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Soldier / by Adams, Simon,1955-;
Includes Internet addresses (p. 69) and index.An introduction to life as a soldier, including their training, tactics, vehicles, and weapons.LSC
Subjects: Soldiers; Soldiers; Military art and science;
© 2009., DK Pub.,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Soldiers : great stories of war and peace / by Hastings, Max,compiler,editor,writer of introduction.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A collection of the most extraordinary stories of war, courage, tragedy, strategy and survival. Soldiers is a collection of the very best stories about soldiers, brought together by historian Max Hastings. In his almost sixty years of military study and his work in the midst of modern conflicts as a foreign correspondent, these are the stories that left a mark. In these pages you will find heroes and cowards; triumphs, tragedies and comedies. It illustrates, mostly through people's own words, what it's been like to fight in wars, to live and die as a warrior, from Greek and Roman times through to today's Iraq and Afghanistan. The characters include the Black Prince and Cromwell, Wellington at Waterloo, Siegfried Sassoon at the Somme, George Orwell in the Spanish Civil War and Evelyn Waugh as a commando. But there are also Americans, Frenchmen, Israelis, Russians, not to mention the women warriors of Dahomey, Queen Boudicca and the women who serve today in the US Marines. There are more than 300 stories in all, and an astounding variety of soldiers' experiences through the ages. Many have been responsible for wonderful achievements but a few, also, for dreadful crimes. Some relate horrors, while others tell terrific jokes. In modern writing, we hear from the titans of historical writing with Ben Macintyre and Anthony Beevor. This is a book that might make you feel as grateful that whatever the troubles of our own times, we are spared the mud and blood and anguish, if also the moments of glory, that the soldiers in these pages bring so vividly to life.
Subjects: Armed Forces; Battles; Civil war; Military history.; Soldiers; War; Women soldiers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tin soldier / by Brouwer, Sigmund,1959-;
"Jim Webb<U+2019>s pursuit of the truth about his grandfather<U+2019>s role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military--someone who wants certain events from that war left in the past. Webb goes on the run in the American Deep South with Lee, a Vietnam vet, trying to smoke out the man they call the Bogeyman by using Webb as bait. The Bogeyman may be powerful and smart, but Webb and Lee, with the help of a few of Lee<U+2019>s old army buddies (and one motorcycle-riding girl), are ready to take him down"--www.amazon.ca."010+"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Veterans; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Grandfathers;
© c2014., Orca Book Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bad soldier / by Ryan, Chris,1961-author.;
A migrant boat battles through the rough Mediterranean. Its passengers are desperate, starving and scared. They are also being ruthlessly targeted by the SAS. Islamic State militants are smuggling themselves into Europe using these boats. Only by locating such men before they make it into the UK can the Regiment stop them committing their acts of terror on British soil. When one of these migrants reveals plans for a sickening Christmas Day atrocity in London, SAS operative Danny Black is tasked with infiltrating the most dangerous theatre of war in the world: Islamic State heartland. There, he and his team must lift a brutal IS commander - the only man who knows all the details of the London attack.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Black, Danny (Fictitious character); Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service; Terrorists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tin soldier [sound recording] / by Brouwer, Sigmund,1959-; Casey, Michael John.;
Narrated by Mike Casey."Jim Webb<U+2019>s pursuit of the truth about his grandfather<U+2019>s role in the Vietnam War puts him squarely in the sights of someone high up in the US military--someone who wants certain events from that war left in the past. Webb goes on the run in the American Deep South with Lee, a Vietnam vet, trying to smoke out the man they call the Bogeyman by using Webb as bait. The Bogeyman may be powerful and smart, but Webb and Lee, with the help of a few of Lee<U+2019>s old army buddies (and one motorcycle-riding girl), are ready to take him down"--www.amazon.ca."010+"--Container.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Teenage boys; Grandfathers; Veterans; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Children's audiobooks.;
© [2014], Orca Books Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The soldier / by Asher, Neal L.,1961-author.;
A hidden corner of space is swarming with lethal alien technology, a danger to all sentient life. It's guarded by Orlandine, who must keep it contained at any cost - as it has the power to destroy entire civilizations. She schemes from her state-of-the-art weapons station, with only an alien intelligence to share her vigil. But she doesn't share everything with Dragon ... Orlandine is hatching a plan to obliterate this technology, removing its threat forever. For some will do anything to exploit this ancient weaponry, created by a long-dead race called the Jain. This includes activating a Jain super-soldier, which may breach even Orlandine's defences. Meanwhile, humanity and the alien prador empire keep a careful watch over this sector of space, as neither can allow the other to claim its power. However, things are about to change. The Jain might not be as dead as they seemed, and interstellar could be triggered at anytime.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Androids; Artificial intelligence; Space warfare;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Switchboard soldiers : a novel / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I-the women of the US Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; United States. Army. Signal Corps; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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Switchboard soldiers [text (large print)] : a novel / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I-the women of the US Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; United States. Army. Signal Corps; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Unlikely soldiers : how two Canadians fought the secret war against Nazi occupation / by Vance, Jonathan Franklin William,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Macalister, Ken.; Pickersgill, Frank H. D., 1915-1944.; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2008., HarperCollins,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The winter soldier / by Mason, Daniel(Daniel Philippe),author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Physicians; Nurses; Military hospitals; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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