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In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate
private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a
ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops.
The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his
military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's
service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the
ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French
allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a
Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a
deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn
him over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners -- or, worse -- his
man-eating tigers. Picking his way through an exotic and alien
world, Sharpe realizes that one slip will mean disaster. And when
the furious British assault on the city finally begins, Sharpe must
take up arms against his true comrades to preserve his false
identity, risking death at their hands in order to avoid detection
and thus to foil the Tippoo's well-set trap.
From the New York Times–bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones, an unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, that follows one young woman’s journey through war-torn Italy.
1940, Emilia Romagna. Lili and Esti have been best friends since meeting at the University of Ferrara; when Esti’s son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters. There is a war being fought across borders, and in Italy, Mussolini’s Racial Laws have deemed Lili and Esti descendants of an ‘inferior’ Jewish race, but life somehow goes on—until Germany invades northern Italy, and the friends find themselves in occupied territory.
Esti, older and fiercely self-assured, convinces Lili to flee first to a villa in the countryside to help hide a group of young war orphans, then to a convent in Florence, where they pose as nuns and forge false identification papers for the Underground. When disaster strikes at the convent, a critically wounded Esti asks Lili to take a much bigger step: To go on the run with Theo. Protect him while Esti can’t.
Terrified to travel on her own, Lili sets out on an epic journey south toward Allied territory, through Nazi-occupied villages and bombed-out cities, doing everything she can to keep Theo safe.
A remarkable tale of friendship, motherhood, and survival, One Good Thing is a tender reminder that love for another person, even amidst darkness and uncertainty, can be reason to keep going.
ADOLF HITLER IS DEAD AND IT'S ONLY 1943
Hermann Goering, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and Martin
Bormann are also dead. And the leader of the assassination plot,
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, is the new Chancellor of
Germany.
Stauffenberg unleashes Germany's wonder weapons, the
Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter, the Arado 234 Blitz Bomber, and the
Type 21 super submarine. But it may be too late. The massive Soviet
army is marching relentlessly to the west. And the Americans and
British are bombing Germany day and night, wrecking its war
machine, killing hundreds of thousands, and paving the way for an
invasion in 1944.
Germany is running out of time. But it still has one super
weapon left, and that's the atomic bomb, originally approved by
Hitler in 1934 but abandoned by him in 1940. Professor Werner
Heisenberg and his team of nuclear scientists, now decimated by
Hitler's anti-Jewish hysteria, are Germany's only hope.
Can Germany snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by unlocking
the secrets of the atomic bomb before the scientists of the
Manhattan Project? Can this terrible weapon be used against the
Americans and the British to force them out of the war, and then
smash the Soviet Union? Can Hitler's dream of a thousand-year Reich
be achieved even as his ashes lie at the bottom of a lake on the
outskirts of Berlin?
Cynthia Blair, the fourth owner of China Bank, opens her home in a
tangible expression of thanks and support to members of the Pacific
Submarine Fleet Force for their extraordinary service to the United
States. When former shipmates reunite at Blair Mansion, they
unwittingly become involved in the most brazen hijacking attempt
the U.S. Navy has ever seen. Lieutenant Commander Charley Jason and
Polly Flowers' wedding is set to occur at the mansion the night
before inspections will be held on the Piratefish and Minefish
submarines. Also coinciding with the wedding festivities is a
secret mission designed by Colonel Mark Hong, a Red Chinese officer
and agent extraordinaire. Disguised as a bank interne, Hong arrives
at Blair Mansion for his training in American banking. After
members of his gang clandestinely slip ashore, they immediately
begin terrorizing the residents of Chinatown and proceed
step-by-step toward their target. Late on the night of the wedding,
the gang takes hostages and seizes control of a submarine at
Treasure Island. Chief Gunnersmate Carruther and Lieutenant
Sylvester of the Piratefish interrupt the hijacking with their own
counterattack. in the midst of the explosive action in the waters
off the Golden Gate?
A story of war, love and espionage during the Civil War
Although this book is not strictly one of Altsheler's American
Civil War series, Leonaur have chosen to include it within its
collection of the authors novels on this popular topic. The subject
matter of the story is still, of course, the great war between the
states. The action takes place in and around Richmond, the
beleaguered Confederate capital, in the closing stages of the war
as the Union forces press ever closer. A young Confederate officer
is given leave to visit his family and-after so long on
campaign-his eyes are inevitably drawn to the beautiful women of
the South. There are old flames to renew his interest, but also an
unknown, strange and enigmatic beauty. Is she merely aloof or is
there more to this mystery woman? It is clear Union spies are at
work in the city. Important documents are missing. Could it be that
she is an enemy agent? As attraction turns to love, loyalties are
blurred and the action turns to the battlefield, this novel becomes
a highly entertaining read and a fitting companion to Altsheler's
eight novel Civil War series.
A FAST-PACED THRILLER WHOSE CHARACTERS REPRESENT THE COURAGE,
HONOR, AND COMMITMENT OF A GREAT NATION The marines have landed
(finally) in the genre...stand by for action!"--Captain Dale Dye,
USMC (Ret) Marine, Author, Actor and Filmmaker When a small town
terrorist invasion results in a tragic death, retired Marine Master
Sergeant James "Johnny" Johansen agonizes over questions whose
answers threaten his loved ones, his career, and his company. The
most serious question of all--is Johnny's family linked to Islamic
extremists in the United States? Johnny turns to his former
brothers-in-arms, Willie, Corey, and Josh. Relying on their skills
as highly trained marines, the team uncovers a treacherous plot
involving renegade defense contractor and co-conspirators at the
highest levels of U.S. intelligence. Risking their lives to reveal
the shocking details of the operation, Johnny and his friends
discover that hundreds of terrorists are poised to launch a
coast-to-cast attack on American soil. Time is running out! Who can
Johnny trust? No one, except...the Secret Corps.
In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir successfully smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Escape Line. When an unidentified airman falls wounded from the sky, The Choir is plunged into danger and the survival of the Escape Line itself is threatened.
The Escape Line’s collapse would leave thousands stranded. Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, its architect and the acknowledged leader of The Choir, broods inside the Vatican, paralyzed by the perils of keeping his Roman underground railroad functioning. Meanwhile, SS Commander Paul Hauptmann has been tasked with destroying the entire operation, and the price of failure is high—his wife and children are under Gestapo lock-and-key in Berlin. Into this deliriously thrilling melee steps Contessa Giovanna Landini, a reckless, audacious, and magnetic member of the Italian Resistance who has the nerve to challenge Hauptmann’s authority.
Beautifully written and expertly crafted, The Ghosts of Rome is a historical suspense novel bursting with action, atmosphere, and unforgettable characters by one of contemporary fiction’s most acclaimed and beloved writers.
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