Author: Ronald E. Holtman
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 145756954X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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After returning home from Vietnam, George Wheeler, a former US Army Ranger, is finally putting the pieces of his life back together … until an unexpected letter arrives, threatening the peace he has been fighting so hard to build. George is being recalled to active duty—a shock that immediately places him at odds with everyone around him, including his passionately pro-peace girlfriend. He expects to be sent back to the sweltering, oppressive jungle. Instead, he finds himself joining an undercover cat-and-mouse game designed to disrupt America’s anti-war movement. Leaving behind those he loves in a cloud of lies, George must disappear into the persona of a disgruntled vet intent upon domestic terrorism. As he becomes increasingly entangled in the web of destruction and deceit, however, he begins to suspect there may be more to the mission than meets the eye, leaving him with a desperate decision to make. Will George continue to follow orders, putting innocent lives in the line of fire? Or will he go off the grid, giving up his freedom—and possibly his life—in the name of honor?

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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 1328

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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 1282

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Author: Tony Wheeler
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 1742204767
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher* A tourist on the Axis of Evil. 'You guys really are the axis of evil', our guide splutters over his stein of beer in the Pyongyang duck restaurant. 'You're always leaning out of the windows and taking photographs when I tell you not to.' In an age of plastic knives on planes, Tony Wheeler can make the extraordinary claim of having visited all the rogue countries currently on newsreaders' lips. Bad Lands is a witty first-hand account of his travels through places often perceived as having some of the most repressive and dangerous regimes in the world: Afghanistan, Albania, Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Taking into account each country's attitude to human rights, terrorism and foreign policy, he asks 'what makes a country truly evil?' and 'how bad is really bad?' - all the while engaging with a colourful cast of locals and hapless tour guides, ruminating on history and debunking popular myths. Written by the founder of Lonely Planet, this fascinating account of life in these closed-off countries will appeal to anyone with an interest in the state of the world today. With additional excursions to places that are slightly misguided, mildly malevolent, seriously off course, extraordinarily reclusive and much misunderstood. The second version of this popular title is well worth a read! Author: Tony Wheeler About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places where they travel. TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) *#1 in the world market share - source: Nielsen Bookscan. Australia, UK and USA. March 2012-January 2013 Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Author: Elvis Payne
Publisher: Nostalgia Road
ISBN: 9781908347169
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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... The three-wheeler car, in its various guises and names, has had a much undervalued influence on the development of the present day motorcar. the start of the Industrial Revolution and the world's first self propelled vehicle (Cugnot's three wheeler of 1769), to the Concept cars of the future, these vehicles have changed motoring history ...

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Category : Microforms
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Author: Jeff Wheeler
Publisher: 47north
ISBN: 9781503904712
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Theirs is a world of opposites. The privileged live in sky manors held aloft by a secretive magic known only as the Mysteries. Below, the earthbound poor are forced into factory work to maintain the engine of commerce. Only the wealthy can afford to learn the Mysteries and they use their knowledge to further lock their hold on society. Cettie Pratt is a waif doomed to the world below until an admiral attempts to adopt her. But in her new home in the clouds, not everyone treats her as one of the family. Sera Fitzempress is a princess born into power. She yearns to meet the orphan girl she has heard so much about but her father deems the girl unworthy of his daughter's curiosity. Neither girl feels that she belongs. Each seeks to break free of imposed rules. Now, as Cettie dreams of living above and as Sera is drawn to the world below, they will follow the paths of their own choosing. But both girls will be needed for the coming storm that threatens to overturn both their worlds.

Author: Ed Bowker Staff
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835246422
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 3274

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Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442934379
Category : Farm life
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Author: James Scott Wheeler
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813166039
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 617

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General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897–1979) was one of only two officers—the other was Omar C. Bradley—to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of 1944–1945 that liberated Europe and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the war, Devers led the Army Ground Forces in the United States and eventually retired in 1949 after forty years of service. Despite incredible successes on the battlefield, General George C. Marshall's "dependable man" remains one of the most underrated and overlooked figures of his generation. In this definitive biography, James Scott Wheeler delivers a groundbreaking reassessment of the American commander whose contributions to victory in Europe are topped only by General Dwight D. Eisenhower's. Wheeler's exhaustively researched chronicle of Devers's life and career reveals a leader who demonstrated an extraordinary ability to cut through red tape and solve complex problems. Nevertheless, Eisenhower disliked Devers—a fact laid bare when he ordered Devers's Sixth Army Group to halt at the Rhine. After the war, Eisenhower's and Bradley's accounts of the generals' disagreements over strategy and tactics became received wisdom, to the detriment of Devers's reputation. An essential contribution to twentieth-century history, Jacob L. Devers provides a fresh and nuanced interpretation of the senior command during World War II and offers a new perspective on a highly accomplished soldier.