At first Marc doesn't want to believe Renny is a shapeshifter, but his curiosity and desire to help outweighs his caution. It feels good to lie to the soldiers. Better to see the heat in Renny's eyes. One night together makes Marc realize he wants more from life than hot coals and ...
That is where our soldiers are sent when they come back from Russia with legs, hands, noses and ears frozen off. Even morphia is no use for pains like theirs. But I’ll give you a bit of advice: you haven’t seen anything, you haven’t heard anything and as for me I certainly ha...
The training was tough and while the initial soldiers were almost at quitting point they did persevere, more out of bloody-mindedness than anything, but it also brought them together as a close-knit group. Knowing that everyone in the unit has your back and that you don’t have to second ...
Alex Kershaw tells the true story of four of the most decorated soldiers in US history, from the deserts of North Africa to the dark heart of Nazi Germany. The First Wave In time for the eightieth anniversary of D Day, Kershaw recounts the incredibly inspiring story of the key warriors wh...
but the only strikingly admirable human behavior is the loyalty among the young men. They have the kind of ties that are created in all one-generation masculine cultures like soldiers at war, or the boys raised separate from their mothers and sisters to become radical jihadists– or, of cours...
What weapons had they used, had the soldiers used, how had that block of concrete ended up there, and that sheet of metal there, and who had died? And how many were arrested? […] If Israel was ‘the inside’ then that made this, the West Bank, an outside, a borderland, a neith...
one of many who’s gone missing; her daughter Jujube, who spends her days catering to Japanese soldiers; and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, hidden away for her own safety. An epic historical novel that’s both propulsive and poignant—expect to see this one about town.–Eliza Smith, special...
Back in WW2 there was an American soldiers training camp in Warwick. They would come into town for a few quiet ones at the Criterion on weekends. One weekend was not so quiet and a kerfuffle with the locals ensued. The local police sergeant arrived some time afterwards and to break up th...
author and his part in the resistance. The 'runner' of the title refers to the elite band of men who knew the Cretan landscape well enough to escape detection by the Germans as they carried messages, smuggled arms and led Allied soldiers through land heavily populated with German soldiers. ...
There’s a lot to learn about in history; the wars, the renaissance, the edge of modernity and power of religion. All Quiet on the Western Front takes us to a time of war, and into the minds of the German soldiers during World War 1. First there was the enthusiastic delight in fight...