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OPERATION EMBARRASSA secret war. A doomed ship. A truth powerful men will kill to bury.Genoa, 1947.Former intelligence officer Cormac O'Donnell is supposed to be watching ships.Instead, he starts finding bodies.What begins as routine port surveillance becomes something far more dangerous when refugee vessels bound for Palestine begin appearing in his reports... and disappearing at sea.Then a ...

What does it mean to keep a promise when the world is watching-and when it isn't?In The Real Promise Keepers II, B.P. Stone interweaves extraordinary true stories and vivid historical fiction, illuminating the quiet heroism and steadfast kindness that shape our world. From the nuclear crisis at Chalk River, where a young Jimmy Carter confronts the terror of a reactor meltdown and learns that true leadership lies in restraint, not glory, to the windswept pl...

What if the fate of a young nation was witnessed by a dog with an extraordinary heart?Lost in the chaos of the American Revolution, a young foxhound named Scout finds himself alone, frightened, and far from home. When he wanders into the camp of General George Washington, a chance meeting begins an unforgettable journey through the birth of the United States.From the icy crossing of the Delaware River to the brutal winter at Valley Forge, Scout marches besi...

Legend: The Story of Witold Pilecki is a sweeping, immersive novel that traces the arc of a life lived in the crucible of war and oppression. From the embattled parlor of the Pilecki estate to the blood-soaked trenches of the Polish-Soviet War, from the clandestine cellars of occupied Warsaw to the unspeakable machinery of Auschwitz, this is the story of a man who chose to walk willingly into hell so that the world might know the truth.As Poland is torn apart by invading armies and...

The Walls of YorkBy B.P. StoneHaunted by the past. Hunted by history. Chosen by the walls.John Grady has spent a lifetime running, from the trauma of New York's darkest days, from the ghosts of Orlando's tragedies, from the memories that refuse to let him rest. When he and his wife Claire cross the Atlantic to start anew in the ancient city of York, John hopes the city's stone walls will offer the peace he's never found. But York is a city built on c...

Two professors. One suspicious invitation. Absolutely no one involved is equipped for this.Jack Miller prefers sarcasm, bad coffee, and the relative safety of academia. Dieter von Starck prefers order, precision, and people who don't ask unnecessary questions. Neither man is remotely interested in espionage.Unfortunately, espionage seems very interested in them.When both are lured to a mysterious "security symposium" in Florida, what starts as acade...

The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disasterWhy is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities?

Survive. At any cost. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from on...

An instant #1 New York Times bestsellerAgent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, Georgia.A fabulous heist:On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305—Portland to Seattle—with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night … and into hi...

**Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video!Jack Ryan, Jr.’s race to stop an international criminal conspiracy is intertwined with the fate of an old friend in this blistering entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.**The CIA's deepest secrets are being given away for a larger agenda that will undermine the entire Western intelligence community. Director of National Intelligence Mary Pat Foley wants it stopped but doesn't know w...

“What caused the American Revolution? This is indeed a rhetorical question that for many years historians have begun chapters with. As well they should. For the American Revolution is without a doubt the single most important historical event to occur in this nation except of course for Super Bowl III (Jets 16. Colts 7. This historian won $35).”So goes the skewed sensibility, the muddied mind, the bent pen of one of America's funniest writers, Dave Barry. This time his subject is U...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLocus Awards FinalistONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024:The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York magazine, Time, Kirkus, Literary Hub, GoodreadsThe surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series—and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculat...