Thirty-Six Days of Hell: The Battle for Iwo Jima : An Unflinching Look at the Sacrifice and Valor on Both Sides (Diaries Of WWII) by Insightful History Price verified one hour ago

In the winter of 1945, American forces prepared to launch an amphibious invasion of a tiny, desolate island in the Pacific - one of the most savagely fought and pivotal battles of World War II. On the black volcanic shores of Iwo Jima, the United States and Japan were about to clash in an epic struggle unparalleled in its ferocity and heroism on both sides. For thirty-six terrifying days, nearly 70,000 Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen would be engaged in a nightmarish campaign against 22,000 Japanese defenders led by the brilliant mind of Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. In an ingeniously designed landscape of underground fortifications, blockhouses and deadly crossfires, Kuribayashi's forces turned Iwo Jima into an impenetrable killing field. The Marines paid a horrific price to capture every inch of terrain against an enemy willing to fight to the last man. Now renowned military historian [Author's Name] brings this epic battle to stunning clarity in a masterful chronicle ...

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MOUTHPIECE: PIMPING & PANDERING/HUMAN TRAFFICKING/CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP (MY CRIME Book 4) by TIO MACDONALD (12 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Welcome to MOUTHPIECE, BOOK FOUR of the MY CRIME SERIES Go to WWW.CRIMEBIOS.COMto listen to FREE INTERVIEWS with the subjects of the MY CRIME SERIES The MY CRIME SERIES presents to the world books written on inmates by inmates. Each book of the MY CRIME SERIES was written in 2018 by the presently incarcerated about the presently incarcerated. Each book of the MY CRIME SERIES has been dictated, read, and reviewed by the subject. Go to WWW.CRIMEBIOS.COMto listen to interviews recorded off of the prison phones. Buy the paperback for someone else and receive the eBook free for yourself. The books of the MY CRIME SERIES grant citizens insight into the lives of unknown felons in the California prison system. YOU become the judge. YOU will read about each subject's interactions with family. YOU will get a sense of the subject's neighborhood and school. YOU will come to know each subject's motivations. YOU will move from childhood, youth, and adulthood with each subject. YOU will get a ...

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Kodiak Krazy - A True Story: A Summer Chasing Money In Alaska by Pamela Joye Miller (16 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Pam's spur of the moment plan for making "big" money in Alaska on a fishing boat in the summer of 1986, ended up turning into an adventure that changed her life! She endured many hardships, hunger, and even did some bootlegging to get by. A true story she often told to her friends through the years, the quarantined time of the world wide 2020 pandemic prompted her to put it into a memoir, a quick, short read, and her very first publication. [Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Kodiak Krazy" by Pamela Joye Miller.] 4 out of 4 stars from https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewtopic.php?t=201943# Pamela Joye Miller's true-life story as old as three decades draws us into her time chasing what makes the world go round and the supposed key to happiness and success: money. Drowning in student debt while in college, the perfect opportunity to earn $20,000 over the summer landed at her feet in the form of a newspaper ad seemingly inviting her to Kodiak in Alaska to work for ...

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Conspiracy Theories: Planet X Nibiru by Cheryl Leonard (11 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Planet X Nibiru is a hypothetical planetary body/star of enormous size that is supposedly on track for a near miss or collision with earth resulting in a doomsday tribulation. A reversal of the poles, referred to as a pole shift would occur due to its influence on the orbits of the planets in our inner solar system, interference disruptions within the asteroid belt, and the gravitational pull it would exert upon the earth. Apparently, every 3,600 years, it completes one of these orbital journeys. According to ancient Sumerian texts and myths, a race of aliens named the Anunnaki, from the planet Nibiru forewarned of its arrival resulting in a devastating global cataclysm in which 90% of the world's population will perish. This book examines the origins and characteristics of Planet X, earth changes, the pole shift, the Hopi Blue Star and Red Star Kachina prophecies, the most prominent conspiracy theories, and the biblical perspective to the Wormwood star. In addition, it addresses the ...

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Brittney Griner Biography: The Untold Life, Detainment and Freedom (Always Standing Tall) by Heather Hallway (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This biography is an exhilarating journey through the life of Brittney Griner, a towering figure not just in height, but in strength, resilience, and unyielding determination. From the sun-drenched streets of Houston, Texas, to the global stage of basketball glory, Griner's biography is a spellbinding tale of triumph over adversity, with her harrowing detainment in Russia serving as the ultimate test of courage and resilience. As readers dive into the pages of Griner's captivating story, they are swept away by the raw emotion and gripping intensity of her narrative. From her early struggles to accept her towering stature to her meteoric rise to basketball superstardom at Baylor University, every moment is infused with the indomitable spirit of a true champion. Yet, it is Griner's brush with the dark side of fame that truly sets her story apart. In a heart-stopping twist of fate, she finds herself thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, detained in Russia under ominous ...

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Blood Bones and Blisters: A culinary rant by Tristan B. Jones (40 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

? Chefs, Cooks, Kitchen Rats everywhere, this is for you.? "Liked Kitchen Confidential? Read this!" "I'm a career Cook and have been a sous chef, and this book is an updated version like Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential! Whether you are a cook or not this book tells it like it is and is funny too! So, read it and enjoy it!" - Kindle Customer "Outspoken and Opinionated" "This book is how Kitchen Confidential would have read if Bourdain had spent his childhood in a trailer park, being fed squirrel brains for breakfast instead of spending his summer holidays in France, eating fresh oysters." -Amazon Reviewer I wrote this book for cooks. For the younger crowd just starting in the industry you can learn some valuable lessons from my experience. For the older folks that have been in this stress riddled drug soaked mad house for a while, I think you'll get a few laughs. The first half is an abbreviated version of my story in kitchens around the world followed by some assorted ...

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DAHOMEY : The True Story Behind The Kingdom That Inspired The Woman King (Black History Series) by Vivian Chibuife (22 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

UPDATED EDITION BLACK HISTORY Africa has long been a stunningly scenic, intellectually gifted, and culturally varied continent. Many stories describe the history of the African people, including their development, difficulties, setbacks, and tenacious advancement. The African Kingdom of Dahomey was founded in the seventeenth century in the West African portion of the continent, and throughout the 1700s and 1800s, it became wealthy and strong thanks to the slave trade. The area is now Benin's southernmost region. There was a social class structure in Dahomey. At the very top was the king. The royal class stood under him, then commoners, and last slaves. One male and one female employee had a position in every government office. The ladies gave the king an update after checking on the men. The mighty army of Dahomey included women as well. In the 1600s, the Alladah monarchy gave birth to the kingdom of Dahomey. At this period, European slave traffickers were already traveling along ...

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Beyond the Killing Tree, A Journey of Discovery Revisited by Stephen Santiago Reynolds (9 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

In this digital edition, Beyond the Killing Tree has been revisited from the original hard cover publication. There are some new chapters and fine tuning of other chapters, though the context has not changed in spirit since it was first identified by the Anchorage Daily News as the best Alaska non-fiction book published in 1995. This is a memoir of adventure, personal change, and transformation -- a journey of discovery by Reynolds, who spent almost 30 years as a game warden in New Mexico and Alaska. There are elements of both humor and tragedy within, but does not dwell on either, as the author takes you by horseback, boat, and airplane into wilderness areas of both states. A "captivating tale of the past," says the Albuquerque Journal; "Gracefully written," says the Alaska Magazine; "When you read a page of Reynolds' prose, you'll swear that you were there," says the Tacoma News Tribune.

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From a Bush Wing: Notes of an Alaska Wildlife Trooper by Stephen Santiago Reynolds (164 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

This is a long-awaited book about flying the Alaska Bush by the author of Beyond the Killing Tree: A Journey of Discovery. Herein Stephen Santiago Reynolds relates his flying experiences as an Alaska Wildlife Trooper -- and those of other officers -- while stationed throughout one of the most dangerous environments in the world. Whether tragic, humorous, or surrounding the simple beauty of flight, there is something that jumps out in many of these chapters -- how not to fly or abuse the privilege of flying. If you are a pilot, you might see some familiar forms -- or, better yet, you might think you are looking into a mirror. "If you learn how to improve your own safety record from one or more of these events, then this effort will have been worthwhile," says the author, "for you, for your friends and families, and for me."

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs