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The Jack Ford Story: The Newfoundlander in Nagasaki is an amazing story of endurance, courage and survival. In 1940, Jack Ford was an employee of the Newfoundland Railway in a remote settlement of Newfoundland. Having volunteered for service in World War II at the age of twenty-one, Ford encountered the realities of war when the troop ship he was traveling on to England was attacked several times by German U-boats. When the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, Jack Ford was there - in a prisoner of war camp. In this riveting story, he shares his memories of that horrific time in his life, his rescue and his long-awaited journey home.
Two explosions at the same time.In two different cities.
Mark Kadusian's tour of duty in Vietnam will have readers laughing and crying as Ford's impeccable style and distillation of human tragedy--spiced with unexpected humor--presents the story of the era that was Vietnam, and the generation of the "Baby Boomers."
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Biographical sketches of the children of the presidents from the time of George Washington to the present.
IF THE TRUTH DIES.... HE'LL KILL HER ALL OVER AGAIN. Ex-US Navy-turned-investigator Thomas J. Cooper is tortured by the past. A deadly fight with Somali pirates and a tragic accident at sea have left him struggling with PTSD and an addiction to prescription drugs. When he and his colleague Maddie return to the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a plane, what they find is far more sinister and dangerous...
Nuclear materials are being smuggled from the United States to a former Soviet nation. To aid his investigation, federal prosecutor Adam Stark joins forces with Megan Delaney, a journalist who suspects the involvement of the shadowy Osiris Corporation. A thief contacts them, claiming to have stolen a journal containing details about the arms deals and secrets concerning the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping. But the mysterious owner of the journal will stop at nothing to recover it.
The book is a mystery/thriller that tells the story of a brutal, unsolved civil rights murder in 1960 that is resurrected in the present, leading to the explosive trial of a powerful political figure. The search for the truth about the decades old murder is led by an Ole Miss law professor and a NY Times reporter who stumble upon a source who reveals the long-buried secrets of the case. Their discovery leads them down a path of murder and betrayal that ultimately ends in a shocking and surprising climax.--Amazon.com.
Between April and July 1944, Truman Smith Flew thirty-five bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only twenty years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming a lifetime’s worth of experience into every free night, each knowing he probably would not survive the next bombing mission. Written with blunt honesty, wry humor, and insight, The Wrong Stuff is Smith’s gripping memoir of that time. In a new preface, the author comments with equal honesty and humor on the impact this book has had on his life.
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