War City

Open City, Closed Set is a comic thriller set in Hollywood during World War II and follows Roberto Balio, an Italian spy sent to the California coast to investigate his predecessor’s disappearance. Roberto, a charming, handsome man with an innate ability to be trusted, becomes mesmerized by the bright lights of Hollywood, the allure of its beautiful women, and the promise of fame and fortune.

If you've ever experienced your life and the world out of control, understand why, and take control.

May 1572: for 10 violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters of religion, citizenship and sovereignty. But now a precarious peace is in the balance and a royal wedding has been negotiated. It is a marriage that could see France reunited at last.

In War of Chaos, the sequel to Stig's Flight of Encounters, Stig and his friends Arn and Baits head out of the city of Chelldrah-ham on a mission to Polandrea. Their task is to determine whether the evil Bach creatures still pose a threat...Stig, Arn, and Baits must rely on their inventions, each other, and their own ingenuity to survive on a harrowing journey through a magical fantasyland fraught with hidden dangers.

May 1944. When spy Elisabeth de Mornay, code name Cécile, notices a coded transmission from an agent in the field does not bear his usual signature, she suspects his cover has been blown - something that is happening with increasing frequency. With the situation in occupied France worsening and growing fears that the Resistance has been compromised, Cécile is ordered behind enemy lines.

Evil Empire attacks a peaceful planet. Fight and die free, or die as a slave. God Timurud is resurrected. Unfortunately, the life of a god is not all heavenly. He must protect the weak and powerless civilizations against ferocious galactic empires. His mission is to defend the peaceful Sferogyls, ball-shape entities, against the Maggotroll Empire, warlike hominids who are determined to enslave the Sferogyls and capture their planet. As a god, he’s not allowed to fight on anyone’s behalf, but he can help the Sferogyls prepare to defend themselves against the Empire. Trouble is the ...

If Titanic was the Ship of Dreams, Lusitania is the Stuff of Nightmares. Carrie Boxhall is happy to help her mistress, Meg Ashton, when she needs someone to return to Britain on her behalf. Even Meg's tumultuous crossing on Titanic and a warning from Ruth, the little girl who seems to know things she couldn't possibly know, doesn't deter it. Meeting a handsome stranger aboard the ship is an added bonus. By the time the coast is in sight, Carrie is looking forward to a bright future full of love. But then her entire world is rocked when the ship is hit by a torpedo. Eighteen minutes--that's ...

Post-World War II America and teenage boys dreamed of adventure growing up in the 1950s, listened to Elvis Presley and read Jack Kerouac, yet it wasn't cruising Route 66 in a Corvette that united them, but Highway 1, known as the Street Without Joy, on the way to Hue city during the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. It was the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Civil Rights and the pill, young girls in long boots and short skirts, but not for those in the jungle and rice paddies of Southeast Asia.

Come spend Memorial Day at a small city in the Deep South. You may be surprised at what you see and hear. I was.

Que contient l'armoire allemande qui trône en bonne place au cœur de la demeure corrézienne des Delalande ? C'est la question qui hante Alexandrine depuis son enfance. Jusqu'à ce jour de l'été 1979 où elle hérite de la fameuse armoire et surtout des secrets qu'elle recèle. Les carnets d'Hélène, sa mère, projettent Alexandrine aux heures fiévreuses de la Libération, après que cette femme singulière, volage et insouciante, s'est trouvée emportée par une passion scandaleuse. La découverte de cette part d'ombre, soudain révélée, va à jamais bouleverser son existence.