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Slow Boat to China: The Personal Diaries and Letters of Pegge Parker, 1942-1951    by John Hlavacek
Price: $5.95 USD. 199310 words. Agented by Concierge Publishing Services  on December 28, 2010. .

Pegge Parker lived two lives. Her second life was as a wife, mother and freelance journalist, but her first was that of a courageous young woman traveling the world. Before cell phones or email, when the world seemed much larger, Pegge moved from Washington D.C., where she was a newspaper columnist, to live in Alaska, China, India, and Europe, making a living as a freelance reporter.
Shades Of Grey    by Sean Nolan
Price: $0.99 USD. 37750 words. Published on February 13, 2011. .

In a world where technology reigns, where the lines between corporate rule and government action blur, a dark dynasty rules. Those few who rise up against these powers run the risk of madness or death. Those who do not die lose the humanity they wish to save, or become just twisted as those they wish to overthrow. Morality in this world is nothing except for varying Shades of Grey.
A Reckoning For Kings    by Allan Cole
Price: $4.99 USD. 185700 words. Published on February 19, 2011. .

A gripping war story. For the first - and only - time in fiction, Reckoning tells the story of the Vietnam Conflict from both sides - Americans, as well as North Vietnamese.
The Brave Boer Boy and Other Stories    by Taffy and David Shearing
Price: $9.99 USD. 39180 words. Published on April 12, 2011. .

Short stories from the South African War. They are historical fragments found during our research. Included a story of a brave youngster who walked about 500 miles to find his father; 2 about Winston Churchill; baboons that kept sentry duty; early x-rays and others from both the rebel and loyalist sides
Still Time to Live: A Biography of Jack Belden    by Gary Yerkey
Price: $12.99 USD. 95330 words. Published on June 15, 2011. .

TIME-LIFE correspondent Jack Belden covered war and only war reporting from China, Burma, North Africa and Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. Now, in this first-ever biography of an American original -- described by Edgar Snow as “mad and gifted” -- we see him wounded in battle fighting his way back to the front lines only to be wounded again, perhaps irreparably, by the ravages of McCarthyism.
Trafalgar Dispatches    by Roger Busby
Price: $2.99 USD. 50460 words. Published on January 25, 2012. .

What was it like to fight at Trafalgar? How would the modern media report the greatest sea battle of the Georgian era which still resonates today? A victory against all odds which secured the pre-eminence of the Royal Navy and heralded Pax Britannica, Britain's dominance of the seas for a hundred years; a victory which etched the name of a fallen hero, Admiral Nelson deep into the nation's psyche.
Embedded@Trafalgar with Nelson's Navy    by Roger Busby
Price: Free! 60070 words. Published on October 11, 2012. .

There's a certain intimacy about the word "embedded." I don't know who coined it embedded, part of the action, eyewitness news on the front line. Embedded became a term used by the media and military to describe correspondents who were carried to war.If you want the facts, go to the history books, but if you want to know how it felt to report Trafalgar turn the page and read the log.
You'll Wake Up One Morning    by Emjae Edwards
Price: $1.99 USD. 45300 words. Published by Inknbeans Press on January 18, 2013. .

When journalist Gere Mackie disappeared reporting about civil unrest in a country half way across the world, he became a part of the story, and left his sister and her best friend, Amanda, living in a nightmare, beset by fear, government agencies and the press. When he returned, he brought home new nightmares: an unscrupulous friend, uncontrollable rages and unexpected passion about every
Monday Rides Again    by Tom Edwards
Price: $2.99 USD. 119310 words. Published on February 18, 2013. .

1985. Jack never meant to kill anyone, or fall foul of a Chinese Warlord, lose his girl or get seduced by a movie star. But there he was, running from New York to Bangkok: chasing the girl, the movie star and a news story. Who did he love now? Could he fix everything? After the last time, he'd vowed he'd never go to war again, but sometimes to fight was the only way. He still had to save the girl.