If you didn't participate in the Vietnam War, you've probably wondered what it must have been like for those who did. In Warriors you will learn: - What went through a soldier's mind when he learned he was going to Vietnam? - What were his first impressions when he arrived there? - What were the day-to-day routines in a combat zone? - What was it like during a firefight? - What went through a soldier's mind as his tour came to an end? - What are his thoughts now that he can look back on the experience? Warriors provides the answers to these questions and many more, from the perspective of men...

Classical Classics is a compilation of CD reviews and fascinating facts relating to the composers and musicians on those CDs. This book does not spend any time on lesser recordings, but you really don't need that information anyway. What you want to know is, "What's the best music available and who made the best recording of that music?" Those are the questions Classical Classics answers, and it does so for over 120 albums. In simple, understandable language this book will tell you which recordings are the best and why they are. In addition, you'll get some captivating information about the...

A personal account of the WWII experiences. Assault on Avignon documents the World War Two experiences of Gene Carman, a B-25 navigator/bombardier. He and his crew flew many missions over Italy and France, dodging anti-aircraft fire on nearly every trip from their base in Corsica. On August 8, 1944, the odds finally caught up with them and they were shot down over occupied southern France, and then captured by the Germans after being on the run for three days. In Assault on Avignon, you'll read About: -How men were chosen for aviation training over other troops. -What specialized training...

The goal of this book is to serve as a refresher for those who know the fundamentals, and to serve as a primer for those who don't. While intended to show slow-pitch softball players how to improve their game, this book will be helpful to fast-pitch softball and baseball players as well. After all, most of the principles in this book apply to any game played on a diamond, from Little League to high school and adult softball leagues to the Major Leagues. Most of us will encounter opposing players who can run faster, hit harder, and throw further than we can. But that doesn't mean we have to...

Tony Selius was born in Lithuania in 1933. His parents were German citizens, which was fortunate when the Russians took over that territory in the early 1940s. Tony tells of the atrocities committed against Lithuanian citizens by the Russians and local communist sympathizers. As German citizens, the Selius family avoided those atrocities but still had to flee their home. That scenario recurred several times, with the Selius family bouncing from one displaced persons camp to another. In one of those camps, the family's sleep got interrupted every night by Allied bombers on their way to nearby...