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Green God, The
By L. Ron Hubbard. 2013
Private detective Sam Spade nearly died, several times over, chasing The Maltese Falcon. But what Spade faced in pursuit of…
the black bird was child's play compared to what Lieutenant Bill Mahone of Naval Intelligence endures when he sets out to find the Green God.He's tortured with knives, threatened with a slow, painful death, and buried alive. And then things get really nasty. The entire Chinese city of Tientsin is under siege from within--the streets filled with rioting, arson, mass looting and murder. And all because the city's sacred idol, the Green God, has gone missing. Mahone's convinced he knows who stole the deity of jade, diamonds and pearls. To retrieve it, though, he'll have to go undercover and underground. But he's walking a razor's edge--between worship and warfare, between a touch of heaven and a taste of bloody hell.As a young man, Hubbard visited Manchuria, where his closest friend headed up British intelligence in northern China. Hubbard gained a unique insight into the intelligence operations and spy-craft in the region as well as the criminal trade in sacred objects. It was on this experience that he based The Green God, which was his first professional sale, published in February, 1934--the beginning of a very remarkable and prolific writing career.Also includes the adventure Five Mex for a Million, in which an American Army captain, falsely accused of murder, finds himself taking on the Chinese government, a powerful Russian general, and a mysterious, unexpected passenger.Operation Neptune
By Arno Baker. 2008
New York Harbor was vulnerable, and one could imagine that an attack would come from the sea. Weeks before the…
Pearl Harbor attack, New York City is attacked in 1941. A daring operation, long planned by Mussolini's frogmen, successfully infiltrated the Mafia on the waterfront in a daring operation. The case will lead a young FBI agent all the way to J. Edgar Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.The Home Team: Undeclared War
By Kevin Dockery, Dennis Chalker. 2004
A combination of Vince Flynn and Richard Marcinko, The Home Team series features a group of former Special Forces operators…
who have become the most lethal weapon in the war on terror--a war that is now fought on our own soil. The story of one soldier pushed too far. When a scandal and cover-up within the service ended his career as a Navy SEAL, Ted 'Grim' Reaper returned to his home. But when drug dealing terrorists intrude on his early retirement and threaten his family, he bands together with a group of special forces operators to show the dealers the true meaning of retribution. Skilled in all forms of combat, weapons, explosives, special equipment, and tactics, the group of soldiers is unchecked by any government agency, unsupervised by any congressional committee, and fully prepared to do what must be done to win their own private war at any cost.Over There
By Robert Vaughan. 1992
Volume Two of Robert Vaughan's stunning American Chronicles follows the tumult of American during the second decade of the twentieth…
century. The indestructible Titanic goes down in the cold Arctic sea, millions of immigrants flood into the country, a bloody worker's revolution occurs in Russia, and in Sarajevo an assassination quickly ignites the flames of the First World War. It is 1912, and the Lady Lucinda Chetwynd-Dunleigh can hear the final strains of the ship's orchestra as the famous Titanic sinks below the surface of the water. She watches the doomed ship from a lifeboat full of weeping women, contemplating the 1,503 people who went down with it, including her husband and her clandestine American lover. Daredevil flyer Billy Canfield lets his passion for the new science of aeronautics lead him to greatness as one of the top flying aces of WWI, while at home rebellious suffragettes defy the law and face prison fighting for the right to vote. The second decade of the twentieth century poses new challenges for America's bravest and strongest, but with danger comes the promise of even greater freedom.The Lieutenant: A Novel
By Andre Dubus. 1967
The classic Dubus novel--now available as an ebookAndre Dubus's controversial debut: A revealing novel of men at war--with themselves At…
sea aboard a Navy aircraft carrier, Lieutenant Daniel Tierney finds himself in direct command of his Marine Corps detachment for the first time. Soon, a minor infraction committed by promising young PFC Ted Freeman has expanded into a thorough investigation of initiation rituals and homosexual activity on the ship. Torn between his desire to protect Freeman and his obligation to safeguard the Marines' reputation, Tierney must come to terms with the diminishment of his faith in a system he had once idealized. Dubus's sole novel, The Lieutenant exposes the culture and politics of the United States military at the start of the Vietnam War, and reveals the common insecurities of the men whose lives were defined in its bounds. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Andre Dubus including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.Hell Week
By Kevin Dockery, Dennis Chalker. 2002
A riveting look at the incredibly gruelling week that turns a Navy man into a highly trained SEAl. All the…
pain, punishment, endurance and commitment needed to survive the hell week of bootcamp training is chronicled in this riveting tale of determination and intrigue. Go deep into SEAL territory with this intense, thrilling and detailed book written by Command Master Chief Dennis Chalker and military historian Kevin Dockery. No pain, no gain...The Caves of Perigord: A Novel
By Martin Walker. 2002
In a brilliant and ambitious thriller that combines elements of Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear and Ken…
Follett's The Pillars of the Earth into a riveting, multifaceted tale of love, art, courage, and war, Martin Walker brings to life the creation of an extraordinary work of prehistoric cave art and the struggle to possess it in our own time. Walker's richly interwoven novel opens with the arrival of a mysterious package for a young American woman working in a London auction house. Brought by a British officer, it contains a 17,000-year-old fragment of a cave painting left to him by his father, a former World War II hero. The fragment, significant and stunning in itself, is also the key to the existence of an un-known cave that may be more important in the history of art and human creation than the world-famous one at Lascaux. It triggers a storm of publicity and commands the attention of the French authorities all the way up to the President of the Republic, who seems to know more about the painting's origins than anyone else... As the young American woman, the British officer, and a French government art historian explore the ancient province of Périgord to determine the painting's origins, their search serves as backdrop for three compelling stories. There is the tale of the British officer's father who lands in Nazi-occupied France in 1944 to organize the Resistance, culminating in a series of battles to prevent the SS Das Reich Panzer Division from reaching the Normandy beaches in time to repel the D-Day invasion, which leads to an account of the subsequent discovery -- and cover-up -- of the lost cave and its paintings. And there is also the moving story of the young artist who painted them, the woman he loved, and the ancient culture that produced the first recognizable human art but required the sacrifice of its own creators. Filled with vivid, historically accurate details and imaginative re-creations of prehistoric life, The Caves of Périgord blends a complex plot and richly diverse characters into a seamless narrative of romance, tragedy, and heroism from past to present.The Haj
By Leon Uris. 2011
A proud Arab family in Palestine struggles to hold on to its identity during the birth of the State of…
Israel In the early 1920s, young Ibrahim al Soukori has achieved his dreams of heading his small Palestinian town, becoming a proud father, and making the pilgrimage to Mecca. But his family's journey has just begun, and soon global war and Israel's formation force them on a path to possible dissolution. Ibrahim's sons and daughters squabble and find peace with the nearby kibbutz, suffer betrayals, and hold together even when displaced to distant refugee camps. Written by an author best known for his sympathetic portrayal of Israel's difficult birth, The Haj speaks to the history of a troubled region from the perspective of a remarkable Arab dynasty. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author's estate.The Use of Man
By Claire Messud, Aleksandar Tisma, Bernard Johnson. 1980
The Use of Man starts with an unexpected discovery. World War II is ending. Sredoje Lazukić has been fighting all…
through it. Now, as one of the victorious Partisans, he has come home to Novi Sad. He visits the house he grew up in. Strangers nervously show him around. He looks up the mother of Milinko, his best friend. Milinko's girlfriend, Vera, was the daughter of a Jew, a bookish businessman. Her house stands empty and open. Venturing in, Sredoje is surprised to find the diary of the German tutor that Milinko, Vera, and he all shared, Fräulein, who died on the operating table just before the war. Here, however, in a cheap notebook in Vera's old room, is a record of Fräulein's lonely days, with the sentimental caption Poésie. . . .The diary survived. Sredoje survived. Vera and Milinko have survived too. But what survives? A few years back Sredoje, Vera, and Milinko were teenagers, struggling to make sense of life. Life, they now know, can be more bitter than death. A work of stark poetry and illimitable sadness, The Use of Man is one of the great books of the 20th century.Krispos of Videssos
By Harry Turtledove. 1991
Against all expectations, Krispos had won the crown of Videssos. But how long could he hope to keep head and…
crown together?For trouble was brewing in every, quarter. Civil war erupted under Petronas, the late Emperor's uncle. A brilliant general and a canny politician, Petronas had a very personal score to settle against the upstart Krispos.And even as rebel troops took the field against the untried Emperor, outland raiders swept down from the northlands in a tide of carnage. The power stemmed from foulest sorcery, and Videssos' wizards could not counter its evil curse.Krispos reign showed every sign of being brief -- and very bloody...From the Paperback edition.The Wounded Warrior's Wife
By Hannah Conway. 2014
Battles Raging Within Are Those You Must Win. WHITLEIGH CROMWELL dreamt of a happily ever after with her newlywed soldier…
husband. Army Private First Class COLLIER CROMWELL loved God, his wife, and his country, though military life exacted a demanding toll. An unexpected deployment during the height of war sends Collier away for yet another year. Their lives tumble down a path marked with struggle, and fatalities. Marred with deep-seated, unseen emotional wounds, and crippled faith, Collier's homecoming only increases their trials. The angry, defeated hermit at Whitleigh's side barely resembles the loving, faithful hero she married two years before. Concerned about possible career repercussions, admitting his need for help proves difficult for Collier and his behavior worsens. Angry outbursts and a cold, callous nature isn't all that provokes Whitleigh to pack her bags. Collier seeks solace for his private suffering in the worst possible places leaving Whitleigh to walk away from shattered pieces of a broken marriage. Will Collier be able to seek the healing he desperately needs in time to save their marriage, or is it over? Are there wounds too deep, marriages too broken, and lives too far gone that they are beyond even God's ability to restore?Grace's Ground War, a Novella
By Hallee Bridgeman. 2015
RUTH AUBERTIN's father, a highly decorated veteran of the Great War, moves his family from British Palestine to the wild…
of Great Britain after the Hebron masacre in 1929. He has always known the Germans would return to France, and trained his children from the time they could walk, turning them into finely tuned weapons with multiple skills ranging in weapons training to hand-to-hand combat. When the Germans roll into France, Ruth and her brothers volunteer with the British Special Services and Ruth joins the Virtues team under the code name of GRACE. Never knowing the bond of sisterhood before, Ruth grows close to the six other women on the team and learns to rely on them and their varied skills as she goes undercover in Occupied France. Working directly for the notorious Praetorian, she and her team plan the largest prisoner escape in the war to date. The arrest of TEMPERANCE raises the stakes. Now they have to move their time table up, increasing the overall risk of the mission. Can Ruth and her team pull off the mission, or will too many variables crash together at the wrong time? GRACE'S GROUND WAR is part five of seven serialized novellas entitled the Virtues and Valor series.Wedding a Warrior
By Hannah Conway. 2015
WHITLEIGH HAYNES, a young college student, plans her future with precision and no intention of ever leaving her Kentucky home,…
at least not permanently. After the attacks of September 11th, longtime boyfriend COLLIER CROMWELL puts his plans aside to join the Army, ready to serve his God and country anywhere and at any cost. Though devastated by the news, Whitleigh agrees to wait for Collier to return. She settles in to college life without him by her side, dives into volunteer work at an Elementary school, and busies herself with friends and work. Her new normal isn't so bad, in fact, it's better than imagined. She loves the children at the Elementary school, work pays well, and her friends are supportive, though Blaine, a childhood friend, flirts more often than she cares for. Collier unexpectedly proposes shattering Whitleigh's new normal, causing her to wrestle with the boundaries of her limited faith. Outside influences and obstacles demand her attention and leave her wondering what to say to the man who's asking her to leave everything she's ever known, loved, and planned?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.Homeland's Hope, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #2
By Hallee Bridgeman. 2014
Stage and screen legend VIRGINIA BENOIT performs for standing room only crowds in her adopted home of France. When the…
Nazis roll into Paris, she flees to Casablanca, taking the heart of an enemy Colonel with her. While in there, Virginia devises a plan to use her position, talent, and influence with the high ranking Axis officer to aid the Allied cause. Virginia joins the Virtues team, assigned the code-name HOPE. Her keen mind trains in the craft of espionage. After staging a rift with the US, she returns to Paris, hiding undercover in plain sight, and spies on the enemy. All is well until the Third Reich imprisons the Virtues wireless operator, code named Temperance. As the Virtues engineer a plan to rescue Temperance from the Gestapo's clutches, Virginia takes to the stage to play her part in the daring mission. Will the murderous racism of the Nazi High Command prevent her from fulfilling her duties? HOMELAND'S HOPE is part two of seven serialized novellas entitled the Virtues and Valor series.The Thief (An Isaac Bell Adventure #5)
By Clive Cussler, Justin Scott. 2012
An invention that could change the world... A ruthless agent that could destroy it... Only Isaac Bell can save it.…
On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a groundbreaking new invention are rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky when one of the thugs attacks a second time. What are the scientists holding that is so precious? Something that will revolutionize business and world culture--and perhaps something more. For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted an opportunity to give the German Empire an edge in the coming conflict. It's up to Isaac Bell to figure out who he is, what he's up to, and stop him. But Bell may already be too late.Flight of Faith, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #7
By Hallee Bridgeman. 2015
HELEN MULBERRY, the youngest child and only daughter of a wealthy Texas oil tycoon, has always had her every wish…
granted immediately. When the Germans march into France, no one denies her request to fly her plane to England and help free up a male pilot for combat. Her father's influence opens doors, and 19 year old Helen joins the Virtues team. Now under the code-name FAITH, she flies between Britain and France, transporting passengers, supplies, or performing reconnaissance. The Nazis guard their skies with vigor, and Helen learns to fly in combat, land in a field with no lights, and evade the anti-aircraft fire. She masterfully takes on each mission, despite the perceptions and chauvinistic attitudes of many of the male pilots. Shot down over France during the mission to rescue the agent code named TEMPERANCE from the clutches of the Gestapo, Helen must make her way through enemy territory with no language skills and somehow come through with a means to get her team back to Britain. Can she save them, or will they all find that they have no way out?Charity's Code, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #3
By Hallee Bridgeman. 2014
The exciting Virtues and Valor serialized story continues with book 3. DORTHY EWING never met a crossword puzzle that she…
couldn't solve with shocking speed. As a loving wife and mother of three children, she had an idyllic life with her home and her puzzles - until she had to see her husband off to war. Then the bombing of the Blitz began. Now her husband Tom is a POW in Occupied France, her children have been sent to the hopeful safety of her parents' home in York, and she is working at Bletchley Park as an assistant to cryptanalysts. After cracking the code on an encrypted letter from her husband, she is recruited into a special team called The Virtues. She works on the home-front, receiving and sending messages to her team in France and coordinating a secret mission with her husband via coded letters. She intercepts the transmission from TEMPERANCE alerting to her blown cover. The clock is ticking in a race to save Temperance's life. Information has to be sent to and received from the team on the ground. Can Charity help save her, or will the constraints of time and the efficiency of the Third Reich work against them? CHARITY'S CODE is part three of seven serialized novellas entitled the Virtues and Valor series.Sherston's Progress
By Paul Fussell, Siegfried Sassoon. 1964
The third volume in Siegfried Sassoon s beloved trilogy The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston with…
a new introduction by celebrated historian Paul Fussell A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war Having been deemed mentally ill for his anti-war sentiments and sent for treatment George Sherston comes under the care of neurologist Dr W H R Rivers who allows Sherston to sort through his attitudes toward the fighting events that have also been semi-fictionalized by Pat Barker for her bestselling and critically acclaimed Regeneration Trilogy After six months in the hospital Sherston leaves to rejoin his regiment He is soon dispatched to Ireland where he attempts to reclaim some of the idyllic fox-hunting days of his youth then to Palestine He finally ends up at the Western Front in France where he is shot in the head while on a reconnaissance mission and invalided back home As the capstone of Sassoon s masterful Sherston trilogy Sherston s Progress whose evocation of Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress is not at all accidental literally brings home the unforgettable journey of George Sherston from aristocratic childhood through war hero and anti-war martyr all the way to wounded veteran trying to move on from the Great WarA Parcel for Prudence, a Novella: Virtues and Valor #4
By Hallee Bridgeman. 2014
The exciting Virtues and Valor serialized story continues with book 4. MURIEL TOLSON grew up with all of the luxuries…
life could offer. As the daughter of a duke, she married the second son of an earl and lived in style on his family's estate. When her husband ships off to fight the Nazis in Africa, Muriel heeds his request to use her intelligence and language skills to help with the war effort. She approaches the British secret services and soon finds herself recruited into an experimental all female cohort dubbed the Virtues, a collection of seven extraordinary women with highly specialized skills. Assigned the code name of PRUDENCE, her natural French allows her to infiltrate Occupied France where she works as a courier; carrying messages, money, and sometimes people through the secret resistance network aiding the allies to accomplish very dangerous missions behind enemy lines. When Nazis capture the agent code named TEMPERANCE, the team shucks previously laid plans and fast-forwards operational timelines. Is the team ready for this daring mission, or will the Third Reich thwart their plans before they can even get started? A PARCEL FOR PRUDENCE is part four of seven serialized novellas entitled the Virtues and Valor series.