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The Covenant
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Living in Jerusalem, Elise Margulies fears for the lives of her husband and daughter every day. Then comes the day when her worst fears come true. Cancer specialist Dr. Jonathan Margulies drives his young daughter home from her ballet recital. His bullet-ridden car is found empty on the side of the...
Tower
An Epic History of the Tower of London
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
A dazzling history of the Tower of London, one of the world's busiest tourist attractions, and the people who populated it.
Castle, royal palace, prison, torture chamber, execution site, zoo, mint, home to the crown jewels, armory, record office, observatory, and the most visited tourist attraction...
Hunting Down Saddam
The Inside Story of the Search and Capture
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
This authoritative and gripping narrative plunges the American public into the real and personal story of the United States forces in Iraq, and their successful maneuvers in capturing one of the most vicious dictators of our time.
Hunting Down Saddam contains up-to-the-minute material and provides...
The Sniper Mind
Eliminate Fear, Deal with Uncertainty, and Make Better Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Snipers are exceptional. The trained sniper is a complex fusion of hard skills such as weapons knowledge, situational awareness, knowledge of ballistics and physics, and soft skills such as emotional stability, empathy, and a stoic acceptance of the hardships associated with a particular set of circumstances....
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
"This book is a wonderful introduction to one of history's greatest figures: Marcus Aurelius. His life and this book are a clear guide for those facing adversity, seeking tranquility and pursuing excellence." —Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way and The Daily Stoic
The...
The God Effect
Quantum Entanglement, Science's Strangest Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
The phenomenon that Einstein thought too spooky and strange to be true
What is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particles, the building blocks of the universe. Once two particles are entangled, a change to one of them is reflected---*instantly---*in the other, be they in the...
Alexander the Great
Lessons from History's Undefeated General
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.
The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeronea—all...
by James A. Warren
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
General Vo Nguyen Giap was the commander in chief of the communist armed forces during two of his country's most difficult conflicts—the first against Vietnam's colonial masters, the French, and the second against the most powerful nation on earth, the United States. After long and bloody conflicts,...
Master and God
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
From New York Times bestselling novelist Lindsey Davis comes an epic novel of first-century Rome and the Emperor Domitian, known to all of the Roman world as Master and God
Set in the reign of the Emperor Domitian in first-century Rome, Master and God is Lindsey Davis's meticulously researched...
Operation Chowhound
The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The true story of a little-known, yet remarkable World War II operation, which had all the hallmarks of a suicide mission.
Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8,...
Lincoln Dreamt He Died
The Midnight Visions of Remarkable Americans from Colonial Times to Freud
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Before Sigmund Freud made dreams the cornerstone of understanding an individual's inner life, Americans shared their dreams unabashedly with one another through letters, diaries, and casual conversation. In this innovative new book, highly regarded historian Andrew Burstein goes back for the first...
Tipping Point
The War with China - The First Salvo
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Captain Dan Lenson is under fire both at sea, and in Washington. His command of the first antiballistic-missile-capable cruiser in the Fleet, USS Savo Island, is threatened when he's called home to testify before Congress. There, he must defend his controversial decision to prevent a massive retaliatory...
As If It Were Life
A WWII Diary from the Theresienstadt Ghetto
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
In 1942 German merchant Philipp Manes and his wife were ordered by the Nazis to leave their middle class neighborhood and go live in Theresienstadt, the only so-called "showpiece" ghetto of the Third Reich. This model ghetto was set up by the Nazis as a front to show the world that the Jews...
Ranger Knowledge
The All-Inclusive Study Guide for Rangers
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Written by a former 75th Ranger Regiment soldier, "Marty" will take you inside the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program and the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program to teach prospective Special Operations soldiers the ins and outs of each unit's selection program. As someone...