True stories Books

Hans Gussmann, a German soldier, endured nearly three years of internment by the Allies after World War II-a forgotten chapter overshadowed by the more well-known tales of prisoners held by the Russians. "Prisoner of Peace" unveils this untold story,...

This is a true story of a retired military veteran's journey into the dark pit of depression, anxiety, and panic attacks. It entails how he battled those issues and took control of hi life again. This book also demonstrates how God intervened to deliver...

I grew up on a farm during the Great Depression and WWII. When I was sixteen, I decided that a sharecropper's life would not be my future. I quit school and joined my siblings in California. On my eighteenth birthday, I joined the Navy and served thirty...

One man's journey of growing up in poverty in a family of alcoholics/drug addicts. Fueled by his own alcoholism and drug addiction, he got caught up in the throes of the juvenile judicial system from the age of fourteen, went to prison at the age of...

She was a girl with a dream.Her dream was to be a dancer.There were challenges and obstacles.Did her dreams come true?Did she defy the odds and become a dancer?

In the fall of 2004, an all-out siege was waged on a heavily fortified city, producing the most intense urban combat since the Battle of Hue City in Vietnam. The tempo and intensity of the fighting provided the ultimate proving ground for leadership...

An investigative look at women who committed murder then went on the run from the law, some more successfully than others. Michelle Theer and Linda McElroy are among those profiled.

Have you ever been in contact with a medical or Munchausen by proxy abuser? Are you sure? Have you ever been in a traffic accident, a school lockdown, an office lockdown, an infrastructure failure, a fire, or a power outage? Have you ever been...

Hierdie boek neem jou op 'n lewenspad, besaai met allerhande uitdagings, geloofstories en 'n glimlag met 'n traan vermeng. Daar is skreeusnaakse tye in die Weermag, die ernstige oomblikke - en wie sê dat 'n mens nie in die kerk mag lag nie? Al hierdie...

Thailand's lush beaches and exotic holiday resorts often perfectly hide the depravity that befalls the local poor population of the country. Hidden in the shadows of explicit beauty, lurks an underworld of forced labor and crimes that go unnoticed and...

Arville Garland was a hard-working, God-fearing traditional man earning a hardscrabble living in Ohio. But his daughter, Sandy, wanted a different life. She wanted college. And education and a career. So she left home to live with her boyfriend. In sin...

After leaving a movie in Jersey City, Shannan kissed her boyfriend, Alex Diaz, goodbye. She had received a call out from a client in Oak Beach and promised to come back the next day. Diaz was not worried about her since she had a driver who acted as her...

The idea of a mother who kills her children will always capture the attention of the nation, and in some cases the entire world will tune in as they did in Smith's situation, at first with sympathy and then with outrage. Why would someone commit the most...

History is riddled with individuals who have done rather atrocious things. Mass murders, ritualistic deaths, and desecration of bodies - it was easier to get away with things before the connectedness of the modern world. Still, people begin to notice...

The mass murder by Mary Ann Holder is one such case that rocked the entire country with its appalling and gruesome violence. Mary Ann Holder shot herself after shooting and killing five people including her two sons, a niece, a nephew and the girlfriend...

The scene is a peaceful suburban setting in an area where trouble rarely calls. Excitement fills the air as a big community event ensues, but in one house there is a studious babysitter quietly reading her books while the radio plays softly and the...

This manual is for survival in a general sence and combat survival as not all aspects can be covered its only a basic view. This manual is syructured in a logical sequence based on the numerous considerations for preparing for and succedding in variuos...

Most of us have seen a movie or some tv series on the trials and tribulations of college bullies and the popular football player and cute teenager cheerleader. Most of us have probably already formed some kind of perception on what type of people they...

Maria Boyne, committed a crime so savage, so merciless, and so stupid that the newspapers and TV media fed like frenzied sharks on the titbits that emerged from the sordid event.A part of the horror of Boyne's crime came about because it contrasted so...

Bob and Amy Bosley seemed to have it all. They drew the envy of many with Bob having a multi-millionaire roofing business providing his family with a luxury cabin, sports cars, horses, private planes and a yacht. But all was not idyllic in this American...

On October 5th, 2009 workmen were carrying out maintenance along the northwards side of the M5, clearing the undergrowth, when they came across some thin, cheap black plastic bin bags, tied across the top with building twine. Inside were bones and a...

In the tragic case of Hannah Graham, however, social media would play both a positive and negative part. It would raise awareness of her disappearance, would generate a wave of support and practical help. But also, would be largely responsible for...

On the surface, Herb Baumeister looked to have a 'normal' life. He was married with three children and the founder of a successful thrift store chain...But behind the scenes there was a very troubled individual. He had been committed to a psychiatric...

Steven David Catlin loved wooing women and he was a self-proclaimed "Lady Killer. But when his new marriage ends in death to his wife, his former wife becomes suspicious. She begins to secretly piece clues together of their time together only to find out...

Andrea Claire aka Samantha Scott was a former actress, appearing in MASH, Bewitched as well as appearing in Playboy magazine. After four failed marriages, she married an older man in Robert Sand, a wealth businessman. She claimed to have suffered sexual...

In 1988, a small suburban town in Illinois mourned the murder of an eight-year-old boy who was shot to death in his classroom. The shooter's rampage left five people in critical condition, though they would eventually recover. The most regrettable part...

'The Irishman' is a great film. OK, so at almost three and a half hours running time it's a tad on the long side. But with stars like Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro working under the direction of Martin Scorsese, those hours are bound to pass...

An investigative look back at some of the most heinous and shocking kidnap murder cases that have occurred in the last century.

History shows us that men are most likely to commit heinous crimes but women are no strangers to violence either. Yes, they do not kill frequently and female killers do not engage in killing sprees so often. Instead, their crimes are driven by passion...

A look back at some of the mysterious deaths that took place within the movie industry: Bob Crane, Carl "Alfalfa" Spitzer, Adrienne Shelly, Dominique Dunne and more.

"One of the best Iraq War books of all time" - Book Authority This is the memoir of Sgt Carnell Smith Jr aka Sgt WarDawg. As a U.S. Marine Infantry Rifleman, the Sgt was called on to serve 3 tours in Iraq in 2003, 2004, & 2005 including the very 1st...

"How To Murder Your Husband" - an essay by Nancy BrophyThat's how it started...with an online essay written by an aspiring romance author named Nancy Crampton-Brophy. But Nancy is not John Grisham or J.K. Rowling or E.L, James. Nor is she Barbara...

Woven in War, a quintessential Canadian military story, is also a unique human-interest memoir with wide appeal that follows the vastly different paths of two Canadian medics. One fights a personal battle with addiction, negative self-image, guilt, and...

Dive deep into the enigmatic world of cyber espionage with "Shadow Codes: The Master Spy of the Digital Age." Tailored for tech enthusiasts, cybersecurity students, or simply the curious, this book unravels the mysteries of digital spying, making it an...

Sumérgete en el enigmático mundo del espionaje cibernético con "Códigos de Sombras: El Maestro Espía de la Era Digital". Adaptado para entusiastas de la tecnología, estudiantes de ciberseguridad o simplemente curiosos, este libro desentraña los misterios...

Una historia brutal y honesta de supervivencia y resiliencia humana durante la Segunda Guerra MundialManny Steinberg (1925-2015) pasó su adolescencia en los campos de concentración de la Alemania nazi, y, milagrosamente, sobrevivió a lo que mató a...

The author Colonel N N Bhatia along with inputs from Col Bull himself has endeavored to put across a compelling and absorbing account of the life and times of Narinder Kumar who took Indian mountaineering and mountaineering in the army to sublime heights.

Life in India has changed beyond recognition in the last seventy years, and I am making an effort at preserving the memory of a lost past for my grandchildren and their yet to come progeny, to relive some of the jungle stories and memories. JUNGLE SALT...

This book originally began as a series of articles, at the behest of the author's son,for the website Bharat Rakshak. As the articles flowed, the author was the persuaded by his children to expand these articles into something that more resembles a book...

After losing all his money in a business venture gone wrong, Warren Stelman does the unthinkable. He gets involved in a sweepstakes scam and makes dirty money.In August of 2012, his world comes crashing down when he is arrested by Interpol in Santo...

Are your family, your business, and your data safe from cyber threats?Our world has dramatically changed, and we rely on technology for everything we do, but according to recent studies, there is a new victim of identity theft every two seconds. Identity...

Damian Donati is a successful businessman who resides in the northern upscale Atlanta metro area. He has never been in any trouble with the law in his entire 53 years. One beautiful summer morning as he was embarking on a fun filled company trip to...

Two Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Officers entered the room. They introduced themselves and then the first thing they asked each of us was the most shocking question we could ever imagine.“DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR MOTHER IS CAPABLE OF...

"'No witnesses, no problems.' Thompson’s mantra was supposed to be reassuring to the smaller man, but Percy felt the shadow of his own death coming. There was one witness. Him. And he cowered, wondering when his neck would be broken,...

Joe Silvestri was a tough kid from the mean streets of New York. He went from street brawler to wearing a tux at the glamorous Copacabana. He eventually provided “muscle” for the Mob, a highly respected and feared fixer—the guy you went...

Gabacho is the true tale of youthful angst, crime, misunderstandings, love, friendship and redemption.Over Christmas break of his senior year, a University of Utah theatre student disenchanted with his conservative Mormon upbringing, took off for...

Sexual predators exist in our society and their evil desire leads them to commit heinous, brutal crimes with little concern for their victims or the toll it takes on the community. Violent sociopaths have no interest in the needs or safety of anyone else...

"That sort of thing just doesn't happen!"After finishing university, Stephanie Scott moved to Leeton, New South Wales, to take a position as a teacher at the local high school. She and her fiancé were making plans to spend the rest of their lives in the...