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Jack Reacher novels volume 8
Language
English
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Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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In "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished...
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English
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"Helicopter Heroine is the story of Valaerie Andrae, who began her medical career in Paris under the eyes of the Gestapo, trained as a neurosurgeon, and blazed trails as a helicopter pioneer and battlefield medicine innovator during the French Indochina war. Flying through bullets and bombs to treat and evacuate the wounded, Andrae became a legend"--
"Valérie André is one of the great military aviators of the twentieth century. She was the first...
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English
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"Chronicling General Lafayette's years in Washington's army, Vowell reflects on the ideals of the American Revolution versus the reality of the Revolutionary War. Riding shotgun with Lafayette, Vowell swerves from the high-minded debates of Independence Hall to the frozen wasteland of Valley Forge, from bloody battlefields to the Palace of Versailles, bumping into John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Lord Cornwallis, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Antoinette and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Analyzes the leadership and strategies of three forefront military leaders from the ancient world, offers insight into the purposes behind their conflicts, and shows what today's leaders can glean from their successes and failures.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.
12) Plan of attack
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Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 12
Language
English
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Patrick McLanahan learns about a potentially devastating retaliatory Russian attack on America's air forces and faces limited options when planning a counterstrike.
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English
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"The National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea presents an account of the complicated middle years of the American Revolution that shares lesser-known insights into the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold,"--NoveList.
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Publisher
Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps and tragic blunders. Are these simple accidentsas the “bloody fool” theory has itor are they inevitable? The psychologist Norman F. Dixon argues that there is a pattern to inept generalship, and locates this pattern within the very act of creating armies in the first place, which...
15) Invisible generals: rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals
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Publisher
Black Privilege Publishing, Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The amazing true story of America’s first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen. Perfect for fans of Devotion and Hidden Figures. Red Tails, George Lucas’s celebration of America’s first Black flying squadron, the Tuskegee Airmen, should have been a moment of victory for Doug Melville. He expected to see his great-uncle Benjamin...
17) Grant
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 56
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English
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Series
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Erwin Rommel, the most famous German field marshal in World War II, also known as "The Desert Fox" was a hero of the Third Reich and widely respected by his opponents. Both in France and North Africa, he consistently outwitted his adversaries with the pace at which he conducted his operations and his ability to sense the weak spot in his enemy's deployment. Throughout his military career, Rommel displayed an outstanding ability to seize the initiative...
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Publisher
Westholme Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A Major New Biography of a Man of Humble Origins Who Became One of the Great Military Leaders of the American Revolution. On January 17, 1781, at Cowpens, South Carolina, the notorious British cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton and his legion had been destroyed along with the cream of Lord Cornwalliss troops. The man who planned and executed this stunning American victory was Daniel Morgan. Once a barely literate backcountry laborer, Morgan now stood...
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