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1) Shadow war
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Tom Locke novels volume 1
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Elite American mercenary Tom Locke navigates perilous obstacles and deadly enemies throughout a secret mission to save a businessman's family in Eastern Europe.
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Technology is changing the way wars are fought. Unmanned robots are used to drop bombs, launch missiles, and are even used in ground combat . . . but if things go wrong, who's really to blame?
In the ever-challenging deserts of Iraq, US army officer Nathan Dixon comes face to face with the future of warfare. Assigned to investigate a friendly fire incident involving a rogue unmanned ground combat vehicle, Dixon finds that behind every action...
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Este trabajo se afinca en esa indeterminada no man's land entre lo historiográfico y lo sociológico. Con precisión de experto taxonomista; ha desarrollado sus más de cuarenta años de su carrera investigadora en el Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias (INIA), desgrana con precisión y minuciosidad, en un estilo directo y sin concesiones a la retórica, las experiencias personales y profesionales de esa élite de la milicia que representaban...
4) Tittsworth
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Jack as he is know to his friends, is a retired military officer and a decorated combat veteran. He's had tours in the 82nd Airborne, 509th Airborne, 8th Division, 4th Division, 51st RCAT in Vietnam, and as an instructor at West Point. Following his military career he spent time as an executive in corporate America then going on to established and run several small businesses in the United States and Europe. Jack has had the good fortune to work with...
5) Possession
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Loving a military man isn't always easy and sometimes living with him is impossible. Deke Berg has been in love with Sam for ten years. From the moment they met, they could never keep their hands off each other. Their marriage was volatile and short-lived, and they were both much too young. Now, though, Deke knows what he wants in life, and Sam is at the center of his plans. Unfortunately, Sam is wary of marriage-especially to a man who broke her...
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Instead of following in my family's footsteps, I enlisted in the military. I've left my family in a bind I didn't know was going to happen. Now, I need to decide where my path in life is going to take me. Things I always suspected are coming to light in the worst ways possible. There are so many people depending on me for various reasons and I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't know what to do or who to talk to about the things going...
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I followed my best friend into the military. There is no other reason for me to have joined. Now, I'm with my best friend and have no one home to write to or share my thoughts about what my life now entails. Instead, I send letters to the one person who always had my back and loved me more than anything else in their world. It's not much, but it lets me vent and my words don't go anywhere other than on a piece of paper. Yes, I could vent to my best...
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One choice with lasting sequences.One life change that makes me open my eyes to who someone I love truly is.I love Matteo with everything in me. Until one decision made by him puts such a distance between us. I'm not sure our lives will ever be the same again. Not with the time we spend apart and the paths our lives are taking. Everything is changing and I don't know what I want anymore. Can I be the person he needs me to be or will my true colors...
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I'm away from home for the first time in my life. My twin is at my side, but it's time for us to grow into who we're supposed to be. Away from home.While learning how to do our jobs in the military and continue honing our skills, something tragic happens back home. During our time growing and learning how to become men, we leave for a matter of days when we're really needed back with our Nanny. We lose a major influence in our lives. Someone who means...
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Emily Beale, sixteen years old, faces her first major flight as a student pilot. The dramatic moment of the "first solo" isn't what defines a young pilot. It's the four-hour, solo, "cross-country" challenge that determines who they can become.As Emily flies around Washington's Olympic Mountains and along the Oregon Coast, she discovers that her future just might be on a clearer flight path than she thought possible. If she's ready for it.
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As a Nazi invasion looms, eight men in Czechoslovakia prepare to resist, in this powerful novella by the New York Times–bestselling author.
Hitler's forces are about to close in, but a small group of men is determined to take a stand against the German aggressors. Each of them knows that it will almost certainly be a futile act-but to them, the alternative is unacceptable. This suspenseful story follows the men's thoughts, memories, and emotions...
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What if the very thing you crave is that which you most fear?Ashley is a woman running from her past -- and from herself. Ten years of marriage to a man who took his dominance too far has left her scared, but defiant ... determined, yet desperate. Knowing what she doesn't want, but not knowing what she really needs, she moves West, seeking to rebuild her life, for once in control of herself. But inside she suspects it's that control itself that's...
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Courage is often enough to drive a soldier forward, to cause him to climb out of his foxhole and face enemy fire. But it takes something else, something more than courage to keep HIM going when every instinct, every shred of reason dictates that he do otherwise.
This hard truth becomes self-evident when the men belonging to Recon Team Kilo, a Special Forces A team operating deep in hostile territory, is overwhelmed by indigenous forces. Stripped...
15) Cong Catchers
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Lee spent January 1969 to December 1970 in the US Army. Cong Catchers is a compilation of events that occurred while he served. This is not a guns-and-ammo book. It is a book about a young man with Christian values at war. A young man who avoided the pleasures that were readily available and instead organized football games, drank soda, avoided drugs, and helped repair orphanages. You will enjoy meeting many of those he served with and the ways they...
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These chapters aim to provide a comprehensive exploration of Northern European warfare, covering tribal conflicts, the Teutonic Knights' crusades, Viking longship raids, a key historical battle, and the enduring legacy of these martial traditions in the region's history.
17) The Edge
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Mak is a pod pilot on the DreadNought Exeter, a star ship in the Earth allied Unity. The DreadNought's mission is simple. Destroy the enemy, the Kyrzal. A ho-hum war that should have been quick and easy. But not all enemies are obvious. Hidden agendas and betrayals, complicate a mission that is not what it seems at first. Mak's expertise as a pilot in the fighting machines known as Pods will be tested as he is thrust unwillingly into a role he feels...
18) Prince of Peace
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Vietnam was bitterly contested not only on the battlefields of Southeast Asia but on the American home front. From the author of The Cloister, Prince of Peace is a thrilling saga of faith, truth, and honor.
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A Sexy Marine Neighbor? Oorah! The sight of the gorgeous, ripped military man across the street heats Mari McGuire from head to toe-and a whole lot in between. Yes, sir, she definitely has a case of Hot Marine Syndrome. And when First Lieutenant Brody Williams rescues her from an awkward run-in with her ex by pretending to be her boyfriend, Mari can confirm she's got it bad... Of course, they're friends first, and friends help each other out. Mari...
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