Books tagged: world war 2

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Echoes of Silence    by Nadene Carter
Price: $7.99 USD. 89240 words. Published by NorLightsPress  on April 3, 2009. .

Echoes of Silence juxtaposes the innocence of childhood with the bigotry and prejudice prevalent during World War II, providing a unique perspective into the lives of three families who endured those years and who were shaped by the events of this turbulent period in United States history. It is a journey of suspicion and hate, that ultimately results in learning to trust and to forgive.
People Who Changed History    by Gary Haymes
Price: $3.00 USD. 14790 words. Published on October 1, 2009. .

Biographies of people of consequence who did unusual activities that changed world history or added to human knowledge. This book is ever expanding:Barack Obama,Benazir Bhutto,Elvis Presley,Harriet Tubman,Indias Gandhi,Karl Marx,Mikhail Gorvbachev,Muhammad Osma Bin Laden, Reverend Jim Jones,Terry Fox,Winston Churchill and others.Revealing facts:World War 2,segregation, mind control,and much more.
Free And Wild    by Gary Haymes
Price: $10.00 USD. 48240 words. Published on October 26, 2009. .

A fast-paced adventure novel created for anyone who has affection for horses. There are few successful books or meaningful horsemanship stories. “Black Beauty” is an exception, written in 1877 by Anna Sewell, is a great and lasting masterpiece. “Free and Wild” is about a realistic horse’s life, how he is and why.
International Political Economy: Free Trade or Fair Trade?    by Kyle W. Bell
Price: $0.99 USD. 5740 words. Published on December 20, 2009. .

Like it or not, globalization is here to stay. The days of protectionism are long gone. America and the world are trading at levels never seen before in the history of man. As the most recent economic collapse has shown quite vividly, markets are interconnected in a way that an investment banker in London or Shanghai is affected by a mortgage default in Los Angeles or Detroit.
Seven Half Crowns    by Frederick Williams
Price: $5.95 USD. 45180 words. Published by Strict Publishing International  on January 1, 2010. .

Evacuated in 1940 from the Liverpool to a small town in Wales, Fred and his younger brother Marty found life far from easy. Desperately homesick, Fred was unable to settle. Worse, it seemed no one really cared. He, his brother, and the other evacuees, were an inconvenience, except to those who actually seemed to enjoy making life even more unpleasant for them.
A Salute to Patriotism: The Life and Work of Major General Howard L. Peckham    by Jean Kavale
Price: $18.99 USD. 102090 words. Published on February 8, 2010. .

This biography contains thoroughly researched text and photographs about Howard L. Peckham, such as his childhood in Connecticut, prewar service with the Corps of Engineers, and WWII service with the Armored Force and the Fuels and Lubricants Division. His lifelong devotion to duty and country are also indicated in his postwar work with American Graves Registration and the Free Europe Committee.
Under my Patchwork Quilt    by Violet Fulford Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 45790 words. Published by Candida Slater on March 24, 2010. .

Taken as a child from South Africa to rural Devon; a young bride in India in the last days of the British Raj; Vi’s house in Lisbon during World War 2 becomes a clearing house for refugees. She meets the family ghost, a Mutiny baby and a Texan millionairess, and her ambulance, escaping from war-torn France. This charming book brings a vanished world vividly to life.
Before The Road Came    by Florida Town
Price: $1.99 USD. 50690 words. Published on June 2, 2010. .

Sixty years ago, Britannia was the home of the largest copper mine in the British Empire. Several thousand people lived in its two main communities: The Townsite and The Beach. It was a scant 50 miles from Vancouver, but was accessible only boat. Before The Road Came is a story about life in that isolated mining camp, during WW2.
World War of the Dead: A Zombie Military Thriller    by Eric S. Brown
Price: $4.99 USD. 51130 words. Published by Coscom Entertainment on June 9, 2010. .

In the last days of World War II, an unknown force returns the dead to life. As a new war between the dead and the living rages on, three men hold the key to defeating them. Will they be up to the task before all of Germany and the world fall to the hungry teeth of the undead?
Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin    by Susan Neiman
Price: $6.99 USD. 96530 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on August 22, 2010. .

Berlin--East and West, day and night--in the 80s before the Wall fell. Through the eyes of a U.S. philosophy student. And Jewish, which makes for moments awkward, poignant, crass, funny, and always lurking. A city was divided, America the occupier, and the cigarettes not named Salem because it sounds too Jewish. The debut memoirs from the author of Moral Clarity, a N.Y. Times "2008 Notable Book."