Author: Ben S. Malcom Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 161234898X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 393
Book Description
Operating from a clandestine camp on an island off western North Korea, Army Lt. Ben Malcom coordinated the intelligence activities of eleven partisan battalions, including the famous White Tigers. With Malcom's experiences as its focus, White Tigers examines all aspects of guerrilla activities in Korea. This exciting memoir makes an important contribution to the history of special operations.
Author: Valmik Thapar Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780195697902 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 99
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The Secret Life of Tigers documents the family life of three tigresses and their cubs at every stage of the cubs' development, from soon after birth to adulthood. Presenting extraordinary discoveries about the lives of tigers, with the role of the father recorded in the wild for the first time, this enhanced second edition passionately argues for greater involvement of the government and the general public to save the tiger as it battles extinction in thenear future.
Author: Sam Kleiner Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593511352 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 321
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The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Japanese in the Pacific. Sam Kleiner’s The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending China. Led by legendary army pilot Claire Chennault, these men left behind an America still at peace in the summer of 1941 using false identities to travel across the Pacific to a run-down airbase in the jungles of Burma. In the wake of the disaster at Pearl Harbor this motley crew was the first group of Americans to take on the Japanese in combat, shooting down hundreds of Japanese aircraft in the skies over Burma, Thailand, and China. At a time when the Allies were being defeated across the globe, the Flying Tigers’ exploits gave hope to Americans and Chinese alike. Kleiner takes readers into the cockpits of their iconic shark-nosed P-40 planes—one of the most familiar images of the war—as the Tigers perform nail-biting missions against the Japanese. He profiles the outsize personalities involved in the operation, including Chennault, whose aggressive tactics went against the prevailing wisdom of military strategy; Greg “Pappy” Boyington, the man who would become the nation’s most beloved pilot until he was shot down and became a POW; Emma Foster, one of the nurses in the unit who had a passionate romance with a pilot named John Petach; and Madame Chiang Kai-shek herself, who first brought Chennault to China and who would come to visit these young Americans. A dramatic story of a covert operation whose very existence would have scandalized an isolationist United States, The Flying Tigers is the unforgettable account of a group of Americans whose heroism changed the world, and who cemented an alliance between the United States and China as both nations fought against seemingly insurmountable odds.
Author: Przemyslaw Wechterowicz Publisher: Words & Pictures ISBN: 9781910277812 Category : Tiger Languages : en Pages : 32
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Tiger is a cat with simple pleasures. He likes to spend his days wandering about, chatting with friends and having a little snack. But at night his secret life is revealed - and its very surprising! Find out about Tiger's unexpected night hobby in this delightfully funny, warm-hearted picture book that reminds us that sometimes animals (and people) behave in unexpected ways.
Author: Peter Tan Publisher: Epigram Books ISBN: 9814655929 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 175
Book Description
The Sengkang Snoopers are vacationing on the island of Sentosa, but a holiday involving this gang of sleuths really isn’t complete unless there’s a big mystery to decode. This time, Su Lin, Su Yang, Bus, Zizi and their loyal parrot sidekick, Kuning, pick up a curious piece of paper containing some very interesting information, including a drawing that appears to lead to hidden treasure from the Japanese Occupation. But their quest to solve a mystery lands them in mortal danger. Can the Snoopers escape from peril in time to save the day?
Author: Reginald Hathorn Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 0811741486 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 265
Book Description
In-the-cockpit perspective on aerial warfare during the Vietnam War. Many never-before-heard stories--some of them tragic, others humorous.
Author: Gordon Volke Publisher: ISBN: 9781742118420 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 138
Book Description
Aliens are watching Earth and they will exterminate the humanrace unless the seven artefacts that make up the AstralLegacies are returned. Now the world¿s only hope lies with the seven chosen children who must find the missing items. If they fail, humankind will be destroyed!
Author: Ben S. Malcom
Author: Valmik Thapar
Author: J. Lou Barnes
Author: Sam Kleiner
Author: Przemyslaw Wechterowicz
Author: Peter Tan
Author: Gordon Volke
Author: Reginald Hathorn
Author: Gordon Volke
Author: Lori Polydoros