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In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.

America's largest cities are in flames. Its majestic landmarks are in ruins. Oceans and boundaries offer no protection. It is the first sophisticated, intelligently planned, and utterly ruthless terrorist campaign waged on U.S. soil. As national leaders, armies, and artificial intelligence strive to win the unconventional war, two men--once friends, now adversaries to the death--race to a decisive confrontation.

Rootless and heartbroken Stephen Wraysford joins the army at the outbreak of World War I. He and his men are given the assignment to tunnel under the German lines and set off bombs. The comaraderie, love, and loyalty of the soldiers contrasts with the horrors of the underground, air, and trench warfare.

Although the king and queen give her a big birthday party, nobody except a young organ grinder and his monkey really cares whether the princess is enjoying herself.

Driven by the memory of a fallen teammate, TSU's 1941 starting lineup went down as legend in Montana football history, charging through the season undefeated. Two years later, the "Supreme Team" is caught up in World War II. Ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's various lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine hungry for heroes. He is to chronicle...

Three young women in Israel are conscripted into the army and struggle to stay friends as they see their lives change in unpredictable ways.

For five hundred years the immortal Children of the Light, einherjar and valkyrie, have lived together in the North of Valdyrgard. But one dreadful day a woman is washed up from the sea, a Lady who is no mortal, though she is not valkyrie either. Thu

This is the book that continues the story of "Casablanca" and Rick and Ilsa, Sam etc.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed comes the World War II legend of American gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano. "Jack Higgins is the master." —Tom Clancy It's 1943 and war is raging. The key to America and the Allies' first assault on Nazi-occupied Europe is the island of Sicily. But it is unknown whether the Sicilian people are willing to rise up and fight alongside the Allies. To secure their help, the U.S. military...

Rick Atkinson, covering the 101st Airborne Division for "The Washington Post," presents a revealing portrait of the soldiers who fight the expeditionary conflicts that have become the hallmark of our age.