Gianni Pannofino Books

An incredible publishing story, this epic war novel was crafted over thirty years by a decorated Vietnam veteran and became a New York Times best seller for sixteen weeks, as well as a National Indie Next and USA Today best seller. Hailed as a "brilliant account of war," it tells the timeless tale of young Marine lieutenant Waino Mellas and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are thrust into the mountain jungles of Vietnam. As they transition from boys to men, they face not only the North Vietnamese but also the relentless monsoon rains, mud, leeches, tigers, disease, and malnutrition. Compounding their struggles are the racial tensions, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers within their ranks. When the company finds itself surrounded by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines confront the raw terror of combat, an experience that will change them forever. This visceral and spellbinding narrative captures the essence of youth at war, transforming the tragedy of Vietnam into a powerful story of courage, camaraderie, and sacrifice. It serves as a parable of war, highlighting the redemptive power of literature and the universal themes of human resilience and brotherhood.

Gennaio 2007: la guerra in Iraq è in stallo e il presidente George W. Bush annuncia una nuova strategia con l'invio di ulteriori truppe. Tra i giovani soldati ottimisti c'è il 2° battaglione, 16° reggimento di fanteria americano, incaricato di pattugliare una delle zone più pericolose di Baghdad. Per quindici mesi, il reporter David Finkel, vincitore del Premio Pulitzer, vive con loro, documentando ogni sanguinosa fase della loro avventura. Il suo racconto offre un ritratto implacabile della guerra moderna, dove ogni pattugliamento è un gioco al massacro e ogni rifiuto può nascondere un ordigno esplosivo. Le settimane passano e le vittime aumentano, trasformando radicalmente i soldati che affrontano questa terra di nessuno. Le pagine restituiscono i loro volti e le loro storie, rivelando le vite di ragazzi messi alla prova in situazioni estreme. Il reportage non si limita a descrivere l'orrore quotidiano, ma esplora anche le conseguenze meno visibili del conflitto: il lutto, il dolore e gli incubi che questi soldati portano a casa, segnati per sempre dalle loro esperienze in Medio Oriente. Straziante e veritiero, il libro ha riscosso un immenso successo di pubblico e critica negli USA, diventando un classico del genere.

Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a world of war, scientific, religious and political turmoil. With a cast of characters that includes Newton, Leibniz

Talking fridges, human clone farms, flying shopping malls - we must be in the Michael Marshall Smith zone. A world all too close to our own...

Accepting an assignment from the CIA to take out an arms dealer who is supplying criminal groups in Southeast Asia, assassin-for-hire John Rain finds the job compromised by a rival assassin and the fear that he is being set up. Reprint.

Landing a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultra-fast track to success—until he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Ben's information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates—three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power—and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman.But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nation's capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass . . . and betrayals can be lethal.

A moving and life-affirming memoir about survival and the power of love to heal, from internationally renowned writer Salman Rushdie 'A story of hatred defeated by love' Guardian 'Absolutely stunning...the ugliest thing turned into the most beautiful' Nigella Lawson 'Part thriller, part love story' The Times 'A masterpiece... full of Rushdie's wit, his wisdom, his stoicism, his optimism' The Telegraph On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black - black clothes, black mask - rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought- So it's you. Here you are. What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the world. Now, for the first time, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey towards physical recovery and the healing that was made possible by the love and support of his wife, Eliza, his family, his army of doctors and physical therapists, and his community of readers worldwide. Knife is Rushdie writing with urgency, gravity, and unflinching honesty. It is also a deeply moving reminder of literature's capacity to make sense of the unthinkable. This an intimate and life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again.

Rain has a new employer, Israeli intelligence organization the Mossad, which wants him to fix a "problem" in Manila; and a new partner, Dox, whose good-ol' boy persona masks a sniper as deadly as Rain himself. He also has a new hope: that by using his talents in the service of something good, he might atone for all the lives he has already taken.

Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse . . .

Driven to the edge a nervous breakdown by his failure to capture Spider - one of Amercina ́s most notorius serial killers - FBI agent Jack Salzman decides to quit his job and move to Italy. But when the head of one of Spider ́s victims is posted to Jack ́s f