Shooting War

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war"...

Reducere. In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war"...

DescriptionWhat was it like to be a military combat photographer in the most photographed war in history -- the Vietnam War? Shooting Vietnam takes...

A stunning historical fiction picture book to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I and the Christmas Truce. In 1914 France, a British s...

An accessible overview of Ireland's War of Independence, 1919-21. From the first shooting of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary, on 21 Jan...

Reducere. Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today), tells the spellbinding t...

Reducere. A parody of all things Biggles and the Middle East Conflict. Set during the 2003 Iraq War, Biggles continues his legend as the world's greatest pil...

Reducere. A murder mystery set in Central Oregon, starting with a murder committed in 1966 and ending with the murderer finally identified in 2018. The Mount...

An extraordinary account of a little-known aspect of the fighting in Gallipoli - the snipers' war which explores the remarkable career of Billy Sin...

World War Z is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the ...

Reducere. Chris came to California to forget about the war. What he found was a pregnant woman and her nine-year-old son abandoned on a place called Poverty ...

Reducere. The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under...

In early September 1943, Italy capitulated to the Allies. Australian prisoners of war, POWs, seized this watershed moment and snatched supplies bef...

Reducere. After People's Republic, after Indian Country, after Wildfire...Kelly Turnbull is back, armed and dangerous, for the Collapse. The socialist People...

Reducere. On a blizzardy morning in 1892, fifty armed men surrounded the cabin on Powder River where two cattle rustlers had spent the night. The first rustl...

Description'THE BIG SHOW IS AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL EVER GET TO FIGHTING YOUR LIFE FROM THE COCKPIT OF A SPITFIRE OR TYPHOON. PERHAPS MOST VISCERALLY EX...

Reducere. 'IF YOU ENJOYED THE BIG SHOW YOU WILL LOVE FLAMES IN THE SKY. THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK. UNPUTDOWNABLE.' Rowland WhiteFrom near suicidal RAF at...

The Mosin-Nagant is the world's longest-surviving and most widely distributed military rifle, having armed the forces of Russia and many other coun...

Reducere. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian a...

Reducere. In this first book-length environmental history of the American Civil War, Lisa M. Brady argues that ideas about nature and the environment were ce...

Reducere. 'A shooting war is often followed by a second war. This war is not fought with bullets or artillery shells, not with tanks or bombers, but rather w...

Ernest Hemingway's friend A.E. Hotchner once described a "yellowed four-by-five picture of Ernest, " shown him by Hemingway, "aged five or six, hol...

Reducere. A violent war is being waged against cops in America. A common strategy in warfare is to de-humanize the enemy. And, our liberal media is pushing t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rita DoveAn occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since On ...

This is not a tale of fighter aces shouting "Tally-Ho" and shooting down every plane in sight. It is the history of a group of men who were bonded ...

Groundbreaking and remarkably relevant to modern emergency relief efforts, The Long Road Home tells the epic story of how the mammoth refugee probl...

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the...

Reducere. Men shooting their guns in dramatic fashion is a tiny fraction of wartime activity. The sizeable contributions of female Soldiers in Iraq have been...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Vox DayForeword by: Ivan ThroneWhether you realize it or not, if you live in the West, you are currently engulfed in a civi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lukasz KamienskiShooting Up: A Short History of Drugs and War examines how intoxicants have been put to the service of stat...

Reducere. an amazing year Ellie Farley's father, Okey, drinks too much, mostly because he hasn't been able to work since he was injured in a mining accident....

Reducere. DescriptionBorn in Scotland, Sampson J. Goodfellow emigrated to Toronto as a child. Like many young Canadian men, he returned to Europe to serve hi...

DescriptionThe first modern tale of alien invasion, H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels e...

DescriptionWhen you've been brought to your knees, once you're able to stand again, where do you go? In a Boulder's Shadow begins a week into the N...

DescriptionThe West was stunned when the Soviet Union dropped its first atomic bomb in August 1949 and a year later the Korean War showcased Russia...

Reducere. (2ND EDITION, REVISED and EXPANDED: COMBAT, CAPTIVITY, REUNION)WHAT DO YOU FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH when you're rousted awake in the middle of a free...

Reducere. (2ND EDITION, REVISED and EXPANDED: COMBAT, CAPTIVITY, REUNION)WHAT DO YOU FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH when you're rousted awake in the middle of a free...

Reducere. When one of their own is threatened-the nation's #1 air-crash investigation team enters a race to survive. An airliner downed on a Pacific atoll. A...

DescriptionOn July 22, 2011, a bomb went off outside government buildings in Oslo, Norway, killing eight people and injuring more than two hundred....

Reducere. In the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes -- the first men to use airplanes a...

At the outset of the American Civil War, the wealthy inventor and expert shot Hiram Berdan initiated the setting-up of sharpshooting units in the U...

Reducere. America's Art of War -- this book should be taught in every business school in America. Its awesome! - George Lang, Ohio Senator and Founder of the...

Reducere. GUSTAVO calls for the execution of FEAR and wages war on everyone he loves. This move catapults the kingpin to the top of Fear's hit list, a place ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the story of the 90th Bomb Group of the US 5th Air Force, nicknamed the Jolly Rogers, and the James Horner bomber crew, as told ...

Reducere. Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and TeensThomas B. Allen's expertise in military history and strategy is combined with Roger MacBrid...

Reducere. There are over 1500 Nerf blaster products on Amazon.com right now. Which Nerf guns and accessories should you buy?Nerf Wars is the first complete N...

Reducere. This is the story of the 90th Bomb Group of the US 5th Air Force, nicknamed the Jolly Rogers, and the James Horner bomber crew, as told to the auth...

Reducere. Britain created World War II's most effective sniper rifle starting with the war's best bolt-action battle rifle. Elite marksmen used the No. 4 Mk ...

Reducere. "Voice to the silent" Ravensbruck was the only major Nazi concentration camp for women. Between 1939 and 1945, it was the site of murder by slave l...

Description Following heroic victories on the battlefield, a former soldier faces his greatest challenge from the enemy within. Yu Erlong, a vetera...

DescriptionDeep in the heart of America, one feels transported to the war-torn regions of the Middle East. The recreational use of military-grade w...

Reducere. Motto of the modern Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stronger. But now add Stranger Stranger, as in the 1908 Olympic marathon, which featured Sir Arthur C...

Reducere. Legendary actor Val Kilmer shares the stories behind his most beloved roles, reminisces about his star-studded career and love life, and reveals th...

Reducere. "My energies for near a lifetime have been used almost entirely to win such prominence as I could in outdoor photography."--H. H. BennettHenry Hami...

Bora is ordered to investigate the murder of Walter Niemeyer, a dazzling clairvoyant, a star since the days of the Weimar Republic. For years he ha...

Reducere. As a string of unexplained attacks push superpowers to the brink, the clock is ticking toward the start of World War III.Don Riley, head of the CIA...

Reducere. When Never-ending-snake begins, Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is returning from Washington, DC, where she was offered a lucrative jo...

Reducere. This sexy military pilot is about to meet his match in an unpredictable former beauty queen Kaci Boudreaux is every Southern mama's nightmare, incl...

Reducere. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITHLong-regarded as one of the true visionary writers of the twentieth century, J.G. Ballard was one of the first Bri...

DescriptionFrom the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . . The year i...

Reducere. DescriptionBadge and Buckshot is a comprehensive book at many of the once-famous peace officers and outlaws of Old California. Told here for the fi...

Racism has never been simple. It wasn't more obvious in the past, and it isn't less potent now. From the birth of the United States to the contempo...

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science-fiction epic. . . . The year is 2380, an...

Reducere. DAMON RUNYON'S BOYSNew York City. 1948. Damon Taylor, lead reporter for Crime Weekly, has returned from the war with a new-found cynicism. Writing ...

Reducere. A native Georgian, James Hughes Callahan (1812-1856) migrated to Texas to serve in the Texas Revolution in exchange for land. In Seguin, Texas, whe...

Reducere. They Risked Their Lives To Bring Cattle to Missouri. Now They Faced A Journey Twics As Dangerous... The only riches Texans had left after the Civil...

Reducere. It's been seven days since the demons invaded.Seven days since they set the world on fire and put humanity on a fast track to extinction.Now, the g...

Reducere. Dance novel. Tanja Walters seems hopelessly in love with her longtime square dance partner Micky Hasloff. The truth is Micky hides his feelings beh...

Reducere. Follow the rise and fall of Detroit's most wanted gangstress! The odds have been stacked against Janelle Doesher ever since her parents were murder...

Reducere. She's no sleeping beauty, but then he's no prince--just a biker warrior to the rescue.For the past three years Claire 'Zara' Flynn has been at the ...