Tom Young
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"World War II Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he's forced to make the hardest decision of his life: trusting the enemy. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Albrecht wore his Iron Cross with pride. But when his U-boat is attacked in a devastating air raid, he abandons ship and finds an unlikely ally: the pilot who bombed him. From the smoke-filled skies over Europe to the fire-blasted waters...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Summer 1944: Yugoslavia is locked in a war within a war. In addition to fighting the German occupation, warring factions battle each other. Hundreds of Allied airmen have been shot down over this volatile region, among them American lieutenant Bill Bogdonavich. Though grateful to the locals who are risking their lives to shelter and protect him from German troops, Bogdonavich dreams of the impossible: escape. With three failed air missions behind...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Joining troops to deliver aid to an earthquake-decimated region of Afghanistan, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson and his interpreter, Sergeant Major Sophia Gold, confront a Taliban splinter group that is shooting aid workers and everyone who accepts help.
4) Unmaking the East India Company: British art and political reform in colonial India, c. 1813-1858
Author
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalization of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilized by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices--the result of new technologies like lithography...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A powerfully authentic and thrilling saga based on the true story of Operation Halyard, WWII's most daring and successful rescue mission, from air combat veteran and acclaimed author Tom Young... Summer 1944: Yugoslavia is locked in a war within a war. When not fighting against German occupation, Chetnik and Partisan factions battle each other. Hundreds of Allied airmen have been shot down over this volatile region, among them American Lieutenant...
6) The hunters
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Parson and Gold are on a relief mission to Somalia when they are asked to escort a Hollywood actress and activist around Somalia as she makes a documentary. Meanwhile an al-Shabaab leader out to stop all foreign interference has set his sights on them"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A remarkable military thriller from one of the most widely acclaimed new suspense writers in years-"Fans of Clancy and Coonts need to add Young to their must-read list" (Booklist). North Africa. A jihadist leader has seized a supply of sarin gas and is wreaking havoc: a nightclub in Sicily, a packed street in Gibraltar. Acting on information, Marine gunnery sergeant A. E. Blount, at six-foot-eight a formidable warrior, the grandson of one of the...
