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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.

Como tantos casais, Michael e Jolene não resistiram às pressões do dia a dia e agora estão vendo seu relacionamento de doze anos desmoronar. Alheio à vida familiar, Michael está sempre mergulhado no trabalho, não dá atenção às duas filhas e não faz a mínima questão de apoiar a carreira militar da esposa. Então Jolene é convocada para a guerra. Ela sabe que tem um dever a cumprir e, mesmo angustiada por se afastar de casa, deixa para o marido a missão de cuidar das meninas e segue para o Iraque.

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive.

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.

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.England is fractured, torn apart more by internal fighting than the threat of Viking invasion. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. His wife is a formidable fighter and great leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom.

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.

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.

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.

The first book in a brand-new series, The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at 10, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules over the only English kingdom to survive the Danish assault. The struggle between the English and the Danes and the strife between christianity and paganism is the background to Uhtred's growing up.

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.

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.

Francia, 1939. En el tranquilo pueblo de Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac se despide de su marido, Antoine, que debe marchar al frente. Ella no cree que los nazis vayan a invadir Francia, pero lo hacen, con batallones de soldados marchando por las calles, con caravanas de camiones y tanques, con aviones que llenan los cielos y lanzan bombas sobre los inocentes. Cuando un capitán alemán requisa la casa de Vianne, ella y su hija deben convivir con el enemigo o arriesgarse a perderlo todo.

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos.

In a clash of heroes,the kingdom is born.A t the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. But Uhtred, Alfred’s reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats. For Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy.

The fourth in the best-selling Alfred series from number-one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time, and it falls to Uhtred, half Saxon, half Dane, a man feared and respected the length and breadth of Britain, to expel the Viking raiders and take control of London for Alfred.

Enter a world where bloody battles and heroic deeds combine in the historic struggle to unite Britain in the face of a common enemy. The third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's King Alfred series, follows on from the outstanding previous novels The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman. The year is 878 and the Vikings have been thrown out of Wessex. Uhtred, fresh from fighting for Alfred in the battle to free Wessex, travels north to seek revenge for his father's death, killed in a bloody raid by Uhtred's old enemy, renegade Danish lord, Kjartan.

Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions, and the Knights Radiant and the nations of Roshar have a mere ten days to prepare for the worst. The fate of the entire world - and the Cosmere at large - hangs in the balance.

Os soldados do 27o batalhão dos punidos batem em retirada. Bombas aliadas estão espalhadas por cidades alemãs e estão sujeitas a uma terrível remoção. Os tanques se arrastam pela estepe russa durante um inverno brutal, em uma marcha mortal que não parece ter fim. Milhares de refugiados inundam as estradas. Os jatos de guerra russos voam baixo, como açougueiros, transformando a massa de refugiados em gritos aterrorizados atravessando os céus.

A Saxon raised by Vikings. A pagan fighting for a Christian King. The conflict at the heart of a hero will be played out in the fight for England. It is 877. Across the kingdoms of Britain the Danes are gaining strength. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a pagan warrior, must decide who he will align with: the Vikings who raised him or Alfred, King of the West Saxons.

Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands--a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, finds himself bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen emperor Napoleon.