The whole world in the palm of your handEver wonder how you can have a rainforest on one side of a mountain and a desert on the other? Or zoom around the globe with Google Maps and wonder how everything got to where it is now? The answer is…geography.In Geography For Dummies, you’ll discover that geography is more than just cool trivia—it explains tons about the world around us. From understanding the basics—like how to read maps and geographic coo...

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005 with devastating consequences. Almost all analyses of the disaster have been dedicated to the way the hurricane affected New Orleans. This volume examines the impact of Katrina on southern Mississippi. While communities along Mississippi's Gulf Coast shared the impact, their socioeconomic and demographic compositions varied widely, leading to different types and rates of recovery. This volume furthers our understanding of the pac...

In this explosive military thriller, a covert Russian weapon threatens to bring America to its knees...Jerry Mitchell, now the commodore of submarine Development Squadron Five, is dismayed when USS Toledo is reported missing in Arctic waters, close to Russian territory. The vessel is captained by his former shipmate and close friend, Lenny Berg. Eager to investigate, Jerry convinces the Navy to redirect one of his squadron's boats to find out what happened.It...

Jerry Mitchell returns in Fatal Thunder, a gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Larry BondIndia and Pakistan are stalemated in a war that India launched to "remove the threat of terrorism, once and for all." Without the knowledge of the rest of the Indian government, a small but powerful group of senior military officers and civilian security officials have decided to strike at China, Pakistan's backer and India's recent enemy in the Littoral Al...

"An edge-of-the-seat yarn about an aging nuclear submarine on a secret mission to Russian waters" by a New York Times–bestselling master of military action ( Publishers Weekly).The USS Memphis, a dilapidated submarine that that should have been mothballed decades ago, has been given one last mission by the newly elected president.The task: To sneak illegally into Russia's coastal waters and recon the leaking nuclear fuel co...

'De spannendste thriller die ik in jaren heb gelezen! - Tom Clancy 'Een klassieke onderzeebootthriller 2.0, geweldig!' - Publishers Weekly Tijdens het schaduwen van een Chinese kernonderzeeboot ziet Jerry Mitchell, commandant van de USS North Dakota, tot zijn grote verbijstering dat de Chinese boot een torpedo afvuurt op een Vietnamees koopvaardijschip. Deze schaamteloze uiting van geweld is de openingszet in een oorlog die voor de Verenigde Staten als een donderslag bij heldere hemel komt...

2013, Arabische Zee. Jerry Mitchell bevindt zich in de onderzeeboot USS Michigan voor oefeningen net buiten de Pakistaanse kust als de boot opdracht krijgt om zich naar de Iraanse kust te begeven. Eenmaal daar aangekomen wordt een missie voorbereid om een SEAL-team aan land te krijgen dat vervolgens twee Iraanse dissidenten moet oppikken die over gevoelige informatie omtrent het nucleaire programma van Iran beschikken. Onderweg naar de kust vindt er in de mini-onderzeeboot die Mitchell en ...

Three men uncover a plot to launch nuclear weapons at China's port cities in this heart-pounding military thriller from New York Times bestselling author Larry Bond Jerry Mitchell, skipper of USS North Dakota, receives a message from Girish Samant, a submarine captain and former enemy of his, requesting a meeting. That meeting revives memories of a submarine he'd served on many years ago, and a mission that proved far more dangerous and important than he had expected. Girish once tried to ...

A special ops mission goes wrong when Navy SEALs are trapped behind enemy lines in this military thriller from a New York Times– bestselling author.Jerry Mitchell is on exercises off the coast of Pakistan when his submarine, the USS Michigan, is ordered to a rendezvous off the Iranian coast. Once there, disembarked SEALs—experts in seaborne commando operations—are to extract two Iranian nationals who have sensiti...

"Bond once again show his mastery of of the military action novel." -Publisher's Weekly"Exit Plan is vintage Larry Bond. A highly plausible story line that is technically authentic and and driven by compelling characters. Bond captures the professionalism of our Navy SEALs and submariners, as well as the volatile political/religious/military dynamic that is modern-day Iran. Scary stuff, but a great read." - Dick Couch, Author of The Warrior EliteExit Plan ...

            Jerry Mitchell, the new captain of the equally new USS North Dakota (SSN-784), witnesses the start of a war that nobody in the U.S. knew anything about.             While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, North Dakota watches as the Chinese boat torpedoes a Vietnamese merchant ship, which explodes violently immediately after being hit. Stunned by this blatant act of war, Mitchell and his crew are also per...

While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, Jerry Mitchell, the captain of USS North Dakota, is shocked to see the Chinese boat torpedo a Vietnamese merchant ship.This blatant act of aggression is the opening gambit in a war that has blindsided the U.S. and quickly embroiled all nations in the western Pacific. These nations, bound together in the newly formed Littoral Alliance, have begun a covert submarine campaign aimed at crippling China's economy before China can set i...