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Eyewitness Accounts of the First World War: The Great War on Land, Sea and Air    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 190830 words. Published on November 10, 2009. .

Three firsthand accounts of "The Great War". E.R.M. Fryer was one of the very few British infantry officers to survive the war from beginning to end. Baron Edgar von Spiegel was a German U-boat captain. And Eddie Rickenbacker was the highest-scoring American fighter ace, flying Spads against the Richthofen sqaudrons.
The Battle Honours of the Royal Hampshire Regiment    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $7.90 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.
The Battlefield    by Allen Hancock
Price: Free! 2370 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

Billy rubbed his hand along the smooth woodwork of the rifle slung over his shoulder. “Do you think we’ll get to fight at last.” For most of the new men their greatest fear had always been that the fighting would finish before they had their chance to join in.
Heroes of the RAF - No.43 Squadron    by Leonard James
Price: $4.99 USD. 17710 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on June 8, 2011. .

Real Life Accounts of Fighting in the Air from 1916 to the 21st Century. This book looks at the heroic men (and more recently women) who have fought with the squadron over the years. It details their exploits in battle, their life with the squadron and in many cases their subsequent careers in the RAF.
Germany's first Biplane Fighter    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 5720 words. Published on August 12, 2011. .

Halberstadt biplane fighters D II to D V are not among the best-known of the WW I airplanes used by the Germans on the Western Front. Total production of these early German biplane fighters only just esceeded 250. Entering service in 1916 within a year these at the time revolutionary German biplanes had been relegated to training duties but in 1917 it was the biplane that usurped the monoplane
Chasing Dragons    by Joseph Mc closkey
Price: $2.99 USD. 100170 words. Published on March 29, 2012. .

Haunted by a voice from the past Joe hurtles through the French countryside on a quest to trace his grandfather’s trail through Flanders fields in 1914. Still reeling from the sudden death of his father he harbours a secret hope that somewhere along this trail he will find his own path in life and silence the voice that tears at his heart strings.
The Great Adventure    by Barry Allan
Price: Free! 69280 words. Published on April 1, 2012. .

From Footscray in the western suburbs of Melbourne to Flanders on the Western Front. Personal accounts of three brothers George Joe and Dave, who served in the AIF during World War One, and of the families they left behind. They all had life changing experiences but not all of those were caused by the war. Battles at Lone Pine, Pozieres, The Somme, and others, are described from their perspective.