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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Hourglass Network A Novel【電子書籍】[ Andre Soares ]

＜p＞＜strong＞2025 B.R.A.G. Medallion Recipient - Thrillers Category＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Afghanistan. 2025. A feared warlord and eco-terrorist gives rise to a transformed Earth, as nature violently overtakes every trace of civilization.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞At the height of a fifth industrial revolution, a detonation triggers the emergence of a new world in a stunningly destructive sequence of events.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Intelligence agencies worldwide scramble, challenged at their very core, facing a threat of unparalleled scale. Their last hope is a locally embedded CIA field officer with questionable networks and ruthless tactics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Hourglass Network＜/em＞ is a high-stakes spy thriller that weaves together espionage and environmentalism, delivering a haunting cautionary tale that asks: ＜strong＞what happens when Earth decides to reclaim its crown?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞"For fans of ＜em＞Homeland＜/em＞, ＜em＞James Bond＜/em＞, and ＜em＞The Americans＜/em＞."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Eunuchs, Usurpers, and Heroes: A Three Kingdoms Thriller, Book 1 Stratagems of Glory, #1【電子書籍】[ Clara Chang ]

＜p＞＜em＞When corruption poisons the throne and rebellion ignites the land, who will rise as a heroーand who will fall as a tyrant?＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞China is falling apart in the last days of the Han dynasty (206 BCE?220 CE). Behind the grand palace walls, scheming eunuchs hold all the power. Secret plots grow in the shadows and threaten the throne. Grand General Dou Wu risks everything to rid these corrupt forces, but the Empress Dowager's attitude sets the stage for a storm of bloodshed and betrayal.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The people's anger reaches its breaking point outside the palace. Furious at the corruption, the Yellow Turban Rebellion rises to destroy the empire and build a new order. Plagues and war sweep across the land, leaving turmoil and ruin everywhere.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Emperor Liu Hong's death sparks a fierce battle for the throne. Grand General Ho Jin clashes with the Ten Eunuchs for control, only to unleash an even more dangerous threatーDong Zhuo. This ruthless warlord's greed for power plunges the empire into chaos and terror.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The greatest heroes rise in the darkest times. Brave warriors, wise scholars, and bold leaders step forward, trying to rebuild their shattered world. The story reaches its peak when eighteen regional lords unite to challenge Dong Zhuo's tyranny.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Eunuchs, Usurpers, and Heroes＜/em＞ takes you on an epic journey filled with courage, ambition, and intrigue. It brings the inner struggles of its extraordinary characters to life. This is not just a story about war and historyーit's also a psychological thriller. It delves into the hearts and minds of the people behind the events.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The tales of the Three Kingdoms have formed Chinese culture, much like the Bible stories in the West. They have influenced how people think, speak, and connect. They show how psychological tactics may turn ordinary men into mighty leaders. These pearls of wisdom have shaped the Asian military for centuries and continue to inspire success in business, diplomacy, and beyond.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Knowing your opponents is crucial for staying ahead in today's cutthroat world. These captivating stories offer timeless lessons for understanding others and dominating the game of power. They reveal valuable insights about people and what it takes to win.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This historical thriller brings the Three Kingdoms era to life in all its glory, with thrilling battles and superb strategies. Full of raw emotion, these stories are as powerful and exciting now as they were eighteen hundred years ago.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞In this sphere of immortality, survival is all about strategy. Loyalty is challenged, and the line between hero and villain isn't always clear. History is written with both blood and brilliance. You'll experience the drama, feel the action, and face the characters' tough choices. Will you join their journey for survival and success?＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton The Lives and Friendship of the Men Who Liberated Europe【電子書籍】

＜p＞Rommel, Guderian, Liddell-Hart and JFC Fuller: early exponents and practitioners of armored warfare. These tactics were to break the stalemate that had characterized World War I. Advocates of the tank and above all speed, it was their ideas which decimated Saddam Hussein’s forces in the 1990 Gulf War. But among the proponents and practitioners of armored warfare, the brash, bold, arrogant and eccentric George S. Patton remains the world’s greatest armored commander by the one yardstick that really counts: the battlefield. In 1944-45, Patton’s Third Army raced across northern Europe, covering more ground and destroying more enemy resources than any other equivalent force in history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Patton is one of America’s most celebrated generals and one of the most famous generals of the 20th century, but his story has its origins in the form of a shy, dyslexic boy who could cry uncontrollably and who viewed his own emotional intelligence as unmanly. Patton was a fascinating, complicated and controversial man whose life story ranges between genius, folly and tragedy, with absolute determination the one constant theme.＜/p＞ ＜p＞He was also a man constantly on the move, whether it was as an Olympic athlete or as one of the first American soldiers to work with tanks in World War I, but his life’s work truly went toward revolutionizing warfare on and off the battlefield. Between the two World Wars, he wrote at length about mechanized warfare and tactics, and during the Second World War he worked his way up colorfully, controversially, and capably, all of which made him more conspicuous during the war. Patton’s shocking death just a few months after the war ended ensured that the general died at the height of his fame and would always be remembered for his legendary attitude and exploits.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A career military man, Ike was too young to serve in combat during World War I, but he began a long and productive career collaborating with future military legends George Patton and Douglas MacArthur while serving some of the nation’s other famous generals, including George Marshall and John J. Pershing. Amazingly, he had never served in anything but administrative positions before World War II.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Eisenhower remained mired in middle management positions until George Marshall, Chief of Staff of the Army, took notice of his skills and began promoting him. By 1942, Eisenhower was given the role of appointed Supreme Commander Allied (Expeditionary) Force in North Africa, and after his success there, Eisenhower oversaw the invasion of Sicily in 1943, which at the time had been the largest amphibious invasion in history.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With those successes, President Roosevelt picked Eisenhower to be the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, leaving him in charge of Operation Overlord and the defining moment of his military career, D-Day. Like many before him, his successes in the war made him a natural candidate for President, and he was offered plum political spots by both parties before winning the presidency as a Republican in 1952.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Discovering and Conquering the New World The Lives and Legacies of Christopher Columbus, Hern?n Cort?s and Francisco Pizarro【電子書籍】

＜p＞The most seminal event of the last millennium might also be its most controversial. As schoolchildren have been taught for over 500 years, “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” In October of that year, the Italian Christopher Columbus immortalized himself by landing in the New World and beginning the process of European settlement in the Americas for Spain, bringing the Age of Exploration to a new hemisphere with him. Ironically, the Italian had led a Spanish expedition, in part because the Portugese rejected his offers in the belief that sailing west to Asia would take too long.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Columbus had better luck with the Spanish royalty, successfully persuading Queen Isabella to commission his expedition. In August 1492, Columbus set west for India at the helm of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. Befitting a legendary trip, the journey was star-crossed from the beginning. The Pinta’s rudder broke early on, and just days into the journey Columbus’ compass stopped pointing due north and started pointing to the Earth’s magnetic north pole, something the Europeans knew nothing about. Columbus knew that the uncertainty of the expedition’s destination made his crew nervous, so he hid his compass’ “malfunction” from his crew. Additionally, after 30 days of sailing, the expedition still had not sighted land, so Columbus started lying to his crew about the distance they sailed each day, telling them they had sailed fewer miles than they actually had so as not to scare them even more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On October 7, 1492, the three ships spotted flocks of birds, suggesting land was nearby, so Columbus followed the direction in which the birds flew. On the night of October 11, the expedition sighted land, and when Columbus came ashore the following day in the Bahamas, he thought he was in Japan, but the natives he came into contact with belied the descriptions of the people and lands of Asia as wealthy and resourceful. Instead, the bewildered Columbus would note in his journal that the natives painted their bodies, wore no clothes and had primitive weapons, leading him to the conclusion they would be easily converted to Catholicism. When he set sail for home in January 1493, he brought several imprisoned natives back to Spain with him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain’s best known conquistadors. Naturally, as the best known conquistador, Hern?n Cort?s (1485-1547) is also the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Cort?s was lionized for his successes for centuries without questioning his tactics or motives, while indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative for the consequences his conquests had on the Aztecs and other natives in the region. Just about the only thing everyone agrees upon is that Cort?s had a profound impact on the history of North America.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If Columbus and Cort?s were the pioneers of Spain’s new global empire, Pizarro consolidated its immense power and riches, and his successes inspired a further generation to expand Spain’s dominions to unheard of dimensions. Furthermore, he participated in the forging of a new culture: like Cort?s, he took an indigenous mistress with whom he had two mixed-race children, and yet the woman has none of the lasting fame of Cort?s’s Do?a Marina. With all of this in mind, it is again remarkable that Pizarro remains one of the less well-known and less written about of the explorers of his age.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On the other hand, there are certain factors that may account for the conqueror of Peru’s relative lack of lasting glory. For one, he was a latecomer in more than one sense. Cort?s’s reputation was built on being the first to overthrow a great empire, so Pizarro’s similar feat, even if it bore even greater fruit in the long run, would always be overshadowed by his predecessor’s precedent.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Conquistadors The Lives and Legacies of Hern?n Cort?s and Francisco Pizarro【電子書籍】

＜p＞During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain’s best known conquistadors. Naturally, as the best known conquistador, Hern?n Cort?s (1485-1547) is also the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Cort?s was lionized for his successes for centuries without questioning his tactics or motives, while indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative for the consequences his conquests had on the Aztecs and other natives in the region. Just about the only thing everyone agrees upon is that Cort?s had a profound impact on the history of North America.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Of course, the lionization and demonization of Cort?s often take place without fully analyzing the man himself, especially because there are almost no contemporaneous sources that explain what his thinking and motivation was. If anything, Cort?s seemed to have been less concerned with posterity or the effects of the Spanish conquest on the natives than he was on relations with the Mother Country itself. Of the few things that are known about Cort?s, it appears that he was both extremely ambitious and fully cognizant of politics and political intrigue, even in a New World thousands of miles west of Spain itself. Cort?s spent much of his time in Mexico and the New World defending himself against other Spanish officials in the region, as well as trying to portray and position himself in a favorable light back home.＜/p＞ ＜p＞While those ambitions and politics understandably colored his writings about his activities and conquests, scholars nevertheless use what he wrote to gain a better understanding of the indigenous natives he came into contact with. Even then, however, what he wrote was scarce; Cort?s's account of his conquest of Mexico is comprised of five letters he addressed to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. As Adolph Francis Bandelier noted in the Catholic Encyclopedia in 1908, “Cort?s was a good writer. His letters to the emperor, on the conquest, deserve to be classed among the best Spanish documents of the period. They are, of course, coloured so as to place his own achievements in relief, but, withal, he keeps within bounds and does not exaggerate, except in matters of Indian civilization and the numbers of population as implied by the size of the settlements. Even there he uses comparatives only, judging from outward appearances and from impressions.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞If Columbus and Cort?s were the pioneers of Spain’s new global empire, Pizarro consolidated its immense power and riches, and his successes inspired a further generation to expand Spain’s dominions to unheard of dimensions. Furthermore, he participated in the forging of a new culture: like Cort?s, he took an indigenous mistress with whom he had two mixed-race children, and yet the woman has none of the lasting fame of Cort?s’s Do?a Marina. With all of this in mind, it is again remarkable that Pizarro remains one of the less well-known and less written about of the explorers of his age.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On the other hand, there are certain factors that may account for the conqueror of Peru’s relative lack of lasting glory. For one, he was a latecomer in more than one sense. Cort?s’s reputation was built on being the first to overthrow a great empire, so Pizarro’s similar feat, even if it bore even greater fruit in the long run, would always be overshadowed by his predecessor’s precedent. But Pizarro also lacked the youthful glamour of Cort?s: already a wizened veteran in his 50s by the time he undertook his momentous expedition, he proceeded with the gritty determination of a hardened soldier rather than the audacity and cunning of a young courtier.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Spain’s Explorers in the Age of Discovery The Lives and Legacies of Christopher Columbus, Hern?n Cort?s, Francisco Pizarro and Ferdinand Magellan【電子書籍】

＜p＞The most seminal event of the last millennium might also be its most controversial. As schoolchildren have been taught for over 500 years, “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” In October of that year, the Italian Christopher Columbus immortalized himself by landing in the New World and beginning the process of European settlement in the Americas for Spain, bringing the Age of Exploration to a new hemisphere with him. Ironically, the Italian had led a Spanish expedition, in part because the Portugese rejected his offers in the belief that sailing west to Asia would take too long.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Columbus had better luck with the Spanish royalty, successfully persuading Queen Isabella to commission his expedition. On October 7, 1492, the three ships spotted flocks of birds, suggesting land was nearby, so Columbus followed the direction in which the birds flew. On the night of October 11, the expedition sighted land, and when Columbus came ashore the following day in the Bahamas, he thought he was in Japan, but the natives he came into contact with belied the descriptions of the people and lands of Asia as wealthy and resourceful. Instead, the bewildered Columbus would note in his journal that the natives painted their bodies, wore no clothes and had primitive weapons, leading him to the conclusion they would be easily converted to Catholicism. When he set sail for home in January 1493, he brought several imprisoned natives back to Spain with him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain’s best known conquistadors. Naturally, as the best known conquistador, Hern?n Cort?s (1485-1547) is also the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Cort?s was lionized for his successes for centuries without questioning his tactics or motives, while indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative for the consequences his conquests had on the Aztecs and other natives in the region. Just about the only thing everyone agrees upon is that Cort?s had a profound impact on the history of North America.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If Columbus and Cort?s were the pioneers of Spain’s new global empire, Pizarro consolidated its immense power and riches, and his successes inspired a further generation to expand Spain’s dominions to unheard of dimensions. Furthermore, he participated in the forging of a new culture: like Cort?s, he took an indigenous mistress with whom he had two mixed-race children, and yet the woman has none of the lasting fame of Cort?s’s Do?a Marina. With all of this in mind, it is again remarkable that Pizarro remains one of the less well-known and less written about of the explorers of his age.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Ferdinand Magellan, known in his native Portugal as Fern?o de Magalh?es and in Spain, where he moved later in life, as Fernando de Magallanes, was unquestionably one of the more remarkable figures of the so-called Age of Discovery, a period in which Europeans spread their political and commercial influence around the globe. Accordingly, his name is often invoked alongside that of Columbus, but the nature of his achievements has sometimes been misunderstood. Magellan has sometimes been credited with “proving the world was round,” since he and his crew were the first Europeans to reach Asia via a westward route. But such a claim is based on a popular misconception, referred to by historian Jeffrey Burton Russell as the “myth of the flat earth”: the belief that medieval Europe had erroneously believed the earth was flat. In reality, essentially no educated Europeans of the late 15th and early 16th centuries doubted the spherical shape of the earth, which had been persuasively established by the scientists of ancient Greece ? even down to Eratosthenes’s relatively accurate measurement of its circumference in the third century B.C.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Inner Circle【電子書籍】[ Hamon de Quillan ]

＜p＞Antoine Moreau, a newly elected, idealistic D?put? (member of the Parliament) in France, arrives in Paris full of hope for reform. His optimism is quickly challenged when he uncovers unusual financial discrepancies in his own campaign, hinting at hidden manipulation. This leads him to S?natrice Isabelle Dubois, a jaded veteran who reluctantly reveals the existence of "Le Cercle Int?rieur," a clandestine society of powerful elites ? led by the enigmatic Philippe de Valois ? that has secretly influenced French elections and policies for generations.＜br /＞ As Antoine discreetly investigates, under the radar of the Inner Circle's ruthless enforcer, Chlo? Fournier, he receives anonymous help from Jean-Pierre Dubois, a disillusioned insider who provides crucial intel. Antoine forms an alliance with tenacious investigative journalist L?a Martin to strategically leak information, while the Inner Circle's intimidation tactics escalate, putting Antoine in direct danger.＜br /＞ The stakes rise dramatically when Jean-Pierre, fearing for his life, fully defects and exposes the Inner Circle's extensive election rigging operations. Antoine, Jean-Pierre, and L?a race against time to gather irrefutable evidence. Their efforts are met with swift retaliation from Chlo? Fournier, leading to a desperate chase.＜br /＞ Finally, with the overwhelming evidence in hand, Antoine, with the critical support of Isabelle and L?a, orchestrates a public unveiling that exposes the Inner Circle's deep-seated corruption to the nation. The fallout would lead to investigations, arrests, and widespread public outrage, but Antoine's life and career are irrevocably altered as he becomes a national figure in a world where hidden powers still lurk.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Forks In The Soup: Unlearning the Uniform【電子書籍】[ David Dillon ]

＜p＞You made it through the military. But no one trained you for civilian life.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Forks in the Soup＜/em＞ is not your typical veteran memoir. It's a raw, darkly funny, and brutally honest guide to unlearning the mindset, habits, and survival tactics drilled into you while in uniform. From barracks absurdity to the silence of civilian isolation, this book speaks directly to veterans trying to figure out who they are now that the mission is over.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Written by a Marine Corps veteran who's walked the transition path himself, this book isn't about combatーit's about coming home. It's about navigating relationships, work, mental health, and identity without the structure of rank, orders, or formations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Whether you served four years or twenty, ＜em＞The Forks in the Soup＜/em＞ will remind you that you're not brokenーyou were just never trained for peace.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Put down the fork. It's time to unlearn the uniform.＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Operation Dark Hour S.A.S Rogue Heros, #1【電子書籍】[ MJ Hawke ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Operation Dark Hour＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞A Talon Unit Thriller | Book 1＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞As Kabul falls and the world watches in stunned silence, a covert Australian SAS team is deployed on a mission that doesn't officially exist.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Commander Nate Harwood and the elite Talon Unit are tasked with extracting a high-value intelligence assetーcodename ＜em＞Nightingale＜/em＞ーfrom the crumbling heart of Afghanistan. But what begins as a daring rescue spirals into a deadly race against time as the team uncovers a betrayal that could collapse Western intelligence operations across the globe.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Haunted by past missions and hardened by years in the shadows, Talon Unit must navigate collapsing alliances, rogue operatives, and a ruthless enemy who anticipates their every move. Among the chaos is Victor Maddox, a former ally turned lethal adversary, orchestrating a shadow war from behind the scenesーand he's one step ahead.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In a world where loyalty has a price and truth is buried beneath layers of classified lies, Talon Unit fights not only for survivalーbut for the soul of everything they swore to protect.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞Operation Dark Hour＜/strong＞＜/em＞ is the explosive first entry in the Talon Unit series: a gritty, pulse-pounding military thriller packed with sharp tactics, moral complexity, and adrenaline-charged action.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Perfect for fans of Andy McNab, Mark Greaney, and Matthew Reilly.＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】You're Telling My Kids They Can't Read This Book? Our Hundred-Year Children's-Literature Revolution and How We'll Keep Fighting to Support Our Families' Right to Read【電子書籍】[ Andrew Laties ]

＜p＞＜strong＞PASSIONATELY FIGHTING BOOK-BANNING AND CENSORSHIP: HOW & WHY＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this timely broadside against censorship, Laties weaves together stories from his fifty years as a bookseller, activist, and parent, while sharing tales from authors, librarians, publishers, journalists, and customers. Discussing events as recent as the May 2025 firing of the Librarian of Congress and the June 2025 Supreme Court LGBTQ+ storybook decision, this conversational book reveals patterns in the history of book challenges, while teaching resistance tactics. An essential read for parents, librarians, educators, and everyone committed to intellectual freedom.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Politics and the English Language【電子書籍】[ George Orwell ]

＜p＞George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature ? his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While ＜em＞1984＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Animal＜/em＞ ＜em＞Farm＜/em＞ are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell's essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞Politics and the English Language＜/em＞, the second in the ＜em＞Orwell's Essays＜/em＞ series, Orwell takes aim at the language used in politics, which, he says, 'is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind'. In an age where the language used in politics is constantly under the microscope, Orwell's ＜em＞Politics and the English Language＜/em＞ is just as relevant today, and gives the reader a vital understanding of the tactics at play.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Nine Lives of Charles E. Lively The Deadliest Man in the West Virginia-Colorado Coal Mine Wars【電子書籍】[ R. G. Yoho ]

＜p＞The West Virginia and Colorado Coal Mine Wars of the early twentieth century was a tumultuous and violent time in our nation’s history. At the center of this saga is Charles Everett Lively, perhaps one of the deadliest of the undercover agents of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Although it’s been almost one hundred years since the bloodshed in La Veta, Ludlow, Matewan, and Welch, the names of William G. Baldwin, Thomas L. Felts, and Charles E. Lively can still stir an extraordinary level of hatred among those same coal mining communities. From the record, it’s clear that Lively killed no fewer than three men in his lifetime, one in Colorado and two in West Virginia. It also appears that killing was something that came easy for him.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency was one of several private detective agencies like Pinkerton, that performed many freelance security and detective tasks, including strike breaking. Among the agency’s best clients were the owners of the coal mines of West Virginia and Colorado. The dirty and dangerous work in the coal mines was accompanied by low pay. This led to strife and labor organizing. To combat this, mine owners hired detective agencies to disrupt labor organizing and break up strikes through espionage and strong-arm tactics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lively’s blue-collar coal mining roots allowed him to move quietly among the miners, but his brief stint working the mines held little allure for him. Lively became one of Baldwin-Felts’ most effective undercover operatives and among their deadliest men. His activities included running a popular restaurant within which he gathered valuable intelligence. Local union leadership even held meetings in his establishment. Lively once did jail time in Colorado so that he could infiltrate miners who were locked up at the time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞R.G. Yoho scoured every known source to bring this figure out of the shadows and provide a valuable piece to this fascinating yet overlooked period of American history and shines a light for the first time into the intrigue surrounding this controversial figure.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of Notorious Criminals【電子書籍】[ Amilia P. Seward ]

＜p＞Enter the shadowed corridors of history's most infamous figures in ＜strong＞Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of Notorious Criminals＜/strong＞. This gripping exploration unveils the human stories behind sensational headlines, revealing how ambition, loyalty, and desperation intertwined to shape underground empires. Readers will discover dramatic accounts of daring operations, secret alliances, and pivotal betrayals that propelled ordinary individuals into the glare of infamy and led to their ultimate undoing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through meticulous research of archival records, court transcripts, and firsthand testimonies, this narrative dismantles myths and exposes the true mechanics of organized crime. You'll trace the evolution of smuggling networks, power struggles in hidden hierarchies, and the cat-and-mouse battles between criminal masterminds and determined investigators. Vivid storytelling immerses you in tense standoffs, clandestine meetings, and the psychological landscapes of those who lived by codes of silence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞What You Will Find in This Book:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Detailed examinations of notorious figures and their rise from humble origins.＜/li＞ ＜li＞Insight into the strategies that builtーand shatteredーcriminal empires.＜/li＞ ＜li＞Analysis of law enforcement tactics and community responses.＜/li＞ ＜li＞Stories that illuminate moral ambiguity and human complexity.＜/li＞ ＜li＞Connections between historic cases and modern underworld dynamics.＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞Ideal for true crime enthusiasts, history readers, and anyone intrigued by the forces that drive people toward risk and power, this book offers a balanced perspective that neither glamorizes nor condemns without context. Engage with revealing narratives that challenge assumptions and prompt reflection on societal influences and personal choices. Prepare for an immersive journey through the underbelly of ambition and consequence, offering lessons that resonate beyond the streets and into broader conversations about justice and human nature.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Inside His House (A Lucy Crimson Suspense ThrillerーBook Eight)【電子書籍】[ Kate Bold ]

＜p＞“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dr. Lucy Crimson, criminal psychology professor, former BAU agent, has unmatched brilliance and expertise into the mind of serial killers, and is the one person the FBI turns to when they need help. But when a new killer targets her, matching her brilliance, the race is on to solve the cryptic clues before she may end up as the next victim…＜/p＞ ＜p＞When retired FBI profilers begin to die in a sinister twist of their own tactics, Lucy Crimson must untangle a web woven by a killer who's as knowledgeable as his victims. It's a race against time for Lucy to protect her own life while honoring the legacy of her mentor by catching a murderer trained by the very experts he's targeting.＜/p＞ ＜p＞INSIDE HIS HOUSE is BOOK #8 in a new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller NOT ME (a free download) has received over 3,00 five star ratings and reviews. The series begins with INSIDE HIS MIND (Book #1)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The LUCY CRIMSON series is a heart-pounding page turner, packed with action, suspense and mystery that will compel you late into the night as you try to unravel the clues. Fans of Kendra Elliot, Teresa Driscoll, and Lee Child are sure to fall in love.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Future books in the series are also available!＜/p＞ ＜p＞“This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story… I look forward to reading the next in the series.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre… Very well done.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading. I can't wait to read book two!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーReader review for The Killing Game＜/p＞ ＜p＞?????＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Perimeter - a military action thriller【電子書籍】[ C Lowry ]

＜p＞Perimeter: A Military Thriller＜/p＞ ＜p＞When the orders are wrong, honor is all you have left.＜/p＞ ＜p＞For Sergeant Kyle Brennan and the elite Marines of Squad Alpha-7, it was supposed to be a straightforward, if dangerous, mission: deploy to a riot-torn Los Angeles under the Insurrection Act, establish a perimeter, and restore order. But from the moment they touch down in a city ablaze, they realize they’ve been thrown into a war, not a riot. The protestors are organized, well-equipped, and using military tactics. The chaos is a lie.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The line between patriot and traitor is drawn in fire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As the perimeter collapses and his men are pushed to the brink, Brennan discovers the horrifying truth: the city-wide riots are an elaborate smokescreen, a diversion orchestrated by a ruthless cartel lieutenant to move a massive shipment of military-grade weapons onto American soil. Cut off from a command that is blind to the real threat, Brennan is faced with an impossible choice when the enemy takes hostages and sets a deadly trap.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With his superiors ordering him to stand down and abandon the mission, Brennan must decide where his true duty lies: with the chain of command, or with the innocent lives caught in the crossfire and the men under his command. Defying a direct order, he leads his squad deep into the heart of the conspiracy, a rogue element in a battle the country doesn't even know is being fought.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A pulse-pounding thriller of urban warfare and impossible choices.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Perfect for fans of Jack Carr, Lee Child, and the authentic tactical detail of Tom Clancy, Perimeter is a relentless, action-packed thriller that explores the brutal realities of modern warfare on home soil. From explosive firefights in the streets of L.A. to the tense, moral gray zones of combat, Sergeant Brennan’s story is a gripping saga of honor, sacrifice, and the terrifying price of duty. When the system fails, it’s up to the warriors on the ground to hold the lineーno matter the cost.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Hunted【電子書籍】[ K.B. Houston ]

＜p＞Leaving the compound was supposed to give me and my friends a sense of safety and security, and it did...for them, at least. I know Lucinda won't stop hunting me, no matter how long it takes her or what tactics she has to use. The island can only protect me for so long before she forces me off it, only she won't have to force me. I know now that I have no choice but to kill her, even if I have to die with her. Everest will fight with his life to protect me, but I'll fight harder to keep his heart beating. I'll sacrifice myself to save him, to save my family, and all I can hope for in the end is a world without Lucinda.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Meeting at Waterloo The Lives and Legacies of Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington【電子書籍】

＜p＞When historians are asked to list the most influential people of the last 200 years, a handful of names might vary, but there is no question that the list will include Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), the most successful French leader since Charlemagne and widely acknowledged one of the greatest generals ever. Indeed, Napoleon was likely the most influential man of the 19th century, leaving an indelible mark on everything from the strategy and tactics of warfare to the Napoleonic Code that drafted laws across the continent. To defeat Napoleon, the Europeans had to form large coalitions multiple times, which helped bring about the entangling alliances that sparked World War I after Europe was rebuilt following Waterloo and the Congress of Vienna. Napoleon’s influence on the United States was also palpable. To finance his endeavors, he struck a deal with President Thomas Jefferson that became the Louisiana Purchase, and it was Napoleonic warfare that was used throughout the Civil War, leading to massive casualties because the weaponry of the 1860s was now more advanced than the tactics of 1815.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Napoleon died at St. Helena, he still engendered fear and distaste among the Europeans, but the man and his legacy continued to be held in awe across the world. In Napoleon’s time, emperors and leaders still hoped to become the next Julius Caesar. After the Napoleonic Era, emperors and generals hoped to become the next Napoleon. For the next century, military leaders and even civilians struck Napoleonic poses when having their pictures taken, and phrases like “Napoleonic complex” and “meeting one’s Waterloo” are now common phrases in the English lexicon. It would be truly impossible to envision or understand geopolitics in the West over the last two centuries without Napoleon.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With the passage of time, Napoleon’s legacy has had time to crystallize, but the legends, myths, and controversies about the man and his empire continue to swirl. Was he really short? Did his men shoot the nose off the Sphinx? Was he a good chess player? Was he poisoned by the British? In the rush to analyze his stunningly successful military record or question whether he was very short or a great chess player, people often overlook his political reign and personality.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In September 1852, a steam train carried the body of Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, from Kent to London, where he was to be interred at St. Paul’s Cathedral after a huge state funeral. A million would flock to pay their final respects, and young Queen Victoria wept openly, lamenting that “his loss will be quite irreparable”.＜/p＞ ＜p＞By the time of his death, Wellington had been prime minister twice, a shrewd personal advisor to four British monarchs and one of the nation’s most prominent politicians for three decades. But despite his nearly four decades of peacetime service in and out of politics, Wellington has remained one of the titans of the 19th century because of one June day in 1815. Then, as now, the Duke of Wellington is best remembered for defeating Napoleon in the most famous battle of modern history at Waterloo.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Even then, the fact Wellington is remembered for Waterloo belies his extraordinary military career, which saw him come up through fighting in the Netherlands and India before opposing Napoleon’s forces on the Iberian Peninsula for several years. By the time Wellington took command of allied forces during the Hundred Days Campaign and decisively finished the Napoleonic Era at Waterloo, he had participated in about 60 battles and was one of Britain’s greatest war heroes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Historical memory of Wellington often stops there, but he spent half his lifetime in politics after Waterloo, serving as a prime minister in the 1820s and an influential Tory in the House of Lords in the 1830s and 1840s, serving all the while as Commander-in-Chief of Britain’s military.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars The Lives and Legacies of Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson and Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington【電子書籍】

＜p＞When historians are asked to list the most influential people of the last 200 years, a handful of names might vary, but there is no question that the list will include Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), the most successful French leader since Charlemagne and widely acknowledged one of the greatest generals ever. Indeed, Napoleon was likely the most influential man of the 19th century, leaving an indelible mark on everything from the strategy and tactics of warfare to the Napoleonic Code that drafted laws across the continent. To defeat Napoleon, the Europeans had to form large coalitions multiple times, which helped bring about the entangling alliances that sparked World War I after Europe was rebuilt following Waterloo and the Congress of Vienna. Napoleon’s influence on the United States was also palpable. To finance his endeavors, he struck a deal with President Thomas Jefferson that became the Louisiana Purchase, and it was Napoleonic warfare that was used throughout the Civil War, leading to massive casualties because the weaponry of the 1860s was now more advanced than the tactics of 1815.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Napoleon died at St. Helena, he still engendered fear and distaste among the Europeans, but the man and his legacy continued to be held in awe across the world. In Napoleon’s time, emperors and leaders still hoped to become the next Julius Caesar. After the Napoleonic Era, emperors and generals hoped to become the next Napoleon. For the next century, military leaders and even civilians struck Napoleonic poses when having their pictures taken, and phrases like “Napoleonic complex” and “meeting one’s Waterloo” are now common phrases in the English lexicon. It would be truly impossible to envision or understand geopolitics in the West over the last two centuries without Napoleon.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but none of her military heroes has left a greater military legacy than Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bront?. Whether traveling to Trafalgar Square or one of the hundreds of pubs named after him, seemingly it becomes easy to believe that no Briton has cast as long a shadow.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Nelson is well known across the world for his decisive victory at Trafalgar, made all the more legendary by the fact that he was mortally wounded at the height of his greatest feat. And it is understandable that any man who could thwart Napoleon’s ambitions as well as Nelson did would earn a place in the history books. But Nelson embodied every virtue of his homeland; a dashing, courageous military officer who was impeccably cultured, and, of course, the best at what he did. Indeed, as the personification of the supremacy of the Royal Navy, the man and his life had a powerful resonance well before his death. When Nelson’s body was immersed in rum during the homeward voyage from Trafalgar, it is said that the sailors would steal a drink, thereby imbibing the spirit of their hero. Rum is still called “Nelson’s Blood” in Britain’s Royal Navy, and consumers can buy a spiced version at the pub in Burnham Thorpe. Nelson’s strategy and tactics are taught at naval colleges around the world, and the current U.K. government is, more than 200 years after his death, considering establishing a public holiday on the anniversary of Trafalgar.＜/p＞ ＜p＞By the time of his death, Wellington had been prime minister twice, a shrewd personal advisor to four British monarchs and one of the nation’s most prominent politicians for three decades. But despite his nearly four decades of peacetime service in and out of politics, Wellington has remained one of the titans of the 19th century because of one June day in 1815. Then, as now, the Duke of Wellington is best remembered for defeating Napoleon in the most famous battle of modern history at Waterloo.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Life and Legacy of Hern?n Cort?s【電子書籍】

＜p＞“Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.” ? Hern?n Cort?s＜/p＞ ＜p＞A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? The Age of Exploration and the explorers who set out on their history-making expeditions left many legacies and profoundly influenced history around the world. The voyages of men like Columbus and the conquests of men like Cort?s had dramatic consequences for the natives, escalated tensions between the European nations, initiated imperialistic empires on a global scale, helped birth the United States, and ensured that the wars in the 20th century were truly world wars. In Charles River Editors’ Legendary Explorers series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of the most important explorers of history in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.＜/p＞ ＜p＞During the Age of Exploration, some of the most famous and infamous individuals were Spain’s best known conquistadors. Naturally, as the best known conquistador, Hern?n Cort?s (1485-1547) is also the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus before him, Cort?s was lionized for his successes for centuries without questioning his tactics or motives, while indigenous views of the man have been overwhelmingly negative for the consequences his conquests had on the Aztecs and other natives in the region. Just about the only thing everyone agrees upon is that Cort?s had a profound impact on the history of North America.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Of course, the lionization and demonization of Cort?s often take place without fully analyzing the man himself, especially because there are almost no contemporaneous sources that explain what his thinking and motivation was. If anything, Cort?s seemed to have been less concerned with posterity or the effects of the Spanish conquest on the natives than he was on relations with the Mother Country itself. Of the few things that are known about Cort?s, it appears that he was both extremely ambitious and fully cognizant of politics and political intrigue, even in a New World thousands of miles west of Spain itself. Cort?s spent much of his time in Mexico and the New World defending himself against other Spanish officials in the region, as well as trying to portray and position himself in a favorable light back home.＜/p＞ ＜p＞While those ambitions and politics understandably colored his writings about his activities and conquests, scholars nevertheless use what he wrote to gain a better understanding of the indigenous natives he came into contact with. Even then, however, what he wrote was scarce; Cort?s's account of his conquest of Mexico is comprised of five letters he addressed to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. As Adolph Francis Bandelier noted in the Catholic Encyclopedia in 1908, “Cort?s was a good writer. His letters to the emperor, on the conquest, deserve to be classed among the best Spanish documents of the period. They are, of course, coloured so as to place his own achievements in relief, but, withal, he keeps within bounds and does not exaggerate, except in matters of Indian civilization and the numbers of population as implied by the size of the settlements. Even there he uses comparatives only, judging from outward appearances and from impressions.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Legendary Explorers: The Life and Legacy of Hern?n Cort?s＜/em＞ chronicles Cort?s’s life, but it also examines the aftermath of his conquest and analyzes the controversy surrounding his legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Cort?s like you never have before, in no time at all.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Animals That Refused to Be Tamed Part-4【電子書籍】[ Arven Shade ]

＜p＞This book series is a tribute to animals that defy human control, thriving on their own terms in a world shaped by fences, traps, and human dominance. Across 100 vivid portraits, it highlights creaturesーfrom tool-using chimpanzees to elusive pangolinsーwho embody resilience, cleverness, and an unbreakable connection to their natural worlds. The book offers clear, factual insights into each species’ physical traits, habits, social lives, and survival tactics, showing how they resist captivity through escape, camouflage, or deep-rooted instincts. It also sheds light on their life cycles, emotional bonds, and conservation stories. Readers of all ages will find accessible, engaging prose that fosters respect for wildlife and the habitats they depend on. By celebrating these animals’ refusal to be tamed, the book advocates for empathy, conservation, and a renewed connection to nature. It is part of a four-book series exploring wild resistance across the globe, serving as both a call to action and a source of wonder.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】When the Axe Falls The Omega War, #7【電子書籍】[ Jon R. Osborne ]

＜p＞The clouds of war continue to build…and not everyone is blind…＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bjorn Tovesson III, the owner of Bjorn's Berserkers, is a man tied to the past, but who's not afraid to innovate. Whether it is new tactics or new equipment, Bjorn is willing to try anything, once, in an effort to grow his company into the status of the fabled Four Horsemen.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Looking to the future with his eyes open, though, he has seen a series of unfortunate occurrences running through the ranks of Earth's mercenaries. Companies in financial troubles, some taking huge losses on contracts…and others not returning from their contracts at all.＜/p＞ ＜p＞His father always taught him to prepare, and Bjorn is working to diversify his operations, including moving the company to a planet with a sizable portion of aliens who are already members of the Galactic Union. Nothing bad could happen to them there, right?＜/p＞ ＜p＞But as the storm clouds continue to gather, his past is on a collision course with the present, as another of Earth's mercenary companies is out to get him…and with the support of the Mercenary Guild, they have the forces to overwhelm him! Will Bjorn's preparations keep the Berserkers safe, or will they become yet another unfortunate occurrence?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】I Don't Trust Men Who Wear Pinky Rings【電子書籍】[ Destiny Divine ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"The ultimate guide to spotting - and surviving - the smoothest operators in the wild."＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞We've all met ＜em＞that guy -＜/em＞ the one whose pinky ring glints just a little too brightly when he says, ＜em＞"Trust me."＜/em＞ Now, in this laugh-out-loud expos?, ＜em＞Destiny Divine＜/em＞ dissects the pinky ring phenomenon with the precision of a stand-up comedian, and the wariness of someone who's been burned before.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Why You'll Love This Book:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Spot the Signs:＜/strong＞ Learn to decode pinky ring wearers' favorite phrases (＜em＞"I know the owner," "Big things coming soon," "My ex was crazy"＜/em＞) and body language (polishing that ring like it's a magic lamp that'll grant him credibility).＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Occupational Hazards:＜/strong＞ Explore the careers where these men thrive - from shady "life coaches" to timeshare salesmen who think ＜em＞"no"＜/em＞ means ＜em＞"let me talk louder."＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Dating Disasters:＜/strong＞ Protect yourself from Pinky Ring Romeos with foolproof tactics, like asking to see his ＜em＞actual＜/em＞ yacht or checking if his "VIP connections" exist outside his imagination.＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Real (Mostly) Stories:＜/strong＞ Read jaw-dropping submissions from fellow survivors, including the woman who discovered her date's "family heirloom" was bought on eBay, and the guy who faked a British accent to make his ring seem classier.＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Perfect For:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Anyone who's ever been cornered by a man explaining his "big plans" at a party＜/li＞ ＜li＞Friends who need intervention after one too many dates with "entrepreneurs"＜/li＞ ＜li＞People who appreciate humor as sharp as a hustler's suit jacket lapels＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞(Fake) Praise for ＜em＞I Don't Trust Men Who Wear Pinky Rings＜/em＞:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞"I bought this as a joke for my sister-then realized I was dating a textbook case. This book saved me $5K and a timeshare presentation."＜/em＞ ＜strong＞-＜/strong＞ Verified Buyer＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞"Finally, someone said what we've all been thinking. My only critique? Needs a 'distress signal' for when you're trapped in conversation with one."＜/em＞ - Reader Review＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Fake Love Trap【電子書籍】[ Miranda Wheeler ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The Fake Love Trap＜/strong＞ is a compelling expos? and survivor's guide to the dark side of digital romance. After falling victim to a sophisticated romance scam herself, author Miranda Wheeler bravely shares her personal story-and those of others-to shed light on how everyday people are lured into emotional and financial traps by online scammers posing as ideal partners.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From charming Facebook strangers to WhatsApp "emergencies," these digital predators prey on vulnerability and trust, weaving convincing tales of love, hardship, and urgency. Using tactics like love bombing, guilt, impersonation, and fabricated sob stories, they create illusions of intimacy that are designed to manipulate and exploit.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Miranda not only exposes these tactics with raw honesty and real-life examples, but also empowers readers with the tools they need to stay safe. You'll learn how to recognize red flags, verify identities, and use technology to protect your heart and wallet. Chapters explore emotional manipulation, scammer psychology, and recovery strategies to help victims rebuild confidence and regain control of their digital lives.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is essential reading for anyone seeking love online, as well as for family members and advocates who want to protect others from falling into these traps. With a powerful blend of storytelling, practical advice, and survivor support, ＜em＞The Fake Love Trap＜/em＞ offers hope, healing, and awareness in an increasingly dangerous digital world.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Topics include:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞? How scammers build fake profiles and personas＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Emotional tactics used to manipulate victims＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Financial and psychological warning signs＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Steps to protect yourself and verify online identities＜/p＞ ＜p＞? How to heal and move forward after a scam＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Legal and reporting options for victims＜/p＞ ＜p＞Whether you're dating online or want to educate and protect yourself or others, this book is your shield against deception-and your path to real, authentic connection.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Shard Of Memory【電子書籍】[ Aven Tourtillott ]

＜p＞Twenty-year-old Shaellyn spends her time running the Land's End tavern, visiting with friends, and keeping her younger brother Emrys out of trouble. Everything changes when their old friend Twister arrives with news of an impending invasion. These same invaders, the Qaret Mysterium, drove Shaellyn and Emrys out of their original home country as children, separating them from their parents. The two of them have a strange immunity to the magical brainwashing used by the Mysterium, as do some of their friends. The children escaped during the chaos of the initial takeover and headed south. With Twister's help, they survived long enough to make it to Raqut, the city where they've lived for the past ten years.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The other survivors of the first attack flee from Raqut to the surrounding jungle and use guerilla tactics against the Mysterium. Shaellyn hatches a plan to take the enemy down from the inside, then puts it into action with the help of her brother and her best friend Laina. While working in the occupied city, they discover the Mysterium's greatest weakness: memories stolen from the people of every conquered country, being stored inside an enchanted crystal. If the spell on the crystal is broken, everyone's memories will return, giving them a chance to take back their home.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Breaking Up with Barrett, The English Brothers #1 The English Brothers, #1【電子書籍】[ Katy Regnery ]

＜p＞＜strong＞"Katy Regnery is a fresh new voice. I eagerly await every Katy book and I tell everyone I know to read them!"＜/strong＞ --Carly Phillips, NY Times Bestselling Author＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Breaking Up with Barrett＜/strong＞ is the first of six books about the Philadelphia-based, wildly-handsome English brothers who are all on the look-out for love.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞(Except Alex. He's a womanizing manwhore. And maybe Stratton, because he's wicked hot, but super awkward around girls.)＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Barrett English, aka "the Shark," is the fair-haired, first-born of the English brothers, and the CEO of the oldest, most prestigious investment banking firm in Philadelphia. He rules the boardroom with an iron fist, refusing to take no for an answer and always getting his way.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Emily Edwards, a first-year doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, grew up in the gatehouse on the outskirts of Barrett's childhood estate. The daughter of his family's gardener and housekeeper, she was always looking through the window of privilege, but forced to remember her place at the very periphery of the kingdom.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When business partners suggest that a fiancee might soften Barrett's image over business dinners, he approaches Emily for the "job" of fiancee. And while love wasn't necessarily on Barrett's radar, he begins to realize that Emily always has been. But will his take-no-prisoners boardroom tactics work on the heart of the woman he loves?＜/p＞ ＜p＞_________＜/p＞ ＜p＞Meet the families of Blueberry Lane!!＜/p＞ ＜p＞THE ENGLISH BROTHERS＜br /＞ (Blueberry Lane Books #1-7)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Marrying Mr. English＜br /＞ Breaking Up with Barrett＜br /＞ Falling for Fitz＜br /＞ Anyone but Alex＜br /＞ Seduced by Stratton＜br /＞ Wild about Weston＜br /＞ Kiss Me Kate＜/p＞ ＜p＞THE WINSLOW BROTHERS＜br /＞ (Blueberry Lane Books #8-11)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bidding on Brooks＜br /＞ Proposing to Preston＜br /＞ Crazy about Cameron＜br /＞ Campaigning for Christopher＜/p＞ ＜p＞THE ROUSSEAUS＜br /＞ (Blueberry Lane Books #12-14)＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jonquils for Jax＜br /＞ Marry Me Mad＜br /＞ J.C. and the Bijoux Jolis＜/p＞ ＜p＞THE STORY SISTERS＜br /＞ (Blueberry Lane Books #15-17)＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Bohemian and the Businessman＜br /＞ The Director and Don Juan＜br /＞ Countdown to Midnight＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Moorehead in the West The Cat's Paw Chronicles, #2【電子書籍】[ A.H. Syme ]

＜p＞＜strong＞William Moorehead is back for another round of strange and surreal adventures.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞After surviving aliens, vampires, and a werewolf, Moorehead finds himself in Dry Gulch, a mysterious Wild West town that's anything but ordinary. The locals are strange, and Moorehead's rougher language and deteriorating love life only add to his frustrations. As the town's bizarre residents and lurking dangers close in, Moorehead must figure out what's really going on before it's too late.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From encounters with Devil Maulers to strange extraterrestrial politics, this is a wild ride through the unknown. Moorehead's quick wit and unconventional survival tactics are all that stand between him and a gruesome fate. In this second instalment, the stakes are higher, and the laughs are just as frequent.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Packed with sharp humour, offbeat characters, and twists around every corner, ＜em＞Moorehead in the West＜/em＞ will keep you on the edge of your seat.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Can Moorehead survive the strange happenings of Dry Gulch, or will he fall victim to the mysterious forces at play?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Battle Within【電子書籍】[ Jack R. Halden ]

＜p＞＜strong＞What happens when the greatest enemy is not across the battlefield, but inside your own mind?＜/strong＞＜br /＞ In ＜em＞"Battle Within: Mental Health on the Frontlines,"＜/em＞ we uncover the silent psychological war faced by commanders and soldiers alike ー one shaped not just by bullets and bombs, but by moral injury, decision fatigue, and emotional suppression.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through a gripping exploration of real and fictionalized accounts, this book dives into the hidden toll of leadership under fire ー where the ＜strong＞chain of command＜/strong＞ can become a psychological cage, and the ＜strong＞rules of engagement＜/strong＞ blur into ethical gray zones. How does one maintain ＜strong＞emotional regulation＜/strong＞ when forced to send others into danger? What does ＜strong＞cognitive dissonance＜/strong＞ feel like when orders contradict the human instinct for compassion?＜/p＞ ＜p＞This is not a book about battlefield tactics ー it's about the ＜strong＞internal conflict＜/strong＞ that brews beneath the uniform. From the corrosive guilt of survival to the suffocating pressure to remain "strong" at all costs, we dissect the often-ignored wounds that don't bleed but leave lasting scars.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With insight into ＜strong＞military psychology＜/strong＞, ＜strong＞psychological warfare＜/strong＞, and the hidden impacts of ＜strong＞asymmetrical warfare＜/strong＞, the book brings to light the often taboo topic of ＜strong＞mental health stigma＜/strong＞ in military culture. It offers a powerful call to rethink how we view resilience ー not as the absence of struggle, but as the courage to confront it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞For anyone who has served, led, or lived in the shadow of war, this book is a mirror held to the soul of command. And for those who haven't ー it's a necessary glimpse into the human cost of silence.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Peer support begins with understanding. This is where it starts.＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Life of Geronimo【電子書籍】

＜p＞"This boy’s name was Apache. Usen taught him how to prepare herbs for medicine, how to hunt, and how to fight. He was the first chief of the Indians and wore the eagle's feathers the sign of justice, wisdom, and power. To him and to his people, as they were created, Usen gave homes in the land of the West.” ? Geronimo, on the origins of the Apache people.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ American Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of America’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The name “Geronimo” evokes a number of different emotions. Those who believed in 19th century America’s “Manifest Destiny” viewed Geronimo and all Native Americans as impediments to God’s will for the nation. Descendants of people killed by “hostile” Natives certainly considered warriors like Geronimo to be murderers and thieves whose cultures and societies held no redeeming values. Even today, many Americans associate the name Geronimo with a war cry, and the name Geronimo itself only came about because of a battle he fought against the Mexicans.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over time, however, the historical perception of the relationship between America and Native tribes changed drastically. With that, Geronimo, or Goyahkla, was viewed in a far different light. Those who empathized with the fate of the Native Americans saw Geronimo as one of a number of Native American leaders who resisted the U.S. and Mexican governments as their lands were being appropriated, often eluding large numbers of soldiers pursuing them. Unfortunately, Geronimo’s story and that of his people is very similar to those of the majority of Native American peoples. It is a history of theft, murder, and misunderstanding that eventually led to the complete domination of Native Americans throughout both North and South America.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Like many Native Americans of his time, Goyahkla felt that all Native peoples would soon be gone, but his people endured and survived to return to their native lands and settle elsewhere. In 1867, General Ulysses S. Grant appointed General Philip Henry Sheridan to command of the Department of the Missouri and charged him with pacifying the Native Americans on the plains. Sheridan had commanded The Army of the Shenandoah during the Civil War and had deliberately and meticulously destroyed crops and supplies throughout much of the Shenandoah Valley. Simultaneously, the Union troops seized all the livestock and slaves they found to prevent re-planting of destroyed crops. During the campaigns against the Chiricahuas, these tactics were used repeatedly and were employed by both Mexican and U.S. troops to deny the enemy all the necessities of life and thus diminish the ability to fight.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞American Legends: The Life of Geronimo＜/em＞ chronicles the life of the Apache leader who fought two nations in an effort to save his people’s homeland, but it also humanizes the man who became one of the most famous Native Americans in American history. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Geronimo like you never have before, in no time at all.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Live Free Or Die The Life & Times of John Stark【電子書籍】[ William R. Baker Jr ]

＜p＞Live Free or Die: The Life & Times Of John Stark is the story of how the American Revolution's best battlefield commander triumphed over the self-interest of others to play a major role in securing victory for the new republic.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Most often referred to as the "Hero of the Battle of Bennington," John Stark also played pivotal roles in the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Trenton.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the French and Indian War, he saw continuous action along the Richelieu River-Lake Champlain corridor as a member of Rogers's Rangers. In the end, he became the conscience of the rangers when he voiced his disapproval of the motives and tactics of group leader Robert Rogers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Stark's actions at Bunker Hill, when his militia troops repeatedly repulsed British advances, avoided a disaster that would have snuffed out the rebellion. He was a modest man whose actions always spoke louder than words, and his incomparable leadership that day was all but ignored by New Hampshire's rebel governing authority.＜/p＞ ＜p＞At Trenton, Stark was in the vanguard of Washington's right flank along the River Road. It is likely that he also had a major role during both the Battle of Princeton and the Springfield Raid, though it is difficult to know for certain as most contemporary accounts are offered by those seeking self-glorification, a quality unknown to Stark.＜/p＞ ＜p＞His reward for his well-proven ability to lead troops in combat was to be repeatedly spurned when Congress appointed general officers. Not one of those officers could challenge Stark's record on the battlefield. Completely frustrated, he quit the army and returned to his farm and sawmill in New Hampshire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Three months later, with the British under John Burgoyne threatening to overrun New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, he was persuaded to return. He did so on the condition that he would take no orders from any officer of the Continental Army.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What happened next is where John Stark's story becomes even more interesting.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In Live Free or Die: The Life & Times Of John Stark, William R. Baker Jr. has deftly interwoven the remarkable story of one of this country's most self-reliant and original personalities with a lively and informative account of the early America he helped to create.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Stonewall of the West The Life and Career of General Patrick Cleburne【電子書籍】

＜p＞“As between the loss of independence and the loss of slavery, we assume that every patriot will freely give up the latter…" ? Patrick Cleburne, 1864＜/p＞ ＜p＞During the Civil War, the eyes of the nation usually stayed fixed to the Eastern theater, where Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia constantly bedeviled the Union Army of the Potomac and its many commanders. Instrumental to that success at places like Second Manassas and Chancellorsville was Lee’s corps commander Stonewall Jackson, who became one of the most popular and respected generals of the Civil War.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Despite the Confederates’ success in holding off the Union’s offensives in the East, however, the Union made steady progress in the Western theater, winning battles like Shiloh, capturing New Orleans, and sealing off the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. Like the Union generals in the East, Confederate generals in the West were either mortally wounded in battle (Albert Sidney Johnston) or proved ineffective (Braxton Bragg, John Pemberton). One of the only bright spots in the West for the Confederacy was Irish immigrant Patrick Cleburne, whose successes earned him the nickname “Stonewall of the West”. Where so many Confederates were failing, Cleburne's strategic tactics and bold defensive fighting earned him fame and recognition throughout the South, even leading Lee to call him "a meteor shining from a clouded sky."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Unfortunately for Cleburne, he is also remembered today for reasons other than his battlefield successes. Cleburne was tasked with leading an assault that he heartily opposed during the Battle of Franklin near the end of 1864, but he obeyed the command and was killed in the assault within the Union lines. The general was so legendary even among Union soldiers that the valuables on his body were looted before his body came back to Confederate lines Upon hearing of his death, Cleburne’s old corps commander noted, “Where this division defended, no odds broke its line; where it attacked, no numbers resisted its onslaught, save only once; and there is the grave of Cleburne."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Cleburne is also remembered for a bold and novel idea that he proposed to the Army of Tennessee in 1864. Realizing the Confederates’ deficiency in manpower and resources, Cleburne suggested freeing the South’s slaves so that they would fight for the Confederacy. It was such a radical idea that the Army buried it, and even when the Confederacy was on its last legs entering 1865, it could not muster the political support to emancipate some of their slaves to fight.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Stonewall of the West: The Life and Career of General Patrick Cleburne＜/em＞ chronicles the life and career of the Stonewall of the West, analyzing his record in the war and assessing his legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about General Cleburne like you never have before, in no time at all.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。