Caesar the War Dog 2: Operation Blue Dragon
Caesar the War Dog 2: Operation Blue Dragon

Author: Stephen Dando-Collins

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0857980548

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Our canine hero is back on duty and back in Afghanistan for his most daring mission yet . . . When injured war hero Charlie finally returns to SAS service, he no longer needs Caesar’s help as a care dog. Caesar can go back to what he does best – as a super-sniffing explosive detection dog in the Australian Army. On their first mission back together, Caesar and his handler, Ben, discover a bomb at the Sydney Opera House, targeted at the visiting Secretary-General of the United Nations. A little later, while on a peace mission in Afghanistan, the Secretary-General’s helicopter goes down and he is captured by the Taliban. Caesar, Ben and Charlie join an international team to rescue him. Will they succeed? An experimental mini-submarine might help – and Caesar’s famous nose is sure to sniff out trouble along the way.

Caesar the War Dog 2: Operation Blue Dragon
Caesar the War Dog 2: Operation Blue Dragon

Author: Stephen Dando-Collins

Publisher: Random House Australia

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 085798053X

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When injured war hero Charlie finally returns to SAS service, he no longer needs Caesar's help as a care dog. Caesar can go back to what he does best - as a super-sniffing explosive detection dog in the Australian Army. On their first mission back together, Caesar and his handler, Ben, discover a bomb at the Sydney Opera House, targeted at the visiting Secretary-General of the United Nations. A little later, while on a peace mission in Afghanistan, the Secretary-General's helicopter goes down and he is captured by the Taliban. Caesar, Ben and Charlie join an international team to rescue him. Will they succeed?

Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)
Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)

Author: Chris Lynch

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 0545861632

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"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus Reviews for the World War II series Discover the secret missions behind America's greatest conflicts.Danny Manion has been fighting his entire life. Sometimes with his fists. Sometimes with his words. But when his actions finally land him in real trouble, he can't fight the judge who offers him a choice: jail... or the army.Turns out there's a perfect place for him in the US military: the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), an elite volunteer-only task force comprised of US Air Force Commandos, Army Green Berets, Navy SEALS, and even a CIA agent or two. With the SOG's focus on covert action and psychological warfare, Danny is guaranteed an unusual tour of duty, and a hugely dangerous one. Fortunately, the very same qualities that got him in trouble at home make him a natural-born commando in a secret war. Even if almost nobody knows he's there.National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch begins a new, explosive fiction series based on the real-life, top-secret history of US black ops.

World War Z
World War Z

Author: Max Brooks

Publisher: Broadway Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0770437400

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An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival, in a novel that is the basis for the June 2013 film starring Brad Pitt. Reissue. Movie Tie-In.

Bringing Order to Chaos
Bringing Order to Chaos

Author: Peter J Schifferle Editor

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781727842913

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Volume 2, Bringing Order to Chaos: Combined Arms Maneuver in Large Scale Combat Operations, opens a dialogue with the Army. Are we ready for the significantly increased casualties inherent to intensive combat between large formations, the constant paralyzing stress of continual contact with a peer enemy, and the difficult nature of command and control while attempting division and corps combined arms maneuver to destroy that enemy? The chapters in this volume answer these questions for combat operations while spanning military history from 1917 through 2003. These accounts tell the challenges of intense combat, the drain of heavy casualties, the difficulty of commanding and controlling huge formations in contact, the effective use of direct and indirect fires, the need for high quality leadership, thoughtful application of sound doctrine, and logistical sustainment up to the task. No large scale combat engagement, battle, or campaign of the last one hundred years has been successful without being better than the enemy in these critical capabilities. What can we learn from the past to help us make the transition to ready to fight tonight?

Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance

Author: Marina Belozerskaya

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2005-10-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0892367857

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Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.

Nit Boy
Nit Boy

Author: Tristan Bancks

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2020-07-02

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1760147699

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Two Nit Boy stories in one book, Lift Off and Bug Off! "Nit Boy is a hilariously fun junior fiction novel for fans of silliness and a good giggle. With dashes of mystery and a fast-paced plot, this is a super fun read for kids." Kids' Book Review Meet Lewis Snow. He has the worst case of nits in world history. Everyone wants him to shave his head. But Lewis thinks of his nits as pets. He’s determined to keep his hair and his nits, whatever it takes. Ned lives on Lewis’s head. He’s the first-ever jumping nit. His dad wants Ned to help nits take over the world. But Ned likes it on Lewis’s head. Ned’s vegan and hates the taste of human blood. And you thought you had problems. Includes interactive quizzes and a bonus Tom Weekly short story! ____________________________________ Praise for Tristan Bancks: 'Reading Tristan Bancks is like jumping on a rollercoaster – fun, exciting and a bit dangerous, too. Where were books like this when I was a kid?' John Boyne, author of The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas 'A tense, hard-edged, no-holds-barred thriller.' Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider series 'A high stakes adventure that will keep you guessing and breathless until the very end.' Michael Gerard Bauer, author of Don't Call Me Ishmael Also by Tristan Bancks: Two Wolves The Fall Detention Cop and Robber Ginger Meggs Nit Boy Mac Slater 1: Coolhunter Mac Slater 2: Imaginator Tom Weekly 1: My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up Tom Weekly 2: My Life and Other Stuff That Went Wrong Tom Weekly 3: My Life and Other Massive Mistakes Tom Weekly 4: My Life and Other Exploding Chickens Tom Weekly 5: My Life and Other Weaponised Muffins Tom Weekly 6: My Life and Other Failed Experiments

The Tasmanian Exhibition 1891-92
The Tasmanian Exhibition 1891-92

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780977546237

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The Tasmanian Exhibition, staged in Launceston over four months in the summer of 1891-1892, was the biggest event ever to be held in Launceston, attracting some 262,059 visitors. This book, arising from the Launceston Family Album project, is a celebration of the Exhibition and its legacy in two ways: it tells the story of the event in words and images of the time, and it explores the lives and family histories of over a thousand of the people who had season tickets to attend.

Song of Wrath
Song of Wrath

Author: J. E. Lendon

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)

Published: 2010-11-02

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0465015069

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Offers a thrilling account of the first stage of the Peloponnesian War, also known as the Ten Years' War, between the city-states of Athens and Sparta, detailing the pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids and deeds of cruelty—along with courageous acts of mercy, charity and resistance.