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61) Crossfire
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"After he couldn't save her brother, army first sergeant Josh Walker isn't about to let anything happen to Andrea Donovan. Josh may have saved her from one attack, but drug smugglers are desperate to get information about one of Andrea's patients--a patient who's disappeared without a trace. Despite the danger, the beautiful counselor refuses to hand over confidential files. Now Josh and Andrea have no choice but to battle on for their lives--and...
62) M16/M4 Handbook
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The handy to carry and use handbook of rifle knowledge for all owners/users of the M16/M4 rifle/carbine system. Written by two Special Forces instructors and AR builders this handbook includes decades of knowledge of this weapon system. The most up-to-date explanation of the proper corrections to common malfunctions and how to ensure they don't happen in the future. Maintenance, inspection, training tips, and common optics used.
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The natural human impulse is to run from attack. Downing, along with countless other soldiers and sailors at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, ran toward it, fighting to rescue his fellow navy men, to protect loved ones and civilians on the island, and to find the redemptive path forward from a devastating war. Here he reflects on his military career, including his experience during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to show how we can be people of faith...
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The leader, and only survivor, of a team of U.S. Navy SEALs sent to northern Afghanistan to capture a well-known al Qaeda leader chronicles the events of the battle that killed his teammates and offers insight into the training of this elite group of warriors.
"If you're looking for a true story that showcases both American heroism and Afghani humanity, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes...
66) Fearless: the undaunted courage and ultimate sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team Six operator Adam Brown
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Blehm presents a deeply personal glimpse inside the SEAL Team SIX brotherhood that shows how these elite operators live out the rest of their lives, away from danger, as husbands, fathers, and friends. Adam Brown waged a war against his own worst impulses, persevered to reach the top tier of the U.S. military, and his final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice.
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Adam Chapnick (Author)
Adam Chapnick est directeur adjoint, éducation au Collège des Forces canadiennes et professeur au Département des études de la défense au Collège militaire royal du Canada. Il est l'auteur de Canada on the United Nations Security Council.
Craig Stone (Author)
Craig Stone est professeur agrégé émérite au Collège des Forces canadiennes. Désormais retraité, il a enseigné dans la fonction publique durant 15...
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Learn and practice proven multiple-choice strategies for word problems and Basic Math plus test tips, multiple-choice strategy and more!
If you are preparing for the CFAT, you probably want all the help you can get! CFAT Test Strategy is your complete guide to answering multiple-choice questions!
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• Powerful multiple-choice strategies with practice questions, Learn 15 powerful multiple-choice strategies and then practice. Answer...
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Temeraire volume 6
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Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon's invasion of England, Temeraire the dragon and his friend and rider, Capt. Will Laurence, are transported to the prison colony in Australia. They carry with them three dragon eggs intended to help establish a covert in the colony.
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"When U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, it signaled the end of the longest conflict in the nation's history. Yet we are still at war--no longer with other states, but with a host of new enemies, from nihilistic terrorists and narco-traffickers to transnational criminal cartels, lone wolf assassins, and modern-day pirates. Standing against these foes is a tight-knit fraternity of soldiers, cops, lawyers, and spies. Together,...
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Want to Pass the DLAB Test?
Want to learn about the Defense Language Aptitude Battery test and improve your scores? Do you want to get into the top language program and improve your career in the military?
Improve your DLAB test score with these simple and thorough previews of the mystics DLAB test. No longer do you need to guess at what to expect. Instead, we'll show you how to take it, what to expect and exactly how you can increase your score....
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• A treasure trove of life-saving survival information: the most extensive and comprehensive survival ebook available anywhere.
• Important: this is a reflowable ebook, not a low-quality fixed-layout edition. Reflowable books adapt to your device and your settings for a superior reading experience.
• Full-color illustrations of edible, medicinal, and poisonous plants, dangerous animals, and more (available on devices with color screens only).
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"She's never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making the crossing to Hawaii, and they run a lot deeper than escaping a harsh Michigan winter. Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, Eva is stunned by the splendor she experiences aboard the steamship SS Lurline; even more so by Lt. Clark Spencer, a man she is drawn to but who clearly has secrets of his own. But Eva's past--and the future she's trying to create--means that...
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Extrait : "De toutes les influences capables de concourir à la formation d'une bonne armée, la plus efficace est sans contredit celle du chef qui la commande : "Les meilleures troupes", — disait Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène, — "ont été les Carthaginois sous Annibal, les Romains sous les Scipions, les Macédoniens sous Alexandre, les Prussiens sous Frédéric...""
77) The coming storm
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"Escaping arrest and on the run, Jenna joins forces with a genetically enhanced soldier gone rogue and a Brooklyn gang kingpin to resist the government's plan to manipulate the DNA of all Americans. The race is on to stop the evil experiment before it spreads the genetic changes--and transforms the human species forever"--Amazon.
78) Beloved Hope
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Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. As she spends her days tending their flock of sheep, Hope's mind and soul are slowly healing. Yet, though she was once surrounded by suitors, she has no interest in giving her heart again after the man she loved died in her arms. Hope's precarious new peace is...
79) The innocents
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Quinn Colson novels volume 6
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"She was just seventeen, a high school dropout named Milly Jones, found walking down the middle of the highway, engulfed in flames. Even in a tough Mississippi county like Tibbehah, it shatters the community, and it is up to Sheriff Quinn Colson, back on the job after a year away, and his deputy Lillie Virgil, to investigate what happened and why. Before long, however, accusations start to fly, national media and federal authorities descend, and what...
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A former commander of Delta Force draws on the lessons he learned as a member of the elite counter-terrorism organization and his intimate knowledge of modern warfare to create powerful and effective ways to deal with situations in one's personal and professional life.