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From the first handshake at the recruiting office to the sweat-soaked final march across Parris Island,"Semper Fi and Other Dangerous Words" follows one training platoon through the relentless transformation from civilian to United States Marine. When Kansas farm boy Kyle McElroy steps off the bus, he joins a ragtag band of recruits who quickly learn that the Marine Corps is not for the faint-hearted — especially under the watch of Gunnery Sergeant Rockwell Hammer, a man equal parts drill instructor and controlled detonation. Alongside the calm and capable Lieutenant Briggs, Hammer moulds...

1935 – Poland Europe stands on the brink of a new catastrophe. As Hitler’s Reich collapses into chaos and Stalin’s armies mass in the east, the uneasy Allied coalition faces a peril it can no longer ignore. In the ashes of Germany’s surrender, the Soviet Union makes its move — a vast armoured invasion of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, cloaked in the rhetoric of liberation but driven by conquest. British, French, and provisional German forces scramble to respond, forging a fragile alliance against the Red tide. Across frozen plains and shattered cities, new weapons and old...

What if the Great Depression led not to recovery, but to global devastation? In an alternate timeline the world descends into chaos years ahead of schedule. Hitler consolidates power in Germany, Japan strikes in the Pacific, and colonial empires brace for upheaval. Germany is currently at peace with Russia and maintains a buffer of countries between them. 1934—The Bohemian Front is a sweeping reimagining of the Second World War, which started years too early and consumed the globe in its furnace. Tanks thunder. Fighters scream. Resistance rises. 1934: The Bohemian Front is a richly ...

What if the Great Depression led not to recovery, but to global devastation? In an alternate timeline the world descends into chaos years ahead of schedule. Hitler consolidates power in Germany, Japan strikes in the Pacific, and colonial empires brace for upheaval. From the overrun countries of Europe to the jungles of Guadalcanal, from London’s bombed streets to the secret war waged by SOE agents in occupied Europe, 1933 is a sweeping reimagining of the Second World War’s beginnings—one that starts years too early and consumes the globe in its furnace. Tanks thunder. Fighters scream....

What if the first shots of the Second World War were fired not in Europe, but in North America? In this gripping alternate history, the Great Depression pushes President Herbert Hoover to a desperate decision—war. Spurred on by the enigmatic fascist William Dudley Pelley, Hoover chooses Canada as the target, launching a surprise invasion based on the real War Plan Red. The result is a global shockwave. From poison gas in Halifax to Canadian troops storming American cities, from Nazis in Germany seizing the moment to rise and strike west, to Japan launching a devastating surprise attack on...

What if the Second World War had started in 1932, instead of 1939? Here is the next book in the 1932 alternate history series, 1934 – The Viennese Front After advancing from Czechoslovakia, Vienna now burns. The Allies push deep into the Nazi-occupied Austrian capital, fighting street by street, room by room, to break Rommel’s fortress city. The city turns into a labyrinth of alleys where every corner is an ambush, every house a trap. The Hofburg becomes a battlefield. The spire of Stephansdom is scarred by gunfire. At the heart of the struggle is Brigadier Lascelles, a seasoned British...

1934 – Dresden Vienna has fallen. Rommel is defeated. But Hitler’s Reich is far from broken. Now the Allies drive north through Czechoslovakia, their sights set on Dresden—the heart of Saxony and the gateway into Germany itself. What follows is a campaign of fire and ruin: villages turned into fortresses, fields scarred by bombers, and cities where every street must be fought for and every house cleared at bayonet point. Generaloberst von Kleiber, Hitler’s chosen defender, vows to make Dresden the anvil upon which the Allies will break. With Tigers prowling the ruins, the Luftwaffe ...

1934 – Denmark By Tony Dunning Winter grips Europe as the fragile balance of power collapses. In this electrifying continuation of the 1934 series, the British government under Prime Minister MacDonald and Secretary of State for War Winston Churchill launches the most daring offensive in modern history — an amphibious assault on Nazi-occupied Denmark. From the grey waters of the North Sea to the frozen harbours of Esbjerg and Bremerhaven, 1934 – Denmark follows the men and women who ignite a second front against the Reich. British paratroopers plunge into the dark skies above Jutland;...

A humorous view of dogs in our lives. From your sofa as territory to going to the vet.

America stands on a knife’s edge. As President Herbert Hoover turns inward, blaming the nation’s collapse on “foreign subversion,” sweeping crackdowns begin. Jewish communities, long woven into the fabric of American cities, find themselves vilified, surveilled, and hunted. From the streets of Williamsburg to the steel mills of Pittsburgh, families are shattered, synagogues desecrated, and dissent crushed beneath the weight of patriotism turned poison. Across the border, Canada burns. War has broken out—a brutal, unthinkable invasion by the very republic once seen as a beacon of ...

After training at the academy and helping find a lost planet, Jael and his friends have their own merchant ship. They work together, and with their old friends and colleagues, to make a profit and try to improve lives for their friends, new and old. Their adventure takes them through tackling pirates, rescuing stranded and attacked people and exploring wrecks and abandoned ships., sometimes working alone, sometimes with their old Captain and sometimes calling in the Navy.

What if the war began years earlier, in 1932? by 1934, Europe is reeling from depression, unrest, and the rise of fascism to control Western Europe. In the heart of Central Europe, Czechoslovakia becomes the flashpoint as German forces launch a lightning invasion—armoured columns pushing through Moravia, bombers setting Prague ablaze, and the capital itself locked in a brutal siege. But this war is not confined to Czechoslovakia. Across the Channel, Winston Churchill—long before his historic premiership—urges Britain to act. Against political hesitation and logistical odds, the Allies...

1933 - Terror The Holy Land teeters on the edge of collapse. As the British Mandate of Palestine strains under the weight of international turmoil, rising fascism, and bitter local divisions, a storm begins to gather. Underground cells of the Black Hand—fueled by rage, fear, and visions of holy war—fan unrest across cities and countryside. Strikes spread. Leaflets incite rebellion. Curfews become commonplace, but order slips further with each passing week. Into this chaos steps David Rosenzweig, a Jewish-American who fled persecution at home to serve peace in a fragile land. Assigned to...

Auron Mallick, his marines and his Navy associates work to uncover and eliminate the pirate network that is still attempting to establish itself in the Galactic Union. Undercover at times, the Marines reconnoitre the enemy and capture them where they can, as the Galactic Union Navy does the same with the ships, with Marine aid.

Jael is a farmer's son with his head in the clouds. well, not just the clouds but the stars beyond them. His dream is to join the Merchant Academy and become a trader between the stars. Along with friends he makes at the Academy, will his dream come true?

As the Traders tackle piracy to safeguard themselves and their customers, a young man, Auron Mellick, decides that working in a factory is not for him and enlists in the Marines. He undergoes basic training to pass out as a Marine, where, during his enlistment, he advances in rank, being assigned various duties including encountering pirates and smugglers. Paths start to overlap with the traders as his duties take him on guard and assault duties.

The old Galactic Empire fell apart over a millennium ago, after a series of civil wars. Now it seems as though it might still be out there. The new Galactic Union, risen from part of the old Empire, finds links to Empire when searching for their rogue Senator, who had fled the Union. Traders and Navy combine to form a new Service, the Scout Service, to track down the senator and any threat to the Union.

Jasper Finn, the great-great-great-great (great to the 5th as he says) grandson of Huckleberry Finn couldn't stand the polite society that he was being pushed towards, so he ran away from home, hoping to follow in the footsteps of his great-to-the-fifth grandpappy,. This book tells the tales of Jasper Finn running off and joining a space Trader crew, and the adventures he encounters as part of that crew, making friends along the way, learning lessons on life and earning his way amongst the stars.