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Earl Swagger novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
During the D-Day invasion, sniper Earl Swagger embarks on a secret and dangerous mission to find the spy who is tipping off the Germans about American positions.
2) In memoriam
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry Gaunt, a student at an idyllic boarding school in the English countryside is relieved to escape his feelings for Sidney Ellwood when he enlists to fight in World War I, but to Henry's horror, Sidney rushes to join him at the front, and the rest of their classmates soon follow. Now death surrounds them in all its grim reality, often inches away, and no one knows who will be next.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Life near the North Korean border is a zero-sum game, an ongoing battle in which you either win or you lose. This dangerous, shadowed netherworld is home to an unforgettable woman known only as the "trickster." Inspired by the story of Lee's great aunt, one of the oldest women to escape alone from North Korea, 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster consists of eight dark and spellbinding chapters that follow this remarkable character and her family as...
Author
Series
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the early years of the nineteenth century, Arthur Wellesley (elevated to Viscount Wellington) and Napoleon Bonaparte are well established as men of military genius. Wellesley has returned from India, where his skill and bravery made a remarkable impression on his superiors. He faces trials and tribulations on the political scene before becoming embroiled militarily in Copenhagen, then Portugal and finally Spain. Napoleon, established as Emperor,...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by a true story, three best friends from Mobile, Alabama are captured in the Philippines during WWII--they vow to return home together. They struggle to survive against impossible odds in an ordeal that becomes known as the Bataan Death March"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 2010 Kajak, Afghanistan, Corporal Loyette and his unit, to escape days mixed with boredom and dread, make a clandestine trip to explore a Soviet-era militia house rumored to be haunted and find themselves changed in horrific ways from this house that will not let them go.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Set during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha's Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices. France, 1918. Nurse Marcelle Marchand has important secrets to keep. Her role as a spy has made her both feared and revered, but it has also put her in extreme danger from the approaching German army. American soldier George...
Author
Series
Golden age volume 2
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Returning home as a hero and the leader of Athens, Pericles considers waging war on Sparta as the only way to win lasting peace.
11) The Iron Castle
Author
Series
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
AD 1203: E0ngland and France are locked in a brutal struggle for power. The fate of the embattled duchy of Normandy is in the hands of the weak and untrustworthy King John. Facing disaster, he calls for help from a former outlaw--Robin Hood. As King Philip II's army rips through the Norman defences, Robin- the Earl of Locksley- leads a savage mercenary force into battle under the English banner, supported by his loyal lieutenant Sir Alan Dale. But...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In the brilliantly imagined first person voice of Alexander the Great, acclaimed novelist Steven Pressfield brings to life his epic battles, his unerring command of his forces, and the passions and ambitions that drove him. THE VIRTUES OF WAR captures Alexander's complex character. Alexander was a fearless commander who moved with such daring and speed that no army could withstand him; a driven leader whose ambitions knew no limits; and a man with...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A German Jew and soldier seeking revenge for the deaths of his family, a young lieutenant is brought to recover in Sicily where he is recruited by a British major to join the newly formed X Troop, all “lost boys” driven not by patriotism but by vengeance.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 1940 Paris, Police Inspector Henri Lefort, ordered by the Gestapo to find a missing neurologist, discovers the wayward scientist’s experimental work is connected to children being taken from orphanages and vows to stop these atrocities, risking the wrath of the SS and the Gestapo.
15) Proud sorrows
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1944 Norfolk, England, U.S. Army Captain Billy Boyle investigates a crashed German bomber with the corpse of a British officer in the pilot seat, putting his ex-cop instincts to the test as he searches for a killer among the citizens of this idyllic English country village.
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