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Billy Budd, a handsome sailor working on a British naval ship in the eighteenth century, is falsely accused of mutiny against the ship’s captain by the master-at-arms, John Claggart. Billy, who unfortunately obtains a speech impediment, is overcome by the accusation and unable to verbally defend himself against Claggart’s unfounded hate for him. Instead, he lashes out at Claggart, much to his own demise. An instant classic once published, Billy Budd is a tragic tale that has been adapted into film, plays and even an opera. This audiobook edition is narrated by the talented Christopher Ragland.

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Kulisse eines fiktiven Dritten Weltkriegs: Juli 1985 – die Truppen des Warschauer Pakts rollen über die innerdeutsche Grenze und lösen damit den Dritten Weltkrieg aus. Fortan tobt auf den Schlachtfeldern Europas ein erbitterter Kampf um die Vorherrschaft über den Kontinent. Von den vordersten Frontlinien bis zu den letzten Verteidigungsstellungen: Schlachtfeld Deutschland erzählt die Geschichte mutiger NATO-Soldaten, die sich der unaufhaltsamen sowjetischen Kriegsmaschinerie entgegenstellen.

Harry Bauer is a professional assassin. He is employed by Cobra, a shadow agency that provides certain, select Western governments with total deniability, while taking out the trash. Bauer is very good at what he does. In fact, he’s the best. So when the brigadier, his overall boss, tells Bauer to go to Canada, pick up a woman and escort her to DC, he is understandably pissed: He eliminates bad guys, he’s not a nursemaid.

The eighth book in Griff Hosker's incredible Lord Edward's Archer series of historical novels.

May, 1932. Newly minted as a team, Rick Justice and Intrepid encounter a fantastic weapon that generates artificial earthquakes. Their investigation points to a secret organization led by a new adversary, the treacherous and deadly woman known only as Scarlet. But, as Justice discovers, there’s more to her plan than just shaking things up. The lives of thousands depend on what Intrepid does next.

The latest action packed novel from Vincent FormosaIt has been a long war for Tim Chavell. A veteran of operations in France, Malta, the Adriatic, and off the Dutch coast, he is long overdue for a rest. Instead, he finds himself posted to Scotland to take command of a Mosquito strike wing at RAF Aberdour. In headlong retreat, the Germans are being pressured from all sides. The iron ore that keeps heavy industry going comes from a precarious supply line that must be protected at all costs.

150 AD. Alaric, once lord of the Ravensworn is no longer feared nor revered. It has been six long years since his great defeat. He now lives life in the shadows. All hopes of glory and eternal rest in the Heroes Hall are gone. Alaric is alone. An outlaw to his land. When a band of horsemen appear on the horizon, eager to recruit the man they still believe to be a lord of war. And so Alaric is pulled back to a life he thought had forsaken him. For in the far north of Germania lies a tribe in desperate need of aid.

The Inevitable White Man written by Jack London: So said Captain Woodward. We sat in the parlor of Charley Roberts' pub in Apia, drinking long Abu Hameds compounded and shared with us by the aforesaid Charley Roberts, who claimed the recipe direct from Stevens, famous for having invented the Abu Hamed at a time when he was spurred on by Nile thirst—the Stevens who was responsible for "With Kitchener to Kartoun," and who passed out at the siege of Ladysmith.

Dr. Arman Pirouzi left Iran behind for a better life in the United States until he is reluctantly recruited by the CIA and returns to Tehran, where the ruthless IRGC hunts, tortures, and routinely kills spies and traitors with brutal efficiency. His mission: locate a critical asset, extract classified intelligence, and stop a war before it starts. His challenge: survive the most dangerous city in the world, where old friends become enemies, past loves are rekindled, and death waits around any corner. Capture means torture.

'An impressive unputdownable debut' The Historical Novel Society The Hundred Years' War comes to life in this spellbinding tale of love, betrayal and conspiracy … A quest born on the battlefield will change a young boy’s destiny… Rafi Dubois is five years old when his mother is murdered...

Early in the French Revolutionary War, a young British naval officer, Lieutenant Joseph Duncan, finds himself unexpectedly in charge of a powerful frigate. Sailing alone in the Caribbean Sea with no one to ask for advice, he makes a fateful decision to engage a superior enemy force.

1346. France. King Edward III is restless. Despite earlier victories the French crown remains intact. Determined to bring France under his own rule, Edward has devised a new plan of attack – one which he believes will finally bring the French army to its knees: a final, cataclysmic battle ... Berenger Fripper, Vintener of a pox-ridden mob of sixteen who make up the Vintaine of Sir John de Sully, storms the beaches of Normandy to bring victory to their king. But the French are nowhere to be seen…

1814. Die Invasion Frankreichs hat begonnen, und die Royal Navy bittet Major Richard Sharpe um Unterstützung. Er soll mit seinen Scharfschützen eine Festung an der französischen Küste einnehmen und sichern. Das gefährliche Unterfangen gelingt, doch durch die Feigheit eines Navy Captains stehen Sharpe und seine Männer plötzlich allein einer übermächtigen Streitmacht gegenüber. Die Niederlage erscheint unvermeidlich. Sharpe bleibt keine Wahl, als ihr aller Schicksal einem amerikanischen Freibeuter anzuvertrauen, einem Mann, mit dem er schon einmal aneinandergeriet.

וינסטון שלנו, שוויתר על חייו באמריקה, מתגנב לשטח האויב על מנת להשלים את מלאכתו החקלאית-פואטית. כאשר עולה השחר מתקפת האביב מתחילה, וגיבורנו נקלע לקרב שנמשך 24 שעות, בעודו שרוע על האדמה, לכוד במלחמה בין אדם לרעהו: האחד נלחם למען שחרור העולם החופשי, והאחר נלחם על מנת לשעבדו. ברקע נשמעים רעשי פגזים ותחמושת חיה, מוזיקת התותחים, אך בהפוגות מצליח וינסטון לחשוב ואף לחלום. כל חייו נפרשים לנגד עיניו כמניפה ועומדים במבחן: זיכרונות של חיים בארץ החלומות, מלווים ברגעים אקזיסטנציאליים.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A knockout punch of a novel.” —Mark Greaney Pike Logan uncovers a geopolitical scheme that has spiraled out of control in India in this latest pulse-pounding thriller with ripped from the headlines themes from New York Times bestselling author and former...

Alex Coleman had a chance to end World War III before it started. Instead, he lost an unwinnable battle. Now, he finally has command of his own submarine, but USS Jimmy Carter is old enough to drink, his crew is a few beers short of a six pack, and no one—particularly the admiral who hates him—expects him to make a difference.

In the dark days after Pearl Harbor, a small, untested arm of the United States Navy was all that stood between the shattered American fleet and the ascendent Japanese Empire. Far off in Western Australia, US submarine officer Benjamin Holt finds himself on the frontlines of World War II with nothing but a decades-old sub and a rusty crew. The green 25-year-old is ordered to stop Imperial Japan’s bloody expansion across the Pacific any way he can.

Lou Caldwell doesn’t expect to survive this flight. He’s left his faithful dog Rusty with a friend, knowing in his gut that the unbelievable mission to deliver payback in the heart of China can’t possibly be survived. And as the bleak, likely outcome weighs on him and his multi-national crew, Lou contends with something that only one other person knows—there’s a saboteur on the team.

Ana Mirante saw the brutality of the SNC first hand during the Long Night. Never again. Months later, Mirante and her crew arrive on the planet Mar Nosso, disguised as refugees. Their targets: the Brigadors who wrecked their homeworld and cashed out to live a life of SNC-sponsored luxury… Their callsign: Pilgrim. Meanwhile off-world, Zhe, a pariah commando of spacer Clade Vocc, sits restless between missions while his former blood-ally Aline Vocc entertains corpos on Mar Nosso as a Brigador celebrity.

Reeling from a bloody clash with the Japanese, the Marines on Guadalcanal must lick their wounds and push ahead. Imperial Japan wants the island back, and thousands of soldiers are pouring onto Guadalcanal’s shores. With new leaders ravenous for blood, another massive battle looms close over the horizon.