Dead Centre

Author : Ed Kugler
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 030782991X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Center written by Ed Kugler and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DEATH BUSINESS, EACH DAWN COULD BE YOUR LAST. Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there--the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at seventeen, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts. To take advantage of that experience, he formed the Rogues, a five-sniper team that hunted in the Co Bi-Than Tan Valley for VC and NVA. His descriptions of long, tense waits, sudden deadly action, and NVA countersniper ambushes are fascinating. In DEAD CENTER, Kugler demonstrates the importance to a sniper of patience, marksmanship, bush skills, and guts--while underscoring exactly what a country demands of its youth when it sends them to war.

Author : Jason Altmire
Publisher : Sunbury Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781620067772
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Center written by Jason Altmire and published by Sunbury Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2017 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fast-paced and easily-readable, Dead Center moves beyond the tired rhetoric that so often dominates our political discourse. Altmire draws upon his first-hand experience in the corridors of power to evaluate the root causes of polarization and offer novel solutions to break the gridlock and restore to Washington a spirit of cooperation.

Author : Mark O'Connell
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 110191159X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Be a Machine written by Mark O'Connell and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” —New York Times Book Review (editor's choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our biology—of our senses, intelligence, and lifespans—with technology. Its supporters have reached a critical mass and now include some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley and beyond, among them Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Ray Kurzweil. In this provocative and eye-opening account, journalist Mark O’Connell explores the staggering (and terrifying) possibilities that present themselves when you think of your body as an outmoded device. He visits the world’s foremost cryonics facility to witness how some have chosen to forestall death, discovers an underground collective of biohackers boosting their senses by implanting electronics under their skin, and meets with members of a team urgently investigating how to protect mankind from rogue artificial superintelligence. In investigating what it means to be a machine, O’Connell shines a light on our ancient desire to transcend the animal condition—and offers a surprising meditation on what it means to be human.

Author : Kevin Cameron
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760336083
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Top Dead Center 2 written by Kevin Cameron and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2009-11-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A second collection of articles and columns by one of the world's best motorcycle writers, arranged thematically and with brief new introductions by the author.

Author : Kevin Cameron
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760327272
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Top Dead Center written by Kevin Cameron and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Cameron is one of the most widely read motorcycle journalists in the world--for reasons that this collection makes immediately and undeniably clear. Here are the feature articles and columns that have made Cameron a must-read for motorcycle aficionados: stories of the racing life; interviews with top-notch racers; profiles of builders and engineers (like John Britten); accounts of changes in the racing world; analyses of riding techniques and winning technology; reports of races; and popular pieces about engine and suspension theory. With short introductions to each piece, Cameron puts his on-the-spot writing on motorcycle racing into context, and offers a quick, clear history of the best on bikes.

Author : Danielle Girard
Publisher : Rookie Club
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Center written by Danielle Girard and published by Rookie Club. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A predator is on the hunt. An aggressive monster who preys on a specific type of victim. Female. Police. Officers. The heart-stopping thriller that "has everything-murder, intrigue, scandal, friendship, and a tough-as-nails heroine. Prepare yourself for the roller coaster ride that is Dead Center." For San Francisco Sex Crimes Inspector Jamie Vail, no case has ever hit closer to home. The brutalized women are her colleagues. Her friends. Her job is everything. Divorced and alone, Jamie vows to end the violence and capture this deranged criminal. Nothing else matters. Within days of the latest attack, a female police officer is murdered and Jamie's ex-husband is the primary suspect. She shouldn't care. She tells herself she doesn't... until she learns that the details of the murder are eerily similar to the case she is working. Jamie realizes the killer and her predator may be one and the same. Now, Jamie must confront her past and solve the murder of her ex-husband's lover to stop a serial rapist. But he has Jamie in his sights and time is running out before she becomes the killer's ultimate prize. "A thrilling read, packed with suspense that left me breathless to the very last page..." "This series is addictive. Get ready for a pulse-pounding ride that will have you reading until you can't see straight..." Fans of Lincoln Rhyme, DD Warren, Will Trent, Tracy Crosswhite and Lucas Davenport will love Jamie Vail. Praise for Dead Center and the Rookie Club Series: "A fantastic series. Buckle up for a heart-stopping ride along with the rookies. A new character in each book keeps the series fresh and the reader on their toes until the last, unforgettable page."-T. Heschel "Serial killers, human trafficking, sharpshooters, political intrigue, and more. This series has it all." -Amazon Customer "Let's just get this straight - Girard belongs beside John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, Robert Parker, Mary Higgins Clark, Elizabeth Peters, and other top-notch mystery and crime novelists." -K. Burch "I'm in love. Phenomenal book. Phenomenal series. Phenomenal author. The series is truly exciting with spine-chilling plots mixed with realistic but fierce characters who are battling crime on the streets of San Francisco and in their personal lives. Amazing female protagonists and a great mix of good ole boys and kind, supportive men make up the police department in this suspenseful thriller series." -BookNerd "This writer is amazing, I am hooked. I've read all the Rookie Club books and several of her standalone books. I WILL be reading each and every one. Her crime scenes are insane. The books are intense. I cannot put them." -A. Daughtry "I bought this book without ever reading anything by this author before. I am SO glad I took a chance. Loved it so much upon finishing it I immediately got the next one in the "Rookie Club" series!"-J. West

Author : Robin Bowles
Publisher : Olympia Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781788308229
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Centre written by Robin Bowles and published by Olympia Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most mystifying murder and abduction to take place on Australian soil. Thanks to Robin Bowles' extensive research, this is the exclusive story of Peter Falconio's murder and the escape and tale of Joanne Lees which raised more questions than answers.'This is by far the most engaging of the books on the Falconio case, because it is a picaresque odyssey in which Bowles emerges as the comic hero of her own investigation. Bowles is my kind of sleuth' - Dr Sue Turnbull, Sydney Morning Herald'A spellbinding analysis of one of Australia's most bewildering crimes' - Tom Percy QC, Perth.

Author : Khurmi R.S. & Gupta J.K.
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9355014457
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mechanical Engineering (Conventional and Objective Type) written by Khurmi R.S. & Gupta J.K. and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 30 years "Mechanical Engineering: Conventional and Objective Type" continues to be a comprehensive text aided by a collection of multiple-choice questions specifically for aspirants of various competitive examinations such as GATE, UPSC, IAS, IES and SSC-JE among others as well as students who are preparing for university examinations. The new edition contains 17 chapters where every important concept of Mechanical Engineering is fairly treated. On the other hand, the questions provided in this book have been selected from various potent resources to provide the students with an idea of how the questions are set and what type of questions to expect on the final day.

Author : Erica Buist
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783529555
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Party's Dead written by Erica Buist and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we responded to death... by throwing a party? By the time Erica Buist’s father-in-law Chris was discovered, upstairs in his bed, his book resting on his chest, he had been dead for over a week. She searched for answers (the artery-clogging cheeses in his fridge?) and tried to reason with herself (does daughter-in-law even feature in the grief hierarchy?) and eventually landed on an inevitable, uncomfortable truth: everybody dies. While her husband maintained a semblance of grace and poise, Erica found herself consumed by her grief, descending into a bout of pyjama-clad agoraphobia, stalking friends online to ascertain whether any of them had also dropped dead without warning, unable to extract herself from the spiral of death anxiety... until one day she decided to reclaim control. With Mexico’s Day of the Dead festivities as a starting point, Erica decided to confront death head-on by visiting seven death festivals around the world – one for every day they didn’t find Chris. From Mexico to Nepal, Sicily, Thailand, Madagascar, Japan and finally Indonesia – with a stopover in New Orleans, where the dead outnumber the living ten to one – Erica searched for the answers to both fundamental and unexpected questions around death anxiety. This Party’s Deadis the account of her journey to understand how other cultures deal with mortal terror, how they move past the knowledge that they’re going to die in order to live happily day-to-day, how they celebrate rather than shy away from the topic of death – and how when this openness and acceptance are passed down through the generations, death suddenly doesn’t seem so scary after all.

Author : Des Hammill
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845843495
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ford Cleveland 335-Series V8 Engine 1970 to 1982 written by Des Hammill and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years of meticulous research have resulted in this unique history, technical appraisal (including tuning and motorsports) and data book of the Ford V8 Cleveland 335 engines produced in the USA, Canada and Australia, including input from the engineers involved in the design, development and subsequent manufacture of this highly prized engine from its inception in 1968 until production ceased in 1982.