Titoli in Di guerra e militare

La autora superventas de La red de Alice regresa con un inolvidable relato de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, basado en hechos reales, en torno a una pacífica bibliotecaria que se convirtió en la francotiradora más letal de la historia. En 1937, en la nevada Kiev, la vida de Mila Pavlichenko gira en torno a su trabajo de bibliotecaria y a su hijo pequeño, pero la invasión de los nazis a la URSS cambia radicalmente su destino.

The Syndicate Worlds continues to splinter as more star systems pledge allegiance to President Gwen Iceni’s and General Artur Drakon’s new government at Midway. But the rebels fleeing the toxic legacy of Syndicate rule have difficulty trusting one another and believing their new leaders’ promises of freedom from tyranny. 

Ensign Paul Sinclair has been assigned to the orbiting, military spacecraft, USS Michaelson, as its sole legal advisor. But when the ship's captain faces court-martial following the destruction of a civilian research vessel, Sinclair finds himself defending a doomed officer.

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.

They came for war. They found something worse. 1972. On the edge of the Laos border, a long-range reconnaissance team is dispatched into the jungle to evaluate prototype night vision goggles. Expecting only enemy fire and the familiar hazards of war, the soldiers soon realize the red-tinted...

This is Mercia. The year is 757. A king will fall. A king will rise. But first, civil war will rage. King Æthelbald's forty-year vice-like rule over Mercia has been rigid. But he lacks a legitimate heir despite his insatiable bedchamber antics. Offa must stand hostage to his family’s good...

Pachinko meets Homegoing in this powerful story of family separation and reunion amid love and war from a Reese’s Book Club LitUp fellow. When news hits in 1950 that the Americans have entered the war between North and South Korea, Oksoon and her family believe the conflict will soon end. But...

Fifteen murdered. Seven witnesses. One by one, they fall. As crime reporter Will Finch puts the final touches on his latest book, private investigator Eve Noon makes her way to his remote island retreat. But someone is watching. Someone is waiting. And before she arrives, the nightmare has...

Der Waisenjunge Karl Siebrecht will im Berlin der Zwischenkriegszeit Karriere machen. Er chauffiert verbotene Frachten und dunkle Gestalten durch die Stadt und wird zum Beobachter der Berliner Gesellschaft. Rund zwei Jahrzehnte deutscher Geschichte erzählt dieser packende Roman über einen...

Als aufgebrachte Bauern eine Viehpfändung vereiteln, gerät in einer norddeutschen Kleinstadt alles aus den Fugen. Intrigen und politische Ränke werden geschmiedet, dem Spiel um Geld und Macht kann sich keiner entziehen. Mit diesem lebendigen, zutiefst menschlichen Roman entwirft Fallada ein...

Ein Berliner Ehepaar wagte einen aussichtslosen Widerstand gegen die Nazis und wurde 1943 hingerichtet. Von ihrem Schicksal erfuhr Hans Fallada aus einer Gestapo-Akte, die ihm durch Johannes R. Becher in die Hände kam. Fieberhaft schrieb Fallada daraufhin im Herbst 1946 in weniger als vier...

Blanca, una hermosa dama del siglo XIII, lo pierde todo tras la derrota de su familia en la guerra, y, para conservar a su hijo con vida, debe sufrir los peores abusos de los vencedores. El niño, huyendo de la miseria, se embarca de grumete en una galera, la nave más dura y peligrosa de la...

In una Tel Aviv assediata dalla guerra, l'esercito dirama alla popolazione l'ordine di abbandonare la città. Ma, all'ultimo minuto, l'anziano Saba decide di scendere dall'autobus su cui era stato fatto salire per l'evacuazione, trascinando con sé il giovane nipote Naor e la fidanzata Yaël. I tre iniziano così un pellegrinaggio clandestino nel cuore di una metropoli deserta, giocando a inventare da capo un'innocenza perduta, venata di idealismo e resistenza.

Romanzo di amore e di guerra. Alessandra è una giovane volontaria italiana in Siria. È la fine di luglio del 2014, un'esplosione scuote dalle fondamenta l'edificio dell'ospedale provvisorio di Aleppo. Coinvolta nell'esplosione, Alessandra viene ricoverata in coma nell'ospedale. Quando riprende conoscenza, non ricorda nulla di sé. Nella sua mente non c'è traccia di alcun passato. Aleppo non è più un luogo sicuro, e Alessandra deve tornare a casa, in Europa, in un viaggio che attraversa il fronte.

"The Law of the Bolo" is a novel set in the Philippines during the transition from Spanish to American colonial rule. At the center of the story is Felizardo, an ordinary villager who becomes a feared outlaw, driven by fierce loyalty to the land and his people. The narrative opens with the...

A hero will fall. An emperor will rise. Mark Antony has avenged Julius Caesar. Victor over Caesar's murderers, Brutus and Cassius, Antony is hailed as the most powerful man in the world. Yet he cannot be complacent. Octavian, Caesar's heir, is ambitious, intelligent, and ruthless. To hold onto his position, Antony must prove himself with a great military victory.

Who will win Hunter's Game? 1865, Texas. The American Civil War is over but a final pocket of defiance remains. Despite the recent surrender of General Lee, a secret plan is hatched for the Texan insurgents to receive a last shipment of deadly munitions that could spell ruin for the Union forces...

Four stunning full cast dramatisation of WWII flying ace, David Beaty’s most exciting novels Listen now to this thrilling collection of four dramas from the master of the genre, David Beaty. These vintage dramatisations will have you on the edge of your seat and transport you to a bygone era...

From the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever and The House Is on Fire, a novel set on a remote Italian island about a navy wife’s reckoning with power, love, and the price of staying silent in the Atomic Age. “A captivating, whip-smart novel about love, loyalty, and a woman torn between...

Fourth in the Gregor Reinhardt series. THE WESTERN FRONT, JULY 1918. Gregor Reinhardt is a young lieutenant in a stormtrooper battalion on the Western Front when one of his subordinates is accused of murdering a group of officers, and then subsequently trying to take his own life. Not wanting to...