Soldiers Live
Title | Soldiers Live PDF eBook |
Author | Glen Cook |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2007-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1429911115 |
Glen Cook's epic fantasy noir Chronicles of the Black Company continues with Soldiers Live. When sorcerers and demigods go to war, those wars are fought by mercenaries, "dog soldiers," grunts in the trenches. And the stories of those soldiers are the stories of Glen Cook's hugely popular "Black Company" novels. If the Joseph Heller of Catch-22 were to tell the story of The Lord of the Rings, it might read like the Black Company books. There is nothing else in fantasy like them. Now, at last, Cook brings the "Glittering Stone" cycle within the Black Company series to an end . . . but an end with many other tales left to tell. As Soldiers Live opens, Croaker is military dictator of all the Taglias, and no Black Company member has died in battle for four years. Croaker figures it can't last. He's right. For, of course, many of the Company's old adversaries are still around. Narayan Singh and his adopted daughter--actually the offspring of Croaker and the Lady--hope to bring about the apocalyptic Year of the Skulls. Other old enemies like Shadowcatcher, Longshadow, and Howler are also ready to do the Company harm. And much of the Company is still recovering from the fifteen years many of them spent in a stasis field. Then a report arrives of an evil spirit, a forvalaka, that has taken over one of their old enemies. It attacks them at a shadowgate--setting off a chain of events that will bring the Company to the edge of apocalypse and, as usual, several steps beyond. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
No Greater Love
Title | No Greater Love PDF eBook |
Author | Freddie Valenzuela |
Publisher | BookPros, LLC |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0979027586 |
No Greater Love is essential reading for both American civilians and past, present, and future military personnel. Written by Major General Freddie Valenzuela, who has served all over the world and throughout several wars, this book offers eye-opening discussions of:* Challenges faced by Hispanic soldiers in the U.S. Army.* The life and burial of the very first casualty of the Iraq War.* The relatively unknown lives of the other twenty-one casualties that General Valenzuela buried.* Advice for current and future soldiers in moving up the ranks in their military careers.* Life in a military family, as revealed through firsthand accounts by the general's wife and children.* And many other topics affecting today's soldiers.
Soldiers' Lives Through History - The Middle Ages
Title | Soldiers' Lives Through History - The Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Clifford J. Rogers |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2007-04-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Part of the 'Soldiers' Lives Through History' series, this book vividly brings to life the soldier in the Middle Ages, from Scotland to Portugal, and the Mediterranean to the Baltic. All aspects of soldiers' lifes, including weaponry, clothing, medicine, transport, and more, are examined.
Water Sleeps
Title | Water Sleeps PDF eBook |
Author | Glen Cook |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 2000-03-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780812555349 |
The survivors of the Black Company attempt to rescue some of their cohorts, long imprisoned.
A Soldier's Story
Title | A Soldier's Story PDF eBook |
Author | Raful Eitan |
Publisher | SP Books |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781561710942 |
This autobiography of one of Israel's most controversial military and political leaders offers an insider's view of Israel's military strategies and includes vivid descriptions of their most dramatic and historical battles. "Battle-scarred, he (Eitan) is living testimony to Israel's struggle for survival".--Yitzhak Rabin, former Defense Minister & Prime Minister of Israel. Photographs.
Eisenhower
Title | Eisenhower PDF eBook |
Author | Carlo D'Este |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 1272 |
Release | 2015-11-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1627799613 |
The acclaimed biographer presents an intimate and comprehensive portrait of the legendary president and WWII general: “An excellent book.” —The Washington Post Book World Born into hardscrabble poverty in rural Kansas, the son of stern pacifists, Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to make it. Yet he went on to become one of America’s most important military leaders. Then, on the wings of victory, the career soldier ascended to the nation’s highest political office. Casting new light on this profound evolution, Carlo D’Este chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander. With full access to private papers and letters, D’Este has exposed for the first time the countless myths that have surrounded Eisenhower and his family for over fifty years. In this revealing biography, he identifies the complex and contradictory character behind Ike’s famous grin and air of calm self-assurance.
A Soldier's Life in the Civil War
Title | A Soldier's Life in the Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Peter F. Copeland |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2001-06-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780486415444 |
Well-researched coloring book dramatically captures the danger, hardships, tedium, and lighter moments in the life of a Civil War soldier. 45 realistically rendered illustrations depict new recruits saying good-bye to loved ones, trying on uniforms, spending a relaxed evening in camp, posing for a photographer, facing a cavalry attack, and much more.