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  • Fighting Mad

    One Man's Guerrilla War

    by Michael Calvert ...
    Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Prisoners of Hope

    by Michael Calvert ...
    In this classic WWII memoir, a British commando recounts how the legendary Chindits invented modern guerilla warfare through operations in Burma.In 1942, British Army Colonel Orde Wingate was sent to Burma to organize guerilla units against the invading Japanese forces. Drawing on locally available troops, Wingate turned English and Scottish line regiments and Gurkha riflemen into the elite ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spine and Joint Articulation for Manual Therapists

    by Giles Gyer, Jimmy Michael, Ben Calvert-Painter ...
    The book focuses on the practical application of articulation and mobilisation techniques with clear explanations and visual support of the techniques. Techniques are described for all body regions. Most other books for therapists include only one chapter on these important techniques.This book covers a variety of best practise techniques for all areas of the body. Examples are given to show how ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • TCP/IP Sockets in C

    Practical Guide for Programmers

    by Michael J. Donahoo, Kenneth L. Calvert ...
    TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers, Second Edition is a quick and affordable way to gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop sophisticated and powerful web-based applications. The book's focused, tutorial-based approach enables the reader to master the tasks and techniques essential to virtually all client-server projects using sockets in C. This edition has been expanded ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • TCP/IP Sockets in C#

    Practical Guide for Programmers

    by David Makofske, Michael J. Donahoo, Kenneth L. Calvert ...
    Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems
    "TCP/IP sockets in C# is an excellent book for anyone interested in writing network applications using Microsoft .Net frameworks. It is a unique combination of well written concise text and rich carefully selected set of working examples. For the beginner of network programming, it's a good starting book; on the other hand professionals could also take advantage of excellent handy sample code ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    The Counterstrike

    A Military Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Series

    by Joshua T. Calvert ...
    Narrated by Michael Braun ...
    Series series Annihilation

    Unabridged

    9 hours 44 min

    Earth is dying...Cities and landscapes that have not yet been destroyed by crashed spaceships and orbiting debris are being devastated by radiation and localized changes in the laws of physics near the alien ship remnants.While extraterrestrial spaceships divide and exploit the solar system among themselves, Europe desperately tries to preserve it's chances of survival for the remnants of humanity ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    The Extinction

    A Military Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Series

    by Joshua T. Calvert ...
    Narrated by Michael Braun ...
    Series series Annihilation

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    Their war. Our extinction.The catastrophe of P3X-888 becomes a question of fate for all mankind. The enemy rises and strikes the all-destructive final blow, even before it was understood on Earth what the war is about.In the midst of a standoff that has been going on for millennia, Nikos and Jacek stumble into a conflict far greater than they could have ever imagined. Meanwhile, the leadership ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Black-Eyed Susan (Unabridged)

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    by Ethel Calvert Phillips ...
    Narrated by Michael Odonnell, Christine Coleman, John Martinez, Miranda Davis ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 11 min

    Susan has black eyes and that's why her grandfather calls her his little black-eyed Susan. Her pink cheeks and merry smile remind her grandmother to bake cinnamon cookies for the little girl who has no real memory of her mother and father. When she asks how it was that she came to live with them her grandparents tell her. She likes those talks and knows her story well. She loves her grandparents ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Imperial War Museums' Book of War Behind Enemy Lines

    by Julian Thompson ...
    An account of the various units of the British special forces used during the Second World War, perfect for military enthusiasts and WWII history buffs.War Behind Enemy Lines tells the unvarnished story of British Special Forces in the Second World War. While the SAS and SBS remain household names today, there were a plethora of lesser known units, large and small, that played their part before ... Read more

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  • A Drop Too Many

    by John Frost ...
    One of the British Army's first paratroopers recounts in vivid detail his service in the 2nd Parachute Battalion during the Battle of Arnhem and beyond . . .No one who has read of Arnhem can fail to be inspired by gallantry of the 2nd Parachute Regiment, which held the north end of the key road bridge over the Rhine—the "Bridge Too Far"—not for twenty-four hours for which it was equipped, but for ... Read more

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  • The Devil's Own Luck

    Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic, 1944–45

    by Denis Edwards ...
    "A superb and well written book, highly recommended as a true account of one man's war from Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic during WWII." —The ArmourerAlthough strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throughout nearly all his time in Europe in 1944–45. He brilliantly conveys what it was like to be facing death, day after day, night after night, with never a ... Read more

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  • Tank Commander

    From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill Close

    by Bill Close ...
    A remarkable World War II survival story and combat memoir by "an indestructible wartime tank commander" ( The Telegraph).In campaign after campaign, from the defense of Calais in 1940 to the defeat of Germany in 1945, Bill Close served as a tank commander in Britain's Royal Tank Regiment—and he survived.His tanks were hit eleven times by enemy shellfire and he bailed out. He was wounded three ... Read more

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