The Lucky Few: The Fall of Saigon and the Rescue Mission of the USS Kirk, Paperback - Jan K. Herman

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A comprehensive biblical theology of the temple, ranging from Genesis to Revelation.

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The gripping autobiography of a man whose air force career firmly proved him to be 'One of the Few'

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Reducere. Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of A N.A. Salvage Tug, Paperback

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Reducere. The archetype of the "witch" is burnt deep into the European psyche, recurring again and again in folklore and fairytales. But is she merely the st...

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Reducere. We love The American Farmer. We trust them to grow our food, to be part of children's nursery rhymes, to provide the economic backbone of rural com...

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Written in an accessible style and supported by robust research, Jane Hayter-Hames tells the intriguing story of one of the most fascinating moment...

Reducere. This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy c...

Reducere. In the centuries preceding the American Civil War, the large wooden sailing ship was the mainstay of the world's navies. Then, in the spring of 186...

The true story of a retired British army officer's private Somali-hostage rescue mission.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Colin FreemanIllustration(...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the clo...

DescriptionThe nuclear-powered USS Skate was the first submarine to break the surface of the North Pole. Author James Calvert captained the Skate a...

Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, Berlin has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants...

Reducere. When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in one-hundred-mile-per-hour winds and record ninety-foot seas during a savage storm in Ja...

About the AuthorKenneth Atkinson is a professor of history at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. The author of several books, he is re...

Reducere. An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe It is said that the right man in the right pla...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Blaine HardenNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 215 x 139 x 30Cover type: Paperback / so...

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Reducere. IIn 1842 Midshipman Phillip Spencer, USN, son of the Secretary of War, was hung for inciting the crew of USS Somers to mutiny. Since then U.S. Navy...

Reducere. A rousing historical narrative of the best-known and arguably most significant battle in English history. The effects of the Battle of Hastings wer...

Reducere. Chris Wright's pioneering 2006 book, The Mission of God, revealed that the typical Christian understanding of ``missions`` encompasses only a small...

An account of the rise of the Zulu nation in southern Africa, and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu war of 1879. This work sets out to be not on...

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Maya kings who failed to ensure the prosperity of their kingdoms were subject to various forms of termination, including the ritual defacing and de...

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The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries "An original interpreta...

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Tells the stories of the men who earned the award of the 1939-1945 Star with Battle of Britain Clasp between 10 July and 31 October 1940.Publisher:...

Reducere. A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion? May 1968: An American su...