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Whirl of the Wheel    by Catherine Condie
Price: Free! 24440 words. Published on December 26, 2009. .

Three children whirl back in time through an enchanted potter’s wheel into the reality of evacuation in 1940s Britain . . . Whirl of the Wheel pulls feisty Connie, her brother Charlie-Mouse, and school pest Malcolm into dangers on the homefront and towards a military operations secret that will save their home. The children hit trouble when Malcolm fails to return to the present day.
Sea Gem    by Wallis Peel
Price: $7.99 USD. 140150 words. Published by Amolibros  on July 9, 2010. .

When Mary meets Duret, he instantly falls for her and persuades her to come back to his island, Guernsey, and marry him. The very next day she meets Victor, and there is instant attraction between them. The stage is set for turbulent times as time marches them towards the War and the German occupation of their island.
Liongold    by Bea Alden
Price: $2.99 USD. 62590 words. Published on February 27, 2011. .

Liongold is a vivid chronicle of the life of a troubled white surburban family in Johannesburg during South Africa's pivotal years of apartheid. The story is told against the background of race relations governed by harsh laws - a society in which gross injustice appears normal.
Painting in the Dark    by Russell James
Price: $2.99 USD. 117070 words. Published on March 10, 2011. .

'His masterpiece to date,' said the Guardian. An old woman has dark secrets in her past, when she and her sister were intimates of Hitler & Goering. During the 1997 Election, as Tony Blair sweeps to power, art dealer Gottleisch and his evil helper Ticky think she has hoarded her sister’s valuable paintings. They're determined to get them, whatever it takes. 'Exceptional,' said Booklist.
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.
The Ghost of Cape York    by Richard G TOMKIES
Price: $3.99 USD. 26160 words. Published on August 16, 2011. .

The story begins during the Second World War on the shores of Australia's Cape York Peninsula, when a scouting Japanese Air Force Zero sights a Coastwatcher's hut. He attacks but receives crippling return fire from below. Over sixty years later the Coastwatcher's grandson and his friend while exploring this area makes an unusual find which connects him to his grandfather's wartime experiences.
HMS Glowworm And HMS Jervis Bay    by Ciamar Price
Price: Free! 3260 words. Published by Ragged Angel Ltd  on September 8, 2011. .

A short introduction to two stories of navy heroism in World War Two. At the start of the war, HMS Glowworm took on the much larger German Battleship Admiral Hipper. HMS Jervis Bay, a converted liner, was the convoy escort for convoy HX84, which was ambushed by the Pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer. Both actions were awarded the Victoria Cross for extreme valour.
Robin and the Rubicelle Fusiliers    by William Forde 
Price: $3.00 USD. 48670 words. Published on October 8, 2011. .

'Robin and The Rubicelle Fusiliers' is a 'must' for any child or adult wanting to capture the feeling of being in England during the height of The Blitz. It is suitable reading for 9 years upwards. The story is told through the eyes and experiences of 11-year-old Robin Rubins, who becomes an evacuee and is sent to live with his war veteran Grandfather Potter in the countryside.
Fall From Grace    by David Menon
Price: $9.95 USD. 85770 words. Published by Empire Publications  on October 25, 2011. .

Paul Foster is a social worker trying to make a difference. But what links him to an aristocratic Nazi sympathiser accused of harbouring a war criminal? And what has happened to his soldier boyfriend Jake over in Afghanistan? In this, the first DCI Sara Hoyland mystery, the intrepid detective with a murky past enters a long-forgotten world of political intrigue.
Spirit Over Steel - A Chronology of the Second World War    by John Thompson
Price: $6.99 USD. 177030 words. Published on December 17, 2011. .

The largest, most complex and most destructive war humanity has yet fought, the Second World War escapes easy description. Spirit over Steel is more than just a chronology of the war's main events, it also weaves in hundreds of individual threads into the tapestry of the whole conflict and yet never loses sight of the overall picture.