Títulos em Guerra e Militar

O rei do inverno conta a mais fiel história do lendário guerreiro Artur, que entrou para a história com o título de rei, embora nunca tenha usado uma coroa. A partir de fatos, este romance genial retrata o maior de todos os heróis como um poderoso guerreiro britânico, que luta contra os saxões para manter unida a Britânia, no século V, após a saída dos romanos.

Alfa and Mademba are two of the many Senegalese soldiers fighting in the Great War. Together they climb dutifully out of their trenches to attack France. German enemies whenever the whistle blows, until Mademba is wounded, and dies in a shell hole with his belly torn open. Without his more-than-brother, Alfa is alone and lost amidst the savagery of the conflict. He devotes himself to the war, to violence and death, but soon begins to frighten even his own comrades in arms. How far will Alfa go to make amends to his dead friend?

Filha de uma família rica e importante da Nigéria, Olanna rejeita participar do jogo do poder que seu pai lhe reservara em Lagos. Parte, então, para Nsukka, a fim de lecionar na universidade local e viver perto do amante, o revolucionário nacionalista Odenigbo. Sua irmã Kainene de certo modo encampa seu destino. Com seu jeito altivo e pragmático, ela circula pela alta roda flertando com militares e fechando contratos milionários.

Mulheres também podem ser heroínas. Quando a jovem estudante de enfermagem Frances McGrath ouve essas palavras, sua vida ganha uma nova perspectiva. Criada na idílica Coronado Island e superprotegida pelos pais conservadores, ela sempre se orgulhou de fazer a coisa certa e de ser uma boa garota. Mas o ano é 1966 e o mundo está mudando. De repente, Frankie começa a imaginar um futuro diferente para si mesma. Quando seu irmão vai servir no Vietnã, ela age por impulso e resolve se juntar ao Corpo de Enfermagem do Exército.

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one best-selling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown is theirs.

Relato histórico de amor y de espionaje ambientado en la Guerra del Pacífico. La presente es una edición revisada de esta novela, cuyo éxito –más de un millón y medio de ejemplares vendidos– se debe a lo bien documentada y al estilo apasionado de la narración.

The greatest moment in Roman history, from the perspective of the man who could have had it all.Julius Caesar is dead. Mark Antony, his second in command, is surely also in the sights of the assassins.But for Antony, where there is danger, there is opportunity. Can he seize the chance, and replace Caesar as Rome's undisputed ruler? The portents are good until a young man named Octavian appears, claiming to be Caesar's heir... The following months and years are a time of shifting alliances, betrayals and score-settling.

Quando os alemães invadem os Países Baixos em 1940, Hannie Schaft é uma jovem estudante de Direito cheia de planos para o futuro. À medida que a ameaça nazista avança, colocando em risco a vida de suas melhores amigas, ambas judias, ela sente que não pode ficar parada e se junta à Resistência.

A fragile peace reigns in Wessex, Mercia, and East Anglia. King Alfred's son, Edward, and formidable daughter, Aethelflaed, rule the kingdoms. But all around, the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms' greatest warrior, controls Northern Mercia from the strongly fortified city of Chester.

Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark is the newly named head of Rainbow, an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism. In a trial by fire, he must stop a terrorist group of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on earth as we know it.

From the day it was stolen from me, I dreamed of recapturing Bebbanburg. The great fort had been built on a rock that was almost an island. It was massive; it could be approached only on land by a single narrow track; and it was mine. Britain is in a state of uneasy peace. Northumbria's Viking ruler, Sigtryggr, and Mercia's Saxon queen, Aethelflaed, have agreed to a truce. And so England's greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, at last has the chance to take back the home his traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago.

Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey-Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship’s surgeon and an intelligence agent. It displays the qualities which have put O’Brian far ahead of any of his competitors.

World War Z: The Complete Edition features 21 additional Hollywood A-list actors and sci-fi fan favorites performing stories not included in the original edition. New narrators include Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Spiderman star Alfred Molina, The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont, rapper Common, Firefly star Nathan Fillion, Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg, and members of the casts of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes and more!

Quando meninas, as irmãs Cibi, Magda e Livia fizeram uma promessa ao pai: sempre estariam juntas, não importa o que acontecesse a elas. Anos depois, com apenas 15 anos, Livia é enviada a Auschwitz pelos nazistas. Cibi, 19 anos, decide cumprir a promessa e vai com Livia, determinada a proteger a irmã ou a morrer com ela. Magda, 17, escapa da captura por um tempo, mas eventualmente também é transportada para o terrível campo de extermínio.

The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett. The Painted Man, book one of the Demon Cycle, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Voted one of the top ten fantasy novels of 2008 by amazon.co.uk. Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark…Eleven-year-old Arlen lives with his parents on their small farmstead, half a day's ride from the isolated hamlet of Tibbet's Brook.

Nir Tavor is an Israeli secret service operative turned talented Mossad agent. Nicole le Roux is a model with a hidden skill. A terrorist attack brings them together, and then work forces them apart - until they’re unexpectedly called back into each other’s lives. But there’s no time for romance. As violent radicals threaten chaos across the Middle East, the two must work together to stop these extremists, pooling Nicole’s knack for technology and Nir’s adeptness with on-the-ground missions.

Ao raiar do dia 25 de outubro de 1415, dois exércitos se defrontavam numa planície francesa, que viria a se tornar o mais famoso dos campos de batalha na história. De um lado, os remanescentes maltrapilhos de um exército inglês que invadira a Normandia dez semanas antes e, num golpe severo para o orgulho francês, capturou a cidade-porto de Harfleur. Porém, o cerco cobrara seu preço e dos doze mil guerreiros que haviam embarcado na expedição, somente a metade estava agora reunida no campo de Azincourt.

As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward, to succeed him but there are other Saxon claimants to the throne as well as ambitious pagan Vikings to the north.

Em O tigre de Sharpe, Cornwell volta o olhar para a ocupação britânica da Índia. O Imperialismo europeu serve de base para uma aventura que se estende por mais de vinte volumes com o jovem Richard Sharpe—recruta analfabeto a serviço de Sua Majestade—como herói. Integrante de uma expedição enviada para derrubar o sultão Tipu e expulsar os franceses da Índia, Sharpe luta as mais incríveis batalhas.