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Fran's entrance into this world was far from a fairytale - in fact - just a few hours into this thing called "life", his place on Earth was under heavy consideration. As his future tipped in the balance of strangers, the authorities made a decision to...

This is Kaz's story from humble beginnings. Strapped for cash with two babies at home in 1997, she decided to make Christmas cakes out of her home kitchen to sell at the local markets. Twenty-two years later, knowing it was time to let go of her baby she...

In this follow-up to Maybe I Can Rise Above, Saffire-Rose Fletcher continues her journey of self-exploration, growth, and spiritual reconciliation.Battling through tumultuous relationships, the ongoing struggle to build her music career, debilitating and...

"Biddenden has been described as "One of the loveliest villages in the Weald of Kent", yet despite its tranquil beauty, it has, on occasion, attracted what can only be described as the wrong type of person into its community. These include men and women...

This book is a fascinating account of how by just one error made by a medical officer at the start of my Father's war service, lead him from Scotland to London and across the seas to India.How he went from Corporal to Sergeant and then to a...

From a family with a long military background Frank O'Brien joined the Australian Army as a fifteen year old boy soldier. It was the beginning of a career that would last for three decades. He experienced a range of duties, experiences and challenges as...

From the emotional and hard-hitting personal drama of domestic family life, the mysterious and thrilling escapades of a detective trying to find his beloved, to the fantastical mission of a family doing all that they can to save the world with the help...

They say I was a mad man, a monster in disguise,But I was just a man, with darkness in my eyes.My victims were my canvas, my knife a paintbrush,Their screams, my symphony, each one a hush.My legacy lives on, in the tales that are told,Of a murderer so...

Plants, Murder and Medical Mysteries by Dr Sandy Primrose is a collection of real-life stories which detail crimes - abduction, rape and murder - and medical mysteries that have been solved using forensic botany. The same expertise has been used to...

Read this amazing and compelling true story of Ted Oliver, a man who really does live on the edge.Oliver has many skills, a trained sniper, extensive firearms training, a 7th Dan karate black belt, an expert in close-quarter combat, a licensed private...

Author Steve Ubaney launched a three-year fact finding and investigative expedition that explains who wanted her dead, why they wanted her dead, how they did it and how they covered it up. The carefully planned disinformation campaign about Diana's death...

When Ricardo moves into a small apartment complex in Panama – an apartment building full of expats and retirees – he thinks he’s found the perfect tropical hideaway from all he left behind in the States… until Alison points out...

This publication is a history of India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, as it details their journey from Hawaii in February 1965 to Vietnam, landing in March of 1965.

I Cannot Forget Vietnam is a tale of how difficult it is to forget all that has happened to me. The cost of one year in Vietnam--all that happened is a result of being there. This is my account of how I was affected. Vietnam was a stark difference to...

This book is based on true events. The life of a twelve year old girl named Samaya. Samaya is a victim of sexual assault, who's choices were based on one bad experience; not feeling worthy of love and settling for less than she deserved. Samaya found...

"A touching and thoughtful meditation on war and personal tragedy." -Kirkus ReviewsZ.O.S. is a memoir about sex, blood, money, and the CIA in Southeast Asia. Kay Merkel Boruff tells the story from her perspective of wife and widow of an Air America pilot...

Are you searching for comfort and wondering, “Where is God?” amidst terror and turmoil?The day that changed the world—September 11, 2001—propelled America into the long war, the Global War on Terror. Like many Americans who...

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in May 2021, THE DIARY OF A HURT SOUL is Texas author Venetric'Faye's debut literary work and her first autobiographical novel. This collection of memories from her past seeks to not only free the author of...

Twenty-plus years in the writing, and for an additional ten years, this gut-wrenching, heartwarming story has been silently biding its time, awaiting a channel for expression. A compelling story of young boys bound by faith, courage, blood, sweat, and...

Crete, 1 June, 1941: Overwhelming German airborne forces overrun the gallant Allied resistance defending the Greek island of Crete in the World War II Battle for Crete. They capture 5000 hungry and abandoned Allied troops, attempting an evacuation to...

He's best remembered as the legendary manager of London's Lyceum Theatre and author of the incalculably influential 1897 novel Dracula, but Bram Stoker was a prolific writer of numerous other works, including books of nonfiction. This curious 1910 work,...

The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice sounds like the satirical invention of a modern wag, but it was a very real organization dedicated to policing public morality in the late 19th century. Its founder, Anthony Comstock, was notorious as a...

Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment,...

This is volume 1 of a 2 volume set. Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to...

In April of 1862 a group of men to undertake one of the most daring raids of the American Civil War. The Adventures of Alf Wilson is the personal account of the raid by one of its members, reproduced here as it was originally published in 1897...

"22. Arrived in Bellaire at 3P.M. There is trouble in the neighborhood of Grafton..." Thus begins the extraordinary journals of a modest, humble man. John Beatty (1848-1914) left his work and his home to join the Ohio volunteers in 1861. He...

The E. Team tried to negotiate with Rob to release his 11 year old son, but Rob had other ideas. Trooper Volare works the road as a regular Trooper but he is also a member of the elite E. Team, better known as a SWAT team. He has been on numerous deadly...

In the early 1930s women practicing criminal law were often held in the same low regard as the clients they served. When a corrupt prosecutor was determined to send as many of the notorious John Dillinger gang to death row as possible, female...

This is not fiction. This is the true story of how a former New York City Police Captain of Detectives used his extensive knowledge of the deductive methods of Sherlock Holmes to provide the FBI and other agencies with "break the case" clues to some of...

A young American enlists and begins his life in the Army with pink-cheeked optimism. The realities of combat and imprisonment during World War II test his will to survive. Written for his children and grandchildren with both rawness and humor, this...

When I first published my story of conversion from Crime to Christ on the 11th February 2001, under the title, 'Converted on LSD Trip', I thought every one would be delighted to hear the good news. So I asked the Principal of Fareham College, where I...

For author Dr. David A. Emery, life has been anything but dull. In this memoir, he narrates some of the highlights of his long and colorful life. He also provides a background of his family tree, which found some of its roots in Kansas.From Kansas to...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder an issue that many have suffered. Few individuals understand unless you have been there. In all our lives trauma has affected our families in one way or other; be it war, accidents, abuse or a 9/11 are only a few examples...

The book ""Life of Hannibal"" is a historical biography written by Thomas Arnold and published in 1879. The book explores the life and achievements of Hannibal Barca, a Carthaginian general who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military...

The Camorristi: And Other Tales is a book written by Margaret Galletti Di Cadilhac in 1882. It is a collection of short stories that explore the criminal underworld of Italy, particularly the Camorra, a notorious mafia-like organization based in Naples...

Memoirs of Robert Alfred Vaughan is a book written by Robert Vaughan and published in 1864. The book is an autobiographical account of the life of Robert Alfred Vaughan, a prominent British Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. In the book,...

""It�������s A Way They Have In The Army"" is a novel written by Helen Forbes in 1905. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Muriel St. Clair, who falls in love with a soldier named Richard Carew. The novel explores the challenges and...

Passages In The Life Of A Soldier V1: Or Military Service In The East And West (1857) is a memoir written by James E. Alexander, a soldier who served in the United States Army during the mid-19th century. The book is divided into two parts, with the...

Le livre ""Le G�����n�����ral Bourbaki"" �����crit par L�����once Grandin et publi����� en 1898 raconte l'histoire de Charles-Denis-Sauter Bourbaki, un g�����n�����ral fran�����ais qui a v�����cu au 19�����me si�����cle. Le livre d�����crit sa vie...

The book ""Narrative Of The Campaigns Of The Twenty-Eighth Regiment: Since Their Return From Egypt In 1802"" is a historical account written by Charles Cadell in 1835. The book describes the military campaigns of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment of the British...