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  • Not Quite an Ordinary Life

    A Walk in the shoes of an Ordinary Man

    by J. David Joyce ...
    The memories of an ordinary man who lived a somewhat extraordinary life.This book describes a common man’s journey through life, written in a voice that is relatable and accessible. From an economically disadvantaged youth, the author takes the reader through a life that borders on fantasy. He survived teaching by Catholic nuns, family drug addiction, several serious accidents, a tour of duty in ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

    A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

    by Jack Broughton,Richard P. Hallion ...
    In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly. Along the way Colonel Broughton saw duty in virtually every fighter aircraft the Air Corps and then ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Home before Morning

    The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam

    by Lynda Van Devanter ...
    A powerful and harrowing memoir of a young nurse’s experience in the Vietnam WarLynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Flying Drunk: The True Story of a Northwest Airlines Flight Three Drunk Pilots and One Man's Fight for Redemption

    The True Story of a Northwest Airlines Flight, Three Drunk Pilots, and One Man's Fight for Redemption

    by Joseph Balzer ...
    March 8 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo North Dakota to Minneapolis Minnesota. July 25 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and sent to federal prison. July 26 1990 present: Joe Balzer ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life Inside the Dead Man's Curve

    The Chronicles of a Public-Safety Helicopter Pilot

    by Kevin McDonald ...
    "A warm compassionate story of helicopters in rescue missions" (Igor Sikorsky Jr., aviation historian).Travis County STAR Flight, in Austin, Texas, is recognized as one of the premier public-safety helicopter programs in the United States. Life Inside the Dead Man's Curve is a firsthand account of the tragedy and triumph witnessed by STAR Flight crews as they respond to a myriad of emergencies, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Piece of My Heart

    The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam

    by Keith Walker ...
    “Records the memories of a war in the words of those women courageous enough to walk into hell.”—San Francisco ChronicleA decade after America pulled out of Vietnam, the seeds of the often heart- wrenching oral history, A Piece of My Heart, were sown when writer and filmmaker Keith Walker met a woman who had been an emergency room nurse in Cu Chi and Da Nang. She and 25 others recount the time ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Twenty One Months

    by Ron L. Carter ...
    Five months after being drafted into the United States Army, I found myself in the middle of South Vietnam and wondering if I was ever going to go home again. This book will give the reader a view of what the Vietnam War was like for me. It has over 50 true stories and events that show different obstacles the soldiers faced and bizarre ways they died while in Vietnam. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Pilot’S Story

    An Autobiography of a Pilot

    by Don Volz ...
    This is my storythe story of a pilot who flew airplanes for some thirty-seven years: ten years in the United States Air Force, primarily in jet fighters, and then twenty-seven years flying commercial jet airliners. I was inspired to write this story after reading the autobiography, a few years ago, of Gen. Chuck Yeagerhe being the world-renowned test pilot, World War II fighter ace, and first man ... Read more

    $3.99 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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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Guerrilla Factory

    The Making of Special Forces Officers, the Green Berets

    by Tony Schwalm ...
    With a veteran Green Beret as your guide, go deep inside the grueling training that every Special Forces soldier must endure to become an elite fighting machine.With “a fresh, authentic voice” (Publishers Weekly), former Special Forces commander and current instructor Tony Schwalm takes readers deep inside the grueling training on the notorious Q course, required for all Special Forces soldiers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bracing for Impact

    True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them

    by Robin Suerig Holleran, Lindy Philip ...
    Surviving is a true blessing that few get to experience.”Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyone’s worst nightmare. Bracing for Impact’s compilers and contributors know. They have both lived out that fear and survived, albeit badly hurt, in their own plane crashes.In this collection of true-life survivor tales, people from all walks of life-a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Tale of an Old, Bold Pilot

    by Jim Shouse ...
    The author has experienced many close shaves with death, which are listed herein and good advice is presented to instruct others in meeting goals with determination and perseverance. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD