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This, the first in a new series on Special Operations, tells the story of 3 Para and the often-neglected struggle for Mount Longdon. It was a battle which tested the discipline, comradeship and professionalism of the Paras to the limit; it was a battle which witnessed another posthumous VC; it turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the entire Falklands Campaign.
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Anyone who has spent any time outdoors has come across strange tracks and wondered, "What was here?" In this new and revised edition of The SAS Guide to Tracking, a veteran of Britain's elite Special Air Service shows how to track any moving thing, in any environment, and under nearly any circumstance. An essential handbook for developing a new awareness of the outdoors, this book is the perfect companion for naturalists, outdoorspeople, hunters,...
3) Cover Me
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" It should have been a simple mission... Pararescueman Wade Rocha fast ropes from the back of a helicopter into a blizzard to save a climber stranded on an Aleutian Island, but Sunny Foster insists she can take care of herself just fine... But when it comes to passion, nothing is ever simple... With the snowstorm kicking into overdrive, Sunny and Wade hunker down in a cave and barely resist the urge to keep each other warm... until they discover...
4) Hot Zone
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The haunted eyes of pararescueman Hugh Franco should have been her first clue that deep pain roiled beneath the surface. But if Amelia couldn't see the damage, how could she be expected to know he'd break her heart? SHE'LL PROVE TO BE HIS BIGGEST RISK YET... Amelia Bailey's not the kind of girl who usually needs rescuing...but there are anything but usual circumstances. USA Today bestselling author Catherine Mann delivers another hero from the Air...
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From searching for high-value enemy targets such as Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein to finding soldiers caught behind enemy lines, from escaped prisoners and serial killers to a missing child, Manhunt explores just how the military and police forces track people down. Including many case studies of high-value targets, suspected criminals and fugitives from justice, and with extensive background on the different techniques in tracking used, from...
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The POW How to Escape Handbook covers everything you need to know about making a successful return to friendly territory. Beginning from the point where a combatant finds himself or herself trapped in enemy territory, the book offers useful tips and solid advice on how to evade capture and, if that fails, how to escape. Key topics include the will to survive; handling stress in captivity; escape techniques; survival in a variety of environments, including...
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SAS & Elite Forces Guide to Using Ropes and Knots draws on the skills of the world’s best soldiers to teach you how to use these essential tools in the wilderness. Tried and tested techniques used by the world's special forces give you field-tested advice on issues such as: how to take care of ropes, the most useful knots to use in a survival situation, how to make your own ropes out of animal tendons or plants, how to use your rope effectively...
8) Under Fire
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In Love or War... A decorated hero, pararescueman Liam McCabe lives to serve. Six months ago, her and Rachel Flores met in the horrific aftermath of an earthquake in the Bahamas. They were tempted by an explosive attraction, but then they parted ways. Still, Liam has thought about Rachel every day-and night-since. Now, after ignoring all his phone calls for six month, Rachel has turned up on base with a wild story about a high–ranking military traitor....
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The book explores the different uses of hand weapons, from pistols to semiautomatics
to sniper's rifles, from flick knives to machetes, from stun grenades
to CS gas, from knuckle-dusters to nunchaku sticks. With tips and techniques
from combat experts, the book explains which weapon to choose for given
situations and how to use each weapon.
With more than 300 easy-to-follow illustrations and handy pull-out lists of key
training tips, Guns, Knives...
10) Free Fall
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Pararescueman Jose "Cuervo" James is the guy they call for the most dangerous assignments. He lives for his job. On a high-risk rescue deep in the African jungle, Jose encounters sexy, smart Interpol agent Stella Carson. They'd once had an affair that burned hot and fast, but family is everything to Stella, and Jose just can't go there. Fate has thrown them into the deadly hot zone together, and sparks will fly...but only if they can live to tell...
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Using simple steps, the book shows the reader how they can build up their endurance over a matter of weeks and months, and how their quality of life will benefit. Elite Forces Handbook: Mental Endurance demonstrates how you can gain the psychological edge over your opponent and take greater control of yourself.
13) Turning Point
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The hunt is on. The Elite Response Force won the Metacorporate War. Now ERF interim commander Captain Lonny Meyers leads the battered unit. Their first mission: apprehend former SunCorps CEO Chad Milton Waverley, the architect behind the war. The hunt takes Meyers and the ERF to Turning Point, a powder keg of a city on a frontier colony world far from Earth, run by a strongman armed with military-grade weapons systems. With limited resources and a...
14) Jungle Dark
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Everything has changed for Colonel Lonny Meyers. When the Elite Response Force was nearly wiped out on the remote planet Siberia, he discovered something completely unexpected: an AI. Now Special Agent Dana Kleigshoen has come to him with a new mission, one that will take a select group far away, on a hunt deep into the gloomy landscape of a distant world. Their objective: an enemy intent on wiping out all humanity. Will Meyers and the ERF succeed,...
15) Valley of Death
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Bring fugitive war criminal Chad Milton Waverley to justice or be shut down. That's the mandate facing Colonel Lonny Meyers and the Elite Response Force, and time is running out. When a tip falls into Meyers's lap that a huge mercenary army is building up on an unoccupied planet-exactly the sort of defense that would be needed to protect Waverley-there's no other option but to commit the depleted ERF. To survive, they desperately need reinforcements...
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Overhead block, upward stab, step-through lunge, bayonet slash; knife fighting, handgun shooting, sword play. If your enemy is armed, you need to know how to deal with him. SAS and Elite Forces Guide Armed Combat teaches a huge range of armed close combat techniques, including tips on fighting stances and postures, movement and evasions, quick draws, parries, fend-offs, blocks, cuts, thrusts, strikes, and stabs. Our expert author will teach you how...
17) Chariot Bright
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The war for survival has begun. In the struggle against the AI that intends to wipe out all human life, Colonel Lonny Meyers must work with a military coalition led by generals who seem to be more concerned about prestige than the mission. The target: a starship production facility deep in uncharted space. The payload: a devastating nuclear bomb. But something about the mission is wrong from the start, and if Meyers can't figure out what, the human...
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Combat Techniques is a comprehensive reference work on tactical procedures for infantry today. Illustrated with action photographs and detailed artworks, it provides a thorough insight into how the soldiers of today's armies would fight in any combat scenario they encountered. The book covers all aspects of the battlefield, detailing the various forces and assets at a battlefield commander's disposal, showing how tactics have changed since the end...
19) Dawn Fire
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The final battle for survival has begun. Once again, Special Agent Dana Kleigshoen has embroiled the Elite Response Force in the struggle against the AI that's been trying to wipe out the human race. But the AI isn't the only enemy Colonel Lonny Meyers has to contend with. In fact, he can't be sure who to trust as factions shift and truths become lies and lies become mysteries. As if that's not enough, his sanity is threatened by the awareness transfers...
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Who's going to guide you when your military boot camp class is over? What's going to help you prepare for the next boot camp challenge? With the aid of superb line artworks, SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Fitness demonstrates to the reader how special forces soldiers are trained to reach and maintain peak physical fitness.
The book explores the different training methods to build up physical strength, speed, agility and endurance, across running,...
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