David Chandler

"From longbow, pike, and musket to Challenger tanks, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Gulf campaign, the Duke of Marlborough to Field Marshal Montgomery, The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army recounts the history of the British army from its medieval antecedents to the present day." "Drawing on the latest scholarship, this survey shows how British fighting forces have evolved over the last five centuries. The continuities revealed are...

North Carolina attorney 'Work' Pickens struggles to build a stable career on the emotional wreckage of his personal life. His marriage is cold, his sister is deeply troubled, his mother is dead, and his father has been missing for more than a year. When his father's corpse is finally discovered, Work becomes a suspect, forcing him to begin a search for answers. But every step that brings him closer to the truth also opens old wounds that are better...

Cecil is hired to investigate the motive of a murder. The danger lies in the meaning of a Tlingit myth.

When a charter plane carrying Cork O'Connor's wife, Jo, goes missing in a snowstorm over the Wyoming Rockies, Cork must accept the terrible truth that his wife is gone forever. But is she? Months after the tragedy, two women show up on Cork's doorstep with evidence that the pilot of Jo's place was not the man he claimed to be, it may not be definitive proof, but it's a ray of light in the darkness surrounding Cork's loss. Agreeing to investigate,...

An action-packed retelling of the classic legend filled with thrilling battle sequences, mind-blowing fight choreography, and epic adventure. Returning home from the Crusades, Robin of Loxley finds his country oppressed by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. With the help of Moorish warrior Little John, Robin transforms into the heroic outlaw Robin Hood, taking up arms to fight the sheriff and win the heart of his love, Maid Marian

When the daughter of a powerful businessman dies as a result of her meth addiction, her father Buck Reinhardt vows revenge against the Red Boyz, an Ojibwe gang accused of supplying her with drugs. When the leader of the Red Boyz and his wife are murdered, it is up to Cork O'Connor, a man of mixed heritage, to uncover the truth and prevent further white against red violence in Tamarack County.

"An anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret, far reaches of the Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate movies and music, or traffic in drugs and stolen goods. And now, an ancient darkness is gathering there as well. These demons are threatening to spread virally into the real world unless they can be stopped by members of a ragtag crew: Twelve-year-old Hannah, who has been fitted with the Oculus, a high-tech visual prosthetic...

This gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift.

"Shamus Award-winner and critical darling John Straley returns to his beloved Cecil Younger series, set in Sitka, Alaska. Criminal defense investigator Cecil Younger spends his days coaching felons on how to avoid incriminating themselves. He and his colleague have even started writing a helpful handbook with tips such as: Don't wear the tennis shoes you stole to court when the guy you stole them from will be there to testify and his name is still...

For half a century, the case of Isaiah Oggins, a 1920s New York intellectual brutally murdered in 1947 on Stalin's orders, remained hidden in the secret files of the KGB and the FBI--a footnote buried in the rubble of the Cold War. Then, in 1992, it surfaced briefly, when Boris Yeltsin handed over a deeply censored dossier to the White House. This book at last reveals the truth: Oggins was one of the first Americans to spy for the Soviets. Based on...