Jim DeFelice
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viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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In the spring of 1860 on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri 1,500 miles west to Sacramento.
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"When Boston is hit by a coordinated string of terrorist attacks, robotics innovator Louis Massina leads a team of tech geniuses to deploy every bot, drone, and cyberweapon at their disposal to save the city and bring the plot's mastermind to justice." --
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When the Rogue Warrior travels to India to help supervise security arrangements for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, he and his team find themselves up to their skivvies in terrorists of all types-Pakistanis. But, it's not just the Games that are being targeted for disruption-Demo Dick and his young bucks uncover a plot to steal all seventy nuclear warheads the Indians have amassed for war against the Pakistanis.
Rogue Warrior must overcome various...
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xxvii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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English
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"Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day."--Publisher's description.
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272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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English
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"Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most remarkable World War II stories ever told. As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr, an American paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, was among the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France. Surviving heavy anti-aircraft fire, he crashed through the glass roof of...
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xvii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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This extraordinary story of the Iraqi translator "Johnny Walker," who risked his life working with the Navy SEALs to save countless American lives, reveals how his job made him and his family targets, forcing them to flee to California where he continues to work with the military, training new SEALs.
This is the story of how an ordinary Iraqi became a hero to America's elite warriors. Night after night, while his homeland was being destroyed around...
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xiv, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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English
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The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love and family, service and patriotism, grief and sacrifice, faith and purpose.
Though Chris and Taya Kyle's marriage had its difficult moments, it was always a love story. Together they'd endured military service, a bestselling book, unexpected fame, and a film deal starring a hot Hollywood actor. But just when Taya thought that she and Chris...
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323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War"--
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xi, 348 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Presents an inspiring collection of stories of Americans who have persevered over adversity and built extraordinary lives after loss, hardship, and setbacks, showcasing the resilience of the American spirit.
Kyle and DeFelice have collected true stories of suffering, survival, and triumph from people across America. In embodying the 'American spirit' of resilience, faith and togetherness that has built the nation, these anecdotes profile how love,...
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378 pages ; 24 cm
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Visiting a NATO conference in Rome, Rogue Warrior Demo Dick gives a speech about Europe's vulnerabilities and the need to get serious about terrorism, ending with an impromptu demonstration, as he unmasks a plot to kill the conferees seconds before it begins. The former SEAL commander is then shanghaied to Sicily to help investigate the attempted theft of nukes from a U.S. base. Is the Mafia involved? Or is this the work of Saladin, a shadowy extremist...
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380 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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CIA officer Mara Duncan is on assignment in bomb-torn Hanoi to get scientist Josh MacArthur and a seven-year-old witness to Chinese atrociities in Vietnam out of the country safely. Meanwhile, U.S. Army advisor Zeus Murphy is given the impossible task of preventing the Chinese from landing on Vietnam's coast. This operation will go down in the annals of SpecWar history as either one of the most daring triumphs of all time or one of the most foolish...
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567 pages ; 20 cm.
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"Under secret orders from the President, U.S. Army Major Zeus Murphy sabotages a Chinese invasion fleet on the eve of its assault against Vietnam. But after Murphy and fellow officer Win Christian are trapped behind enemy lines, Christian's erratic behavior gives them away. The pair shoot their way out of a Chinese airport terminal, hijack a bus, and barely escape two truckoads of soldiers before disappearing into the night."--Cover, p.[4].
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10 audio discs (approximately 12 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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With more than two dozen nuclear devices in danger of falling into the hands of fanatical terrorists, Lt. Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian and his Dreamland team race against time to stop the militants and find the nuclear warheads before they can be unleashed on the United States.
18) Drone strike
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11 audio discs (approximately 746 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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When the U.S. develops intelligence showing that Iran is in the final stages of assembling a nuclear bomb, the president orders Breanna Stockard and the Whiplash team to destroy it. Left with no other choice, Stockard sends young Air Force ace Turk Mako behind enemy lines. His orders: pilot a squadron of high-tech nano-UAVs from inside Iran to destroy the weapon and its assembly bunker.
20) American sniper
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U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is sent to Iraq with only one mission: to protect his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield. However, his reputation is also growing behind enemy lines, putting a price on his head and making him a prime target of insurgents. He is also facing a different kind of battle on the home front: striving to be a good husband and father from halfway around the world.