In 1925 six of Germanys leading chemical companies banded together in a cartel to protect their business from increasing international competition. Twenty years later the directors found themselves on trial at Nuremberg accused of being the magicians who made the fantasies of Mein Kampf come true. How had one of the worlds leading companies whose knowledge & expertise were the envy of the world become Hitlers creature directly involved in the Holocaust with their experimental I. G. Monowitz plant at Auschwitz? In this brilliantly researched & compelling book Diarmuid Jeffreys shines a bright light on I. G Farbens Faustian pact with the Third Reich to reveal in shocking detail the story of the original military-industrial complex. ...

An attack on the heart of power.. . In sight of the White House.. . At a place known as.. .HELLS CORNER Oliver Stone -- once the countrys most skilled assassin -- stands in front of the White House perhaps for the last time. The president has personally requested that Stone serve his country again on a high-risk covert mission. Though hes fought for decades to leave his past career behind Stone has no choice but to say yes. But Stones mission changes drastically before it even begins. Its the night of a state dinner honouring the British prime minister. As he watches the prime ministers motorcade leave the White House a bomb is detonated in an apparent terrorist attack against both leaders. Its in the chaotic aftermath that Stone takes on a new more urgent assignment: find those responsible for the bombing. Stones opponents are elusive capable & increasingly lethal. Worst of all it seems that the park bombing may just have been the opening salvo in their plan. With nowhere else to turn Stone enlists the help of the only people he knows he can trust: the Camel Club. Yet that may be a big mistake. In the shadowy worlds of politics & intelligence there is no one you can really trust. & Hells Corner truly lives up to its name. This may be Oliver Stones & the Camel Clubs last st&. ...

Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world the Battle of Cherkassy (also known as the Korsun Pocket) still stirs controversy in both the former Soviet Union & in Germany. It was at Cherkassy that the last German offensive strength in the Ukraine was drained away creating the conditions for the victorious Soviet advance into Poland Rumania & the Balkans during the summer & autumn of 1944. Eclipsed by a war of such gigantic proportions that saw the deaths of over one million men or more as commonplace the events which occurred along the banks of the Gniloy Tickich river should have faded into obscurity. However to the 60 000 German soldiers who were encircled there at the end of January 1944 this was perhaps one of the most brutal physically exhausting & morally demanding battles they had ever experienced. Thirty-four percent of them would not escape. The culmination of years of research & survivor interviews Hells Gate is a riveting hour by hour & day by day account of this desperate struggle analyzed on a tactical level through maps & military transcripts as well as on a personal level through the words of the enlisted men & officers who risked the roaring waters of the Gniloy Tickich to avoid certain death at the hands of their Soviet foe. ...

The final dramatic conclusion to Darren Shan's international phenomenon The Demonata. Expect the unexpected... Beranabus & Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholy alliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind held on Earth against his will. Grubbs is mad with grief & spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is waiting. Welcome to the end. ...

The second volume in a noirish gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author. In the City The Cardinal rules & Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is seconded from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction where his loyalties & beliefs will be severely tested. Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery that draws in the dead the City's Incan forefathers the imposing figure of the Cardinal & the near-mythical assassin Paucar Wami. Wami is a law unto himself a shadowy enigmatic figure who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. & Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined! ...

Collected for the first time in chronological order & featuring stories by fan-favorite writer Grant Morrison (BATMAN INC FINAL CRISIS) & the legendary Neil Gaiman (SANDMAN AMERICAN GODS) FAMILY MAN continues the arcane adventures of Vertigos chain-smoking magician John Constantine. In this volume Constantine attempts a vacation after recent events but as usual things dont go as planned. Plus Constantine must uncover the mystery of the murderous Family Man. ...

When Gemma Masters auctions off her uncles signature trench coat she sets off a horrific chain of events in the life of John Constantine. Bleeding apartment walls a flatulent demon a suspicious angel & an old adversary await Constantine as he races to find the coat before it sends him back to Hell! Collects Hellblazer 283-291. ...

Constantine's new wife is less than happy that he's missing a thumb leading him on a quest to find a suitable replacement for his missing digit. While he tries to literally sew himself back together his niece Gemma plots dark revenge against her uncle. Will Constantine be able to fend off his own kin's demonic fury? Collecting issues 276-282. ...

This oversized Hellboy Library" hardcover series continues featuring Mike Mignola & Richard Corbens award-winning Crooked Man story! " Hellboy" has racked up multiple Eisner Awards numerous spinoffs a novel line video games cartoons & two feature films. " Hellboy Library Volume 4" collects two complete trade-paperbacks full of short stories: " The Troll Witch & Other Stories" & " The Crooked Man" as well as an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches & designs." ...

Hellboy" has racked up multiple Eisner Awards numerous spinoffs a novel line video games cartoons & two feature films. " Hellboy Library Volume 5" collects two complete trade paperbacks: " Darkness Calls" & " The Wild Hunt" the short story " The Mole" as well as an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches & designs." ...