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In 1989, a North Korean dissident writer, known to us only by the pseudonym Bandi, began to write a series of stories about life under Kim Il-sung's totalitarian regime. Smuggled out of North Korea and set for publication around the world in 2017, The Accusation provides a unique and shocking window on this most secretive of countries.
Bandi's profound, deeply moving, vividly characterised stories tell of ordinary men and women facing the terrible absurdity of daily life in North Korea: a factory supervisor caught between loyalty to an old friend and loyalty to the Party; a woman struggling to feed her husband through the great famine; the staunch Party man whose actor son reveals to him the absurd theatre of their reality; the mother raising her child in a world where the all-pervasive propaganda is the very stuff of childhood nightmare.
The Accusation is a heartbreaking portrayal of the realities of life in North Korea. It is also a reminder that humanity can sustain hope even in the most desperate of circumstances - and that the courage of free thought has a power far beyond those seek to suppress it.
Set during the First World War, William Breedlove Martin's IN
ANOTHER TIME is the intense drama of the Lansdownes, a big,
well-to-do family in a small Southern town. As the brothers
Laurence and Victor leave for the front as fighter pilots, their
overbearing father, Buck, and the five Lansdowne women, are left to
face the uncertainly and the fear of a world, and a family, at war.
Some of these women, such as Miss Cordelia, the mother of the two
aviators, are devastated by their anguish, while others, such as
Della, the beautiful new wife of the domineering Laurence, find
strength and redemption in their struggles. The excitement and the
terrors of war, the upheavals of a changing culture, and the
conflicts of nine family members within and among themselves are
woven into a compelling and uplifting story of courage, endurance,
acceptance, and love.
ME 46 BCDreaming of service to the great Gaius Julius Caesar, the
young Tuscan knight, Quintus Dellius, secures the patronage of the
youngest of his generals, the dissolute Cornelius Dolabella.
Dellius distinguishes himself in Caesar's Spanish war against
Pompey, becomes a tribune of cavalry in Caesar's army and looks
forward to an assured and glittering career. But when his hero is
assassinated the Roman republic is plunged into chaos as both his
heirs and enemies jostle for power. In the civil wars that follow,
Dellius is soon caught up in a maelstrom of shifting allegiances
and the young soldier will need to discover reserves of both
tenacity and ruthlessness if he is to survive.As he journeys from
the orgiastic salons of Rome's Palatine Hill to the Palaces of
Alexandria, the rocky fortresses of Judea and the bloody field of
Philippi, he manages to incur the enmity both of Egypt's queen and
Rome's future emperor, but also to snare the affections of a
beautiful and cunning young senator's wife, Livia Drusilla.
An epic tale of the war between the States
This is volume four-incorporating the two novels The Shades of the
Wilderness & The Tree of Appomattox, the seventh and eighth
novels of a series of eight adventures which follow the momentous
events, campaigns and battles of the great American Civil War
between the Northern and Southern states. The central characters of
the story are Harry Kenton-an officer in the Confederate Army and
his cousin Dick Mason a young officer in a similar position
fighting within the Union ranks. The narrative of the whole war is
charted through the action which embraces many actual players in
the real conflict. Beginning with First Bull Run and climaxing at
Appomattox each novel tells the story from an alternate
perspective-from the ranks of the Blue and then the Grey as the
saga unfolds. Altsheler wrote another Civil War novel, Before the
Dawn, concerning the fall of Richmond told from a Confederate
perspective. Although this story is not strictly part of the series
Leonaur have offered it as part of its five volume, nine novel
collection of the author's Civil War adventures for collectors and
readers in complementing designs and soft cover or hard cover.
On a dreary moonlight night in 1943, Malcolm Claussen patrolled the
English Channel in his de Havilland W4052 Mosquito. His routine
World War II patrol mission was disturbed when he encountered a
roaring silver airplane larger than he'd seen before. With no
insignia to identify the craft getting dangerously close to London,
Claussen shot down this gargantuan airship just off the English
shore. There were but two men in the U.K. who officially knew about
the aircraft and its purpose: Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding
and Winston Churchill. There was, however, one person who
unofficially knew: Matt Jacobson. While Matt was sworn to secrecy,
his son was not, and after Matt's passing young Bruce Jacobson
embarks on a search for the truth of this mysterious plane. Who
built this plane, why was it so large, and why was it kept secret?
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW AN AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES
STARRING CHRIS PRATT** 'Take my word for it, James Reece is one
rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!' Chris Pratt It has been two decades
since 9/11. The enemy has been patient. The enemy has been
learning. The enemy has been adapting. The enemy is ready to strike
again . . . Former Navy SEAL James Reece must embark on a
top-secret CIA mission of retribution twenty years in the making in
this riveting and timely thriller that will leave you gasping for
breath. If you loved Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Peter James's Roy
Grace or Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller, you will love The
Devil's Hand and the James Reece series! Praise for Jack Carr: 'A
propulsive and compulsive series. Jack Carr's James Reece is the
kind of guy you'd want to have in your corner. A suspenseful and
exhilarating thrill-ride. Jack Carr is the real deal' Andy McNab
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tradecraft is so authentic the government will probably ban it - so
read it while you can!' Lee Child 'With a particular line in
authentic tradecraft, this fabulously unrelenting thrill-ride was a
struggle to put down' Mark Dawson 'Gritty, raw and brilliant!' Tom
Marcus 'So powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written - rarely do
you read a debut novel this damn good' Brad Thor 'Carr writes both
from the gut and a seemingly infinite reservoir of knowledge in the
methods of human combat. Loved it!' Chris Hauty 'A powerful,
thoughtful, realistic, at times terrifying thriller that I could
not put down. A terrific addition to the genre, Jack Carr and his
alter-ego protagonist, James Reece, continue to blow me away' Mark
Greaney 'Thrilling' Publishers Weekly
As the inferno of World War II engulfs 101st Airborne Division
paratrooper Lieutenant Sam Henry, the scholar-turned-soldier is
thrust on a collision course with the embodiment of beauty-and the
horrors of combat. Training and awaiting D-Day in England, Sam's
can-do Yank confidence suffers the harsh realities of a war-weary
nation under siege as well as a tyrannical platoon leader. His
fascination with the beautiful British schoolteacher, Maggie
Elliott, sustains his hopes and softens the bite of military life
but cannot erase the dread of Sam's upcoming mission. When that
fateful day arrives, June 6, 1944, Sam embarks on one of the most
dangerous missions of the war. But the massive parachute night drop
behind Hitler's Atlantic Wall disintegrates into pockets of
fractured units and individuals locked in kill-or-be-killed close
combat chaos, testing Sam's optimistic intellectualism to the
breaking point. His personal mission becomes nothing more than
getting his beloved men out-alive. Yet, with the D-Day airborne
objectives nearly secured, an unforeseen clash against a Russian
Front hardened storm trooper, Helmut Behr, threatens to destroy
Sam's sanity-and his life. "Evocative and haunting. Varner's action
scenes are fantastic he really brought me into D-Day." -Jefferson
Scott, author of the Operation Firebrand series
Afghanistan, 2007. Carl meets Sarah, a nurse, at Camp Bastion and they
feel an instant connection. But she’s the girlfriend of his fellow
soldier, Danny, so he pledges to keep his distance.
Finally back in England, Carl vows to never forget those who didn't
make it home, honouring each of them with a tattoo of a poppy. While
many miles away, Sarah tries to forget the man she swore to leave
behind.
But when Carl and Sarah are thrown back together, it’s clear that both
of them are broken. But do the scars of what they went through run to
deep, or is there a chance they can find happiness again, together . . .
Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally
alike. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's
campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the
increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain - an
alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Pierre Ducos, the
wily French intelligence officer, sees a chance both to destroy the
alliance and to achieve a personal revenge on Richard Sharpe. And
when the lovely spy, La Marquesa, takes a hand in the game, Sharpe
finds himself enmeshed in a web of political intrigue for which his
military expertise has left him fatally unprepared. Soldier, hero,
rogue - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in
poverty, he joined the army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by
sheer brutal courage. He knows no other family than the regiment of
the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears.
Vietnam, 1968. The start of Tet, the lunar new year, is only weeks
away. The new year will bring the Year of the Monkey, and soon the
lives of four people will collide.
Marine Sergeant Michael Warner. After barely surviving his first
tour of duty in Vietnam, the tough Marine has just returned. Warner
has all the reasons in the world not to come back-but they only
matter to him.
Frank Monin. As regional supervisor for the CIA, Monin has been
in Vietnam for more than five years. Now Monin has a mission to
implement the Agency's newest plan to eliminate the Viet Cong
infrastructure-and he prays it will work.
Wally Brumsfield. As bureau chief for the Associated Press in
Saigon, Brumsfield is an experienced journalist adept at finding
the story behind the story-and he is about to discover the biggest
story of his life.
Tran Van Ky. A barber at the American base in Phu Bai, Tran is
also one of the highest-ranking Viet Cong cadres in Vietnam-and
Tran and his cohorts are planning a Tet surprise for the
Americans.
Four strangers. Four agendas. All caught up in the most
controversial plan of the entire war-the Phoenix Program.
Cover Design Concept: Clayton Thomas
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