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The forces of the Warsaw Pact storm west over the Inner German Border and unleash devastation on the first days of the conflict. Among the NATO defenders of West Germany are Captain Kurt Mohr and his company of Leopard tanks. Outgunned and outnumbered, the men must conduct vital delaying operations until reinforcements can mobilize to stop the communists in their tracks.

Dark conspiracies bubble to the surface as war and zealotry spread across the empire. Old alliances are shattered, new vendettas are born, and all peoples - citizen and slave alike - must endure the ravages of storm and steel. 

Dark conspiracies bubble to the surface as war and zealotry spread across the empire. Old alliances are shattered, new vendettas are born, and all peoples - citizen and slave alike - must endure the ravages of storm and steel. 

Pendragon is dead, and now Abel is thrust into the position of a true sorcerer, ruler of a demesne! It would help if he had any idea what that meant, apart from apparently having the power of life and death over the thousands of unsuspecting non-magicals living there. It's time for Abel to come clean, and tell the Tavern just who he is, and what his blood link means. The sorcerous and church communities know the Master of Castle House has claimed a demesne, now they want to find out more.

Heading south to lands he once considered his home, Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy and slavery when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl. Embarking onto the wind-tossed seas, Beobrand pursues his quarry with single-minded tenacity. But the Whale Road is never calm and his journey is beset with storms, betrayal and violence. As the winds of his wyrd blow him ever further from what he knows, will Beobrand find victory on his quest or has his luck finally abandoned him?

Mens stormen Ophelia raser over New York City, bliver seks mennesker, deres familie, venner og millioner af newyorkere omkring dem fanget i de frygtelige oversvømmelser, der følger. Den succesfulde indretningsdesigner Ellen Wharton flyver ind fra London for at besøge sin mor, Grace. Men da katastrofen rammer, bliver de to kvinder tvunget ud på en farefuld færd for at redde sig i sikkerhed. Den britiske investeringsrådgiver Charles Williams er på forretningsrejse og vil besøge sine døtre, som bor hos hans ekskone i byen.

A routine sentry mission discovers a human colony where only bones remain, and the hostiles are nowhere to be found. Days later a fusion bomb devastates the defending forces on the desert planet Squire. Hordes of the insectoid Kadan flood the planet with the technology of the ancient Emflife. They advance to crush the human lines but stop just short of victory. Colonel Cole Clarke and his battalion of convicts must discover what the Kadan are really doing.

The War Collection: Essential Battlefield Classics is a collection of 13 works of fiction, philosophy, military strategy, and epic poetry, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are novels from Ernest Hemingway; military strategy from Sun Tzu and Carl von Clausewitz; essays from Orwell; philosophy from Freud, and epic poetry from Homer, amongst much more.

Diez años atrás, Calamity irrumpió en la ciudad en la forma de una explosión en el cielo que otorgó a algunos seres poderes extraordinarios. A estos se los empezó a llamar Épicos, y pronto subyugaron a la población empleando sus increíbles poderes con el afán de gobernar la voluntad de los hombres y conquistar el mundo.

Orlun and Rurig have been married for a long time. Things may have gotten a little less exciting after having three children together, but it’s their life, and they wouldn’t trade it for anything else. So when a civil war threatens to tear apart their home and has them both working with the city’s militia, they’re not exactly happy about it.

In the second volume of bestselling author Gerald N. Lund's explosive new series, the Eckhardt family finds that the turmoil in their lives will only increase as they try to move forward in a nation divided. Sergeant Hans Eckhardt has been discharged from his military service and wants nothing more than to start a new life with a career and a family, but the unrest swallowing his homeland seems determined to stop him.

When a sudden blackout plunges the city into darkness, twelve-year-old Aria feels something warm stirring inside her hands—an unfamiliar glow that flickers like a living flame. As fear spreads throughout the neighborhood, the light inside her grows stronger, responding not to strength, but to intention and kindness. With her best friend Lia and the guidance of Mr. Dawson, Aria learns that this “stormlight” can guide, soothe, and protect.

In the wake of a horrific Union attack, millions are dead. Reiter must assume command of his regiment for the largest operation yet. Their target: to retake the provincial capital of Pulaski and open up the Union homeland to invasion. His soldiers are exhausted from countless battles, but the hope of liberating their homes inspires them to press on. Everything is on the line. If the Tharcians cannot retake their capital, then it's unlikely they'll have another shot.

Er sagte, er würde mich vernichten, und das hat er auch. Ich mag die Schlacht verloren haben, aber der Krieg ist noch lange nicht vorbei. Man sagt, den König zu entthronen, beginnt mit einem Zug. Niemand hat erwähnt, dass er mich auf dem Weg nach unten mitreißen wird.

In the 1960s and '70s, class struggle surged in US industrial cities. Many leftists joined these struggles by going to work in the nation’s factories; among them was Noel Ignatiev. He labored in different factories during this period, and this memoir came from his experiences as an electrician in the blast furnace division of US Steel Gary Works. His firsthand account reveals the day-to-day workings of white supremacy, patriarchy, and the exploitation of labor. More so, though, we see the seeds of a new society sown in the workers’ on-the-job resistance.