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Gladiator By Philip Wylie

In The End of the Dream, venerated science-fiction author Philip Wylie trains his sights on the ultimate catastrophe—the destruction of the world through human beings’ unheeding and willful poisoning of the atmosphere, the land, the seas and rivers, and finally of the human race itself. The End...

In January 1794 the French 'Army of Italy' was commanded by General Dumerbion and he acknowledged a great debt to his 25-year-old commander of artillery – Napoleon Bonaparte. The French Revolution had resulted in major changes in the military system, conscription created a national army and new...

Bootsie's addiction follows a drug user's search for heroin on the Fourth of July. In Big Tony's Escape,a former gang leader plots to escape from the Supermax prison and regain his position as leader of the gang. Ryan plans to lure a burglar into his house so he can murder him but Oh Crap, things...

Ty and Jen find new technology in the hands of an unprincipled crew, used to control people's emotions. All the negative ones, like anger, hate, and fear, are aroused to turn people into tools. These guys don't care about the consequences for others, only their own gain. There have to be countermeasures. With...

Gilbert van Punnen led his followers to war in duty to his liege Lord and the Church. They travelled far and fought hard. During the Fifth Crusade the wars spread widely as alliances and strategies shifted, so that the main Christian forces landed in Egypt, as the Ayyubid Sultan relied on that rich...

After a violent encounter with Alfonzo Marcelo a local drug leader in Rio de Janeiro, Detective Rodriquez is left emotionally scarred. Three years on, while investigating another homicide, Rodriquez stumbles upon a clue that will set him on a pulsating collision course with Marcelo once more. Only...

The concept of the bodyguard is as ancient as the practice of an individual assuming the leadership of a group or tribe. From the Companions of Alexander to the Varangians of Byzantium, bodies of élite warriors, owing personal allegiance to their sovereign and obeying no others, have illuminated...

The novel that inspired John Ford’s The Lost Patrol: A band of World War I soldiers fights to survive in the desert after their leader is shot and killed. There had been, here, eleven men. Now ten rode away. . . . In the Mesopotamian desert during the First World War, an unseen enemy...

Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply -- veteran mystery novelists and longtime fishing buddies -- are back with a second joint novel starring their respective series heroes, J. W. Jackson and Brady Coyne. And something big -- something very big -- is about to happen on beautiful Martha's Vineyard. International...

Philip Athans, the New York times best-selling author of Annihilation, continues the epic saga begun in Whisper of Waves of a man consumed by his obsession and driven by an overwhelming vision of what might be. The Wizard Furthering the plots of the Red Wizards of Thay while spinning his own...

The finale of the acclaimed Watercourse Trilogy from The New York Times best-selling author Philip Athans! When the true mission of the Thayan Enclave is revealed, the richest man in Innarlith decides he wants to be the most powerful too, a once promising young man is transformed into a twisted...

This user-friendly guide to English architecture up to the mid-twentieth century is divided into styles with examples highlighted (e.g. the Tower of London for Norman Architecture), complemented by original prints which sets this quality book apart from other guides. The detailed 18th and 19th...

One of the most important technologies a photographer can master is shooting and working with raw images. However, figuring out the best way to work with raw files can be confusing and overwhelming. What's the advantage to working in raw? How do you manage, organize, and store raw files? What's the...