From the author of Gigs and The Reservist, John Davis's new poetry collection Guard the Dead explores the consequences of war and the struggles of the human spirit to endure. As a former Coast Guard veteran, Davis brings an authentic voice to his verses on military life, violence, trauma, and the perseverance of love amidst unimaginable hardship.Populated with vivid imagery and unflinching honesty, Davis's poems transform the personal into the universal. ...

Combat to College is the book for veterans who want to win the college battle. Veterans must utilize the unique skills and discipline gained in the military to succeed in higher education. Your experiences make you capable of not only graduating but creating the life you want after your military service. When veterans get out of the military, their plan of action often determines whether they live out their dreams or their nightmares. How well you do in college often dictates how ...

During the World War II Nazi Germany designed and constructed some revolutionary "superweapons". Most of these weapons however remained prototypes, which either never reached the combat theater, or if they did, were too late or in too insignificant numbers to have a military effect.Many modern weapons of the West and Soviet Union arsenal developed based to these German's prototypes.This book describe the specifications and history of each weapon with much detail as possible.Each weapon com...

Has your hope of finding enduring love been dashed time and again? Or do you feel you have a way of always ruining things for yourself each time you’ve found love, and now you are wondering if you will ever get to experience love and enjoy a healthy relationship with someone?Well, worry no more because in this book are simple techniques that will help you completely take away all that has been preventing you from your heart desire. It’s so easy to have all you‘ve wished for; all you...

Ancient Greek lives on in our culture in surprising ways. Sometimes funny - the word for an actor, hupokrites, gives us 'hypocrite'; sometimes beautiful - an astronaut is literally a sailor of the skies. And that's before we get to the myths which gave us our Achilles heel or our Midas Touch. And what about crocodile tears, which comes from the Greek's belief that crocodiles cried while eating their victims!This is a learned but always entertaining journey through the world of the ...

This book contents the complete history of Italian Air Force 1930-2019 including Regia Aeronautica era of World War II and Aeronautica Militare of Cold War era and the evolution up to our days.Inside the book you can find all the conflicts that took place,the missions,and all the types of most important airplanes in this Air Force inventory.From the Breda Ba.25 to the modern aircraft such as F-35 are all in this book,most of them in colour photos and schematics.A must have for Aviation ent...

Rarely in history has a great city arisen in a less likely place than the islands and mud flats of the Venetian lagoon. But they provided the city's founders with a refuge from the barbarians who had invaded their mainland homes. With energy and ingenuity, these displaced people created a maritime empire of unequaled splendor. At its height, the Republic of Venice was said to encompass "one quarter and one half of one quarter" of the known world. During those years, its merchant princess l...

In a distant galaxy, planets are on the brink of civil war. While the totalitarian Legion prepares its troops, Captain Adam Michaels sees opportunity in the field of smuggling. Now, along with the rest of the Gunship's crew, Adam will chase their biggest payday yet. Of course, they'll have to face vampires, orc, true love, and plenty of other perils along the way. Gunship is the perfect mix of whiskey, saloons, spaceships and alien races.

The "utterly fascinating" untold story of Soviet Russia's global military mapping program—featuring many of the surprising maps that resulted (Marina Lewycka, author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian).From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet Army conducted a global topographic mapping program, creating large-scale maps for much of the world that included a diversity of detail that would have supported a full range of military planning. For big cities like Ne...

This book is a complete encyclopedia of experimental aircraft from 1930 to 1945.The book is illustrated with colour photos for each airplane and some B&W,enlisted by country.Here you can find all the planes with most peculiar shapes and functionality.A useful guide for all aviation enthusiasts.

Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales.Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh miners in the late twentieth century, this is the definitive history of an enduring people: a unique and compelling exploration of the origins of the Welsh nation, its development and its ro...