the time in a secret diary, a diary too dangerous to show anyone and too precious to destroy. The true story of four years, 3 million bombs, one small island out-facing the might of the German and Italian airforces - and one young Scotsman who didn't want to be there.
Our Name Wasn't Written - A Malta Memoir (1936-1943)    by David Vernon
Price: $2.99 USD. 46680 words. Published on April 16, 2011. .

This is the memoir of a young mother struggling to feed, clothe and house her family on “the most bombed island on earth” — Malta, during World War II. Written by two generations of eye-witnesses to the destruction wrought on the strategically vital island of Malta by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
Soldiers’ Tales - As told to the folks back home    by Barbara Hayes
Price: $1.99 USD. 26230 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on April 20, 2011. .

Genuine tales told by soldiers from the Boer War of 1899 to Afghanistan in 2011. The clear unvarnished truth from men who were in the tranches of World War I, who flew bombing missions over Germany in World War II, who were captured by the Japanese, who invaded Suez in 1956, who met Russians in the Cold War and much else besides.