Alexander: 7118 books
How Wars Are Won
The 13 Rules of War from Ancient Greece to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Even as we head into twenty-first-century warfare, thirteen time-tested rules for waging war remain relevant.
Both timely and timeless, How Wars Are Won illuminates the thirteen essential rules for success on the battlefield that have evolved from ancient times until the present day. Acclaimed...
Kill or Capture
How a Special Operations Task Force Took Down a Notorious al Qaeda Terrorist
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The electrifying true story of the pursuit for the man behind al Qaeda's suicide bombing campaign in Iraq
Kill or Capture is a true-life thriller that tells the story of senior military interrogator Matthew Alexander's adrenalinefilled, "outside the wire" pursuit of a notorious Syrian...
by Alexander Fullerton
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
A top secret mission to change the course of the Falklands War.
In the war-torn, storm-swept South Atlantic, a small band of highly-trained SBS experts embarks on a vital secret mission: to sabotage Argentina's stock of deadly Exocet missiles. The course of the Falklands War depends on their success.
One...
by V.S. Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
From the acclaimed author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster comes a powerful, unforgettable novel of strength and resilience, set against the backdrop of the Irish famine.
Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige, County Mayo, with its sloping...
by Alexander Fullerton
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In wartime Egypt, can a British submarine commander trust his Italian lover?
1941: The teeming city of Alexandria is almost under siege by the Afrika Korps. A vortex of ancient loves and murderous intrigues, Alexandria is the Royal Navy’s major Eastern Mediterranean base. But Italian frogmen and...
by Mathew B. Brady, Alexander Gardner, Francis Trevelyan Miller
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States by Mathew B. Brady and Alexander Gardner
Who operated under the Authority of the War Department and the Protection of the Secret Service Rare Reproductions from Photographs Selected from Seven Thousand Original...
by Alexander McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
One of the most famous revolutions in history, the American Revolution (1775-1783) was the political upheaval in which 13 distinct colonies in North America banded together to cast off British rule, forming the United States of America. After the shot heard round the world on April 19, 1775, at the...
The Performance of Politics:Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions on the issues of the day. But are these the only--or even the main--factors...
From the Shtetl to the Stage
The Odyssey of a Wandering Actor
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Alexander Granach, who died while he was acting on Broadway in 1945, brilliantly relates the remarkable story of his unlikely path from a poverty-stricken, rough-and-tumble childhood to success on the German stage. This is the account of a daring, curiosity-filled, and perceptive Jewish child from...
How to Break a Terrorist
The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Finding Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, had long been the U.S. military's top priority -- trumping even the search for Osama bin Laden. No brutality was spared in trying to squeeze intelligence from Zarqawi's suspected associates. But these "force on force" techniques yielded...
American Rifle
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized.
Now, in this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing...
by Alexander O'Hara
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
This is the first book in Alexander O'Hara's Popp’d Off series: a sarcastic, satirical savaging of the freaks, geeks, strange beasts and wild antics of pop culture. Terminating Hollywood, as you probably guessed from the title, is all about movies. Pieces include: the life of Tom Cruise rewritten...
by Rose Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
‘GARDEN OF STARS by Rose Alexander is a stunning debut novel, rich in detail and brimming with emotion.’ – Books of all Kinds The Alentejo, Portugal 1934 I am Inês Bretão and I am 18 years old. Now that I am finally an adult and soon to be married, I feel like my real life is about to begin....
Living in a Mindful Universe
A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Heart of Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Dr. Eben Alexander, author of international phenomenon Proof of Heaven, shares the next phase of his journey to understand the true nature of consciousness and how to cultivate a state of harmony with the universe and our higher purpose.
In 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander’s brain was severely damaged...