A detailed overview of the U.S Navy-from the origins and complete histories to the battles and weaponry. Here are comprehensive accounts and descriptions of the battles, weaponry, and personnel, from the enlisted man to the top-ranking officers-featuring fascinating detail on the bloodiest battles, the greatest successes and most devastating setbacks, and much more.

Alpha Bravo Delta Guide to the U.S. Navy (Alpha Bravo Delta Guides)

History

Helfers, John

walter-j-boyne

Military

Alpha

Net Force Explorer Daniel Sanchez finds himself in a wealth of trouble when a game of hide-and-seek on the Web leads to a breach of confidential Net Force files involving the CIA, forcing the Explorers to find the real culprit and clear Daniel's name. Original.

Tom Clancy's Net Force (Young Adult #17): Cloak and Dagger

Pieczenik, Steve

Davis, Russell

Literature & Fiction

BERKLEY

Hood and his fellow shadowrunners get more than they had bargained for when the biotechnologically advanced plants they had been hired to steal lead to murder--and their subsequent capture. Original.

Shadowrun #5: Aftershock A Shadowrun Novel

Rabe, Jean

United States

From Jack who trades in his leather jacket for magical picks to a talking cat who saves his human family, this unique collection of stories gives classic fairy tales a bold new twist and features contributions from such notable writers as Tanya Huff, David Niall Wilson, and Jean Rabe. Original.

LIttle Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City

Greenberg, Martin H.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Blending science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and westerns, twenty noted authors, including Tanya Huff, Alan Dean Foster, and Jean Rabe, present an imaginative collection of hybrid stories, from a mountain man who encounters a demon in Yellowstone Park, to a butcher's widow who discovers a Dybbuk that exposes the truth about a legendary killer. Original.

Slipstreams

Want a little adventure . . . danger . . . romance . . . or maybe a good scare? Yearning to read some fantasy . . . science fiction . . . humor . . . urban fantasy . . . horror . . . or even a haunting Civil War tale? We've got what you're looking for! The authors in Gen Con's Writer's Symposium have collected 22 of their favorite tales into this volume. There are magical garments, spooky settings, women warriors, urban headhunters, spell-casting goblins, an overlord with a wicked sense of humor, high-seas adventure, hungry rats, talking toys, and more. There's even a brand-new story by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, put your feet up, and prepare to be thrilled.

Stalking the Wild Hare: Stories from the Gen Con Writer's Symposium

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Waggoner, Tim

Baker, Linda P.

Sullivan, Stephen D.

Pierson, Chris

Stackpole, Mike

Tassin, Marc

Vaughan, Elizabeth A.

Hughes, Kerrie

Fantasy

Walkabout Publishing

First Time in Paperback for the Book That Thousands of Fans of Lois McMaster Bujold and Miles Vorkosigan Have Been Waiting For. Lois McMaster Bujold’s best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award. And the thousands of devotees of the series now have a book that will be a goldmine of information, background details, and little-known facts about the Vorkosigan saga. Included are an all-new interview with Bujold as well as essays by her on crafting the Vorkosigan universe, articles on the biology, technology and sociology of the planet Barrayar, appreciations of the individual novels by experts, maps, a complete timeline of the series, and more. Readers can’t get enough of the Vorkosigan series and they’ll jump at the chance to read this story behind the stories. Includes an excerpt from the new Miles Vorkosigan novel!

The Vorkosigan Companion (Vorkosigan Saga)

Biographies & Memoirs

Carl, Lillian Stewart

Arts & Literature

Baen

In the vein of great biography comics from years past (Pope John Paul II, St. Francis of Assisi), come two biographies of the 2008 Presidential candidates. This year's presidential primary season was historic for many reasons, and Barack Obama's rise from humble beginnings to his place on the November ballot makes for an extraordinary tale! Acclaimed artist J. Scott Campbell provides a special cover for the issue!  John McCain is a true American hero, and his tale, taking him from the hells of Viet Nam to becoming the Republican nominee for President is a story well worth telling. J. Scott Campbell, again, provides the cover for the comic-biography of one of the two candidates in November's historic Presidential contest.  Want to get both sides of the story? This special flipbook edition features the illustrated biographies of both Barack Obama and John McCain, with each story adorned by J. Scott Campbell's cover art.

Presidential Material Flipbook

Comics & Graphic Novels

Mariotte, Jeff

Manga

IDW Publishing

THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE... In the 25th century, humankind is locked in a seemingly endless cycle of warfare as each of the Great Houses seeks to expand their holdings at the cost of the others. But in 2438, the Terran Hegemony perfects a battle system unlike anything seen in combat before-the Mackie, the very first BattleMech. With it, the Hegemony quickly reigns supreme on the battlefield.The Mackie's arrival sets off a desperate arms race among the Great Houses, each desperate to possess the BattleMech's secrets. Some houses will use military force to steal them, others resort to stealthy espionage teams to infiltrate highly secured BattleMech facilities. Still other Houses will use diplomacy, or even corporate espionage to get their hands on the coveted plans or the men and women who can build a BattleMech.Now, collected for the first time, stories by celebrated BattleTech authors Ilsa J. Bick, Herbert A. Beas II, Christoffer Trossen, Randall N. Bills, Chris Hartford and Jason M. Hardy, Jason Schmetzer, and Blaine Lee Pardoe-who wrote a brand-new novella about the creation of the Coyotl, the first OmniMech-tell how BattleMechs were invented in one complete volume.Welcome to The Proliferation Cycle.

BattleTech: The Proliferation Cycle

Pardoe, Blaine Lee

Schmetzer, Jason

Bills, Randall N.

Bick, Ilsa J.

Beas II, Herbert A.

Jason M. Hardy, Chris Hartford and

Trossen, Christoffer

Science Fiction

InMediaRes Productions

THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE…In the 25th century, humankind is locked in a seemingly endless cycle of warfare, as each of the Great Houses seeks to expand their holdings at the cost of the others. But in 2438, the Terran Hegemony perfects a battle system unlike anything seen in combat before—the Mackie, the very first BattleMech. With it, the Hegemony quickly reigns supreme on the battlefield.The Mackie’s arrival sets off a desperate arms race among the Great Houses, each frantic to possess the BattleMech’s secrets. Some houses will use military force to steal them, others resort to stealthy espionage teams to infiltrate highly secured BattleMech facilities. Still other Houses will use diplomacy, or even corporate espionage to get their hands on the coveted plans or the men and women who can build a BattleMech.Now, collected for the first time, stories by celebrated BattleTech authors Ilsa J. Bick, Herbert A. Beas II, Christoffer Trossen, Randall N. Bills, Chris Hartford and Jason M. Hardy, Jason Schmetzer, and Blaine Lee Pardoe—who wrote a brand-new novella about the creation of the Coyotl, the first OmniMech—tell how BattleMechs were invented in one complete volume.Welcome to The Proliferation Cycle.

Tossen, Christoffer

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