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Outside Seattle, the Executioner discovers a Mafia plot to dominate the world On a remote island in Puget Sound, a millionaire's house has been sold to the mob. The dock has been lengthened, security has been tightened, and men with guns have been scattered across the shore. Late on a moonlit night a figure in black drops in from the sky. He is Mack Bolan, the Executioner, whose one-man war against organized crime has carried him to Seattle. He will...
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One Nation, Under God--Theirs
Eighteen months ago, America was invaded from within--by the self-proclaimed "Army of Allah." Now, U.S. veteran Jake Lantz and a ragtag team of survivalists have built a safehold on Pleasure Island. From this home base in the Gulf, they can reclaim our nation's natural gas wells for Phoenix, freedom's last defense against Islamic invaders. But when U.S. President Ohmshidi publicly admits that he is, and has always been,...
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"Mastering Firebase: The Complete Guide to Building and Scaling Apps" is an indispensable resource for developers looking to harness the full potential of Firebase. This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the intricacies of Firebase, from the basics of setting up your project to advanced techniques for scaling your applications efficiently. Dive deep into Firebase's suite of features, including real-time databases, user authentication,...
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In October 1969, Captain William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning, three North Vietnamese Army regiments-some 6,000 men-crossed the Cambodian border and attacked.
Outnumbered three dozen to one, Albracht's men held off repeated ground assaults...
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Android, SQLite, Google Firebase and Unity (Game Development) This hands-on book will teach you how to structure your android app, design flexible and interactive interfaces. It will help you develop your app on various platforms such as smartphones and tablets. The book uses SQLite as it is a very lightweight database, with no installation required, zero-configuration, and no server required. SQLite is widely used as a database of choice in mobile...
8) Soldiering on in a dying war: the true story of the Firebase Pace incidents and the Vietnam drawdown
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University Press of Kansas
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c2011
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St. Martin's Press
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"On September 11, 2001, Doug Laux was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming a doctor. But with the fall of the Twin Towers came a turning point in his life. After graduating he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, determined to get himself to Afghanistan and into the center of the action.
10) Day of Judgment
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Our worst nightmares have come to pass: America has been taken over and is ruled by Muslims. The USA is now called the Islamic Republic of Enlightenment. Sharia is the law of the land. Americans have a choice--convert or die.
You Didn't Build That
Three armies of brave but outgunned patriots--the Brotherhood of Loyalists, the Brotherhood of Liberty, and the United Patriots--send emissaries to Jake Lantz and Bob Varney at Firebase Freedom. Their...
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It's the year 1969. I was serving in the U.S. Army with my brothers of First Platoon Company A 3/1 11th Bde Americal (23rd Infantry) Division. We were average American sons, fathers, husbands, or brothers who'd enlisted or been drafted from all over the United States and who'd all come from different backgrounds. We came together and formed a brotherhood that will last through time. I share my experiences about weeks of boredom and minutes to hours...
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Flutter Handbook is the t to becoming a proficient Flutter app developer, catering to all levels, from beginners to experts. This comprehensive guide takes you by the hand, providing step-by-step instructions on every aspect of Flutter app development.
Starting from the basics, you'll learn how to install and run Flutter, as well as core concepts such as widgets, state management, and navigation. As you progress, the book delves...
13) The Quest
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Kino Lorber
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1986.
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From Brian Trenchard-Smith, the acclaimed director of The Man from Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot, Dead End Drive-In and The Siege of Firebase Gloria,comes this action-filled adventure starring Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Cloak & Dagger). Cody (Thomas) is a young man of intrepid spirit, always looking for a challenge. Living with his guardian (Tony Barry, Shame), Cody learns of an ancient myth, the story of “Donkegin.” He is told to leave...
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The year is 1970, and the story follows the two soldiers - impressionable Detroit teenagers - during their long night in a Listening Post ('LP'), some 200 meters beyond the bunker line of the new firebase. Their assignment as a "human early warning system", is to listen for enemy activity and forewarn the base of any potential dangers. As they were new to the "Iron Triangle" and its reputation, little did they know that units before them lost dozens...
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This book is a collection of in-depth tutorials, selected from SitePoint's React Hub, that will guide you through some fun and practical projects. Along the way, you'll pick up lots of useful development tips.
It contains:
• How to Create a Reddit Clone Using React and Firebase by Nirmalya Ghosh
• Build a CRUD App Using React, Redux and FeathersJS by Michael Wanyoike
• How to Build a Todo App Using React, Redux, and Immutable.js by Dan Prince
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“Death in the Triangle” is a sequel to "When Can I Stop Running?". Only a couple of hours passed since returning to the firebase. Now, the sleep-deprived and weary First Platoon soldiers must go back out on another patrol. Last night, an enemy mortar team fired several rounds into the base and was soon silenced by return artillery fire. The Third Squad also ambushed a group of enemy soldiers leaving nine dead bodies on the trail before moving...
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In the depths of Vietnam's jungles, a radioman and a haunted sniper try to survive Jackson has three hundred days left in Vietnam, and he plans to spend them behind a desk, working the radio for a major in a godforsaken firebase not far from the Laos border. But one day, the reality of war visits Jackson in the form of Tom Light, a sniper whose scope is said to have the power to raise the dead. Where Light goes, ambushes follow, and so he has been...
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Revised and updated second edition of the bestselling hands-on guide to building enterprise-ready web apps using an evergreen Angular platform
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Updated examples, projects, and a new overview of tools—including NgRX and Ivy, automated testing, and Firebase authentication New chapter summarizing history of web frameworks and Angular version updates All-new RESTful API implementation leveraging the MEAN stack with MongoDB, Express.js,...
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True story of the firsthand account of my tour of duty. From March 7, 1970, to January 30, 1971, with the First Cavalry, a rifleman with Charlie Company, First Battalion, Fifth Cavalry. Beginning with the pacification program to the May-and-June invasion into Cambodia, combat assaults and search-and-destroy missions into enemy sanctuaries. Next, my unit followed along the Ho Chi Mihn trail in search of COSVN headquarters for the NVA Army. This involved...
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During the second half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation. Broad-based and ecumenical in the World War II era, the chaplaincy emerged from the Vietnam War as generally conservative and evangelical. Before and after the Vietnam War, the chaplaincy tended to mirror broader social, political, military, and religious trends. During the Vietnam War, however, chaplains' experiences and interpretations...
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