Bantam imprint: 1922 books
by Paul Strathern
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
“Europe is a molehill….”
Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer.
We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” —Napoleon
Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Eastern...
by John Glenn, Nick Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 1999
He was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth. Nearly four decades later, as the world's oldest astronaut, his courage reveted a nation. But these two historical events only bracketed a life that covers the sweep of an extraordinary century.
John Glenn's autobiography spans the seminal events...
7 Deadly Scenarios
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border. Major American cities are leveled by black-market nukes. China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown. Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons. What if the worst that could happen actually happens?...
War on the Run
The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Often hailed as the godfather of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on “impossible” missions in colonial America that are still the stuff of soldiers’ legend. The child of marginalized...
The First Clash
The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“A compelling and provocative read . . . With a soldier’s eye, Jim Lacey re-creates the battle of Marathon in all its brutal simplicity.”—Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command**
Marathon—one of history’s most pivotal battles. Its name evokes...
The Day Before Midnight
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
“A breathtaking, fascinating look at what could happen—given the possibility of an atomic ‘given.’ A wrap-up you'll never forget.”—Robert Ludlum
The countdown begins when welder Jack Hummel is abducted from his suburban Maryland home ans whisked to the South Mountain MX missile...
El hombre llamado Noon
Una novela
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
En un breve instante, una caída borró su memoria. Ahora, de lo único que estaba seguro era de que alguien lo quería muerto… y que era mejor que averiguara por qué. Pero parecía que en cada sitio al que llegaba había aún más interrogantes… o más personas demasiado dispuestas a ocultar...
A Military Miscellany
From Bunker Hill to Baghdad: Important, Uncommon, and Sometimes Forgotten Facts, Lists, and Stories from America#s Military History
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
For armchair generals, history buffs, and military enthusiasts everywhere, A Military Miscellany is an essential and entertaining collection of fascinating and little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, and stories from America’s rich military legacy. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia,...
China's Wings
War, Intrigue, Romance, and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom During the Golden Age of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
From the acclaimed author of Enduring Patagonia comes a dazzling tale of aerial adventure set against the roiling backdrop of war in Asia. The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II—and boldly safeguarded them...
by Louis L'Amour
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!
In one swift moment a fall wiped away his memory. Now all he knew for certain was that someone wanted him dead—and that he had better learn why. But everywhere he turned there seemed...
by Joseph Wambaugh
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line." Her two children had vanished. The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines--and wasn't resolved for seven years. Now,...
Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition)
Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
The landmark work on mindfulness, meditation, and healing, now revised and updated after twenty-five years
Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health if we let it, even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Based on Jon...
Put Your Heart on Paper
Staying Connected In A Loose-Ends World
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Put Your Heart On Paper is filled with the inspiring true stories of what happens when people write from their hearts: the shared insights, the new beginnings, the dreams that miraculously come true. In 50 provocative short chapters, acclaimed author Henriette Klauser shows the power of the written...
Created By
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
“Devastating . . . a masterly fable, told with insight, wit, and welcome venom . . . this is Hollywood Hell.”—Clive Barker
Alan White is a hot young writer-producer looking for the one megahit every Hollywood writer dreams about. He thinks he’s found it with a new TV show called The...