The Odin Mission

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Random House
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407034300

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The Odin Mission by James Holland Pdf

'Sharpe for the Blitz years...The Odin Mission is a meaty, all-action yarn' Sunday Telegraph 'Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics...Destined to be a series that will run and run' Mail On Sunday ------------------------------------------ Norway, 1940: One small force stands before the Nazi Blitzkrieg The few remaining British troops retreat in the fact of a remorseless German advance. For Sergeant Jack Tanner and his stranded patrol, it is a desperate rearguard action. With the odds stacked against them and the temperature dropping fast, they are not only fighting for their lives, but also to protect a mysterious Norwegian professor in whose hands lies the outcome of the war. To survive, Tanner must outfox and outfight the pursuing Nazis who are desperate for the secrets the Norwegian holds. They will stop at nothing to secure them. . . Jack Tanner's adventures continue in Darkest Hour. The new, sweeping World War II book from James Holland, THE SAVAGE STORM, is available for pre-order now. ------------------------------------------ Readers are loving The Odin Mission 'I just couldn't put it down' 'A cracking tale' 'Top class' 'A breezy, action packed, page turning, ripper of a yarn'

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0552773948

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The Odin Mission by James Holland Pdf

April 1940. Nazi Germany has invaded neutral Norway.Fleeing north from their brutal Blitzkrieg advance are three officers of the King s Guard men who have been entrusted by the Norwegian King with a vitally important mission: to getleading scientist, Hening Sandvold, out of Oslo and away to the safety of the Allies. The only military force which stands between the Nazi forces and total victory are the poorly equipped, undertrained squaddies of the British 148th Brigade.Among them is Sergeant Jack Tanner, recently returned from the Middle East to join the King s Own Yorkshire Rangers. As the British are pushed back from Lillehammer, Sergeant Tanner and his patrol are left stranded in the mountains in the chaos of retreat. Trying to rejoin their unit, they stumble first across Sandvold and his protectors, and then a French patrol of alpine troops. The odds of this ragtag group of soldiers and civilians making it to safety are stacked against them.Trekking through snow-clad mountains with the Germans dogging their every move, Tanner is forced to try and out-fox and out-fight not only their pursuers but the best efforts of his own side.And as the Allies resistance collapses, it quickly becomes clear that the small band of fugitives can rely on no-one but themselves. Yet Tanner knows he has to succeed.For, as he discovers, Sandvold holds the key to a vital secret one that could change the outcome of the entire war...

Author : Shen-En Qian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1001 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118945148

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Optical Payloads for Space Missions by Shen-En Qian Pdf

Optical Payloads for Space Missions is a comprehensive collection of optical spacecraft payloads with contributions by leading international rocket-scientists and instrument builders. Covers various applications, including earth observation, communications, navigation, weather, and science satellites and deep space exploration Each chapter covers one or more specific optical payload Contains a review chapter which provides readers with an overview on the background, current status, trends, and future prospects of the optical payloads Provides information on the principles of the optical spacecraft payloads, missions’ background, motivation and challenges, as well as the scientific returns, benefits and applications

Author : Padraic Colum
Publisher : anboco
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736407497

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The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths by Padraic Colum Pdf

Far Away and Long Ago The Building of the Wall Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki How Freya Gained Her Necklace and How Her Loved One Was Lost to Her How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic Sword Heimdall and Little Hnossa: How All Things Came to Be The All-Father's Forebodings: How He Leaves Asgard Odin Goes to Mimir's Well: His Sacrifice for Wisdom Odin Faces an Evil Man Odin Wins for Men the Magic Mead Odin Tells to Vidar, His Silent Son, the Secret of His Doings Thor and Loki in the Giants' City How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the Giant Ægir's Feast: How Thor Triumphed The Dwarf's Hoard, and the Curse that It Brought Foreboding in Asgard Loki the Betrayer Loki Against the Æsir The Valkyrie The Children of Loki Baldur's Doom Loki's Punishment Sigurd's Youth The Sword Gram and the Dragon Fafnir The Dragon's Blood The Story of Sigmund and Signy The Story of Sigmund and Sinfiotli The Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungs and of the Death of Sinfiotli Brynhild in the House of Flame Sigurd at the House of the Nibelungs How Brynhild Was Won for Gunnar The Death of Sigurd The Twilight of the Gods

Author : Anil K. Maini,Varsha Agrawal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118636374

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Satellite Technology by Anil K. Maini,Varsha Agrawal Pdf

Fully updated edition of the comprehensive, single-source reference on satellite technology and its applications Covering both the technology and its applications, Satellite Technology is a concise reference on satellites for commercial, scientific and military purposes. The book explains satellite technology fully, beginning by offering an introduction to the fundamentals, before covering orbits and trajectories, launch and in-orbit operations, hardware, communication techniques, multiple access techniques, and link design fundamentals. This new edition also includes comprehensive chapters on Satellite Networks and Satellite Technology – Emerging Trends. Providing a complete survey of applications, from remote sensing and military uses, to navigational and scientific applications, the authors also present an inclusive compendium on satellites and satellite launch vehicles. Filled with diagrams and illustrations, this book serves as an ideal introduction for those new to the topic, as well as a reference point for professionals. Fully updated edition of the comprehensive, single-source reference on satellite technology and its applications - remote sensing, weather, navigation, scientific, and military - including new chapters on Satellite Networks and Satellite Technology – Emerging Trends Covers the full range of satellite applications in remote sensing, meteorology, the military, navigation and science, and communications, including satellite-to-under sea communication, satellite cell-phones, and global Xpress system of INMARSAT The cross-disciplinary coverage makes the book an essential reference book for professionals, R&D scientists and students at post graduate level Companion website provides a complete compendium on satellites and satellite launch vehicles An ideal introduction for Professionals and R&D scientists in the field. Engineering Students. Cross disciplinary information for engineers and technical managers.

Author : Robert J. Seidel,Paul R. Chatelier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461530145

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Advanced Technologies Applied to Training Design by Robert J. Seidel,Paul R. Chatelier Pdf

This collection of papers is the result of a workshop sponsored by NATO's Defense Research Group Panel 8 in the Fall of 1991. The workshop is the second of a series, the fIrst of which was held in the Spring of 1985. As you study these papers, recall that this workshop occurred during the time that many changes were occurring in Eastern Europe and world wide. The need to identify training technologies for maintaining a capable and ready force during times of decreases in military force structure was, and is currently, our challenge. The opportunities for these technologies to provide a service and opportunity for nonmilitary usage is our future. Therefore this workshop maintained its focus on technology and application, regardless of the user. These and other statements made herein are personal and reflect the opinions of the author(s) and in no way represent the offIcial position or policy of our individual governments. v PREFACE The truly international contributions to this book reinforced our belief that training technology must be collaborative and data widely shared to strengthen our future. We want to thank the authors of these papers for their abilities to see beyond the near horizon. Their contributions, and the support of the organizations that sponsored their work is greatly appreciated. We also gratefully recognize the contributions of all who attended the workshop.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : CUB:U183046594550

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Signal by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Fleming Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Missionaries
ISBN : OXFORD:590943673

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The Dawn of the Modern Mission by William Fleming Stevenson Pdf

Author : Albert Morales,John M. Kamensky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742552136

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Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs by Albert Morales,John M. Kamensky Pdf

Since the 1980s, the language used around market-based government has muddied its meaning and polarized its proponents and critics, making the topic politicized and controversial. Competition, Choice, and Incentives in Government Programs hopes to reframe competing views of market-based government so it is seen not as an ideology but rather as a fact-based set of approaches for managing government services and programs more efficiently and effectively.

Author : Félix D. Almaráz, Jr.
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292758889

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The San Antonio Missions and their System of Land Tenure by Félix D. Almaráz, Jr. Pdf

San Antonio, Texas, is unique among North American cities in having five former Spanish missions: San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo; founded in 1718), San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (1720), Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña (1731), San Juan Capistrano (1731), and San Francisco de la Espada (1731). These missions attract a good deal of popular interest but, until this book, they had received surprisingly little scholarly study. The San Antonio Missions and Their System of Land Tenure, a winner in the Presidio La Bahía Award competition, looks at one previously unexamined aspect of mission history—the changes in landownership as the missions passed from sacred to secular owners in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Drawing on exhaustive research in San Antonio and Bexar County archives, Félix Almaráz has reconstructed the land tenure system that began with the Spaniards' jurisprudential right of discovery and progressed through colonial development, culminating with ownership of the mission properties under successive civic jurisdictions (independent Mexico, Republic of Texas, State of Texas, Bexar County, and City of San Antonio). Several broad questions served as focus points for the research. What were the legal bases for the Franciscan missions as instruments of the Spanish Empire? What was the extent of the initial land grants at the time of their establishment in the eighteenth century? How were the missions' agricultural and pastoral lands configured? And, finally, what impact has urbanization had upon the former Franciscan foundations? The findings in this study will be valuable for scholars of Texas borderlands and Hispanic New World history. Additionally, genealogists and people with roots in the San Antonio missions area may find useful clues to family history in this extensive study of landownership along the banks of the Río San Antonio.

Author : Agnès Perrin,Najate Ben Sari-Zizi,Jean Demaison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781402050909

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Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere for Environmental Security by Agnès Perrin,Najate Ben Sari-Zizi,Jean Demaison Pdf

This volume continues presentation of the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) held at Rabat, Morocco on the 17-19th of November 2005 entitled Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere for Environmental Security. Coverage includes a review of recent and upcoming experimental satellite measurements of the Earth’s atmosphere, characterisation of pollution in urban areas and the growing lack of water in many countries of the Mediterranean area, and more.

Author : National Research Council Canada
Publisher : NRC Research Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 0660190893

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Chemistry as a Diagnostic of Star Formation by National Research Council Canada Pdf

This publication contains presentations & poster papers of a conference that focussed on the many aspects of astrochemistry related to star formation. Topics covered include: the next generation of telescopes & detectors; studies of fundamental chemical processes both in the lab & in the field; an exploration of the connections between chemistry & physics in star-forming regions; the unique problems of high-mass star formation; the formation of hydrogen; deuterated molecules; molecular depletion; observations & modelling of embedded protostars; accretion disks & circumstellar disks; interstellar dust; and the chemistry, physical conditions, & structure of dark clouds. Includes indexes of subjects, authors, & astronomical objects.

Author : William Lahoz,Boris Khattatov,Richard Menard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540747031

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Data Assimilation by William Lahoz,Boris Khattatov,Richard Menard Pdf

Data assimilation methods were largely developed for operational weather forecasting, but in recent years have been applied to an increasing range of earth science disciplines. This book will set out the theoretical basis of data assimilation with contributions by top international experts in the field. Various aspects of data assimilation are discussed including: theory; observations; models; numerical weather prediction; evaluation of observations and models; assessment of future satellite missions; application to components of the Earth System. References are made to recent developments in data assimilation theory (e.g. Ensemble Kalman filter), and to novel applications of the data assimilation method (e.g. ionosphere, Mars data assimilation).

Author : Susanne Pfalzner,Carsten Kramer,Christian Straubmeier,Andreas Heithausen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642189029

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The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies by Susanne Pfalzner,Carsten Kramer,Christian Straubmeier,Andreas Heithausen Pdf

The Cologne-Bonn-Zermatt symposium is a well established series of conferences, occurring on a 5-year cycle, on the dense interstellar medium and related topics. The main results constitute valuable proceedings that offer everyone working in this field an authoritative and comprehensive source of reference.

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Random House
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409082422

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Darkest Hour by James Holland Pdf

Readers of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett will love this gripping, edge-of-your-seat wartime thriller from bestselling author and historian James Holland. Guaranteed to keep you turning the pages! 'Old-fashioned, testosterone-fuelled escapism and Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics' -- Mail on Sunday 'Sharpe for the Blitz years...a meaty, all action yarn!' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Holland is a superb historian who knows his stuff, and his descriptions of the action are terrific' -- Daily Telegraph 'Has the sure touch of someone who knows their subject and enjoys it' -- Daily Mail 'Very difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'An amazing read' -- ***** Reader review 'An adventure from start to finish but with great historical facts thrown in' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** Dunkirk, 1940: ONE MAN MUST STEM THE NAZI TIDE... Sergeant Jack Tanner has been posted to a training company on the south-east coast of England where the mysterious deaths of two Polish refugees lead him to believe there has been foul play. As the Germans launch their Blitzkrieg in Europe, the entire company are sent to join the battle to stop Hitler's drive across the Low Countries. Pitted against the die-hard Nazis of the SS 'Death's Head' Division and the great panzer commander, General Rommel himself, it is left to Tanner to get his men back to Allied lines. But if they are to have any hope of surviving the mayhem of Dunkirk, Tanner must first deal with an enemy far more deadly than the Germans... Jack Tanner's adventures continue in Blood of Honour.