The Soldiers Of Fear

Author : Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671040963

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Long ago, before the dawn of civilization, they were banished to the realm of nightmares. Now the terrors are real... A generation ago, another Starship EnterpriseTM fought off a ship of exiled aliens intent on conquering all of the Alpha Quadrant. Starfleet thought the foe had been repelled forever—until now. The Furies have returned in might warships even more powerful than before. But their weapons are more than merely physical, for these aliens are the origins of all the demons and monsters of ancient myth, and they have found a way to project fear directly into the minds of their enemies. To defeat the Furies, and save the Federation, Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise must first conquer the darkest terrors of their unconscious minds.

Author : Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671040963

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The Soldiers Of Fear by Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith Pdf

Long ago, before the dawn of civilization, they were banished to the realm of nightmares. Now the terrors are real... A generation ago, another Starship EnterpriseTM fought off a ship of exiled aliens intent on conquering all of the Alpha Quadrant. Starfleet thought the foe had been repelled forever—until now. The Furies have returned in might warships even more powerful than before. But their weapons are more than merely physical, for these aliens are the origins of all the demons and monsters of ancient myth, and they have found a way to project fear directly into the minds of their enemies. To defeat the Furies, and save the Federation, Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise must first conquer the darkest terrors of their unconscious minds.

Author : John Burnett
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307418722

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Where Soldiers Fear to Tread by John Burnett Pdf

“There is going to be a shooting here and it is a toss-up who is going to get the boy’s first round. The soldier, about ten years old, is jamming the barrel of his gun hard against my driver’s face, and unless the kid decides to go for me, the relief worker, my driver is going to get his head blown off.” WHERE SOLDIERS FEAR TO TREAD John Burnett survived this ordeal and others during his service as a relief worker in Somalia. But many did not. In this gripping firsthand account, Burnett shares his experiences during the flood relief operations of 1997 to 1998. Ravaged by monsoons, starvation, and feuding warlords, Somalia continues to be one of the most dangerous places on earth. Both a personal story and a broader tale of war, the politics of aid, and the horrifying reality of child-soldiers, his chronicle represents the astonishing challenges faced by humanitarian workers across the globe. There are currently thousands of civilian workers serving in over one hundred nations. Today, they are as likely to be killed in the line of duty as are trained soldiers. In the past five years alone, more UN aid workers have been killed than peacekeepers. When Burnett joined the World Food Program, he was told their mission would be safe, their help welcomed–and they would be pulled out if bullets started to fly. When he arrived in Somalia, Burnett found a nation rent by a decade of anarchy, a people wary of foreign intervention, and a discomfiting uncertainty that the UN would remember he’d been sent there at all. From Burnett’s young Somali driver to the armed civilians, warlords, and colleagues he would never see again, this unforgettable memoir delves into the complexity of humanitarian missions and the wonder of everyday people who risk their lives to help others in places too dangerous to send soldiers. “Where Soldiers Fear to Tread is a rousing adventure story and a troubling morality tale....If you’ve ever sent 20 bucks off to a relief organization, you owe it to yourself to read this book.”--Michael Maren, author of The Road to Hell: The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid and International Charity

Author : Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Guerrillas
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081203601

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Where Soldiers Fear to Tread by Sir Ranulph Fiennes Pdf

Author : Caroline Tung Richmond
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545629898

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The Only Thing to Fear by Caroline Tung Richmond Pdf

In a stunning reimagining of history, debut author Caroline Tung Richmond weaves an incredible story of secrets and honor in a world where the Axis powers won World War II. In a world where the Axis powers won WWII, the US has been divided up by the victors and the eastern half has fallen under oppressive Nazi rule for nearly 70 years. 16-year-old Zara longs for an America she's only read about -- free from persecution for being a non-Aryan. And she's not alone. The rumblings of a revolution have started, and Zara finds herself drawn into a rebel group determined to overthrow the Third Reich. When Bastian, the charming son an SS officer, approaches Zara about joining the Alliance, she denies all knowledge. Yet Bastian is determined, and Zara quickly decides it'll be easier to keep an eye on an enemy if she knows where he is. Especially since Zara has a dangerous secret that, if discovered by the Nazis, would land her in either a labor camp or a grave. But her secret might very well be the key to taking down the Führer. Can Zara and the Alliance topple the Third Reich for good, or will Bastian betray her, forcing Zara to pay the ultimate price for freedom?

Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735235274

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The Secret History of Soldiers by Tim Cook Pdf

There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics. Less attention has been paid to the daily lives of the combatants, how they endured the unimaginable conditions of industrial warfare: the rain of shells, bullets, and chemical agents. In The Secret History of Soldiers, Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian, examines how those who survived trench warfare on the Western Front found entertainment, solace, relief, and distraction from the relentless slaughter. These tales come from the soldiers themselves, mined from the letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral accounts of more than five hundred combatants. Rare examples of trench art, postcards, and even song sheets offer insight into a hidden society that was often irreverent, raunchy, and anti-authoritarian. Believing in supernatural stories was another way soldiers shielded themselves from the horror. While novels and poetry often depict the soldiers of the Great War as mere victims, this new history shows how the soldiers pushed back against the grim war, refusing to be broken in the mincing machine of the Western Front. The violence of war is always present, but Cook reveals the gallows humour the soldiers employed to get through it. Over the years, both writers and historians have overlooked this aspect of the men's lives. The fighting at the front was devastating, but behind the battle lines, another layer of life existed, one that included songs, skits, art, and soldier-produced newspapers. With his trademark narrative abilities and an unerring eye for the telling human detail, Cook has created another landmark history of Canadian military life as he reveals the secrets of how soldiers survived the carnage of the Western Front.

Author : Dean Koontz
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345533302

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Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz Pdf

If you’re different enough, the night is not your enemy, the darkness is not intimidating, the shadows are not terrifying. You fear nothing. Christopher Snow is different from all the other residents of Moonlight Bay, different from anyone you’ve ever met. For Christopher Snow has made his peace with a very rare genetic disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light. His life is filled with the fascinating rituals of one who must embrace the dark. He knows the night as no one else can—its mystery, its beauty, its terrors, and the eerie silken rhythms that seduce one into believing anything—even freedom—is possible. Until the night Christopher Snow witnesses a series of disturbing incidents that sweep him into a violent mystery only he can solve, a mystery that will force him to rise above all fears and confront the many-layered secrets of Moonlight Bay and its strange inhabitants. A place, like all places, that looks a lot different after dark.

Author : Gabriel Chevallier
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590177419

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Fear by Gabriel Chevallier Pdf

An NYRB Classics Original Winner of the Scott Moncrieff Prize for Translation 1915: Jean Dartemont heads off to the Great War, an eager conscript. The only thing he fears is missing the action. Soon, however, the vaunted “war to end all wars” seems like a war that will never end: whether mired in the trenches or going over the top, Jean finds himself caught in the midst of an unimaginable, unceasing slaughter. After he is wounded, he returns from the front to discover a world where no one knows or wants to know any of this. Both the public and the authorities go on talking about heroes—and sending more men to their graves. But Jean refuses to keep silent. He will speak the forbidden word. He will tell them about fear. John Berger has called Fear “a book of the utmost urgency and relevance.” A literary masterpiece, it is also an essential and unforgettable reckoning with the terrible war that gave birth to a century of war.

Author : John Dollard,Donald Horton
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786256690

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Fear In Battle by John Dollard,Donald Horton Pdf

John Dollard (1900-1980) was a psychologist and social scientist best known for his studies on race relations in America. From 1942 to 1945 he served as a consultant in the Morale Services Division the United States Department of War, during which time he and fellow psychologists at Yale University’s Institute of Human Relations produced a study titled “Fear and Courage under Battle Conditions.” The study investigated fear and morale of soldiers in modern combat conditions. With the active assistance of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade interviews with Lincoln Brigade veterans were carried out and a questionnaire distributed. Three hundred veterans who had served as volunteers with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War replied and became the research subjects for the study. This book presents the findings from this intensive study for the purposes of military value.

Author : Brewster MaCoy
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477114353

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A Fear of Dying by Brewster MaCoy Pdf

A Fear of Dying is a story about a young man who would never have been drafted into the military because of his medical condition. He carried his medical records with him to the induction center and referred to them as his (Ace in the Hole). Because of his smart mouth and his attitude, he got drafted anyhow. Once he realized that he was not going to get out of the Army, he decided to be the best soldier that he could possibly be. He became a Chopper pilot on a gun ship and served two tours in Viet Nam. The story talks about both his and other soldiers experiences, fears, courage, compassion, and humor that they shared with each other during their tours in Viet Nam. The story talks about the friendships and relationships that the soldiers built with each other. The story shares what they were willing to do for each other to protect those friendships, and how they each handled the deaths of both friends and comrades.

Author : John S. Burnett
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120014126

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Where Soldiers Fear to Tread by John S. Burnett Pdf

In 1998, bored and rather broke, John Burnett heard that the World Food Programme were looking for small-boat handlers to help deliver aid to the flood-stricken and starving people of Somalia and that the money was good. On the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, Burnett was nevertheless completely unprepared for the realities of working in a country without government or law where the only authority that matters came from a loaded gun - and where hippos, crocodiles and green mambas offered alternative means of violent death. From his lack of proper tools and communication gear to the mad unsuitability of his water-ski boat for delivering aid supplies up a flooded river to the tragedy of watching a baby die of malaria in his arms and the gut-wrenching fear of being held up at gunpoint by a child soldier, the experience of being an aid-worker drastically changed the way he sees the world.

Author : Ranulph Fiennes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Guerrillas
ISBN : OCLC:1227522540

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Where Soldiers Fear to Tread by Ranulph Fiennes Pdf

Author : D.J. MacHale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416914204

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The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale Pdf

Each of the Travelers returns home to learn the truth about their origins before being reunited for a final, ineveitable confrontation with Saint Dane, whose efforts to control Halla are destroying its very foundations.

Author : Diane Burke Fessler
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628952544

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No Time for Fear by Diane Burke Fessler Pdf

No Time for Fear summons the voices of more than 100 women who served as nurses overseas during World War II, letting them tell their story as no one else can. Fessler has meticulously compiled and transcribed more than 200 interviews with American military nurses of the Army, Army Air Force, and Navy who were present in all theaters of WWII. Their stories bring to life horrific tales of illness and hardship, blinding blizzards, and near starvation—all faced with courage, tenacity, and even good humor. This unique oral-history collection makes available to readers an important counterpoint to the seemingly endless discussions of strategy, planning, and troop movement that often characterize discussions of the Second World War.

Author : Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Dhofar (Oman)
ISBN : 0340147547

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