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  • Rescue of the Helena Survivors in World War Ii

    A Tale of Incredible Courage

    by Robert J. Richey ...
    This book is written about a Light Cruiser that was heavily involved in the Solomon's in the far Pacific. It seemed that she was indestructable and possessed of a charmed life. Time after time when trouble struck and it seemed that disaster lurked in the wings the angel of death passed over her. But those who repeatedly tempt fate are destined to reap a bitter harvest.It happened after the Enemy ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Key Chess Puzzles

    Sacrificial Chess

    by Robert J. Richey ...
    This book "Key Chess Puzzles, Sacrificial Chess" consists of 60 chess puzzles. Of these 20 can be solved in 2 moves; 28 can be solved in 3 moves; 8 can be solved in 4 moves and finally 4 puzzles are swap down puzzles. To simplify the search for a Solution in many of the puzzles the Player playing the Black pieces does not have a first move. White must provide such a move. This book is intended to ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Using an Explosive Substance to Generate Electricity

    by Robert J. Richey ...
    It is this Writers Opinion and Belief that a crisis faces all of the Industrialized Societies in the field of Energy Production. The massive increase in the population around the world and the attendant need for electricity is placing a strain on the Worlds supply of fossil fuels. The book being presented here proposes a new way of generating Electricity using and explosive substance as a source ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • My Brother Glenn a Prisoner of the Gestapo During World War Ii

    German Secret Police

    by Robert J. Richey ...
    My brother Glenn served in the US Eighth Air Force during the Air War over Germany in 1944. His plane was shot down on his 22nd mission just inside the French Coast two days before the Landing on D-Day. He was rescued by French farmers but later was betrayed by another frenchman in Paris to the Gestapo. He was incarcerated in Buchenwald, one of the Death Camps. He survived the War and lived his ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Bringing Braille into the Computer Age

    Carrying on the Torch

    by Robert J. Richey ...
    Recently this Writer received information from a local Center for the Blind concerning the present method of converting a book into Braille. The Staff of this particular Center for the Blind had converted a Biology text book into Braille. Nine books had been ordered. These nine books in Braille were intended to enable nine students to read along with sighted pupils in the same class. Each of the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Compressed Air Propulsion System to Power the Car of the Future

    by Robert Richey ...
    This book includes two United States patents. The current patent, US 9217329 B1, is titled Compressed Air Propulsion System. The previous one was US 8215111 B1 and was titled Electrical Generation from Explosives. The two patents are linked together in the book to provide propulsion to a car for the future. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Moralizing Corporation

    The Rise and Fall of Corporate Carewashing

    by Carl Rhodes, Grietje River Baars, Alan Bradshaw, Lisa Ann Richey, Sara R. Farris, Robert Deakin, Rohit Varman, Marianna Fotaki, Martin Parker, Bobby Banerjee ...
    Over the past two decades corporations have increasingly used crises to portray themselves as institutions that fundamentally care about people and the planet, not just private wealth. Deploying ‘carewashing’ to moralize operations, they seek to obscure the social, political and environmental damage they cause.Now such carewashing is under fire - from the left and the right. Attacks on ‘woke ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Bay of Lost Souls

    by Robert H. Richey Jr. ...
    Stunned by a diagnosis of Cancer and forced to come to terms with the fragile nature of life, retired sniper Bobby Riley decides to delay surgery until after he takes his sailboat on a trip from Dana Point, California to Cabo san Lucas, Mexico to visit his best friend. Unfortunately the vast Pacific Ocean can be capricious, dangerous, and unforgiving. His boat is damaged in a collision with ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Chess Strategy - The Original Classic Edition

    by Lasker Edward ...
    This book on strategy is one of the best and clearest texts ever written. Lasker claims that by following a few principles of strategy which he gives one can play chess very well.A large part of the book is devoted to illustrative games to show how these strategic principles have been applied by masters. These games show that by learning how to clear files, concentrating forces in the center of ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bobby Fischer

    The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion

    by Karsten Müller ...
    The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral part of their country s heritage. There were occasional flashes of brilliance in the West Reshevsky, Najdorf, and later ... Read more

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  • 303 Tricky Chess Tactics

    by Fred Wilson, Bruce Alberston ...
    Both a fascinating challenge and a great training tool, these tricky tactical problems are not only fun to solve, but great for advanced beginners, intermediate, and expert players to use as tools to improve their game.  Tactics are presented in order of difficulty, so that players can advance from simple to complex positions.  Examples from actual games illustrate a wide range of tactics from the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • How to Play the English Opening

    by Anatoly Karpov ...
    The English Opening, from the Flank Games group, was developed by Howard Staunton. In this opening, white avoids or delays the occupation of the centre with Pawns. Once considered a minor diversion, the English is now one of the main openings and all modern world champions have played it. One of the most famous world champions, Anatoly Karpov, brings his sharp eye and extensive experience to bear ... Read more

    $15.99 USD