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Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Present day. For the last 20 years Shelly Summer has buried herself in work at her veterinary clinic, trying not to think about her past. The only time she feels truly herself is when she's diving in the Mediterranean - the calm and stillness of the clear waters help her forget. Back home, Shelly stumbles across the belongings of her great-grandmother, Gertie, including a recording of her memoirs. As Shelly listens to it, she starts to uncover the...
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Sharpe volume 23
Publisher
Bolinda/HarperCollins UK
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe ... And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the centre of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge, one from the North and...
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name - on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises...
4) Colombiano
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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In Colombia you have to pick a side. Or one will be picked for you ... All Pedro Guti�rrez cares about is fishing, playing pool and his girlfriend Camila?s promise to sleep with him on his sixteenth birthday. But his life is ripped apart when Guerrilla soldiers callously execute his father in front of him, and he and his mother are banished from their farm. Swearing vengeance against the five men responsible, Pedro, with his best friend Palillo,...
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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force volume 3
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English
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With Jess newly promoted to Filterer Officer at RAF Fighter Command HQ, she is delighted to be reunited with Evie and May. However, now that they can enjoy socialising in London, Jess fears her friends will discover the secret she keeps here. When Jess bumps into Milan unexpectedly, sparks are reignited and she wonders if she made a mistake finishing with him in Amberton. But matters are complicated when a film company arrives at Bentley Priory to...
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English
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The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just 12 years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests and stood on tiptoes to bluff their way into a war of unforeseen horror. How and why so many under-aged boys were able to get to the battlefields is a complex mystery of World War I, and until Richard van Emden's classic account, largely unexplored. Boy Soldiers of...
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Boudica volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome; the culmination of nearly 20 years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilisation and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire. Dreaming The Bull continues the story of Breaca, acclaimed as bringer of victory to her people, and her half-brother, B�n, now an...
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, 100 miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones, in part to avoid his lacklustre marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Hobbes is a Midwestern American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus, or might be a brilliant lunatic with a death wish - it?s hard to tell. Operation Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared,...
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The Gates of Good and Evil volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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The cruel Merdrun, the greatest warriors in the void, have invaded Santhenar but their portal failed, leaving them stranded. They're desperately trying to regain contact with the summon stone so they can reopen the portal and begin the slaughter of humanity. Llian, hurled through another portal, sees the summon stone wake and knows the allies have but one chance to destroy the Merdrun - though it will involve an alchemical quest that has always ended...
10) Unravel me
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Shatter Me volume 2
Publisher
Electric Monkey
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English
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It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from. She and Adam were able to escape Warner?s clutches and join up with a group of rebels, many of whom have powers of their own. Juliette will finally be able to actively fight against The Reestablishment and try to fix her...
11) Private Peaceful
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English
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Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life on the frontline during World War I, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life. Full of detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion. Originally published: 2003
12) Cambrai 1917
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Publisher
Spellmount
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Its first day was so successful that church bells in Britain were run in anticipation of a great victory. A tank crewman numbers among the recipients of the VC. Containing biographies of a broad cross-section of men from Britain and the Dominions including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even the Ukraine. It includes a sapper, a former miner, who chose to stay with his seriously wounded colleague underground and die with him, rather than obey an...
13) Defy me
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Electric Monkey
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English
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Juliette?s short tenure as the supreme commander of North America has been an utter disaster. When the children of the other world leaders show up on her doorstep, she wants nothing more than to turn to Warner for support and guidance. But he shatters her heart when he reveals that he?s been keeping secrets about her family and her identity from her-secrets that change everything. Juliette is devastated, and the darkness that?s always dwelled within...
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
These are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst comrades in arms - stories of life-and-death decisions, and learning how to live with the effects of horrific injuries, both physical and mental. In the voices of the men and women who?ve fought overseas, from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, this is a rare eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform, fighting in combat, losing friends and coming home is really like. Walk in My Combat...
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Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In Afghanistan, sometimes all that stands between coalition troops and death or serious injury is a dog. Highly trained dogs and their handlers search for improvised explosive devices or hidden weapons out on patrol with combat troops. It's a perilous job, often putting them right in the firing line and making them high priority targets for the Taliban insurgents they're fighting. Shane Bryant, a former Australian Army dog handler, has spent the past...
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A 'Tommies' View' covering both world wars and most major campaigns. Many of the poems have never been seen in print before and are derived almost entirely from archives. Illustrated with drawings and watercolours from unpublished war artists and offers a unique insight and a different approach leading up the 1914 centenary of the First World War. Each poem is accompanied by a brief background on the author and campaign.
Author
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In 2004, Jake Olafsen signed up for the Royal Marines Commandos. He left everything behind at home in Canada on the basis of a spur-of-the-moment decision. The Royal Marines have the toughest and longest basic training of any infantry unit in the world. For Olafson, this meant eight months of wet and cold in England and Wales. It was hell, but he came out with the four Commando qualities that the corps look for: courage, determination, unselfishness,...
18) Imagine me
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Series
The Juliette Chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Electric Monkey
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong-between Ella and Juliette-blur. And with old enemies looming, her destiny may not be her own to control. The day of reckoning for the Reestablishment is coming. But...
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Series
Boudica volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilization and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire. Gloriously imagined, Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived...
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