War & Military

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian....

From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson, Sons of Valor III: War Machine sees Chunk and Whitney forced into a deadly match of wits with a terrorist mastermind and a horrifying weapon unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.

When Muslim fundamentalists blow up a key Soviet oil complex, making an already critical oil shortage calamitous, the Russians figure they are going to have to take things into their own hands....

Ryan's responsibilities crush in on him. Where should he begin? He must calm a nation, pacify world leaders, arrange a massive funeral -- while he rebuilds a government as quickly as possible....

From the authors of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan series and the #1 bestselling Tier One Series (now in development for television), comes the fourth installment of their Tier One spin-off series, the bestselling Sons of Valor series.

Against all odds we have made it into the last half of the 1990s. The Cold War looks solved, Arabs and Jews are talking, confrontation is on the wane. In this new harmony, one discord - what becomes of unemployed terrorists? You can bet they aren't going to retire quietly....

When Morgan Carter's car breaks down 250 miles from his home, he figures his weekend plans are ruined....

On a routine intelligence gathering mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., has lunch with his oldest friend, Seth Gregory, an engineer overseeing a transcontinental railway project. As they part, Seth gives Jack a key, along with a perplexing message....

Jack Ryan Jr.--along with the covert warriors of the Campus--continues to uphold his legendary father’s legacy of courage and honor in this thriller from number one New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy....

When society ceases to exist, who can you trust?...

It is The Campus. Secretly created under the administration of President Jack Ryan, its sole purpose is to eliminate terrorists and those who protect them....

Even though he's on forced leave from the clandestine intelligence group known as The Campus, Jack Ryan, Jr., still finds himself caught in the crosshairs....

For years, ex–Navy SEAL Maxwell Moore has worked across the Middle East and behind the scenes for the Special Activities Division of the CIA....

The Campus has been discovered. And whoever knows they exist knows they can be destroyed. Meanwhile, President Jack Ryan has been swept back into the Oval Office - and his wisdom and courage are needed more desperately than ever....

No electricity. No running water. No food. No end in sight. If life as you knew it changed in an instant, would you be prepared?...

Against all odds, Morgan Carter and his family have endured despite the deteriorating conditions surrounding them....

When the shah is thrown out of Iran, the nation's turmoil becomes world headlines. Caught in this shifting world of fanaticism, ambition, duplicity, and violent death are the foreign pilots....

Because it’s a novel, the truth can be told. Because it’s the truth, you’ll never forget it....

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at the siege of Seringapatam....

The fate of a new nation rests in the hands of a reluctant warrior in this thrilling sixth volume in the acclaimed New York Times best-selling Saxon Tales series....

The New York Times best-selling author and master of the technothriller returns with his All-Star team....

Morgan Carter has weathered the weeks after the collapse of the nation's power grid, reuniting with his family and ensuring their safety, but his struggle isn't over yet....

At the end of The Last Kingdom, The Danes had been defeated at Cynuit, but the triumph of the English is not fated to last long. The Danish Vikings quickly invade and occupy....

At the onset of the tenth century, England is in turmoil. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king....

As The Last Full Measure opens, Gettysburg is past and the war advances to its third brutal year. On the Union side, the gulf between the politicians in Washington and the generals in the field yawns ever wider....

Tras perderse en el mar, el inglés John Blackthorne despierta en un lugar que pocos europeos conocen y menos aún han visto: Japón. Inmerso en la hermética sociedad nipona del siglo XVII, una tierra en la que la línea que separa la vida de la muerte es muy fina, Blackthorne debe enfrentarse no sólo a un pueblo extranjero, con costumbres e idioma desconocidos, sino también a sus propias definiciones de moralidad, verdad y libertad.

Un teniente del ejército se concentra en racionar el suministro de café de su compañía, dividiendo meticulosamente los cuadrados marrones que tiene ante sí, cuando suena un disparo. Los soldados rasos, asustados por el ruido, ven de repente que la sangre empapa la manga de su teniente. Con dolor, el oficial herido se tambalea, hace una mueca de incredulidad, observa en silencio el bosque e intenta instintivamente y torpemente envainar la espada que ha estado usando para contar los paquetes de café.

Este relato es considerado uno de los más convulsivos análisis sobre el espíritu colonial de Occidente. En “El corazón de las tinieblas”, Conrad nos habla de hombres blancos enfrentándose a las incongruencias de sus propios métodos. Una oscura historia sobre el viaje del marinero Marlow por las aguas de un gran río africano, el Congo. Su misión: ir en busca de un agente europeo, Kurtz, un empresario que se había vuelto loco en medio de la jungla. Francis Ford Coppola se inspiró en esta novela para su película Apocalypse Now, aunque ambientada en la guerra de Vietnam.

Diplomatic relations between the West and the East are plummeting to depths unseen in recent history. The friction between the United States and the Soviet Union permeates even the sanctum of the Oval Office, casting a shadow over President Kennedy's desk. Cuba, a small island nation nestled off the coast of Central America, emerges as the volatile stage for a potential cataclysmic confrontation that threatens global stability. Within the jungles of San Cristobal, Cuba, General Gogorin, a zealous Soviet military leader, has established his base of operations.

Am 9. Mai 1941 kaperte die Royal Navy im Nordatlantik das deutsche U-Boot U-110 und sicherte sich dabei eine Enigma-Maschine, deren Chiffrierschlüssel und Codebücher. Die Briten konnten somit den gesamten Funkverkehr zwischen Dönitz und seinen U-Booten mitlesen. Der einzige Vorteil der Deutschen Kriegsmarine war jedoch, dass die Briten im Anfangsstadium noch sehr viele Stunden für die Entschlüsselung nur eines einzigen Funkspruches brauchten.