Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the most powerful machine guns used by the US military today, how they work, and what makes them unique. Additional features include a table of contents, infographics to help readers learn more about the topic, sidebars, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Based on the author's personal World War II diary. An unflinching look at Luftwaffe combat, tactics, and leadership during the campaign for Sicily. A concluding chapter assesses the war's lessons for air forces. Johannes Steinhoff shot down 176 Allied aircraft during World War II. After the war, he served as Chief of Staff of the West German Air Force and later as Chairman of NATO's Military Committee. He wrote several books on his war experiences...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
• Lively tales of aerial combat in the legendary Typhoon fighter • History of the plane and the men who flew it in World War II • Based on interviews with the pilots themselves The Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in the Allies' success in the air and on the ground in World War II, from the Normandy beachhead to the Battle of the Bulge and the final battle for Germany. Norman Franks describes what it was really like to fly at low level...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Did the spies in Word War II have gadgets like James Bond's? This history books will show the technology used by spies to gather intel about their enemies. You will also meet some of the most popular spies, both men and women. Spies performed dangerous but very important tasks for the benefit of their homeland. Read all about them today!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. From the sweeping tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalized in history as the Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history.
The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A straightforward, gripping tale from the Marines that stormed ashore on Guadalcanal in World War II
Told with humor and honesty in a no-holds-barred approach that only a Marine who was there could tell Excerpt on firing a rifle grenade: "I jammed the rifle stock tight against my shoulder, raised myself up off the ground to a kneeling position, and squeezed the trigger. The rifle went bang! and the recoil jarred it loose from my grip. The rifle smacked...
67) Powerful Tanks
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the tanks used by the US military today, how they work, and what makes them powerful. Additional features include a table of contents, infographics to help readers learn more about the topic, sidebars, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative sidebars...
68) Soldier for Hire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A professional soldier is on the run and fighting for his life-and his worst enemy may also be his only hope-in this pulse-pounding romantic thriller.
Time is running out for veteran Xander Scott. Framed for murdering a powerful politician, he has dangerous and dogged Scarlett Rhodes on his trail. As the head of her own private military team, Scarlett isn't just Xander's former boss-she's also his ex-lover. And she's willing to give him the benefit...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This book will not just tell you who built the Berlin Wall because it will also tell you why and how. Becoming aware of these bits of information will help create the general picture of what transpired in Berlin so many years ago. Learn about history by reading one book at a time. Start with this copy today!
Author
Language
English
Description
As any other modern militaries of the world, Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) is a complex organization relying on human force and other resources provided by society, being strictly founded on both an institutional setting and a framework of values, norms and rituals, and producing security with means and ways available to achieve the strategic objectives of Turkey. This inherent complexity reflecting the structure-culture-action nexus often means that...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the most powerful watercraft used by the US military today, how they work, and what makes them unique. Additional features include a table of contents, infographics to help readers learn more about the topic, sidebars, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
She's given up on love. He's given up on life. But they can't seem to give up on each other.
Of course, my brother went and got himself hurt on this last deployment.
I don't know what I expect at the hospital but I don't expect Noah, the man who saved my brother's life.
I don't expect him to also save me... or that I will have to save him.
This is a Steamy, Small Town, Scarred Hero, Military Romance. No Cliffhangers.
This is Book 1 in the Oakside...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the most powerful drones used by the US military today, how they work, and what makes them unique. Additional features include a table of contents, infographics to help readers learn more about the topic, sidebars, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative...
Author
Language
English
Description
Before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg-for many, the most significant engagement of the American Civil War-a private battle had been raging for weeks. Whoever could secure accurate information on their opponent would have a decisive advantage once the fighting started. When the Confederate Army and Federal Forces finally met on the morning of 1 July 1863 their understanding of the prevailing situation could not have been more different. While...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the most powerful robots used by the US military today, how they work, and what makes them unique. Additional features include a table of contents, infographics to help readers learn more about the topic, sidebars, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics Informative...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
He's a grumpy prisoner of war who won't let anyone around him. She's the ball of sunshine that pushes his boundaries. What happens when she pushes too far? A year of being tortured as a POW has left him lost in his own head. Until she walks in... his best friend's little sister. She's full of sunshine and smiles, while he can't stand to be touched but he still feels drawn to her. He had a crush on her for years and her memory pulled him through...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
He was the only one to survive the blast that killed the unit. She was the only one to survive the accident that changed her life. Teddy The bomb exploded... and changed my life forever. I was the only member of my unit to survive, and every day I wonder why. Why me and not them? Now that I learned a fellow soldier left me his family fortune, it's made the guilt unbearable. I have the money to do whatever I want, except change the past. MiaI was...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request