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A Packhorse Called Rachel    by Marcelle Kellermann
Price: $0.99 USD. 49410 words. Published by M-y Books on November 10, 2009. .

A story of courage, fear and defiance based on the authors own experience. A Pack Horse Called Rachel is the remarkable tale of a girl of twenty, daughter of a Jewish father, caught in the extraordinarily brutal world of France in 1944. Rachel moves through the pages of the book with her faithful dog Nourse, as her work with the Maquis based in the Auvergne takes her perilously close to danger.
Daniel    by David Grace
Price: $3.95 USD. 54690 words. Published on December 13, 2010. .

In 1968 Major Daniel Leighton's F-4 was shot down over North Vietnam. Leighton made his way to the ocean. Just as he was about to sail onto the Gulf of Tonkin where he might be spotted by Air/Sea Rescue, he was captured and taken the Hoa Lo Prison, the infamous Hanoi Hilton. There Leighton underwent emotional and terrifying events but survived and came home. That's about 60% of the story.
We Came to Fight a War    by Jack Flynn
Price: $8.99 USD. 39490 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

So, you want to know what it feels like on a bomb run in an unpressurized B-17 aircraft at 28,000 feet—40, 50, 60 degrees below zero, knowing that at any millisecond jagged pieces of razor sharp shrapnel can rip through your body. And if you have to jump, it is a little high. As B-17 Pilot, Bill Flynn, used to say, “Don’t worry about the ones you can see. Worry about the ones you can't."
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
Dearest Laura: The Civil War Letters Of Captain John Reed Beatty, 1861-1865    by Peter Steffens
Price: $1.86 USD. 91700 words. Published on April 15, 2011. .

Sesquicentennial: 150th anniversary. America celebrates its Civil War of 1861-1865, and the fallen are still honored. John wrote nearly 150 vivid and picturesque letters to his dearest Laura. He was in some major battles; a horse was shot dead from under him. Added content includes handwriting samples. The new lower price of $1.86 represents the war's calendar years. Please purchase and enjoy!
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.
Korean Echoes    by Tom Sheehan
Price: $1.99 USD. 14310 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on September 3, 2011. .

Korean Echoes draws the reader into piecing together a puzzle, each piece a small measure of the Korean War soldier's world, a world wholly embedded in the deepest design at the heart of human experience, embedded as if words were shrapnel.
A Silver Ring    by Nathan Carriker
Price: $2.99 USD. 69190 words. Published on September 12, 2011. .

Every soul has a Mission-but every life has its Fate.
Ten From Four: A Collection of Short Stories    by Philip Wooldridge
Price: $5.99 USD. 43280 words. Published by Four Moons Books  on September 29, 2011. .

Ten From Four is an eclectic collection of my works. Stories included are: A Time Called Home, Granny Fuhrmann And The Last Supper, Scam Of The Scandinavian, A Dog's Tale, The Courtship Of Ambrosia Snodgrass, Max Finnegan: Rogue Prince Of Pinconning, Worthington Manor, The Moose And Leo LeSander, Road To Chupadero, and Turning Points. Read samples of each at Four Moons Books on Smashwords.
Short Stories Vol 1    by Mike Swedenberg
Price: $3.95 USD. 17370 words. Published on October 2, 2011. .

A few short stories for your amusement. One about war, one about a crime gone bad, a new reality show that redefines reality shows, a quite bus ride back to the suburbs, and a tow truck drivers day on the road. 0750 – 0850 Mike’s Diner SoHo Suicide The Heist Juliann and Robert on the Bus Dave’s Towing