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NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this “powerful, historically accurate novel” (The New Yorker), the sole Spartan survivor recounts the bloody and epic battle of Thermopylae that decimated his fearsome society. “Vivid and exciting . . . Pressfield gives the reader a perspective no ancient...

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction. Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as...

Spring 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment, wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men all drawn from different walks of life await the order to move. With an economy of language that belies its emotional impact, From the City, from the Plough is a vivid and moving account of the fate of these men as they embark for the beaches of Normandy and advance into France, where the battalion suffers devastating casualties.

Přišel muž – mladý tulák s dlouhými vlasy ve zplihlém kabátu. Pak se z něj stala legenda: JOHN RAMBO. Autor staví veterána z Vietnamu proti policistovi z malého města, který neví, s kým má tu čest. Jak daleko ho Rambo zavede k boji na život a na smrt v lesích, kopcích a jeskyních venkova v Kentucky? Miliony lidí viděly filmy o Rambovi, ale ti, kdo nečetli knihu, kterou to všechno začalo, čeká překvapení – kritikou oceňovaný příběh o charakteru, akci i soucitu. Audioknižní Rambo je mnohem syrovější a surovější než ten filmový.

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a haunting and unflinching portrayal of the harrowing realities of war. Through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier on the front lines of World War I, Remarque captures the devastating physical and psychological toll of combat on individuals and their humanity.

In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sebastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three Sebastopol Sketches - 'December', 'May' and 'August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him.

Henry Fleming, a young soldier in the American Civil War, grapples with fear, courage, and the realities of battle. He joins the Union army with grandiose ideas of heroism, but when he faces the brutal truth of war, he is overcome by fear and runs from the battlefield in his first encounter with the enemy. After fleeing, Henry is consumed with shame and guilt. He struggles internally, questioning his own courage and trying to come to terms with his actions.

A harrowing tale of camaraderie, loss, and the dehumanizing brutality of war, All Quiet on the Western Front follows young German soldier Paul Bäumer as he endures the horrors of World War I. Erich Maria Remarque's timeless masterpiece exposes the devastating impact of conflict on the human soul.

Маргарет Митчелл (1900 – 1949) – американская писательница, автор романа Унесённые ветром, вышедшего в 1936 году и получившего Пулитцеровскую премию. Книга имела невероятный успех у читателей, а экранизация с Вивьен Ли и Кларком Гейблом в главных ролях завоевала восемь премий "Оскар" и стала одной из самых знаменитых лент в истории мирового кинематографа. Унесенные ветром – история о молодой южанке, дочери состоятельного владельца плантаций в Джорджии, чья беззаботная юность прекращается с началом Гражданской войны. В один миг девушке пришлось повзрослеть: мать умерла, отец болен, а родное поместье разграбили янки.

Experience the exciting breadth of #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins’s wild imagination and adventurous spirit in this anthology of his short masterworks, including a new full-length novella featuring Captain Tucker Wayne and his military war dog, Kane, as well as eleven...

Dangerous Days opens in a still-neutral America, though within a year, the country will have joined the European alliance against the Central Powers in the First World War. Clayton Spencer, a successful industrialist and owner of a munitions plant, finds himself facing several problems: not only anarchism and German sabotage, but also the prospect of a deteriorating marriage and of a son who all too often shares his mother's frivolous and essentially self-concerned point of view.

1805-നും 1813-നും ഇടയ്ക്കു നടന്ന നെപ്പോളിയന്‍ ചക്രവര്‍ത്തിയുടെ റഷ്യനാക്രമണമാണ് ഇതിഹാസ സമാനമായ ഈ നോവലിന്റെ ഇതിവൃത്തം. പത്തൊന്‍പതാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ ആദ്യപാദങ്ങളിലെയും പതിനെട്ടാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ അന്ത്യപാദങ്ങളിലെയും യുറോപ്പിന്റെയും റഷ്യയുടെയും ചരിത്രത്തിലെ ഉജ്ജ്വലമായ ഒരു അദ്ധ്യായം യുദ്ധവും സമാധാനവും അനാവരണം ചെയ്യുന്നു. നാടകീയമായ രംഗങ്ങളും അവിസ്മരണീയ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളും ഇടതിങ്ങിനില്‍ക്കുന്ന ഈ ഗ്രന്ഥത്തില്‍ മനുഷ്യമനസ്സിന്റെ വൈവിദ്ധ്യവും വൈചിത്ര്യവും അഗാധതയും എല്ലാം ഒരു ബഹുമുഖ മായാദര്‍പ്പണത്തിലെന്നപോലെ കാണാം. മഹര്‍ഷിതുല്യമായ അവധാനതയോടെ ടോള്‍സ്‌റ്റോയ് ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ അന്തസ്രോതസ്സുകള്‍ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.

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Arthur Fordyce is an ordinary man blessed with a budding career, a lovely fiancee, and a sunny future. He is hardly a criminal-until he finds a wallet stuffed with money at the racetrack. In one "unguarded moment," he removes the cash and throws the billfold away-unaware that he is being watched...