Get in, get out, save the women.Then I see Naomi’s photo and watch her hostage video.A stirring...an ache...a desire so deep for her heats up my blood and annihilates me.And then I meet her.It accelerates my thirst, riling up my inner beast.She’s an investigative reporter and knows things she shouldn’t.But all the women have secrets...knowledge about a global force so powerful the world will implode with greed. Freedom will no longer exist.Instead of delivering her, we run.The heat of the jungle is a blow torch demolishing my restrain, until I have to make her mine.But enemies lurk everywhere. After it’s over, I’ll have to piece her back together again.“DEPTHS OF DESTRUCTION “ is book one in the “BEHIND CLOSED DOORS” series. Each book is a stand-alone regarding the HEA of the couple, but the plot develops with each story. This steamy series is for mature readers only and is best if read in order. This series may contain situations that may be sensitive for some readers.

    Too bad I can’t have her.As a Marine who jumps out of perfectly good airplanes for fun, you could say I’m fine with taking risks. But not when it comes to Shelby.For years, I’ve been firmly in the friend zone, right where she wants me. And since I won’t risk our friendship, that’s where I’ll stay. But I can’t pine over her forever.When I propose to my girlfriend and get rejected in front of the whole town, the joke’s on me. Turns out proposing to the wrong woman because you can’t have the right one is a bad idea.Shelby’s always had my heart. Can I convince her to trust me with hers?The Proposal is the first book in a sweet, small town, military romance series. Each book is a standalone romance but they are fun to read in order!

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    Now she needs help. She won't know it's me before it's too late. Can I pass the opportunity up? No. I should do the decent thing, and let one of the others go, but the need to hurt her like she did me is too deep. But first, I'll make sure no one else dies because of her.Truth comes out, but I'm not sure what to believe. Is revenge what I really want? Because right now, everything in me is reaching for HER. All I can do is try to protect my heart while I search for a killer who suddenly has us both in his sights.Azia:The man they sent used to be someone I loved, and I nearly died when he left me. Can I trust him to stop whoever is killing people I care for? I don't have a choice, because no one else can, or will, do it. I can't let another of my friends die. Anger and bitterness have changed him, but bits of the real Flag show through at unexpected times. I miss him more than ever, but I won't survive losing him again. Why do I wish things could be different, after all this time?

    The same could be said about my mind in the aftermath. Love is affection, tenderness, and warmth. Words that no longer reside within me. She promised to love me forever. I promised her the same. But forever no longer exists, it died alongside any goodness in my soul a long time ago. I’m broken, I’m empty and she’s nothing but a painful reminder of what I’ve lost. She promised to love me forever and she failed.

    A woman haunted by abuse. Two broken souls brought together by cartel violence. Can love heal their hearts?Gerry "Mac" Maclean, Army Airborne Ranger, has lost much serving his country, but through a paperwork glitch, found a home at PATCH-COM. When a cartel war erupts south of the border he and his unit are sent in to evacuate American civilians caught in the crossfire. Faced with his first mission jump since his arrival at Camp Lazarus and the pressure of leading the team, Mac struggles with his inner demons. Only two things are keeping him from falling apart; loyalty to his team, and the haunted brown eyes of the beautiful American hostage Connie Wheeler. But what was she doing in Quintana Roo all alone? And why is she afraid to go home?Continuing from the multiple award-winning debut novel Secondhand Soldier (Winner of Read Freely's TOP 50 Indie Books of 2019 and Author Shout's Recommended Reads Silver Medal Winner) comes the second tale in The Soldiers of PATCH-COM, a unit of wounded and broken soldiers, courageous and driven by integrity, fidelity, and honor...

    As a SEAL in Special Forces, he’s—hungry, fierce and ready for battle, and not just in his everyday jobs, but between the sheets as well. Tall, broad shouldered with a body of brick and steel. His fierce green gaze alone is enough to storm any woman's gates with ease and he does, again and again moving from woman to woman, never able to settle down. Until after his second tour in a country better not to be named, where something occurs that wrecks his life and the lives of others. It’s then, when he goes into hiding, knowing the day he comes out may be the day he dies. Ridge Sweetwater knows she’s in a bad situation when she wakes up in a place she doesn’t recognize. Pain and death having been so keen, she thought she had in fact—died. Until she sees his face, his intense emerald gaze sucking her in. The man saves her from death, then takes her whole world and heaves it upside down. Who is he? Why does she feel like she knows him? With no memory while healing from injuries she cannot remember receiving, she finds herself falling hard for the irresistible and sexy mountain man with his luxurious cabin and the never ending secrets he holds in his eyes. She knows there is something dangerous going on. She knows things are too good to be true, but when the past reveals itself will she and Noah be standing on the same side? Sometimes, fate has already determined our future.

    She moved on and so did I. Until a childhood friend pulls us back to our hometown. A place neither of us wants to be again. Yet, here we are. Battling our anger, our hearts, our pride. Neither wants to admit that we were wrong but seeing her now? I don’t think I want to let her go. Even if our lives are complete opposites. And that’s when I ask her for her One Truth.

    An excellent read that continues the saga of how the English merchants and fighting men came to dominate the seas.

    It can heal, it can hurt and it can be astonishing. For Rori and Colt, it is all of these things. Rori is a single mom, looking for love in all the wrong places. Until one fateful night her hero comes to her without her even knowing it. She doesn’t want to give in to what her heart tells her. She has too much at stake to risk a dance on the wild side. Colt isn’t the type to settle down. He’s been there done that and got left high and dry. He throws himself into his work and living the simple life. Or as simple as he can until the demons come calling. Can they pull through when it seems like the universe is doing everything in its power to pull them apart? Can love really conquer all?

    A serious saga in the 8000+ page range, space opera in the HFY tradition.

    Until I met her.We both understand what it means to lose the love of our lives.We both refuse to have another relationship.We both think we’ll never love again.And then our worlds collide. She’s the storm to my dangerfree life.I’m the anchor to her wildness.She’s reckless. I’m guarded. But in reality, we’re both pretending. What if love is what we need to mend our broken hearts? A military romantic suspense from the Salvation Society World.

    Getting knocked up by my boss is going to ruin both our lives…Elliot is ridiculously hot, intriguingly mysterious, and an ultra-protective Navy SEAL.He’s also my ex and now my boss.We’ve tried to stay away from each other.Pretend the fire between us doesn’t exist.But working together on this kidnapping case has brought us close again.A little too close…The familiar warmth of his gaze and heat from his hard body rush back in.He destroyed my heart before and I refuse to let that happen twice.I need to stay grounded.I can’t let myself fall too deep.Too late though… I’m pregnant with his baby.He’s being cold and pulling away and it’s crushing me.I know he’s hiding a dark secret from his past.Could things between us get anymore complicated?Apparently so, when I find out he's already known as "Daddy."

    B. Sledge's acclaimed first-person account of fighting at Peleliu and Okinawa returns to thrill, edify, and inspire a new generation.An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war's famous 1st Marine Division-3d Battalion, 5th Marines. Even after intense training, he was shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where "the world was a nightmare of flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets." By the time Sledge hit the hell of Okinawa, he was a combat vet, still filled with fear but no longer with panic.Based on notes Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here, too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill-and came to love-his fellow man. HELMET FOR MY PILLOW: Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war, painting an unvarnished portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defense of their country. From the live-for-today rowdiness of marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what war is really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch.

    They lived happily ever after.But our story was never that simple.I loved Josh with all I had, right until the day he left. Now, all these years later, he was back—and wanting me the way I’d always longed for him. Except now, I belonged to someone else. Someone who never left me the way Josh had. I figured that was the end of our story. I couldn’t alter the past.I didn’t want to rewrite my future.Brianna was always more than my best friend. She was the shining light in my black hole of an existence, and I loved her with every cell and bone in my body. I wasn’t good enough for her, though—more the villain than the hero in our fairy tale. When I had to leave, I vowed to come back a better man—for her. But when I finally did return, she wasn’t waiting for me anymore. She had someone new, her very own Prince Charming. Did that mean our story was over? I couldn't change our past.It was time to rewrite our ending.** Simmer Simmer (verb): to stew gently below or just at the boiling point; to be in a state of incipient developmentMy life was always at a simmer… only stewing, never going anywhere. I was left to fend for myself when it came to affection or love, so I learned to go without.I refused to let them see how broken and lonely I was; it was much easier to hide behind a false reality. I didn't want anyone's pity. I didn't need it. Pity wouldn't put food on the table or keep a roof over our heads. That was all me.Now, I have a second chance at a dream long forgotten. It demands hard work and sacrifice—with absolutely no distractions. A recipe I already know all too well, raising a daughter on my own.Drew Kostas is everything I’ve ever wanted but couldn't let myself have. He’s younger, gorgeous, charming—and relentless. He sees beyond the hardened shell I’ve built to protect myself, coaxing out a softer me I don't recognize.It doesn't matter how I melt in his presence when the heat between us threatens to boil over.That's the thing about heat. When it rises, everyone gets burned.Especially when they're foolish enough to fall in love.** Pining Before she tells the world about us, I need to tell her the truth.The bad guy never gets the girl...In the eyes of the law, I’ve paid for my youthful mistakes but I know I can never undo the damage I’ve caused. When I stepped out of my cell, I vowed to live a good life, make the right choices, and avoid temptation at all costs.Until her.She’s not a choice, she’s a compulsion. A craving. A beautiful, brave heroine who walked straight off the pages of the comic books I create and into my life with the superpower of making me believe I could be the man she deserves.But I’m not.Can I possibly stay her hero when she finds out that I used to be the villain?** Bonus Pining short exclusive to Box Set

    It is made up of elite warriors culled from some of the most revered military forces. Every operator has impeccable ethics and doesn’t quit until the job is done. Vortex Vivi DuMond’s clinic is caught in the crossfire of a turf war that threatens both her life and livelihood. Can the NOPD and Feds handle it or does she need more? Joel McDade runs the Florida office of SAI and he’s been roped into protecting Vivi as a favor to his old client Ronnie DuMond. As much as he would like to refuse, he knows he can’t. Can the retired Navy SEAL protect the good doctor and her clinic? Or…will the vortex of events make that impossible? Watch what happens when two people are caught in a whirling mass of threats outside of their control. Will they be pulled in together or will the conflict pull them apart? This is the first book in my new series and it's a stand-alone novel. However, you may enjoy reading First and Second Down from the First and Ten series. It's where you meet the DuMond family and all of the fun people who are featured in this book.

    Their hatred for his creator will never wane, and he starts to understand the danger all of Cassius’ many rivals pose. How can he keep him safe?When Sage Volus finds herself a captive of Cassius Vale, she begins to struggle with her role in the coming war, and what exactly it means to be an executor. The removal of her cybernetic implant reveals emotions she thought she’d buried too deep to be found. She must make a decision on who she truly wants to serve.After breaking free of the solar-ark Amerigo and certain death, Talon Rayne finds himself in unusual company. His quests to hold his daughter again will bring him to places he never thought he’d go―into the very arms of his people's most hated foe.As the battle grows ever closer, threatening the all-out war that could annihilate millions, these four must determine what part they intend to play, who they will align themselves with, and what it means to be human in a solar system where that means less and less.Don't miss the explosive sequel to Executor Rising in this space opera series perfect for fans of The Expanse and Battlestar Galactica.Experience Rhett C Bruno's debut Space Opera Series in this fully revised and re-edited version. (Book 2 formerly titled Progeny of Vale)

    The connection between Sasha and Gus is unexpected—and intense. When a string of murders is linked to a tragedy from Sasha’s past, it becomes obvious more than their hearts are at stake.

    Although he's settled in with a cabin and a good job with his best friend, he doesn't have everything he wants. Because what he wants is the girl he can't have. Loving your best friend's little sister breaks the bro-code. Doing something about what he feels and what he wants could cost him almost everything. But could it be worth the risk?Sarah Wayne is as All-American girl as they get. Although she has a great family and loves being a counselor, she longs to find her happiness. Happiness she knows only one man could give her--if he would stop pushing her away. Who cares that he's her brother's best friend?Can Wyatt forget his loyalties and say hell to the consequences and take a chance with Sarah? Can Sarah trust the love they have is enough to risk everything?

     A former Army Ranger and CEO finds himself drawn to the woman of his dreams but an impulsive fling puts his mission and their relationship in danger. Former international model and photographer Lana Calloway is finally headed home, after attending the DC romance convention to find the perfect model, the “one” whose face and body could make her new business venture a success. She finds “Alex”, an unwilling and unlikely candidate. Turns out his appearance was a fluke, but the Calloways have a history of getting their man, or woman, and she doesn't intend to be the exception. Her prospect is in DC to meet with Congress about a huge veterans project; in other words, he’s got higher priorities. It will take creative measures to convince him that her goals could benefit his mission of making life better for wounded veterans and oh, by the way, that they are meant to be. From the author: Livia Quinn is the author of the Calloways of Rainbow Bayou, a contemporary small town romance series centered around the Calloways and their cousins, the Larues, in the Rainbow Bayou area of Louisiana. About Rainbow Bayou The bayou that surrounds the town was named by the Native Americans for its reflection of the colorful sky as it flowed from the river to the lake. Rainbows bring to mind hope, renewal, second chances, and the promise of new beginnings. In their legends double rainbows represented serendipity. The Calloway series is a contemporary small town romance with stories of love, community and family—of hope and second chances, reminding us that love can happen out of the blue, when you least expect it. More about the series, If you love emotional heartfelt stories with a little suspense built in, this is one for you. The first four books in the series were previously published but have been revised and rebranded with new content to reflect its true romance genre, that of a contemporary small town family romance series. Are the books standalones? Yes, the books can be read as standalones but secondary characters’ stories progress throughout the series so some readers may wish to read them in order. Books in the series: When the Right One Comes Along 9/11 Too Good to Be True. 9/11 Only the Heart Remembers 9/18 Christmas Wishes. 10/2 At Long Last Love 10/15 It Had to Be You 11/2 Christmas Vows 11/30 Love will Find You. 2/4/2019

    This is the first time that an attempt has been made to cover the entire salient in order to present the battle in our familiar 'then and now' format. Hundreds of miles have been traveled by the author throughout every corner of the battlefield to search out the scenes of past events -- every known photograph belonging to combatants, civilians, and in public collections and private sources has been sought or considered. all the cine film has been examined frame by frame and certain sequences illustrated and analyzed. In this way a number of classic pictures almost always used -- or misused -- in depicting the Ardennes battle are not only placed in their context in the German advance but are also shown to be not always quite what they seem!

    It includes also some of the statements made and dispatches issued by the leaders during the Week, at the surrender, and after it, as well as some references to their activities while fighting was in progress. It has been thought well, too, to include accounts, where it has been possible to come upon such, of the last moments of the leaders from the lips of the relatives or friends who visited them or the priests who attended them. Some of the letters herein are being published for the first time. Time was when it was felt that the letters of the leaders to their near relatives were too intimate for them to be read by the public in general, but it will be accepted now more than half a century later, that, having given their lives for Ireland, the leaders of the Rising - as, indeed, all who took part in it - have become part of our history so that everything they did, or said, or wrote, has a rightful palce in the annals as well as in the hearts of the Irish people. Those included are: Padraic Mac Piarais (P. H. Pearse), Tomas O Cleirigh (Thomas J. Clarke), Tomas Mac Donnchadha (Thomas MacDonagh), Eamonn O Dalaigh (Edward Daly), Liam Mac Piarais (William Pearse), Micheal O hAnnrachain (Michael O'Hanrahan), Ioseph O Pluingcead (Joseph Mary Plunkett), Sean Mac Giolla Bhride (John MacBride), Sean Mac Aodha (Sean Heuston), Micheal O Meallain (Michael Mallin), Eamonn Ceannt, Conchuir O Colbaird (Con Colbert), Tomas Ceannt (Thomas Kent), Sea Mac Diarmada, Seamus O Conghaile (James Connolly), Ruairi Mac Easmainn (Roger Casement). Also included are illustrations and a list of illustrations, and two appendices of remembrances.

    Lovers have said farewell at the Pleasant Street train station for seventy years. Mothers have welcomed home their sons in the ticker tape return from war and loss.After every war, every battle, Legacy Falls opens its arms and its hearts to the wounded warriors returning home.These are their stories.*****Pasts collide in the most unexpected waysShe was looking for a way to heal from her past.Dixie has felt more heartache than one should ever experience. Broken, battered, and alone, she slowly has to relearn how to navigate through life. Realizing that she needs a little extra help, she turns to her therapist for suggestions on what she should do. How she can cope with all the hurt she’s endured.He wasn’t expecting his past to collide with his present.When wounded Army veteran, Zane Carson, agreed to participate in a new program to help cope with his PTSD, he felt like it was a waste of time and nothing would come of it. It would never work, he thought. It wasn’t until he received a reply from an alluring woman who captured his attention and helped to fight the demons who were living inside him, that he started believing in hope again. Will their pasts threaten the happiness the future could bring them? One written letter. Two broken souls. An adventure neither was prepared for.

    What if just one typo sent your email to an 18-year-old Marine instead? Wes Lee began to receive misdirected emails while serving his country overseas. He tried to fix the problem, but when it didn't work he turned an inbox full of silly problems into an entertaining bulletin board for his friends on base. Morgan Mayfield needs some advice. She's a 17-year-old senior in high school who is dating the boy she's been in love with for the last two years. She believed the first time he hit her was an accident, but now he's done it again. When she sends an email looking for some help to the wrong address, she gets a response she wasn't expecting. The final book in the Dear Bailey series ends the way it began-with a friendship built through emails between a teenage girl and another one of our few and proud Marines.

    A year ago, I lost my job and my best friend.Ever since then I’ve kept my emotions on lockdown.I’ve built my walls into a fortress.I wasn’t expecting Mari to walk into my life.And I never thought I would let someone in.But with her, I had no choice.She saw me.The only one who ever has.But I still hold back from letting her in completely.And I know she is too.Her secrets run deep… Deeper than mine.And I know they will come crashing down.Our pasts are ready to break us both.Is she meant to be my salvation or am I forever destined for desolation?

    Bobby Higgins is facing life decisions; his family’s farm struggles and threat of the draft hangs over 18-year-old males as the Cold War rumbles in the distance. Bobby heads off to boot camp, vowing to provide for his family from his pay. Between shore and sea duty, Bobby leaves broken hearts in every port. When his own heart is stolen by Rose, he’s shocked to learn that she comes with four daughters, a package deal he’s unsure he wants. But when Rose disappears, Bobby finds her and persuades her to marry him. Somehow they navigate their way through the trials of marriage and parenting as he fulfills his patriotic career and his promise to raise four willful daughters. In the spring of 2004, his daughters are brought together by grief. They forge new bonds, sharing their joys, losses, regrets, and ultimately family secrets that will seal all their fates…if they can summon the courage to report for duty.

    It is a first-hand account of life during the last days of Strategic Air Command, the early days of Air Combat Command and the ensuing military drawdown of the 1990s. From peacetime training exercises across the globe to combat operations in Desert Storm, Jim Clonts takes the reader inside the cockpit where life and death are seconds apart. Often comical, sometimes heart-pounding, other times tragic, WHEN PENGUINS FLEW AND WATER BURNED takes you into the world of military aviation, a crucible where warriors learn the true nature of character, conscience and mortality.

    Away from the fawning crowds. But most of all, away from him.Lexi needs to complete a year-long sojourn on the Isle of Man to learn more about their customs and renew confidence in the alliance brokered by her parents and the human king. But really, Lexi needs to figure out what kind of ruler she wants to be and how to ditch her royal babysitter.Killian might be the next Captain of the Guard, but the current heir of the Eyrie despises him. She can't look his way, let alone trust him. And that's fine. She doesn't need to understand his reasons for rejecting her, nor how he really feels. She just needs to stay alive.Trouble is brewing on the Isle of Man and an old evil has risen with the heir in their sights. Killian and Lexi must rely on each other to survive, but that's a little hard to do when one of them holds a dangerous secret.**Heir of the Eyrie is a standalone.**

    They were all volunteers and this was a very dangerous mission. Sixteen B-25 bombers took off from the deck of the USS Hornet, led by (then Col.) Jimmy Doolittle. They were to fly over Japan, drop their bombs and fly on to land in a part of China that was still free. Of course, things do not always go as planned. The months following the attack on Pearl Harbor were the darkest of the war, as Imperial Japanese forces rapidly extended their reach across the Pacific. Our military was caught off guard, forced to retreat, and losing many men in the fall of the Philippines, leading to the infamous Bataan Death March. By spring, 1942, America needed a severe morale boost. The raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, certainly provided that – cheering the American military and public. Yet, the Doolittle Raid meant so much more, proving to the Japanese high command that their home islands were not invulnerable to American attacks and causing them to shift vital resources to their defense. Two months later that decision would play a role in the outcome of the Battle of Midway, the American victory that would begin to turn the tide in the Pacific War.

    Government.Marine Corps Special Forces Operator Aaron Hardy traveled the globe for twelve years, fighting for his country.However, he never thought his biggest battle would be waged on American soil. And, take everything from him.Running from the FBI, Hardy must find his enemies before they find him.His pursuit uncovers political corruption at the highest levels of government.But, that’s not the shocking part.The twenty-nine-year-old elite soldier discovers the truth about his own past.He’s been living a lie.FBI Special Agent Raychel DelaCruz has seen the worst the nation’s capital has to offer.Investigating her latest case, she realizes nothing has prepared her for a government conspiracy of this magnitude.When their worlds collide, Hardy and DelaCruz find themselves in unfamiliar territory.To defeat the powers that want them dead, the two strangers must learn to trust each other.But, that may not be enough.

    And Axel Geist – rogue, self-styled ladies’ man and accidental political prisoner – is determined to survive. Even if it means selling his soul to the Old God Bassarus, Lord of Deceit and Duke of Hell. When Bassarus orders Axel to volunteer for Stassia’s warrior elite, the black-uniformed Timberwolves, he joins a labyrinthine security state. A traitor, deep inside the regime. A world of play or be played, kill or be killed… Stassia’s destiny turns on Axel’s treachery and lies. Timberwolf – a dark fantasy of espionage, love, war and betrayal set in a world similar to, but entirely different from, our own.

    I just didn't know how short that'd be. You know when you're standing at the altar, anxiously saying your vows, but not really hearing them? You're too focused on the beautiful angel in white agreeing to love you for life. You repeat the phrase till death do us part without hesitation. In hindsight, those are some pretty morbid words for such a joyous occasion. You never actually think those words will one day come true. At least not any time soon.But for me? That's exactly what happened. --Extinguish will be an Explosive prequel novella from the POV of someone essential to the series, yet whose voice we've never heard. Until now.

    

    All to find information on a notorious criminal cartel that no one in power is interested in bringing to justice. Unfortunately for Tyler good intentions don't negate bad judgement. The CIA is pissed, the FBI is pissed, the Russians want him dead. Can Tyler get himself and the people he cares about out of trouble before trouble crushes him like a bug?

    This book is a definitive work on military science and a comprehensive textbook for military study.

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    Most people can't actually hire a bodyguard, but can take caution and be alert against unfortunate circumstances. Over 100 photographs and 70 illustrations show how bodyguards protect their clients in a variety of situations, such as attacks, car chases and crowd control.

    

    

    I gave her my name and a promise to keep her safe. Only that promise is hard to keep when all I’ve ever known is violence. As a Navy SEAL sniper, all I have ever done is protect, serve and honor my country.Some would say I’m the most dangerous man they’ve ever met. Haunted by my dark past, I would agree with that assessment but they have no idea the cold-blooded man they’ve now created. They drew a line in blood when they went after my wife. So this is my revenge. They will pay for what they’ve done, even if it means bringing down everyone in my vengeance.Weighted by a vice that won’t let up, I’ve thrown myself into finding them and I’m certain nothing will keep me from doing so. They say there’s nothing more dangerous than a man who has nothing left to lose and I would have to agree with that. When my time comes, I will answer for my sins, but so will they.

    Here is the story of the airborne troopers told by the one who knew them best and with insights only a priest could possess. It is sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, often heroic, but always honest and inspiring as seen through the understanding and sympathetic eyes of the paratrooper padre. Illustrated with photos.

    But that hasn’t stopped me falling for him. Now he’s heading off to boot camp and he wants me to write him. Is there a chance this could finally be more? Do I even want to be a Marine’s girlfriend?JohnnyShe is my younger sister’s best friend; untouchable. Until the night I’m leaving for boot camp and I find her alone. I didn’t mean to kiss her. Now I have to walk away, but I don’t want to let her go. Could I get my sister’s approval while hundreds of miles away? Would it be fair to ask Becky to wait for me?

    However, when his last-ditch attempt to recover the initiative with Operation Lüttich - the counter-attack from Mortain on August 7 - failed, it was an implied admission that his armies in the West had been defeated.From that starting point, Jean Paul Pallud takes up the story, following in the footsteps of the Germans as they retreat across France. The next days and weeks were ones of confusion for the German command with staffs and technical services dispersed; command and communication virtually non-existent; roads congested and strafed, and directives to build new stop-lines almost immediately rendered obsolete by the flow of events . . . all within a matter of a few days.Although the Germans lost nearly 300,000 men during the retreat - either killed, wounded, missing, or taken prisoner - nevertheless it was not necessarily an Allied victory as by the beginning of September German forces had turned round and were once more standing firm, this time along the 650 kilometres between Switzerland and the North Sea. This, then, is that story told through hundreds of 'then and now' comparison photographs by the author, and which includes some quite amazing discoveries that he made along the way.

    The family farm is now a campground. Weary and discouraged, she talks owner Ezra McIntire into renting her a not-quite-ready cabin.With PTSD keeping him company, Ez thrives on the seclusion of the campground. The redhead in Cabin Three adds suggestions to his improvement plans, urging color and vibrancy where there was none.Neither is looking for love, yet the attraction they share is undeniable. Can the comfort of campfires, hayrides, and sweet kisses bring these two lost souls together?

    In order to obtain a balanced and fair account, the author interviewed paratroopers of all races. Parabat is also a study of how the exploits of the South African airborne family are seen by the men on the ground. The experiences have been set down exactly as related to the author, with no changes or apologies -- the swearing, the torture, the emotions, the turmoil, the killings and the humor. These are the accounts of the paratrooper family from the war in Angola in the 80s to the various township wars in the 90s, as well as South Africa's intervention in Lesotho in 1998.

    An undercover agent posing as a wealthy Al-Qaeda sympathiser.A race against time to gain the terrorists’ trust and bring them down. Before it’s too late…In the aftermath of 9/11, long-time undercover FBI agent Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit. Its mission: to infiltrate terror cells, gain detailed knowledge of their networks and bring them successfully to justice. Writing under a pseudonym, Tamer Elnoury here tells the hair-raising true story of life undercover, risking his life to keep us safe.

    

    

    Calculation and placement of charges, timber cutting, steel cutting, breaching charges, cratering and ditching, safe handling and storage procedures. Well illustrated.

    

    Volume 2 covers the "GD" from late 1942 until early 1945. It includes extensive details on affiliated units such as Kurmark, Brandenburg and the Führer-Begleit-Brigade. Lots of first-hand descriptions and small-unit actions.

    

    Ranging from Sumer, the world's first imperial state, to the fall of the Byzantine Empire, this comprehensive three-volume set, which includes both Western and non-Western empires, details the military capabilities of these empires, including the armies, soldiers, technologies, and commanders that powered the imperial juggernaut. From the Near East to Asia, from Western Europe to the New World, these empires spawned every major social institution on which modern society is based, including the first use of total war. With more than 400 illustrations and maps, this set reveals the awesome and destructive power of these early forces, from the dawn of recorded history to the development of gunpowder. Volume I: From the first clashes of the Sumerian Empire in 4000 B.C.E., to the destruction of the Persian Empire, volume one includes all the major imperial entities from Europe to Asia, including the Egyptians, the Hittites, the Israelites; China, India, Persia, and classical Greece. Students will find the historical context within which the empire emerged, an examination of the imperial army, including structure, weapons, tactics, logistics, and manner of warfare; a detailed analysis of at least one major battle; an analysis of the rival commanders; and a section on the lessons of war. Each volume contains more than 100 illustrations, maps, and figures that demonstrate manner of dress, weaponry, imperial location, and course of the battle. Every chapter contains suggestions for further reading. Volume II: Until its destruction by the Romans in 146 B.C.E., Carthage was the primary naval empire of the Mediterranean world. The Norman victory at Hastings in 1066 C.E. was one of the most important events in the Medieval world and resulted in the creation of the modern state of Great Britain. Volume two covers vast territory from Imperial Rome to Korea, including chapters on the Huns, the Arabs, the Barbarians, the Vikings, and the Franks. Students will find the historical context within which the empire emerged, an examination of the imperial army, including structure, weapons, tactics, logistics, and manner of warfare; a detailed analysis of at least one major battle; an analysis of the rival commanders; and a section on the lessons of war. Each volume contains more than 100 illustrations, maps, and figures that demonstrate manner of dress, weaponry, imperial location, and course of the battle. Every chapter contains suggestions for further reading. Volume III: Examining the major events of the Middle Ages, from Europe to the major empires of Asia and the Americas, volume three takes readers from the age of the Medieval knight to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 C.E. Western sections detail the Crusades and the Hundred Years War, while non-Western chapters cover the Japanese, the Mongols and the Ottomans in Asia and the American empires of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. Students will find the historical context within which the empire emerged, an examination of the imperial army, including structure, weapons, tactics, logistics, and manner of warfare; a detailed analysis of at least one major battle; an analysis of the rival commanders; and a section on the lessons of war. Each volume contains more than 100 illustrations, maps, and figures that demonstrate manner of dress, weaponry, imperial location, and course of the battle. Every chapter contains suggestions for further reading.

    

    It is an excellent work, which will serve as a useful textbook for military academies who are studying the Indian Army, including details of rank hierarchy, weapons, equipment, operations, and army life. There is a useful glossary of military terms, it is a heavy book to hold in hand, but not heavy to read. The language is simple and keeps the reader's interest throughout. There is useful glossary of military terms."

    

    Captured when America surrendered the Philippines' Bataan Peninsula, James Bollich experienced first-hand the march that cost more than 8,000 American and Filipino lives. Now, he shares the unforgettable experience of his three and a half years of Japanese imprisonment. This journal relates his personal experience, first focusing on the sixty-five-mile march that deprived prisoners of food, water, and rest. Prisoners received harsh punishments for any infraction, one of the most brutal of these being the policy of beheading them for taking a sip of water. Rather than force him to give up, these things made Bollich fight for life even more. Witnessing his comrades falling beside him and watching his own body waste away to ninety pounds, he never yielded his will to survive. After completing the march, he remained a prisoner of war, first at an old Philippine army base, then in another camp at Mukden, Manchuria. He relates his imprisonment in detail, from starvation and torture to digging their own comrades graves in the hot sun, without hats or water. Through it all, he remained courageous and hopeful that he would one day make it back home. His story reminds both past and present generations of the horror and brutality of the Pacific war, all the while providing an inspiring testament to the will of the human spirit.

    Includes: Illustrations, Maps, Portraits. Replaces earlier publications issued by the U.S. Dept. of the Army under the same title. Bibliography: p. [639]-669. CMH pub30-1 Chapters 27 and 28 revised

    

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    A barbed wire star still sits atop a tree where it has for more then seventy years, but something is different this year. Drawn together by the love of books, an elderly widow and an army girlfriend discover that Christmas is still a time for miracles. A short story

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Bravely into Battle is Galloway's testament to the men who served under him

    

    

    . .Carolina Borden isn’t interested in being tied to a man. She’s worked hard to build a life for herself, and her dream career as a fertility counselor is all she needs.Retired Delta Force Operator Duncan Kade just wants to start over somewhere he isn’t a danger to anyone. But danger follows him . . . everywhere.When faced with a deadly cartel, Carolina and Duncan must rely on each other to save themselves from the pasts they’ve each tried so hard to hide.Falling in love wasn’t part of their plan . . . It wasn’t sanctioned.

    

    The first volume of a 3-volume set covers the "GD" (Greater Germany) from its inception as a "Wach"-Regiment in 1921 through its evolution into an infantry regiment. Covered are the unit’s first action in France in 1940 and its reorganization as a Panzergrenadier-Division. This volume covers the regiment/division through to the end of 1942. An excellent history of one of the most elite units of the German army.

    

    Traces the conquest of the Saxons, the emergence of their kingdoms, & their piecemeal destruction by Viking raiders.

    Fred Harvey is an emotional and fascinating wild ride with a man who has experienced more adventures than most of us can even imagine. This Revised Edition having the sky blue cover is expanded with new chapters on his life not included in the earlier book. It also contains many more photos and updates on stories from his earlier memoir. About the Author: T. Fred Harvey is a native Texan born in a tent alongside the RR tracks of the Texas Panhandle town of Memphis. Most of his hardscrabble youth was spent in Odessa from where he enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1942 after quitting high school. He became a Paramarine in the 1st Parachute Battalion in some of the early Pacific Campaigns before transferring into a 5th Marine Division Assault Squad on Iwo Jima. His buddies referred to him as a "3 Grenade Marine" surviving months in a full body cast. After Medical Discharge he would earn a Masters Degree from West Texas State University in 1951 but only receive a high school diploma over 65 years later when the Odessa Superintendent of Schools read a copy of his book. Following a career coaching football and teaching around the world in Texas, Colorado, Mississippi, Korea, Turkey, Okinawa, and even Italy he became an author.

    The US mainland is under threat as never before. Osama bin Laden is dead, and the world can relax. Or can they? Remaining leaders of Al-Qaeda want revenge, and they want it against the USA. When good fortune smiles on them and the opportunity presents itself to use stolen weapons of mass destruction, it's Game On! Al-Qaeda leaders devise a plan so audacious if it succeeds it will wreak the USA for good. With help from Iran and from a US Navy traitor, it can't fail. Tens of thousands of Americans will perish. One team of US SEALs stand in their way. One team of US SEALs can save America and the West. However, time is running out. Will they be too late? If you love fast-paced, exciting action thrillers, you’ll love The Jaws of Revenge. Buy it today!

    

    Do you ever wonder what actually happens after the Happily Ever After? Knox Wellington's about to find out.

    Twenty-year old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. Benning, Georgia. A dutiful officer’s daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own, and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things—whether it’s the house she’s just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact.Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war. And when she meets Kael, a handsome soldier on the cusp of discharge, she’s immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence. As their uncertain and unexpected friendship starts to turn into something more, Karina tries to piece together Kael's story: he is emotionally closed off, recovering from wounds and other trauma in the aftermath of two tours in Afghanistan. In her practice as a physical therapist, Karina has a strong desire to help him heal, and though it challenges her many insecurities and anxieties, she has an equally strong desire to trust him. But that trust is fragile, like the preciousness of a soldier’s life. It can be gone in an instant. Ultimately facing a crossroads, their relationship will be tested by the one thing that Karina cannot accept, forgive, or understand.Anna Todd’s Brightest Stars trilogy continues with THE BURNING and THE INFINITE LIGHT OF DUST, coming soon.

    

    

    

    

    special operations forces. A talented photographer, he took most of the photos in this book. U.S. Navy SEALs is a good overview of the Navy's special operations branch. It is a particularly good source of information on the organizations current-day training and equipment."

    

    It gave birth to "no-man's-land," that spectral space of shattered trees and pockmarked earth, a battleground where thousands of men fought to gain thirty feet of territory, only to lose it again the next day. Ypres was where the commanding officers of both sides--many of whom knew about war only through studying it in a classroom--realized that the combination of grand cavalry maneuvers and gallant charges with twentieth-century weapons was a losing, fatal one.From Sir John French, the compulsive womanizer who led Britain's forces, to Albert of Belgium, who may have been history's last warrior king, down to the young staff officers and military journalists, Robert Cowley brings Ypres to life, using the accounts of commanders and soldiers alike.Weaving together a wide array of source material based on thirty years of research, Cowley explores the extent to which the Germans' rigid training cost them thousands of men, debunks the myth of the "singing attacks," and reveals a crucial, overlooked "What if?" of history: the afternoon of October 31, 1914, when the Germans hesitated to attack the depleted British forces and lost their best chance of winning the Western Front.

    Effectively shattering the misconception that women's military role in the war was limited to nursing, the authors recount that from 1917 to 1920, some 12,000 enlisted women served in the U.S. Naval Reserve and 305 in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Carefully researched and engagingly written, the book explores a surprising variety of military duties carried out by women, including a number of non-clerical, highly specialized billets. In their efforts to acknowledge the historical significance of the women's service and preserve a record of it, Jean Ebbert and Marie-Beth Hall address the Navy's official and unofficial responses to the women's presence and thoughtfully document the dilemmas of the time. While other books have been written about women in the military, this work is unique in its coverage of service women in World War I. Detailing their backgrounds, training, responsibilities, and personal and social challenges, it takes a hard look at the women who opened the door to women's future integration in the military. This is a significant work and a principal subject area for persons interested in the history of the military and in women's studies.

    

    

    

    His research presents a fascinating and unrevealed insight into the extraordinarily haphazard way in which this form of irregular warfare evolved on both sides of the Atlantic.