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  • We Gambled Our Future

    Historia de dos Caminantes

    by María Cristina López Gandarillas-Page, Julie Kanta ...
    What happens when two people from opposite ends of the world bet everything on each other - and win?We Gambled Our Future: Historia de dos Caminantes is the captivating true story of María Cristina, an educated Latina woman and award-winning Bolivian architect, and Bill, an idealistic American who once studied for the priesthood - two unlikely souls who found each other across continents and built ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • A Lifetime in the Atmosphere

    A Memoir of Flight

    by Stanley R. Luther ...
    Join Stanley R. Luther, known as Stan, on an extraordinary journey through a life defined by a love for aviation. With over 13,000 flight hours, Stan's passion for flying was ignited amidst the Dust Bowl in the Midwest, propelling him into the skies instead of the fields. From Navy service in World War II to Air Force piloting, including bombers, fighter jets, and Vietnam reconnaissance planes, ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson: From Skunk Works To The Edge Of Space

    by Daniel Alef ...
    Kelly Johnson designed the Blackbird, a plane that flew non-stop from London to Los Angeles in less than four hours, outracing the sun and landing four hours before it had taken off, a remarkable feat--and this was more than 35 years ago. Johnson was the innovative genius behind Lockheed's "Skunk Works," and played a leading role in the development of more than forty aircraft, including some of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Mekong First Light

    An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam

    by Joseph W. Callaway Jr. ...
    “Before we got to Vietnam, the troops all thought you would be the first lieutenant killed, and in the end, you were the only one left. We were all wrong. You were the best.”—Sgt. Lonnie “Tallman” CaldwellDecember, 1966: Platoon leader Lt. Joseph Callaway had just turned twenty-three when he arrived in Vietnam to lead forty-two untested men into battle against some of the toughest, most ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Vietnam: Reflections of an Interrogator

    by Donald H Sullivan ...
    The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a GI who served as a translator/interrogator with Psychological Operations while in Vietnam during the war. The book tells of his experiences and his thoughts on the war. ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kelly

    More Than My Share of It All

    by Clarence L. Johnson ...
    Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed “Skunk Works” cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.From the Trade Paperback edition. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • John Glenn: A Memoir

    by John Glenn, Nick Taylor ...
    He was the first astronaut to orbit the Earth. Nearly four decades later, as the world's oldest astronaut, his courage reveted a nation. But these two historical events only bracketed a life that covers the sweep of an extraordinary century.John Glenn's autobiography spans the seminal events of the twentieth century. It is a story that begins with his childhood in Ohio where he learned the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton

    An Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in Vietnam

    by Amy Shively Hawk ...
    With a foreword by Senator John McCain.In 1967, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot James Shively was shot down over North Vietnam. After ejecting from his F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, he landed in a rice paddy and was captured by the North Vietnamese Army. For the next six years, Shively endured brutal treatment at the hands of the enemy in Hanoi prison camps. Back home his girlfriend moved on and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Enduring Vietnam

    An American Generation and Its War

    by James Wright ...
    This "powerful and heartbreaking" history of the Vietnam War looks not only at the conflict but the generation caught up in its horrors and consequences ( Booklist ).The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of the engagement. Or both. Veterans of the war remain largely anonymous figures, accomplices in the mistake. Critically ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The God Machine

    From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter

    by James R. Chiles ...
    From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who contributed to the development of this ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Time For Me to Fly

    by Roger Campbell ...
    "Time For Me to Fly" is a dramatization of actual events that occurred leading up to the 17th and final mission of the B-17 Bomber "The Rusty Nail" and its crew on July 29th 1944. The story is presented and told as to how it may have looked through the eyes of SSgt Charles Curtis Campbell. It includes dates,locations and events which actually happened during WWII. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker: America's 'Ace of Aces'

    by Daniel Alef ...
    Enhanced CoreView Digital Edition With Video LinksEddie Rickenbacker was a self-made man who became an ace in every field he touched from car racing and shooting down 26 German fighters from the Red Baron's squadron in just six months during World War I to building an automobile company and developing Eastern Airlines into the nation's fourth largest airline. He owned Indianapolis speedway dallied ... Read more

    $2.99 USD