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The Grapple and the Guinea Pig    by Warren Karno
Price: $3.95 USD. 36630 words. Published on December 24, 2010. .

. banned for 50 years . Is this a romantic thriller or dangerous adventure? The author’s wit and dry humour make an easy read of what must be one of the major fears of our age. This at last is a factual account of life on a real desert island, definitely not a tourist guide. The story is all the more interesting because someone drops a bomb on it! A nuclear bomb! Not a good idea.
From Powder Monkey to Admiral    by Richard Philbrick
Price: $0.99 USD. 58380 words. Published on March 22, 2011. .

Orphaned and homeless young William (Henry) Rayner signs on to a Royal Navy frigate at the end of the 1700s in order to better his life. With his quick intelligence and devotion to duty he rises through the ranks from the foc'sle to command. The first of two volumes Book I tells of Henry's rise from serving before the mast to becoming a midshipman.
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.
Privateer    by Michael Scandalios
Price: $6.99 USD. 107870 words. Published on June 11, 2011. .

A promising young officer in the British royal navy. A fearsome pirate. A brave hero of the American Revolution. What is their improbable connection? Remarkably, they happen to be the same person. Privateer is the story of Mathew Carrigan, America's first naval hero. Fast-paced and suspenseful, Privateer blends history, intrigue, romance, and humor with several twists along the way.
The Good Harvest    by J. Paige Straley
Price: $2.99 USD. 96870 words. Published on August 14, 2011. .

It's 1814 in London, and Harold Hammonds has come a long way in his 24 years. He's second officer aboard the merchant vessel "The Good Harvest", bound for Sydney with a cargo of settlers goods, topped off with a parcel of transported convicts. It's a hell voyage, ending with a storm that wrecks them on an island off the west coast of New Zealand. Should he stay? Will he claim this grand place?
A Damn Close-Run Thing: A Brief History of the Falklands Conflict    by Russell Phillips
Price: $1.49 USD. 11910 words. Published on September 13, 2011. .

This short history sums up the events leading up to the war and its major military actions including details of an Argentinian plan to sink a Royal Navy ship in Gibraltar harbour and a British plan to land SAS soldiers in Argentina to destroy aircraft while they were still on the ground.
Sea Skimmer (Jon Hunt Novel 01)    by Larry Jeram-Croft
Price: $2.99 USD. 93550 words. Published on September 19, 2011. .

What do you do when your own missile system is turned against you? In the Falklands War the EXOCET missile is available to both sides. Both know it is deadly. Lieutenant Jonathon Hunt, Lynx pilot of HMS Prometheus leads a desperate mission to Argentina to try to sabotage the missiles. This book is a novel but based on fact and includes many true stories that never came to public notice.
The Caspian Monster (Jon Hunt Novel 02)    by Larry Jeram-Croft
Price: $2.99 USD. 87800 words. Published on September 19, 2011. .

1983, Lieutenant Jon Hunt is flying with Commando Helicopter Squadron operating in Northern Norway. The Soviets have discovered a secret NATO submarine listening station hidden in the Arctic Ice and attempt to capture it using an Ekranoplan an amazing experimental aircraft. Jon is the only person who can stop them. A deadly confrontation which could ignite WW3 takes place on the Arctic ice.
Ganges Boy    by Ken Smith
Price: Free! 6270 words. Published on October 6, 2011. .

A true account of my first weeks in the Royal Navy.