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INDIE
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"A fine, gripping page-turner infused with a deep historical sensibility."
A Czech spy-chief battles the rising Nazi menace in this engrossing thriller. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Aug. 15, 2009

"A valuable addition to ground-level history, caught with a keen eye even while Maleck was ducking his head."
Maleck presents a lively, chromatic memoir of his days as a medic in the European theater of WWII. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Dec. 27, 2010

"A testament of remarkable clarity and humanity, wrung from dark experience."
A Jewish teenager views World War II from a very precarious perch—Nazi-occupied Latvia—in this quietly harrowing memoir. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Dec. 31, 2010

"Unpolished but intricate and fun, even as the plot turns tragic."
A terrorist sleeper agent has fallen in love with his adoptive country, but the arrival of other jihadists threatens to place him back on a dangerous path. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Jan. 25, 2011

"An impressive and eloquent account of a soldier's life and culture."
An American Army veteran's memoir of his experiences in the European theatre of World War II. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Feb. 18, 2011

"A tour de force in breadth and depth."
Schaefer's debut is an in-depth critical assessment of the Russo-Chechen conflict that reflects a deep understanding of counterinsurgency in general and how it relates to that region specifically. Read full book review >