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Author: D L Havlin Publisher: Taylor and Seale Publishing ISBN: 9781950613816 Category : Languages : en Pages : 260
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Havllin simultaneously peeks at the events of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane that struck Florida and how Don Roebling was determined to invent a rescue boat that can conquer the swamps, the flooding, and the debris to save lives. The partnership that followed became history, and the creation of what would soon be known as the AMTRAKs and Higgins Boats would change the course of not only the war but the world.BLUE WATER RED BLOOD is the poignant story of how, together, these two Americans faced and conquered red tape, engineering obstacles, corruption and personal trials to train and equip Marines for their greatest challenges..
Author: D L Havlin Publisher: Taylor and Seale Publishing ISBN: 9781950613816 Category : Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Havllin simultaneously peeks at the events of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane that struck Florida and how Don Roebling was determined to invent a rescue boat that can conquer the swamps, the flooding, and the debris to save lives. The partnership that followed became history, and the creation of what would soon be known as the AMTRAKs and Higgins Boats would change the course of not only the war but the world.BLUE WATER RED BLOOD is the poignant story of how, together, these two Americans faced and conquered red tape, engineering obstacles, corruption and personal trials to train and equip Marines for their greatest challenges..
Author: D. L. Havlin Publisher: Taylor and Seale Publishers ISBN: 9781943789771 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Havllin simultaneously peeks at the events of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane that struck Florida and how Don Roebling was determined to invent a rescue boat that can conquer the swamps, the flooding, and the debris to save lives. The partnership that followed became history, and the creation of what would soon be known as the AMTRAKs and Higgins Boats would change the course of not only the war but the world. BLUE WATER RED BLOOD is the poignant story of how, together, these two Americans faced and conquered red tape, engineering obstacles, corruption and personal trials to train and equip Marines for their greatest challenges..
Author: DL Havlin Publisher: ISBN: 9781933678283 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Random events and coincidence fashion this story that sits on a knife's edge between historical fact and historical fiction. The novels subject: the development of a machine that saved thousands of Marines in WW II and the men who were responsible. Real lives of the historical protagonists and the events that shaped them, provide a study in leadership, and what power conviction and purpose provide for those who possess them. The story shifts to WW I and to the early battle experience of protagonist Holland Smith, the man destined to command the Marines in their conquest of the Pacific Islands in WW II. He sees the horrors and futility of frontal attack and vows to spare troops he commands if he can. Another kind of war, man's battle with nature, becomes the catalyst another man's quest. The killer hurricane of 1928 takes 2000 lives as it devastates the southern shore of Okeechobee. John Roebling, son of the Brooklyn Bridge's builder, uses the event to inspire his son Donald, our second protagonist, to develop a hurricane rescue machine and inject purpose into Don's life. While Don labors developing a rescue vehicle, Smith, whose nickname is "Howlin' Mad," becomes part of the effort planning for a war with Japan that military planners are sure will occur. It becomes apparent that amphibious landings, the most lethal form of frontal assault will be unavoidable. Smith struggles to develop tactics and methods to spare as many Marines as possible from the slaughter he knows they'll eventually face. One need, getting better landing craft for the troops, caused conflict between him and Navy officials when they favored political friends when contracting for the "new boats." His zeal and strong opinions threaten his career. World events such as the Rape of Nanking make it clear that war with Japan will be inevitable. Smith pioneers the tactics required to attack the islands controlled by the Japanese. His strongly held convictions and temper bump squarely into naval brass during the development his plans for landing on fortified beaches. Smith finds part of his solution to his landing craft problems when he's introduced to Andrew Higgins and he is instrumental in the adoption of the "Higgins Boat. "However, the reefs and obstacles his men will face in the Pacific means most of the problem still exists. A Navy admiral's chance referencing of an article about the "Alligator," Roebling's rescue craft, to a Marine General, at a Christmas Party connects the loop. Roebling and Smith stage an epic battle against bureaucracy in an effort to get the craft ready for the coming war. The fight to get approval to utilize the LVT and to modify the vehicle for Marine use struggles to completion, but not without a potential casualty. It appears Smith will be denied command of the troops until Higgins and FDR become involved. The craft proves its indispensable value at Tarawa where Smith refuses to approve the landing until Alligators are available to at least part of his troops. After the veteran Marine relives his part of the battle, the story returns to the present day and the man is able to resolve his emotions about the landings and the men who made his survival possible.
Author: Jed Maitland-Carter Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781463504823 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 114
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The story of the secret battle between the Spirit World and the Mortal World, during WW2. There were a few who had the courage to make their lives matter, who spilled their blood. The honor of the valiant is told here. Some graphic violence, not for kids. As seen in the New York Times Book Review June 6, 2011. Chapter One on YouTube: "Blue Water Red Blood Episode 01" Prologue on YouTube: "Blue Water Red Blood Chapter 0"
Author: Rebecca Belliston Publisher: ISBN: 9780998377650 Category : Albinos and albinism Languages : en Pages : 404
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Gisela of Steinland was born without color. Behind her back, servants whisper that she is a moon child, a child of the devil. Albino. But as a royal daughter of King Arnold the Red, Gisela is still good for two things: forging marriage alliances and birthing children-sons, of course. If only Gisela did not look like a ghost, her father could have married her off years ago. Instead, her first betrothal started a ten-year-war he is determined to win at all costs, even if he has to bring her out of hiding to do it. Bloodless Kristoff, the savage Krongon commander to the north, does not care what Gisela is, only that she is Steinland's heir. His last kill. With her spilled blood, he can end his revenge on the Reds once and for all. Desperate, Gisela's father is forced into an alliance with a king he despises, and Gisela finds herself betrothed once again, this time to an old brute. Unwilling to be the sacrificial lamb, she goes on the run, throwing herself into a fight for her life, a battle between three kingdoms, and the deep longing to be loved. Can the girl who started the war find a way to end it?
Author: Graham Salisbury Publisher: Ember ISBN: 0385386559 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfather are arrested. It’s a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn’t change: the loyalty of Tomi’s buddies, the Rats.
Author: Joy McCullough Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0735232121 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 322
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"Haunting ... teems with raw emotion, and McCullough deftly captures the experience of learning to behave in a male-driven society and then breaking outside of it."—The New Yorker "I will be haunted and empowered by Artemisia Gentileschi's story for the rest of my life."—Amanda Lovelace, bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist 2018 National Book Award Longlist Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint. She chose paint. By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome's most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost. He will not consume my every thought. I am a painter. I will paint. Joy McCullough's bold novel in verse is a portrait of an artist as a young woman, filled with the soaring highs of creative inspiration and the devastating setbacks of a system built to break her. McCullough weaves Artemisia's heartbreaking story with the stories of the ancient heroines, Susanna and Judith, who become not only the subjects of two of Artemisia's most famous paintings but sources of strength as she battles to paint a woman's timeless truth in the face of unspeakable and all-too-familiar violence. I will show you what a woman can do. ★"A captivating and impressive."—Booklist, starred review ★"Belongs on every YA shelf."—SLJ, starred review ★"Haunting."—Publishers Weekly, starred review ★"Luminous."—Shelf Awareness, starred review
Author: Amanda Suddeth Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 145673878X Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 178
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I am who I am because of what I've done, where I've been, and who I've loved and lost along the way. I am a thinker. I get lost in my mind and find it a great release to write it down, let it go, walk away, and never look back. I do not live within the conventional. I do not care for rules and guidelines. I rarely follow the traditional poetic outline. Some find it appalling, others love the freedom my writing style gives them when reading. One of my favorite books, Writing Down the Bones has helped shaped me from the writer the teachers all wanted me to be, to the writer I always longed to be, and have finally become. Sweet, Wild, Woman, Child Within this book of poetry you will find it all, sex, love, hate, pain, revenge, trust, fear, lies, truths, any number of feelings spelled out as provocatively as words allow.
Author: Renaud Jardri Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 146144120X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 567
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Hallucinatory phenomena have held the fascination of science since the dawn of medicine, and the popular imagination from the beginning of recorded history. Their study has become a critical aspect of our knowledge of the brain, making significant strides in recent years with advances in neuroimaging, and has established common ground among what normally are regarded as disparate fields. The Neuroscience of Hallucinations synthesizes the most up-to-date findings on these intriguing auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, and somatosensory experiences, from their molecular origins to their cognitive expression. In recognition of the wide audience for this information among the neuroscientific, medical, and psychology communities, its editors bring a mature evidence base to highly subjective experience. This knowledge is presented in comprehensive detail as leading researchers across the disciplines ground readers in the basics, offer current cognitive, neurobiological, and computational models of hallucinations, analyze the latest neuroimaging technologies, and discuss emerging interventions, including neuromodulation therapies, new antipsychotic drugs, and integrative programs. Among the topics covered: Hallucinations in the healthy individual. A pathophysiology of transdiagnostic hallucinations including computational and connectivity modeling. Molecular mechanisms of hallucinogenic drugs. Structural and functional variations in the hallucinatory brain in schizophrenia. The neurodevelopment of hallucinations. Innovations in brain stimulation techniques and imaging-guided therapy. Psychiatrists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, clinical psychologists, and pharmacologists will welcome The Neuroscience of Hallucinations as a vital guide to the current state and promising future of their shared field.
Author: Kent Spade Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1480993395 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 149
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Red, White, Blue and Colors By: Kent Spade Whatever happened to the Klansmen from the past? What do they hide under now? Their cover might be more than a hood. They live, breathe and work among us, sometimes deciding our destinies in the worst ways. Detective Selena Tubman is about to discover the truth in the cruelest way possible. After her lover is brutally murdered, she and her new partner set out on the difficult and dangerous task of bringing the criminals to justice. Along the way, they uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than they’d ever imagined.
Author: D L Havlin
Author: D L Havlin
Author: D. L. Havlin
Author: DL Havlin
Author: Jed Maitland-Carter
Author: Rebecca Belliston
Author: Graham Salisbury
Author: Joy McCullough
Author: Amanda Suddeth
Author: Renaud Jardri
Author: Kent Spade