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After a year of dead end jobs and killing time, Scottie comes to a decision that will change his life forever. It will bring him more money than he's ever known, teach him skills he's never imagined, lead him to discover things about himself he'd never have believed. It...
Editeur :
Arcadia Books
Parution :
2009-03-12
ePub
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International bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson has penned a sharply-focussed submarine thriller with a plot that spans the globe and weaves acute political tension with engine-driven action. Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler...
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Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2008-10-30
ePub
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Ben Tyson is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest handsome family man, admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years agoBen Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity - and...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2008-09-04
ePub
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The Forgotten Legion - fighting for honour, freedom and revenge Romulus and Fabiola are twins, born into slavery after their mother is raped by a drunken nobleman. At thirteen years old they are sold - Romulus to gladiator school, Fabiola into prostitution, where she...
Editeur :
Preface Digital
Parution :
2008-09-04
Collection :
The Forgotten Legion Chronicles
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**Celebrating 100 years of Douglas Reeman. Discover the master of the naval adventure thriller.*********************************************************************************************************1970: Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood appears to have been murdered...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2008-09-04
ePub
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An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2007-10-25
ePub
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Dhahran Palace Hotel, Saudi Arabia, 1991. The US forces are massing on the border with Iraq, preparing to throw Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. Men and material are arriving daily, helicopters and armor are training in the desert sand. There are rumors of Scud missiles,...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2007-08-05
ePub
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Bestselling author Mark Frost makes a triumphant return to fiction with this riveting World War II thriller, based on a shocking real-life German operation run by "the most dangerous man in Europe." Fall 1944. Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2007-05-15
ePub
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The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. In 2021, a quantum military experiment goes horrifically wrong. A multinational taskforce of ultra-modern warships is suddenly transported back in time to 1942... right into the path of the US naval battle group bound for...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2006-12-07
ePub
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The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War, based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle.The intensity of its narrative and its naturalistic power earned Crane instant...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1998-09-10
ePub
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The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a vivid psychological account of a young man's experience of fighting in the American Civil War, based on Crane's reading of popular descriptions of battle.The intensity of its narrative and its naturalistic power earned Crane instant...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
1998-09-10
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As a child Alec, heir to the big house and only son of a bitter marriage, formed a close friendship with Jerry, a village boy who shared his passion for horses. In 1914 both enlisted in the British Army – Alec goaded by his beautiful, cold mother to fight for King and...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
1989-02-23
ePub
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One U-boat against one destroyer would have been a fair — if deadly — match. But Captain John Murrell’s H.M.S. Hecate was towing a crippled tanker whose cargo was as dangerous as it was precious — four million gallons of high-octane gas!
The U-boat commander was...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2025-10-07
epub sans DRM
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One U-boat against one destroyer would have been a fair — if deadly — match. But Captain John Murrell’s H.M.S. Hecate was towing a crippled tanker whose cargo was as dangerous as it was precious — four million gallons of high-octane gas!
The U-boat commander was...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2025-10-07
epub sans DRM
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Recollections of an Airman by Louis Arbon Strange is a fascinating memoir that captures the daring, innovation, and chaos of early military aviation during World War I. First published in 1933, the book recounts Strange’s extraordinary career as a pilot and commander in...
Editeur :
Asimis Books
Parution :
2025-10-03
epub sans DRM
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The Gallery by John Horne Burns (1916-1953), public domain.
"The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." —John Dos Passos
John Horne Burns broughtThe Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2025-07-25
epub sans DRM
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Questo romanzo è un grido di ribellione contro l'orrore della guerra, capace di attraversare i secoli e di apparire ancora più attuale a 110 anni dalla sua pubblicazione. Henri Barbusse ci conduce nel cuore pulsante della trincea, rivelando la realtà della vita dei...
Editeur :
Cactus
Parution :
2024-12-01
epub sans DRM
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Finalist for the 2025 Governor General's Literary AwardFinalist for the 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardWinner of the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book PrizeA powerful debut novel about four young soldiers serving in Afghanistan, and the devastating aftermath of...
Editeur :
Freehand Books
Parution :
2024-09-17
PDF sans DRM, epub sans DRM
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Tolstoj iniziò la stesura de Il taglio del bosco nel giugno 1853, mentre era di stanza nel Caucaso, e la portò a termine nelle retrovie del fronte della guerra di Crimea, a Bel’bék, il 18 giugno 1855, nel corso dell’assedio di Sebastopoli. Si tratta del resoconto di...
Editeur :
Cactus
Parution :
2024-08-09
epub sans DRM
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An officer in the 14th artillery brigade, Tolstoy participated in many actions of the ill-fated Battle of Sevastopol (1854-55), with its appalling waste of men and means, and its tragic conclusion that laid bare the weakness of the Russian monarchy. Wishing to see at...
Editeur :
Cactus
Parution :
2024-07-31
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