Author : Tim Weiner
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0307455629
With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.
Author : David J. Shayler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319510125
Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to continue NASA’s exploration and knowledge of the space frontier, are also examined. In April 1966 NASA selected 19 pilot astronauts whose training was specifically targeted to the Apollo lunar landing missions and the Earth-orbiting Skylab space station. Three years later, following the sudden cancellation of the USAF’s highly classified Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project, seven military astronauts were also co-opted into NASA’s space program. This book represents the final chapter by the authors in the story of American astronaut selections prior to the era of the Space Shuttle. Through personal interviews and original NASA documentation, readers will also gain a true insight into a remarkable age of space travel as it unfolded in the late 1960s, and the men who flew those historic missions.
Author : Theodore Catton
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : Murray Bromberg
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780812037029
A self-help guide to the use of 504 words used regularly by educated people. Includes sentences, articles, exercises and word review sections using the new words.
Author : Philip Henry Godsell
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 14,95 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : History
ISBN :
"Pilots of the Purple Twilight" by Philip Henry Godsell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Janis Keown-Blackburn
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 38,99 MB
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1481743597
This is the story of Teddy, the little airplane. He listens to the adventures of his airplane friends and looks forward to creating his own.
Author : Spectrum
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2006-12-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0769682960
Test with success using Spectrum Word Study and Phonics for grade 6! The lessons encourage creativity and strengthen phonics skills by focusing on digraphs, diphthongs, syllabication, acronyms, figures of speech, and dictionary skills. The book features full-color illustrations, provides essential tools for achieving reading fluency, and includes an answer key. Today, more than ever, students need to be equipped with the skills required for school achievement and success on proficiency tests. This 168-page book aligns with state and national standards, is perfect for use at home or in school, and is favored by parents, homeschoolers, and teachers.
Author : Tim Weiner
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307824446
The remarkable story of the last American spy of the Cold War: Aldrich “Rick” Ames, the most destructive traitor in the history of the Central Intelligence Agency Tim Weiner, David Johnston, and Neil A. Lewis, reporters for The New York Times, tell how the barons of the CIA could not believe that its headquarters harbored a traitor. For years, the Agency was baffled by a wily Russian spymaster who played a high-stakes chess game against the Americans, deceiving the CIA into thinking that there were other moles—or no moles at all. It took nearly eight years for the CIA to share the full facts of the scenario with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Once they knew those facts, the men and women of the FBI tracked Aldrich Ames day and night for nine months before they arrested him. They tell their story here in astonishing detail for the first time. The interviews are entirely on-the-record. There are no pseudonyms, anonymous quotes, or invented scenes. The men betrayed by Ames were real people, and the stories of their lives are the true history of the espionage game in the waning years of the Cold War.
Author : Robert Patrick Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 10,4 MB
Release : 2013-06
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 9780985558277
"Rob had a pretty rough childhood: given up for adoption as an infant, brought into a family of highly decorated military men, suffering the loss of his mother to cancer, and his rebellion which landed him in military school. When he finally returns home he meets Cindy, who becomes his best friend. After graduation the two go off to college at opposite ends of Texas, and their paths separate. Eight years later, when Rob is completing his two years of training in the Special Forces Qualification Course, he wakes up one morning to discover that Cindy has contacted him. The two reunite to spend his month of leave together, both knowing at the end he will be leaving for the illustrious 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), the elite Battalion of Green Berets stationed in Germany for quick-reaction missions around the globe. 'Love Me When I'm Gone' takes you on the whirlwind that is life as a Green Beret...."--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Osa Johnson
Publisher : Vertical Inc
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1568366000
A CLASSIC MEMOIR OF TWO PIONEERING ADVENTURERS Before Joy Adamson went to Africa, before Margaret Mead sailed to Samoa, before Dian Fossey was even born, a Kansas teenager named Osa Leighty married Martin Johnson, a pioneering photographer just back from a ‘round-the-world cruise with Jack London. Together the Johnsons flew and sailed to Borneo, to Kenya, and to the Congo, filming Simba and other popular nature movies with Martin behind the camera and Osa holding her rifle at the ready in case the scene’s big game star should turn hostile. This bestselling memoir retraces their careers in rich detail, with precisely observed descriptions and often heart-stopping anecdotes. Illustrated with scores of the dramatic photos that made the Johnsons famous, it’s a book sure to delight every lover of true adventure.
