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This treasury features heartwarming photographs and touching stories of dedicated working dogs who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and proven themselves as true heroes.
This special collection of dog stories and photographs features four-legged heroes who have worked side by side with soldiers, searched the wreckage of natural and man-made disasters, changed families' lives through emotional support, and administered aid around the...
This special collection of dog stories and photographs features four-legged heroes who have worked side by side with soldiers, searched the wreckage of natural and man-made disasters, changed families' lives through emotional support, and administered aid around the...
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Compassionate Soldier illuminates some of the most fascinating and yet largely unknown stories of men and women whose humanity led them to perform courageous acts of mercy and compassion amid the chaos and carnage of war. Arranged by war from the American Revolution to the Iraq War and global in perspective, it features extraordinary stories of grace under fire from valiant soldiers and noncombatants who rose above the inhumanity of lethal conflict...
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This is a journalistic account of the birth of the United States. Containing more than 125 true stories of courage and valor, cunning and guile, it is a history of the war as it affected soldiers and civilians. Here in vivid detail, and often in their own words, are the experiences of the people most affected by the war, along with the dreams and aspirations that prodded them to pursue liberty at all costs.
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Genealogy and local history volume LH17201
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For those interested in the nitty gritty of the Civil War. It is hard to imagine living at a time and in a place where you were not sure where you and your friends stood. (Excerpt from Goodreads)
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Behind the tangled alliances, feuding royals, and deadly battles are the nearly 100 riveting true stories of the men and women who lived, fought, and survived the first Great War. Based on the writings of soldiers, politicians, kings, nurses, and military leaders, Best Little Stories from World War I humanizes their foibles, triumphs, and tragedies-and chronicles how the emergence of fervent national pride led not only to ruthless combat, but a critical...
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Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War is an entertaining look at the Civil War stories that don't get told, and the misadventures you haven't read about in history books. Share in all the humorous and strange events that took place behind the scenes of some of the most famous Civil War moments. Picture a pedestal in a public park with no statue on top; Rowland's book explains that when the members of the New York Monument Commission went to...
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Experience the exciting combat tales of both Allied and Axis pilots around the world during World War II.Wings of War encompasses the World War II air war from late 1939 through 1945 and provides a chronological snapshot not only of famous and significant events from the global air war, but also of other lesser-known events that are equally thrilling and important. Over three dozen different Allied and Axis airplanes are featured, giving you a unique...
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Ritland started his own company training and supplying dogs for the SEAL teams, U.S. Government, and Department of Defense. In "Trident K9 Warriors" he gives readers an inside look at these elite canines--who they are, how they are trained, and the extreme missions they undertake saving countless lives, asking for little in the way of reward.
11) Confirmed kill: heroic sniper stories from the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan
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"There’s the one-on-one duel between a U.S. Marine sniper and his North Vietnamese counterpart that ends with a miracle shot straight through the Vietcong soldier’s gun scope. And the shot fired from a mountain ridge in Afghanistan that drops an unsuspecting Taliban fighter over a mile away - the longest confirmed kill in history. These are only two of the verified accounts in a collection that includes the most riveting sniper stories ever....
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Lt. Cornel Jay Kopelman describes his experiences after returning to the United States with his dog Lava--who was rescued from an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq--and details how Lava suffered symptoms comparable to post-traumatic stress disorder, which led Kopelman to recognize his own issues.
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This collection of some 200 anecdotes emanating from the war in Vietnam presents a realistic picture of the ups and downs of American's Best serving a tour in Vietnam. A potpourri of booze, sex, satire, humor, and, of course, not to be forgotten, fire-fights with "Charlie,"and death. Author's say "when the hard-core Bonnie Rat returns home from a tour in Vietnam, he also has no qualms about telling it how it is."This is precisely what the authors...
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Confessions of a Military Wife is an honest, witty, and often hilarious look at the life of the new generation military wife. Mollie Gross learned the hard way to laugh instead of cry at what she could not control as a military spouse and as she quickly discovered, nearly everything was out of her control! A standup comedienne, public speaker, and wife of a Marine Corps officer, Mollie explores everything about the issued spouse, from deployment and...
15) Embrace the Suck
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Members of America's armed forces have their own distinctive language: milspeak. Especially since WWII, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have invented and adapted their own slang vocabularies, creating a colorful insider's lingo of bureaucratic buzzwords, acronyms, mock jargon, dark humor, and outright profanity. Milspeak gives a unique and touching insight into military life from basic training to the trenches; from the flightdeck to the cockpit....
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Que s'est-il réellement passé en juin 1940?
Voici un livre dérangeant. Dans une démonstration dont l'évidence s'impose à l'esprit, Bernard Legoux nous prouve qu'en juin 1940 l'armistice était la seule solution envisageable. Il n'y avait aucune alternative crédible! Le 16 juin 1940, après un retrait total de l'armée britannique, l'armée française était submergée par la Wehrmacht. D'immenses destructions, des millions de réfugiés paniqués...
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"For myself I am an optimist," said legendary British politician Winston Churchill. "It does not seem to be much use being anything else."
Have you ever wanted to deliver the ultimate Churchillian wisecrack? Give sound advice to a peer on how to deal with life's problems? Or contribute to a heated discussion on international politics? The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill is the perfect pocket book to carry around in your arsenal as...
18) Les plus étonnantes histoires du IIIe Reich: Les derniers secrets d'Hitler, Staline et Mussolini
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Découvrez ces histoires insolites de l'Allemagne nazie!
L'auteur nous livre ici un nouveau tome d'histoires curieuses consacré pour une large part aux aspects cachés de la vie privée de celui qui, en tant que Führer, conduisit l'Allemagne à sa perte. Grâce à l'exhumation de ces archives, le lecteur découvrira entre autres:
- L'histoire du premier amour du Führer
- La relation de Hitler avec la fille d'un Lord
- La suppression du supposé...
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