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Intrepid Sailors

Author : Chipp Reid
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612511252
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Intrepid Sailors written by Chipp Reid and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reid tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors chronicles the Navy’s campaign to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. After two failed campaigns, Preble took command of the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean and served notice to world the U.S. Navy would be a force with which to reckon. Among the ships in Preble’s flotilla was a non-descript little ketch. Once a French supply boat, the ketch served Tripoli until the U.S. squadron captured her in 1803. Upon her capture, Preble incorporated the little boat into his force, re-naming her the Intrepid. She was the first ship in the United States Navy to bear the name of Intrepid and would play a central role in some of the primary feats of “Preble’s Boys.” The exploits of the officers and sailors in this campaign are the stuff of legend. In culling myth from fact, Reid went back to original sources, using the words of the men in the campaign to tell their story. Whether it is Decatur leading the daring raid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia or the escape attempts of American prisoners in Tripoli, Intrepid Sailors brings to life a story many Americans once widely knew but that today has become little more than footnote. Unlike other books on the topic, however, Intrepid Sailors delves into the development of officers and sailors under Preble. Most were half the age of their commander and few had major combat experience. Under Preble, these men forged a legacy of professionalism to which the Navy still adheres. The book also examines one of the most famous friendships in American and Navy history – that of Decatur and Somers. Their thirst for glory and utter devotion to making the U.S. Navy a permanent, respected force inspired all around them but that quest for immortality never caused a breach in their friendship. Instead, that friendship grew stronger, providing even more inspiration. Intrepid Sailors offers a rare insight into the lives of men who today loom larger-than-life and who continue to inspire each new class of naval officer. Stephen Decatur, Richard Somers, Charles Stewart, James Lawrence, Edward Preble and a pantheon of early U.S. Navy heroes all come to life.

Intrepid

Author : Bill White
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767929985
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Intrepid written by Bill White and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York City The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has sailed into harm’s way around the globe. During World War II, she fought her way across the Pacific—Kwajalein, Truk, Peleliu, Formosa, the Philippines, Okinawa—surviving kamikaze and torpedo attacks and covering herself with glory. The famous ship endured to become a Cold War attack carrier, recovery ship for America’s first astronauts, and a three-tour combatant in Vietnam. In a riveting narrative based on archival research and interviews with surviving crewmen, authors Bill White and Robert Gandt take us inside the war in the Pacific. We join Intrepid’s airmen at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in October 1944, as they gaze in awe at the apparitions beneath them: five Japanese battleships, including the dreadnoughts Yamato and Musashi, plus a fleet of heavily armored cruisers and destroyers. The sky fills with multihued bursts of anti-aircraft fire. The flak, a Helldiver pilot would write in his action report, “was so thick you could get out and walk on it.” Half a dozen Intrepid aircraft are blown from the sky, but they sink the Musashi. A few months later, off Okinawa, they again meet her sister ship, the mighty Yamato. In a two-hour tableau of hellfire and towering explosions, Intrepid’s warplanes help send the super-battleship and 3,000 Japanese crewmen to the bottom of the sea. We’re next to nineteen-year-old Alonzo Swann in Gun Tub 10 aboard Intrepid as he peers over the breech of a 20-mm anti-aircraft gun. He’s heard of kamikazes, but until today he’s never seen one. Swann and his fellow gunners are among the few African Americans assigned to combat duty in the U.S. Navy of 1944. Blazing away at the diving Japanese Zero, Swann realizes with a dreadful certainty where it will strike: directly into Gun Tub 10. The authors follow Intrepid’s journey to Vietnam. “MiG-21 high!” crackles the voice of Lt. Tony Nargi in his F-8 Crusader. It is 1968, and Intrepid is again at war. Launching from Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, Nargi and his wingman have intercepted a flight of Russian-built supersonic fighters. Minutes later, after a swirling dogfight over North Vietnam, Nargi—and Intrepid—have added another downed enemy airplane to their credit. Intrepid: The Epic Story of America’s Most Legendary Warship brings a renowned ship to life in a stirring tribute complete with the personal recollections of those who served aboard her, dramatic photographs, time lines, maps, and vivid descriptions of Intrepid’s deadly conflicts. More than a numbers-and-dates narrative, Intrepid is the story of people—those who sailed in her, fought to keep her alive, perished in her defense—and powerfully captures the human element in this saga of American heroism.

Intrepid Aviators

Author : Gregory G. Fletcher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101586966
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Intrepid Aviators written by Gregory G. Fletcher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the World War II Pacific naval battle that pitted the USS Intrepid’s naval aviators against Japan’s superbattleship Musashi during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. October 24, 1944: As World War II raged, six young American bombers from Torpedo Squadron 18 were sent on a search-and-destroy mission in the Sibuyan Sea. Their target: the superbattleship Musashi, the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship from inflicting damage on American supply ships. Little did these men know that they had embarked on the opening round of history’s greatest—and last—epic naval battle. Two bomber crews launched in the first wave of attackers were shot out of the sky. Only pilot Will Fletcher survived the crash landing. Adrift at sea, Will made his way to land and escaped into the jungles of the Philippines, where he eluded capture by the Japanese with the help of Filipino guerrillas, whose ranks he joined to fight against their common enemy. Intrepid Aviators is the thrilling true story of these brave bomber pilots, their daring duel with the Musashi, and Will Fletcher’s struggle to survive as a guerrilla soldier. The sinking of Musashi inflicted a crucial blow in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and marked the first time in history that aviators sank a Japanese battleship on the high seas.

Intrepid Woman

Author : Betty Lussier
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513964
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Intrepid Woman written by Betty Lussier and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenager on a Maryland farm when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion. Armed with a private pilot’s license, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and was soon ferrying planes and pilots for the RAF, and her memoir describes those days in thrilling detail. After the Normandy invasion, when women pilots were barred from delivering planes to the combat zones on the continent, she joined a counter-intelligence branch of the Office of Strategic Services. Her experiences with a special liaison unit in Algeria, Sicily, Italy, and France helping to set up a chain of double agents and transmit misinformation to the enemy are described for the first time as she takes the reader step-by-step through some memorable cases that helped bring the war to an end.

The Intrepid Traveler

Author : Adam Rogers
Publisher : Phoenix Design Aid A/S
ISBN 13 : 9788799903092
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Intrepid Traveler written by Adam Rogers and published by Phoenix Design Aid A/S. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about travel - not tourism per se, but travel - responsible, ecological and personal-growth travel; the kind of travel that benefits both the visitor and the visited. Leading travel expert Adam Rogers draws upon 40 years of experience exploring more than 130 countries in every region on Earth to share the smartest ways to travel in this tip-filled guide. The Intrepid Traveler is part travelogue, part travel guide-to anywhere. Whether a budget traveler or Fortune 500 jetsetter, whether you are 18 or 80 years old and travel with a backpack, a duffel bag or a suitcase, this book has the inside scoop on how to navigate the often-perplexing world of travel. Full of recommendations, real-life anecdotes, and answers to the most common questions about travel, this book is a must-read for anyone traveling anywhere.

Intrepid Explorer

Author : J. David Lowell
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 1941451004
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Intrepid Explorer written by J. David Lowell and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When seven-year-old Dave Lowell was camped out at his father’s mine in the hills of southern Arizona in 1935, he knew he had found his calling. “Life couldn’t get any better than this,” he recalls. “I didn’t know what science was, but wisps of scientific thought were already working into my plan.” So began the legendary career of the engineer, geologist, explorer, and international businessman whose life is recounted in his own words in this captivating book. An Arizona native with family roots in territorial times, Lowell grew from modest beginnings on a ranch near Nogales to become a major world figure in the fields of minerals, mining, and economic geology. He has personally discovered more copper than anyone in history and has developed multibillion-dollar gold and copper mines that have changed the economies of nations. And although he has consulted for corporations in the field of mining, he has largely operated as an independent agent and explorer, the architect of his own path and success. His life’s story unfolds in four stages: his early education in his field, on-the-job learning at sites in the United States and Mexico, development of exploration strategies, and finally, the launch of his own enterprises and companies. Recurring themes in Lowell’s life include the strict personal, ethical, and tactical policies he requires of his colleagues; his devotion to his family; and his distaste for being away from the field in a corporate office, even to this day. The magnitude of Lowell’s overall success is evident in his list of mine discoveries, as well as in his scientific achievements and the enormous respect his friends and colleagues have had for him throughout his lengthy career, which he continues to zealously pursue.

Women of Discovery

Author : Milbry Polk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Women of Discovery written by Milbry Polk and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on 10 years of research, this text provides a visual history which presents the names and stories of over 80 women explorers. It reveals the obstacles they overcame in their inspiring quest for new knowledge.

USS Intrepid (CV-11/Cva-11/Cvs-11)

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764363573
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book USS Intrepid (CV-11/Cva-11/Cvs-11) written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual history of USS Intrepid, one of the most visited museum ships in the world.

FreeBSD Device Drivers

Author : Joseph Kong
Publisher : No Starch Press
ISBN 13 : 159327436X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book FreeBSD Device Drivers written by Joseph Kong and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2012-05-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Device drivers make it possible for your software to communicate with your hardware, and because every operating system has specific requirements, driver writing is nontrivial. When developing for FreeBSD, you've probably had to scour the Internet and dig through the kernel sources to figure out how to write the drivers you need. Thankfully, that stops now. In FreeBSD Device Drivers, Joseph Kong will teach you how to master everything from the basics of building and running loadable kernel modules to more complicated topics like thread synchronization. After a crash course in the different FreeBSD driver frameworks, extensive tutorial sections dissect real-world drivers like the parallel port printer driver. You'll learn: –All about Newbus, the infrastructure used by FreeBSD to manage the hardware devices on your system –How to work with ISA, PCI, USB, and other buses –The best ways to control and communicate with the hardware devices from user space –How to use Direct Memory Access (DMA) for maximum system performance –The inner workings of the virtual null modem terminal driver, the USB printer driver, the Intel PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver, and other important drivers –How to use Common Access Method (CAM) to manage host bus adapters (HBAs) Concise descriptions and extensive annotations walk you through the many code examples. Don't waste time searching man pages or digging through the kernel sources to figure out how to make that arcane bit of hardware work with your system. FreeBSD Device Drivers gives you the framework that you need to write any driver you want, now.

Storming Intrepid

Author : Payne Harrison
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781973803324
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Storming Intrepid written by Payne Harrison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hijack, Betrayal, Murder -- The Ultimate Suspense In this classic Cold War novel, Payne Harrison straps you in for a techno-thriller ride as the superpowers square off to control the strategic high ground of space. Crippled and silent, the Intrepid orbits the earth. On board is a military payload so secret that only the most senior defense and intelligence officials know of its existence. But as Space Command mounts a mission to rescue a crew they fear is dead, a spy satellite eavesdrops on an astounding transmission between the shuttle and a ground station deep in the heart of the Soviet Union. An SR-71 Blackbird spyplane is scrambled to brave the full fury of the Soviet air defense forces, and confirms a horrific suspicion. The shuttle and its irreplaceable payload are under Russian control!

Intrepid's Last Case

Author : William Stevenson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510729186
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Intrepid's Last Case written by William Stevenson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide bestseller A Man Called Intrepid. Sir William Stephenson (Intrepid) still stood at the center of events when he and author William Stevenson discussed in the 1980s an investigation into sudden allegations that Intrepid's wartime aide, Dick Ellis, had been both a Soviet mole and a Nazi spy. They concluded that the rumors grew, ironically, from Intrepid's last wartime case involving the first major Soviet intelligence defector of the new atomic age: Igor Gouzenko. Intrepid saved Gouzenko and found him sanctuary inside a Canadian spy school. Gouzenko was about to make more devastating disclosures than those concerning atomic espionage when the case was mysteriously terminated and Intrepid's organization dissolved. Unraveling the implications of Gouzenko's defection and Intrepid's removal from the case, tracing the steps of Dick Ellis and disclosing much new information regarding United States and Canadian postwar intelligence activities, Intrepid's Last Case is a story that for sheer excitement rivals the best spy fiction--and is all the more important because every word is true. Filled with never-before-revealed facts on the Soviet/Western nuclear war dance and a compelling portrayal of the mind of a professional spy, Intrepid's Last Case picks up where the first book ended, at the very roots of the cold war. It describes one of the most widespread cover-ups and bizarre betrayals in intelligence history. This is the incredible Intrepid against the KGB.

Halo: Divine Wind

Author : Troy Denning
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982174919
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Halo: Divine Wind written by Troy Denning and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the shadows: the Keepers of the One Freedom, a fanatical and merciless Covenant splinter group, has made its way beyond the borders of the galaxy to an ancient Forerunner installation known as the Ark. Led by an infamous Brute named Castor, the Keepers intend to achieve what the Covenant, in all its might, failed to: activate Halo and take the last steps on the path of the Great Journey into transcendence. But unknown to Castor and his new, unexpected ally on the Ark, there are traitors to the cause in their midst—namely the Ferrets, composed of Office of Naval Intelligence operative Veta Lopis and her young team of Spartan-IIIs, who have been infiltrating the Keepers to lay the groundwork for Castor’s assassination. But with ONI’s field operations now splintered and cut off by the Guardian threat, Veta’s original mission has suddenly and dramatically escalated in scope. There’s simply no choice or fallback plan—either the Ferrets somehow stop the Keepers or the galaxy faces an extinction-level event….

Approach

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Approach written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fierce Food

Author : Christa Weil
Publisher : Plume
ISBN 13 : 9780452287006
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Fierce Food written by Christa Weil and published by Plume. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bugs, brains, and boiled sheep—a truly extreme dining guide for fans of Anthony Bourdain’s Extreme Cuisine Is comfort food getting a little too comfortable? Then grab a plate at the Fierce Foodbuffet, where the world’s most extraordinary foods are dished up for your pleasure. Start the meal with Mexican chapulines, or grasshoppers, and then move along to the Kazakhstan boiled sheep’s head, where the eyeball is reserved for the most honored guest. And if necessary, ease your queasy stomach with dried clay. An alphabetical survey of the world’s most amazing and unusual edibles, Fierce Fooddescribes what these foods are and where they’re from, and how they’re captured, foraged, or, even putrefied. Readers also learn how the foods are traditionally served and eaten-and best of all, what they taste like, because if you can’t actually bring yourself to eat Filipino embryonic duck eggs, reading about it is the next best thing. Fierce Foodis a fascinating exploration of global cultures that definitively proves the old adage, “one man’s meat is another man's poison.”

Perilous Fight

Author : Stephen Budiansky
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307454959
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Perilous Fight written by Stephen Budiansky and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, when an upstart American fleet fought off the legendary Royal Navy and established America as a world power for the first time. Through vivid re-creations of riveting and dramatic encounters at sea, Budiansky shows how this underdog coterie of seamen and their visionary secretary of the navy combined bravery and strategic brilliance to defeat the British, who had dominated the seas for more than two centuries. A gripping and essential hsitory, this is the military and political story of how the U.S. Navy became a permanent and essential part of the nation’s defense.

The Intrepid List

Author : Intrepid Travel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741179149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book The Intrepid List written by Intrepid Travel and published by . This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intrepid List is a collection of more than 100 unique and enthralling travel experiences from around the globe. But this isn't a bucket list book. This book is for the intrepid travelers - the explorers, thrill-seekers, foodies and festivalgoers - those that have a curiosity about the people and places that make up this amazing planet. There's a whole world beyond the glossy brochures and Instagram posts. This guidebook will inspire you to discover new destinations or see the classics from a different perspective. It will help you get under the skin of a place, to learn from locals who can help you discover the authentic, the eccentric, the rare and the astonishing. All done with an eye to sustainability, to celebrate the planet and protect its unique environments. It's not just about the destination, but how you get there and who you meet along the way. This book guarantees you'll have that all bundled into one exciting package. With over 30 years of trips under their belt, Intrepid Travel are the best guides to take you wherever you wish to go.

Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travel

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1760343005
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travel written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, brings you the world...ranked. What will be number 1, you ask? We have the answer. This compilation of the 500 most unmissable sights and attractions in the world has been ranked by Lonely Planet's global community of travel experts, so big name mega-sights such as the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal battle it out with lesser-known hidden gems for a prized place in the top 10, making this the only bucket list you'll ever need. This definitive wish list of the best places to visit on earth is packed with insightful write-ups and inspiring photography to get you motivated to start ticking off your travel list. What's your number 1? Authors: Lonely Planet About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -- Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.