Books tagged: world war 2

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Bravo's Veil    by Michael Croucher
Price: $2.99 USD. 68760 words. Published on October 22, 2010. .

A beautiful billeting official sends an evacuated school boy on an apparently simple errand. The boy becomes a pawn in the botched defection of a German officer. The tragic outcome fractures an already devastated family and sends the boy's brother on a decades long quest for truth and closure.
The Cyclist - A World War II Thriller    by Fred Nath
Price: $2.99 USD. 87620 words. Published by Fingerpress  on November 29, 2010. .

"Brilliantly executed..." "A haunting and bittersweet novel" Nazi-occupied Aquitaine, 1943: A beautiful young woman is found murdered in the shadow of the Bergerac Prefecture. The Chief of Police suspects a German Security Police Major of the crime. His actions result in a desperate trek towards neighbouring Switzerland, pursued by the German Sicherheitspolizei. A gripping wartime story.
What Churchill Would Do    by Stuart Finlay
Price: $2.99 USD. 87630 words. Published on December 17, 2010. .

This book took 4 years of research and details how Churchill managed WW2 and how the skills, experience and talent he used to carve out a victory in the face of overwhelming odds can be applied to modern business. 80% History and 20% lessons learned, make for an entertaining read full of surprises and stories from WW2. The book covers a wide range of topics that apply to everyone from 16+
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.
Alias Pegge Parker    by John Hlavacek
Price: $5.95 USD. 93270 words. Agented by Concierge Publishing Services  on January 3, 2011. .

During World War II, Margaret Lyons, a small-town Pennsylvania girl, had a taste for adventure. She began her career as an advice columnist, adopting the pen name Pegge Parker. She began literally writing her way around the world. Before long, she was headed for China where she met and married Douglas Mackiernan, an undercover CIA agent. The couple became the proud parents of twins, Mike and Mary.
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.
Section 12    by Charles Naton
Price: $3.99 USD. 105840 words. Published by Can Write Will Write  on February 15, 2011. .

The nightmares had become a liability since D-Day, so it was just a matter of time before Jake Small of the 4th Infantry was quietly evacuated to an English psychiatric clinic. Jake’s impossibly lucid dreams of places he’s never visited seem like his ticket to easy street, but he soon discovers that life was much simpler and safer on the battlefield.
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."
A Polio Memoir    by Agnes V. Axtell
Price: $6.99 USD. 25640 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on April 2, 2011. .

Captain Bob Axtell fought in battles in the Pacific during WWII and survived, he also survived fifteen months in the Korean Conflict, but he didn’t fight his toughest battle until he returned home. In a matter of days, he went from being a healthy man to the isolation ward at William Beaumont Army Hospital — he had become one of the early polio statistics in 1952's polio epidemic.
Hitler, Triumphant    by Matthew Moses
Price: Free! 69120 words. Published on April 6, 2011. .

What if Hitler had won? It is with trepidation, but grave interest, that I dare to venture into what may have been if this man had achieved his goals. So follow my descent into the abyss of what could have been if that goddess Fate had remained by Hitler's side until the end.