Biography & Autobiography, Military
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Overcoming Adversity
Resetting Goals by Nelson J Fowlkes
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IS A LIFE STORY of a highly educated military veteran and health executive who overcame an unusual childhood, inter-city life and challenges circumstances. Before the passage of Civil Rights, 1964, He, like many others, ...
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One Man’s Odyssey
Memoir of a Marine Engineer and Raconteur by Kenneth L. Farquharson,
Have you ever walked into a room and noticed off to the side a gaggle of spellbound listeners surrounding an apparent and compelling storyteller? You observe that inching ever closer the group suddenly erupts into an outburst of raucous laughter and ...
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Losing My Country, Keeping My Soul
by Allan Glass
It was 1967, and life in America was the best. I lived and surfed in Miami, Florida, where the waves were as big as the bikinis were small, and every day was another party. The war in Vietnam was an abstract thing. We all knew it would be over soon. ...
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From Soldier To Civvy
It's A Journey...And I'm Not The Same Anymore by Richard (Ernie) Okrainec
The struggle is real for those who leave the military and try to reintegrate back to civilian life. After living through this conversion and seeing the constant struggles many soldiers have, Richard provides his first hand experience of the ...
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That Lucky Old Son
Re-discovering My Father Through His World War II Bomber Command and POW Experiences by Mark Cote
A moving work of autobiographical fiction, That Lucky Old Son takes readers on a journey of adventure, danger, and self-discovery as the author weaves his own memories with his father’s experiences in Bomber Command with No. 158 Squadron RAF during ...
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Unfortunate Sons
The Beginning of Marine Corps Tanks In The Vietnam War and how I survived Vietnam as a marine tanker by Joe Tyson Sr.
Unfortunate Sons is a compelling story It will draw you into Joe Tyson's world as a young Marine Tanker, full of fun and enthusiasm. You will share the daily routines of patrols and combat situations as if you were right there with him. You will ...
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Soldier of the Sixties
Part Three: Middle East and the Jungle by Robin Leigh
Soldier of the Sixties is an account of a very ordinary soldier serving in extraordinary circumstances - a historical record of what it was like to serve in the British Army more than fifty years ago. This story will be of great interest to anyone ...
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A Stroll Down Piccadilly
The Reflections of a British Royal Marine by M.T. Harris
A Stroll Down Piccadilly is a biographical narrative style memoir of James Headley Harris. Jim and his best friend Harry learned about the world and tried to adjust to the bombings, death, and rationings of the World War ll era in Birmingham, ...
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Buckshot & Johnnycakes
by Allan W. Waddy
'Buckshot & Johnnycakes' is a heart-warming true-life story of two 11 year old boys who met in the Scouting Movement in the Cowichan Valley on beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia and spent the next 56 years of their lives sharing one ...
