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At First Light
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Author : Walt Larimore
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-04-19
At First Light written by Walt Larimore and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with History categories.
Winner of The Page Turner Non-Fiction Book Award, The Page Turner Golden Author Award, and The Page Turner Best Book Award in True Stories What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore’s story special is what happened in World War II’s closing days and the people—and horses—he interacted with in this Forrest Gump-like tale that is emotional, heartbreaking, and inspiring. Growing up in the 1930s in Memphis, Tennessee, Phil Larimore is the ultimate Boy Scout—able to read maps, put a compass to good use, and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons. His other great skill is riding horses. Phil does poorly in school, however, leading his parents send to him to a military academy. After Pearl Harbor, Phil realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday, he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia. Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division. Their job: deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholes—a dangerous assignment involving regular forays into No Man’s Land. As Phil fights his way up the Italian boot, into Southern France and across the Rhine River into Germany, he is caught up in some of the most intense combat ever. But it’s what happens in the final stages of the war and his homecoming that makes Phil’s story incredibly special and heartwarming. An emotional tale of courage, daring, and heroism, At First Light will remind you of the indomitable human spirit that lives in all of us.
First Light
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Author : Geoffrey Wellum
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2003-05
First Light written by Geoffrey Wellum and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'An extraordinary, deeply moving and astonishingly evocative story. Reading it, you feel you are in the Spitfire with him, at 20,000 feet, chased by a German Heinkel, with your ammunition gone' INDEPENDENT Two months before the outbreak of WWII, seventeen year old Geoffrey Wellum left school to become a fighter pilot with the RAF. He made it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 Squadron. Thrust into combat almost immediately, Wellum found himselfflying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s. Published more than fifty years afterwards, FIRST LIGHT is Geoffrey Wellum's gripping memoir of his experiences as a fighter pilot during WWII.
First Light
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Author : Emma Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-26
First Light written by Emma Chapman and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-26 with Science categories.
Opens a window into a previously dark and secret time in our universe's history: when the first stars were born. Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to imaging thousands of galaxies, and even to visualising an actual black hole. There's a lot for astronomers to be smug about. But when it comes to understanding how the Universe began and grew up, we are literally in the dark ages. In effect, we are missing the first one billion years from the timeline of the Universe. This brief but far-reaching period in the Universe's history, known to astrophysicists as the 'Epoch of Reionisation', represents the start of the cosmos as we experience it today. The time when the very first stars burst into life, when darkness gave way to light. After hundreds of millions of years of dark, uneventful expansion, one by the one these stars suddenly came into being. This was the point at which the chaos of the Big Bang first began to yield to the order of galaxies, black holes and stars, kick-starting the pathway to planets, to comets, to moons, and to life itself. Incorporating the very latest research into this branch of astrophysics, this book sheds light on this time of darkness, telling the story of these first stars, hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times brighter, lonely giants that lived fast and died young in powerful explosions that seeded the Universe with the heavy elements that we are made of. Dr Emma Chapman tells us how these stars formed, why they were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today. She also offers a first-hand look at the immense telescopes about to come on line to peer into the past, searching for the echoes and footprints of these stars, to take this period in the Universe's history from the realm of theoretical physics towards the wonder of observational astronomy.
First Light
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Author : Richard Preston
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-04-04
First Light written by Richard Preston and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-04 with Science categories.
Seven years before Richard Preston wrote about horrifying viruses in The Hot Zone, he turned his attention to the cosmos. In First Light, he demonstrates his gift for creating an exciting and absorbing narrative around a complex scientific subject--in this case the efforts by astronomers at the Palomar Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains of California to peer to the farthest edges of space through the Hale Telescope, attempting to solve the riddle of the creation of the universe. Richard Preston's name became a household word with The Hot Zone, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in hardcover, was on The New York Times's bestseller list for 42 weeks, and was the subject of countless magazine and newspaper articles. Preston has become a sought-after commentator on popular science subjects.
First Light
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Author : Bill Rancic
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-11-01
First Light written by Bill Rancic and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with Fiction categories.
A moving story of love, family, and survival against all odds from beloved entrepreneur and reality TV star Bill Rancic. Set amid the deep, wild woods of the Yukon, First Light tells the story of Daniel Albrecht and Kerry Egan, a young couple just beginning their life together: in love, engaged, and, as Kerry soon discovers, expecting their first child. While they are flying home from a work trip in Alaska to plan their wedding in Chicago, both engines of their plane catch fire and send the plane careening into a mountainside in the middle of a terrible snowstorm. Kerry is seriously injured in the accident, and Daniel—the one person among the passengers with some survival experience—makes the courageous decision to search for help, hoping against hope that he can return to save his fellow travelers, especially the woman he loves. Thus begins a harrowing and suspenseful race against time and the elements, as it becomes clear that not everyone will make it out alive. As the couple's story draws to a close, the surprising truth about the boy’s life, and that of his parents’ marriage, will at last be divulged. A romantic and heart-wrenching debut from Bill Rancic, First Light is about surviving the most insurmountable obstacles—and finding renewal and love just when it seems that all is lost.
The Red
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Author : Linda Nagata
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-06-30
The Red written by Linda Nagata and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Fiction categories.
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015 Reality TV and advanced technology make for high drama in this political thriller that combines the military action of Zero Dark Thirty with the classic science fiction of The Forever War. Lieutenant James Shelley, who has an uncanny knack for premeditating danger, leads a squad of advanced US Army military tasked with enforcing the peace around a conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. The squad members are linked wirelessly 24/7 to themselves and a central intelligence that guides them via drone relay—and unbeknownst to Shelley and his team, they are being recorded for a reality TV show. When an airstrike almost destroys their outpost, a plot begins to unravel that’s worthy of Crichton and Clancy’s best. The conflict soon involves rogue defense contractors, corrupt US politicians, and homegrown terrorists who possess nuclear bombs. Soon Shelley must accept that the helpful warnings in his head could be AI. But what is the cost of serving its agenda?
First Light
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Author : Bodie Thoene
language : en
Publisher: Tyndale House Pub
Release Date : 2004-04
First Light written by Bodie Thoene and has been published by Tyndale House Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04 with Fiction categories.
During Passover in Jerusalem, a blind Jewish teenager, Peniel, longs to find meaning in his life, while the Roman officials are plotting against the mysterious Yeshua of Nazareth, who is sought by Marcus, a Roman centurion, and by the shephard Zodak.
First Light
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Author : Sunil Gangopadhyaya
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Enterprise
Release Date : 2001
First Light written by Sunil Gangopadhyaya and has been published by Penguin Enterprise this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
"The long-awaited sequel to the best-selling Those days".
Gardens At First Light
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Author : Stacy Bass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-05-01
Gardens At First Light written by Stacy Bass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-01 with Gardening categories.
Gardens at daybreak—a moment that captures the natural world in a perfect blend of richness and revelation—form the basis of Gardens at First Light, a new book of stunning images by award-winning photographer Stacy Bass with essays by Judy Ostrow. This volume—the sequel to Bass's critically acclaimed In the Garden—offers extraordinary views of some of the most inspired private gardens in the country, along with the story of how each garden took shape, from concept to completion. A special illustrated resource guide offers avid gardeners detailed and practical information so they too can create an Eden, bloom by bloom.
Defense Acquisitions Status Of Ballistic Missile Defense Program In 2004 Report To Congressional Committees
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language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Defense Acquisitions Status Of Ballistic Missile Defense Program In 2004 Report To Congressional Committees written by and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.