In Gone for Soldiers , Jeff Shaara carries us back 15 years before the momentous conflict he has so brilliantly chronicled, to a time when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the ... more »

Vers la fin du mois de mai 1619 trois bâtiments hollandais, le Nieuw- Zeeland, capitaine Pierre Thysz, le Enekuisen, capitaine Jean Jansz, et le Nieuw-Hoorn, capitaine Bontekoe, après avoir doublé le cap de Bonne Espérance sans le toucher, rangèrent, par un temps magnifique, la terre de Natal... more »

It is 1613 and Heidelberg greets the dawn of a promising, magical age as it welcomes a beautiful English princess. But the promise is false and soon all of central Europe writhes in rebellion and war. Wind Time, Wolf Time follows the lives of two sisters and two brothers as they struggle to survive in ... more »

4 cassettes 4 hours Read by Stephen Lang The story of Gods and Generals begins with Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels . A native of New Jersey, Michael Shaara grew to be an adventurous young man: over the years, he found work as a sailor, a paratrooper, a ... more »

Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced-the 1918 flu epidemic-Thomas Mullen's powerful, sweeping first novel is a tale of morality in a time of upheaval. Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small mill town called Commonwealth ... more »

Product Info King of the Romans takes place at the end of the Roman Empire. more »

BROTHERS IN ARMS Joseph and Liam Carrigan may have the same strong Irish blood running in their veins, but the similarity ends there. Where Joseph is level-headed and forthright, Liam is temperamental and roguish. After fighting on opposing sides in the Civil War, they reunite to head west in search ... more »

September 1939. As Warsaw falls to Hitler's Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros ... more »

A neuf heures du matin, le capitaine Aréna vint nous prévenir que notre bâtiment était prêt et n'attendait plus que nous pour mettre à la voile. nous quittâmes aussitôt l'hôtel, et nous nous rendîmes sur le port. La veille, nous avions été visiter la maison des fous : qu'on nous permette de jeter ... more »

Es ist die Zeit der römischen Eroberungen, die Zeit Augustus'. Ganze Volksstämme werden von den Römern unterworfen. Elin und Fionna, die Töchter des Stammesführers der Rigusken, eines rätischen Volksstammes, werden vom Weisen ausgebildet - Elin zur Stammestocher und Fionna zu einer Priesterin der gro ... more »

The Valley of the Kings, 1907. Journey on a perilous adventure into antiquity with Amelia Peabody, fiction's most beloved archaeologist, and her captivating cohorts. Ape has it all -- exotic scenery, brazen tomb robbers, stolen treasures, vengeful gods, a mysterious cult -- and a ruthless, remorseless ... more »

In Horace Bell's viewpoint, L.A. beckoned with love and police work. Also, he could study for the Bar. Violence brought his rapid retribution. For Paulette Bovierre, with a lost love in France, Horace Bell had a promising future. She was pure strength in adversity. In Don Tomas Sanchez's viewpoint, L ... more »