Military Research

This Pulitzer Prize finalist provides the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51. No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial...

Colton Baker sought isolation in the frozen north to hide from the beast in his blood. His quiet existence shatters when a critically injured woman named Elena collapses at his remote cabin. She carries explosive evidence against Blackridge Mineral. A heavily armed extraction team is closing in to silence her. They have cut off all escape routes. Elena has a biological clock ticking down from severe trauma. Colton has six days until the full moon. With a massive winter storm burying the landscape, they must face a squad of ruthless mercenaries on the ice. The armed team believes they are ...

A prize-winning historian’s major new history of the Second World War, arguing that Stalin’s USSR was the war’s driving force. “A provocative revisionist take on the Second World War … McMeekin is a formidable researcher.” —Financial Times We remember World War II as a struggle...

NOW THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE NUREMBERG STARRING RUSSELL CROWE AND RAMI MALEK In 1945, an improbable relationship between the fallen Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goering, and ambitious US Army physician, Douglas Kelley, becomes a hazardous quest into the nature of evil “The book is a page turner...

Bob Lazar was a brilliant young physicist that found himself employed at a top-secret facility in the middle of the desert outside Las Vegas. Under the watchful eye of the government elite, he is tasked with understanding an exotic propulsion system being used by an advanced aerospace vehicle he is told came from outer space. The stressful work and long, odd hours start to wear on Bob and he becomes concerned for his safety. He tells his wife and a couple close friends about what he's doing in the desert, and his employers find out and are furious.

“One of the very best World War II books in many years…A great read.” —General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA * “Fans of Unbroken will love this book.” —Doug Stanton In the tradition of Ghost Soldiers, a “riveting” (The Wall Street Journal) World War...

Deep in the abyss of Loch Ness, a forty-year-old secret is waking up. High school English teacher Isla McKenna knows the old rules of the loch: show respect, stay off the water after dark, and never mock the deep. But when billionaire Julian Croft builds Serenity Point Lodge—a modernist glass palace—directly over the water, he disturbs a territorial titan that has been studied, enhanced, and imprisoned for decades. Marine biologist Dr. Rowan Cade arrived chasing acoustic phantoms, but he found a biological nightmare. The "accident" that claimed an elite guest was no slip; it was a ...

A renowned political scientist’s searing explanation for the rightward turn of global politics since the end of the Cold War. The collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ushered in an era of tremendous political optimism: communism was receding and democracy was on the march in Eastern Europe...

“For anyone involved in settling disputes” (Richard Dawkins), a famed political scientist offers a classic argument for how to achieve a more cooperative world We assume that, in a world ruled by natural selection, selfishness pays. So why cooperate? In The Evolution of Cooperation...

From from New York Times bestselling author and retired US Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, here are twelve principles to heal after trauma and overcome adversity. “This book is a master class in recovery, renewal, and recalibration. Travis does not make excuses. Travis does not complain...

What if the most powerful intelligence apparatus in the world admitted there were forces it could not understand and could not control?For twenty-three years, the U.S. government funded a clandestine unit of "psychic spies" tasked with performing the impossible. Project Stargate was the final evolution of a series of secret programs—Scanate, Gondola Wish, and Grill Flame—designed to determine if human consciousness could be used to gather actionable intelligence against America's adversaries.Inside this declassified history, you will discover: The "Eight-Martini" Successes: The shocking...

The extraordinary, must-read story of the brave, bold Hubert Wilkins - Australia's most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil - brought to life by Australia's greatest storyteller. Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who...

An unbelievable series of events led to the establishment of the Northwest Electro-development Laboratory, later the U.S. Bureau of Mines Albany Research Center. Though the fledgling lab had difficulty securing staff due to World War II, world-renown metallurgist William J. Kroll was hired early on as a consultant after fleeing Nazi occupation. Kroll, who had pioneered a method for producing commercial titanium, worked with his core group of associates to develop malleable zirconium, just as a need arose for the little-known metal.

The heat was a living thing, but the real threat was buried beneath the dunes. Stranded in a barren wasteland when a massive wall of grit obliterates their path, a small group of survivors stumbles upon a heavily fortified mid-century underground facility that should not exist. Inside the humming, immaculately clean bunker, the deafening roar of the wind above is replaced by a chilling realization. They are completely sealed off from the outside world. The advanced machinery operates with a quiet, indifferent precision, hinting at experiments long forgotten by humanity. As the physical toll...

What if the most secret place on Earth wasn’t about aliens at all, but about us? For more than seventy years, a barren stretch of Nevada desert has captured the world’s imagination. “Beyond the Fence: The Untold Story of Espionage, Innovation, and the Myths Born in Nevada’s Hidden Skies” pulls back the curtain on the true history of Area 51, an intersection of secrecy, science, and the human need to believe. From the silent flights of the U-2 and the supersonic shadows of the A-12 to the birth of stealth and the rise of unmanned intelligence, this book traces the hidden evolution ...

Brought to you by Penguin. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. The draconian response of Britain's colonial government was to detain nearly the entire...

What if the greatest secret of the modern era is not being kept by the government, but by the corporations it pays? For more than seventy years, the United States has chased something it cannot officially name. Lights that outmaneuver fighter jets. Craft that drop from the stratosphere to the ocean floor in seconds. Objects pulled from crash sites and trucked into hangars no senator has ever toured. And behind every classified program, every black-budget appropriation, every congressional briefing cut short by a man in an unmarked badge, sits a private contractor with no oath of office and ...

When a notorious German war criminal escapes his custody, a British Military Lawyer faces an impossible choice: protect the woman he loves, or use her as bait. 1947: Adam is posted to the shattered city of Hamburg to assist in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals. There he meets Rose, who is beautiful, educated, clever… but has been forced into prostitution to survive. He quickly falls in love, and his growing obsession threatens to cloud his judgment. Henryk van Reen is responsible for the murder of hundreds during the war and is destined for the hangman. But he escapes while in ...

What if the U.S. military was hosting extraterrestrials on Earth—and someone lived to tell the tale? In the early 1960s, U.S. Air Force weather observer Charles Hall made a claim that would shock the world of ufology and beyond: he had encountered a mysterious race of extraterrestrials—tall, pale beings he called the "Tall Whites"—while stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The Charles Hall "Tall Whites" Incident dives deep into this extraordinary testimony, offering a comprehensive investigation into one of the most compelling and controversial alien contact cases in modern ...

Embark on a fascinating exploration of time and history with our new eBook, "Unearthing the Past." This compelling guide will take you deep into the roots of genealogy intertwined with the untold tales of local history. "Unearthing the Past" serves as a welcoming gateway for anyone delving into the intriguing world of local history and genealogy. The first chapter warms up your curiosity, setting a solid introduction to local history and genealogy, driving home the intrinsic connection between the two. Finding your bearings, chapters two and three equip you with the necessary compass for ...