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Sankya
(Hardcover)
Zakhar Prilepin
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R953
R843
Discovery Miles 8 430
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Sasha "Sankya" Tishin, and his friends are part of a generation
stuck between eras. They don't remember the Soviet Union, but they
also don't believe in the promise of opportunity for all in the
corrupt, capitalistic new Russia. They belong to an extremist group
that wants to build a better Russia by tearing down the existing
one. Sasha, alternately thoughtful and naive, violent and tender,
dispassionate and romantic, hopeful and hopeless, is torn between
the dying village of his youth and the soulless capital, where he
and his friends stage rowdy protests and do battle with the police.
When they go too far, Sasha finds himself testing the elemental
force of the protest movement in Russia and in himself. Originally
published in 2006, Sankya is a cult sensation in Russia, where it
won the Yasnaya Polyana Award and was shortlisted for the Russian
Booker and the National Bestseller Prize. Sankya is the basis for
Kirill Serebrennikov's popular play Thugs.
Although World War II is over, the world is not a safer place.
The Soviet Union has lowered an iron curtain in front of Eastern
Europe, and Josef Stalin desires complete world domination.
American nurse Jennifer Haraldsson and her former patient and
German POW, Otto Bruner, have returned to their former lives with
unfinished business. Although deeply in love, both realize the
obstacles to spending their lives together are too
overwhelming.
Haraldsson, who now serves as a nurse at Walter Reed Army
Hospital, knows that Jack MacLaine, United States Army Intelligence
Officer, is her best hope for romance. After she accepts his
marriage proposal, she naively thinks her life will return to
normal. Unfortunately, she has never been more wrong. After the
North Koreans attack South Korea, MacLaine is sent overseas. It is
not long before Haraldsson is enlisted by her boss, Dr. Brad
Taylor, to travel to Korea to launch a mobile army hospital. As the
two work tirelessly to set up their MASH unit, Haraldsson has no
idea that an unexpected tragedy is about to strip away her newfound
happiness.
Many twists and turns occur in this continuing historical
thriller. The great political and military dramas of the times
unfold as the legendary Marine First Regiment Commander Chesty
Puller, General Douglas MacArthur, General Matthew Ridgway, and
President Harry Truman assume their commanding roles.
In this continuing historical saga, an American nurse soon
realizes that amidst the chaos of war, nothing is
guaranteed-especially love.
Armee-Abteilung Narwa is a fictional story. The name identifies an
actual department of German Army Group North that stubbornly held
the Russian Army from breaking through at Narva, Estonia.
German Army Group North requested approval to begin an organized
retreat from Leningrad to Estonia in late 1943, but had been
ordered by Hitler to hold. When the Russian Army broke through the
Leningrad Blockade in late January 1944, the resulting colossal
German Army retreat to the west was incredibly disorganized. The
Red Army pressed all the way to the Narva River, where they were
stopped by Armee-Abteilung Narwa. For the next few months,
stragglers from the numerous German Divisions bypassed by the
Russians at the Leningrad Front kept fighting their way back to
join the German defenders at the Panther Line on the Narva
River.
Armee-Abteilung Narwa focuses on individuals from both sides of
the various battles during the confused German retreat. Experience
the vicious "Total War" that was fought on the Eastern Front during
WWII, through the eyes of participants on both sides of the
conflict.
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Fng
(Hardcover)
Benjamin Spada
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R732
Discovery Miles 7 320
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From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping
story of family secrets, all-consuming love and the chaos of war.
2011. When Lucy's troubled father Tom passes away, she travels to
Cornwall to visit his childhood home - the once-beautiful Carlyon
Manor. Before he died, Tom had been researching an uncle she never
knew he had. Determined to find out why, Lucy tracks down Beatrice
Ashton, a local woman who seems to know more than she lets on, and
has an extraordinary story to tell . . . 1935. Growing up in
Cornwall, Beatrice plays with the children of Carlyon Manor -
especially pretty, blonde Angelina Wincanton. Then, one summer at
the age of fifteen, she falls in love with a young visitor to the
town: Rafe, whom she rescues from a storm-tossed sea. On the
surface, her life seems idyllic. But the dark clouds of war are
gathering, and nobody, not even the Wincantons, will be left
untouched. A Gathering Storm is a powerful tale of courage and
betrayal, spanning from Cornwall to London and Occupied France, in
which friendship and love are tested, and the consequences span
generations. Praise for Rachel Hore's novels: 'Compelling,
engrossing and moving' SANTA MONTEFIORE 'Simply stunning . . . I
savoured every moment' DINAH JEFFERIES 'A story that stirs the
deepest emotions' WOMAN & HOME 'An emotive and
thought-provoking read' ROSANNA LEY 'Hore tackles difficult
subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. Her
women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win'
DAILY MAIL 'An elegiac tale of wartime love and secrets' TELEGRAPH
'A tender and thoughtful tale' SUNDAY MIRROR
'Like all the best vintages Jack Lark has aged to perfection.
Scarred, battered and bloody, his story continues to enthral'
Anthony Riches Roguish hero Jack Lark - soldier, leader, imposter -
crosses borders once more as he pursues a brand-new adventure in
Africa. London, 1868. Jack has traded the battlefield for business,
running a thriving club in the backstreets of Whitechapel. But this
underworld has rules and when Jack refuses to comply, he finds
himself up against the East End's most formidable criminal - with
devastating consequences. A wanted man, Jack turns to his friend
Macgregor, an ex-officer, treasure hunter and his ticket out of
England. Together they join the British army on campaign across the
tablelands of Abyssinia to the fortress of Magdala, a high-stakes
mission to free British prisoners captured by the notorious Emperor
Tewodros. But life on the run can turn dangerous, especially in a
land ravaged by war . . . Praise for the Jack Lark series:
'Brilliant' Bernard Cornwell 'Enthralling' The Times 'Bullets fly,
emotions run high and treachery abounds... exceptionally
entertaining historical action adventure' Matthew Harffy 'Expect
ferocious, bloody action from the first page' Ben Kane 'You feel
and experience all the emotions and the blood, sweat and tears that
Jack does... I devoured it in one sitting' Parmenion Books
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The Palace
(Hardcover)
Christopher Reich
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R839
R333
Discovery Miles 3 330
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Deceit. Treachery. Treasure.
Lieutenant Jackson Prescott, having just survived the cornfield
at Antietam in September of 1862, is tasked by President Lincoln to
infiltrate a Confederacy group that has obtained five tons of gold
for their side.
In the present, the violent death of an FBI informant thrusts
Special Agent Jason Sparks into a desperate search for the very
same lost gold shipment - and his failure could mean his daughter's
life.
Two men separated by one hundred and fifty years face murder and
betrayal while they fight to complete their missions. Two men,
linked by a vast cache of gold... and the same piece of hallowed
ground.
From the windswept Ukrainian steppes to frigid Siberia, this
convoluted love story boldly paints a dynamic masterpiece against
the backdrop of the most dramatic event of WWII.
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