Patrick: 6740 books
Gentleman's Relish
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Love—common and uncommon, vengeful and transformational—is the theme of this superb collection from the bestselling author of Notes from an Exhibition.
From subtle tales of domestic unease to a story featuring a caravan that transports three generations of a family away from their small-town...
by Patrick T. Conley
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Picking up where Rhode Island's Founders left off Dr. Patrick T. Conley, Rhode Island's preeminent historian and president of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, takes us through the Ocean State's history from 1790 to 1860. Learn how Samuel Slater, the so-called Father of the Factor System, pioneered...
American Leviathan
Empire, Nation, and Revolutionary Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
The war that raged along America's frontier during the period of the American Revolution was longer, bloodier, and arguably more revolutionary than what transpired on the Atlantic coast.
Between 1763 and 1795 westerners not only participated in a War of Independence but engaged in a revolution...
Wellington the Beau
The Life and Loves of the Duke of Wellington
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
The military achievements of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, have been well documented and deservedly so. Inevitably his fame and success made him attractive, nay irresistible, to the opposite sex and over the many years of his campaigning away from home he came into contact with a...
Words of Mercury
Tales from a Lifetime of Travel
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century.
The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at...
by Anthea Sharp, Julia Crane, Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
*All new, exclusive stories!* Six brand new tales of adventure, love, and treacherous fey magic from six award-winning, bestselling authors. Enter these fantastical realms where dark powers lurk and the ordinay world can be transformed in a heartbeat to a place of wonder—and danger. From the hidden...
by Larry Bond, Patrick Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2012
In the aftermath of a series of student riots in Seoul, the U.S. Congress rushes a bill into law calling for the complete withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. This sets off a chain reaction: North Korea attacks across the DMZ, Russia supports North Korea, the Chinese remain neutral, and...
Into the Rising Sun
In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veteran
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
"Iwo Jima was a massacre. I never expected anything like that. People were dying left and right...No names should have been used on the flag raisings because we didn't get up there by ourselves. It was the collective actions of a lot of people and there were a lot of Raiders and paratroopers up there...
Dog Company
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe
It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd...
by Larry Bond, Patrick Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
In late 1997, world order has been destabilized by recession and extreme nationalism. France and Germany unite to form the " European Confederation." EurCon's attempt to Eastern Europe under its control meets with resistance, particularly from Poland, and soon the U.S. and Britain are pulled into...
by Larry Bond, Patrick Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Set in South Africa of the early 1990s, this military thriller has fascist ultraconservative Afrikaners staging a coup and taking over the Pretoria government. The new government then re-institutes apartheid and invades bordering Namibia. A Communist counterforce led by the Cubans is mounted, as...
My Journey as a Combat Medic
From Desert Storm to Operation Enduring Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Patrick Thibeault has served in the US Army in various capacities since the 1990s, originally training as a Airborne soldier before specialising as a combat medic. My Journey as a Combat Medic covers his original training and deployment before providing a look at the roles he's since played in the...
Firefight
Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on September 11, there is one tale that has yet to be told–the gripping account of ordinary men and women braving the inferno at the Pentagon to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation’s military headquarters, and defend their country.
Pentagon...
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2001
"O'Brian was only 15 when [Caesar] was published, but he already possessed an instinct for deft plotting and uncomplicated narrative."—The New York Times
A stark tale encompassing the cruelty and beauty of the natural world, and a clear demonstration of the storytelling gift that...