Western Theater

Blood & Soil: The Fall of Poland and the Battle of France is the second installment in The Protocols series, a chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism in the modern era—from the birth of the Industrial Revolution to the cataclysmic end of the Second World War. This volume focuses on the first nine months of the global conflict, from the Nazi-Soviet invasion and partition of Poland to the final, desperate moments of the Battle of France. Like all the books in the series, Blood & Soil is not merely a history of events, but a record of lives entangled in them. It is composed of carefully ...

"Either the work of John Fante is unknown to you or unforgettable. He was not the kind of writer to leave room in between."—The New York Times "Fante was my God."—Charles Bukowski John Fante’s classic California novel details the adventures of his alter ego, Arturo Bandini, a young writer...

Most books about London tell you where to stand for the best view of Big Ben. This one gives you the story behind what you’re seeing. Backstory Atlas London: 10 Reasons We Can’t Stop Visiting The City that Wrote the Rules – A Guide to Its Travel History is a short, curated read that makes travel richer. It explores how a Roman river crossing became one of the world’s great destination cities — and why London still feels so layered, theatrical, and familiar today. It's not a guidebook or a long, academic history. It is an accessible book for travelers who want the story behind what...

Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, the Austin Civil War Round Table’s Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize, and the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award “A superb account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the longest and most...

America has never seen a canyon, prairie, forest, or historic mystery without wondering, “Could we put on a show here?” Weird Outdoor Shows Across America takes readers on an entertaining road trip to the country’s strangest open-air performances. Discover Broadway-style musicals beneath Utah’s red cliffs, opera in the New Mexico desert, Shakespeare in Central Park, cowboy spectacles in the North Dakota Badlands, pioneer pageants on the prairie, and the unsolved mystery of Roanoke Island performed under the stars. Along the way, explore: • The giant TEXAS Outdoor Musical inside ...

Includes an introduction written and read by Jesmyn Ward, a foreword written and read by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, and an afterword written and read by Professor James L. W. West III The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family...

The Battle of Chickamauga was the third bloodiest of the American Civil War and the only major Confederate victory in the conflict's western theater. It pitted Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee against William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland and resulted in more than 34,500 casualties. In this first volume of an authoritative two-volume history of the Chickamauga Campaign, William Glenn Robertson provides a richly detailed narrative of military operations in southeastern and eastern Tennessee as two armies prepared to meet along the "River of Death."

Step into the heart of Indian Territory in 1863, where one of the most strategically significant — yet often overlooked — battles of the American Civil War unfolded. Tactics in the Heartland offers a vivid, in-depth exploration of the Battle of Honey Springs, shedding light on the military decisions, terrain challenges, and pivotal leadership moments that shaped this critical Union victory. Author and historian Terry Sloan uncovers the layered complexities behind the confrontation: the role of Native American regiments, the logistical ingenuity of Union forces, and the Confederate ...

Bloomsbury presents Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd by Rick Pender, read by John Chancer. An award-winning Sondheim expert dives into all facets of this unique, murder-filled masterpiece—its slimy roots, original production, characters from killers to lovers to bakers, soaring score, gripping...

The bundle can be listened to as one long story as the cross-dressing sissy gets up the nerve to visit the XXX rated video arcade, becomes a little too involved with the other patrons visiting the booths, gets a full time job in the video arcade, and then plunges into the world of Gay porn as an actor! ENJOY the Sissy’s journey through his adventures in the Glory Hole in the adult theater, his employment there where he meets many of the clients in and unusual way, and then his new career as a gay porno star in Los Angeles, California.

James Patterson presents a bold new heroine -- a cross between Katniss Everdeen and Annie Oakley: Serendipity Jones, the fastest sharpshooter in tomorrow's West. Seventeen-year-old Serendipity "Pity" Jones inherited two things from her mother: a pair of six shooters and perfect aim. She's been...

T-4 Bob Shepard spent years working twelve-hour shifts as a medical corpsman in the 1st Field Hospital during WWII. Struggling through the mud, blood, torrential rain and disease the members of the 1st Field Hospital ensured that many servicemen made the trip back home. Shepard cared for the physically and mentally wounded in the Southwest Pacific theater and again on his way home on a troop transport to the United States.

A gunslinger with four affinities is a myth. It's the kind of story whispered in frontier saloons one drink before closing and around campfires in the dead of night. For the heroes and villains in those tales, that impossible power is a boon, a gift. For Mr. Jones, it's a curse. Of course, that's not his real name. He's had many. Changing names is necessary when you possess a power that every lawman and outlaw would kill to obtain. To survive, you keep your head down, kill when you must, and never stay in one place too long.

In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness. His superior, theater commander, crusty old Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who had led the Reich to victory in the early years of the war, is now fed up with the whole Nazi regime. He lives comfortably in a plush villa in a quiet Paris suburb, waiting for the inevitable Allied invasion that will bring about their final defeat.

Six years before the American Civil War, a pair of 27-year-old Helena, Arkansas residents remained in the town to care for victims of an 1855 yellow fever epidemic when nearly everyone else evacuated to save their own skins. One, Pat Cleburne, was a Protestant Irish immigrant who had earlier served in the British Army. The other, Tom Hindman, was a a Mexican War veteran. He was also a well-educated second son of a Mississippi Planter family who sought his fortune in Helena where good cotton lands were cheaper than in Mississippi. The two became lawyers and best friends. Pat was Tom's best ...

LIAM IS A SISSY CROSSDRESSING GAY FEM. HE WORKS AT AN ADULT VIDEO ARCADE BUT IS GETTING BORED WITH IT AND FEELS THERE IS MORE TO LIFE. HE IS NOT SURE WHERE TO TURN. AN ONLINE AD LOOKING FOR GAY PORNO ACTORS CATCHES HIS EYE AND CHANGES HIS LIFE FOREVER. Will Liam make it in the demanding gay porn industry? Is there anybody here he can trust? Follow Liam's adventures as he gets his first trial run as a crossdressing porn actor in the Gay Adult Film industry. Explicit action as Liam works with porn actors and in the end, finds true love.

A Call to Duty The greatest conflict in human history started brothers Ray F. and John B. Lewis on a journey that they never imagined as farm boys picking cotton in the dusty fields of West Texas during the Great Depression. World War II took them across the Atlantic to places they had only read about in books or seen on movie screens when they could afford theater tickets. By the time they returned to the States, they had lost their country-boy naivete. In To War and Back: The World War II Journey of Two West Texas Farm Boys, award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Preston Lewis ...

As the war in the West draws to its bloody conclusion, tragedy and the drive for revenge will pull a veteran soldier back into the line of duty and into the mouth of madness. Blood for Blood at Nashville is a heroic swashbuckling adventure set in the real history of the American Civil War where friendship, family, honor, and love are put to the test with real depictions of the Massacre at Fort Pillow and the Battles of Chickamauga, Franklin, Nashville, plus much more. Blood for Blood at Nashville is a sweeping epic that’ll put you in the ranks of the first US Colored Regiments and in the ...

“Peter Beinart has written a vivid, empathetic, and convincing history of the men and ideas that have shaped the ambitions of American foreign policy during the last century—a story in which human fallibility and idealism flow together. The story continues, of course, and so his book is not...

George Chakiris famously played the angry gang leader Bernardo in the film version of West Side Story (1961), for which he won an Oscar for best supporting actor. My West Side Story is an insider's look at how this theatrical and cinematic landmark evolved from a conversation in Jerome Robbins's Manhattan apartment between him, Arthur Laurents, and Leonard Bernstein to ten Oscars, three Golden Globes, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy.