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'Stockwin creates a knotty narrative, writing with authority about
Britain's Georgian navy and the physical world at sea with
intrigue, captivating characters, and deft storytelling. Thunderer
is a suspenseful journey' Quarterdeck 1812. Arriving back in
England after his successes in the Adriatic, Captain Sir Thomas
Kydd is bestowed with honours. In London he's greeted by the Prince
Regent who, despite Kydd's protestations that he's happy with his
present command, insists he be given a bigger ship - HMS Thunderer,
a 74-gun ship of the line. But she's old, and being part of a
standing fleet Kydd's chances of further fame and distinction are
slim indeed. Winning over his new command is fraught with
challenges. A hostile crew, abysmal levels of gunnery and
sail-handling capabilities are intolerable to a fighting captain
like Kydd. With the ship short of men and no incentives to attract
more, can he ever bring Thunderer to a proper state of fighting
preparedness? Kydd is sent to reinforce the Baltic squadron as
Bonaparte's vast army invades Russia. News reaches him of French
victory at the Battle of Borodino. The road to Moscow is now open.
To avert total French victory, Kydd must lead a vital convoy
through battle and tempest to the aid of Britain's last ally.
Praise for Julian Stockwin's Kydd series 'Paints a vivid picture of
life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily Express 'This heady
adventure blends fact and fiction in rich, authoritative detail'
Nautical Magazine 'Fans of fast-paced adventure will get their fill
with this book' Historical Naval Society
The most notable work of fiction from our most beloved modernist
poet, The Enormous Room was one of the greatest yet still not fully
recognized American literary works to emerge out of World War I.
Drawing on E. E. Cummings s experiences in France as a volunteer
ambulance driver, this novel takes us through a series of mishaps
that led to the poet s being arrested for treason and imprisoned.
Out of this trauma Cummings produced a work like no other a story
of oppression and injustice told with his characteristic linguistic
energy and unflappable exuberance, which celebrates the spirit of
the individual and offers a brave and brilliant opposition in the
face of the inhumanity of war.
Illustrated with drawings Cummings made while imprisoned in
France and featuring an illuminating new introduction by Susan
Cheever, this reissued edition offers a unique and multifaceted
lens onto the inner life of the poet in his youth and demands
recognition by a twenty-first-century readership."
TRAITORS OF ROME: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An enthralling Cato
and Macro adventure from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. Not to
be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD 56.
Battle-hardened veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and
Centurion Macro are garrisoned at the eastern border, aware that
their movements are constantly monitored by spies from dangerous,
mysterious Parthia. But the enemy within could be the deadliest
threat to the Legion ... and the Empire. There's a traitor in the
ranks. Rome shows no mercy to those who betray their comrades, and
the Empire. But first the guilty man must be discovered. Cato and
Macro are in a race against time to expose the truth, while the
powerful enemy over the border waits to exploit any weaknesses in
the Legion. The traitor must die ... Praise for Simon Scarrow's
bestselling novels: 'Blood, gore, political intrigue...A historical
fiction thriller that'll have you reaching for your gladius' Daily
Sport 'Gripping... ferocious and compelling' Daily Express
'Brilliantly told adventures ... Roman soldiering at its very best
- even by Scarrow's high standards' Sunday Sport
"One of the best novels I've read this century. Kate Atkinson is a
marvel. There aren't enough breathless adjectives to describe LIFE
AFTER LIFE: Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful,
profound."--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone GirlWhat if you could
live again and again, until you got it right?
On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third
child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. She dies before she
can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night,
Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life
that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also
dies, repeatedly, in any number of ways. Ursula's world is in
turmoil, facing the unspeakable evil of the two greatest wars in
history. What power and force can one woman exert over the fate of
civilization -- if only she has the chance?
Wildly inventive, darkly comic, startlingly poignant -- this is
Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.
"I enjoyed every word . . . terrifically funny." P.G. Wodehouse
With his disturbingly horse-like face and a pious distaste for
strong drink and bad language, young Bartholomew Bandy doesn't seem
cut out for life in the armed services, as we meet him at the start
of the First World War. Yet he not only survives the dangers and
squalor of the infantry trenches, he positively thrives in the
Royal Flying Corps, revealing a surprising aptitude for splitarsing
Sopwith Camels and shooting down the Hun. He even manages to get
the girl. Through it all he never loses his greatest ability - to
open his mouth and put his foot in it. Donald Jack's blackly
humorous Bandy memoirs are classics of their kind. Against an
unshrinkingly depicted backdrop of war and its horrors, his
anti-hero's adventures are both gripping and shockingly funny. What
people are saying about The Bandy Papers: "Reading can lead to
involuntary bursts of loud laughter." "Very descriptive, full of
air combats and written with a fine eye for period detail . . .
there is quite simply no finer book of its kind. Highly
recommended." "It is clear that Bandy likely should've been killed
several times, but very likely the Grim Reaper was laughing too
hard to hold his scythe straight . . ." "Hysterically funny! . . .
each book is another installment in the continuing saga of a
Canadian and his adventures in war, the world, and women." "I have
yet to find another author with the wit and humor of Donald Jack."
Editorial reviews: "Jack does more than play it for laughs . . .
The mingling of humor and horror is like a clown tap-dancing on a
coffin, but Jack is skillful enough to get away with it." Time
Magazine "Funny. Very. Donald Jack has as light a touch with this
fragile art as his hero has on throttle of a Sopwith Camel.
Excessive corn is avoided in favour of wit and a delight in life."
New York Times "Bartholomew Bandy is the most remarkable hero (or
anti-hero) since Harold Lloyd impersonated the Freshman." Chicago
Tribune "To know Bandy is to love him . . . you tend to gallop
through and come hurtling out at the end panting for more." The
Sunday Sun "For those to whom Bandy is a newcomer, what a treat is
in store." Toronto Star
The wolves of Odin sail to the centre of the world:
Constantinople.AD 1041. After successfully avenging the death of
his father, Halfdan and the crew of the Sea Wolf seek adventure in
strange new lands, far from their Scandinavian home. They join the
fleet of Harald Hardrada, the legendary Viking commander, sailing
back to Constantinople from the battlefields of Georgia. There they
join the Varangians, the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine
Emperors populated almost exclusively by Viking warriors. But
Constantinople has changed during Hardrada's long absence. The
Emperor, Michael IV, is ailing visibly, and powerful factions in
his court are setting their plans in motion ahead of his inevitable
demise. While courtiers scheme, elements even within the Varangian
Guard are picking sides. Gunnhild, the seer among the Sea Wolf
crew, has struck out on her own in the big city. Unable to join the
all-male Guard alongside her friends, she establishes herself in a
small side-street near the port as a healer and soothsayer,
offering cures to the sick and glimpses of the future to the
desperate, or the conspiratorial. But in all her visions she sees a
wolf, a boar and a golden bear fighting together to support the
Byzantine throne. The Norns aren't finished with them yet... The
epic second instalment in the Wolves of Odin series, taking us to
the heart of power in Constantinople and the desperate machinations
of the Byzantine emperors. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell,
Giles Kristian and Angus Donald.
The stunning new novel from Britain's master of historical fiction.
The momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems will last for twenty-seven years (431 to 404 BC). It will end in the fall of Athens.
Filled with cunning political scheming, astonishing military prowess, invasions, treacheries, plagues, ambitions, virtues, and emotions and a lot of intrigue, Conn Iggulden brings to life one of the most thrilling chapters of the ancient world.
In 1988, after a breathtaking raid into Soviet territory, Flt Lt
David Luger sacrificed himself to save his friends. They escaped to
safety, and Luger was left for dead in deepest Siberia. Four years
later it is discovered that Luger survived, so a rescue mission is
launched.
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I Didn't Talk
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Beatriz Bracher; Translated by Adam Morris
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A professor prepares to retire-Gustavo is set to move from Sao
Paulo to the countryside, but it isn't the urban violence he's
fleeing: what he fears most is the violence of his memory. But as
he sorts out his papers, the ghosts arrive in full force. He was
arrested in 1970 with his brother-in-law Armando: both were
vicariously tortured. He was eventually released; Armando was
killed. No one is certain that he didn't turn traitor: I didn't
talk, he tells himself, yet guilt is his lifelong harvest. I Didn't
Talk pits everyone against the protagonist-especially his own
brother. The torture never ends, despite his bones having healed
and his teeth having been replaced. And to make matters worse,
certain details from his shattered memory don't quite add up...
Beatriz Bracher depicts a life where the temperature is lower,
there is no music, and much is out of view. I Didn't Talk's
pariah's-eye-view of the forgotten "small" victims powerfully bears
witness to their "internal exile." I didn't talk, Gustavo tells
himself; and as Bracher honors his endless pain, what burns this
tour de force so indelibly in the reader's mind is her intensely
controlled voice.
As war rages, both sides are in a race to find the one thing that
could turn the tides to their favor -- a stone with the power to
turn humans into gods -- in the second book of Brian McClellan's
epic fantasy tale of magic and gunpowder. The country is in
turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees
are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied
by Lady Flint's soldiers. But escaping war is never easy, and soon
the battle may find them, whether they are prepared or not. Back in
the capital, Michel Bravis smuggles even more refugees out of the
city. But internal forces are working against him. With enemies on
all sides, Michel may be forced to find help with the very
occupiers he's trying to undermine. Meanwhile, Ben Styke is
building his own army. He and his mad lancers are gathering every
able body they can find and searching for an ancient artifact that
may have the power to turn the tides of war in their favor. But
what they find may not be what they're looking for. Continue the
pistol-packing fantasy series by the author whose debut novel
Brandon Sanderson called "just plain awesome!" Gods of Blood and
PowderSins of EmpireWrath of Empire For more from Brian McClellan,
check out: Powder MagePromise of BloodThe Crimson CampaignThe
Autumn Republic
CASTAWAYS IN A ZOMBIE PLAGUE Six kids ranging from suburban geeks
to street-smart pariahs. A British captain who rarely talks and
never smiles. All on the 70-foot pilot house ketch Crosscurrent
Voyager, bound on a senior summer cruise to adventure and se
In this standalone sequel to The Girl From Krakow, the greatest
undisclosed secret of the Second World War haunts the lives of four
people across three continents and fifteen years. The only Second
World War secret not revealed soon thereafter was that the Allies
had broken the German Enigma codes. This secret was kept for 30
years after the war. In the Shadows of Enigma is a 15 year-long
narrative of how knowing the secret changed the lives of four
people: Rita Feuerstahl, who learned that the German Enigma had
been deciphered by the Poles just before she escaped a Polish
ghetto, Gil Romero, her prewar lover whom Rita marries after the
war, Stefan Sajac, the infant son Rita had smuggled out of the
ghetto and lost track of, and Otto Schulke, the German Gestapo
detective who apprehended Rita during the war and suspected that
she knew the secret of the Enigma's decoding.
The first in a major series of new collections bringing the long
lost UK war comics of Italian art maestro Hugo Pratt to the public
in stunning new editions. Two brothers of differing rank have to
make extraordinary sacrifices in the line of the toughest duty.
This is a true story of courage under fire; a high-octane story of
a blistering World War II naval battle. All illustrated by Hugo
Pratt, one of the world's most renowned comic book artists. This
thrilling war picture story marks the beginning of the Treasury of
British Comics mission to return all of Pratt's UK work to print.
Published in an oversized format befitting the importance of his
incredible and highly influential artwork.
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Darksoul
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Anna Stephens
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The thrilling sequel to GODBLIND, the biggest fantasy debut of
2017. The Wolves lie dead beside Rilpor's soldiers, slaughtered at
the hands of the Mireces and their fanatical army. The veil that
once kept the Red Gods at bay has been left in tatters as the Dark
Lady's plans for the world come to fruition. Where the gods walk,
blood is spilled on the earth. All that stands between the Mireces
army and complete control of the Kingdom of Rilpor are the walls of
its capital, Rilporin, and those besieged inside. But hope might
yet bloom in the unlikeliest of places: in the heart of a former
slave, in the mind of a soldier with the eyes of a fox, and in the
hands of a general destined to be king.
The Sunday Times bestseller - a thrilling new adventure in Simon
Scarrow's acclaimed Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for
readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. READERS CAN'T GET
ENOUGH OF SIMON SCARROW'S BOOKS! 'I could not put it down' ***** -
AMAZON REVIEW 'Awesome read . . . ' ***** - AMAZON REVIEW 'A
storytelling master . . . I loved this novel and can't wait for the
next' ***** - AMAZON REVIEW 'If you have read the previous books,
you already know how good they are . . . If you have not read any
of these books, then get started!' ***** - AMAZON REVIEW A.D. 57.
Battle-scarred veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and
Centurion Macro return to Rome. Thanks to the failure of their
recent campaign on the eastern frontier they face a hostile
reception at the imperial court. Their reputations and future are
at stake. When Emperor Nero's infatuation with his mistress is
exploited by political enemies, he reluctantly banishes her into
exile. Cato, isolated and unwelcome in Rome, is forced to escort
her to Sardinia. Arriving on the restless, simmering island with a
small cadre of officers, Cato faces peril on three fronts: a
fractured command, a deadly plague spreading across the
province...and a violent insurgency threatening to tip the province
into blood-stained chaos. IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU
DON'T KNOW ROME! MORE PRAISE FOR SIMON SCARROW'S NOVELS 'Scarrow's
[novels] rank with the best' Independent 'Blood, gore, political
intrigue' Daily Sport 'Always a joy' The Times
*SHARPE'S ASSASSIN, the brand new novel in the global bestselling
series, is available to buy now* Spain, June 1812 In the beautiful
city of Salamanca, Captain Richard Sharpe must hunt down and
safeguard Britain's most valuable spy, 'El Mirador', before he's
silenced by France's deadliest assassin - even at the risk of his
own life. In the shadowy world of Salamanca's high society, where
secrecy blurs the lines between friend and foe, it seems that other
figures are out to destroy the British. Whilst outside the city's
walls, the armies gather for one of the biggest battles of the war
- and risking everything for victory, even betraying one he loves,
is Sharpe . . . 'A master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH
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