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by Ernest Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Ernest Auerbach served as an Army captain in Vietnam during the build up of the war, 1966-1967. He recounts his adventures there and describes some of the general courts martial cases he tried and defended. This is "Catch 22" in reality.
A Sphinx
The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2008
When John Burdick received his orders to ship to Vietnam in 1967, he was certain his life was over. His goal was to return to the United States alive and on his feet no matter what it took. He had been recruited by the military to become an intelligence agent, and for a college graduate student from...
Unlike Any Land You Know
The 490Th Bomb Squadron in China-Burma-India
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2000
Along with General Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers," the men and planes of the 490th Bomb Squadron became famous as the "Burma Bridge Busters." From late 1942 to the end of the war, their incredible feats of low-level bombing and strafing of Japanese-held bridges, airfields,...
by Adam Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
David Carter hates the cheap, paper-thin, blue-green swath of inadequacy better known as his carpet; he is disappointed in what it says about him as a man. A disgruntled architect, frustrated husband, and debt-ridden homeowner, David is a man of many unfulfilled ambitionsuntil he discovers a brilliant...
Exodus from Rome Volume 1
A Biblical and Historical Critique of Roman Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Written by a former Roman Catholic of eighteen years and former candidate for the Roman Catholic priesthood, Dr. Todd Baker objectively and honestly examines the grandiose claims of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church in the critical light of Scripture and the evidence of history to show where...
Submarine Operational Effectiveness in the 20Th Century
Part One (1900 - 1939)
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2010
A very new weapons system, the lurking submarine with its self-propelled torpedoes fired from ambush changed the complexion of naval warfare forever. Both warships and merchant ships were at risk. In 1914 U-boats demonstrated their capability to sink major warships.
During 1915 they turned...
Tom Seymour's Maine
A Maine Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2003
In Tom Seymour's Maine, the author brings to life fascinating vignettes from Maine's colorful past. From early life in the vast Maine woods to favorite recipes of coastal residents, the book is fast-moving and spellbinding from start to finish. Experience the tension as Maine residents evacuate their...
Seven Days Before Richmond
Mcclellan’S Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and Its Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009
Combining meticulous research with a unique perspective, Seven Days Before Richmond examines the 1862 Peninsula Campaign of Union General George McClellan and the profound effects it had on the lives of McClellan and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, as well as its lasting impact on the war itself.
Rudolph...
The Adventures of Cabeza De Vaca
The Lost Conquistador
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Cabeza de Vaca was looking for adventure when he helped lead a group of Spanish explorers to North America in 1528, and he certainly found it when he washed up on the shores of Texas. Lost in the wilderness with his men and living among the Indians, he survived as a wandering merchant, a warrior-prince,...
The Bomber Boys
The Great Bombing Raids and the Men Who Flew Them in the 20Th Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
At the beginning of World War I, the English were more fascinated than frightened by the gigantic, silently floating Zeppelins. Using their flashlights they sought them through the fog unthinking that they were guiding them to drop bombs over London.
At Pearl Harbor the Japanese samurai damaged...
The Contract
A Life for a Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
"Who am I? Where do I belong? Should I hide or reveal my identity? What if we have another Holocaust? How can I continue to live clandestinely?" Anguish, hardship, and the courage to survive flow through Joseph Kutrzeba's veins as he grows up under Nazi occupation in Poland. From a prominent...
Survival in Paradise
Sketches from a Refugee Life in Curacao
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Survival in Paradise: Sketches From a Refugee Life in Curaao is a funny, moving memoir of growing up in the Caribbean West Indies, in the aftermath of World War Two. The narrative covers Manfreds childhood and adolescent years in Suriname and Curacao between 1942 to 1951, focusing on his development...
Fighting for Road Apples
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Author Erika C. Stevenson was just six years old when, after World War II, soldiers expelled more than three million Sudeten Germans from their ancestral homes in the Sudetenlands of Czechoslovakia. In Fighting for Road Apples, she tells the story of how she was indelibly marked for life as a refugee.
In...
Siberia and the Soviet Far East
Unmasking the Myths
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2000
Today there remain relatively few areas of the planet Earth where man rarely takes a step, casts an eye, or disturbs the natural environment, but most of Siberia is like that. For the time being, but not for long.
Siberia, according to some accounts, originally meant "sleeping land"....