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Grunt Air
ISBN: 9781596878518 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Grunt Air will raise awareness about the many missing POWs, some who are still missing..." Doug Alberts, Pilot, quoted from The Lakewood People "John R. Taylor had me sitting on the edge of my seat a few times, laughing and crying. He is an amazing author."-A Reviewer Grunt Air tells the story of an elite Air Force helicopter unit used for the secret rescue of American pilots shot down during the Vietnam War who were being held and tortured by the enemy in Laos and Cambodia. Mid-1971 saw the Vietnam peace talks in Paris going nowhere. Eager for an end to the war, the U.S. halted POW rescue...
"Grunt Air will raise awareness about the many missing POWs, some who are still missing..." Doug Alberts, Pilot, quoted from The Lakewood People "John...
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157,30 |
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Bringing Vincent Home
ISBN: 9781891386787 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As more and more soldiers are injured and disabled in Iraq and Afghanistan, as more and more families are called upon to tend to or bury their loved ones, Mysko's novel comes not only as a wake-up call but also as a soothing balm. . . Cortney Davis, author.
As more and more soldiers are injured and disabled in Iraq and Afghanistan, as more and more families are called upon to tend to or bury their loved o...
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56,83 |
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Beyond the Sea: A Tale of Love & War in the South Pacific
ISBN: 9780595468607 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On December 10, 1941, in the aftermath of the Japanese attacks on the Philippines, young, lean, and strong United States Navy Lieutenant Allen Moore maneuvers his speeding torpedo boat into Manila Bay. Cavite Navy Yard is heavily damaged, and the ships at anchor are smoldering. Moore, along with Executive Officer Charles Osborne and Chief Petty Officer Maxwell Thomas, are bent on playing a significant role in the burgeoning war. Bombing of nearby airfields has left the American military with only a few planes operational to strike back at the enemy. The three men are eager to learn what... On December 10, 1941, in the aftermath of the Japanese attacks on the Philippines, young, lean, and strong United States Navy Lieutenant Allen Moor... |
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60,63 |
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The Second Objective
ISBN: 9781401309527 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bestselling author Mark Frost makes a triumphant return to fiction with this riveting World War II thriller, based on a shocking real-life German operation run by "the most dangerous man in Europe."
Fall 1944. Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope they'll be home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, "Hitler's Commando," famed for his daring rescue of the imprisoned Mussolini, has just received orders for Operation Greif He is to assemble a new brigade of 2,000 men, all of whom speak English, and send them behind Allied lines... Bestselling author Mark Frost makes a triumphant return to fiction with this riveting World War II thriller, based on a shocking real-life Ger...
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83,58 |
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The Unrequited
ISBN: 9781934246719 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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148,79 |
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The Far Reaches
ISBN: 9780312383053 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow is on hand at the invasion of Tarawa, as the United States Navy begins throwing her Marines at island after bloody island across the Pacific. But nothing goes as planned, and young Americans go up against fanatical defenders. As blood colors the waters around Tarawa, Josh flounders ashore through a floating graveyard of dead men and joins the survivors. Critically wounded, Josh expects to die. Instead, Sister Mary Kathleen,... The year is 1943 and World War II in the Pacific rages on, with Americans engaged in desperate battles against a cunning enemy. Coast Guard Captain... |
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91,22 |
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Exodus to Battle
ISBN: 9781847481481 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deep beneath the murky grey waters of the Atlantic, a U-303 speeds along after its un- suspecting target. Destination: the docks of Liverpool. U-boat commander of the Third Reich, Kapitan Kurt Reiner, gives the order and, with that, seals his fate: grand hotels, martial acclaim, respect from the fuhrer himself now await him back home. perhaps even love. Yet as the war wages on, Kapitan finds himself embroiled in a desperate mission to rescue German POWs off the Isle of Wight. Suddenly he finds himself questioning the very foundations of his beliefs. Steeped in political intrigue and full of...
Deep beneath the murky grey waters of the Atlantic, a U-303 speeds along after its un- suspecting target. Destination: the docks of Liverpool. U-boat ...
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59,56 |
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The Reaper
ISBN: 9781932482560 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captain Gilbert Anthony has a lot on his mind. He has just been decorated for extraordinary bravery under fire, been given command of the fourth-rate Drakkar, learned from his father's deathbed that he has an illegitimate brother, and that he will soon be dispatched on a special mission chasing pirates in the Caribbean.
Captain Gilbert Anthony has a lot on his mind. He has just been decorated for extraordinary bravery under fire, been given command of the fourth-rate ...
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64,43 |
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Black Oil Chief USN
ISBN: 9780595455799 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chief Boiler Technician Phillip Keith is just three weeks short of his much-anticipated retirement. Spoiled by his post with a modern class cruiser, Keith is counting on an easy voyage to the United States from the Philippines. When fate intervenes, he is reassigned to an old World War II destroyer, the USS "Biscay," to ensure its safe return to the States. As he boards the vintage destroyer, alarms sound in Keith's head, alerting him that something is amiss. His instincts are right: the captain asks him to secure proof that the ship is being used to smuggle drugs. Keith and Kris... Chief Boiler Technician Phillip Keith is just three weeks short of his much-anticipated retirement. Spoiled by his post with a modern class cruiser... |
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79,63 |
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Land of the Morning Calm
ISBN: 9780595469390 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,63 |
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Land of the Morning Calm
ISBN: 9780595709298 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's 1968, and Herb Royce, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Military Police, has been married for less than two weeks when he receives his orders to ship out. To his surprise, he's not heading off to fight in the jungles of Vietnam; he is being sent to Korea instead.
Not willing to be left behind, his wife, Joyce, a headstrong Canadian nurse, follows him and gets a job in a Korean hospital next to Herb's camp. But little do the two realize just what they've got themselves into. North Korea's dictator is desperate to start a second Korean War in parallel with the Vietnam conflict. The... It's 1968, and Herb Royce, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Military Police, has been married for less than two weeks when he receives his orders to ship...
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117,64 |
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Black Oil Chief USN
ISBN: 9780595710249 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chief Boiler Technician Phillip Keith is just three weeks short of his much-anticipated retirement. Spoiled by his post with a modern class cruiser, Keith is counting on an easy voyage to the United States from the Philippines. When fate intervenes, he is reassigned to an old World War II destroyer, the USS "Biscay," to ensure its safe return to the States. As he boards the vintage destroyer, alarms sound in Keith's head, alerting him that something is amiss. His instincts are right: the captain asks him to secure proof that the ship is being used to smuggle drugs. Keith and Kris Palmer,... Chief Boiler Technician Phillip Keith is just three weeks short of his much-anticipated retirement. Spoiled by his post with a modern class cruiser... |
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117,64 |
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Point- a Paratrooper's Memoirs of Vietnam
ISBN: 9780595475216 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "POINT-A Paratrooper's Memoirs of Vietnam" tells the combat related stories/memoirs of Rick Butler, a paratrooper in Vietnam in 1968. The book is fiction but is based on Rick's combat experience. It starts with his stateside Army training and continues with the 18-year-old's deployment to Vietnam. His combat experience is chronicled with numerous stories representing his transition from a green, inexperienced 18-year-old who is trying to stay alive, to a hardened combat veteran and point man. Rick was fortunate not to be wounded but feels guilty as he saw many of his buddies and best friends...
"POINT-A Paratrooper's Memoirs of Vietnam" tells the combat related stories/memoirs of Rick Butler, a paratrooper in Vietnam in 1968. The book is fict...
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54,05 |
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The Canal House
ISBN: 9780156029544 / Angielski / Miękka / 353 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photojournalist Nicky Bettencourt thinks he's seen everything until he teams up with the legendary war correspondent Daniel McFarland. To Daniel, the story is everything; people come later. But after a plane crash nearly takes his life, Daniel begins to see the world in a different way. He falls in love with Julia Cadell, an idealistic British doctor, and together they find refuge at an old canal house in the center of London. Soon after, Nicky, Daniel, and Julia are called to East Timor, where the government has fled and the entire country is a war zone, and Daniel must decide whether to get...
Photojournalist Nicky Bettencourt thinks he's seen everything until he teams up with the legendary war correspondent Daniel McFarland. To Daniel, the ...
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68,38 |
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Hunting with Tigers
ISBN: 9780595712137 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the Vietnamese War, a Washington-approved sanctuary for enemy troops in Laos and Cambodia is a recipe for disaster, but a covert CIA operation made up of Special Forces volunteers deemed expendable, penetrates the borders and neutralizes the enemy's advantage. The Green Berets, Rick Barinelli, Warren Fahey, and Bob Akamura, make a pact: If any one of them goes missing, the others will commit to, "rescue, ransom, or revenge."
Barinelli, conflicted with a growing passion for a beautiful Vietnamese woman, Ai Dao, gains distinction for intel successes that disrupt the Tet Offensive and... During the Vietnamese War, a Washington-approved sanctuary for enemy troops in Laos and Cambodia is a recipe for disaster, but a covert CIA operation ...
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113,84 |
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Jody: Not Just Another War Story
ISBN: 9780595483082 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a fascinating, compelling story about brutal warfare, a devastating betrayal and a secret affair. Jody Williams joined the Marine Corps an innocent youth because he was homeless, and he became a true hero in every sense of the word, but, twists of fate and extenuating circumstances prevented him from receiving the commendations for his heroic actions that he deserved and wanted. He is brash and reckless and will not stand down from a fight, yet still has that special something that will captivate you. You will fall in love with the "kid" and will find yourself wanting to know more.
This is a fascinating, compelling story about brutal warfare, a devastating betrayal and a secret affair. Jody Williams joined the Marine Corps an inn...
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45,42 |
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Hunting with Tigers
ISBN: 9780595476091 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,83 |
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Tripwire
ISBN: 9780595459377 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retired Army Colonel Sam Sampson finds himself thrown back into the fight as a totally unexpected North Korean attack preceded by NKPA special purpose forces pours across the De-Militarized Zone into South Korea. Sampson's own son is caught up in the fighting, which makes the fight that much more personal as Sampson struggles to win against a North Korean onslaught that is both sophisticated and brutal. Sampson boldly faces the challenges thrown at him in a winner takes all fight to the finish. Although clearly a fictional account, the story resonates with bluntness and intensity that makes...
Retired Army Colonel Sam Sampson finds himself thrown back into the fight as a totally unexpected North Korean attack preceded by NKPA special purpose...
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64,43 |
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Story of the Sand
ISBN: 9780595472055 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,63 |
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Story of the Sand
ISBN: 9780595708925 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After spending months fighting in the sands of Iraq, Sampson Roy has returned to his home in Georgia a changed man. Gone is the patriotic optimist who went off to serve his country, and in his stead is a bitter, resentful pessimist. Sampson is unable to cope with society, and the government could care less about his problems. His psychological damage from what he witnessed in the Middle East has ruined his marriage and left him a pariah to those he formerly loved. He retreats to the woods, drowning his demons in a bottle of liquor. But in the midst of his suffering, a ghost appears named...
After spending months fighting in the sands of Iraq, Sampson Roy has returned to his home in Georgia a changed man. Gone is the patriotic optimist who...
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98,64 |
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