Download or read book Touching the Dragon written by James Hatch and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jimmy Hatch is a personal hero of mine.” —Anderson Cooper “Irresistible. . . . A wounded SEAL’s shame becomes a salvation.” —J. Ford Huffman, Military Times James Hatch is a former special ops Navy SEAL senior chief, master naval parachutist, and expert military dog trainer and handler. On his fateful final mission in Afghanistan, his SEAL team was sent to recover Bowe Bergdahl—the soldier who deserted his post and fell into the hands of Al-Qaida and the Taliban. The mission went south, and Hatch was left with a shattered femur from an AK-47 round and the SEAL dog who fought alongside him was dead. As a result of his horrific leg wound, his twenty-four-year military career came to an end—and with it the only life he’d ever known. In Touching the Dragon, we witness his long road to recovery. Getting well physically required eighteen surgeries, twelve months of recovery, and learning to walk again. But getting well mentally would prove to be much tougher, as he fought through the depths of despair, alcoholism, and the pull to end his own life. What emerges is a different kind of hero’s journey, one in which Hatch shows the courage it takes to confess, confront, and overcome his own brokenness. Through the love of family, friends, and his military dogs, Hatch learned remarkable tools and found his purpose, and now he wants to share this wisdom with the rest of us because we all have wounds.
Download or read book Principles and Design of Mechanical Face Seals written by Alan O. Lebeck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1992-04-16 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the fundamentals and practice of both the design and operation of face seals, ranging from washing machines to rocket engine turbopumps. Topics include materials, tribology, heat transfer and solid mechanics. A variety of simple and complex models are proposed and evaluated and specific problems such as heat checking, blistering and instability are considered. Offers 64 tables and 364 references plus useful recommendations regarding the future of seal design.
Download or read book Harp Seals written by Jessie Alkire and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title takes readers to harp seal habitats to understand why harp seals are at risk, what humans are doing to make matters worse, and the ways humans can help to save harp seals and ultimately, Earth. Sidebars, maps, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, and a fact sheet. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Seals written by Claire Throp and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's an animal lover's one-stop source for in-depth information on seals! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about seals, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these fascinating creatures.
Download or read book Fur Seals and Sea Lions written by Roger Kirkwood and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fur seals and sea lions are charismatic, large carnivores that engage us with both their skill and playful antics. Although all species in Australian waters were harvested to near extinction 200 years ago, fur seals are recovering and are now common in near-shore waters across southern Australia. Sea lions, however, are endangered. Their populations appear not to have recovered like fur seals and are declining at some locations. Fur seals and sea lions are important top level predators and play an important role in Australia’s temperate marine ecosystems. Key threats they currently face relate to human activities, particularly interactions with fisheries. This book outlines the comparative evolutionary ecology, biology, life-history, behaviour, conservation status, threats, history of human interactions and latest research on the three species of otariids that live in the waters of southern Australia: the Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal and Australian sea lion. It also includes brief descriptions of Antarctic and Subantarctic seals that occupy the Antarctic pack-ice and remote Australian territories of Macquarie Island and Heard Island.
Download or read book The SEALS written by Anne Calhoun and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three scorching Alpha Ops novellas, together for the first time in Anne Calhoun's ebundle The SEALS! The SEAL’s Second Chance In high school, basketball star Charlotte Stannard and Navy SEAL Jamie Hawthorn were everything but lovers. They shared a ruthlessly competitive spirit and relentless drive, but Charlie, afraid of the consequences of an unplanned pregnancy at seventeen, drove Jamie away. But now Jamie's back in town for the banquet to honor the basketball coach, and finds Charlie, newly home from a successful career in the European leagues and coaching the girls' team. The flames between them are hotter than ever, but Charlie believes Jamie just wants what he couldn't have when they were kids. Jamie's not just playing to win. He's playing for Charlie's heart, forever. The SEAL’s Rebel Librarian Jack Powell never planned on leaving the Navy, but his final mission as a SEAL left him with a tremor and a bad case of nerves. He's home, taking some college classes and trying to figure out what comes next when he meets Erin Kent, a divorced college librarian with an adventurous bucket list and a mission to get her ex-husband's voice out of her head. Jack guides Erin through skydiving and buying the motorcycle of her dreams, blithely accepting Erin's promise that their relationship is purely temporary. But when Jack gets the chance to go back into the shadowy world of security contracting, can he convince Erin to break her word and join him on the adventure of a lifetime? The SEAL’s Secret Lover Logistics director Rose Powell agreed to chaperone her grandmother on a guided tour of Roman ruins on one condition: her brother Jack would come with her. But when Jack backs out, his best friend and fellow SEAL Keenan Parker takes his place. Without a working cell phone, Rose's orderly world drifts into dreamy days and hot, secret nights in Keenan's bed. Keenan left the Navy but never made it any farther than Istanbul, much less to a viable future. Until he does, he'll show Rose things she didn't know about herself. Can he give his heart and his future to the woman he promised his best friend he'd never touch?
Download or read book We are SEALs written by Grace Rawson and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 4 steamy military romance stories with guarantee HEA. His to Love & Protect - ex-Navy SEAL Bodyguard Romance Losing Control: He turns her world upside down in the best possible way. Olivia Westwood, successful, independent and stubborn, lives life on her terms and loves to stay in control. She gets the shock of her life when she discovers an intruder in her home. It's none other than Jake Hunter, her brother's best friend since childhood. He's arrived to act as her bodyguard, much to her dismay. He turns her life completely upside down because he's the one man who can make her lose her precious control. Undeniable Attraction: After years of fighting his lust, he can fight it no longer, but he really should focus on keeping her safe. Jake doesn't hesitate to volunteer his services when he hears Olivia is in danger. He buried his feelings for her years ago and stayed away. Olivia deserves someone better than a bad boy like him. Reuniting with her brings his feelings crashing back to the surface, making it hard for him to stay focused on keeping her safe. How long can he resist the passion brewing between them and his burning need to make her his? How long can she deny that her control is no match for Jake's allure? Charlie’s Protector - Bodyguard Romance After two long years without each other, Charlie and Luke find that time has only stoked the fire of their eternal flame. Actress Charlie Winthrope just wants to find her brother, Brandon, after two years of searching for him. Luke Walker was Charlie's lover and Brandon's best friend when they were in the Navy SEALs together just two years ago. He was her only hope at the time and he turned against her after he lost his trust in Brandon. Luke has a reason to believe that Brandon got involved in something shady involving some higher ranking officials and then tried to lure him into a trap, which he narrowly escaped. Charlie believes Brandon is innocent and that there must be an explanation for everything that Brandon cannot explain yet. Unwilling to see Charlie's point of view, Luke and Charlie split up. After two long years, Luke receives a message from Brandon asking for help. Will it be another trap? Can Charlie convince Luke to finally trust her and to help Brandon before it's too late? Rescue - Navy SEAL Romance Halah Hussein was valuable, but not to her father. She’d escaped him to study in the United States. She made the mistake of coming home to visit after her mother and sisters said he’d mellowed. As soon as she walked in the front door, her father tied her to a chair and prepared to execute her. He said she’d become a harlot by keeping company with non-believers. A phone caller interrupted her death. A Sheik wanted her for himself and would pay her father real money. Halah had hope. While in the United States, she’d agreed to work with the CIA. They kept track of her. The CIA called SEAL Team 13. John Steele was the newest member of the SEAL team. He found life hard because he’d lost his fiancée in a car accident, and he felt dead inside. Could John and the SEAL team find the Sheik and rescue Halah? Would John find a way to move on? The Healer - Navy SEAL Stepbrother Romance Leslie had always looked up to her stepbrother Robert. He was calm, strong, tough, and protecting of all. It wasn’t a surprise when Robert decided to go off and join the Navy; in fact everyone who knew him saw it coming. Leslie was proud of Robert, and kept track of his successes from afar while living her own life. Now Robert is back in town staying with her for a visit and Leslie is ecstatic to have him stay over. She prepares for a week of fun to show Robert a good time in the city to take his mind off of work. However during his stay, Leslie notices that Robert has changed, and slowly but surely his inner demons begin to emerge. This surprises Leslie who has until now known him to be the type that always had his emotions together. Leslie finds herself facing his demons head on, trying to find a way to help Robert overcome them.
Download or read book Developments in Thermoplastic Elastomers written by K. E. Kear and published by iSmithers Rapra Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have the elastic behaviour of rubber and the processability of thermoplastics. The Freedonia Group has forecast that demand will expand by 6.4% per year to around 2.15 million tons in 2006. There is potential for these new, exciting materials to expand into the much larger thermoset rubber markets. This review includes comparisons between the two material types. There are three major types of TPE: block copolymers, rubber/plastic blends and dynamically vulcanised rubber/plastic alloys known as thermoplastic vulcanisates. The chemistry of these materials and how.
Download or read book A Treatise on the American Law of Real Property written by Emory Washburn and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Navy SEALs written by Hans Halberstadt and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing the Ability of Fog Seals to Seal Pavements to Rejuvenate in Situ Binder and to Retard Binder Oxidation written by Nikornpon Prapaitrakul and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands with Some Notes on Seals and Digressions written by Edmund Selous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following book is the result of a person's second visit to Shetland Islands. This time around they decided to write a book about bird watching and seals, by naturally observing the wildlife that they encounter during their visit.
Download or read book Physiology of Marine Mammals written by Michael Castellini and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suppose you were designing a marine mammal. What would they need to live in the ocean? How would you keep them warm? What design features would allow them to dive for very long periods to extreme depths? Do they need water to drink? How would they minimize the cost of swimming, and how would they find their prey in the deep and dark? These questions and more are examined in detail throughout Marine Mammal Physiology, which explores how marine mammals live in the sea from a physiological point of view. This undergraduate textbook considers the essential aspects of what makes a marine mammal different from terrestrial mammals, beyond just their environment. It focuses on the physiological and biochemical traits that have allowed this group of mammals to effectively exploit the marine environment that is so hostile to humans. The content of this book is organised around common student questions, taking the undergraduate's point of view as the starting point. Each chapter provides a set of PowerPoint slides for instructors to use in teaching and students to use as study guides. New "Study Questions" and "Critical Thinking Points" conclude each chapter, which are each motivated by a "Driving Question" such as "How do mammals stay warm in a cold ocean?" or "How do mammals survive the crushing pressures of the deep sea?" Full-colour images and comprehensive, accessible content make this the definitive textbook for marine mammal physiology.
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Download or read book RSPB Spotlight Seals written by Frances Dipper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seals are the sleekest and most agile of all marine mammals, and they are superbly adapted to the watery world in which they spend most of their time. With their whiskery dog-like faces, curious nature and vulnerable pups, they are enduringly appealing animals. Although air-breathing, seals are superbly tuned to hunt, sleep, mate and keep warm while out at sea, but they remain inextricably linked to land. In Spotlight Seals, Frances Dipper explores the intricate lives of the UK's native Grey and Common Seals and their amazing physical and behavioural adaptations to a life split between land and sea. She reveals the complex physiology that allows seals to dive deep and for long periods without coming to any harm. Once exploited for their meat and skins, seals now have protection around the British Isles. Their numbers are increasing, but they still face the danger of plastic litter in their environment. Dipper also explores age-old legends, interactions between humans and seals, and the best places to watch them in the UK. The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals with eye-catching colour photographs and informative expert text.
