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World War II Cusp Mendacity    by Solange DeVane
Price: $4.99 USD. 25600 words. Published on February 19, 2012. .

World War II depicts another story of a traditional family,within two generations still enduring vivid painful memories as former Prisoners Of War (P.O.W.) A father passed on to his sons the same legacy as they became broken men wandering around aimlessly.
Ayne    by Mary Cote
Price: $6.99 USD. 88920 words. Published by Writers AMuse Me  on February 19, 2012. .

Blake Calder returns to Greenoch, where he was stationed during the start of WWII, looking for some answers. While he tries to find the internal strength to face those answers, he recalls his time in the war, the events leading up to it, and how his war ended.
POW #74324    by robert stermscheg
Price: $2.99 USD. 62440 words. Published on March 7, 2012. .

Real heroes aren’t born. Rather, they are ordinary people who have risen to meet seemingly insurmountable challenges in the face of adversity. What really defines a person is the way they face those obstacles and overcome them. We don’t have to look to Hollywood to find examples; in fact, we need look no further than our backyards. My backyard, that is. My father, my dad, John Stermscheg, is such
Air Force Brat    by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Price: $2.99 USD. 20430 words. Published by San Marco Press  on March 18, 2012. .

A personal memoir of the three years spent as a child living in Europe as a military dependent during the sixties. This is a slice-of-life story of what it was like to be ten years old and living in a rural French village a scant 17 years after “the War.” A fascinating time in world history as well as my own.
Out of the Ashes    by Lori Dillon
Price: $0.99 USD. 110410 words. Published on March 19, 2012. .

Pompeii, AD 79 -- Theirs was a love destined to be, cut short by the wrath of Vesuvius. WWII, 1943 -- Sera and David find each other again as they excavate the ruins. But will the horrors of war, and the forgotten tragedy of their past lives, prevent them from unearthing the love of a lifetime?
Far From My Home, Never to Return: A Polish Child's WWII Memoir    by Nadia Seluga
Price: $7.99 USD. 84220 words. Published by Martin Sisters Publishing on March 22, 2012. .

Most people are familiar with the Nazi atrocities of World War II committed against the Jews. Far less commonly known, however, are the experiences of the Poles of Eastern Poland at the hands of the occupying Soviet army. Far From My Home, Never to Return: A Polish Child's WWII Memoir is a first-person account chronicling the dire peril and adversity endured and suffered.
Titus Andronicus Scott    by Doug Turnbull
Price: $1.99 USD. 46940 words. Published on April 2, 2012. .

February 25, 1956: “Ship down and all is well.” These six words recorded the landing of the first manned spacecraft on Mars. This book tells the story of the events that led to that momentous, but heretofore unrecorded occasion, and the story of the fabulous character who wrote those words.
Bluejacket: A Sailor's Life    by Chet Bright with Derek Turner
Price: $0.99 USD. 51800 words. Published on April 7, 2012. .

From World War II to Korea to Vietnam, Chet Bright handled some of the Navy’s most dangerous jobs. He faced the prospect of death at sea many times, but he lived for the adventure. Bluejacket is the story of those adventures, from his days at war to his post-military years sailing the Caribbean. He gave his life to the sea. In return, it gave him these memories.
Legends of the Lamed-Vav Volume 1, Number 4: Love and the Golem    by Lable Braun
Price: $2.99 USD. 53890 words. Published on April 20, 2012. .

Finally! All the threads of the first three Lamed-Vav stories are woven together into a climactic tale. As Raizel and Valery race to save Nissim from certain death at the hands of a sinister Gestapo general, there is much more at stake than their son's life. The Lamed-Vav's essence of kindness and compassion may not prove to be enough. The dark power of the Golem may be neccesary.
Jason's Helmet    by Linda Heinrich
Price: $9.99 USD. 37820 words. Published on April 24, 2012. .

Jason's helmet is the true story of a WW2 helmet's journey home from the Normandy battlefield. Roger Pillu found the helmet after a battle, picked it up and vowed to return it to the family to thank them for their sacrifice and his freedom. He kept it in safe keeping until the sixtieth anniversary of d-day. He wrote the letter to Jason's brother, 'we have the helmet of your brother. Come...'