War Weapons

Ironbay prepares in force to invade Teevigrad but can they land on the heavily armed docks, fight their way into the palace, and kill the oppressive tyrant Emperor Solokov? Or will Solokov's Estovian army decimate the Ironborn troops then take a crippled Ironbay and force it into subjugation as an Estovian territory?. What hides in the dungeons under Solokov's palace and can Crutch use his skill and cunning as an officer to make the invasion a success? Or will the marines and the Ironborn troops all die in Teevilgrad? The stakes have never been higher in the exciting fifth novel in the ...

It is time for Christians to know their place in the Kingdom of God. To know and practice the weapons of Christian spiritual warfare. Time is very short. The Lord is calling us to prepare for the future. He is training loyal followers and is not interested in lukewarm believers. Begin to get prepared for the journey.

The First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank. In Tank Men, ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease, and the fury of a tank battle through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines. Drawing on vivid, newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars, this is military history at its very best.

After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather's role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure.

"Sayeh War (Shadow War)" chronicles the rise of state-sponsored cyber warfare, ignited by the Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Galvanized by this digital assault, Iran launches the clandestine Project Neeka, tasking skilled individuals like coder Farhad Nasseri and cryptographer Parisa Mohammadi with developing a retaliatory digital weapon. Driven by patriotism and a desire for retribution against perceived Western aggression, the team reverse-engineers aspects of Stuxnet and builds their own devastating tool. The result is Shamoon, a wiper malware designed not for subtlety, but...

The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the human conflict between Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller—the scientists most responsible for the advent of weapons of mass destruction. How did science—and its practitioners—enlisted in the service of the state during the Second World War, become a slave to its patron during the Cold War?

This New York Times best-seller delivers the untold story behind the last battle of the Cold War, the rise of militant Islam, and how a colorful congressman from Texas conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the most successful covert operation in CIA history.

North Korean nukes. Dirty bombs in train stations. Chemical warfare. Americans have more reasons than ever to be afraid. If a nuclear missile strikes, will you know what to do? If a nerve agent is released in your subway system or office building, will you be safe? The US Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Survival Manual gives you the information you need to survive a terrorist attack. It contains the best practices of all the United States' military services, adapted for the first time for civilian use. With this manual, you will be able to take action.

As 1943 began the tide of the war had firmly turned against the Axis powers. Preparations were gathering pace In Britain for Operation Millenium, the amphibious assault against the beaches of Normandy that would either set the Western Allies on the road to Berlin or leave the fate of Europe to be settled on the battlefields of the Eastern Front. Even with this looming threat in the west Adolf Hitler had not yet given up on his ambitions to destroy the USSR and he was intent on one more offensive against the Red Army, even as a cabal inside the Reich finally concluded that Germany could only...

In 1983, American Astronomer & Scientist, Carl Sagan commented, referring to the Cold War, which, as a rehash of the 1960s had once again reached a crescendo in the early 1980s after the failed détente of 1970s, "Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches, the other seven thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who's ahead, who's stronger." This is the comprehensive and complete story of Cold War strategic rivalry between the East & West, spanning across Land, Air, Sea and Space realms;and told from ...

Ninja warriors were masters of stealth and disguise. They could quickly defeat their enemies without raising the alarm. They may not have realized it, but they owed their success to science. Learn how science helped ninjas successfully achieve their secret missions.

MIND FORCE is a gripping action-adventure special forces thriller crammed full of twists, turns, espionage and military combat (411 pages). Join 22nd Special Air Service Regiment Captain Kirkland Finn as he battles an East German crime lord and his squad of ex-KSK mercenaries across multiple European countries. A fiction novel with covert military action, thrilling car and motorbike chases, helicopters, and fight scenes, written in a refreshing cinematic style without long-winded descriptions and meaningless dialogue. MIND FORCE is the third instalment of the Kirkland Finn military action-...

Sergeant Bachmann's team of Brandenburg Regiment special forces men gets called into action again. Pulled out of their anti-partisan operations in the Balkans, the troops return to Africa. This time, though, instead of just passing through, they head directly into the heart of the continent to track down a German scientist working on biological weapons at a research facility named Durant Station deep in the jungle. They need to reach him because, with the Eastern Front cracking under Soviet pressure, the Brandenbugers' masters have decided that what the scientist is working on can turn the ...

Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harbouring secrets - a man intent on killing her. Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings.

World War I, also known in its time as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars", was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. The arms race before the war and the attempt to break the deadlock of the Western and Eastern Fronts by any means possible changed the face of battle in ways that would have previously been deemed unthinkable.

South Australia, 1914 When war against Germany erupts on the other side of the earth, a huge wave of suspicion, prejudice and persecution floods the community. There’s even a harsh concentration camp built for men branded as enemy aliens. Here in Adelaide, five diverse people are made vulnerable by the war. Elsie, gifted and ambitious child pianist, with German ancestry. Oskar, famous sportsman and businessman, also with German origins. Wilfred, a caring Anglican parish priest, opposed to the war. Pansy, an outsider by her very nature, but a fighter for justice to others. Little Neddy, a ...

Target: Dr. Kiana Avesta. Profile: Nuclear scientist. Mission: Extract and protect. Ethan Galaal and his team are sent to Iran to extract a nuclear scientist who has made a discovery that could transform uranium production. When a rival force arrives to take her out, things take a turn for the worse. A game of cat and mouse ensues as Ethan and his team move the scientist across Europe in a bid to save her. But no place is safe. The pursuers can’t be lost. When one of their own is captured, Ethan must make a choice. Give up the scientist or abandon his teammate to certain death. What would...

Covering the development of the atomic bomb during the Second World War, the origins and early course of the Cold War and the advent of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, Churchill and the Bomb in War and Cold War explores a still neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career: his relationship with and thinking on nuclear weapons.

In Countdown, science journalist Sarah Scoles uncovers a different atomic reality: the nuclear age's present. Drawing from years of on-the-ground reporting at the nation's nuclear weapons labs, Scoles interrogates the idea that having nuclear weapons keeps us safe, deterring attacks and preventing radioactive warfare. She deftly assesses the existing nuclear apparatus in the United States, taking listeners beyond the news headlines and policy-speak to reveal the state of nuclear-weapons technology.

A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal. The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation's strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s.