True stories Books

Un récit touchant de la vie et de la mort d'un jeune homme qui a défendu le pape lors de la guerre pour l'unification de l'Italie. Émouvant et éducatif pour tous.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...

A father's odyssey. A mother's secret. A son's story. Wilber's War chronicles, in one volume, the story of two ordinary Americans, Wilber and Norma Bradt, during an extraordinary time, World War II. It offers fresh insight---deeply...

Mass murder and military aviation disaster. One community's experience with two fatal tragedies that occurred suddenly... but not without warning.On 20 June 1994, a vengeance-seeking gunman opened fire in an Air Force hospital. Despite warnings from...

Highly detailed account of the conspiracy to murder President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, including all the facts surrounding the involvement of the Jesuits, who designed, planned and carried out the assassination.

FROM #1 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR IN AMAZON CRIME ACTION & ADVENTURE.Children are disappearing from London parks. Caught on CCTV, they go in but never come out again…Days after each disappearance, the distraught parents receive a hand-drawn picture...

"On previous flight ops, when a launch was delayed, we usually passed the time telling jokes or exchanging the latest scuttlebutt. Tonight was different. Each of us sat silently with our own thoughts. All of us, I'm sure, made impossible promises to God,...

William Garrigues Bentley chose to leave the safety of home and family at age 19 fight for the Union. He enlisted in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company G, in 1862 and served for three long years before being honorably discharged. His firsthand...

Michael, 47 years of age, is living on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, in a beautiful part of Australia. However, his life is not always cheerful. After fifteen years of marriage, his wife Tina wants to split up and stay in their house. Fortunately, he...

Pebbly Beach is a timeless place, but it holds a dark secret. The waves lap at the stony shore, seemingly wearing away at a 38-year-old mystery - the death of South Australian police Inspector Geoff Whitford.Who was this man who headed a...

When Japan transitioned from 264 years of rule under the military-led Tokugawa Shogunate to the restoration of imperial power during the Meiji era, it embarked on a path of rapid modernization. This modernization came at an enormous cost, a cost that was...

Windows on a War is the true story of a young man's experiences in the Air Force during the Korean War (1950-1953). In letters to his parents, Peter Koerner chronicles his journey from Portland, Oregon to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, where he...

 Ava Jackson is a troubled little girl. She has undergone more than her share of neglect, abuse, and disappointment. Family secrets robbed her of her childhood and threaten her present and future. This story delivers a gut-wrenching account of her...

In September 1776, two men from Connecticut each embarked on a dangerous mission. One of the men, a soldier disguised as a schoolmaster, made his way to British-controlled Manhattan and began furtively making notes and sketches to bring back to the...

You are about to embark on a journey that will stimulate each and every one of your emotions and move your soul. This is one victim's story of her ability to survive through years of relentless childhood, physical and sexual abuse, the affect it had on...

From the "boots on the ground," often dangerous efforts to stop the horrid spread of infectious diseases on the Yukon and Kuskokwim, to pioneering efforts. Rescuing a badly aborted Russian girl from the Bering Sea and then a Medivac to Moscow led to...

The book is about young men getting married too early in the military and being aware of what you are getting into. Helps give examples of me coming into a marriage too early and signs to look out for. This is a non medical book just an experience book...

What goes through someone's mind when they're immersed in the open ocean, hypothermic, and either going to drown or be eaten alive by sharks? How does one have the will to survive a mariner's worst nightmare of being lost at sea?In Lost in the...

"Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage." -Lucius Annaeus SenecaAfter her final failed suicide attempt, Marie Scofield embraced her life, which inspired her to write. I Have a Fighter My Whole Life is an autobiographical account and her way of...

An anthology of memories of a military dentist during the Vietnam conflict. Author Robert L. Engelmeier recalls what he saw and did beyond fillings, extractions, and general dentistry. This unique military memoir helps readers see the Vietnam conflict...

"A judge can alter your life in a New York minute." ~48 HoursGet ready for a wild ride with "ANGELINA, THE POLKA QUEEN!" In this hilarious and action-packed quirky memoir, Angelina, a licensed private investigator and polka musician, finds herself...

From the Amazon Best Selling Authors of the Red Storm Series...Have you ever wondered what really goes on in those poorly lit interrogation rooms overseas?Are you prepared to travel down a dark path into a world few know of...and even fewer have ever...

32 True Crime Stories of Murder & MayhemReaders love this series - More than 2,000 five-star reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.Three Book Collection. First Three Books of the True Crime Case Histories Series (2019)A quick word of warning. The true...

As Brent Cassity stood at the gate of Leavenworth prison to voluntarily surrender his freedom for the next five years of his life, a million thoughts flooded through his mind. But, the one thought he couldn't push away is this: How did the thing I most...

Willpower is what Rachie had learnt to befriend having experienced more than her fair share of despair. One year after leaving an abusive relationship whilst suffering from PTSD, she was the passenger in a car accident that left her having to learn how...

When fifteen-year-old Judy Adams runs away with Alvin Neelley, she entangles herself in a web of lies and criminality. After committing two murders Judy has two choices: she can remain with her husband, Alvin, and become a serial killer or turn herself...

 Women Who Changed the Face of War: Discover the Fascinating Histories of Women Who Overcame Prejudices, Destroyed Obstacles, and Paved the Way for Female Marines in the US.  Today, only 8% of the officers in the Marines are women. We...

"Untapped Potential follows George's career in the army, from the age of 16 when he joined the Army Apprentices College, of which he became the Junior Regimental Sergeant Major, to the moment, 27 years later, that he reluctantly decided to leave. The...

For fans of real-life murder investigations everywhere! Retired Chief Superintendent Kevin Moore takes a fresh look at how murder investigations have developed over the last forty years and revisits some of the high-profile murder cases he was involved...

There was a quaint British convention under which executions were stopped and sentence commuted if scheduled to take place on the day the sovereign died. Alfred Moore was doubly unfortunate: still protesting his innocence he was on the scaffold an hour...

'This is a true story about an idealist with a vicarage upbringing who is duped and taken advantage of upon entering the real world, eventually being betrayed into the clutches of psychiatry leading ultimately to confinement in Broadmoor. This is the...

A uniquely-sourced account of the life and times of one of the UK's most famous prisons - a fame that flows directly from an account of the execution of Trooper Charles Thomas Wooldridge (CTW) as written by Reading Gaol's best-known prisoner, C.3.3, the...

OVER 60,000 Australians and Americans captured by the Japanese during World War II toiled and died to build the Bridge over the River Kwai. Respected military historian Linda Goetz Holmes tells the story of one man's survival in Japanese labor camps...

Edmund Emil Kemper the Third, who gained the nickname Guy in his family, was an American Serial Killer, Rapist, Necrophile, and self-proclaimed Cannibal; however, this cannibalism claim was never proven, and Kemper later retracted this claim. Kemper was...

Frogs and Snails and Mobster Tales takes readers on an intimate childhood journey as the son of Al Capone's attorney, Abe Teitelbaum, struggled to survive abuse and neglect while a carousel of mobsters rotated through his confused life. It reveals how an...

A Tale of Courage and SurvivalLarge Print edition of the WWII memoirs of the late Robert Binzer about his experiences as a combat transport pilot with the 14th Airforce flying the China-Burma-India Hump from 1943 to 1945. His plainspoken tale of flying...

You might think you or anyone you know will never end up in jail or prison, none of us ever do. But if life does throw you a curve ball and you find yourself, a family member, or friend incarcerated, wouldn't it be good to know all that awaits? Get...

A religious cult, militia conspirators, and an FBI standoff. Can a nine-year-old girl survive them all?Sophia’s mom has been promised Zion after meeting and marrying a fanatic religious cult member. Sophia is left to protect her younger sister...

US Navy-A Footprint in My Life Long ago when I was young and unafraid living in Burlington, Iowa I faced a reality that shook me and took me on a path that I had not envisioned. My vision was to attend University and become an Engineer instead I faced...

"We're looking for a few good men . . ."She should've known something was up when the USMC recruiting office was open on Christmas Day.This is the secret story of an odd young woman who chose to enlist in the Marine Corps to escape her hometown in...