Combat Fiction

Tutoyant avec aisance, à rebours des modes, une forme classique très maîtrisée, Michel Houellebecq met en scène dans ses poèmes un quotidien contemporain et urbain. Ses vers nous parlent de lui, nous parlent de nous et accèdent à l'universel, installant ainsi leur auteur, comme un Villon de la modernité, au rang des grands poètes populaires.

Tag and his family have resolved to enter the fight against Kuran's seemingly unstoppable hordes. What's more, he sees an opportunity to gain powerful new allies - but they are disparate factions who strongly distrust all but their own kinds. Complicating matters, one of Tag's sons has been gravely wounded and requires a powerful healer.

A factual novel of combat, disease, corruption, and survival. Little is written about 1970–1972 Vietnam. The country lost interest, and apathy replaced anti-war sentiment now that the US was rapidly withdrawing troops.

What are the lasting effects of sports? Wraslin' Shews answers that question through a fictional story inspired by the many great wrestlers that have come out of the state of Virginia. Every athlete has a different story. This one is about a character that lost his love for wrestling, but found it again through the return of a legendary coach.

In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged 28 Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on 10 of the accused. In December 1948, five of these defendants were hanged, while four received sentences of life in prison. The tenth was a brilliant philosopher-patriot named Okawa Shumei. His story proved strangest of all. Among all the political and military leaders on trial, Okawa was the lone civilian.

U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Hampton was living her dream: flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding D Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, the armed reconnaissance aviation squadron of the 82nd Airborne Division. On January 2, 2004, Captain Hampton was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above Fallujah, Iraq, in support of a raid on an illicit weapons marketplace, searching for an illusive sniper on the rooftops of the city. A little past noon her helicopter was wracked by an explosion....

They told him to shrink. He chose to suplex society instead. Ricky "Napalm" Stubbs just got fired for body-slamming a vending machine—and that was before the smart scale insulted his BMI in a British accent. Unemployed, overweight, and overwhelmingly pissed off, Ricky creates the Chunky Combat Club: a secret underground league for misfits who are thicc, ticked, and totally over it.

V knige rasskazyvaetsya ob imperatrice Ekaterine Velikoy, stoyavshey vo glave Rossiyskogo gosudarstva vo vtoroy polovine XVIII veka. Ekaterina II, zhenshchina umnaya i deyatel'naya, mnogo sdelala dlya procvetaniya strany i naroda. Dlya srednego shkol'nogo vozrasta.

Alexis o el tratado del inútil combate, una obra mayor en opinión de la crítica más cualificada, es el «retrato de una voz»—como ha llamado la misma Yourcenar a la larga carta que Alexis dirige a su esposa, en la que desmenuza dolorosamente su combate—en el que asistimos a la exposición de un tema del que pocos se atrevían a hablar en 1929, fecha en que fue publicado el libro.

Espero que encuentres esta información útil y rentable. Cuando la mayoría de la gente escucha la expresión artes marciales, normalmente piensa en las del Lejano Oriente y es verdad que la mayoría de las artes marciales de las que se oye hablar se originaron allí.

Tired of being her mother's personal Barbie, Mary traded in her tiara and a lucrative modeling contract for combat boots and life as a Marine. Kyle heard every variation as he went through school: nerd, geek, four-eyes, weirdo - and he rolled with it. Can Combat Barbie and her nerd overcome the past to love another day?

In dieser "klingenden Mozart-Biografie" erklärt Peter Härtling anhand von ausgewählten Briefen aus 10 Jahren, wie aus dem Wunderkind ganz allmählich ein berühmter junger Mann wurde. Seine persönlichen Kommentare sowie Anekdoten und Details aus Mozarts Leben zeigen, wie sehr er den großen Komponisten liebt und bewundert.

Flying the Jaguar bomber in a Cold War West Germany, Nick Gleason is, perhaps, at the peak of his career but he is a loner struggling with his conscience and he begins to question the morality of his role. If war in Europe breaks out, he would be tasked to deliver a thermo-nuclear weapon to a target in the East.

Rauchende Schlote, Automobile, Eisenbahngleise - Rainer Maria Rilke wird 1875 in einer Zeit des Umbruchs und Aufschwungs geboren. Es ist eine pulsierende, aber auch problematische Zeit: Der Takt der Maschinen bestimmt den Alltag und in den Arbeitervierteln herrschen Hunger und Armut. Rilke setzt diesem verwirrenden, undurchschaubaren Äußeren die Seelenwelt des Menschen entgegen. In seinen Gedichten beschreibt er Gefühle, erschafft sehnsuchtsvolle Traumgebilde.

The dragon mage reigns supreme! Finally, all of Lance's visions are coming to fruition. The Draconis Clan has been restored, his enemies have been vanquished, and unity has been restored to the northern province under the banner of the red dragon. But… there's a problem. Lance isn't the only dragon in Oracle.

Lance, last living dragon mage of the northern province has become truly formidable. His followers have grown, his village has expanded, and his lovely group of arcanist companions have become deadly in their own right. Now, with his [s-rank] abilities fully realized, there are few in the realm who can match his might. But there are those who will try.

Two audiobooks in one: 5-Key Ketogenic Diet to Combat Cancer: Enhance Appetite, Feeling Energized & Rejuvenate Appearance and Beginners’ Guide to Keto Intermittent Fasting: Become Toned, Rejuvenate Appearance & Regain Confidence.

Dantons Tod, Leonce und Lena, Lenz, Woyzeck, Der hessische Landbote - Georg Büchner schrieb während seines kurzen Lebens nur wenige Werke. Dafür erregten sie umso mehr Aufsehen und Missfallen, denn der Schriftsteller war seiner Zeit voraus.

Ascoltando... si impara! Anche la letteratura, con il Prof! In questo audiolibro, che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, trovi tutto quello che devi sapere su Giovanni Boccaccio e sul suo tempo. Il Prof. vi racconta Boccaccio e la sua opera più importante: Il Decameron ma anche la vita del sommo scrittore del 1300, e alcuni brani, i più belli e conosciuti della sua opera immortale e poi le sfaccettature del suo carattere, le curiosità, gli aneddoti, e il contesto storico in cui visse.

Am 20. Mai 1927 hatte es der 25 jährige Postflieger Charles Augustus Lindbergh geschafft: In 33 Stunden und 30 Minuten überquerte er im Nonstop-Flug den Atlantik. Der Start war in New York und das Ziel war Paris. Die ganze Welt hielt den Atem an.