The best-selling novelist exposes the inner workings of thenuclear submarine, the core of America's nuclear arsenal, usingpreviously unrevealed diagrams and photographs along with formerlytop-secret information. 500,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Case one: A little girl goes missing in the night. Case two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to amaniac's apparently random attack. Case three: A new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of herown making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband -until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape. Thirty years after the first incident, as private investigatorJackson Brodie begins investigating all three cases, startlingconnections and discoveries emerge . . .

A madman brutally murders two men-both with ties to an uglysecret shared by Lieutenant Eve Dallas' new husband, Roarke.

In this epic showdown from one of the best crime novelists alive(Dennis Lehane), police rookie Derek Strange tries to help hisbrother, a Vietnam vet with a disability pension and a drugproblem. But Washington, D.C., like the rest of the country, soonreels from the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Enter into the mysterious world of ancient Egypt and learn about its structures and rituals that still amaze us today, from the great Step Pyramid to the mummification of pharaohs.

On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war.Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at firsthand the immense destructive power of the French Revolutionaryarmies which swept across Europe between 1792 and 1815. Hisresponse was to write a comprehensive text covering every aspect ofwarfare. On War is both a philosophical and practical work in whichClausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates thequalities of the great commander, assesses the relative strengthsof defensive and offensive warfare, and - in highly controversialpassages - considers the relationship between war and politics. Hisarguments are illustrated with vivid examples drawn from thecampaigns of Frederick the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte. For thestudent of society as well as the military historian, On Warremains a compelling and indispensable source.

Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam tells thestory of the most highly classified United States covert operativesto serve in the war: The Studies and Observations Group, code-namedSOG. Comprised ofvolunteers from such elite military units as theArmy's Green Berets, the USAF Air Commandos, and Navy SEALs, SOGagents answered directly to the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs, with somemissions requiring approval from the White House. Now for the firsttime, the dangerous assignments of this top-secret unit can at lastbe revealed!

在线阅读本书 When Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indiantown of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular andprejudiced British community. Determined to explore the realIndia', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial DrAziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurswhile they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and thewell-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandalthat rouses violent passions among both the British and theirIndian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip ofimperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate ofindividuals caught between the great political and culturalconflicts of the modern world.

In 1986, Charles Henderson first published Marine Sniper-theincredible story of Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, whose 93confirmed kills in Vietnam have never been matched by any sniperbefore or since. Now, the incredible story of a remarkable Marine continues-withharrowing, never-before-published accounts of courage andperseverance. These are the powerful stories of a man who rose togreatness not for personal gain or glory, but for duty and honor. Arare inside look at the U.S. Marine's most challenging missions-andthe one man who made military history.

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Lod Airport, Israel: Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N.conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East.Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planescarry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignitaries -- and abomb planted by a terrorist mastermind. Suddenly they're forced to crash-land at an ancient desert site.Here, with only a handful of weapons, the men and women of thepeace mission must make a desperate stand against an army of crackPalestinian commandos -- while the Israeli authorities desperatelyattempt a rescue mission. In a land of blood and tears, in awindswept place called Babylon, it will be a battle of bullets andcourage, and a war to the last death.

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