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Annie, Between the States
By L. M. Elliott. 2004
Annie's home and heart are divided by the Civil War. Annie Sinclair's Virginia home is in the battle path of…
the Civil War. Her brothers, Laurence and Jamie, fight to defend the South, while Annie and her mother tend to wounded soldiers. When she develops a romantic connection with a Union Army lieutenant, Annie's view of the war broadens. Then an accusation calls her loyalty into question. A nation and a heart divided force Annie to choose her own course.Leviathan (Trilogía Leviathan parte I)
By Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson, Raquel Solá García. 2009
Nos encontramos en la cúspide de la Primera Guerra Mundial y todas las potencias europeas se están armando. Los austrohúngaros…
y alemanes tienen sus clánkers, unas máquinas de acero con motores de vapor cargados de armas y municiones. Los darwinistas británicos emplean animales fabricados como armas de guerra. Su Leviathan es un dirigible ballena, la bestia más poderosa de la flota británica. Aleksandar Ferdinand, príncipe del Imperio austrohúngaro ha huido. Su propia gente se ha vuelto contra él. Su título no tiene ya ningún valor y solo cuenta con un Caminante de Asalto desgastado por la batalla y con su leal tripulación. Deryn Sharp es una plebeya, una chica disfrazada de chico que se ha alistado en las Fuerzas Aéreas británicas. La muchacha es un destacado aviador, pero su secreto se encuentra en peligro constante de ser descubierto. Cuando la Gran Guerra es ya inminente, los caminos de Alek y Deryn se cruzan de la forma más inesperada llevándolos a ambos a bordo del Leviathan donde darán la vuelta al mundo y vivirán una fantástica aventura que cambiará sus vidas para siempre.Slap Your Sides
By M. E. Kerr. 2001
World War II is raging in Europe, but back home in Sweet Creek, Pennsylvania, Bud Shoemaker, a Quaker and a…
pacifist, has taken a one-man stand against the fight by declaring himself a conscientious objector. Fourteen-year-old Jubal sees his brother's choice as noble and brave, although most of the town (including Jubal's dream girl, Daria) sees Bud as a coward -- or worse. The line between right and wrong has become alarmingly blurred, and it won't be long before Jubal's family begins to buckle as it struggles to cope with the consequences of Bud's decisionGoliath (Trilogía Leviathan parte III)
By Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson, Raquel Solá García. 2011
Alek y Deryn se encuentran a bordo del Leviathan cuando se le ordena a la aeronave que recoja a un…
extraño pasajero. El brillante aunque loco inventor afirma que tiene un arma llamada Goliath que puede terminar la guerra, pero ¿en qué bando está el científico en realidad? Mientras se encuentran en esa misión secreta, Alek finalmente descubre el secreto de Deryn profundamente guardado, en realidad dos, puesto que Deryn no es solo una chica disfrazada de chico? sino que también siente algo por Alek. La corona, el amor verdadero que siente por una plebeya y la destrucción de una gran ciudad, todo ello espera el siguiente y último movimiento de Alek.Burying the Sun
By Gloria Whelan. 2004
Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad…
is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya, packs up the great artwork at the Hermitage museum for safekeeping, and their mother tends to the wounded soldiers. But at fourteen years old, Georgi is too young to join the army, and he wonders how he can possibly help his friends and family. As the city slowly starves from lack of food and hope, Georgi knows he can help his people survive, but he must face dangers as real as the battles on the front lines.Take, Burn or Destroy
By S. Thomas Russell. 2012
Master and Commander Charles Hayden returns in the riveting seafaring adventure by bestselling author S. Thomas Russell. In 1794, the…
French Revolution rages, and Charles Hayden sets off aboard the HMS Themis with orders to destroy a French frigate and to gather intelligence from a royalist spy. Upon discovering French plans for an imminent invasion of England, Hayden must return to Portsmouth to raise the alarm before it's too late. But the enemy is laying in wait--and so begins a dangerous chase out into the Atlantic and into the clutches of a powerful French squadron. With no chance of fighting their way through, Hayden and his officers are taken prisoner. Shipwrecked in a storm on the French coast and mistaken for a French sea officer, Hayden must attempt a desperate escape to warn the Lords of the Admiralty. Failure will mean the invasion of England--and the guillotine for Hayden.The Power and the Glory
By William C. Hammond. 2011
The Power and the Glory is the third novel in William C. Hammond's rousing nautical fiction series. This volume is…
set in the late 1790s during the Quasi-War with France and offers readers a look at the new American Navy during the Age of Fighting Sail. Following in the wake of his previous novels, A Matter of Honor and For Love of Country, it features the adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts, and an ever-expanding cast of characters-some real, some fictional-that includes Lt. Richard Cutler, along with Capt. Thomas Truxtun, Capt. Silas Talbot, and other naval heroes personifying the best of American honor and courage as they confront French pirates off the coast of Nantucket and heavily armed French frigates in the Caribbean.Hammond packs his book with electrifying sea battles and daring challenges to French colonial rule in Haiti and the West Indies. He also offers captivating glimpses into the everyday life of the era, from the bedroom of the Cutler clapboard home in Hingham, to the family's sugarcane plantation in Barbados, to Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's flagship in Jamaica. And at the center of all the excitement, passion, and intrigue are two of the finest frigates ever constructed, USS Constellation and her sister ship, USS Constitution. Lauded for his careful research, attention to detail, and thorough knowledge of the ways of the sea, Hammond brings history alive while telling a rollicking good tale.Your Eyes in Stars
By M. E. Kerr. 2006
Two unlikely friends--a German outsider and the daughter of the local prison warden--discover each other at the same time they…
discover Slater Carr, the boy who was a lifer at Cayuta Prison. His nightly bugle renditions of Taps hold their small town in thrall until his actions, one Halloween night, change everything. . . .Mitla Pass
By Leon Uris. 1988
A writer travels to Israel to research a novel, but he ends up drawn into the Suez Crisis How did…
Gideon Zadok, an American novelist and screenwriter, end up pinned by artillery shells in Mitla Pass? It was never his plan to fight someone else's war. He came to Israel to research a book, but also to escape a crumbling marriage, a dysfunctional family, and the pressures of newfound success in the States. But in fleeing from personal troubles he charged headfirst into one of the great global crises of the twentieth century. Perhaps Leon Uris's most introspective work, Mitla Pass portrays a man caught between his own demons and the epic sweep of Middle Eastern history. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author's estate.Straits of Power
By Joe Buff. 2011
In his latest mission, Commander Jeffrey Fuller will go head-to-head against his most dangerous adversary yet - his own allies.…
Jeffrey Fuller has a new mission - use his cutting-edge submarine Challenger to recover a German spy claiming to have key information about the Berlin-Boer Axis, information that could be crucial to winning the war. Fuller will have to navigate his super-silent sub through some of the most densely patrolled waters in Europe if he hopes to accomplish his mission. But Fuller knows he can't trust the spy, code-named Zeno, an expert in electronic and information warfare. The man could be a double agent sent by the enemy to compromise Challenger. And when they finally recover the mysterious spy, he reveals that only by helping him infiltrate Israel can he hope to prevent an imminent Axis attack. Fuller is caught in a terrible dilemma - if the man is a double agent, he could be dooming Israel, but if he does nothing, the country could fall to the German assault. To go ahead with the plan would pitch Fuller against the best defences of his own allies, placing his crew in danger and possibly shattering bonds between nations. It is a battle that, if fought, Fuller will have to fight entirely on his own.Ship of Gold
By Thomas B. Allen, Norman C. Polmar. 1987
Ship of Gold is an exciting, fast-paced tale of action, intrigue, and adventure on the high seas-told with the ringing…
authenticity only firsthand knowledge can impart.In 1945, the U.S. submarine Tigerfish mistakenly torpedoed and sunk a Japanese cargo ship. The ship, allegedly carrying supplies to allied POWs, had been given safe passage. But, in fact, the Osaka Maru was a Japanese Trojan horse: a cunning ruse devised by a powerful secret society to transport tons of gold out of Japan under the very eyes of the enemy. Some thirty years later, the commander of the Tigerfish is murdered in Washington. As the CIA launches its investigation into his death, a race to raise the ship and recover its treasure begins, which mounts to an international incident involving the U.S., China, the Soviet Union and Japan.The action of this taut thriller provides the behind-the-scenes reality of the national security system at work-the CIA, the Oval Office, the Pentagon, and the National Security Council-all scrambling to solve the crisis and to have control of the operation. It is a stunning portrait that all too closely resembles real life. This gripping, authentic thriller, which culminates in the most exciting naval chase since The Hunt for Red October, is must-reading for fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, and Alistair MacLean.The Hummingbird: A Novel
By Stephen P. Kiernan. 2015
From the author of the acclaimed The Curiosity comes a compelling and moving story of compassion, courage, and redemption.Deborah Birch…
is a seasoned hospice nurse whose daily work requires courage and compassion. But her skills and experience are tested in new and dramatic ways when her easygoing husband, Michael, returns from his third deployment to Iraq haunted by nightmares, anxiety, and rage. She is determined to help him heal, and to restore the tender, loving marriage they once had.At the same time, Deborah's primary patient is Barclay Reed, a retired history professor and expert in the Pacific Theater of World War II whose career ended in academic scandal. Alone in the world, the embittered professor is dying. As Barclay begrudgingly comes to trust Deborah, he tells her stories from that long-ago war, which help her find a way to help her husband battle his demons.Told with piercing empathy and heartbreaking realism, The Hummingbird is a masterful story of loving commitment, service to country, and absolution through wisdom and forgiveness.Lord of the Rafters
By Kevin Prochaska. 2013
QB VII
By Leon Uris. 1970
A writer must defend himself against a doctor whom he's accused of committing atrocities during World War II For Abe…
Cady, settlement is not an option when the facts of the Holocaust are on trial. A journalist and screenwriter, Cady produced the definitive account of the Holocaust just after World War II. But Polish doctor Adam Kelno, who was pressed into service in a notorious concentration camp, sues Cady for his book's claim that the doctor conducted terrible experiments on camp inmates. The libel trial that follows tears open old wounds, disrupts lives, and becomes a battle for justice on behalf of tens of thousands of lost and damaged souls. QB VII is a gripping drama, largely based on author Uris's own protracted libel defense against a former concentration camp surgeon named in his novel Exodus. It was made into the first miniseries in television history. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author's estate.Beware of Pity
By Trevor Blewitt, Joan Accocella, Stefan Zweig, Phyllis Blewitt. 1976
The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of Pity, the only…
novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even the finest of feelings.Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine of the barracks. The surroundings are glamorous, wine flows freely, and the exhilarated young Hofmiller asks his host--s lovely daughter for a dance, only to discover that sickness has left her painfully crippled. It is a minor blunder that will destroy his life, as pity and guilt gradually implicate him in a well-meaning but tragically wrongheaded plot to restore the unhappy invalid to health.Onslaught: The Centurions II (The centurions Ser.)
By Anthony Riches. 2017
The author of the bestselling Empire sequence continues his new trilogy: the epic story of the uprising of the Batavi…
in AD 69. The Rhine frontier has exploded into all-out war. The Batavi cohorts, so recently proud soldiers of Rome, have returned to their homeland, summoned by their new leader Kivilaz: they will be the spearhead of an audacious assault on Roman power. Humbled by the rebels in a battle they should have won, the Romans retreat to their northern stronghold, the Old Camp, to lick their wounds. The 5th and 15th Legions grimly prepare to defend an undermanned fortress against both the Batavi and thousands of barbarian warriors intoxicated by a charismatic priestess's vision of their victory. Four centurions who once fought in the same army find themselves on opposite sides of a vicious civil war. For the Batavi, the prize could be freedom from Roman rule. For the Romans, the choices are victory or the most humiliating defeat their empire has ever known. And for one Batavi soldier, the greatest prize is simply survival in a battle with a cornered, desperate enemy.Betrayal: The Centurions I (The centurions Ser.)
By Anthony Riches. 2017
Rome, AD 68. Nero has committed suicide. One hundred years of imperial rule by the descendants of Julius Caesar has…
ended, and chaos rules. His successor Galba dismisses the incorruptible Germans of the Imperial Bodyguard for the crime of loyalty to the dead emperor. Ordering them back to their homeland he releases a Batavi officer from a Roman prison to be their prefect. But Julius Civilis is not the loyal servant of empire that he seems. Four centurions, two Batavi and two Roman, will be caught up in the intrigues and the battles that follow - as friends, as victims, as leaders and as enemies. Hramn is First Spear of the Bodyguard. Fiercely proud of his men's honour, and furious at their disgrace, he leads them back to the Batavi homeland to face an uncertain future. Alcaeus is a centurion with the tribe's cohorts serving Rome on the northern frontier - men whose fighting skills prove crucial as Roman vies with Roman for the throne. A wolf-priest of Hercules, he wields the authority of his god and his own fighting prowess. Marius is a Roman, first spear of the Fifth Legion: a self-made man who hates politics, but cannot avoid them in a year of murderous intrigue. Aquillius, former first spear of the Eighth Augustan, like Hramn, is in disgrace for refusing to dishonour his oath of loyalty. But their paths will lead them to opposite sides of an unforgiving war.And Civilis, Kivilaz to his countrymen, heroic leader, Roman citizen and patriotic Batavi, will change both the course of the Empire's destiny and that of the centurions.Varina
By Charles Frazier. 2018
Her marriage prospects limited teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis with whom she…
expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history culpable regardless of her intentions p p The Confederacy falling her marriage in tatters and the country divided Varina and her children escape Richmond and travel south on their own now fugitives with bounties on their heads an entire nation in pursuit p Intimate in its detailed observations of one woman s tragic life and epic in its scope and power Varina is a novel of an American war and its aftermath Ultimately the book is a portrait of a woman who comes to realize that complicity carries consequences P b A New York Times Bestseller bComes a Horseman (Echoes Rising #3)
By Anne Barwell. 2017
Sequel to Winter DuetEchoes Rising: Book ThreeFrance, 1944 Sometimes the most desperate struggles take place far from the battlefield, and…
what happens in secret can change the course of history. Victory is close at hand, but freedom remains frustratingly just beyond the grasp of German physicist Dr. Kristopher Lehrer, Resistance fighter Michel, and the remaining members of the team sent by the Allies—Captain Matt Bryant, Sergeant Ken Lowe, and Dr. Zhou Liang—as they fight to keep the atomic plans from the Nazis. The team reaches France and connects with members of Michel’s French Resistance cell in Normandy. Allied troops are poised to liberate France, and rescue is supposedly at hand. However, Kristopher is no longer sure the information he carries in his memory is safe with either side. When Standartenführer Holm and his men finally catch up with their prey, the remaining members of the team are left with few options. With a traitor in their midst, who can they trust? Kristopher realizes he must become something he is not in order to save the man he loves. Death is biding his time, and sacrifices must be made for any of them to have the futures they want.Soldados de Salamina (Colección Andanzas Ser. #Vol. 433)
By Javier Cercas. 2015
In this bestselling literary novel Cercas takes the reader on an investigation of historic events to unravel an essential secret…
about Spain's most uncomfortable past, but most importantly, about the human condition. Rafael Sanchez Mazas, founder and ideologue of the Falange movement, manages to escape from a collective execution. As the Republicans look for him, an anonymous soldier points a gun at him, but lets him get away. He will hide out in the forest until the war ends, but he will always remember the soldier with the strange gaze that did not turn him in. Cercas tries to penetrate the mystery of the enigmatic Sanchez-Mazas, but only to discover that the true meaning of the story is found where least expected, « because one does not find what he looks for, but rather what life gives him.