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Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder

Author : Travis Nichols
Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 1566892708
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder written by Travis Nichols and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Titled after the US Air Force song, this engaging debut explores the legacy of the Greatest Generation from the perspective of Generation Y, the fallout of war through the eyes of a pacifist, and the enduring human desire for love, adventure, truth, and understanding. Pensive in the wake of 9/11, a young man—our “correspondent between the past and the present”—launches a mission to reunite his beloved grandfather, an American bombardier, with Luddie, the woman who saved him during WWII. Armed only with the address on the back of an old photograph and his grandfather’s memories, the young man begins writing letters to Luddie. Undaunted by her lack of response, the narrator travels to Poland with his girlfriend and grandfather. As they come closer to finding the site where the bombardier was shot down, the letters to Luddie become more personal and the saga of a family with a long and storied history emerges. Beautifully orchestrated and eloquently original, each sentence slowly builds upon the next in a charming style both poetic and engrossing. A tale of soldiers and saviors, of burning and bombing, of fathers and sons and brothers and lovers, this is also the story of what we find when we dare to revisit the past. Born in Iowa in 1979, Travis Nichols now lives in Chicago. An editor at the Poetry Foundation, his writing has appeared in The Village Voice, The Believer, Details, Paste, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and The Stranger. Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder is his first novel.

Off I Went Into the Wild Blue Yonder

Author : John James Knudsen
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455609819
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Off I Went Into the Wild Blue Yonder written by John James Knudsen and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Army Air Corps soldier's ordeals during World War II. Written in the personable voice of someone reflecting honestly on his life's journey, this autobiography is full of anecdotes of a Depression-era Montana boyhood and culminates with the author's training for service as a B-17 pilot and subsequent role as a flight instructor.

Wild Blue Yonder

Author : Jack B. Rochester
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1627876189
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book Wild Blue Yonder written by Jack B. Rochester and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 650 Vietnam War novels have been published, mostly dark tales from the war zone. In Wild Blue Yonder, Airman Nathaniel Hawthorne Flowers goes not to Vietnam but Germany, straight into a military Catch-22. His assignment: writing stories for the Stars and Stripes newspaper that will never see print. Nate's adventure deepens as he and his fellow troops try to understand why they're there, the military mindset, and the massive social disruption roiling 1960's America. Existential, psychedelic, funny, and laced with rock 'n' roll, Wild Blue Yonder is the story of Nate's quest for personal and spiritual values while trying to learn the meaning of family, friendship, and the love of the girl he left behind.

Career Progression Guide For Airmen: The Basics

Author : MARK C. OVERTON
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483627381
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Career Progression Guide For Airmen: The Basics written by MARK C. OVERTON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re considering joining or joined the United States Air Force (USAF). You desire to put your best foot forward at your new job and achieve a rewarding career. To rally toward your goal, “march in step’ ---work as a team---with proven strategies of success to “close ranks”---get and stay ahead in your career---for building your leadership skills and earning your next stripe. This scaled down, second book in the Career Progression Guide for Airmen series ‘cuts to the chase’ and walks you through career progression steps –from A to Z – allowing you to still hone in on the hard-core information for leadership and promotion increase opportunities. As you near the milestone of making the next rank, it then becomes a stepping stone for you to further mission accomplishment and see, sense, and smell a ‘rewarding career’ fi nish line. You’re also supplied with coaching and mentoring you must have for growth and value as a professional Airmen. The Basics features inspirational lead-off chapter quotes, step-by-step arrangement of the performance report’s accomplishment bullet statement’ sequence, which is important for documenting your job performance, and a 6-point key summary to reinforce your learning and help you to keep your job and career goals in sight. From goal setting, successfully performing to meet expectations, to serving others and self, “The Basics” cuts to the quick and provides you the means to get the job done well and touch and taste the promotion you earn! Chief Master Sergeant Mark C. Overton, USAF (Retired), is a graduate of the USAF Chiefs’ Leadership Course and earned a masters degree in computer resources and information management. During his twenty six years in the Air Force, Chief Overton’s background includes various duties in 25 communications-computer systems assignments and deployments at the unit, wing and numbered air force levels. Offering a rare perspective of serving as a chief master sergeant, retiree, key spouse mentor, and federal civilian employee, he has penned commentaries on leadership

Career Progression Guide for Airmen

Author : MARK C. OVERTON
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479756784
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Career Progression Guide for Airmen written by MARK C. OVERTON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re considering joining or joined the Air Force team. You desire to put your best foot forward at your new job. Maybe you already have your foot in the door and feel job contentment eludes you. “March in step”---work as a team---with proven strategies of success to “close ranks”---get ahead in your career. Where other books are theoretical and geared toward soldiers or officers, Career Progression Guide for Airmen extends practical and insightful advice to develop your knowledge and leadership skills to see, sense, and smell a rewarding career. You´re also supplied with coaching you must have for growth as a professional Airman. Career Progression Guide for Airmen features step-by-step arrangement of the performance report’s bullet statements’ sequence and 6-point chapter key summary to keep your job and career goals in sight. From goal setting, performing to meet expectations, and serving, to transitioning, Overton covers your career progress and provides you tools to get the job done well and touch and taste promotion!

The Wild Blue

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743217527
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II. The young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II fought against horrific odds, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with vivid detail and affection. Ambrose describes how the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and selected the elite few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are the boys—turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of the B-24s—who suffered over fifty percent casualties. With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern, who was to become a United States senator and a presidential candidate, flew thirty-five combat missions (all the Army would allow) and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in action, and crews of other planes. Many went down in flames. As Band of Brothers and Citizen Soldiers portrayed the bravery and ultimate victory of the American soldiers from Normandy on to Germany, The Wild Blue illustrates the enormous contribution that these young men of the Army Air Forces made to the Allied victory.

Houston We Have a Wake-up Call

Author : Michelle Graye
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257805525
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Houston We Have a Wake-up Call written by Michelle Graye and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Music in American Life [4 volumes]

Author : Jacqueline Edmondson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313393486
Total Pages : 1470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis Music in American Life [4 volumes] by : Jacqueline Edmondson

Download or read book Music in American Life [4 volumes] written by Jacqueline Edmondson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 1470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world. Music has been the cornerstone of popular culture in the United States since the beginning of our nation's history. From early immigrants sharing the sounds of their native lands to contemporary artists performing benefit concerts for social causes, our country's musical expressions reflect where we, as a people, have been, as well as our hope for the future. This four-volume encyclopedia examines music's influence on contemporary American life, tracing historical connections over time. Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between this art form and our society. Entries include singers, composers, lyricists, songs, musical genres, places, instruments, technologies, music in films, music in political realms, and music shows on television.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Classroom in a Book

Author : Adobe Creative Team
Publisher : Peachpit Press
ISBN 13 : 0132798050
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Classroom in a Book written by Adobe Creative Team and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2005-12-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fastest, easiest way to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 for Windows! Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 Classroom in a Book contains eight lessons and a bonus CD with lesson files. The book covers the basics of learning Adobe Photoshop Elements, and countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with its new features, including the Magic Selection Brush; Magic Extractor; Auto Red Eye and Auto Skin tone tools; cool slideshow effects; using an online sharing service to make your photos available for friends and family; and more. You’ll learn how to correct photos like a darkroom pro, then share them in slide shows, calendars, on the Web, and more. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. This book is for Windows users only.

America's National Anthem

Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440873194
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book America's National Anthem written by John R. Vile and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This A–Z encyclopedia is a one-stop resource for understanding the history and evolution of the national anthem in American politics, culture, and mythology, as well as controversies surrounding its emergence as a lightning rod for political protests and statements. This reference work serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding all aspects of the national anthem and its significance in U.S. history and American life and culture. It covers the origins of the song and its selection as the nation's official anthem and acknowledges other musical compositions proposed as national anthems. It discusses famous performances of the anthem and details laws and court decisions related to its performance, and it also explains notable phrases in its lyrics, describes the meaning of the national anthem to different demographic groups, and surveys presentations and celebrations of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in popular culture. Moreover, it summarizes famous political protests undertaken during renditions of the national anthem, from the Black Power salutes by U.S. athletes during the 1968 Olympics to the kneeling protests undertaken by Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players to bring attention to racial inequality in America.

Shep's Army

Author : Jean Shepherd
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1623160138
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Shep's Army written by Jean Shepherd and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Disclaimer: No U.S. Military Personnel were harmed during the making of these fictional reminiscences. No warrior is more forgotten than he who has been left behind by the war department. Most men who have never tasted combat beyond the occasional fistfight on poker night quickly learn to lay low and zip the lip when battlefield stories are unfurled by the Purple Hearters at the dinner table. Except, of course, for our man Jean Shepherd. Fearless in his uncombativeness, he manfully fought his dearth of frontline duty with the weapons he wielded unmatched by even the most decorated dogface: rapid-fire griping and explosive laughter. Jean Shepherd was, and remains, a pervasive part of American culture. His quirky individuality was portrayed for posterity by Jason Robards in the play and film, A Thousand Clowns , written by Shep's close pal, Herb Gardner. Jack Nicholson embodied a Shepherd-like late-night radio talker in The King of Marvin Gardens . While in Network , by Paddy Chayefsky (another of Shep's comic cohorts), the television newscaster beseeches his listeners to open their windows and yell, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore," an unmistakable echo of Shepherd's radio habit of "hurling an invective" like a hand grenade out into the nation's air waves. Shepherd was a spiritual father to Garrison Keillor, Daniel Pinkwater, Bill Harley, Paul Krassner and Joe Frank. Tens of thousands of rabid fans stayed up past their bedtime with transistor radios stashed under their pillows to follow Shep's always unpredictable, usually extemporaneous, verbal forays into current events, social mores, idle thoughts, stories about his childhood in northern Indiana ("I was this kid, see..."), his army days, and his idiosyncratic take on his world-wide travels. Shepherd once bamboozled an innocent public, and gullible publishing world, by promoting a non-existent book ( I, Libertine ) and author (Frederick R. Ewing), then co-writing it with sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon. It sold in best-seller numbers. Shepherd wrote nearly two dozen stories for Playboy and even interviewed the Beatles for the magazine. He published several best-selling books of his stories and articles; he appeared at Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and in hundreds of jam-packed college auditoriums. Shep's Army is the first volume of new Shepherd tales to be published in a quarter century.

The Threat (Animorphs #21)

Author : K. A. Applegate
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338216848
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book The Threat (Animorphs #21) written by K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a new Animorph. And he's arrived just in time, because the Yeerks are preparing their biggest takeover ever. Their ultimate target: the world's most powerful leaders, all gathered together in one place. What better way to get into the minds of humans? Literally.At first, David joins the fight with a vengeance. But there's definitely something wrong. Because he's starting to break the rules, taking risks that could get them all captured. Or killed. The Animorphs don't know what to do. There was a time when the Yeerks were their greatest enemy, but that's about to change...

A WILD SHOT IN THE DARK - PART 1

Author : Bill Thomas
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578130807
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book A WILD SHOT IN THE DARK - PART 1 written by Bill Thomas and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was a "depression" baby (born 1931) and grew up poor in a small town in West Kentucky - Dawson Springs. This story of my childhood and growing up is written for my granddaughters so they will know something about their ancestors - especially "Papa Bear".

The Build Up

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783468858
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book The Build Up written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Allies as well as Germany, it will be the longest day'. So said Field Marshall Erwin Rommel of the operations on D-Day; and he was correct. This is the first volume of a most impressive tribute and comprehensive five-part work that includes a multitude of personal military and civilian accounts of the aerial operations which were carried out on D-Day. At fifteen minutes after midnight on 6 June 1944 Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Hitlers Festung Europe, became reality. The logistics of landing almost 250,000 men by amphibious craft seems almost unimaginable, yet a massive aerial umbrella of 3,000 RAF and USAAF fighters, fighter-bombers and heavy bombers, headed for France and more than 1,000 transport aircraft dropped more than 17.000 paratroopers to secure the flanks and beach exits of the assault area. Air superiority in the invasion areas was total. It was a day that changed the whole course of the war and resulted in the first steps to final victory in Europe. Copious quotes from American and British and Dominion forces, fighting men, sailors, airmen from the occupied countries and their German opponents, tell of incredible, illuminating and often under-stated actions of extraordinary courage, companionship and a common fear of death or serious injury which offer a more personalized view of D-Day. This first volume sets an impressive precedent for the rest of the series.

Leadership Laboratory

Author : Edsel O. Chalker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Leadership Laboratory written by Edsel O. Chalker and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Priests in the Attic

Author : Elaine A. Small
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449044123
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Priests in the Attic written by Elaine A. Small and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Little Elaine Sawchuk, a minister's daughter who grew up in the north end of Winnipeg with a need for attention and a love for singing, could see only the magic in show business. She pursued it after becoming an X-ray technician, she pursued it after becoming a wife and a mother, but as Elaine Steele, one of the best supper club singers in Canada, ... she had to pay a high price for the little bit of glamour and those moments of applause..." --Canadian Weekly, Toronto Star, May 8-14, 1965 Priests in the Attic, cast in Toronto during the tumultuous `60s through late`70s is a confessional story of lost faith, redemption and hope. This memoir is written through the power of reverie, a unique concept of the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard --the driving force behind this work. In The Poetics of Reverie, Bachelard describes his use of reverie to unearth emotional truth. All of us possess our own emotional truth and thus, each of us has a unique story to tell --but who am I, that anyone should be interested in my story? Let my book tell you: "I'm everyone who has ever taken a breath and marveled at the wonder and miracle of life. I'm everyone who has discovered their own finitude and shuddered at the concept of one day, being no more. I'm everyone who has suffered the pain of loss, the torment of regret, the desolation of loneliness, misgivings of the past and a fear of the future. I'm everyone who, through an anguished cry for help, receives the possibility of a new beginning and a miracle of new life through God's immeasurable grace.... Who am I? I am one with you --and all of us have a story to tell. This is mine."

Photoshop Elements 9 Digital Classroom

Author : AGI Creative Team
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118074181
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Photoshop Elements 9 Digital Classroom written by AGI Creative Team and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Photoshop Elements at your own pace with this unique book-and-DVD training package Photoshop Elements is the leading image-editing software, and this personal training course uses a full-color book plus video tutorials on the DVD to teach you how to use all its features. Each of the 13 lessons is presented with step-by-step instructions and includes lesson files and a video explanation of the concepts. You can learn from leading instructors, and do it at your own pace. Photoshop Elements provides professional quality image-editing tools at an affordable price; this book-and-DVD package offers step-by-step training on the newest version of Elements Full-color book presents 13 lessons you can work through at your own pace, supported by video tutorials and lesson files on the DVD Created by the same team of experts who developed many of the official training programs for Adobe Systems Photoshop Elements 9 Digital Classroom is like having your own personal instructor to teach you Photoshop Elements right in your own home or office. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.