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Jacob's Courage: A Holocaust Love Story    by Charles Weinblatt
Price: $4.95 USD. 288920 words. Published on May 22, 2009. .

Jacob's Courage is a tender coming of age love story of two young adults during the Holocaust. This historical novel explores the dazzling beauty of passionate love and enduring bravery in a lurid world where the innocent are murdered. From despair, to unforgettable moments of chaste beauty, Jacob’s Courage examines a constellation of emotions during a time of incomprehensible brutality.
A View From My Window - 15 Sermons of Hope and Assurance    by A. Knighton Stanley
Price: $5.99 USD. 41920 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on July 13, 2009. .

For over 40 years, Dr. Stanley’s preaching has attempted to move a complex, sophisticated community beyond the 'kindergarten' Christianity of its childhood to a powerful, relevant gospel that reconciles their complex lives while affirming the simple truth that in spite of all of our shortcomings, we are all God's beloved children. This volume illuminates his life and ministry.
The War Journal of Lila Smith    by Irving Warner
Price: $9.99 USD. 85530 words. Published by Pleasure Boat Studio on August 10, 2009. .

This book is based on a true story of the invasion and subsequent occupation of the Island of Attu by the Japanese during WW2. This action was followed by the removal of the occupants of Attu to another island near Japan.
The Old Lady of the Lake - Stories from the Obey River Valley    by Darren Shell
Price: $2.99 USD. 67140 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on September 10, 2009. .

A charming collection of fictional stories based on local folklore of the Obey River Valley, Clay County, TN. The names of all the locations are historically correct, as are the overviews of the local history surrounding the area but by and large, the main characters are fiction. If you are a historian or a genealogist, don’t look here unless you are bored on a rainy day!
Who Stole the Train?    by Ben Games
Price: $5.99 USD. 27880 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on October 27, 2009. .

This short, nonfiction semi-biographical story from WWII tells of an Army Officer and five enlisted men racing the Russians to capture a Japanese experimental laser cannon. The weapon is located on a cliff overlooking the Sea of Japan. Read this entertaining account to find out who ultimately won the race and the extremes they went to in order to complete their mission!
Like a Man    by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 86220 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 27, 2009. .

Czech paratroopers make a night-drop into their Nazi-occupied homeland during WW II. Their objective? To kill the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany. They accomplish their mission against insurmountable odds, then seek safety in the catacombs of an ancient church. When confronted by an entire SS regiment, their chances of escape are slim to none.
Jiro's Dream    by Philip Groves
Price: $6.50 USD. 132900 words. Published on November 6, 2009. .

Jiro Shimada arrives in San Francisco, July 1937, a dejected young man. His lifelong dream of becoming a navy fighter pilot has been thwarted. Given the likelihood of being conscripted into the army as a foot soldier, arrangements are made for Jiro to participate in a work/study program to be conducted in America. So his dream must wait, but not for long....
Buttermilk Moon    by Randy Ray Wise
Price: $3.99 USD. 88300 words. Published on December 2, 2009. .

In 1944, fifteen-year-old farm boy George Cooper goes on a Texas-sized mystical journey to find his father, lost in the Second World War.
A Terrorist's Mirror    by Ben Games
Price: $6.99 USD. 13370 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on December 4, 2009. .

A non-fiction story of a Chief Warrant Officer of the US Army taking his wife on a trip through a free fire zone in Vietnam to act as bait for an ambush. The success of the trap depended upon complete secrecy, and needed to appear logical and genuine to the North Vietnamese. Find out how they pulled it off.
The Invincible Alice    by Alice L. Luckhardt
You set the price! 28560 words. Published on December 5, 2009. .

Alice L. Walters Wallace is a Florida-raised, privileged, educated and lovely young woman in 1940. Yet, for the next 69 years she endured numerous personal illnesses, family deaths and four different husbands within a few years. In spite of the problems she managed to live life to its fullest; whether being a pilot, model, businesswoman or nurse, she attempted it and achieved success at them all.