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Hell's Fire: A Documentary History of the American Atomic and Thermonuclear Weapons Projects, from Hiroshima to the Cold War and the War on Terror    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 140350 words. Published on September 8, 2009. .

A history of nuclear weapons, from the Manhattan Project which built the atomic bomb, to the "Mike" test which paved the way for the hydrogen bomb, to the "war on terror" which seeks an entire new generation of "earth-penetrating" nuclear bombs.
At the Edge of the Abyss: A Declassified Documentary History of the Cuban Missile Crisis    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 95760 words. Published on November 10, 2009. .

In the last two weeks of October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear warfare than it ever has. This volume is a collection of declassified documents from American and Soviet archives, detailing the history of those two weeks. Preface gives an overview and timeline of the crisis.
A Northern Thunder    by Andy Harp
Price: $2.99 USD. 103190 words. Published by Bancroft Press on November 18, 2009. .

North Korea, a Communist nation in desperate financial straits, concentrates its military resources on a scientist bent on swiftly creating missile technology. In response, the U.S. military plucks Marine reservist Will Parker from retirement. His mission? Penetrate dangerous North Korea, and flesh out its leading military scientist from an entourage of three doppelgangers. A riveting thriller.
Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK    by Gus Russo
Price: $9.99 USD. 281870 words. Published by Bancroft Press on August 26, 2010. .

Humiliated at the Bay of Pigs, John and Robert Kennedy sought desperately to eliminate Castro. Castro openly threatened to retaliate. Pro-Castro agitator Lee Harvey Oswald went to the Cuban embassy in Mexico, announcing he would kill America's president in exchange for sanctuary in Havana. Live By the Sword ends 35 years of public mistrust and confusion over the Kennedy assassination.
Kiss Me Kislovodsk    by Eric Johnson
Price: $0.99 USD. 12200 words. Published on December 17, 2010. .

An old story I wrote years ago, involving a fictional war between the Russians, Americans and the Islamic front. Chronicles my old fighter pilot Alexei Karmarov
The Yorkshire Erk    by Robert Rycroft
Price: $3.99 USD. 114310 words. Published on February 18, 2011. .

Ronald Cartwright is ignominiously discharged from the Royal Air Force in 1959, suspected as a communist agitator and nearly murdered on the orders of a demented SP - service policeman. Set in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in the halcyon days of no road speed limits, the novel initially opens in Brisbane, Australia. An Erk is RAF slang; aircraftsman groundcrew of corporal or lower rank.
The Last Aliyah    by Chris Hambleton
Price: $2.99 USD. 88060 words. Published on March 24, 2011. .

The tides of war are once again rising against the nation of Israel. Her old alliances are unraveling, while new alliances against her are rising. Rocket attacks on Haifa and Sderot are increasing, and Israel cautiously prepares a response to a conflict that many fear will never end. And then a decision is made that will change the face of the Middle East forever.
The Siege of Zion    by Chris Hambleton
Price: $2.99 USD. 102280 words. Published on March 26, 2011. .

In one day, Supreme Leader David Medine desecrated the Jewish Temple and Israel has fallen under the authority of the World Union – under David Medine. The Great Tribulation has begun and the future of Israel – along with all humanity – hangs in the balance
The Time of Jacob's Trouble Trilogy    by Chris Hambleton
Price: $7.99 USD. 279630 words. Published on March 26, 2011. .

The tides of war are once again rising against the nation of Israel. Old alliances are unraveling, while new alliances against her are rising. Rocket attacks are increasing, and Israel cautiously prepares a response to a conflict that many fear will never end. And then a decision is made that will change the face of the Middle East forever.
Space Primer (AU-18): Comprehensive Spaceflight History and Guidebook, Doctrine, Orbital Mechanics, Military Space, Satellites, Rockets, NASA Programs, Threats, Designs, Operations, Intelligence    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 132550 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .

In what may be the best single-volume introduction to military and civilian space flight, this up-to-date space primer from the Department of Defense provides comprehensive coverage of modern spaceflight principles and practices, with an extensive and authoritative history of military and NASA programs, along with the fundamentals of space.