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The Outpost

Author : Jake Tapper
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316215856
Total Pages : 789 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Outpost written by Jake Tapper and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis of the film starring Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood, The Outpost is the heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of America's deadliest battles during the war in Afghanistan, acclaimed by critics everywhere as a classic. At 5:58 AM on October 3rd, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating, located in frighteningly vulnerable terrain in Afghanistan just 14 miles from the Pakistani border, was viciously attacked. Though the 53 Americans there prevailed against nearly 400 Taliban fighters, their casualties made it the deadliest fight of the war for the U.S. that year. Four months after the battle, a Pentagon review revealed that there was no reason for the troops at Keating to have been there in the first place. In The Outpost, Jake Tapper gives us the powerful saga of COP Keating, from its establishment to eventual destruction, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of soldiers and their families, and to a place and war that has remained profoundly distant to most Americans. A runaway bestseller, it makes a savage war real, and American courage manifest. "The Outpost is a mind-boggling, all-too-true story of heroism, hubris, failed strategy, and heartbreaking sacrifice. If you want to understand how the war in Afghanistan went off the rails, you need to read this book." -- Jon Krakauer

"Blackwood" Tales from the Outposts

Author : Leonard Arthur Bethell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book "Blackwood" Tales from the Outposts written by Leonard Arthur Bethell and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strangers in the Land

Author : Roderick Cavaliero
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857717073
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Strangers in the Land written by Roderick Cavaliero and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-06-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British in India, first as adventurers, then as traders and finally as rulers through the India Office in London and the Viceroy's Government in India, oversaw all aspects of Indian life - district administrations, law, police, army, trade, education and culture and relations with princely states and foreign powers. And yet a sense of alienation among the British always remained. The end came quickly with Indian independence in 1947, and the British left a bitterly divided sub-continent. This is not a blow-by-blow historical account but a narrative social and cultural history which explores the British-Indian relationship at all levels.

"Blackwood" Tales from the Outposts: Pioneering

Author : Leonard Arthur Bethell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book "Blackwood" Tales from the Outposts: Pioneering written by Leonard Arthur Bethell and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Imperial Security State

Author : James Louis Hevia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521896088
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book The Imperial Security State written by James Louis Hevia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important new study of the information systems of the British empire and of how knowledge was used to maintain empire.

Sand and Blood

Author : John Carlos Frey
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1568588461
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Sand and Blood written by John Carlos Frey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A damning portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border, where militaristic fantasies are unleashed, violent technologies are tested, and immigrants are targeted. Over the past three decades, U.S. immigration and border security policies have turned the southern states into conflict zones, spawned a network of immigrant detention centers, and unleashed an army of ICE agents into cities across the country. As award-winning journalist John Carlos Frey reveals in this groundbreaking book, the war against immigrants has been escalating for decades, fueled by defense contractors and lobbyists seeking profits and politicians--Republicans and Democrats alike--who relied on racist fear-mongering to turn out votes. After 9/11, while Americans' attention was trained on the Middle East and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Terror was ramping up on our own soil--aimed not at terrorists but at economic migrants, refugees, and families from South and Central America seeking jobs, safety, and freedom in the U.S. But we are no safer. Instead, families are being ripped apart, undocumented people are living in fear, and thousands of migrants have died in detention or crossing the border. Taking readers to the Border Patrol outposts, unmarked graves, detention centers, and halls of power, Sand and Blood is a frightening, essential story we must not ignore.

Outlaw Tales of the Old West: Fifty True Stories of Desperados, Crooks, Criminals, and Bandits

Author : Erin H. Turner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493023292
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Tales of the Old West: Fifty True Stories of Desperados, Crooks, Criminals, and Bandits written by Erin H. Turner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of fifty outlaw tales includes well-knowns such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Frank and Jesse James, Belle Starr (and her dad), and Pancho Villa, along with a fair smattering of women, organized crime bosses, smugglers, and of course the usual suspects: highwaymen, bank and train robbers, cattle rustlers, snake-oil salesmen, and horse thieves. Men like Henry Brown and Burt Alvord worked on both sides of the law either at different times of their lives or simultaneously. Clever shyster Soapy Smith and murderer Martin Couk survived by their wits, while the outlaw careers of the dimwitted DeAutremont brothers and bigmouthed Diamondfield Jack were severely limited by their intellect, or lack thereof. Nearly everyone in these pages was motivated by greed, revenge, or a lethal mixture of the two. The most bloodthirsty of the bunch, such as the heartless (and, some might argue, soulless) Annie Cook and trigger-happy Augustine Chacón, surely had evil written into their very DNA.

Under the Banner of Heaven

Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1400078997
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Banner of Heaven written by Jon Krakauer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2004-06-08 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. “Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.

Blackwood's Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Blackwood's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pumpkinflowers

Author : Matti Friedman
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 161620608X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Pumpkinflowers written by Matti Friedman and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal “Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book Review It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote outpost, a task that would change them forever, wound the country in ways large and small, and foreshadow the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Pumpkinflowers is a reckoning by one of those young soldiers now grown into a remarkable writer. Part memoir, part reportage, part history, Friedman’s powerful narrative captures the birth of today’s chaotic Middle East and the rise of a twenty-first-century type of war in which there is never a clear victor and media images can be as important as the battle itself. Raw and beautifully rendered, Pumpkinflowers will take its place among classic war narratives by George Orwell, Philip Caputo, and Tim O’Brien. It is an unflinching look at the way we conduct war today.

Border Town

Author : Congwen Shen
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061959235
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Border Town written by Congwen Shen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in the Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics series, Border Town is a classic Chinese novel—banned by Mao’s regime—that captures the ideals of rural China through the moving story of a young woman and her grandfather. Originally published in 1934 by author Shen Congwen, this beautifully written novel tells the story of Cuicui, a young country girl who is coming of age in rural China in the tumultuous time before the communist revolution.

Wolf in the Tower

Author : Amberlyn Holland
Publisher : Amberlyn Holland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wolf in the Tower written by Amberlyn Holland and published by Amberlyn Holland. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaile has never believed in fairy tales. But when this wolf-shifter is locked away in a magical tower, his only hope of rescue comes from a mythical White Dragon. Kaile woke up alone, locked in tower room, with no memory of how he got there. Just a bone-deep certainty that the fate of his pack, and the world, depended on remembering what happened. And the only person who can help him is the woman an oracle warned to stay away from. White Dragons have always been hunted for the unique magic carried in their blood and dragon shifter Helena has guarded the truth of her snow-white drake form her whole life. But she doesn't hesitate to reveal her secret in order to rescue Kaile from his lofty prison. Freeing Kaile is just the beginning, however. The search for his memory leads them to a confrontation with a cabal intent on controlling the world's magic. Facing a deadly enemy, Kaile is determined to protect Helena at all costs. Even if it means sacrificing himself. Helena, however, is more than capable of taking care herself. And Kaile is just going to have learn to accept her help. Whether he likes it or not. If you're looking for a clean fairy tale fantasy romance featuring wolf-shifters, strong women, adventure, magic and happily-ever-after, don't miss the entire Wolves Ever After series of re-imagined fairy tales. Keywords: fantasy romance books, epic, royal, dragon, love, fairy tale, fairytales, happily ever after, series, sword & magic, sword and sorcery, standalone, love story, witch and wizard, werewolf, throne, princess, slow burn, wolf shifter, ya, young adult, teen, rapunzel retelling, tangled.

Battle Story: Loos 1915

Author : Peter Doyle
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483692
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Battle Story: Loos 1915 written by Peter Doyle and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Loos saw a change in Allied strategy, which up until then had been a series of small-scale assaults that achieved little or no ground gained. Loos was to be different, Kitchener's Army was deployed in strength for the first time and an ambitious plan aimed to take ground over a 20-mile front. As the fog of war descended the first day's gains were lost over subsequent days' fighting and in the end the 'Big Push' saw little achieved with Allied losses of about 50,000 men. Through quotes and maps the text explores the unfolding action of the battle and puts the reader on the frontline. If you truly want to understand what happened and why – read Battle Story.

Three Story Bible NLT

Author : Tyndale
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 141439201X
Total Pages : 1640 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Three Story Bible NLT written by Tyndale and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2015 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Three-Story Bible, based on Youth for Christ's Three-Story discipleship program, encourages Christian teenagers to better understand how God's story overlaps with the story of their life and the lives of their friends, resulting in deeper fellowship with each other and with God. It's filled with 500 Connection Point Questions that inspire teens to read the Bible more closely and think about its application to their lives more carefully. Over 150 "Then & Now" features weave together the stories of young people today with Scripture in ways that equip teens to talk more openly about God and build deeper, more genuine relationships with each other. Relevant, thought-provoking, and interactive, the Three-Story Bible invites teens to discover where their stories and God's story intersect through relational discipleship and engagement. The New Living Translation breathes life into even the most difficult-to-understand Bible passages, but even more powerful are stories of how people's lives are changing as the words speak directly to their hearts.

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Every Trail Has a Story

Author : Bob Henderson
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1896219977
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Every Trail Has a Story written by Bob Henderson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005-03-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is packed with intriguing destinations where heritage and landscape interact. Bob Henderson captures our living history and its relationship to the land.

The Punjab Story

Author : Amarjit Kaur
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8174369120
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book The Punjab Story written by Amarjit Kaur and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 6 June 1984: The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Called Operation Bluestar, the historic and unprecedented event ended the growing spectre of terrorism perpetrated by the extremist Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers once and for all. But it left in its wake unsolved political questions that continued to threaten Punjab's stability for years to come. How, in a brief span of three years, did India's dynamic frontier state become a national problem? Who was to blame: the central government for allowing the crisis to drift despite warnings, or the long-drawn-out Akali agitation, or the notorious gang of militants who transformed a holy shrine into a sanctuary for terrorists? First published two months after Operation Bluestar, The Punjab Story pieces together the complex Punjab jigsaw through the eyes of some of India's most eminent public figures and journalists. Writing with the passion and conviction of those who were involved with the drama, they present a wide-ranging perspective on the past, present and future of the Punjab tangle; and the truth of many of their'conclusions having been borne out by time.