Títulos em Guerra e Militar

Twins Tessa and Theo had always shared everything – until the summer Tessa spent studying in France. She hasn't been the same since. Determined to carve her own path, Tessa joins the clandestine Special Operations Executive, slipping into the shadows of occupied France. It will be dangerous work, but France is the home of her greatest love – and her darkest secret. Tessa has many reasons for wanting to return. Two years later, Theo comes home. Tessa does not.

Engeland, de 9de eeuw. Uthred is als kind ontvoerd door Vikingen en meegevoerd naar Denemarken. Nu is hij bijna volwassen, ziet zichzelf als een Deen en mag mee op strooptocht naar Engeland. Maar alles loopt anders dan verwacht. De Vikingen lijden een nederlaag en stoten Uthred uit. Aan welke kant staat hij? En kan hij de eigendommen van zijn adellijke Engelse familie weer in bezit nemen? Het laatste koninkrijk is een reeks historische romans over de geboorte van Engeland in de 9de en 10de eeuw.

Le jeune Afonso grandit dans la campagne portugaise au début du XXe siècle. Envoyé sur la ligne de front des Flandres supervisée par les Anglais, son sort est tout de suite lié à celui d'une poignée de soldats portugais oubliés dans les tranchées. S'il n'avait pas rencontré Agnès, une jeune baronne française au destin singulier, peut-être n'aurait-il pas réussi à maintenir le moral de ses troupes.

Они приходили с моря, воины, не знающие ни жалости, ни страха смерти. Об их отваге, мужестве, жестокости и ярости ходили легенды. Они жили войной и ради войны. Их называли героями и варварами, пиратами и волками Севера.

Адаптация это вопрос выживания. Франк Мейер оказывается искусным дипломатом, завоевывает симпатии немецких офицеров. В течение четырех лет люди из гестапо будут пить за Коко Шанель, ужасную вдову Ритц или Саша Гитри.

« За правое дело » (1943–1952, опубл. 1952) — первая часть «сталинградской» дилогии Василия Гроссмана, более известной читателю по второму ее роману, « Жизнь и судьба » (1950–1959, опубл. 1980), который принес автору мировую славу. Выросшая из реального фронтового опыта Гроссмана — военного корреспондента газеты « Красная звезда », лично участвовавшего в боях на передовой линии обороны Сталинграда, — эта книга по выходе в свет подверглась разгромной критике в партийных кругах, которая превратилась в настоящую травлю писателя и предопределила трудную издательскую судьбу второй части дилогии.

Contract civilian Thesis creates what many deemed impossible: true artificial consciousness. His triumph—an artificial intelligent soldier codenamed "Cardinal Patron One" represents humanity's greatest technological leap forward. But innovation quickly turns to danger when a technology competitor targets his creation, Thesis along with Rochelle, stumbles upon an impossible discovery: a hidden cave in the Arizona desert leading to Chiricahua, a mystical realm steeped in ancient Native American wisdom and power that has remained hidden from the modern world for centuries.

The concept of détente shaped most of the Cold War, creating a fragile peace between the United States and the Soviet Union based on mutual assured destruction. Stability depended on both sides showing the ability—and the will—to achieve total annihilation. Imagine going to work knowing you might be called to kill millions. What kind of person could shoulder that burden?

Against the turbulent backdrop of the 1930s, Douglas Tulloch navigates the treacherous terrains of India's Northwest Frontier and the early tremors of World War II in France. Thrust in the middle of tribal rebellions, covert missions and old-school rivalries, Tulloch grapples with the true essence of leadership. The repercussions of his decisions will follow him from the alleys of Brussels to the shores of Dunkirk.

As the Civil War rages on, President Lincoln desperately seeks a commander to defeat the seemingly invincible Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, whose army has invaded Pennsylvania. Lincoln turns to the Old Snapping Turtle, General George Meade—a courageous man with remarkable integrity and a fiery temper—to save the Union during its greatest time of need. Just three days later, Meade confronts Lee’s troops at Gettysburg, resulting in the bloodiest and most dramatic battle of the war. Delivering a glorious victory, General Meade vanquishes the Confederate Army, forcing a retreat south.

A brilliant but twisted Army scientist has done the unthinkable. He has become the beast, an ancient, prehistoric monster powerful enough to survive anything, even death itself. Buried beneath ice for ten thousand years, it was meant to stay forgotten. Now it walks again, leaving a trail of blood and destruction across the English countryside. No conscience. No mercy. No weakness. Only one man has faced the creature and survived. Hunter. Once again, he is called to do what no one else can: track and destroy the unstoppable before it consumes everything in its path.

Counting bodies in Vietnam. In this earthy war/peace novel, comedy frames grim pictures of war. Morris weaves combat, a love affair, and military satire—acted out by grunts, hookers, Vietcong soldiers, spies, heroes, and inane officers—into a story that is by turns terrifying, gruesome, and comic.

Raised in Tehran but torn between two worlds, Ricardo’s young life is thrown into chaos when his American father abandons the family just as the Islamic Revolution of 1979 breaks out. As fundamental human rights are washed away in a tide of religious, anti-Western fanaticism, Ricardo’s mother remarries, introducing a stepfather with a dark secret.

He was too young to fight, but war doesn’t check IDs. A runaway farm boy. A fearless fighter pilot. A ghost in the shadows of the Cold War. When the agencies with no names needed a man who could do the impossible, they called Captain Tom Darby. But no one stays a spy forever. He tried to walk away. Fate had other plans. Before he vanished into legend, these are the missions they tried to erase.

Following a year and a half of international tensions and demands from the aggressive Fuhrer of the German Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, Poland is invaded by the German Third Reich, triggering the start of the Second World War. German armies advance over the border and smash Polish forces with their Panzer forces and their powerful Luftwaffe, while the Soviet Union watches with glee, eventually joining into the spil by launching an invasion of its own.

Sniper Deacon Cole finds himself caught up in the Battle of Manila, known as “the Stalingrad of the Pacific.” Deke and the rest of Patrol Easy are soon fighting from street to street and house to house against an enemy that doesn’t know when to call it quits. The sniper duels prove to be every bit as intense as those that took place in the jungle. In the midst of the battle, they are called to help rescue hostages being held by the Japanese. If negotiations fail, Deke figures that he can let his rifle do the talking.

Almost out of ammunition, but not resolve, the Department operative is pinned down by Taliban fighters deep in the barren terrain outside Kandahar. He swears that if he escapes this firefight he will visit vengeance on the man who betrayed him ... at the top of his own organisation. Then a grenade lands at his feet...

Tidal waves have devastated America’s west coast as the alien Fish strike back to a US nuclear attack. The war effort is thrown off balance as the military and supporting militia try to draw new lines of battle against the invaders.

Violet Nash has grown up in the shadows of her father Charlie's shattered dreams. It's been years since he walked away from the battlefields of France, a WWI hero but his heart in tatters, only to see it broken all over again in the worst way possible. In search of a new beginning, they set sail for Tasmania, Australia, to fulfill his dream of setting up a whisky distillery. Violet shows a rare talent for the fine art of distilling and blending and plans to follow in his footsteps.

Zofia siempre ha encontrado consuelo en los libros y en Janina, su mejor amiga. Mientras las bombas caen y las fuerzas de Hitler saquean y destruyen la ciudad, Zofia descubre que no solo Janina corre peligro por ser judía, sino que también los libros necesitan ser salvados. Con los libros recuperados, ambas amigas inician un club de lectura clandestino. Cuando Janina es finalmente confinada en el recién creado gueto, Zofia deberá luchar con la única arma que le queda, la literatura, para tratar de proteger lo que más quiere.