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In German East Africa on the eve of the First World War, two freebooting adventurers - one a flamboyant Irish American, the other an impeccable young Englishman - pit their wits against the gross German Commissioner from whose territory they are making their living as game hunters and ivory poachers. But the outbreak of war gives the signal for their private skirmishing to flare into a relentless vendetta pursued with devastating violence by land and sea, so that what begins as a comic escapade gives way to chilling horror....

Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, along with his crew, and new friend and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, must patrol a Mediterranean fraught with peril but rich with rewards. A glimpse of white sails on the horizon could mean a prize to be taken – or a fight for survival.

From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the government. Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered and his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood.... A Sparrow Falls is the thrilling third novel in the Courtney series, continuing from When the Lion Feeds and The Sound of Thunder.

For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan.

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers soon become menacing. The chase that follows through the fogs and shallows of the Grand Banks is as thrilling, as tense and as unexpected in its culmination as anything Patrick O'Brian has written.

전쟁 중에는 심한 허기증에 시달린다. 일곱 살 수지는 두 살 터울의 동생 오목이(수인)에게 매번 음식을 빼앗기는 것을 참지 못하고 급기야 동생을 혼잡한 피난길에 버리고 만다. 수지는 전쟁 중에 부모를 잃었으나, 넉넉한 유산으로 오빠 수철과 함께 일가를 이뤄 여유롭게 살아간다. 남매는 이산가족이 된 막냇동생을 찾는 데 시간과 돈을 아낌없이 쏟는다.

Das Chamäleon von KrakauAn der Küste des kriegsverwüsteten Somalia herrschen Gesetzlosigkeit und Tod. Zwei unschuldige Frachtpiloten fallen einem brutalen Warlord in die Hände – seine Lösegeldforderungen liegen in Millionenhöhe. Nur einer kann die Verhandlungen führen: Jason Green, ehemaliger Elite-Soldat. Der Auftrag scheint klar – doch in Afrika ist nichts einfach. Der paranoide Warlord wittert überall Verrat, während im fernen Krakau ein unsichtbarer Drahtzieher die Fäden in der Hand hält. Was als organisierte Geiselbefreiung beginnt, endet in blutigem Chaos.

Tras ser herido de gravedad, un joven militar se ve obligado a dejar el uniforme y mudarse con su hermano. El orgullo, el mismo que lo hace ignorar la punzada de dolor que asciende por su pierna, lo lleva al bosque a buscar leña en otra noche de invierno despiadado en la isla. Lo que él aún no sabe es que, por esa forastera llena de secretos, arderá sin fuego.

58 AD, Rome. Agricola, teenage son of an impoverished yet distinguished noble family, has staked all his resources and reputation on a military career. His reward? A posting as tribune in the far-off northern province of Britannia. Serving under renowned general Suetonius Paulinus, Agricola soon learns the brutality of life on the very edges of the empire, for the Celtic tribes of Britannia are far from vanquished. To take control of the province, the Romans must defeat the ancient might of the druids.

She is a painter. He is a poet. Their art bridges time.

It is 1978. Merle is in her first year at the Corcoran School of Art, catapulted from her impoverished Appalachian upbringing into a sophisticated, dissipated art scene. It is also 1870. The teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud is on the verge of breaking through to the images and voice that will make his name. The meshed power of words and art thins the boundaries between the present and the past—and allows these two troubled, brilliant artists to enter each other’s worlds.

The Selected—once destined for expansion—now face their greatest trial: a brutal war against the unstoppable Dissidents. From the heart of power, Governor Hiago Damal rallies his allies, striving for peace even as he braces for war. But when the Ordinance calls, three Medkai—Gabriel, Jayden, and Daina Cardia—are torn from the front lines and sent on a perilous mission. A hidden threat stirs in the ashes of battle, its trail winding toward the legendary Three Siblings… and what they uncover will shatter everything they thought they knew.

They messed with his partner. Now they have to deal with Mason Sharpe. Army veteran Mason Sharpe is recovering from surgery when the email comes in. Just two short lines, all numbers. The first is a zip code. The second is the police code for immediate, emergency backup. And the sender? Jacquie Richardson, his former partner on the Phoenix police force. A woman who once saved Mason’s life. If Jacquie needs help, Mason will be there. No questions asked.

Seeking solice in a remote mountain cabin in northern Maine, haunted by the recent loss of a comrade during an operation in Afghanistan, Special Operations Operative Hal Bennet questions his sanity when awakened in the middle of the night by what appeared to be a medieval knight.

Thomas is a former slave who has become a gunner on a Spanish galleon. His life is no less parlous than when he was a slave but through courage and determination, not to mention more than a little luck, he becomes successful and joins Francisco Pizzaro as the conquistador conquers an empire with less than 200 men.

Against all odds we have made it into the last half of the 1990s. The Cold War looks solved, Arabs and Jews are talking, confrontation is on the wane. In this new harmony, one discord - what becomes of unemployed terrorists? You can bet they aren't going to retire quietly. Shunned by the Soviets, isolated by Middle Eastern realignment, one cadre hits on a scheme to jump-start the war machine. It's brilliant in its simplicity. With a single act they bring the world to nuclear boil. Jack Ryan and Dan Murray sweat to defuse a cataclysmic response.

Captain Frank Sherman has spent the last year trying to outrun the war he left behind. But when a call comes in about a friend who never made it home, he doesn’t hesitate to do what no one else will. The trail leads from Kabul's collapse to a dark pipeline of human trafficking, where profit hides behind politics and no one’s hands are clean. Sherman's only lead? A cold trail through the Rocky Mountains—and the kind of enemies who never leave loose ends.

Nikias is amazed by the speed of Alkides, who he races against in the Isthmian games. He even wonders if the older boy is the god Apollo in disguise. At Delphi, where they race again, he realizes Alkides is only a boy, although a rather amazing boy. While in Delphi, Nikias receives a disturbing prophecy from the oracle and his life and that of Alkides become entwined. Nikias knows that he must lose all he loves to gain the deepest desire of his heart, but what is that desire and is it worth the cost?

It is early 1942 and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States has joined the war. In response, Hitler launches his U-boat packs across the Atlantic against this fresh enemy and finds a country ill-prepared for the onslaught. With German submarines hunting at will along the eastern seaboard of America, the Battle of the Atlantic starts to swing back in favor of Germany.

Act of Valor takes listeners deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.

London, 1939. With war imminent in Poland, nineteen-year-old Tamar and her father flee to the heart of the East End. Isaac, Tamar's fiancé, departs for Poland to help in the service of war, carrying with him a silver clasp from Tamar's bracelet as a token of her love. When the war's devastation reaches her doorstep, Tamar is recruited for espionage in a bid to find Isaac and, amidst the shadows of resistance, she learns of his brave actions inside the camps, but fears for his life.