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Genghis 3: Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2010-09-14 | Author:Conn Iggulden

Jelaudin rubbed his eyes, furious at his own weakness. He could not let his three brothers see his air of confidence fade, not when they looked to him every day ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
Sharpe 21 Sharpe's Devil by Bernard Cornwell
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

They charged. They were men who wanted to revenge a near defeat, and the sound of their vengeance as they scrambled up the shot-mangled steps was bloodcurdling. Somewhere ahead of ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
Bolitho 07 - Passage to Mutiny by Alexander Kent
mobi |eng | 1976-01-02 | Author:Alexander Kent

10 Too Much Courage 'Fix your bayonets!' Herrick gritted his teeth to contain his impatience as Prideaux brought the marines into a single line, while further along the uneven slope ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
The Flashman Papers 11 - Flashman & The Tiger
mobi |eng | 2011-04-20 | Author:George Macdonald Fraser

Appendix The Emperor Franz-Josef (1830-1916) and Empress Elisabeth (1837-1898) "The last European monarch of the old school", was how the Emperor Franz-Josef I described himself to Theodore Roosevelt, with good ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2006-01-16 | Author:Kipling, Rudyard [Kipling, Rudyard]

( Category: Classics February 9,2015 )
01 - Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester
mobi |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:C. S. Forester

CHAPTER SEVEN — THE SPANISH GALLEYS The old Indefatigable was lying at anchor in the Bay of Cadiz at the time when Spain made peace with France. Hornblower happened to ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Bolitho 26 - Man Of War by Alexander Kent
mobi |eng | 2011-05-26 | Author:Alexander Kent

10 Chasing Shadows Adam Bolitho moved his shoulders very slightly and winced as the heat seared his skin, as though he were naked, or his coat had been hanging on ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
Starbuck 03 Battle flag by Bernard Cornwell
mobi |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

Chapter 8 GENERAL STUART'S AIDE reached Lee's headquarters before dawn and found the army's commander standing outside his tent in contemplation of a crude map scratched in the dirt. The ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )
Empire 01 - Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist
mobi, azw |eng | 2011-01-16 | Author:Raymond E. Feist

'Mara!' The shout reverberated through the house. The Lady of the Acoma rose with the aid of her maids. She was halfway to the door of her quarters when the ...
( Category: Epic February 9,2015 )
04 - Hornblower and the Crisis by C. S. Forester
mobi |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:C. S. Forester

CHAPTER EIGHT “This’ll do,” said Hornblower to the landlady. “Bring ‘em up, ‘Arry,” yelled the landlady over her shoulder, and Hornblower heard the heavy feet of the idiot son on ...
( Category: Historical February 9,2015 )
Goodbye Mickey Mouse
mobi |eng | 1983-09-30 | Author:Len Deighton

Captain James A. Farebrother The cold front that had brought havoc to the Brunswick mission passed across Britain, so that by the following morning there was the usual west wind ...
( Category: Espionage February 9,2015 )
12_Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 2010-02-08 | Author:Terry Pratchett

However available they were, and no further information was vouchsafed on this point, they were certainly more available than accommodation in Genua in Fat Lunchtime. All the taverns and inns ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
21_Jingo by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 2006-02-11 | Author:Terry Pratchett

“…A crucial factor, I have always found, is NOT the size of the forces. It is the positioning and commitment of reserves, the bringing of power to a point…” Vimes ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
01 Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
mobi |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:Ian Fleming

CHAPTER 14 - 'LA VIE EN ROSE?' The entrance to the Roi Galant was a seven-foot golden picture-frame which had once, perhaps, enclosed the vast portrait of a noble European. ...
( Category: Espionage February 9,2015 )
Starbuck 04 The Bloody Ground by Bernard Cornwell
mobi |eng | 2011-03-27 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

THE NORTHERN ARMY groped cautiously into the deserted Maryland farmlands, where General McClellan left nothing to chance. He watched his flanks, secured his communications, and advanced his forward units at ...
( Category: Military February 9,2015 )

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