Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly, a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber's tail--a German Messerschmitt fighter[...]
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December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmi[...]
Complemented by never-before-seen photographs and insights by family, friends, and fellow veterans, this inspirational chronicle pays tribute to the war-time accomplishments of Major Richard D. Winters, the skillful leader of the Band of Brothers, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. Reprint[...]
A new account of World War II heroism from the national bestselling author of "Biggest Brother."
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This 2009 book presents a comprehensive overview of what the criminal law would look like if organised around the principle that those who deserve punishment should receive punishment commensurate with, but no greater than, that which they deserve. Larry Alexander and Kimberly Kessler Ferzan argue t[...]
On the eve of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, Larry Alexander returns to the very battlefields that made Easy Company a legend. Accompanied by Easy veteran Sgt. Forrest Guth on his final tour, Alexander crosses an ocean and a continent to follow the path to victory taken[...]
How much control do we have over love? Much less than we like to think. All that mystery, all that poetry, all those complex behaviors sur-rounding human bonding leading to the most life-changing decisions we'll ever make, are unconsciously driven by a few molecules in our brains. How does love begi[...]
How does love begin? How can a man say he loves his wife, yet still cheat on her? Why do we stay in relationships even after the romance fades? How is it possible to fall in love with the "wrong" person?
Physical attraction, jealousy, infidelity, mother/infant bonding--all the behaviors that so[...]
What''s worse than finding a worm in an apple? (Finding half a worm.) This and hundreds of other rib-ticklers to challenge puzzle lovers of all ages.
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This is the market leader in the management of diseases of the posterior segment of the eye! This is the most comprehensive reference for optometrists treating patients with problems of the retina, vitreous body and optic nerve. In addition to thorough pathophysiology, this new edition features (new[...]