Download or read book Fighting Viet Cong in the Rung Sat written by Bob Worthington and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War was not going well in 1968. The January Tet Offensive--a tactical defeat but strategic victory for North Vietnam--showed the U.S. military and the American public that the enemy remained determined, no nearer defeat. Americans grew war weary while politicians and military leaders could not agree on how to win or how to withdraw. Between combat tours, the author served as a U.S. Army company commander--a job he came to despise. Experiencing what he perceived as a degradation in the Army's senior command, he resigned his commission. Yet he needed money to complete graduate school and volunteered to return to Vietnam as a combat advisor. This memoir describes his participation in the fiercest fighting of the war, on the Cambodian border, where he almost died of hookworm and was shot in a night operation. In Saigon to recuperate, he was tasked with creating an advisory team to train South Vietnamese commandos to conduct raids in the swamps south of Saigon, the Rung Sat Special Zone. For seven months they were successful, with Worthington receiving seven combat decorations.

Download or read book As the 5th Wheel Turns written by J.R. Swaim and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-03 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sit back and enjoy the ride!! J.R. Swaim Hop into the back seat of ‘Blue’ and again accompany John and Beth Swaim as they set out on a seven month trek across the country again testing their travelling survival skills. Ride along as they meet the many fascinating people throughout this land, walk and talk with past U.S. Presidents, both living and dead. Visit the lands and meet the spirits of great Native American leaders of the past and see the lands they call home. Journey along as they dodge tornados, visit State and National Parks, view National Monuments, and discover many of the ‘hidden treasures’ that populate the country. Visit sites most vacationers either miss or “just don’t have the time” to see on a normal vacation schedule. It’s time to roll! Let’s Go!

Download or read book Exit into History written by Eva Hoffman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-10-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this arresting, intimate narrative journey, award-winning Eva Hoffman returns to her Polish homeland and five other countries—Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the two nations of the former Czechoslovakia—historically transformed by the demise of Communism. The result is the penetrating personal odyssey across the “other Europe” and a vivid portrayal of a landscape in the midst of change. Hoffman combines the wise perspective of an outsider and the passionate concern of a native daughter to illuminate the forces informing the region’s complex politics as she captures the texture of everyday life in a world in flux. “Indispensable for anyone who wants to seriously come to grips with the experience of Eastern Europe.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer “Complex and full of the unexpected . . . Hoffman earns our trust as an observer.”—Tina Rosenberg, New York Newsday “Written with incredible literary talent and intellectual soundness . . . An indispensable clue for anyone who is keen to understand how the new Europe is emerging from the debris of the Cold War period.”—Ryszard Kapuscinski

Download or read book Tico written by Rocky Russell and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within these pages is excitement, adventure, romance on the high seas, civilization, and the wilds of the jungle""all set in the mid-1800s. This is the story of a young Dutchman who becomes a man very quickly. This is a story of his friendship and devotion to a full-grown gorilla named Tico. Together they fight outlaws, pirates, and wild natives. This is a story of trying to overcome adversities and tame a wild land in the heart of Africa while making a home for family and friends. Lastly, this is a story of friendship between man and beast. You will laugh, cry, and cheer for them every step of the way.

Download or read book Publication written by Indiana. Department of Conservation and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Exit Through The Jungle written by Alicia Crofton and published by Three Dimples Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jolie Boulard is one of Instagram's top influencers and appears to have it all, but she's broke and desperate in real life. She decides a trip to Costa Rica is just what she needs to revamp her brand, but her plans veer off course when a selfie goes wrong. Kai Greene isn't looking for trouble, but trouble keeps finding him. He didn't mean to kidnap the girl. It was an accident, really. Now he must betray his own brother to protect a jewelry heiress. A clash of fate brings Jolie and Kai together in an escape through the jungle. Lost, scared and a little turned on, sparks fly when Jolie gets a taste of Kai's wild side. Can their passion withstand the trouble that finds Kai at every turn? *This book can be read as a standalone, and it is also the first book in the Escape in Paradise series. This madcap adventure rom-com contains adult language and sexual content.*

Download or read book Lights Out in Wonderland A Novel written by DBC Pierre and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lights Out in Wonderland has all the verbal wit and energy of Vernon God Little."—Financial Times Gabriel Brockwell—aesthete, philosopher, disaffected twenty-something decadent—is thinking terminal. He's decided to kill himself—but not immediately. His destination is Wonderland. The style of the journey is all that's to be decided. Traveling between London, Tokyo, and Berlin, Gabriel is in search of the bacchanal to obliterate all previous parties. His adventure takes in a spell in rehab, a near-death experience eating a poisonous Japanese delicacy, and finally an orgiastic feast in the bowels of Berlin's majestic Tempelhof Airport. Along the way, Gabriel falls apart, only to reemerge with a new outlook on the world and a mission to right his past wrongs. Lights Out in Wonderland is an allegorical banquet, a sly commentary on these End Times and the march toward banality, and a joyful expression of the human spirit.

Download or read book Report written by Ontario. Department of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Arthur written by Mikael Lindnord and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uplifting true story of an extreme athlete, a stray dog, and how they found each other. “Heroic and heartwarming” (Forbes), this unbelievable adventure will make readers laugh, gasp, cry, and see rescue dogs with a whole new perspective. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MARK WAHLBERG—STREAMING ON STARZ When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon. When the team left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn't lose him—and soon Mikael realized that he didn't want to. Crossing rivers, battling illness and injury, and struggling through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, the team and the dog walked, kayaked, cycled, and climbed together toward the finish line, where Mikael decided he would save the dog, now named Arthur, and bring him back to his family in Sweden, whatever it took. Illustrated with candid photographs, Arthur provides a testament to the amazing bond between dogs and people.

Download or read book The Adventures of Mercury Lane written by James/Lyle Hayhurst/Parascension Press and published by Adventures of Mercury Lane. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Liar s Guide to Disneyland written by Horatio Liar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The funniest, most inaccurate, least useful guide to the Disneyland Resort ever published.

Download or read book Web of Deceit written by Richard S. Tuttle and published by KBS Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fakara is a desolate wasteland. Tribes of ruthless bandits rule the land. Web of Deceit tells the story of Rejji, a boy turning into a man, as his family and village are destroyed. With nowhere to turn, Rejji sets off with a young female thief in search of the Sage of the Mountain. Unknown to Rejji is the fact that he is the long-awaited prophetic figure of a Forgotten Legacy.

Download or read book The Aztec Connection written by Archie J. Hoagland and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taking Fire written by Kevin O'Rourke and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2013-09-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping chronicle of an aerial rescue during the Vietnam War offers a vivid example of the heroism of US Air Force pararescue jumpers. In June of 1972, Capt. Lynn Aikman was returning from a bombing mission over North Vietnam when his F-4 Phantom was shot down. He and his backseater Tom Hanton ejected from their aircraft, but Hanton landed near a village and was quickly captured. Badly injured during the ejection, Aikman landed some distance from the village, making it possible for an American aerial rescue team to reach him before the enemy. Drifting in and out of consciousness, Aikman saw his guardian angel in the sky: USAF Pararescue Jumper Chuck McGrath. But as Sgt. McGrath prepared to hook the Aikman to a hoist line, hostile fire on the rescue helicopter damaged the hoist mechanism. As A-1 Skyraiders kept an enemy militia away from Aikman and McGrath, the helicopter crew scrambled to come up with a plan. More than a chronicle of the events of June 27, 1972, Taking Fire provides an up-close look at the little-known world of the US Air Force’s elite aerial rescue force.

Download or read book Derek Monsoon written by Mike Layne and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derek Monsoon is the quiet teenage son of a well-respected pediatrician and one of the world’s most foremost heart surgeons, a workaholic born and raised in in a small African village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. When his father plans a trip for him to the Congo with a group of other kids, Derek thinks he is just trying to get rid of him for a few weeks. But as he heads to Africa, Derek has no idea of the adventure that lies ahead. Derek and his young travel companions have nothing in common. When they arrive in the Congo, their mystical powers are unveiled, helping them to develop their strengths and ultimately become part of a legend necessary to save the Virunga National Park from poachers. As the teens face danger and death, they bond through their many challenges while risking their lives to save each other. Now opportunity and the truth await Derek. Will he grow into the powerful leader he was born to be and claim his true destiny? In this entertaining fantasy adventure, a teenager travels from America to the Congo where he and his travel companions must use their newly-discovered powers to save a national park from poachers.

Download or read book First Overland written by Tim Slessor and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys – half way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already tried it. Some had got as far as the desrts of Persia; a few had even reached the plains of India. But no one had managed to go on from there: over the jungle clad mountains of Assam and across northern Burma to Thailand and Malaya. Over the last 3,000 miles it seemed there were ‘just too many rivers and too few roads'. But no-one really knew … In fact, their problems began much earlier than that. As mere undergraduates, they had no money, no cars, nothing. But with a cool audacity, which was to become characteristic, they set to work – wheedling and cajoling. First, they coaxed the BBC to come up with some film for a possible TV series. They then gently persuaded the manufacturers to lend them two factory-fresh Land Rovers. A publisher was even sweet-talked into giving them an advance on a book. By the time they were ready to go, their sponsors (more than 80 of them) ranged from whiskey distillers to the makers of collapsible buckets. In late 1955, they set off. Seven months and 12,000 miles later, two very weary Land Rovers, escorted by police outriders, rolled into Singapore – to flash bulbs and champagne. Now, fifty years on, their book, ‘First Overland', is republished – with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. After all, it was he who gave them that film.

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