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On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, the first great revolution of the twentieth century began as working-class men and women occupied buildings throughout Dublin, Ireland, including the general post office on O’Connell Street. Among the commoners in the GPO was a young staff captain of the Irish Volunteers named Michael Collins. He was joined a day later by a fourteen-year-old messenger boy, Eoin Kavanagh.

When a cryptographer is murdered, Thomas Charles is sent on a secret mission to uncover the killer – and it’s the perfect opportunity to rekindle his romance with Cat Carlisle, the woman who helped uncover a double agent and solve her own husband’s murder. The victim’s niece – and the police’s top suspect – is Cat’s childhood friend and she begs Cat for help.

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the South American Andes. When Tim O’Hara’s plane is hijacked and forced to crash land in the middle of the Andes, his troubles are only beginning. A heavily armed group of communist soldiers intent on killing one of his passengers –...

Former Army Ranger Pierce Hunt is no stranger to violence. Fresh off a six-month suspension, he’s itching to hit a notorious Mexican drug cartel where it hurts, even if that means protecting crime boss Vicente Garcia, a witness in the case against sadistic cartel leader Valentina Mieles. But things spiral out of control when the cartel murders Garcia and kidnaps his granddaughter and an innocent bystander, Hunt’s own teenage daughter.

Восхитительный и наполненный любовью роман о потерях и обретениях. Когда в 1940-м на Лондон начинают падать немецкие бомбы, Милли и Реджинальд Томпсон решаются на непростой шаг – отправить одиннадцатилетнюю дочь Беатрис в эвакуацию за океан. Здесь, в безопасной Америке, ей предстоит жить в чужой семье, пока не закончится война. Испуганная, обозленная на родителей, одинокая и потерянная, Беа прибывает в страну, которая так отличается от мрачного военного Лондона.

By the Sunday Times best-selling author of The Lie. Forbidden love, intimate betrayal and the devastating power of exposure drive Helen Dunmore's remarkable new title. London, November 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets and arrested.

Major Hugh Dégaré never thought working a desk job could be worse than combat. But shortly after starting a new position in a bureaucratic military headquarters far from the front lines, he finds himself fighting to maintain his grip on reality. Amid sleepless nights and intense memories from his combat service, he does what he's always done - takes action. Afraid of being stigmatized by his chain of command, he turns to a psychologist and an estranged friend, Daryl, now an ex-soldier. Despite his best efforts, Hugh's rage continues to grow.

İkiz kardeşler, Amed ile Aziz... Etrafı dağlarla çevrelenmiş, savaşın tam ortasındaki isimsiz bir ülkede anne babalarıyla yaşayan iki çocuk. Dağların öte tarafında köpekler yaşıyor, yani düşmanları... Bölgenin savaşçı liderlerinden biri bir gün babalarını ziyaret eder ve kana kanla yanıt vermek için çocuklarından birini savaşta feda etmesini ister. Baba Zohal çıkışı olmayan bir ikileme düşer. Anne Tamara ise bu isteği kabullenemez. Üstüne üstlük Aziz kanser hastasıdır. Zaten ölüme mahkûmdur. Baba, biri hasta diğeri sağlıklı iki çocuğu arasında nasıl seçim yapar?