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[Pdf/ePub] The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam Warby : Dan Hampton  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : ?A GRIPPING CLASSIC. Exhaustively researched, The Hunter Killers puts you directly into a Wild Weasel fighter cockpit during the Vietnam War. Dan Hampton lets you feel it for yourself as no one else could.?--Colonel LEO THORSNESS, Wild Weasel pilot and Medal of Honor recipientAt the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history.Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the sky by a mysterious and lethal weapon?a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam. Three days later, six F-105 Thunderchiefs were brought down trying to avenge the Phantom. More tragic losses followed, establishing the enemy's SAMs as the deadliest anti-aircraft threat in history and

[Pdf/ePub] The Compassionate Carnivore: Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald?s Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meatby : Catherine Friend  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis :

[Pdf/ePub] How Fast Did T. Rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Scienceby : David Hone  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaursIn just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in palaeontology that are beginning to solve many of the mysteries surrounding these marvelous prehistoric creatures, from their ways of communicating to their mating habits, the color of their skin, their migration patterns and extinction. How did dinosaurs rear their young? What did they eat? What did T. rex actually do with those tiny arms? David Hone draws on his own discoveries at the forefront of dinosaur science to illuminate these and other questions.Each chapter in this lively and informative book covers a key topic in dinosaur science, such as origins, diversity, evolution, habitats, anatomy, behaviour, ecology and dinosaur descendants--the birds. For each topic, Hone discusses the history of what palaeontologists thought in the past, the new

[Pdf/ePub] The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justiceby : Vanessa Brown  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : Fifty years ago, a serial killer prowled the quiet city of London, Ontario, marking it as his hunting grounds. As young women and boys were abducted, raped, and murdered, residents of the area held their loved ones closer and closer, terrified of the monster -- or monsters -- stalking the streets. Homicide detective Dennis Alsop began hunting the killer in the 1960s, and he didn't stop searching until his death 30 years later. For decades, detectives, actual and armchair, and the victims' families and friends continued to ask questions: Who was the Forest City Killer? Was there more than one person? Or did a depraved individual commit all of these crimes on his own?Combing through the files Detective Alsop left behind, researcher Vanessa Brown reopens the cases, revealing previously unpublished witness statements, details of evidence, and astonishing revelations about how this serial killer got away. And through her investigation, Vanessa discovers the unthinkable: like the notorious

[Pdf/ePub] The Toolbox Killers: A Deadly Rape, Torture & Murder Duoby : Jack Rosewood  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, the Toolbox Killers, brought a level of terror that changed the way people carried out their daily lives. It was a time of innocence in California, where young girls could walk the streets or hitchhike along the freeways without a care or concern for their own safety, day or night. But that innocence and trust were to be shattered as five girls made the fatal mistake of accepting a ride from Bittaker and Norris.What started as a chance meeting in prison of these terrible men resulted in a murder spree that was planned right down to the finest details. They knew the type of victims they wanted, how they were going to abduct them, and what they were going to do to them. And they did everything they could to make their depraved fantasies come true.This true crime book includes chapters that explore the psychological make-up of these killers, and factors that may have influenced their twisted minds. How could these men inflict such horrific pain and

[Pdf/ePub] Silver-Wheeled City: New York By Bicycle & Cameraby : Kevin Tyler Dann  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : An exploration of the contemporaneous birth of the safety bicycle and box camera in the 1890s in New York City, by way of 9 illustrated historical bike tours. The routes include: a run up the Hudson River Greenway following the route of Wilbur Wright on his record-making 1909 flight; a circumnavigation of Central Park while considering the epic battles to make the park legal for bikes; a cruise around the canyons of the Financial District, to see the places which figured so prominently in the "first wave" of the bicycle craze; a cruise down Broadway from midtown to Battery Park, and then across to Clear Comfort on Staten Island, following pioneer urban social photographer Alice Austen; from Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn through Prospect Park to Coney Island, on America's first dedicated cycle path; an exploration of the last springs and wells in Manhattan, from Central Park up to Inwood, thanks to photographer James Reuel Smith; an eccentric ramble from the Fulton Ferry Landing,

[Pdf/ePub] Dear Dawn: Aileen Wuornos in Her Own Wordsby : Aileen Wuornos  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : Between 1989 and 1990, Aileen Wuornos, a hitchhiking prostitute, shot, killed, and robbed seven men in remote Florida locations. Arrested in 1991, Wuornos insisted she had acted in self-defense, but the jury had little sympathy. Condemned to death on six separate counts, she was executed by lethal injection in 2002.An abused runaway who turned to prostitution to survive, Wuornos has become iconic of vengeful women who lash out at the nearest target. She has also become a touchstone for women?s, prostitutes?, and prisoners? rights advocates. Her story has inspired myriad books and articles, as well as the 2003 movie Monster, for which Charlize Theron won an Academy Award. But until now, Wuornos?s uncensored voice has never been heard.Dear Dawn is Wuornos?s autobiography culled from her ten-year death row correspondence with beloved childhood friend Dawn Botkins. Authorized for publication by Wuornos and edited under the guidance of Botkins, the letters not only offer Wuornos?s

[Pdf/ePub] Circe's Bicycleby : Tara Campbell  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : "Circe's Bicycle by Tara Campbell is a small wonder. Smart, funny, and thought-provoking, this book contains all the magic and surprise of a genie's bottle. Open it up and you'd best be prepared to fly." -Kathy Fish, author of Rift (with Robert Vaughan), Together We Can Bury It, & Wild Life "In this shapeshifter of a collection, poems melt off the page or morph into short stories, stories start off as one thing and wind up quite another, teeth march down streets and women are abducted by giant bees and secreted away to hidden islands. A playfully constructed collection that delivers real emotion in an often strangely wrapped package." -Dave Housley, author of Massive Cleansing Fire, If I Knew the Way I Would Take You Home, & Commercial Fiction "A journey into the fantastic, the whimsical, and the what-if, Campbell's writings constantly surprise and delight." -Tara Laskowski, author of Bystanders (winner of the Balcones Fiction Prize) & Modern Manners for your Inner Demons

[Pdf/ePub] Bike Boom: The Unexpected Resurgence of Cyclingby : Carlton Reid  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : Bicycling advocates envision a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of bike commuters increase, this future is still far away; at times, urban cycling seems to be fighting for its very survival. Will we ever witness a true ?bike boom? in cities? What can we learn from past successes and failures to make cycling safer, easier, and more accessible? Use of bicycles in America and Britain fell off a cliff in the 1950s and 1960s thanks to the rapid rise in car ownership. Urban planners and politicians predicted that cycling would wither to nothing, and they did their level best to bring about this extinction by catering to only motorists. But in the 1970s, something strange happened?bicycling bounced back, first in America and then in Britain. ? In Bike Boom, journalist Carlton Reid uses history to shine a spotlight on the present and demonstrates how bicycling has the potential to grow even further, if the

[Pdf/ePub] Urban Cycling: How to Get to Work, Save Money, and Use Your Bike for City Livingby : Madi Carlson  Get Book By Click Link Below. ⇒ Download Now⇒ Read Now Book Synopsis : Bicycle commuting is growing by leaps and bounds, especially among women. For many prospective bike commuters, simply seeing a bicyclist cruise past their car or bus while stuck in heavy traffic is enough to inspire a change. But many novice bike commuters crave a manual. The largest percentage of would-be bicycle commuters falls in the Interested But Concerned category they have questions about rules of the road, fears about traffic, or uncertainty about how to get started. Urban Cycling is the easy-to-navigate resource that answers it all!Author, advocate, and urban-cycler extraordinaire Madi Carlson provides accessible and appealing guidance, giving even the most hesitant bicyclist all the tools she needs to join the cycling community. Carlson details everything from choosing a bike and gear accessories to safe riding techniques, city cycling infrastructure to route planning, and multi-modal commuting to basic maintenance. She also discusses legal issues around urban biking and