War & Military

Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.

A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller....

From the New York Times bestselling former NATO commander comes a riveting historical novel that charts the coming-of-age of a gifted but immature young naval officer as he is tested in the crucible of World War II in the Pacific

When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home....

World War Z: The Complete Edition is a new recording of Max Brooks’ best-selling novel, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War....

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian....

The author of The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping WWII story of three code-breakers and the spy they must root out.

War heroes aren't usually called out of semi-retirement and sent to the far reaches of the galaxy for a routine investigation. So when Colonel Carl Butler answers the call from an old and powerful friend, he knows it's something big - and he's not being told the whole story....

John Dempsey's life - as an elite Tier One Navy SEAL named Jack Kemper - is over. A devastating terrorist action catapults him from a world of moral certainty and decisive orders....

In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family....

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story....

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hourEx-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter....

After surviving the most dangerous mission of his career, John Dempsey is back at Ember. But Ember has changed—and so has he. Meanwhile, a new adversary sees an opportunity to rise. As Dempsey and Vice President Jarvis soon discover, the world stage is about to get deadlier than ever.

1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention....

Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Collection includes unabridged recordings of Leo Tolstoy's 3 timeless novels; all his major novellas and short stories; and 4 renowned works of non-fiction in one audiobook, all read by Audie Award-winning narrators....

When a Russian superweapon is let loose under the waves, it's up to President Jack Ryan to find a countermove....

When a woman is kidnapped off a Chicago street in broad daylight, Jack Reacher's in the wrong place at the wrong time....

A missing scientist and deep pockets pull Colonel Carl Butler out of retirement, investigating another mystery that puts him and his team - and the future of relations with alien species - in danger in Colonyside, the exciting follow-up to Planetside and Spaceside....

Somewhere under the freezing Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back....

Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans....

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate....

In a daring and chilling debut, Brad Thor draws us into a sinister labyrinth of political intrigue and international terrorism, serving up an explosive cocktail of unrelenting action....

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.

John Dempsey, former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator, is back. Only a few months into his new life as an operative for Ember, the United States’ most covert counterterrorism entity, he must stop an old nemesis who’s resurfaced after ten years of operating in the shadows....

Across the country women are being murdered by a killer who leaves no evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to a motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, the only thing that links the victims is the man they all knew: Jack Reacher....

Scott Bradley James arrives in Annapolis, Maryland, as a plebe in the class of 1941 without a terribly good idea why he wants to be a naval officer, other than that his father was a sailor, and he wants to see the world, whatever that means. Scott and his roommate become fast friends, and, after surviving scrapes of their own making, the two fetch up at Pearl Harbor. War is brewing, and their class has graduated early. They have been sent to battle stations.

On a sunny afternoon in late June, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley is summoned from a student cricket match to learn that his parents have died in an automobile crash. Joseph’s brother, Matthew, as officer in the Intelligence Service, reveals that their father had been en route to London to turn over to him a mysterious secret document—allegedly with the power to disgrace England forever and destroy the civilized world. A paper so damning that Joseph and Matthew dared mention it only to their restless younger sister. Now it has vanished.

Talon is just trying to get home as quickly as possible. Still recovering from recent wounds, Talon and his small group are heading for the Ohio River in the hopes of gaining transportation downriver. But inadvertently becoming a target for retribution after saving two young kids from a marauding gang. With no intention of becoming involved in the local power struggle, Talon's small group decides to change their plans of heading straight for the Ohio River. Instead, they attempt to cross the vast rugged mountains of West Virginia on horseback to throw off their pursuers.

Auch Frauen können Helden sein – für die junge Krankenschwesterschülerin Frances McGrath gleichen diese Worte einer Offenbarung. In der sich wandelnden Welt des Jahres 1965 wagt sie es, von dem ihr vorherbestimmten Pfad abzuweichen, und folgt ihrem Bruder nach Vietnam. Und während sie inmitten der Grausamkeit des Krieges über sich hinauswächst, erwartet sie die wahre Herausforderung bei ihrer Rückkehr. Wie schon in Die Nachtigall lässt Weltbestsellerautorin Kristin Hannah einen besonderen Moment der Geschichte aus der Sicht von Frauen lebendig werden, deren Mut und Tatkraft allzu oft vergessen werden.

Holland, 1944: Undercover British agent Nancy Callaghan has been given her toughest case yet. A key member of the Dutch resistance has been captured, and Nancy must play the role of a wealthy Nazi to win over a notorious SS officer, Detlef Keller, and gain crucial information. But as Nancy infiltrates the Dutch SS, she finds herself catching the eye of an even more senior member of the Party. Is Nancy in too deep, or can Tom reach her before she gets caught?

Pella, Greece; 341 B.C. Alexandros is a middle child caught between two warring spouses, born to both a king and queen, but never meant to rule himself. When a mysterious young man arrives from the north, fleeing his own family, and meets Alexandros in a garden in the Macedonian capital, the bond that's created between them will soon become unbreakable and ultimately define both the direction of the Ancient World and ours.

From award-winning author Frank A. Mason comes The Shouting Wind, a gripping second installment in the Sunlit Silence Series. Set during the Battle of Britain, the novel follows Trip Gibson, an American fighter pilot who joins the British RAF in 1940. As Trip faces relentless enemy fire and endures the dark days of the Blitz, he witnesses the resilience of the British people. This powerful WWII novel takes readers into the strife-filled skies over Britain and reveals the true cost of heroism in one of history’s most pivotal battles. Frank A. Mason's extensive military background, ...

Britain is in the throes of war, but Katharina Valentine feels sidelined. Employed as a shorthand-typist in the War Office, she is transferred to the basement below – having had no idea that this dark, airless, underground maze, home of the top-secret Cabinet War Rooms, even existed, let alone what her work will entail. Unexpected staff shortages present an opportunity to work directly for Winston Churchill himself, and Katie jumps at the chance. And as she grows closer to Wing Commander Baxter Edwards, things start to look up…

Violet Ellis is living in the shadows of her father’s ruined reputation. So, when wealthy widower James Atherton offers her employment, she immediately begins the treacherous journey to his home on the remote Cornish island of Aoife’s Bay – despite the bone-chilling allegations surrounding his late wife Elizabeth’s death. In James’s company, Violet begins to feel the love that has been missing all her life. But when anonymous letters start to plague the bay’s residents, threatening to expose what really happened to Elizabeth, Violet feels the hostility towards her grow.

After his unbelievable encounter in the Paderborn forest near Wewelsburg Castle ("Wewelsburg" from Tendrils In the Dark), Captain John Hartman of the OSS finds himself convalescing in Allied hands. Plagued by nightmares, he must convince his superior officer that Heinrich Himmler is up to something terrible while also trying to understand himself what it all means.

Susan Abulhawa ha scritto un romanzo struggente che può fare per la Palestina ciò che il Cacciatore di aquiloni ha fatto per l'Afghanistan. Di vibrante realismo e inesorabilmente diretto alla verità, racconta con sensibilità e pacatezza la storia di quattro generazioni di palestinesi costretti a lasciare la propria terra dopo la nascita dello stato di Israele e a vivere la triste condizione di "senza patria". Attraverso la voce di Amal, la brillante nipotina del patriarca della famiglia Abulheja, viviamo l'abbandono della casa dei suoi antenati di Ain Hod, nel 1948, per il campo profughi di Jenin.

In the heart of a desolate, war-torn landscape, six ghost soldiers embarks on a perilous mission to unearth the sinister secrets of a shadowy organization and its enigmatic leader. As they traverse through treacherous terrains and haunted ruins, they are met with an unrelenting barrage of terror and bullets. The air is thick with the stench of blood and the whispers of long-buried secrets. Each step forward brings them closer to a chilling revelation, but also to the brink of annihilation.

El coronel de la Guardia Civil Antonio Escobar, hombre de profundas convicciones religiosas, consiguió con su decidida actuación el 19 de julio de 1936 que no prosperase la sublevación militar en Barcelona. Pese a ser hijo de un héroe de la guerra de Cuba, y tener una hija monja adoratriz, un hijo falangista Palma de Plata y dos hermanos también coroneles de la Guardia Civil, optó por la libertad de actuar conforme a su conciencia y al juramento prestado al Gobierno legalmente constituido.

This story is the sequel to "WINDSTORM." Listeners of Windstorm will remember the ending, with perhaps a little despair and may have said "You can't leave it like this!" Well, I haven't and this story takes up from where WINDSTORM left off, there will be some shocks in store and times where your heart is in your mouth, but one thing I do promise....