wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Troubled Water: Race, Mutiny, and Bravery on the USS Kitty Hawk
ISBN: 9780230103399 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin. Its five thousand men, cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the war, rioted--or, as Troubled Water suggests, mutinied. Disturbingly, the lines were drawn racially, black against white. By the time order was restored, careers were in tatters. Although the incident became a turning point for race relations in the Navy, this story remained buried within U.S. Navy archives for decades. With action pulled straight from a high... In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Ton... |
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90,80 zł |
The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys: Courage, Tragedy, and Justice in World War II
ISBN: 9780230341166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Published to glowing reviews, The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys tells the riveting story of a nine-man American bomber crew after they were forced to bail out over Germany in August, 1944. Quickly taken prisoner by a mob of angry farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children, the soldiers were marched into the nearby town of Russelsheim and assaulted with stones, bricks, and wooden clubs before being left for dead at the nearby cemetery. Drawing from trial records, government archives, interviews with family members, and personal letters, author Gregory A. Freeman... Published to glowing reviews, The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys tells the riveting story of a nine-man American bomber crew after they w... |
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90,80 zł |
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
ISBN: 9780451224958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II--when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia...
During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers while they waited for rescue, and in 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip... The astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II--when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen...
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95,17 zł |
Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
ISBN: 9780060936907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows that... The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an airc... |
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90,80 zł |
Brennan of the Woodland Fairies
ISBN: 9781442199415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Grand Wizard Alpega is faced with a crisis that has dire consequences for the realm. He sends his personal envoy, Ruber, to summon the two men best suited for the mission. If failure is not an option, Brennan and Kaboofy Mac Query are the ones for the job. A mistake made during a century old mission opened a gateway from the past and from another dimension Their task, if they choose to accept it, will be to correct that mistake and to close the gateway. "Dare to dream Dare to endeavor "
The Grand Wizard Alpega is faced with a crisis that has dire consequences for the realm. He sends his personal envoy, Ruber, to summon the two men bes...
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36,11 zł |
Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults
ISBN: 9781526491305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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187,76 zł |
Electromagnetic Radiation
ISBN: 9780198899686 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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203,94 zł |
Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults
ISBN: 9781529680645 / Angielski / 19-05-2025 Książka dostępna od: 19-05-2025 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 19-05-2025
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545,17 zł |
Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults
ISBN: 9781526491312 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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537,35 zł |
Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults
ISBN: 9781529680638 / Angielski / 12-05-2025 Książka dostępna od: 12-05-2025 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 12-05-2025
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178,37 zł |
Electromagnetic Radiation
ISBN: 9780198726500 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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352,26 zł |