1947 â€" The UN declares that the British Mandate over Palestine will come to an end. In May 1948 Israel and Arab Palestine will be divided into two independent states. The Arab world reacts immediately: There will be no Jewish state; it will be driv...
The monastery at Siani was famous throughout the academic world for its library. The monks of medieval days routinely obtained ancient, crumbling manuscripts and recopied them. Among them, hidden in a wall in the cellar, the following parchment was f...
A WOMAN THAT HATH IMPUDENTLY PASSED THE PART OF WOMANHOOD AND BEEN A GREAT SPOILER AND CHIEF COMMANDER AND DIRECTOR OF THIEVES AND MURDERERS AT SEA ... SHE HATH BEEN THE MOTHER OF ALL REBELLIONS FOR FORTY YEARS ... GRACE O’MALLEY, the “Pirate Que...
Billy Jenkins’ career spans the years 1895-1954. He was King of the Cowboys,the most popular act in all Germany, hero of German pulp fiction â€" the lastgenuine hero of the “American” Wild West. Yet, like Karl May before him, he never set foot ...
1947 â€" The UN declares that the British Mandate over Palestine will come to an end. In May 1948 Israel and Arab Palestine will be divided into two independent states. The Arab world reacts immediately: There will be no Jewish state; it will be driv...
Today Turkey stands at the center of the world, the preeminent Middle Eastern power broker. With a teeming economy and the wealthy of the world outbidding one another to buy multimillion-dollar mansions on Istanbul’s Bosphorous, how could it be oth...
The ultimate thriller -- with a twist. Forty-five years ago, a set of twins was separated at birth when their parents were caught in the crossfire between police and robbers. Flash forward to the present. Five billionaires plot to assassinate Iran’...
In this monumental historical novel of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, Lev Arkady survives the murder of his entire family in the closing days of World War II. Rescued by the ultimate showman and huckster, Old Amos, a character as ...
Hang on for a wild ride! The craziest “coalition” in history is out to destroy ISIS! Forty years ago, Don Tommy Aiello was the most feared mafia leader in the United States. Each week, he counted the number of bodies he was responsible for. Each ...
Laurie Rosensohn's wealthy parents believe the illness of fascism can be cured by a green poultice - money. Not so Laurie, who believes it can only be stopped by fighting on the front lines. She enlists in the international brigades, changes her name...