Potomac Books Inc : 472 books
by John M. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1996
From Kirkus Reviews:A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor--who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987)- -offers neither much original scholarship nor a fresh approach, but writes smoothly and with balance....
by Randy R. Zahn
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy ZahnÆs Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was the first helicopter designed...
by Grayston L. Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2000
Grayston Lynch presents an exceptional portrayal of actual events that led to the betrayal of extraordinary, patriotic, and courageous men. Lynch's unmasking of "Kennedy's Camelot" reveals heart-wrenching facts that continue to stir emotions among Brigade 2506 veterans.
by Dean Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2003
Journey inside the numbers for an exceptional set of statistical tools and rules that can help explain the winning, or losing, ways of a basketball team. Basketball on Paper doesnÆt diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead demonstrates how to interpret player and team performance....
by Francesca Peppiatt
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2004
With country music as popular as ever-what other form of music has been honored on an official state quarter?-Country Music's Most Wanted™ hits the stage to bring you tales of country musics famous and infamous.Alan Jackson delivered mail to Hee Hawbefore he made it big. Garth Brooks was booed off...
by Robert A Rodriguez
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2006
Journey back fifty years to explore the decade of baby boomers, the Red scare, and the birth of rock and roll with Robert Rodriguezs The 1950s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Rock & Roll Rebels, Cold War Crises, and All-American Oddities. America was revving its engines when the fifties came along, and...
by Paul Fein
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
Award-winning tennis writer Paul Fein is back at his shot-making best with "Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies". Tennis keeps moving forward and so does Fein, giving readers his insightful and thought-provoking opinions on a myriad of hot-button topics.Who...
by Steven A. Ruffin
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
Ever since the caveman gazed longingly at the winged creatures above him, mankind has been enamored with the idea of flightof just taking off and soaring away. Steven A. Ruffin celebrates that spirit, that sense of wonder, with Aviations Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings,...
by Jacques L. Fuqua, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Since the conclusion of World War II, the Korean people and the international community have contemplated a unified peninsula, but a divided Korea remains one of the last visible vestiges of the Cold War. What will removing this specter entail? And with what should it be replaced?Similar to the unification...
by Thomas E. Mahl
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2000
A fascinating study of the efforts of British intelligence to push America out of its isolationist stance and into the Allied camp during the early days of WW II. Freelance writer Mahl has convincingly drawn on a variety of sources--including recently declassified FBI and government files, memoirs, personal...
by Tom E. Mahl
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2003
In Espionage's Most Wanted™, readers will learn that Americas first spymasters included Benjamin Franklin and John Jay. Otto von Bismarcks chief spy, Wilhelm Stieber, posed as an itinerant peddler and sold religious artifacts and pornography to enemy troops as a cover for collecting intelligence. During...
by Ken Bell
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
In 100 Missions North, Ken Bell recounts the harrowing sorties that he and his comrades flew in F-105 Thunderchiefs, the famous "Thud", in 1966-67, when pilots faced a 50 percent loss rate. What was it like to face these odds day after day? We learn that men sustained by faith in each other and joined...
by Sara Mansfield Taber
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
From literary journalist Sara Mansfield Taber comes a deep and wondrous memoir of her exotic childhood as the daughter of a covert CIA operative. Born under an Assumed Name portrays the thrilling and confusing life of a girl growing up abroad in a world of secrecy and diplomacyùand the heavy toll it...
by Laura L. Enright
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2005
Established less than 200 years ago, Chicago has seen a lot of living in that short span of time. Burned to the ground early on, its been frozen and just recently flooded. Tucked away in the Midwest, it still rivals both coasts with its food, entertainment, and cultural venues. Chicagos Most Wanted™:...