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Language
English
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Remembering childhood stories her grandfather once told her, young physician Natalia becomes convinced that he spent his last days searching for "the deathless man," a vagabond who claimed to be immortal. As Natalia struggles to understand why her grandfather, a deeply rational man would go on such a farfetched journey, she stumbles across a clue that leads her to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In the noted journalist's acclaimed thriller, a foreign correspondent is determined to avenge a friend's the brutal murder in the Balkans.
A New York Times Notable Book
Charlie Johnson is an American journalist working somewhere in the Balkans. As a seasoned correspondent, he's seen everything. But suddenly he finds himself caught up in the events he's meant to be witnessing-when the woman sheltering Charlie and his crew is set on fire by a...
Author
Publisher
Carrol & Graf
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Beautiful and deadly, Aline Solini is a study in pure evil. Wealthy American, Richard Stetton, aids her to escape from her husband, Vasili Petrovich, the man she tried to poison. With Stetton's help she enters the highest social circles and continues to her evil intrigues.
Author
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
American photographer Steven Brings, fleeing painful memories of his kidnapped son, finds himself wandering through war-torn Sarajevo, where he photographs the embattled Bosnian people and falls in love with a German journalist.
Author
Series
Leonora trilogy ; 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1912, and Britain is gripped by fear of war with Germany. Leonora Brown is part of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and when trouble flares in the Balkans, heads to Bulgaria to offer assistance on the battlefield.
Author
Publisher
Baen Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Former SEAL Michael Harmon ("Ghost") has settled down in the country of Georgia and built a commando-quality militia out of local tribesmen. The Keldara have an ancient history as mountain warriors and only needed modern weapons and training to bring them up to speed. Now, with the area safe from Chechen raiders and the various other terrorists that want Ghost's head, he can settle back and relax in his harem. However, a U.S. senator has a problem:...
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
In the sinister mountains of communist Hungary lay the world's most fabulous treasure: the cache of Attila the Hun. U.S. Army officer Charles Tancred wanted it for himself -- so did Hungarian secret police officer Stephen Druhar and beautiful Helena von Reisinger, on whose estate the vast fortune was buried. The story hurtles across Eastern Europe to a deadly, thrilling climax.
12) Thunderer
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd ; 24
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"1812. Arriving back in England after his successes in the Adriatic, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is bestowed with honors. In London he's greeted by the Prince Regent who, despite Kydd's protestations that he's happy with his present command, insists he be given a bigger ship - HMS Thunderer, a 74-gun ship of the line. But she's old, and being part of a standing fleet Kydd's chances of further fame and distinction are slim indeed. Winning over his new...
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