A detachment of American soldiers assigned to a Belgian castle during World War II indulge in their various hobbies, virtually sitting out the war, until a counteroffensive puts them in the path of the German Army. ...

These memoirs are not an attempt to answer, solve, or resolve the problems arising from or about the three-year-long Korean War or the much longer stalemate that followed. This story was written to let you know how one very young, very scared marine saw his very first war and how he reacted to the killing and the mayhem of it. The stories are my view of that war, a war gone to ground in the trench lines. Dig into the stories and you may find ...

Award-winning and best-selling author James Dickey returns with the heart-stopping story of Muldrow, an American tail gunner who parachutes from his burning airplane into Tokyo in the final months of World War II. Fleeing the chaotic, ruined city, he instinctively travels north toward a frozen, desolate sanctuary he is certain will assure this survival--and freedom. Making his way through enemy terrain, on the lookout for both danger and ...

"""Tales of War"" is a melancholy, atypical, and occasionally surprising book by the author of The Gods of Pegana and The King of Elfland's Daughter. It was written for a political rather than artistic purpose, but because it was painfully inspired from life (and death) and because it is written by a great writer, it is far more than just a curio. It also crosses more than once into the fantastic realm, which is partly why it is of interest to ...

In this masterful novel about love, faith, and revenge, a foreign correspondent trying to escape the ravages of war discovers that following his heart is the most dangerous path of all. ...

It is 2009. The tensions on the Indian subcontinent between India and Pakistan continue unabated. A series of events brings the traditional rivals closer than ever before to a nuclear apocalypse. Flashpoint takes you on a roller coaster ride from the lives of those on both sides caught up in the unravelling crisis to the corridors of power where decisions are made which could kill over a billion people. From the cockpits of fighter planes in the ...

The United States faces off with China in this latest high-tech battle adventure in Slater's thrilling WWIII series. "As impelling a storyteller as you're likely to encounter."--Clive Cussler. Original. ...

Chris O'Brien's new year gets off to a flying start with an interesting case: his client believes he suffers from an unusual disease - lycanthropy. Or, to put it another way, he thinks he's a werewolf. Add to this a gang of neo-nazi thugs with murder on their minds and you have the potential for trouble. But it's not a problem for O.B - all in a day's work for a PI on the mean streets, after all. ...

Photojournalist Nicky Bettencourt thinks he's seen everything until he teams up with the legendary war correspondent Daniel McFarland. To Daniel, the story is everything; people come later. But after a plane crash nearly takes his life, Daniel begins to see the world in a different way. He falls in love with Julia Cadell, an idealistic British doctor, and together they find refuge at an old canal house in the center of London. Soon after, Nicky, ...

1880. Forbes, a brilliant war correspondent, spent his later years in literary work. This volume contains a collection of his essays including: Matrimony Among the Bombshells; An Evening Party Among the Navvies; The Parade of the Commissionaires; Christmas Night in Very Common Lodgings; How I Saved France: The Inverness Character Fair; Miss Priest's Bridecake; The Cawnpore of Today; Christmas Presents by Post; On the Line of March; George ...