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  • Exoneration Finally!

    by TONY PLATTNER
    Tony Plattner wrote a highly-acclaimed series of articles for the world's foremost aerospace magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology early in the Vietnam War that pointed out the inept handling of the war by the Johnson Administration. He was then pursued by the Administration which tried to convict him as a criminal under the Espionage Act and then attempted to cashier him from the Marine Reserves. With ingenuity and determination, he was exonerated in a decade-long battle.
  • Mammoth Hunters in Oklahoma, newly discovered little walls of rock art

    by Christina Clayton Vaughan
    Enter the mysterious and fascinating minds and world of the mammoth hunters through their rock art. Their walls were not cave walls but the surfaces of small rocks from 1" to 4 1/2" plus a 33-pound sculpture with thousands of very tiny rocks. Lost in the mists of ages, much of the history and lives of the mammoth hunters in North America have been hidden from us. The time of the mammoth hunters is so ancient, eleven thousand years and older, that all we have found are a few primitive cave pa... more
  • The South African Boer War: The Trials and Tribulations of the Second Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry

    by Ivor George Williams
    THIS BOOK IS A TRIBUTE TO A FINE REGIMENT THAT NO LONGER EXISTS BUT IT’S TRADITIONS AND MOTTO “AUCTO SPLENDORE RESURGO” LIVE ON.
  • The Power to Stop any Illusion of Problems: A summary of answers to societal issues. Vol 1

    by August Clark
    This book points out how the world has been fooled by an illusion that major problems will persist because of scarcity, but then shows you how it's all manufactured by given simple solutions that currently exist.
  • Sadistic Pleasures: Silent Crimes of Azerbaijan

    by Ashkhen Arakelyan

    In Sadistic Pleasures, an independent journalist documents the true stories of torture, pain, and merciless psychological abuse endured by 14 Armenian soldiers and civilians who became prisoners of war in Azerbaijan during the Forty-Four Day War in 2020 for control of the autonomous Republic of Artsakh. This book contains their first-hand memoirs of what goes on behind enemy lines, hidden from the scrutiny of the United Nations and international human rights organizations.

    The testimoni... more

  • Germans in the History of Colombia from Colonial Times to the Present

    by Jane M. Rausch
    Although they have never made up more than 3% of Colombia's population, individual Germans and German companies have been present in every era of the nation's history. the object of this book is to provide an overview of German involvement in Colombia from the sixteenth century conquest to the ears after World War II in order to demonstrate that their contributions to the nation's development has bee far more significant than their scant numbers suggest.
  • The Apapa Six: West Africa from a 60s Perspective

    by John Berryman
    Here is a juxtaposition of the personal and inter-communal dynamics focussed on the West African experience during the pivotal decade of the 1960s, when National Independence demanded a reflexion on the definition of the new states, and how external factors have borne heavily upon their past, present and future. The author blends his experience of study and travel in the region, acknowledging his debt to the pioneering spirit of the School of Oriental and African Studies who facilitated the ente... more
  • The Strangest of Places: Building Castles Made of Sand in Afghanistan

    by Gerald N Carozza Jr

    "The Strangest of Places" offers an unvarnished look at the U.S. Military's folly and failed effort to build Afghan institutions in the U.S. image. It dives into the complexities and ineptitudes that have transpired during the war in Afghanistan, and the misleading messaging to the American People. The book explores the fundamental problems with understanding the complex Afghan culture and the danger of ignoring the lessons of history, including Winston Churchill's writings ... more

  • Czech & Slavic Epic History

    by G. M. Barlean
    To answer the question of what it means to be Slavic, I believe we must step way back to see the bigger picture of what it means to be human. Part of the meaning is that we as humans do what we must to survive, grow, and create. Once you get to know and understand Slavic—specifically Czech—people, you will see they did what deeply felt passions drove them to do. All people who exist today exist because generation after generation fought to stay alive and strived to communicate what they believed... more
  • The Bronze Drums and The Earrings

    by Tan Pham
    A Google search for a book on Vietnamese history will result in an overwhelming number about the war which ended in 1975. This book offers an overview of Vietnamese history from prehistory to the present day and is written for people interested in history from a travellers’ perspective. It specifically focuses on the period from 700 to 111 BCE. It discusses briefly the origin of the Vietnamese, the three characters which shaped its early history: the Hùng kings – the founders of Vietnam An Dươn... more
  • Father's Gold Secret: 父親的黃金秘密 - 1949

    by Sing-yung Wu
    There are few resources more precious than gold, and although some may view its glitter as a symbol of glory, to others it is the promise of a brighter future. The author asserts it is for this latter purpose that his father, Gen. Samuel Song-qing Wu, risked his life to ship millions of troy ounces of gold from Shanghai to Taiwan during the Chinese civil war. The author and his family narrowly escaped the People’s Liberation Army in Shanghai; flown to Taiwan in 1949, the author watched key histo... more
  • Strychnine & Gold (Part 2): Volume One Part Two of the Untold History of Addiction Treatment in the United States

    by Kenneth Anderson
    This book tells the story of the huge addiction treatment industry which flourished in the United States between 1890 and the advent of Prohibition in 1920. The story begins in Russia in 1886, where a number of doctors discovered a relatively effective pharmacological treatment for alcoholism. Although this Russian discovery was published in countless major English language medical journals, it was entirely ignored by the US addiction experts of the day, who eschewed pharmacological treatments, ... more
  • Strychnine & Gold (Part 1): Volume One Part One of the Untold History of Addiction Treatment in the United States

    by Kenneth Anderson
    This book tells the story of the huge addiction treatment industry which flourished in the United States between 1890 and the advent of Prohibition in 1920. The story begins in Russia in 1886, where a number of doctors discovered a relatively effective pharmacological treatment for alcoholism. Although this Russian discovery was published in countless major English language medical journals, it was entirely ignored by the US addiction experts of the day, who eschewed pharmacological treatments, ... more
  • Around The World in an Overcoat: The World War One Journal of PFC Carl W. Farnsworth

    by Alexandria M. Hunter

    “We are always ready but in the meantime its dig, and work, and being careful, and trust to chance at times” -- Carl Farnsworth, July 18th, 1918.

    This book contains the legacy of First Class Private Carl W. Farnsworth. Experience World War One through the words of a combat engineer: one of the many and sadly forgotten men who helped pave the way for the rest of America to enter the Great War. This is a story about a simple man from Nebraska, as he travels halfway around the ... more

  • Anthology 42

    by Nathan Chan
    I translated and commented upon Spanish, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Arabic stories and proverbs into a 190-page English-language anthology to share culturally-diverse wisdom, cross-cultural similarities, and perspectives on human struggles through story-telling.
  • Retaliation of The Cursed

    by Stephen Arthur Martin Jr
    Retaliation of the Cursed brings together history, archaeological finds, ancient religions and mythologies from all over the world to argue for their shared origins. It reveals the influence that rulers and priests had in altering religions throughout history to justify their own positions.
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