Every victory begins with a sacrifice.Major Levi Cohen readies to retire after twenty years of peacetime service to the Terran Coalition. With mere weeks remaining, he allows the luxury of imagining days alongside his wife and eight-year-old son instead of separated by duty. He promised that this year he wouldn’t miss another one of David’s birthdays – and he intends to keep his word.His plans are cut short when the League of Sol sends a massive force of wa...

European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists.In this novel, Doyle explores themes of British Imperialism and a defensive European perspective on North Africa; racial paternalism; and debates on interference with other countries’ politics and religions. This wonderful novel ...

This collection of 35 short poems was first published in 1927, and is a sequel to When We Were Very Young, which was the first anthology of verse dealing with the domestic adventures of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh.As the author explains in the introduction: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young … and now we are six. So, of course, bits of it seem rather baby-ish to us, almost as if they had slipped out of some other book b...

Step into the Hundred Acre Wood in A.A. Milne’s delightful second collection of Pooh stories, The House at Pooh Corner. Meet all your favourite friends from Winnie-the-Pooh: Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Kanga, little Roo, and, of course, Pooh himself. Say hello to the bouncy and lovable Tigger, who joins the gang for more unforgettable adventures.Now, you can enjoy these timeless tales in a fun and lively audiobook narrated by Dan Dewes. With music and sound effects, each...