Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Guerra y ejército

Il suo regno nasce nella menzogna e nella corruzione, eppure sarà lui a condurre Roma alla gloria imperitura, sconfiggendo nemici impavidi e progetti espansionistici e scrivendo un'epopea mirabolante, nella quale si intrecciano aspirazione e brama di potere, sangue e passione, amore e desideri inconfessabili. La sua nascita è avvenuta sotto il segno glorioso dell'aquila. Il suo nome significa "destinato a regnare".

Non appena in Occidente si sparse la voce della prossima uscita della flotta turca, papa Pio V decise che quella era l'occasione buona per realizzare un progetto che sognava da tempo: l'unione delle potenze cristiane per affrontare gli infedeli in mare con forze schiaccianti, e mettere fine una volta per tutte alla minaccia che gravava sulla Cristianità. Quando divenne sempre più evidente che la tempesta era destinata a scaricarsi su Cipro, il vecchio inquisitore divenuto pontefice, persecutore accanito di ebrei ed eretici, volle affrettare i tempi." È la primavera del 1570.

Shaking off this label, a shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy on HMS Justinian. In action, adventure, and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.

Abandoned after months of captivity, Julius Caesar gathers recruits that he will forge into a unit powerful enough to gain vengeance on his captors. But soon a new crisis threatens: a gladiator named Spartacus.

It has been over a decade since Andrew Keane's Union regiment was mysteriously pulled away from the Civil War and marooned in time on a hostile alien planet. But now it appears as if everything the Lost Regiment has fought and died for has been in vain.

Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.

El Cerro Rico de Potosí, emperador de todos los montes, pirámide de todos los minerales, palacio de todos los tesoros... Es hoy un vertedero de escombros que amenaza con derrumbarse sobre los diez mil mineros que entran todos los días. "Potosí" fue el escenario de los conquistadores españoles que acumularon la plata, de los barones mineros que instauraron el primer capitalismo boliviano, de la revolución de 1952, de las masacres militares y de la última guerrilla del Che.

Arrastrados por los efectos de un fenómeno astrofísico, cinco amigos -César, Edurne, Nicolás, Roi y Tomás- , son transportados desde una recreación histórica hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Y allí, en 1940, descubrirán que la representación en el siglo XXI en la que participaban, no los había preparado para afrontar el convulsionado escenario de la más destructiva de las guerras.

Arrastrados por los efectos de un fenómeno astrofísico, cinco amigos --César, Edurne, Nicolás, Roi y Tomás--, son transportados desde una recreación histórica hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Y allí, en 1940, descubrirán que la representación en el siglo XXI en la que participaban, no los había preparado para afrontar el convulsionado escenario de la más destructiva de las guerras.

One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine de Thiry when he crashes near her home. Soon after, Centaine finds herself alone and carrying Michael's child and must travel across the ocean to join his family in South Africa. But no journey is ever simple, and a pregnant Centaine finds herself shipwrecked in shark-infested waters off Africa's notorious Skeleton Coast, a deadly swim away from the sun-bleached desert that will see her defenceless and alone.

King and country. No matter the cost. With the backing of his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, young Leon Courtney joins the King's Rifles of Nairobi. When he becomes discouraged by the dishonesty of army life, his uncle recruits him for a special mission - spying on the Germans in East Africa, whom the General suspects are preparing for the Kaiser's war. Posing as a professional game hunter, Leon is tasked with gathering information on one of his clients, wealthy industrialist Otto Von Meerbach.

Centaine de Thiry Courtney has not only survived but thrived. A successful woman with two sons of her own: Shasa Courtney, the Courtney heir, and Manfred de la Rey, Shasa's half brother, her secret child raised solely by his father. At the time of the Great Depression, Centaine must make difficult decisions to ensure the security of her family - decisions that will affect Manfred and his father, Lothar de la Rey, a man Centaine once loved. But the world is changing, and conflicts greater than any the world has seen before are looming.

The year is 1968: The Cold War is far from over, and nuclear annihilation is always only a heartbeat away. America is racing the Soviet Union to land men on the moon, a war is raging, and a pivotal presidential election looms on the horizon. A child of the early space age, Lieutenant Scott Ourecky joined the air force with aspirations of going to flight school.

Esta vez, Blanca Miosi se adentra en el oscuro mundo del terrorismo y crea un personaje inolvidable: Kevin Stooskopf. Una novela que nació inspirada en los cientos de soldados que desde Afghanistán leían sus novelas a través del Kindle y se comunicaban con ella por email. El rastreador se mueve entre la pasión por un amor imposible y el apego al deber en un escenario conflictivo en el que luchan dos religiones, dos pensamientos, y formas diferentes de ver el mundo.

At the mercy of the scheming Imperial Chamberlain, Cleander, Rufinus is dispatched to Dacia, a land of untamed beauty at the edge of the Roman world, with orders to investigate the two legionary commanders there for signs of treason. Uncertain what to expect from his mission, the two generals, or the land itself, Rufinus travels east with Senova and his faithful hound, Acheron. But machinations and skullduggery are afoot in Dacia, and the young praetorian is walking into the heart of empire-changing events.

Pharsalus, 48 BC: The battle will decide the fate of a civil war and empire. Caesar's forces are outnumbered, but he believes his veterans will not be outmatched. For one veteran, the centurion Lucius Oppius, the battle will be about revenge rather than glory. Oppius has vowed to avenge his father's death. His enemy is Flavius Laco - a former gladiator and an agent of Pompey the Great. Against the backdrop of one of Ancient History's most momentous battles two soldiers will wage their own personal war.

Britain. 179 AD. The centurion Rufus Atticus is intent on finding Gaius Maximus - a fugitive and friend. Whilst doing so, however, Atticus finds trouble - in the form of the brutal Meriadoc clan. The Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, wants to offer the former praetorian a pardon. Atticus also has important news for Maximus, which will change his life. But as well as offering the soldier a pardon, the Emperor has summoned Maximus to ask him to complete one final mission. He must venture into enemy territory and assassinate Balomar.

Emil Clément, conocido en Auschwitz como El Relojero, pasa desapercibido hasta que los nazis descubren que sabe jugar al ajedrez e instauran un torneo para subir la moral de los oficiales. Pronto corre la voz de que Emil es imbatible pero cuando llega a la partida final, los nazis no van a permitir que un judío les plante cara… Años más tarde, en 1962, Emil, es un jugador de ajedrez profesional, y se encuentra en Ámsterdam donde deberá volver a enfrentarse a un exoficial de las SS, rememorando todo lo que sucedió años atrás.

Rome, 51 BC: The centurion Lucius Oppius has left the battlefields of Gaul to venture to Rome. But he is about to discover the capital of the Empire can be every bit as dangerous as its provinces. Under orders from Caesar to secure an item of intelligence that will help him become a Consul again, Oppius is manipulated into taking part in a gladiatorial contest. The soldier must not only fight his enemies in the arena however. Marcus Porcius Cato warns "Caesar’s Champion" that victory inside the arena will bring death outside of it.

Ravenna, 50BC. Caesar’s forces stand upon the borders of Gaul and Italy. The prospect of a civil war grows ever likelier each day. But for the veteran soldier Lucius Oppius, this may be one conflict too far. With a new lover, he is tempted to end his long military career - and start a new life. But can any man truly be free of his past and who he is? In Rome, Cicero attempts to secure a peace. Against him, a powerful faction in the Senate is bent upon destroying Caesar, for personal and political reasons.