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After the Dance first appeared in 2004, 10 years after South Africa’s wildly enthusiastic embrace of freedom and democracy. Its value now, 15 years later, seems to be as a portrait of a new democracy that is losing its innocence. The optimism remains widespread, but the cracks, first hinted at in the 2004 edition, are beginning to show. The halcyon days of the Nelson Mandela presidency have slipped away too rapidly, replaced by early signs of that distinctive post-Uhuru pattern.

Delving into the vibrant history and beautiful culture of the South American continent, inside this guide you’ll be taken on a journey into the past, uncovering a richly woven story that has played out through the ages. From the time of the great Inca Empire to the foundation of the modern-day countries we know so well, this book unveils the secrets of South America like never before.

This collection of 20 essays and articles on mountaineering and adventure by David Roberts, selected from the published works of two decades, showcases one of the most highly regarded writers in the field. The articles are composed of three types: Adventures (Roberts' own climbs and outings), Profiles (other adventurers), and Reflections (meditative essays about the meaning of the whole business). Roberts ranges the globe (Africa, Alaska, New Guinea) and introduces unique personalities (Reinhold Messner, John Roskelly, Don Sheldon).

Blade.... Named for the razor-sharp bowies that never left his side, he was unmatched in size and strength. In post-nuclear America, he was the last hope of what was left of the civilized world. The freedom force... Six men trained in the art of killing; each was a perfect instrument of death. In a ravaged world crawling with mutants and savages, their talents were much in demand.

In nuked-out America, every fight was a fight to the death. The Technics, the dictatorial technocrats, had moved their base to Wisconsin, where they were turning men and women into mindless automatons who were slaves to the Technics' will. The Warriors were up against a city of zombies, only seconds away from becoming as helpless as the people they were trying to save!

In a world gone mad, the warrior’s anger kept them sane. With the Russians poised on the brink of success in genetic experimentation and Blade suddenly missing, the Warriors launch a rescue mission to post-nuclear holocaust Boston and find themselves in a trap.

One hundred years after WWIII.... The once-proud city of Dallas, Texas, was a hellhole crawling with rats, a haven for savage hordes of criminals and killers. Survival there was nearly impossible, but one faction thrived: the Chosen, an army of people whose bodies and minds had deteriorated from drinking water laced with chemical waste. Fierce and insane, they planned to contaminate the entire world with their lethal poison.

A century after the nuclear holocaust of World War III, Blade and the Warriors must invade Soviet-occupied Cincinnati to destroy the Russians' new superweapon and prevent them from wiping out the entire Freedom Federation.

Isolated survivors of World War III, they huddled together for safety, surrounded by savage barbarians and bizarre, deadly mutants. The Warriors must stop the tyrant who inhabits Elvis Presley's Graceland 100 years after World War III.

After the nuclear holocaust, New York City became a zombie-ridden chaos where no sane man would willingly go. But Blade and his men had to venture into the fallen metropolis. For a renowned scientist claimed the solution to the world’s food shortage lay hidden beneath the city, and he needed them to find it. If the warriors succeeded in their quest, there would be shouts of joy - if they failed, the world would die without a whimper.

NY Times bestselling author David L. Robbins, called “the Homer of World War II,” creates a blazing and personal narrative of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Viewed from multiple characters on all sides of the events, The Shortest Road depicts and explores the great conflict that resonates even today in the Middle East. Here is the fight for survival, the contest for land and freedom, and the tragedies of the warrior, the simple citizen, and the refugee—what the Palestinians have come to call the Nakba, the Catastrophe.

The battle at Stalingrad during World War II has been called the bloodiest campaign in the history of war. Success was measured in meters, and corpses piled high amid the charred wreckage of the Russian city. In this grisly setting, David L. Robbins stages an unforgettable contest. On the Russian side is Zaitsev, the Hare, who has been trained since childhood in hunting and tracking. As a sniper, he kills a German with each bullet. Berlin has sent its best marksman, the Headmaster, to find and kill the Hare. The Headmaster's accuracy is phenomenal, and his cunning is legendary.

Världen är ödelagd och överallt håller civilisationen på att utplånas. Det finns en utpost kvar, Frihetsfederationen, är under konstant press men lyckas hålla ute alla hot. Men snart kommer det fram att Sovjet lyckats placera en spion i civilisationens mitt, en inkräktare som långsamt försöker montera ner systemet. Blade sätts på uppdraget att hitta motståndaren - och inte visa någon nåd... Efter att ett kärnvapenkrig lagt världen i ruiner försöker ett fåtal överlevande klara sig i det postapokalyptiska helvete som återstå av jorden.

In the tradition of epic novels like Exodus and Cast a Giant Shadow, Isaac’s Beacon is a sweeping historical tale based on the real events of Israel’s founding - bringing alive the power and complexities of the birth of the Jewish state out of the ashes of the Holocaust. Best-selling author David L. Robbins, called “the Homer of World War II”, turns his mastery of the historical novel to another defining moment of the 20th century: the birth of the state of Israel.