Southern War

It is highly regrettable that we live in perilous times where terrorist attacks are a fact of life. Particularly if you live in the USA or Western Europe, but they can happen anywhere. It really does not matter whether the attack is from radicals; Muslim, Christian or Atheist, or the criminally insane - it is happening. It is predicted in this book that a terrorist attack will take place every three months in the USA or Western Europe in the foreseeable future... since publication in 2016 nothing has changed to challenge this prediction. It can happen to you and it usually does when least ...

South Australia is affected by war carnage continuing in distant Europe A fierce conscientious objector abhors the thought of sending soldiers to war A little boy could be locked away for ‘scientific’ reasons One of Australia’s first policewomen discovers crimes driven by greed, prejudice and lust for power Adelaide, 1917 Day by day, the morale of South Australia’s people sinks to more dismal depths. Elsie Fisher nurtures little Neddy’s singing talent while pursuing her own musical ambitions. Their music becomes a powerful facilitator for improving the lives of others. But can ...

Si desea descubrir la fascinante historia de la guerra anglo-zulú de 1879, este es el libro indicado para usted. En enero de 1879, un poderoso y moderno ejército británico se adentró con confianza en Zululandia, decidido a matar o capturar al rey zulú Cetshwayo y aplastar al ejército zulú. Días más tarde, los soldados británicos huían en retirada, después de sufrir una de las derrotas más devastadoras en la historia militar británica. Ese mismo día, solo la defensa de un pequeño puesto de avanzada en Rorke's Drift redimió la estima imperial británica.

Code Name Celery 50 - In this book, we deal with criminal drug laboratories being used to create weapons of mass destruction in the form of biological and bacterial weapons on behalf of terrorists. Have no doubt, such weapons will be used if terrorists gets hold of them. The Tokyo Sarin gas attack, in 1994, comes to mind. A week after this book was published, the mainstream reports came out of just such laboratories being found in Africa and were destroyed. I am not surprised, it happens often that what is revealed in GMJ Books are later confirmed by the media. The books are, after all, ...

When her life is shattered by the War Between the States, Olivia Harrington scrambles to rebuild a lost family fortune by running the Federal blockade out of Wilmington, North Carolina. Her daring and bravery has allowed her to keep Bliss, the home she hasn’t seen in months... the place where she is now headed. Yet waiting at home for Livie is a houseful of trouble… her dying brother, and the man who risked everything to honor a friend’s final wish… the very man who broke Livie’s heart long ago, and whom she thought never to see again…. The Long Road Home is a novella that is ...

As the old gods are eroded by the new church and and ambitious men vie for power, blood is shed throughout the land. In the south, ealdorman Aelfhere believes that for his only daughter, 16-year-old Cynethryth, marriage to a Saxon king is the way to security. And so, against her own wishes, Cynethryth is betrothed. Yet as battle rages around her, Cynethryth too becomes a victim of war. Taken prisoner by the warrior invaders, she is forced into the presence of another Saxon king, who would also have her for his wife. A man she actually loves.

In 2018, Captain Louis Rudd, MBE, walked into the history books when he finished a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, pulling a 130kg-sledge laden with his supplies for more than 900 miles. Louis’ skills had been honed in the SAS, on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now - in the most hostile environment on Earth - they would be tested like never before. Alone on the ice, Louis battled through whiteouts, 50-mph gales and temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius. It would take all his mental strength to survive.

"This story had my emotions going up and down. I was mad one minute and happy the next. So many twist and turns. As the characters keep multiplying the story gets more and more interesting. Looking forward to the next one." A family secret. A broken clock. A storm. Arabella Becquerel inherited an antebellum plantation house from her great-grandmother. A house overrun with Civil War re-enactors adamant about staying in character and insisting that the year is 1863. Even worse, one of the strangers knows her name and looks at her like she is a ghost. Colonel Augustus Townsend of the ...

Fue un gran conflicto armado que tuvo lugar en la década de 1820 entre las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, que recientemente se habían emancipado de España, y el Imperio del Brasil, por la posesión de los territorios que corresponden a la actual República Oriental del Uruguay y parte del actual estado brasileño de Río Grande del Sur.

Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS prevent British Task Force being destroyed by exocet missiles? It is 1982, and a brutal, bloody war is being waged as British forces try to battle the Argentinians into surrendering the Falkland Islands. As the fighting continues, it becomes clear to British Task Force commanders that they will need to call upon the help of the legendary Special Air Service - the SAS!

North and South. Enemies and Lovers. Strong Southern women and the Northern men who love them. Becca McConnell. A true southern lady left alone during the American Civil War. Left to defend her family's home. When a troop of Yankee soldiers descend upon her doorstep, she faces a decision that jeopardizes everything she knows. Daniel Campbell. An officer in the Yankee army. With a troop of sick soldiers, he must rely on the kindness of a southern woman. One of the very women whose men were the enemy. Daniel never expected to find himself enchanted by a southern belle. And Becca never ...

From the deserts of Egypt to the rolling hills of South Australia, The Limestone Road is the extraordinary story of one man's courageous journey home.

Out of character, out of place, out of time period, Elizabeth Bennet is away from home, away from Hertfordshire in Regency England and retrenched to Deep South antebellum Georgia where she comes to fisticuffs with a new Mr. Darcy by the name of Mr. Thornton, who himself is no longer in the northern English town of Milton. Say what? Where? Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice meets Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South in THORTON IN MY SIDE. In the period before the American Civil War broke out, Elizabeth finds herself crossing the line when she has to choose sides. Should she stand with the cotton ...

Strong Southern women and the Northern men who fall in love with them. Gabriella Beauchamp. A young southern belle left alone with her stepmother during the American Civil War. Christopher Monroe. An officer in the Yankee army. When orders bring him to his best friend's home deep in southern territory, he must rescue his friend's little sister from her evil stepmother. Rescued by the enemy, will Gabriella have to give up her life as she knows it? Or will the dashing Yankee soldier offer her something she cannot resist? The winds of war send them in a direction neither of them ever expected....

In King of Spies, prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden, reveals one of the most astonishing – and previously untold – spy stories of the twentieth century. Donald Nichols was 'a one man war', according to his US Air Force commanding general. He won the Distinguished Service Cross, along with a chest full of medals for valor and initiative in the Korean War. His commanders described Nichols as the bravest, most resourceful and effective spymaster of that forgotten war. But there is far more to Donald Nichols' story than first meets the eye . . .

During his years of reporting from the world's most savage and turbulent regions, Fergal Keane has witnessed the violence of the South African townships and the terror in Rwanda, the most extreme kinds of human behaviour, the horror of genocide, and the bravery of peacekeepers faced with overwhelming odds. As one of the BBC's leading correspondents, he recounts extraordinary encounters on the front lines.

Two buddies go on vacation for some much-needed R&R. Even those from the tip-of-the-spear Special Operations community of America's elite Tier One units have to go on vacation to destress and decompress like the rest of working stiffs. Not all vacations go according to plan, unfortunately, and this one went from sun, fun, and pretty girls to FUBAR quickly. One man is missing; the other is on the run from unknown assassins. What went wrong?

Probablemente, ningún hecho ha tenido un impacto tan profundo, dramático y doloroso en la historia del Brasil. Hacia mediados del siglo XIX, un hombre rechazado por la sociedad, Antonio Conselheiro, conseguiría arrobar a las masas de Bahía gracias a su prédica incendiaria, sensible, pero profundamente fanática. Enfrentado al gobierno republicano, su desigual lucha contra los ejércitos nacionales provocó la muerte de más de 30,000 hombres y la destrucción de un pueblo signado por la desgracia.

Code Name Pour Angelique deals with the consequences of starting a fire you cannot control and how it may come back at you. When Special Forces or secret agents attack someone or something they better succeed, or the retaliation will follow you home. We see this happening every day in the current War on Terror. Traditionally, before 9/11, the terrorist activities were far away and something in the news, not in your neighbourhood if American or if from Western Europe. There were terrorist incidents, of course, especially in France where not all were Muslim related as such - Mossad taking out...

In Code Name Phoenix, we deal with the idea of sinking a modern warship with a converted Q-ship, using a combination of automatic anti-aircraft cannon, a field gun and MANPAD missiles against any air counter-attack. Although not unknown in history, we can think of several Q-ships and we discuss their history in the book, this has not been done in decades. However, it can be done, I am sure. The idea is to get close and to open up with devastating effect, using a mixture of high explosives, armour piercing, incendiary and depleted uranium shells to take out the vital parts of the ship; the ...