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The Interpreter    by Marcelle Kellermann
Price: $2.99 USD. 40990 words. Published by M-y Books on January 14, 2009. .

Set during the occupation of France of 1940 – 44 during which time the author fought as a member of the resistance. The story follows her interrogation imprisonment and subsequent unexpected release by the German Nazi Officer Frank Van Heugen, the official interpreter in the German Kommandatur of Vichy France.
Guerrieri di Roma – La vita, le battaglie, il valore degli uomini che forgiarono una civiltà e fondarono un Impero.    by Marco Busetta
Price: $5.50 USD. 74840 words. Published by Area51 Publishing on December 17, 2009. .

Chi erano i più grandi guerrieri di Roma? Quale fu il loro valore, quali le più grandi battaglie che combatterono? In questo e-book storico avrete tutte le informazioni che cercate: in ordine cronologico troverete le biografie dei più grandi guerrieri romani, la descrizione delle loro più famose battaglie e, direttamente dalle fonti classiche, il racconto del loro valore.
Warriors of Rome. The life, the battles, the valour of the men who forged an entire civilisation and founded an Empire.    by Marco Busetta
Price: $5.50 USD. 56480 words. Published by Area51 Publishing on December 24, 2009. .

Who were the greatest warriors of Rome? How did they distinguish themselves in terms of valour and fighting skills? In this historical e-book you’ll find all the information you are looking for: the biographies of the immortal Roman warriors in chronological order and the detailed description of their most important battles, directly from the original sources of the past.
Prophet of Israel    by Timothy Wilkinson
You set the price! 149670 words. Published on April 21, 2010. .

Darkness threatens to consume Israel. High Priest Eli allows corruption to infect even the Tabernacle, the holiest place in the land. Hordes of Philistines ravage the countryside, led by a merciless warlord and bolstered by the might of a race of giants. As battle rages between Israel and their enemies, the key to their survival waits, ignorant of his destiny. A child. A seer. A Prophet of Israel.
Voices in Wartime Anthology    by Andrew Himes
Price: $0.99 USD. 74540 words. Published on July 10, 2010. .

Poetry, essays, interviews from witnesses to war. Soldiers and civilians give voice to the trauma, suffering, and longterm damage caused by war, and the need for the nation and community to accept the challenge of healing the wounds of war. Contributors include Jonathan Shay, Brian Turner, Jonathan Schell, Emily Warn, Wilfred Owen, Chris Hedges, Andrew Himes, etc.
Eagles of Peenemunde    by Vincent Formosa
Price: $3.99 USD. 99870 words. Published on January 2, 2011. .

May 1944 For a German test pilot, their loyalty is tested and they are faced with a decision that goes against everything they have ever known. For an American pilot, it was a simple deal; fly over occupied Europe, take some photos and fly home again. Plans are never that simple. In a world at war, they are about to discover that friends can be found in the most unlikely of places
Strategy For Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century    by Steven Jermy
Price: $14.99 USD. 92100 words. Published by Knightstone Publishing  on February 13, 2011. .

It is time to examine why our military forces struggle on modern operations. The answer is strategy. We rarely have it. We don’t know how to form it. We don’t even really know what it is. Strategy For Action explains how it should be done. Lessons from history, current business practice and new insights are fused into a framework for strategic decision making.
Chickamauga Dreaming: A Novel on the Civil War's Enduring Impact    by William Mathis
Price: $3.99 USD. 136140 words. Published on April 6, 2011. .

An 1863 Chickamauga Battlefield event scars a series of Weston family men in ways none of them understand. Finally, Rob, five generations removed from the Civil War, is forced to confront the event’s role in his life. But first the family grapples with layers of deceit, the South’s racial divide, a wildly eccentric father obsessed with the war and the potent influence of a long-dead ancestor.
Wipers: A Soldier's Tale From the Great War    by Jeff Simmons
Price: $8.99 USD. 134660 words. Published on April 14, 2011. .

Thousands of casualties. Every day. For four years. That was reality for the Allies defending the city of Ypres, Belgium, during World War One. The soldiers didn't know how to pronounce "Ypres" (EE-pruh), so they called the killing grounds "Wipers." "Wipers: A Soldier's Tale From the Great War," tells the story of an English coal miner-turned-soldier and his struggle to live amidst death.
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.