New Releases by Martin Dugard

The dramatic story behind the running and marathon boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, featuring the stories of Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and many others, about how a generation of runners turned the marathon into a national obsession On September 3, 1970, the New York City Marathon was run for the first time. One hundred twenty-seven runners paid a one-dollar entry fee, and only one woman competed. Fifty-four years later, nearly fifty thousand runners from all over the world finished the same race. Almost half were women. More than three times as many runners applied, and over two million spectators watched. Marathons are inclusive, fully global, and still exploding in popularity. How did we get from there to here? As Martin Dugard, longtime runner, running coach, and #1 New York Times bestselling author, explains, it was thanks to four very special runners who changed the way America, and the world, saw running. The Long Run celebrates these athletes— Frank Shorter, Steve Prefontaine, Joan Benoit, and Grete Waitz—and many more, sharing stories of the specific races and social movements that transformed running from a niche sport to a national obsession. It follows Shorter through his early training and his triumph in Munich; Prefontaine in his legendary races, disappointing Olympics, and tragic death; and Benoit and Waitz in their eleven hardwon duels before Benoit won the first women’s Olympic Marathon and Waitz broke the tape in the first of five New York City Marathon victories. It is a story with big characters, enormous moments, and a historical arc that has never been completely explored. The Long Run will reveal how the sport of running, and the race that we all know and love, became iconic—and how “finishing a marathon” became a top bucket-list goal for runners and non-runners alike.

Instant #1 New York Times and USA Today nonfiction bestseller! Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. Authors of the acclaimed Killing books, the #1 bestselling narrative history series in the world, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard begin a new direction with Confronting the Presidents. From Washington to Jefferson, Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kennedy to Nixon, Reagan to Obama and Biden, the 45 United States presidents have left lasting impacts on our nation. Some of their legacies continue today, some are justly forgotten, and some have changed as America has changed. Whether famous, infamous, or obscure, all the presidents shaped our nation in unexpected ways. The authors'' extensive research has uncovered never before seen historical facts based on private correspondence and newly discovered documentation, such as George Washington''s troubled relationship with his mother. In Confronting the Presidents, O’Reilly and Dugard present 45 wonderfully entertaining and insightful portraits of each president, with no-spin commentary on their achievements—or lack thereof. Who best served America, and who undermined the founding ideals? Who were the first ladies, and what were their surprising roles in making history? Which presidents were the best, which the worst, and which didn’t have much impact? How do decisions made in one era, under the pressure of particular circumstances, still resonate today? And what do presidents like to eat, drink, and do when they aren’t working—or even sometimes when they are? These and many more questions are answered in each fascinating chapter of Confronting the Presidents. Written with O’Reilly and Dugard’s signature style, authority, and eye for telling detail, Confronting the Presidents will delight all readers of history, politics, and current affairs, especially during the 2024 election season.

美國《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》和《出版人週刊》的暢銷非文學作品， 剖析真實事件聞名的《追殺》系列新作，總銷售超過1,800萬冊，授權27國語言。 《鐵面無私》、《頭號公敵》、《四海一家》、《愛爾蘭人》， 這些電影並非虛構，竟是美國近代史的最後一塊拼圖……。 比爾．歐萊利，是有線電視連續16年高收視率節目主持人， 官方網站BillOReilly.com有數百萬人追蹤。 本書由他和暢銷歷史作家馬汀．杜格合著，甫出版便登上亞馬遜暢銷排行榜。 兩位作者梳理了1930至1980年代，橫跨半世紀的美國犯罪組織史， 探究最臭名昭著的連環劫匪、騙徒、殺人犯，例如 約翰．狄林傑（活躍於美國中西部的銀行搶匪和黑幫分子）、 邦妮和克萊德（美國著名的鴛鴦大盜）、漂亮男孩．佛洛伊德（著名銀行劫匪）…… 這些人物的故事，都曾被搬上大螢幕。 本書也揭開了美國黑手黨的創建、五大家族的權力鬥爭， 美國聯邦調查局改制後首任局長艾德格．胡佛如何與幫會爭鬥， 美國司法部長巴比．甘迺迪和國際卡車司機工會（IBT）的恩怨等。 更深入探究黑手黨在賭城、好萊塢、政治角力與二次大戰背後的骯髒勾當。 ◎誰是英雄、誰又是公敵？ 大蕭條時代，銀行沒收房產成為日常，誰來幫底層老百姓出氣──搶匪與黑幫。 搶劫時打扮時髦又帥氣，拿完錢順便撕毀銀行借據， 狄林傑、佛洛伊德等銀行搶匪，和政府對抗的同時，更成為百姓眼中的羅賓漢。 ◎光明正大的腐敗 從世界大戰到總統大選，黑手黨與政客的交易成果，都沒有寫在歷史。 1941年，珍珠港事件爆發後，美國政府唯恐紐約港成為下一個轟炸地點， 美軍逼不得已，只能以老大盧西安諾的自由，與黑手黨交換港口的安危與情報。 為讓兒子約翰．甘迺迪當選總統，喬瑟夫．甘迺迪在競選期間不惜一切代價， 除了買下時代雜誌封面、私人飛機，還買下芝加哥犯罪集團控制的大量選票。 ◎體制的破壞者 《教父》演員艾爾．帕西諾、風流歌手法蘭克．辛納屈， 與傳奇拳王穆罕默德．阿里三人的共通點──皆是黑幫捧出的大明星。 因片約撞期，帕西諾原本無法接下黑幫電影《教父》的主演， 但掌管好萊塢的老大「喬事者」柯夏克一通電話，就讓一切阻礙消失。 黑幫鍾愛的義大利情歌王子辛納屈，自出道之始便接受黑手黨資助， 之後更成為運送黑金的掮客，參與黑老大詹卡納和甘迺迪家族成員的畸形多角戀。 拳王阿里生涯最莫名的一場勝利：僅花兩分鐘，便登基成為世界重量級拳王； 至於一拳後便倒地不起的前拳王李斯頓，早已淪為配合黑幫打假拳的魁儡！ 後來，那些黑幫分子怎麼了？ 被暗殺、擊斃是常有的事，混跡黑道的下場通常不會太好， 但也有少數例外像卡斯特羅，從大哥退位後安享晚年、躋身紐約上流社會。 與黑幫交往甚密、和政府對幹的卡車司機工會會長吉米．霍法，則是另一種少數， 在1975年的一場餐會後，從此人間蒸發、生死未卜，至今連屍體都沒有找到。 美國黑幫史，美國近代史的最後一塊拼圖， 頭號公敵與黑手黨老大如何破壞體制、腐化權威，成為地下政府， 沒有黑幫，歷史與美國社會就不會是今日人們所熟知的樣貌。 推薦者 「故事：寫給所有人的歷史」專欄作家、金老ㄕ的教學日誌／金哲毅 臉書粉絲專頁「無影無蹤」／翁煌德

In the next book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O''Reilly and Martin Dugard tell the larger-than-life stories of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life—until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard explore the lives, legacies, and tragic deaths of three of the most famous people of the 20th century. Each experienced immense success, then failures that forced them to change; each faced the challenge of growing old in fields that privilege youth; and finally, each became isolated, cocooned by wealth but vulnerable to the demands of those in their innermost circles. Dramatic, insightful, and immensely entertaining, Killing the Legends is the twelfth book in O’Reilly and Dugard’s Killing series: the most popular series of narrative history books in the world, with more than 18 million copies in print.

Instant #1 New York Times bestseller! In the eleventh book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard reveal the startling, dramatic story of the global war against terrorists. In Killing The Killers, #1 bestselling authors Bill O''Reilly and Martin Dugard take readers deep inside the global war on terror, which began more than twenty years ago on September 11, 2001. As the World Trade Center buildings collapsed, the Pentagon burned, and a small group of passengers fought desperately to stop a third plane from completing its deadly flight plan, America went on war footing. Killing The Killers narrates America''s intense global war against extremists who planned and executed not only the 9/11 attacks, but hundreds of others in America and around the world, and who eventually destroyed entire nations in their relentless quest for power. Killing The Killers moves from Afghanistan to Iraq, Iran to Yemen, Syria, and Libya, and elsewhere, as the United States fought Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, as well as individually targeting the most notorious leaders of these groups. With fresh detail and deeply-sourced information, O''Reilly and Dugard create an unstoppable account of the most important war of our era. Killing The Killers is the most thrilling and suspenseful book in the #1 bestselling series of popular history books (over 18 million sold) in the world.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O’Reilly, comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis during World War II “Taking Paris does for Paris during World War II what The Splendid and the Vile did for London.”—James Patterson • “Heroes and villains abound. You’ll enjoy this fast-paced book immensely.”—Bill O’Reilly • “Succeeds triumphantly.”—The Washington Post May 1940: The world is stunned as Hitler''s forces invade France with a devastating blitzkrieg aimed at Paris. Within weeks, the French government has collapsed, and the City of Lights, revered for its carefree lifestyle, intellectual freedom, and love of liberty, has fallen under Nazi control—perhaps forever. As the Germans ruthlessly crush all opposition, a patriotic band of Parisians known as the Resistance secretly rise up to fight back. But these young men and women cannot do it alone. Over 120,000 Parisians die under German occupation. Countless more are tortured in the city''s Gestapo prisons and sent to death camps. The longer the Nazis hold the city, the greater the danger its citizens face. As the armies of America and Great Britain prepare to launch the greatest invasion in history, the spies of the Resistance risk all to ensure the Germans are defeated and Paris is once again free. The players holding the fate of Paris in their hands are some of the biggest historical figures of the era: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, General George S. Patton, and the exiled French general Charles de Gaulle, headquartered in London''s Connaught Hotel. From the fall of Paris in 1940 to the race for Paris in 1944, this riveting, page-turning drama unfolds through their decisions—for better and worse. Taking Paris is history told at a breathtaking pace, a sprawling yet intimate saga of heroism, desire, and personal sacrifice for all that is right.

Instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! In the tenth book in the multimillion-selling Killing series, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard take on their most controversial subject yet: The Mob. Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O''Reilly''s #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation’s most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially, mob family bosses. Covering the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, O’Reilly and Dugard trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles within the “Five Families,” the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as the personal war between the U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and legendary Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. O’Reilly and Dugard turn these legendary criminals and their true-life escapades into a read that rivals the most riveting crime novel. With Killing the Mob, their hit series is primed for its greatest success yet.

The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. Bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught history of our country’s founding on already occupied lands, from General Andrew Jackson’s brutal battles with the Creek Nation to President James Monroe’s epic “sea to shining sea” policy, to President Martin Van Buren’s cruel enforcement of a “treaty” that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O’Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the legends to reveal never-before-told historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America. This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock readers and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day.

IN THIS EPIC SAGA, the MULTIMILLION-SELLING AUTHOR AND TRAILBLAZING TV JOURNALIST reCOUNTs the final moments of WORLD WAR II like never before. Autumn 1944. The second World War is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where General Douglas MacArthur and legions American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. Meanwhile, back on U.S. soil, Harry Truman ascends to the presidency after FDR’s death and Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer prepares to test the most dangerous weapon known to mankind. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, considered a deity by his subjects despite a massive and mounting death toll, refuses to surrender... Praise for Bill O’Reilly’s Killing series: “Powerful...immersively written.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “All the suspense and drama of a popular thriller.” —The Christian Science Monitor “Vivid and emotionally engaging.”—Nelson DeMille

Jaro 1945. Válka v Evropě končí. Sčítají se škody, odhalují zločiny a hledají se viníci. Mnozí nacističtí vrazi, kteří jsou osobně zodpovědní za smrt milionů lidí, se zdánlivě propadli do země. Ve skutečnosti se však schovávají a snaží uprchnout do Jižní Ameriky, kde by mohli potají a v klidu dožít. Existují však skupiny lidí, které jim nehodlají jen tak prominout – takzvaní „lovci nacistů“ jsou zcela odhodláni tyto zločince vypátrat a učinit spravedlnosti za dost. Lov začíná.

From the bestselling team of Bill O''Reilly and Martin Dugard comes Killing Reagan, a page-turning epic account of the career of President Ronald Reagan that tells the vivid story of his rise to power--and the forces of evil that conspired to bring him down. The basis for the 2016 television movie available on streaming. Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman''s bullet came within inches of his heart. His recovery was nothing short of remarkable -- or so it seemed. But Reagan was grievously injured, forcing him to encounter a challenge that few men ever face. Could he silently overcome his traumatic experience while at the same time carrying out the duties of the most powerful man in the world? Told in the same riveting fashion as Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, and Killing Patton, Killing Reagan reaches back to the golden days of Hollywood, where Reagan found both fame and heartbreak, up through the years in the California governor''s mansion, and finally to the White House, where he presided over boom years and the fall of the Iron Curtain. But it was John Hinckley Jr.''s attack on him that precipitated President Reagan''s most heroic actions. In Killing Reagan, O''Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the scenes, creating an unforgettable portrait of a great man operating in violent times.

Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus—riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. Now from Bill O’Reilly, anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, comes the most epic book of all in this multimillion-selling series: Killing Patton. General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years, there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident—and may very well have been an act of assassination. Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton’s tragic demise, naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.

Learn to unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of a great, forbidding adventure and “a fascinating examination of the seven key traits of history’s most famous explorers…[with] infusions of insight and enthusiasm” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Frances Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown: the location of the Nile River’s source. They traveled deep into an uncharted African wilderness together, arrived at two different solutions to the mystery, and parted ways as sworn enemies. The feud became an international sensation on their return to England, and a public debate was scheduled to decide whose theory was correct. What followed was a massive spectacle with an outcome no one could have foreseen. In The Explorers, New York Times bestselling author Martin Dugard shares the rich saga of the Burton and Speke expedition and guides readers through the seven traits that history’s most legendary explorers called on to survive their impossible journeys. In doing so, Dugard demonstrates that these traits have a most practical application in everyday life. We see St. Brendan the Navigator, driven by hope, sail into the unknown, and the curiosity that inspired John Ledyard to attempt to walk around the globe, and the perseverance Howard Carter needed to discover Tutankhamen’s tomb. From these and other examples, Dugard extracts lessons for unlocking the explorer in us all.

O charme, o poder e a tragédia John Fitzgerald Kennedy passou para a história como o homem mais poderoso do mundo que teve um caso amoroso com a sex symbol Marilyn Monroe e cuja cabeça foi alvejada em público durante um passeio em carro aberto em Dallas, Texas, em novembro de 1963. Durante muito tempo estes fatos imortalizados em imagens nublaram o entendimento sobre a vida, os desafios, as fraquezas e o real legado de Kennedy. Neste livro, que vendeu 2 milhões de cópias nos Estados Unidos e que foi publicado em mais de vinte países, o apresentador televisivo e comentarista Bill O''Reilly e o escritor Martin Dugard recuperam a trajetória do 35o presidente americano, cujos três anos incompletos de mandato, durante a Guerra Fria, influenciaram de forma crucial a geopolítica internacional. Vemos o Kennedy jovem historiador que ganhou o prêmio Pulitzer por seu livro de perfis de políticos, o filho de saúde débil que foi alçado à carreira política pelo pai, o jovem intelectualizado que se apaixonou pela culta Jacqueline, o grande orador cujo "Não pergunte o que o seu país pode fazer por você, pergunte o que você pode fazer por seu país" seria lembrado por décadas a fio, o administrador de pouca experiência que no primeiro ano de mandato tomou uma decisão equivocada na invasão da Baía dos Porcos – quase detonando uma terceira guerra mundial –, o homem de temperamento controlado que conseguiu evitar o pior na Crise dos Mísseis de Cuba, em 1962, e o liberal que apoiou o movimento dos direitos civis num país onde ainda vigia a segregação racial e que, por outro lado, ordenou alguns dos primeiros movimentos da Guerra do Vietnã. Num texto que se lê num só fôlego, os autores dão vida a uma época turbulenta, e é sobre o pano de fundo desse período que se ergue a figura de Kennedy por eles pintada, em toda sua humanidade.

Nº1 en Estados Unidos El presentador del programa The O’Reilly Factor nos cuenta una de las historias más dramáticas de la historia estadounidense: la del disparo de bala que cambió el país para siempre. En la primavera de 1865, tras una serie de batallas cada vez más cruentas y atroces, al fin acaba la sangrienta Guerra de Secesión. Con sus generosas condiciones a Robert E. Lee en la capitulación de este para reintegrar a los confederados en la sociedad de los Estados Unidos, el presidente Abraham Lincoln quiere ver cumplido su sueño de volver a unir a la nación. Pero un criminal y su banda de cómplices, y entre ellos quizá algunos políticos de los peldaños más altos del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, no se conforman. En medio de los festejos patrióticos de la ciudad de Washington, el carismático actor John Wilkes Booth, mujeriego y racista impenitente, asesina a Abraham Lincoln en el teatro Ford. La furiosa cacería policial que se organiza convierte inmediatamente a Booth en el fugitivo más buscado de la nación. El detective neoyorquino Lafayette C. Baker, inteligente pero no muy de fiar y antiguo espía unionista, desentraña todas las pistas que conducen a Booth, mientras las fuerzas federales persiguen a sus cómplices. La emocionante batida de búsqueda acaba en un fiero tiroteo y varias sentencias de muerte: entre ellas, la de la primera mujer ejecutada en Estados Unidos, Mary Surratt. Con sus vívidos retratos de algunas de las figuras más notables de la historia y una trama que obliga a seguir leyendo hasta el final, Matar a Lincoln es historia, pero parece una novela de intriga. Matar a Lincoln ha sido el fenómeno editorial del año en Estados Unidos «Matar a Lincoln es una novela de intriga histórica de lectura obligada. Bill O’Reilly narra los dramáticos acontecimientos de la primavera de 1865 tan vívidamente y con tal inmediatez que el lector se ve paseando por las calles de la ciudad de Washington la noche que John Wilkes Booth mató a Abraham Lincoln de un disparo. Un libro muy ameno cuya lectura deja sin aliento». Vince Flynn, autor de American Assassin «Como estudiante de historia, ojalá las lecturas de la facultad hubieran estado tan bien escritas como esta vívida y emocionante crónica del asesinato de Lincoln. Como antiguo oficial de infantería, al leer estas escenas de batalla de la Guerra de Secesión me vi corriendo a buscar refugio. Matar a Lincoln es la historia de una tragedia que cambió el futuro de los Estados Unidos. No conocerá bien esta historia hasta que lea este libro. A la ya impresionante trayectoria de Bill O’Reilly, ahora hay que añadir que es historiador». Nelson Demille, autor de El juego del león y La Costa de Oro

Na primavera de 1865, a sangrenta saga da Guerra Civil americana chega finalmente ao fim. As generosas condições do presidente Lincoln para a rendição de Robert E. Lee destinam-se a realizar o seu sonho de curar uma nação dividida e os Confederados são autorizados a reintegrarem-se na sociedade americana. Porém, um homem e o seu bando de cúmplices assassinos, não ficaram apaziguados. No meio das celebrações patrióticas em Washington D.C., John Wilkes Booth assassina Abraham Lincoln no Teatro Ford. Segue-se uma furiosa caça ao homem e Booth transforma-se imediatamente no fugitivo mais procurado do país. A empolgante perseguição termina num intenso tiroteio e numa série de execuções ordenadas pelo tribunal - incluindo a da primeira mulher executada pelo governo norte-americano, Mary Surratt.

In the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and shot dead while in police custody.

A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O''Reilly The iconic anchor of The O''Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history—how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America''s Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly harrowing battles. President Abraham Lincoln''s generous terms for Robert E. Lee''s surrender are devised to fulfill Lincoln''s dream of healing a divided nation, with the former Confederates allowed to reintegrate into American society. But one man and his band of murderous accomplices, perhaps reaching into the highest ranks of the U.S. government, are not appeased. In the midst of the patriotic celebrations in Washington D.C., John Wilkes Booth—charismatic ladies'' man and impenitent racist—murders Abraham Lincoln at Ford''s Theatre. A furious manhunt ensues and Booth immediately becomes the country''s most wanted fugitive. Lafayette C. Baker, a smart but shifty New York detective and former Union spy, unravels the string of clues leading to Booth, while federal forces track his accomplices. The thrilling chase ends in a fiery shootout and a series of court-ordered executions—including that of the first woman ever executed by the U.S. government, Mary Surratt. Featuring some of history''s most remarkable figures, vivid detail, and page-turning action, Killing Lincoln is history that reads like a thriller.

Jusqu''à présent, tout le monde pensait que Toutankhamon était mort à 18 ans, vers 1324 av J-C, des suites d''une blessure à un fémur consécutive à un accident de char. C''est cette thèse que James Patterson bat aujourd''hui en brèche. Pour le célèbre auteur américain, depuis toujours passionné d''égyptologie, le jeune pharaon a été assassiné... Qui a commandité le meurtre ? Ankhesenamon, sa demi-soeur et épouse ? Ay, le grand vizir qui lui succéda ? Ou Horemheb, le général avide de pouvoir ? Et si la réponse se trouvait dans la tombe de Toutankhamon ? James Patterson entremêle avec brio plusieurs récits : la vie du pharaon, la quête de l''égyptologue et sa propre investigation. Comme dans un thriller, l''étau se resserre sur le coupable. Et si le mystère Toutankhamon était enfin dissipé ?

Few historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades before they faced each other as enemies at Appomattox, they had been brothers -- both West Point graduates, both wearing blue, and both fighting in the same cadre in the Mexican War. They were not alone: Sherman, Davis, Jackson nearly all of the Civil War''s greatest soldiers had been forged in the heat of Vera Cruz and Monterrey. The Mexican War has faded from our national memory, but it was a struggle of enormous significance: the first U.S. war waged on foreign soil; and it nearly doubled our nation. At this fascinating juncture of American history, a group of young men came together to fight as friends, only years later to fight as enemies. This is their story. Full of dramatic battles, daring rescues, secret missions, soaring triumphs and tragic losses, The Training Ground is history at its finest.

Um relato da quarta e última viagem de Colombo, que descreve a sua determinação em encontrar uma passagem para o Oriente, e relata como o seu esforço foi desafiado por naufrágios, motins e traição política.

This account of the explorer''s disgrace, imprisonment, and desperate, final expedition "breathes life into that futile, unquenchable, 500-year-old dream" ( San Francisco Chronicle). #1 New York Times –Bestselling Author The year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that he founded, nurtured, and ruled for eight years. Less than a decade after discovering the New World, he has fallen into disgrace, accused by the royal court of being a liar, a secret Jew, and a foreigner who sought to steal the riches of the New World for himself. The tall, freckled explorer with the aquiline nose, whose flaming red hair long ago turned gray, passes his days in prayer and rumination, trying to ignore the waterfront gallows all too visible from his cell. And he plots for one great escape, one last voyage to the ends of the earth, one final chance to prove himself. What follows is one of history''s most epic—and forgotten—adventures. Columbus himself would later claim that his fourth voyage was his greatest. It was without doubt his most treacherous. Of the four ships he led into the unknown, none returned. Columbus would face the worst storms a European explorer had ever encountered. He would battle to survive amid mutiny, war, and a shipwreck that left him stranded on a desert isle for almost a year. On his tail were his enemies, sent from Europe to track him down. In front of him: the unknown. Martin Dugard''s thrilling account of this final voyage brings Columbus to life as never before—as an adventurer, businessman, father, lover, tyrant, and hero. "Both a gripping naval adventure and a revealing history." — New York Times Book Review "Vivid narrative . . . For the history-minded reader who enjoys a bracing story of courage and adventure on the uncharted high seas." — Kirkus Reviews "[A] page-turner." — Toronto Star

What really happened to Dr. David Livingstone? The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Survivor: The Ultimate Game investigates in this thrilling account. With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure—defined by alarming foolishness, intense courage, and raw human achievement. In the mid-1860s, exploration had reached a plateau. The seas and continents had been mapped, the globe circumnavigated. Yet one vexing puzzle remained unsolved: what was the source of the mighty Nile river? Aiming to settle the mystery once and for all, Great Britain called upon its legendary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, who had spent years in Africa as a missionary. In March 1866, Livingstone steered a massive expedition into the heart of Africa. In his path lay nearly impenetrable, uncharted terrain, hostile cannibals, and deadly predators. Within weeks, the explorer had vanished without a trace. Years passed with no word. While debate raged in England over whether Livingstone could be found—or rescued—from a place as daunting as Africa, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the brash American newspaper tycoon, hatched a plan to capitalize on the world’s fascination with the missing legend. He would send a young journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, into Africa to search for Livingstone. A drifter with great ambition, but little success to show for it, Stanley undertook his assignment with gusto, filing reports that would one day captivate readers and dominate the front page of the New York Herald. Tracing the amazing journeys of Livingstone and Stanley in alternating chapters, author Martin Dugard captures with breathtaking immediacy the perils and challenges these men faced. Woven into the narrative, Dugard tells an equally compelling story of the remarkable transformation that occurred over the course of nine years, as Stanley rose in power and prominence and Livingstone found himself alone and in mortal danger. The first book to draw on modern research and to explore the combination of adventure, politics, and larger-than-life personalities involved, Into Africa is a riveting read.