Literary Fiction War

Widely acclaimed for his groundbreaking crime novels Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake, award-winning author John Dunning triumphantly returns with a riveting new thriller that takes us back to the summer of 1942, when radio was in its prime, when daylight saving time gave way to "wartime,"...

A profoundly searching new novel by a writer of incomparable range, power, and achievement. In the winter of 1996, more than a hundred women and men of diverse nationality, background, and belief gather at the site of a former concentration camp for an unprecedented purpose: a weeklong retreat...

A riveting evocation of the Civil War, drawn from the true family history of "America's best novelist" (The Denver Post), JAMES LEE BURKE 1861. Two young Southerners, friends despite their differing political views and backgrounds, enlist in the 18th Louisiana regiment of the Confederate Army...

The attack was a complete surprise, carefully planned and clinically executed. How did this unidentified Korean civilian get into the tightly controlled base? And why attack the claims officer? Is there an unsettled grudge, a claim of damages that was rejected by the Army? Against orders, CID agents Sergeants George Sueño and Ernie Bascom start investigating. Somehow, each person they speak to has not yet been interviewed.

À la Combe aux Oliviers, la famille Valentin - Ulysse, le père, Armide et Lucrèce, ses deux filles - vit au rythme des saisons. Tout comme son père, Lucrèce, la cadette, a la passion de l'olivier. Quand, au lendemain de la Grande Guerre, elle prend la direction du domaine, elle consacre sa vie à ses arbres, au nombre desquels Noé, le plus vieux, son confident des bons comme des mauvais jours. À l'aube d'une vie nouvelle, tout bascule. Veuve et mère d'une petite Aurélie, cette femme entière conquiert le droit de vivre de nouvelles amours, traverse la Seconde Guerre en résistante et surtout se bat pour sa fille, atteinte de la poliomyélite, autant que pour la survie de ses oliviers.

Nació en Valencia el 29 de enero de 1867, se graduó en derecho en 1888. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez dividió su vida entre la política, la literatura y el amor a las mujeres. Escribía con inusitada rapidez. Quiso que su vida fuera su mejor novela, y lo logró. Fundó el diario El Pueblo en Valencia, fue varias veces diputado a Cortes y se batió en duelo en reiteradas ocasiones. En uno de estos desafíos estuvo a punto de perder la vida, la bala le dio en la hebilla del cinturón, gracias a lo cual se salvó. Tuvo amores tormentosos.

En août 1937, le jeune Franz Huchel quitte ses montagnes de Haute-Autriche pour venir travailler à Vienne avec Otto Tresniek, buraliste unijambiste, bienveillant et caustique, qui ne plaisante pas avec l'éthique de la profession. Au Tabac Tresniek, se mêlent classes populaires et bourgeoisie juive de la Vienne des années trente. Si les rumeurs de la montée du national-socialisme et la lecture assidue de la presse font rapidement l'éducation politique du montagnard mal dégrossi, sa connaissance des femmes, elle, demeure très lacunaire. Ne sachant à quel saint se vouer avec Anezka, la jeune artiste de cabaret dont il est éperdument amoureux, il va chercher conseil auprès du "docteur des fous", Sigmund Freud en personne, client du tabac et grand fumeur de havanes, qui habite à deux pas.

Elle m'a sauvé la vie en m'offrant le plus fascinant des destins. J'avais 14 ans, j'allais être éliminé en tant qu'attardé mental, mais grâce à elle on m'a pris pour un génie précoce. J'étais gardien de vaches et je suis devenu le bras droit de plusieurs prix Nobel. Cette héroïne de l'ombre, d'autres l'ont fait passer pour la pire des criminelles. Je n'ai que quelques heures pour tenter de la réhabiliter.

Brillant fox-terrier capable de communiquer en messages codés, Sirius émigre aux Etats-Unis avec la famille Liliencron, qui fuit l'Allemagne nazie. Arrivé à Hollywood, il devient la coqueluche des studios Warner Bros. et s'acoquine avec les plus grands : Rita Hayworth, Billy Wilder, John Wayne et Cary Grant n'ont plus de secrets pour lui !

India, 1940. And Rosie is devastated by the sudden death of her beloved mother. The parties, smiles, and games disappear, and although Rosie is desperate to stay in her home, her father cannot look after her. All alone in the world, she is sent to Sri Lanka to live with her mother’s friend Silvia and her three sons. Time passes, and Rosie flourishes in her new home amongst the mango trees and canna lilies. And one day, under the heat of the Sri Lankan sun, she falls in love for the first time. But her happiness is short lived, for the brutal war is creeping closer.

Award-winning author Steve Yarbrough has garnered widespread critical acclaim for his rich, powerful novels of the South. Kirkus Reviews calls Prisoners of War “thoroughly impressive.” In 1943, as German prisoners work the plantations of Mississippi delta country, Dan Timms roves the area selling goods for his uncle. Dan’s partner is L.C., a young black man. In a land where men dream of escape, the true danger for L.C. is the very society surrounding him.

Stan Mullens is an American mercenary in the Congo who sees himself as a good guy with a bad job. Stan's self-assigned mission to protect his long time brother-in-arms, Frank, takes a serious hit when their boss sends them on an unsupported mission into the jungle to track and kill Tonde Chiora, a former company employee accused of stealing vital company mining technology. As their mission takes them deep into the violent heart of the Congo, Stan soon discovers that his victim hasn't done anything to warrant being murdered.

Gina Perini manages a bookstore in one of San Francisco's most lively neighborhoods. Although she thrives in her world of books, her harrowing escape from the war in the Balkans years earlier remains fresh in her mind. There are still those who are searching for her and who are intent on vengeance. Gina suddenly gets news that someone from her past is still alive - someone she had given up hope of finding. This sets in motion a chain of events that will stretch across the country and push her love and resourcefulness to the limit.

Berlino, 9 luglio del 1944. Il tenente colonnello Martin Bora, ex agente dell'Abwehr, il servizio segreto della Wehrmacht, è in arrivo dal fronte italiano. Ha ottenuto una licenza - con sua sorpresa considerato lo sforzo bellico - per partecipare ai funerali dello zio, un illustre clinico in rotta con il regime nazista. Voci indiscrete sul suicidio dello zio, strenuo oppositore del progetto medico nazista "vite inutili", lo insospettiscono. E intorno, incontri che sembrano provocazioni gli fanno percepire qualcosa di strano nell'atmosfera.

Claymore Straker is trying to forget a violent past. Working as an oil company engineer in the wilds of Yemen, he is hijacked at gunpoint by Islamic terrorists. Clay has a choice: help uncover the cause of a mysterious sickness afflicting the village of Al Urush, close to the company's oil-processing facility, or watch Abdulkader, his driver and close friend, die.

They call it The Green Hell. A maze of tangled jungle, the planet Makaum is one of the most dangerous places in the universe. And for Terran Military Master Sergeant Frank Sage, it is now home.The war between the Terrans and the Phrenorians rages, and both sides have their sights set on Makaum. If the planet's rich resources fall into enemy hands, it could mean devastation for the Terran army.

Ein besetztes Land im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Der Winter will kein Ende nehmen. Frank wächst als Sohn einer Prostituierten auf. Der 18-Jährige ist ein Kind seiner Zeit, geprägt von Täuschung und Verrat, nach Erfahrungen hungernd. Aus reiner Langeweile wird er zum Mörder. Als er schließlich begreift, was er getan hat, und mit sich selbst ins Gericht geht, ist es zu spät. Ein großer, unerbittlicher Roman über die Frage, wie das Böse in die Welt kommt. Meisterlich entwirft Simenon eine Welt, in der die Regeln des menschlichen Miteinanders außer Kraft gesetzt sind.

A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war for a planet devastated by climate change In their novel 2034, decorated military officers and award-winning authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis imagined a war between the US and China. In their follow-up novel...

Claymore Straker is a fugitive with a price on his head. He's wanted by the CIA for acts of terrorism he did not commit; his best friend has just been murdered; and Rania, the woman he loves, has disappeared. Betrayed by those closest to him, he must flee the sanctuary of his safe house in Cornwall and track her down.

With the Shaitan War at an end, Lieutenant Commander Shawn "Calvin" Hobbs was able to finally complete the task given him by the long-lost Progenitors. Unfortunately, rather than getting a reward, the Progenitors’ rod was trapped, and it called the Progenitors’ ancient Enemy instead. Calvin and the crew of the Vella Gulf have now been given a choice - prepare the galaxy’s civilizations for the Enemy’s cull or become the first victims of that cull. Calvin has overcome insurmountable odds before, however, and the crew of the Vella Gulf decides to fight.