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Vanishing ACT: The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid Over TokyoFrom New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a vital secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War. In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the...
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US Marine Vs Japanese Soldier: Saipan, Guam, and Peleliu, 1944Fully illustrated, this book assesses the US Marines and Japanese troops fighting in three bloody battles of World War II in the Pacific. In June 1944, the United States military launched an offensive against the Japanese forces holding the Mariana Islands and Palau. The...
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U.S. Army Reconnaissance & Surveillance HandbookThe official United States Army manual, U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for reconnaissance and surveillance planning, mission management, and reporting. Throughout history, military leaders have recognized the importance of reconnaissance and surveillance. Gaining and maintaining contact with the...
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Us and Them: Canada, Canadians and The BeatlesUs and Them chronicles the depth to which Canada and Canadians were part of The Beatles' story-their formation, growth and break up. Entertaining and well researched, Us and Them places John, Paul, George and Ringo as a band and as solo artists in a...
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Unknown New York: An Artist Uncovers the City's Hidden TreasuresAn intrepid and gifted artist uncovers and illustrates more than 100 surprising, enchanting, and sometimes downright bizarre nooks and crannies that make New York such a compelling city. It's no surprise that New York City is the most visited destination in the U.S., and...
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Unitarian Universalism: A Narrative HistoryAuthor: David E. BumbaughPublisher: Meadville Lombard PressPublished: 03/09/2001Pages: 226Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.12w x 0.64dISBN: 9780970247902This title is not returnable
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Uneven Connections: A Partial History of the Mobile Phone in Papua New GuineaIn the first years of the 21st century, economic liberalisation began to transform telecommunications services throughout the Pacific Islands. Government regulators, corporate executives and everyday consumers hopefully imagined that opening mobile phone markets to competition would result in greater access, lower costs and accelerated...
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Twisted Grief with Grandma's MemoirWhat a mess. Life doesn't get more challenging than when KJ aims to diffuse hospice myths and drop a few bombs in 2020. According to the statistics, most people experience uncomplicated grief after a loss, but what about the rest of us? The hot...
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Turtle on a PostTurtle on a Post is a collection of memoirs that tells the story of the life and legacy of Senator Carl Parker as told to Jim Sanderson. Parker was a Texas State Senator and served in the House of Representatives. His long career in...
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Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet TurkmenistanOn October 27, 1991, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union. Hammer and sickle gave way to a flag, a national anthem, and new holidays. Seven decades earlier, Turkmenistan had been a stateless conglomeration of tribes. What brought about...
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To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène HabréWhat does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, had terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale over eight bloody years in power--all while enjoying full American and Western support. After Habré's overthrow,...
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Three Kings: Race, Class, and the Barrier-Breaking Rivals Who Launched the Modern Olympic AgeFor fans of The Boys in the Boat, and marking the 100th anniversary of the Paris Olympics, the never-before-told story of three athletes who defied the odds to usher in a golden age of sportsEven today, it's considered one of the most thrilling races...
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Threat to the Body Politic: Foo Fighters to UAPSince the 2017 release of three naval aviation videos of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) craft, congressional national security committees have struggled to understand the broader implications of these objects. Congress has adopted multiple rounds of legislation meant to get to the bottom of this...
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Think to New Worlds: The Cultural History of Charles Fort and His FollowersHow a writer who investigated scientific anomalies inspired a factious movement and made a lasting impact on American culture. Flying saucers. Bigfoot. Frogs raining from the sky. Such phenomena fascinated Charles Fort, the maverick writer who scanned newspapers, journals, and magazines for reports of...
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The Zone: An Alternative History of ParisAN OUTSIDER'S GUIDE TO MODERN PARIS In The Zone, Justinien Tribillon takes the reader on a tour of an eponymous Parisian hinterland. The site of dreams and nightmares, from Van Gogh's paintings to the cinematic violence of La Haine, the Zone, so often misun-...
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The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of EuropeA groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and...
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The Worlds the Shawnees Made: Migration and Violence in Early AmericaIn 1779, Shawnees from Chillicothe, a community in the Ohio country, told the British, "We have always been the frontier." Their statement challenges an oft-held belief that American Indians derive their unique identities from longstanding ties to native lands. By tracking Shawnee people and...
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The World's Greatest Escape StoriesWhether you are a prisoner of war, a prisoner of nature's fury, or a prisoner of society, one word smashes your thoughts against a blockade of desperation: Escape! The stakes are higher than freedom itself--chains unshackled, steel doors opened, gunfire avoided. At stake is...
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The Way of LifeCharles Hodge taught "that holiness is the fruit of truth. Christians regard the word of God as the only infallible teacher of those truths which relate to the salvation of men. But are the Scriptures really a revelation from God? What doctrines do they...
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The Warden House: Addison Mizner's Historic Palm Beach GemAuthor: Dennis JohnsonPublisher: XlibrisPublished: 06/08/2012Pages: 80Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781453546642This title is not returnable
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