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Operation Dark Heart
Spycraft and Special Operations on the Front Lines of Afghanistan
2011
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Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer was part of a secret detachment of the US Army known as the 'Jedi Knights'. In Operation Dark Heart, he reveals for the first time, and in amazing detail, the otherwise secret world of black operations and clandestine intelligence plots conducted by the Western allies in an alien terrain against often undefinable enemies.This book is a gripping and compulsive insight into the espionage world and into a complex labyrinth of agencies that d...
2015
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First published in 1978, five years after the release of the classic horror film from which it is adapted, The Wicker Man by director Robin Hardy and screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, is a gripping horror classic.A novelization of the haunting Anthony Shaffer script, which drew from David Pinner's Ritual, it is the tale of Highlands policeman, Police Sergeant Neil Howie, on the trail of a missing girl being lured to the remote Scottish island of Summe...
The Last Line
A Novel
2013
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THE DRUG WARis about to becomeA REAL WAR.Chris Teller may be the best in the intelligence business, but that doesn't mean he's the most popular. Far from it, in fact. While he may be a threat to the status quo, however, the only thing saving him from expulsion is an even greater threat to his country, one that's already within our borders.With Mexico descending into anarchy, the drug cartels have kicked up the heat, allying with Hezbollah and the Iranian secret ...
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Damn Few
Making the Modern SEAL Warrior
2013
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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**With all the SEALs' recent successes, we have been getting a level of attention we are not used to. It's been flattering but something important has been missing from the discussion. People keep describing what we do, but no one has even scratched the surface of how and why. The unique psychology behind it.Operating in the world’s most hostile environments, the Navy SEALs are highly skilled warriors, finely tuned and ready ...
Among Heroes
A U.S. Navy SEAL's True Story of Friendship, Heroism, and the Ultimate Sacrifice
2015
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Navy SEAL sniper and New York Times bestselling author Brandon Webb’s personal account of eight of his friends and fellow SEALs who made the ultimate sacrifice.“Knowing these great men—who they were, how they lived, and what they stood for—has changed my life. We can’t let them be forgotten. We’ve mourned their deaths. Let’s celebrate their lives.”—Brandon WebbAs a Navy SEAL, Brandon Webb rose to the top of the world’s most elite sniper co...
SAS Insider
An elite SAS fighter on life in Australia's toughest and most secretive combat unit
2014
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The true story of Australia's SAS and the soldier who was there from the start.Clint Palmer has spent much of his adult life in the SAS and has fought in this elite military unit as it developed from its fledgling beginnings into the highly trained, specialised fighting force it is today. He is an insider with the long view and this is his unique story of life in the SAS.As a bush kid in the Northern Territory of Australia, growing up in a one dog mining to...
Modern American Snipers
From The Legend to The Reaper—on the Battlefield with Special Operations Snipers
2014
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An inside look at today's special operations sniper and an in depth look at the career of Chris Kyle from those who knew him and fought alongside him.Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigg...
Eyes on Target
Inside Stories from the Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs
2014
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Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden and the mission that wasn't, the deadly attack on the US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi where a retired SEAL sniper with a small team held off one hundred terrorists while his repeated radio calls for help went unheeded.The book contains incredible accounts of major SEAL operations-from t...
Redback One
The True Story of an Australian SAS Hero
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- Hachette Military Collection
2014
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Explosive SAS action in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.The command came: 'Stop those vehicles!'It was like a red rag to a bull. Instantly streams of 7.62 mm tracer and 50 mm calibre machine gun rounds arced across the night sky and smashed into the bus and truck.Elite SAS Patrol Commander Stuart 'Nev' Bonner takes us inside the extraordinary and dangerous world of secret combat operations in this explosive, behind-the-scenes look at life inside the...
Battle Ready
Memoir of a Navy SEAL Warrior Medic
2013
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"Mark is a true American hero. [His memoir] is a well-written journey from training to combat to recovery." —Howard Wasdin, New York Times–bestselling author of Seal Team SixAs A SEAL and combat medic, Mark Donald served his country with valorous distinction for almost twenty-five years and survived some of the most dangerous combat actions imaginable.From the rigors of BUD/S training to the horrors of the battlefield , Battle Ready...
Sergeant Major, U.S. Marines
The Biography of Sergeant Major Maurice J. Jacques, USMC
2013
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“The story of Sergeant Major Maurice Jacques is the story of a true warrior. With close to fifty months’ combat in Korea and Vietnam, he’s one of that rare breed, men who have looked the Devil in the eye—for a long time—and never blinked!”**—**LtCol. Oliver North, USMC (Ret.)COMBAT AND DEATH, SACRIFICE AND HONORMaurice Jacques served for thirty years with the U.S. Marine Corps, nearly six of them in combat. As an accomplished infantryman, parachutist, recon...
Operation Red Wings
The Rescue Story Behind Lone Survivor
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- SOFREP
2013
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Operation Red Wings provides an in-depth examination of the recovery mission to rescue Marcus Luttrell, filled with never-before-told details and shocking new revelations.Marcus Luttrell's blockbuster bestseller, Lone Survivor—now a major motion picture*—*tells the story of Operation Red Wings, in which four U.S. Navy SEALs were inserted into the mountains of eastern Afghanistan with the task of collecting intelligence and finding—or killing—a top...











