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  • Under the Surface

    Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale

    by Tom Wilber ...
    Running from southern West Virginia through eastern Ohio, across central and northeast Pennsylvania, and into New York through the Southern Tier and the Catskills, the Marcellus Shale formation underlies a sparsely populated region that features striking landscapes, critical watersheds, and a struggling economic base. It also contains one of the world's largest supplies of natural gas, a resource ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Dissenting POWs

    From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today

    A fresh look at the how US troops played a part in the resistance of US troops to the American war in VietnamEven if you don't know much about the war in Vietnam, you've probably heard of "The Hanoi Hilton," or Hoa Lo Prison, where captured U.S. soldiers were held. What they did there and whether they were treated well or badly by the Vietnamese became lasting controversies. As military personnel ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Under the Surface

    Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale

    by Tom Wilber ...
    In Under the Surface**, Tom Wilber weaves a narrative tracing the consequences of shale gas development in northeast Pennsylvania and central New York through the perspective of various stakeholders**. Wilber's evenhanded treatment explains how the revolutionary process of fracking has changed both access to our domestic energy reserves and the lives of people living over them. He gives a voice to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Vanishing Point

    The Search for a B-24 Bomber Crew Lost on the World War II Home Front

    by Tom Wilber ...
    In Vanishing Point**, award winning journalist and author Tom Wilber pieces together the largely forgotten story of the bomber,** Getaway Gertie**, and an eclectic group of enthusiasts who have spent years searching for it.**At the height of World War II, a B-24 Liberator bomber vanished with its crew while on a training mission over upstate New York. The final hours and ultimate resting place of ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Audiobook

    Vanishing Point

    The Search for a B-24 Bomber Crew Lost on the World War II Home Front

    by Tom Wilber ...
    Narrated by Lee Goettl ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 51 min

    At the height of World War II, a B-24 Liberator bomber vanished with its crew while on a training mission over upstate New York. The final hours and ultimate resting place of pilot Keith Ponder and seven other US aviators aboard the plane remain mysteries to this day. The tale is at once a compelling instance of loss on the World War II American home front and a more extensive, largely unreported ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    An Infantry Platoon Leader in Vietnam

    “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

    $9.99 USD

  • The Long Gray Line

    The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966

    The New York Times bestseller about West Point's Class of 1966, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Atkinson."A story of epic proportions [and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."—The Boston GlobeA classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson (author of the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Vanished

    The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

    by Wil S. Hylton ...
    From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy.In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Military Moments Ww Ii

    American civilians who were on the home front during World War II would each have different stories to tell. With most, almost certainly their stories would not be as dramatic as the stories of many of those who lived in the battle zones of Europe and the Far East. Despite the difference, there would be many moving stories to tell of Americans who lost loved ones or received them home wounded or ... Read more

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  • Tuskegee Airman 4th Edition

    Colonel Charles E. McGee fought in World War II in Korea and in Vietnam. He holds the record for the highest three-war total of fighter combat missions of any pilot in the U.S. Air Force history. His military service began as one of the Tuskegee Airmen in the 332nd famed pioneers who fought racial prejudices to fly and fight for their country in World War II. They are the ones who achieved the ... Read more

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  • The God Machine

    From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter

    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

    $4.99 USD

  • I Heard My Country Calling

    A Memoir

    by James Webb ...
    In this brilliantly received memoir, former senator James Webb has outdone himself. It is rare in America that one individual is recognized for the highest levels of combat valor, as a respected member of the literary and journalistic world, and as a blunt-spoken leader in national politics. In this extraordinary memoir, Webb writes vividly about the early years that shaped such a remarkable ... Read more

    $15.99 USD