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20061) The Dambuster's Squadron
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They were the Dambusters the pilots and crew of the RAFs elite 617 Squadron. They flew the most difficult missions. They breached the Dams! They sank the Tirpitz! They were the only squadron to drop the immense Grand Slam bombs and with them they destroyed bridges, viaducts and even Hitler’s impregnable U-boat pens.
In this unique book, introduced by Dams raid survivor, George Johnny Johnson, authors Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar present no less...
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Many of the 617 Squadron crews who took part in the famous attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams and also the raids on the Dortmund-Ems Canal did not return. This book takes the reader to many of the crash sites that resulted. They include the coast off Texel, Rees, Marbeck, Emmerich, Hamm, Ostonnen, just north of the Mohne Dam, the former airfield at Gilze-Rijen in Holland and Castricum-aan-Zee, also Holland. The Dortmund-Ems Canal sites are...
20063) Les prémices de l'humanité
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Sur une Terre plongée dans la guerre des Autonomies depuis des siècles, Credentes Stelliger, un vétéran désenchanté, entreprend un voyage vers les mondes des Constellais pour offrir une vie meilleure à sa famille. Cependant, il ignore que la folie humaine s'est étendue au-delà de la galaxie et que son fils Edward est voué à un sombre destin. Si l'enfer est sur Terre, le luxuriant jardin de Dieu ne scintille pas dans le ciel.
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When he was just eight years old, Paddy Rochford enrolled at Dublins Royal Hibernian Military School, where he was taught how to be a soldier with the British Army, like his father. Soon afterwards, in 1922, he and his fellow pupils were evacuated from Ireland, a land torn apart by civil war. Across the sea in England, Paddy joined the Third Battalion of the Coldstream Guards as a drummer boy, with postings to Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, the...
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Book Two of the John Carter of Mars collections, this edition contains the original text from the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh of Edgar Rice Burrough's world-famous novels. Originally published between 1916 and 1930, Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars; The Master Mind of Mars; and A Fighting Man of Mars are science fiction classics which introduce new characters and adventures to the dangerous martian landscape.
20066) Etude to War
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Chosen. Warrior. Detective? Six years after Minu Groves' return from her galaxy-spanning quest, she has become a member of the Chosen council-but due to conflicts with others on that council, she's been put into virtual retirement as a university dean. Until one day, when she learns a truth about her long-missing father that shakes her to the core, causing her to wonder… Is he still alive? Clues lead into the darkness of space, and once more she...
20067) They Flew Hurricanes
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The Hawker Hurricane, together with the Spitfire, is the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Many pilots including Douglas Bader thought it was superior to the Spit but together they saved Britain from Nazi invasion and possible defeat.
Adrian Stewart has produced a gloriously atmospheric and nostalgic book capturing the spirit of this great aircraft and the pilots who flew them. It tracks the aircraft as it was developed and improved and...
20068) United States Army
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IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Army (how the Army keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Readers will love the exciting full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and More Facts section. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
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Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain’s most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The selection process is the most physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding anywhere in the world. Trained to operate under cover, Operators have at their disposal an arsenal of techniques...
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Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his own unit. He painted the fuselage of his Albatros D-III a bright red and was nicknamed the Red Baron. In June 1917, Richthofen was appointed commander of the German Flying Circus. Made up of Germany's top fighter pilots, this new unit was highly mobile and could be quickly...
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"...a brutal, honest account by an American veteran of what went wrong and how a few determined people tried to make it right. Beautifully crafted and deeply researched, it marks a vital contribution to the accounts that have come out of the War on Terror."- Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author
As the American government began a disastrous mass evacuation of its Afghan allies, a group of American veterans saw the writing on the wall-the...
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[This edition benefits from numerous maps of the battlefields that the actions were fought over] "NUTS!" - Among the many military legends that abound from the fighting of the Second World War, the one word reply to a German summons to surrender must rank highly in terms of its resonance, importance and sheer grit. General McAulliffe decided that despite the odds and the lack of supplies and ammunition his troops would continue to hold the important...
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Includes, 21 maps/diagrams and 23 Illustrations/photos The Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world, having gained its spurs over the trenches of Flanders in the First World War it was officially established in 1918. However it was during the Second World War that it would achieve its greatest successes yet, from an inauspicious start following post war budget cuts it would rise to become a decisive factor in the campaign to...
20074) Emperor's Council
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A Chancellor. An Assassin. A Threat To The Emperor Himself.Politics is a war zone in the far future.When Chancellor Ryan Kennedy discovers a top-secret transmission to traitor forces, he knows a deadly plot is afoot. He knows death stalks the halls of the Palace. Ryan fears humanity ends today.Ryan quickly learns the plot is far deadlier than anything seen before.A gripping, high-stake, tense science fiction book making you read on the edge of your...
20075) Catch Me: Kill Me
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Russian poet Boris Kotlikoff defected to the United States two years ago. He left with no state secrets; he is no threat to the Soviets in anyway; yet now he has become their prize hostage, buried alive somewhere in New York City.
The US government, on the defensive as always, treads on cat feet. But it does not take into consideration the doggedness of Ben Leary, an agent with Immigration and Naturalization. They also close their eyes to a parallel...
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Air Commodore Peter Malam 'Pete' Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC, and Bar (1917-2008) was one of the most heroic and highly praised pilots of the Second World War. Decorated extensively, he secured a total of 16 'kills' over the course of the conflict, with 10 of these occurring during the Battle of Britain. Pivotal moments in his career include the time, in August 1940, when his flight encountered around a hundred enemy aircraft, including Messerschmitt 110's;...
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This volume delivers a comprehensive study of banditry in Latin America and of its cultural representation. In its scope across the continent, looking closely at nations where bandit culture has manifested itself forcefully—Mexico (the subject of the case study), the Hispanic south-west of the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba—it imagines a 'Golden Age' of banditry in Latin America from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1940s...
20078) Sleeper Protocol
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How far would you go to remember your past? Kieran Roark awakens in a wheelchair, unable to remember anything. As part of a classified experiment, he will have one year to learn his identity and recover his memory, or he will be euthanized by the state. Scientist Berkeley Bennett has one mission: manipulate Kieran's emotions in an attempt to bring back his memory. But when she falls in love with him, she is forced to make a harrowing decision that...
20079) The Wastelands
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A note from the author:This is a re-release for the twentieth anniversary of the writing of this book.This was the first book I wrote. Over the years, it has gone by three different names. I'm sorry to say that I never once re-edited the book.Over the last twenty years, I have learned much about writing, the art of storytelling, and grammar. To be in an honest way, I was horrified when I re-read my book. I got work cleaning up the grammar and the...
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In June of 1942, Eighth Air Force deployed to the UK and began preparation for a bombing campaign. However, during the initial planning efforts it became apparent the staff lacked the expertise needed to analyze and recommend bombing targets. Colonel Richard Hughes, the Chief Planner for American Air Forces in Europe, recognized this deficiency and requested a team to assist with target selection. The Enemy Objectives Unit (EOU), a team of civilian...
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