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Skilled, stealthy, and anonymous, Jack Reacher is the perfect man for the job: to assassinate the vice president of the United States. Theoretically. The head of a high-level Secret Service security detail wants Reacher to find the holes in her system - and fast. A group of desperate men already has the vice president in its sights. And it will stop at nothing to realize its objective.

Deep in an underground production facility, far away from prying eyes, President Yao Jintao stood and watched—row after row of machines busily working to build other machines that would fight and destroy their enemies. Killers were creating killers for as far as he could see. President Yao sensed they’d crossed a line. South Korean and American soldiers stared down their Chinese counterparts along the Yalu River, just like they had 75 years before. With winter on the way and both armies dug in, who might make the first move? Nobody was prepared for what came next.

In the wake of a disastrous firefight with a Mexican cartel, two El Paso police officers find themselves in a military hospital facing a debriefing about what went wrong. As their accounts unfold, Tony, a by-the-book cop, begins to believe that hotheaded Matt might have divided loyalties. Could he have intentionally led the team into a trap that saw the death of a beloved senior officer? Or is the truth even more terrifying than Tony dares to imagine?

While on the trail of a stolen tactical nuclear weapon, Jack Sigler, call sign King, and his black ops Chess Team answer a cry for help. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the verge of exploding into another bloody civil war that will engulf all of Africa and put millions at risk, a crisis too politically volatile for any outside nation to touch. As the team, unfettered by political constraints, deploys across the globe, the threats spin out of control.

Quando meninas, as irmãs Cibi, Magda e Livia fizeram uma promessa ao pai: sempre estariam juntas, não importa o que acontecesse a elas. Anos depois, com apenas 15 anos, Livia é enviada a Auschwitz pelos nazistas. Cibi, 19 anos, decide cumprir a promessa e vai com Livia, determinada a proteger a irmã ou a morrer com ela. Magda, 17, escapa da captura por um tempo, mas eventualmente também é transportada para o terrível campo de extermínio.

In "Death and the Child," narrated as an audiobook by Mike Vendetti Stephen Crane captures the brutal realities faced by both soldiers and civilians, emphasizing the profound human cost of conflict.

Val Rafter's luck may have finally run out. Kidnapped by Russians and held at gunpoint on a ship crossing the Black Sea at night toward Crimea, Val is forced to confront the events and decisions that brought him to this desperate moment. Part of a top-secret US Army human intelligence program, Val is an expert at recruiting and running spies. Years ago, while training at the CIA’s legendary Farm, he met Sydney, whose beauty, intelligence, and ambition made her a formidable agency covert intelligence officer.

When men fight together, especially in a holy cause there is not only a bond but also an unspoken promise to come to the aid of their shield brother. When Birger Persson discovers that he is dying he asks his son to seek help from two old friends. One of them is Sir Thomas of Stockton. Events conspire to thwart Birger's son from reaching Sir Thomas and it is left to Sir William, Sir Thomas' son to effect a rescue of the Swedish knight.

Álvaro Colomer reconstruye en clave de ficción una de las batallas más importantes de cuantas ha librado el ejército español en los últimos años: la batalla de Najaf en la guerra de Irak. Como si de un retrato bélico se tratara, esta novela construye una ficción valiéndose de los acontecimientos que, cumplido un año desde la invasión de Irak, tuvieron lugar a partir del 4 de abril de 2004 en que dio comienzo la batalla de Najaf.

Un miembro del ejército cubano desaparece y todo indica que ha desertdo. El capitán Morales es el sabueso ideal para dar con él: no sólo porque se especializa en olfatear el rastro de los traidores, sino porque lo tuvo bajo sus órdenes y… entre sus brazos.

Weit über den Globus verstreut trägt jedes Mitglied der Familie Manning seinen Teil zur Verteidigung Amerikas bei. Während die chinesische Flotte unaufhaltsam vorrückt, kommandiert Admiral Manning die USS FORD Trägerkampfgruppe in der Nähe von Midway, einem Atoll im Nordpazifik.

Assigned to US Navy Rescue Tug, the ATR-3X, not long after the German surrender in North Africa, Ensign Hal Goff and four other officers must support the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy, shepherding navy ships to and from the bitter fighting. With the Allied advance finally stopped cold along the Winter Line beneath Monte Cassino, Hal and his ship become part of the grueling invasion of Anzio and the seemingly endless stalemate across Anzio's bloody beaches. Phillip Parotti's thrilling novel treats his listeners to gripping World War II naval action in the Mediterranean Sea.

When Angela Shafer's stalker threatens to kill her, she is forced to call upon the services of The 83 Trust. Ryan Kaine vows to deliver justice in the only way he knows how. After reaching Angela's home too late to prevent a terrible atrocity, Kaine calls in reinforcements in the form of his most trusted men; Danny Pinkerton and William Rollason. But in order for Angela and her daughter to be truly safe, Kaine and his team need to dismantle an entire criminal organization.

Commander Derek Lloyd, the Senior Medical Officer of the USS Carl Vinson is finally getting to take a vacation with the woman he hopes to spend the rest of his life with. Their dream vacation is interrupted by a terrorist event that pulls the former Navy SEAL into an operation to bring those responsible to justice. He becomes much more involved than anyone anticipated, and he and his team become the targets of powerful and ruthless men willing to do anything to keep their secrets from ever seeing the light of day.

El amante alemán, primera novela del poeta y narrador Julián Martínez Gómez, es un libro que divierte, emociona y sorprende en cada página. A través de dos historias paralelas que trascienden el espacio y el tiempo, 'El amante alemán' habla de la distancia, de la familia, del retorno a los orígenes y, sobre todo, del amor: un amor sin límites capaz de vencer cualquier adversidad.

Major Richard Sharpes Regiment befindet sich in tödlicher Gefahr. Sie geht jedoch nicht vom französischen Feind aus, sondern von den Bürokraten in Whitehall. Vergebens wartet Sharpe in Spanien auf Verstärkung für sein Regiment. Fest entschlossen, seine Männer vor dem sicheren Untergang zu bewahren, kehrt er nach England zurück, um Hilfe zu holen. Doch dort stößt er auf ein Nest hochrangiger Verräter - und sieht sich einem Kampf gegenüber, der härter sein wird als alle Schlachten, die er jemals geschlagen hat.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a propulsive and moving tale of wartime love, family, and loss, as an American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Việt Nam War that will reverberate throughout each other’s lives.

A Passage North begins with a message from out of the blue: a telephone call informing Krishan that his grandmother’s caretaker, Rani, has died under unexpected circumstances—found at the bottom of a well in her village in the north, her neck broken by the fall. The news arrives on the heels of an email from Anjum, an impassioned yet aloof activist Krishnan fell in love with years before while living in Delhi, stirring old memories and desires from a world he left behind.

In the summer of 1916, Private Daniel Baker marches into battle with the boys of Nova Scotia's 25th Battalion. Out of brutal necessity, Danny has steeled himself against the trials and horrors of war, but he is completely unprepared to meet the love of his life in war-torn France. Audrey Poulin has the soul of an artist. She lives alone with her grandmother in the quiet French countryside, where her only joy is in her brush and palette. When by chance she encounters Danny, the handsome young soldier captures her heart and inspires her painting.

July 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the North. General Robert E. Lee has made this daring and massive move with seventy thousand men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and mortally wound it. His right hand is General James Longstreet, a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War.