In a near-future world tilting toward collapse, For Every Atom follows an engineer's journey from the center of innovation to the limits of human existence.Ted Riddell is exactly where he's supposed to be, a top engineer in his company's cutting-edge Gadgets division, living a life of code, comfort, and carefully managed detachment. But when Bentley (they, them, theirs), the enigmatic, brilliant architect of the company's Mass Storage division, summons him to an off-the-re...

The Blue House raid was a lesser-known conflict of the Vietnam era that played out in Korea, testing American and South Korean resolve when North Korea launched a daring attack to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung-hee in his residence near Seoul. However, this novel of the same name is more than a description of a failed incursion. The author, a former U.S. Army soldier who spent 13 months along the DMZ, develops fictional characters who enable a grander weave of the relationsh...

This collection of previously published stories highlights the resilience of the human spirit when faced with threats to well-being and survival.The first seven stories focus on soldiers and their experiences. In "Azaleas," a veteran in war-torn Korea grapples with his future. "A Joke for Chong" offers a brief snapshot of life on the front lines. "Class of '65" reflects on the aftermath of a fatal firefight. Both "Men at War" and "Low Speed Jet" delve into life on the home front du...

Carmine Perrino, 20 anni, fante mitragliere nel Regio Esercito, precipita come tanti nel vortice terribile dei “quarantacinque giorni” cruciali della storia italiana contemporanea, dal 25 luglio all’Armistizio dell’8 settembre 1943, in cui tutto crolla: il Regime fascista, lo Stato, la monarchia, le Forze Armate e la vecchia idea di Patria inculcata nel Ventennio. Mandato in servizio sull’Isola d’Elba, considerata da Mussolini «la Sentinella dell'Impero» per le sue poderose fortificazioni,...

La più grande festa dopo il Big Bang? Lo Swim Party del liceo Corso di Correggio. Ce lo descrive Riccardo, uno degli organizzatori, tra aspettative per il futuro e memorie del passato, tra desideri e nostalgia, riportando ciascuno di noi ai propri diciotto anni.Swim Party, la festa in piscina alla fine dell’anno scolastico, l’occasione più attesa dai ragazzi del liceo Corso di Correggio.Riccardo, rappresentante di istituto e organizzatore dell’evento, si appresta a v...

Il duro attacco aereo inglese alle navi della Regia Marina italiana nel porto di Taranto, nella notte fra l'11 e il 12 novembre 1940, è vissuto e narrato in prima persona dal sergente di Marina Gaetano Paglia, in servizio alla Base Navale.La tensione che precede il temuto attacco, i preparativi e le polemiche sulle difese inadeguate della Base e dell'intera flotta, si intrecciano, per Gaetano, con la riscoperta critica della città, della sua storia e le sue trasformazioni – che egli...

In un diario inedito ritrovato a Parigi, il generale Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos, protagonista di primo piano della Rivoluzione francese e autore del libro-scandalo Les liaisons dangereuses, racconta in prima persona le esperienze del suo ultimo viaggio in Italia. Inviato a Taranto da Napoleone Bonaparte in missione segreta per organizzare le difese della piazzaforte e preparare la seconda occupazione francese, egli vi muore il 5 settembre 1803.Con una serr...

Le développement international est un territoire contesté. À cause de l’aggravation des écarts entre le Nord et le Sud, de l’accroissement de la pauvreté mondiale et de l’urgence écologique, de nouveaux défis sociétaux émergent, s’accumulent et conduisent à des besoins criants qu’une aide internationale parvient de moins en moins à combler.Malgré ces tensions, des communautés du Nord et du Sud tentent de reprendre les choses en main et de réinventer le développement autour de princ...

The April 21, 1948 attempted murder of CIO/UAW President Walter Reuther brought about a massive manhunt in the Detroit, Michigan area. The city council and police force worked in tandem with Mayor Toy, who rounded up all known Communists in the Wayne County region. Reuther was shot through his kitchen window as he and his wife were getting ready for bed. My e-book looks at the era and the men who were arrested for the crime some six years later.

Family secrets, terrorist plots and the return of a legendary cop: a ferociously paced noir thriller from one of Italy's top crime writers, and the second book in Pushkin Press's collaboration with Walter PresentsAnnibale Canessa didn't want to go back to his old life. When everything went wrong in 1984, he traded his brutal, exciting career in the Carabinieri for paradise in San Fruttuoso. He started swimming in the bay at dawn and helping his elderly aunt run a s...

The second book in the Walter Presents library: a ferociously paced noir thriller of family secrets and terrorist plots from one of Italy's top crime writers Annibale Canessa was a legend: the most notorious cop during Italy's brutal Years of Lead, he hunted down terrorist suspects with unmatched ferocity. But then the fighting stopped, and suddenly Canessa was a soldier without a war. 30 years later and he's settled into a life of calm by the sea - until some shattering news pulls him bac...

Ma a világ talán legismertebb és legelismertebb kapusa Gianluigi Buffon. Egy nagy edző mondta róla, ha ő játszik, az olyan, mintha tizenketten lennének a pályán. Sok elismerés mellett megkapta a Minden Idők Legjobb Kapusa-díjat is. Gigi Buffon valóban az első, a Numero 1 az 1-es mezszámot viselők között.Jelen pillanatban nem a szűk tucatnyi bajnoki cím, a kupagyőzelmek, a világbajnoki cím, a számtalan egyéni elismerés tűnik a legelképesztőbb dolognak a pályafutásában, hanem az, hogy...