Fobbit 'fa-bit, noun. Definition: A U.S. soldier stationed at a Forward Operating Base who avoids combat by remaining at the base, esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2011). Pejorative. In the satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M...
War fiction
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Author:Abrams, DavidSummary: - Author:Harrison, Charles YaleSummary:
All war is hell. But for troops serving in World War I, it was the bloodiest trench warfare ever known. Generals Die In Bed is a first-hand account of one young man catapulted from new recruit to walking wounded on the Western Front....
- Author:Singer, P. W.Summary:
The year is 2026. China has taken over as the world's largest economy, while the United States, mired in an oil shortage, struggles to adjust to its diminished role. Then, a surprise attack throws the U.S. into a chaos unseen since...
- Author:Kristian, Giles, Smith, Wilbur A.Summary:
Henry "Hal" Courtney, son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, was raised at sea. When Sir Francis was executed during the war between the English and the Dutch empires, his heartbroken son dedicated his life to...
- Author:Mitchell, MargaretSummary:
First published in 1936, this book is a historical novel set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War. It tells the love story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
- Author:Urrea, Luis AlbertoSummary:
This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman's heroic frontline service in the Red Cross. "Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you...
- Author:Harris, C. S.Summary:
I killed a man the summer I turned thirteen ... Thus begins C. S. Harris's haunting, lyrically beautiful tale of coming of age in Civil War-torn Louisiana. Eleven-year-old Amrie St. Pierre is catching tadpoles with her friend Finn...
- Author:Novik, NaomiSummary:
In the Napoleonic era, the worlds' militaries are replete with aerial corps of fighting dragons and their handlers. When Captain Laurence of HMS Reliant captures a French frigate, the cargo includes a dragon egg, and when the...
- Author:Mason, Bobbie Ann.Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Issy and her newly single mother, Caroline Evans, are struggling to find their way alone, as well as together. At thirty-eight, with little money and all the responsibility for the two of them, Caroline is coming to...
- Author:Winn, AliceSummary:
GMA BUZZ PICK - INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER - A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I -"Will live in your mind long after you've closed the final pages."-...
- Author:Novakovich, JosipSummary:
As Serb, Croat, and Bosnian Muslim armies clash in the cities and countryside of the former Yugoslavia, it's hard to tell the front lines from the home front. The characters in Infidelities––soldiers and civilians alike––are caught in...
- Author:Simpson, JohnSummary:
Living in Cork, Ireland, a hotbed of resistance to British rule, makes Ian Mulroney's life dangerous despite his peaceful beliefs. But disgusted by the brutality and shootings in the streets, he agrees to join the local IRA brigade to...
- Author:Hertwig, BenjaminSummary:
A novel about four friends from Edmonton who are part of the military, and who serve in Afghanistan in 2007. Drawn from the author's experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan, Juiceboxers tenderly traces the story of a young man's journey...
- Author:Lambdin, DeweySummary:
In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to...
- Author:Vernes, HenriSummary:
Il s'agit de l'histoire d'un homme jeune, beau et fort, mais qui se sent mal à l'aise dans un univers de béton, de conventions, d'une captivité morale et physique. Un homme qui aurait dû vivre à un âge où le monde était encore fait de...
- Author:Bond, LarrySummary:
In a bid to dominate Asia and the western Pacific, China provokes a military crisis with the United States and then starts shooting down GPS satellites. America has only a short amount of time to devise some way of protecting its...
- Author:Hanson, ElieSummary:
Un journal rédigé par un soldat de la deuxième Guerre mondiale relate de troublants événements ignorés par les livres d'Histoire. Près d'un siècle plus tard, un peintre désabusé tente de résoudre l'énigme de...
- Author:Kelly, Martha HallSummary:
Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this runaway international bestseller reveals the power of unsung women to change history in their quest for love, freedom and second chances. New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has...
- Author:Clarke, JohnSummary:
Lion Hunter is a historical novel that opens in Europe in 1941, during World War II, with the introduction of a German secret agent, Hans Farber, following a successful mission in Leningrad, Russia. His superior and head of the...
- Author:Bassoff, Leah, DeLuca, LauraSummary:
For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. Stay in school. Beat up any boy who tries to show attention. Watch out for the dangers in the river.But then the war comes. And when...
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