Distant, silent, often drunk, Walter Urban is a difficult man to have as a father. But his son--the narrator of this slim, harrowing novel--is curious about Walter's experiences during World War II, and so makes him a present of a blank notebook in which to write down his memories. Walter dies, however, leaving nothing but the barest skeleton of a story on those pages, leading his son to fill in the gaps himself, rightly or wrongly, with what he can...

The International Bestseller New York Times Editors' Choice SelectionWinner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship "[An] absorbing, stirring novel . . . that, in more than one sense, remedies history." -The New York Times Book Review "A triumph, a novelistic rendition of one of the most difficult times in Vietnamese history . . . Vast in scope and intimate in its telling . . . Moving and riveting." -VIET THANH NGUYEN, author of The...

St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides, Marina will join the marches for workers' rights, fall in love with a radical young poet, and betray everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn. As her country goes through almost unimaginable upheaval,...

Two Los Alamos boys forge a friendship in the shadow of their parents' history-changing work developing nuclear weapons In many ways, Los Alamos is an ideal place for best friends Brice McCarthy and Kip Calder to grow up. There's wilderness to explore; brilliant and fascinating people, including their own parents and neighbors; and a booming wartime economy. Still, the town was built for one purpose: to manufacture a weapon capable of total annihilation....

The Vietnam War and the act of conscription irrevocably change the lives of four teenage Australians. John Mitchell, a bespectacled bass guitarist from Melbourne with a fatalistic notion of becoming an Anzac like his emotionally fragile father and grandfather before him becomes mates with two very different characters he meets in the army who he would never have otherwise crossed paths with. Trevor "Chubby" Jackson, the apparent heir to an outback...

American soldiers and native Kachin troops battle Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungles. But during the brutal campaign to gain territory in the unforgiving tropical landscape, Captain Reynolds and his band of special operations soldiers and guerrilla fighters struggle to find self-awareness, and even love, in the midst of the trials of combat. One of the youngest officers to serve in Merrill's Marauders and OSS Detachment 101-precursors...

DeeOne night.One decision.Taking chances isn't a new concept to me, but I've never been one to take a chance on love. Michael changes all of that. No more party girl, no more one-night stands. I fall hard for the cerulean-eyed sex god who shows me what it's like to truly be cherished and loved. Only, I'm not sure how long it can last. MichaelI knew the moment I met Dee that she was trouble. But when she unexpectedly opens up to me the night we meet,...

Vain Yearnings is a tale of the sometimes bitter, desperate, and inevitable currents of the desires of life. A story rooted in the adventures and hardships of an uncivil war with rich characters entwined in the historical details of the time period. Brookie and Luther are two young Union soldiers, both from Ohio, that are trekking their way through Georgia - from the mountains to the ocean - in the eventful year of 1864. It is their first view of...

PARFOIS LA VÉRITÉ EST SI GRANDE QU'ON EST TENTÉ DE LA LAISSER S'AFFRANCHIR DES LIMITES DE L'HISTOIRE POUR ENTRER DANS LA LÉGENDE 6 juin 1944, 0:02. Roger Englin voyage sur un avion en direction de la Normandie. Il a dix-sept ans et une mission à accomplir. 31 mai 2014, 15:12. Cédric Roussel, professeur d'histoire, rentre chez lui du lycée o il travaille. Il ne le sait pas encore mais il a une mission à accomplir. 6 juin 2014, 0:02. Théo Roussel...

A tour of duty through the worst that the world has to offer Before his time as a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before penning multiple Nebula and Hugo Award–winning novels and stories, Joe Haldeman was a soldier in Vietnam, an experience that changed him and colored much of what he has written. War Year is Haldeman's first novel and his first attempt to describe what he saw in Vietnam and give insight into what...