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Hailed as ’masterly’ (Wall Street Journal) and a ’monumental achievement’ (Douglas Brinkley), this book tells the riveting, true story of the group of elite US and Canadian soldiers who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible WWII mission.
In December of 1943, as…
Kategorier: Fredsbevarande operationer Krig och försvar Militära operationer Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
In today s dynamic geopolitical landscape, Force Commanders in United Nations peacekeeping operations play a pivotal role in the politico-diplomatic process for the accomplishment of the Mission s mandate. Charged with the daunting task of leading multinational forces in some of the world s most complex and often…
What is sewn into a pilot’s uniform when they receive their wings?
In what year did the first female jet pilot join the RAF?
Why were former Lightning pilots called WIWOLS?
For the answers to all these questions and more, take off into this fascinating miscellany and become a true RAF aficionado
With its famous…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
An insightful, inspirational and enlightening portrait of Father Edward J. Flanagan, the man who founded Boys Town and let a cultural revolution that forever changed the way children were viewed, valued and cared for in society.
· Historical reprint in a subject area with a substantial esoteric and
occult interest
· Preface contains historical information that is new and revelatory
· Republished in French in 1997 but never before available in English
The first English translation of a famous esoteric work describing the workings of the…
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has put together this little book in order to convey the fact that intention is a field of energy that flows invisibly beyond the reach of our normal, everyday habitual patterns. It’s a force that we all have within us, and we have the power to draw it into our lives by being the energy we want…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Dagböcker och brev
Jöns och Ninnie Ringborg emigrerade som nygifta till Chile i mars 1917. Ninnie återvände till Sverige med barnen 1931, Jöns kom att stanna kvar i Santiago till 1960. En stor skatt av brev har bevarats till och från denna familj. Brev som belyser dramatiken att i att gå i exil under och mellan två världskrig, brev som…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Den tredje mars 1917, mitt under brinnande världskrig, går Jöns och Ninnie Ringborg från Norrköping ombord på MS Valparaiso för en sjöresa till Chile. Bakgrunden i Sverige är en resa från välstånd till ruin och vanära. I Chile bygger de en familj och hoppas på framtiden. De for till Chile är en berättelse som bygger på…
In the year 198 of the Age of the Sun, Tokyo is a crowded cosmopolis. But the world’s most populous city is threatened by devils that cause people to burst into flame at random! The only ones who can stop it are the Pyrofighters, a team of specialized firefighters. The young Shinra, blessed with the ability to…
A great introduction for beginners, this book reveals many things worth knowing about Reiki, the universal life energy. Experienced practitioners will also find here a unique application of this healing energy; channeling it along with music as a harmonizing sound bath during healing sessions. The sounds on the…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Maitake is considered to be the fourth therapy in cancer treatment – after chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. In preliminary government-sanctioned studies, prostate and breast cancer patients given Maitake D-fraction have experienced growth inhibition, symptom release, tumour marker reduction and immune…
· Provides step-by-step illustrated instructions for a complete yet easy daily Chi Kung routine
· Perfect for beginners and ideal as a warm-up to more advanced practices
· Clears physical and mental stress, stimulates healing and disease prevention, detoxifies the body, releases tensions, improves circulation and works…
This powerful reimagining of Jane Eyre, set in a modern-day law firm, is full of romance and hope as it follows the echoing heartbeats of the classic story.
A former foster kid, Jane has led a solitary life as a waitress in the suburbs, working hard to get by. Tired of years of barely scraping together a living, Jane…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment’s notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: historiska berättelser
Välkomna att följa med på en svindlande resa genom Göteborgs historia.
Den engelska arkitekten Edward är tillbaka i den stad där han för 150 år sen tappade bort ritningarna till sitt mästerverk.
En svart käpp med silverkrycka leder oss fram och tillbaka i tiden. Tillsammans med Viktor från Björkekärr kastas vi in i…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
ÅRET ÄR 1987.
FLINT leder den europeiska grenen av ACTION FORCE – som bland annat
består av LADY JAYE, FOOTLOOSE, BAZOOKA, QUICK KICK, AIRTIGHT, BARBECUE och WILD BILL – i ett försök att stoppa DESTROS onda planer. Men det är inte bara COBRA som Action Force behöver ta itu med. I Londons kloaker dyker plötsligt ett…
This book is a 'primer' on spirituality for those reluctant to join anything. Those who end up on yoga mats, in coffee bars or in airport lounges wondering what life is about, but do not want to 'get involved'.
It confronts the question of whether there is or there is not a 'Life-Force'…
Transform your life or the life of someone you love with LIFE FORCE – the newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease, and extend your health span – from Tony Robbins, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game
”Edward Blom vet vad som krävs för ett gott liv… Han är väl skickad, behärskar ämnet till fullo och ger sig i kast med uppgiften med folkbildarens pedagogiska iver. Utan att för den skull blunda för komplikationerna… Han skriver lätt och ledigt och erbjuder nyttig läsning för yngre generationer som…
Lonely Planet’s Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all that the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore the Bay of Fundy’s mud flats, walk around Halifax and follow The Viking…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
All variations and markings are covered in this the third book in a multi-volume series.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Israel acquired sixty-one Dassault Mystere IVA combat aircraft from France that were delivered to the Israeli Air Force from April to September 1956 and were issued to two units: Squadron 101 at Hatzor, in the south, and Squadron 109 at Ramat David, in the north. From 1956 until 1959, and to a lesser extent from 1959…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This new book chronicles not only the aptly named P-61 ”Black Widow”, but also the Douglas P-70 series, the P-38 night fighter variants, the Bristol Beaufighter, B-25s and the DeHavilland Mosquito – the proposed XA-26A and the P-39 nightfighters are also discussed.\nHistorical accounts of American…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This concise, illustrated history focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and units assigned to George AFB, California, from 1964–92. George’s association with the aircraft began with the arrival of the first F-4s in April 1964, and would last over twenty-eight years. The initial mission was to train…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The XP-86F took to the skies for the first time in October 1947. Essentially, it was the result of incorporating swept wings into North American Aviation’s design for the NA-140. This is a detailed look at the Sabre and its use by the Spanish Air Force over its lifetime.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The authors have assembled over 600 images from private photo albums and individual groupings offering a unique perspective on the Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) from 1923-1945. There are period photos of the everyday life, and adventures of pilots and personnel on a variety of war fronts and campaigns. …
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Relying heavily upon visuals, Battle Colors fills a long standing void in the annals of the Eighth Air Force during World War II. This volume focuses on all forty-eight Bomb Groups comprising the Eighth and features color illustrations depicting the evolution of all fuselage, wing and tail markings assigned to the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
After being overrun during the early Blitzkrieg in September 1939, and later in France in 1940, the Polish Air Force – flying British and American made fighters and bombers out of England in their own units – made a tremendous contribution to the Allied air victory. The PAFs gallant, lonely fight in September 1939…
Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. The JAAF Nakajima Ki-84 HAYATE (Frank) is presented in this volume. All variations and markings are covered in this fifth book in a multi-volume series.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Reknowned Japanese aircraft historians Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. \nThe Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa is presented in this volume. All variations and markings are covered in this the second in a projected multi-volume series.…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This new book covers the 388th TFW; a Composite Wing based at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, consisting of fighters, Wild Weasel aircraft, airborne jamming aircraft and AWACS aircraft. The author flew 133 combat missions in Southeast Asia in 1972, and was assigned to the 469th TFS, one of the two F-4E squadrons of the 388th…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The end of the Cold War created a golden opportunity for reducing the defense burden and providing taxpayers with a ”Peace Dividend.” For the United States Air Force, this resulted over the past six years in drastic reductions: 23% in aircraft inventory, 30% in personnel, and 32% in the number of bases and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book covers the last chapter, the decline and fall of the air defense of Germany. It is a diary of losses and a chronicle in which the fighter pilot plays the lead. It tells of the young men who joined their squadrons full of optimism and derring-do, only to give their lives to no purpose in a last desperate…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Aerial night fighting against the Japanese in World War II demanded the merger of a special type of pilot and plane. This is the story of those pilots who risked their lives night after night flying P-38 Lightnings, P-70 Nighthawks, and P-61 Black Widows – America’s first purposely designed night fighter – for the 13th…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Beginning operations in April 1942 with a shoestring flight of four Lockheed F-4 Lightnings (the photo-recon version of the famed P-38), the 8th Photo Squadron gave the American Army Air Forces its only aerial reconnaissance coverage of the Southwest Pacific during the first part of the war. From the first days over…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This pictorial history of the USAF Weapons School based at Nellis AFB, Nevada, features over 200 color images of the aircraft flown by the eighteen squadrons of the Weapons School from 1992 to the present. The aircraft photos are organized by Weapons School squadron with a short history of each squadron, as well as…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
These are the uniforms not normally seen on an everyday basis by Air Force members, and include both formal and informal examples. With over 1,000 images, it is possible to trace the introduction of the various uniforms and the changes made over the years. Recognizing that uniforms come and go, this study provides the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book is a highly detailed look at World War II era Italian flight gear. Much of the information appears here for the first time in English. Covering flight suits, flight helmets, goggles, parachutes, life vests, oxygen masks, boots, gloves, and more, in over 600 images, offering full coverage of this long…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This extremely detailed two volume set gives an overall statistical summary of 8th Air Force fighter operations during World War II. Covering the period of September 1942 through the end of the war in May 1945, the story of the 8th’s fighters is presented in an easy to read format. Each volume also contains over…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This extremely detailed two volume set gives an overall statistical summary of 8th Air Force fighter operations during World War II. Covering the period of September 1942 through the end of the war in May 1945, the story of the 8th’s fighters is presented in an easy to read format. Each volume also contains over…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
This book provides a pictorial overview of the progress of American military airplane design from approximately the end of World War I to the present time. It covers all types including attack, pursuit or fighter, cargo, trainer, and other models via a series of type sections. There are introductions to each section…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. The JAAF Kawasaki Ki-61 HIEN (Tony) is presented in this volume. All variations and markings are covered in this the fourth in a projected multi-volume series.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Yankee Air Pirates is a highly detailed look at United States Air Force uniforms and equipment as used during the Vietnam War. This comprehensive book – the first of a multi-volume set – presents hundreds of Air Force named items in over 900 full color photos, giving the reader a precise insight and reference covering…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The old Hawaiian Air Force met the attack of the Japanese on 7 December 1941. Redesignated the Seventh Air Force, its bomber units moved on to combat in the Pacific almost immediately. The Seventh Fighter Command, however, has held back to defend Oahu against air attacks that never came. The pilots of the fighter units…
The defeat of Germany was the first priority of the Allies in World War II. Japan would come later. The destruction of Germany ’s vast military-industrial base was the mission assigned to the RAF and the U.S. Eighth Air Force. Starting from scratch in July 1942 and operating from bases in England, the Eighth Air…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This second volume focuses on the Fighter Groups, Scouting Force and Special Operations units of the Mighty Eighth. Battle Colors approaches a visual subject in a visual manner utilizing full color illustrations and wartime photos.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
With more than 1,200 photos, the second volume of this series gets into the heart of the USAF uniforms and equipment used during the Vietnam War. Focusing on hundreds of Air Force named items, the book offers precise insight and references covering a selection of 70+ units. Flight suits, helmets, utility shirts, jungle…