With the Old Breed presents a stirring, personal account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Eugene B. Sledge, born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1923, captures his journey from innocence to experience during World War II.

Sledge enlisted out of patriotism, idealism, and youthful courage. However, once he landed on the beach at Peleliu, it became purely a struggle for survival. Based on the notes he kept on slips of paper tucked secretly away in his New Testament, he recalls those long months with brutal honesty, sparing no detail of the unbearable heat, deafening gunfire, unimaginable brutality, and constant fear.

Despite the horrors, Sledge reveals the bonds of friendship formed in battle that will never be severed. His compassion for his fellow Marines, even complete strangers, sets him apart as a memoirist of war. Whether read as sobering history or high adventure, With the Old Breed is a moving chronicle of action and courage.

Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He’s all Marine—fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife—beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben’s got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn’t give in—not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son. Bull Meecham is undoubtedly Pat Conroy’s most explosive character—a man you should hate, but a man you will love.

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is Volume One of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, and legendary War Memoirs. "At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train . . ."

In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitis, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. I fell down a hatchway').

Filled with bathos, pathos, and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese.

La Mort est mon métier presents the pseudo-memoirs of Rudolf Höß (renamed Rudolf Lang in the book), the notorious commandant of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp during World War II.

The story begins in 1913 when Rudolf Lang is just 13 years old. Raised in a misunderstood and highly normative Catholic environment, Rudolf's father, a merchant and military man, pressures him to become a priest to atone for his own past sins. Rudolf initially believes in God until a pivotal incident shatters his faith, leading to a strained relationship with his father.

As World War I erupts, a young Lang embarks on a military career, experiencing the harsh realities of war. After the war, he faces unemployment and family rejection, almost leading to suicide. Instead, he joins the Nazi party, eventually rising through the ranks to become the commandant of Auschwitz.

Under the orders of Reichsführer Himmler, Lang is tasked with the grim duty of exterminating 500,000 individuals annually. The camp evolves into a death factory, and Lang becomes a key figure in the Holocaust, overseeing the murder of millions.

Throughout the book, Lang is portrayed as devoid of personal feelings, driven solely by orders from his superiors. Even after the war, when imprisoned and sentenced to death, he claims he was merely following orders. The narrative concludes with Lang feeling betrayed by Himmler, who avoided accountability through suicide, leaving Lang to shoulder the blame.

This chilling tale offers a stark look into the mind of a man who played a pivotal role in one of history's darkest chapters, highlighting the psychological complexities and moral voids within.

Cien años de soledad es una obra clave en la literatura hispanoamericana, una magnífica creación del escritor colombiano Gabriel Garcíaa Márquez. Reconocida como una de las más importantes novelas del siglo XX, esta obra se considera un pilar del realismo mágico, un estilo literario que mezcla lo maravilloso con la realidad.

La novela se centra en la historia de la familia Buendía a lo largo de siete generaciones, en el pueblo ficticio de Macondo. Este relato épico abarca diversos temas como el amor, la muerte, la soledad, la riqueza, la guerra y la paz, creando un universo literario donde lo cotidiano y lo fantástico se entrelazan de manera natural y poética.

Con su poderosa narrativa y su rica imaginación, Gabriel García Márquez teje una historia que no solo cuenta la vida de los personajes, sino que también refleja la historia y el espíritu de toda una época y cultura.

"Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo". Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes de nuestro siglo. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de Soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso "boca a boca".

Mito por derecho propio, saludada por sus lectores como la obra en español más importante después de la Biblia, Cien años de soledad cuenta la saga de la familia Buendía y su maldición, que castiga el matrimonio entre parientes dándoles hijos con cola de cerdo. Como un río desbordante, a lo largo de un siglo se entretejerán sus destinos por medio de sucesos maravillosos en el fantástico pueblo de Macondo, en una narración que es la cumbre indiscutible del realismo mágico y la literatura del boom. Alegoría universal, es también una visión de Latinoamérica y una parábola sobre la historia humana.

En 1963, cuatro años antes de la publicación de Cien años de soledad, apareció en México una novela singular, historia de amor sombría, misteriosa, que cambió el tono de la narrativa mexicana de tan profunda y sorprendente manera como Pedro Páramo de Juan Rulfo: Los recuerdos del porvenir.

La asombrosa novela de Elena Garro es gótica y barroca. Más que una crónica -que sí lo es, de la Revolución Mexicana y de la guerra de los Cristeros- es una nostalgia y una soledad, es la voz de un pueblo iluminado, hallado y perdido, que habla en una primera persona desesperanzada y triste.

Una familia y otra familia, más las amantes solitarias, el loco del pueblo, las cuscas, los soldados, las beatas, un cura y un sacristán, más un campanario y una joven endemoniada de amor por el general Francisco Rosas, constituyen los solistas, las parejas y las comparsas de esta bella, ebria y condenada Danza de la Muerte.

The Persian Expedition is an enthralling eyewitness account by Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad. It narrates the attempt by a Greek mercenary army – the Ten Thousand – to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and seize the Persian throne.

When the Greeks were betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult terrain – adrift in a hostile country and under constant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes.

In this outstanding description of endurance and individual bravery, Xenophon, one of those chosen to lead the retreating army, provides a vivid narrative of the campaign and its aftermath. His account remains one of the best pictures we have of Greeks confronting a 'barbarian' world.

Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume set about the career of this British Naval officer fighting against Napoleon and his tyranny of Europe as an inexperienced midshipman in January 1794. Bullied and forced into a duel, he takes an even chance. And then he has many more chances to show his skills and ingenuities - from sailing a ship full of wetted and swelling rice to imprisonment and saving the lives of shipwrecked sailors.

Along the way, he fights galleys, feeds cattle, stays out of the way of the guillotine, and makes friends with a Duchess. Here, Hornblower becomes a man and develops the strength of character which will make him a hero to his men, and to all England.

Master and Commander: 20 Volume Set is a magnificent collection of Patrick O'Brian's renowned Aubrey-Maturin series. This comprehensive set includes:

• Master & Commander
• Post Captain
• H.M.S. 'Surprise'
• The Mauritius Command
• Desolation Island
• The Fortune of War
• The Surgeon's Mate
• The Ionian Mission
• Treason's Harbour
• The Far Side of the World
• The Reverse of the Medal
• The Letter of Marque
• The Thirteen-Gun Salute
• The Nutmeg of Consolation
• The Truelove/Clarissa Oakes
• The Wine-Dark Sea
• The Commodore
• The Yellow Admiral
• The Hundred Days
• Blue at the Mizzen

This series is celebrated for its evocative storytelling and rich historical detail, bringing to life the thrilling adventures of the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Set sail for the read of your life!