War Society

En un Londres devastado por las bombas y que empieza a recuperarse de las terribles heridas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Juliet Ashton, una joven escritora en busca de inspiración novelesca, recibe la carta de un desconocido llamado Dawsey Adams. El hombre, que vive en la isla de Guernsey, un pequeño enclave en el canal de la Mancha, está leyendo un libro de Charles Lamb que había pertenecido con anterioridad a Juliet.

In this beautiful American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation, the history of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II comes alive and is preserved in people’s own words.

Have you ever thought that maybe things aren’t as good as you thought they were? Take a look inside and explore the War on the West, the new and explosive guide from Neville Patrick Carter that takes a look at some of the key issues in the political and societal downfall that we are currently facing in countries like America, Australia and England. Carter takes a refreshing and new aged approach to analyze some of the big issues facing your ordinary citizen in the 21st century including free speech, social media and most importantly, the Emu War. Prepare yourself for memes and a guide ...

In this beautiful American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation, the history of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II comes alive and is preserved in people’s own words.

A child growing up in post-war London, the eldest of three girls, Naomi is the daughter of Jewish refugees from Hitler’s Germany. Each chapter describes facets of her life—the games she and her sisters play, her friendship with Jeannie, the non-Jewish girl next door, the family’s relations with the world around them, and the fine balance that has to be maintained between the life of orthodox Jews and the non-Jewish environment. In the course of the book we become familiar with Naomi’s somewhat warped imagination and the delicate situation in which she and her family live, on the ...

1914. The Imperial German Army is sweeping through Belgium. Quintrell, an English renegade freshly arrived from Africa and recently enlisted as a captain in the Belgian Army stumbles into the chaos of the British retreat after the fall of Mons. While avoiding old enemies and making new ones, Quintrell is coerced into taking command of a seemingly hopeless mission to rescue a German prince who wants nothing more than to see peace restored. All that stands between Quintrell and success are the traitors in his own ranks, hundreds of thousands of German soldiers, the Rhine, a formidable castle,...

A stellar graveyard hides a wondrous secret.The Sargasso: a vast, unclaimed region of galactic space that somehow traps passing starships into its mysterious veil. Only the bravest and most foolhardy of crews would dare venture into such a hazardous stellar graveyard to solve its deepest, darkest mysteries. In order to fulfill a matter of honor, the Nepenthe ventures into this dangerous sector to transport a group of religious pilgrims in search of their promised land. As they attempt to unlock the enigma of this strange and deadly area, the intrepid crew stumbles upon an amazing discovery:...

It’s 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer’s block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey - a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book - she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books - and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation.

Somewhere in deep space, a powerful ship awaits the one man who will fulfill his destiny.In command of the most notorious pirate outfit in known space, Captain Dangard is a mystery- a man without a past, until a stowaway triggers an event that reveals long buried secrets. Before the legend, a young military officer chose honor over duty. His actions led to betrayal and then exile to the worst prison imaginable. Within that forsaken world there were infinite ways to die, yet only one path led to freedom and ultimately, vengeance. For somewhere in the shadows of deep space, a black ship ...

A thrilling mix of espionage, danger, and the supernatural, The Vampire Spy box set follows Nora Kelly as she trades the backstreets of London for the shadowy world of spies. Book 1: The Vampire Spy When an English gentleman offers Nora Kelly a new life, she soon discovers her work involves more than intelligence gathering; after all, this elite team of spies also happen to be vampires. Once a woman of the night, now an agent of the crown, Nora joins Lord Alfred Covington’s elite team of vampires spies sworn to protect the Realm. Her first mission? Hunt down a ruthless adversary ...

Only a few months after the end of the Second World War, a new battle is beginning in the little village of Chawton. Once the final home of Jane Austen, the Chawton estate is dwindling and the last piece of Austen's heritage is at risk of being sold to the highest bidder.... Drawn together by their love of her novels, eight very different people - from a local farmer to a glamorous film star - must unite to attempt something remarkable.

In this dramatic and pause-resisting narrative history of Japanese Americans before, during, and after their World War II incarceration, Susan H. Kamei weaves the voices of more than 130 individuals who lived through this tragic episode, most of them as young adults.

Master of disguise, Adam Skelding, is a Pinkerton agent on assignment. His mission: Find the missing gold and stop the secretive Knights of the Golden Circle before they gain power and reignite the Civil War. The future of the country depends upon it. All Marilla Logan wanted was a way to escape from her life as a tavern wench. A dark stranger who breaks into her room offers her only chance. Swept up into a life of intrigue, she becomes ensnared in a tangled web of clues, danger, and emotion to break the code. Written in the same theme as Dan Brown's "DaVinci Code", ADAM'S TREASURE is sure ...

What makes a boy tick? Has our view of boys evolved as society has changed? Is boyishness in the genes or learned after birth? John Redwood shares with the reader his experiences as a young boy growing up in post War Britain when boys were told to be boys. With an unusually long memory of childhood stretching for him back into the pram he takes us through what it felt like to be a baby then a boy responding to the adult world around him. Sitting on a chair was an exercise in mountaineering. Trying those first steps instead of crawling fast around the floors were dogged by fears of falling ...

The American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the "shot heard 'round the world" to the Declaration of Independence, but the events that led up to the fighting at Lexington & Concord were borne out of 10 years of division between the British and their American colonies over everything from colonial representation in governments to taxation, the nature of searches, and the quartering of British regulars in private houses.

Imagine having everything taken away from you - permanently - with no hope of resuming a normal life. This is the case for many teenagers in America who are tried and convicted as adults for the crime of murder. Here Susan Kuklin takes you behind bars for frank interviews with a collection of young men who will spend the better part of their lives in jail. She lets them speak for themselves, providing the raw details of their incarceration and the anger, despair, and surprising hope they experience every day. Kuklin also provides an in-depth look at the American penal system, highlighting its many intricacies and inequities while focusing on capital cases involving juveniles.

Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. Her people have been rounded up in reconcentration camps, where there is always too little food and too much illness. Rosa knows how to heal sickness with medicines made from wild plants. But with a price on her head for helping the rebels, Rosa dares not go out in the open. Instead, she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.

Drawing from a wide array of materials, Ian C. Hope refutes earlier charges of a lack of professionalization in the antebellum American army and an overreliance on the teachings of Swiss military theorist Antoine de Jomini. Instead, Hope shows that inculcation in West Point's American military curriculum eventually came to provide the army with an officer corps that shared a common doctrine and common skill in military problem solving.

His Bid For Adventure When Bonaparte escapes Elba, Rian Becket sees his chance to at last prove himself his own man and not simply a part of the reclusive Becket family. He seeks adventure, the thrill of battle, and yes, his own place in the world. Her Reckless Pursuit Fanny Becket has adored her adopted brother since the day they both lost their parents and became part of the Beckets of Romney Marsh. Where he goes, she goes, even if that means placing herself in the line of fire. The Reluctant Conspirator Valentine Clement, Earl of Brede, has seen his share of fighting and knows there is ...

The Prodigal Returns… Rian Becket, believed killed at Waterloo, reluctantly returns to Becket Hall a year after the battle, maimed in body as well as spirit, and determined never to let life touch him, hurt him, again. But Not Alone… Beautiful, mysterious Lisette Beatty befriended Rian a month after he was injured, and has been his nurse, lover, and constant companion ever since, setting herself up as indispensable to the man, shielding him from his nightmares, helping him write his stories and poems. …In A World Of Strangers The reclusive Beckets do not easily accept strangers into ...