Step Wars

A stranger dies in a London flat with a notebook full of code in his pocket. Soon the man who found him is running across the Scottish moors, hunted by the police and by the spies who killed him. That chase made John Buchan famous and gave the thriller a new shape. Its dedication calls The Thirty-Nine Steps a “shocker” whose incidents “march just inside the borders of the possible.” Over a long career Buchan pushed that border through the First World War, the Scottish hills, the Virginia of the first settlers, the witch-haunted Scotland of the seventeenth century and the South ...

Battalion 3/5 suffered the highest number of casualties in the war in Afghanistan. This is the story of one platoon in that distinguished battalion. Aware of U.S. plans to withdraw from the country, knowing their efforts were only a footprint in the sand, the fifty Marines of 3rd Platoon fought...

An urgent call-to-action outlining how we can prevent a global conflict in the near-future from Tobias Ellwood, former Defence Minister and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee. 'Crucial reading on why our global order has come apart at the seams' - WILLIAM HAGUE 'Thoughtful...

Emmy-nominated actress and producer MILLIE BOBBY BROWN's debut novel, Nineteen Steps, is a moving tale of love, longing, and loss, inspired by the true events of her family's experience during World War II. Adding a deeply personal touch to the experience, Millie Bobby Brown narrates this story...

An espionage thriller that has been called the first great spy novel, it has sustained its popularity, being embraced by each new generation. The first in a series of five novels it features the spy Richard Hannay, an action hero with a stiff upper lip who gets caught up in a dangerous race against a plot by German spies to destroy the British war effort. When Richard Hannay offers sanctuary to an American agent seeking his help in stopping a political assassination, he takes the first step on a trail of peril and espionage.

This 35 series of study will expose you to the longest life that can never end and does not entertain any pain, hardship or suffering, forever and ever. It will bring you into a life of ceaseless peace, economic prosperity, everlasting joy, holiness, glory, comfort, justice, freedom from every oppressor, give you full knowledge of God, removal of every curse, sickness and offer you everlasting preservation of life. It will bring every serious student into a new place, a city designed by God with a perfect symmetry. As a bible Christian, you are just a stranger here. Our home, name, father, ...

He wanted something to happen. Then it did. Richard Hannay is thirty-seven, rich enough, and thoroughly bored. Back in London after years in Rhodesia, he gives the Old Country one more day to amuse him before he takes the next boat home. That evening a stranger appears at his door, says he is a dead man, and tells a story about a plot to murder a foreign statesman on British soil and push Europe into war. By morning the stranger is dead on Hannay’s floor, the police want the tenant, and the only man who knows the truth is the one who cannot prove it. What follows is one of the great chase...

Unleash Your Miniature Painting Potential & Conquer Common Mishaps in Just 30 Days! Are you a complete beginner venturing into the world of mini painting? Have you ever found yourself on the verge of giving up due to the sheer frustration of stumbling over paint pots, ruining countless miniatures, and feeling like your artistic journey was doomed from the start? Well, hold onto your brushes because "Miniature Painting for Beginners: The 7 Step Process That Will Instantly Upskill Your Miniature Painting In Less Than 30 Days" is here to turn your artistic struggles into a triumph! Battling ...

Little Round Top, The Wheatfield, The Peach Orchard, Devil's Den, the Railroad Cut, Pickett's Charge - these were the turning points within the most important battle of the bloodiest war in American history. This guide will help you find all the important locales and understand what the participants saw in 1863, even if you have no prior knowledge of the battle. Designed to enhance the experience of both those listening about the battle for the first time, as well as Civil War "Ahololics".

He promised to teach her how to save lives. Instead, he taught her how to beg. Lila Wren is a nursing major on the verge of failing. Her confidence is shattered after a humiliating incident in clinicals, a weakness her brilliant, cruel stepbrother is all too happy to exploit across campus. She’s become a walking cautionary tale. Rowan Holt, a med student who despises weakness, sees Lila as a pathetic project. Forced to share a townhouse, he makes her a twisted offer. He'll tutor her, forging her into the perfect nurse, but only if she submits to his sadistic BDSM games during their study ...

An American boy with impossible dreams is thrust into the cauldron of the Spanish Civil War in this arresting and thrilling historical coming-of-age epic and sequel to The Palace at the End of the Sea. Barcelona 1936. Theo helps the Anarchist workers defeat the army that is trying to overthrow...

He destroyed her ambition, so he could rebuild her as his. Sienna Drake is an architecture student on the verge of greatness. Her final project is her masterpiece, until her brilliant and cruel stepbrother, Theo Kane, publicly shatters it, and her future, with a single, calculated critique. Humiliated and facing ruin, Sienna’s world collapses further when a family crisis forces them into a shared studio apartment. Trapped with her tormentor, she is cornered. Theo makes her a twisted offer: he will help her rebuild her career if she agrees to become his personal submissive. Under his ...

The war has lasted ten years. The Night has been waiting longer. Saint-Servais was once the Coalition's most feared commander. Now he prunes vines on a quiet island beside the woman he loves, and every morning he wakes a little more sure that peace is something he was never meant to keep. Then the full moon brings a dream: a ruined abbey under snow, a black throne, a pair of green eyes, and one word he cannot shake. Night. The dream is followed by a black amulet that should not exist. The Council offers him a pardon with a price: a single quart of the Waters of the Beginning, the liquid ...

Unabridged readings of five gripping adventure stories This thrilling anthology contains five action-packed tales of incredible journeys, a murderous treasure hunt, invaders from outer space and international espionage - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 33 hours...

Break the Anxiety Loop and Update Your "Mental Software," One Week at a Time. Do you wake up at 3 AM with your heart pounding, thoughts spinning in circles about bills, work problems, and fear about tomorrow? You know you need to "calm down," but you simply can't. It’s not your fault. It’s your programming. Reprogramming your mind is like upgrading the operating system on an old, crashing computer. You don't need a new machine (a new life or a different country); you need to clear out the old code and install a system that lets you run more calmly and clearly. In March 2020, K.S. Van ...

Taylor Van Zant, the owner of Swamp Eagle Security, thought he was doing a good thing when he destroyed the slave ring operating out of Droxis, even though the slavers blew up the red diamond mine there as they tried to escape. Unfortunately, the mine belonged to the synthetic intelligence running the Merchant Guild, and it was…displeased with the mine’s destruction, so it put out a death contract on all the members of Swamp Eagle Security.

His obsession was her ruin. Her submission was his. Nora Blake’s future is built on a foundation of scientific ambition. As a dedicated environmental science major, her path is clear, her goals meticulously planned. Nothing can stand in her way. Nothing except him. Her new stepbrother, Silas Ford, is a campus god and a cruel track star who delights in her misery. When he begins to systematically sabotage her academic presentations, Nora is pushed to the breaking point. Forced to share a dorm suite, his torment escalates into a dark, intimate warfare. He offers her a deal she cannot refuse...

Down beneath the ground they are herded, to the city under the back steps and the complex world of the ant colony. Here where the haughty Queen rules with an iron hand, each of her subjects has a vital role to perform, and Jill and Craig are put to work. But no sooner had they become involved in...

He composed her ruin to make her his masterpiece. Aria Voss is a music composition major with her future perfectly mapped out. Her world shatters when her cocky, cruel stepbrother, Dante Reed, moves into their shared campus condo. He's everything she's not: a chaotic guitarist who despises her disciplined world. Dante sees Aria as a challenge, a pristine thing to corrupt. For his own twisted amusement, he sabotages her career defining recital, leaving her humiliated and her reputation in tatters. Backed into a corner, Aria is offered a lifeline from the very man who destroyed her. Dante ...

Composed in the 5th century BC, Sun Tzu's Art of War is the earliest-known treatise on military strategy, and is still hugely popular around the world for its perceptive tactical advice to commanders on how to win at war with minimal bloodshed. Aimed at all those who want to study the text in depth, this is the first step-by-step guide to the famous treatise, breaking down the 13 chapters of the original into 200 easily digested lessons, from 'do not press a desperate enemy' to 'control your troops through bond of loyalty' to "when you are weak, beware attack".