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Lords of the North [Saxon Series Book 3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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 From Bernard Cornwell, the undisputed master of historical fiction, hailed as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brien,"* comes the third volume in the exhilarating Saxon Chronicles: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel the Danish invaders. The year is 878, and as Lords of the North begins, the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but no... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Noblesse Oblige [MultiFormat]
by Lynne Connolly
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 Marianne Noble is a lady's companion when she meets Jerome Rivers at the fashionable Northern resort of Scarborough. The devastatingly handsome Jerome sweeps her into a world of riches, privilege and love. When a mysterious assassin threatens their lives, Marianne must take all her courage and defeat the evil that has entered her new world. Otherwise she will lose everything; a love beyond imagining, her independence and even her life. (Published: 2005)
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Shane [MultiFormat]
by Jack Schaefer
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Joe Starrett is a humble farmer, loving husband and father, and law-abiding citizen, but a rancher such as Luke Fletcher can get the worst out of even him. The Starrett family and others like them are having land conflicts with the notorious cattle owner, and they seem to be at the losing end. But then Shane comes into the picture--and their lives change forever. What seemed to be a simple political issue turns out to be a lesson in life.
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Sharpe's Havoc [Sharpe Series Book 7] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Bestselling historical novelist Bernard Cornwell returns to the battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula with Sharpe's Havoc, where the lieutenant and his men bravely fight the French invasion into Portugal. It is 1809, a few years after Lieutenant Richard Sharpe's heroic exploits on the battlefields of India and at Trafalgar, and Sharpe finds himself fighting the savage armies of Napoleon Bonaparte as they try to bring the whole of the Iberian Peninsula under their control. Napoleon is advancing f... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Sharpe's Rifles [Sharpe Series Book 6] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Bernard Cornwell
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It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety--and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.
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Under Fire [The Corps Book 9] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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After the epic struggle of World War II, W.E.B. Griffin's bestselling chronicle of the Marine Corps enters a new stage of modern warfare--with new weapons, new strategies, and a new breed of warrior--on the battlefields of Korea...In 1950, Captain Ken McCoy's report on North Korean hostilities meets with so much bureaucratic displeasure that he is promptly booted out of the Corps--and just as promptly picked up by the fledgling CIA. Soon, his predictions come true: on June 25th the North Koreans... more info>>
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Vagabond [The Grail Quest Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among the flames of the Hundred Years War, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier: a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor who also seeks Christendom's most holy relic. But neither the horrors of the battlefield nor sadistic torture at the Inquisitor's hands can turn Thomas from his sworn mission. And his thirst for vengeance will never be quenched while the villainous blac... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Victory of Eagles [Temeraire Series Book 5] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Naomi Novik
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Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence, who serves Britain's peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling series, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination. It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. On the heels of his mission t... more info>>
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Borden Chantry [Talon and Chantry Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Louis L'Amour
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The marshal's name was Borden Chantry. Young, lean, rugged, he's buried a few men in this two-bit cow town--every single one killed in a fair fight. Then, one dark, grim day a mysterious gunman shot a man in cold blood. Five grisly murders later, Chantey was faced with the roughest assignment of his life--find that savage, trigger-happy hard case before he blasts apart every man in town ... one by bloody one.
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Escape [A Wyoming Historical Novel] [MultiFormat]
by Jean Henry Mead
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Escape, a Wyoming historical novel, closely follows actual events of the late 1890s when a four-state governor's pact wages war against outlaws. Members of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch kidnap a young woman disguised as a 12-year old boy and take her to the infamous Hole in the Wall hideout in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. There, she manages to hide her gender while listening to the outlaws plan the ill-fated Bell Fourche Bank robbery. Tom "Peep" O'Day, a bungling, alcoholic horsethief is the newes... more info>>
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Genghis: Birth of an Empire [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Conn Iggulden
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He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Temujin's young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a neighboring tribe and the abandonment of his entire family, cruelly left to die on the harsh plain. But Temujin endured--and from that moment on, he was driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies who could come without warning from bey... more info>>
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Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Harris
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From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii comes the most provocative and brilliant novel of antiquity since I, Claudius--imperium a cautionary tale of Cicero, the greatest orator of all time, and his extraordinary struggle for power in rome. When Tiro, the confidential secretary (and slave) of a Roman senator, opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning, he sets in motion a chain of events that will eventually propel his master into one of the most suspenseful c... more info>>
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Keeper of the Dogs [Book 1 of the Knights Trilogy] [MultiFormat]
by Vaughn Heppner
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13th Century Wales: At the beginning of the civil war (1263) between Earl Simon de Montfort and King Henry the Third of England. Cord, the keeper of dogs, lives in the castle of the men who hung his father. Old Sloat, the Wild Boar, almost slays a little peasant girl and only Cord's quick action saves the girl's life. For having dared to wound the boar, however, the Baron declares that Cord will lose his hand. Unless, that is, the hunters slay the boar that same day. If the boar is slain Cord wi... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Knights of the Black and White [Templar Trilogy Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Jack Whyte
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A brother of the Order--a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond--Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God. But the Order has other plans for him: to uncover a deadly secret that could shatter the very might of the Church itself.
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Looking for the Fountain [MultiFormat]
by Robert Silverberg
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A soldier traveling with Ponce de Leon recounts a different version of the search for the fountain of youth. (Published: 1992)
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Lord John and the Hand of Devils [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. In the heart of the eighteenth century, here are haunted soldiers ... lusty princesses ... ghostly apparitions ... dark family secrets. And here Lord John will face enemies who come in the guise of friends, memories in the shape of a fiery-h... more info>>
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Pope Joan: A Novel [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Donna Cross
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"Engaging ... Pope Joan has all the elements: love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets."--Los Angeles Times Book Review For a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years. Now this compelling novel animates the legend with a portrait of an unforgettable woman who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept. When her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young ... more info>>
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Retreat, Hell! [The Corps Book 10] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between MacArthur and President Harry Truman. And somewhere out there, his own daredevil pilot son, Pick, is lost behind enemy lines--and may be lost forever.
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Semper Fi [The Corps Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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The first Corps novel--the first Corps New York Times bestseller. Semper Fi sets the stage for World War II and brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steel themselves for battle, and prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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Sharpe's Escape [Sharpe Series Book 10] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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It is 1810, and in Napoleon's determination to conquer Portugal--and push the British back to the sea--he sends his largest army yet across the Spanish frontier. But between the Portuguese border and Napoleon's seemingly certain victory are twoobstacles--a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. The captain of the Light Company is threatened from inside and out: First by an incompetent British officer, who by virtue of family c... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Sharpe's Fury [Sharpe Series Book 11] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Bernard Cornwell
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For more than twenty years, Richard Sharpe, the brave and dashing officer who rose from rags on the street to a commission in his majesty's army, has been thrilling audiences on both the page and on screen. Now the incomparable Bernard Cornwell ("the greatest writer of historical novels today"*) returns with a thrilling new installment--the first new Sharpe novel in more than two years. The year is 1811. With the British army penned into a small part of Portugal, and all of Spain fallen to the i... more info>>
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Sword Song: The Battle for London [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Bernard Cornwell
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The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord--warrior by instinct, Viking by nature--has finally settled down. He has land, a wife, and two children, and a duty given to him by King Alfred to hold the frontier on the Thames. But then trouble stirs: a dead man has risen, and new Vikings have arrived to occupy the decayed Roman city of London. Their dream i... more info>>
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Tai-Pan [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by James Clavell
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A James Clavell classic.
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The Berets [A Brotherhood of War Novel] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by W.E.B. Griffin
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They were the chosen ones--and the ones to be the best. Never before had the United States given so select a group of fighting men such punishing preparation. Now they were heading for their ultimate test of skill and nerve and sacrifice, in a war unlike any they or their country had ever fought before ... in a land that most of America still knew nothing about ... Vietnam.
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The Boleyn Inheritance [Tudor Series Book 3] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Philippa Gregory
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Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance. Anne of Cleves: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredictable and vengeful king. Her Boleyn Inheritanc... more info>>
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Club |
| You Pay: |
$7.99 |
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$6.79 |
| Micropay Rebate: |
$3.60 |
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$3.06 |
| Cost After Rebate: |
$4.39 |
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$3.73 |
| You Save: |
45.06% |
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53.32% |
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