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Review Date: 1/16/2021
Good book about the author's experience as a member of an EOD team in the Vietnam War. Would have preferred more details on the "calls" he went on dealing with ordnance and boob traps since I am a public safety bomb tech but he spent much of the book talking about the living conditions and people he met while in Vietnam.
Review Date: 10/15/2009
Although copyrighted in 1959 this book is still a very good story of survival and dealing with a breakdown of normal life conditions. Even though it is a fictional town, it is set in central Florida which made it interesting to me due to the fact I also live in central Florida. Highly recommend this book if you enjoy the survival fiction genre like Robinson Crusoe that deals with disaster recovery.
Review Date: 5/19/2024
I enjoyed this adventure story. It is the story of a young man, Brion, his sister, Brigid, his girlfriend, Finola, and the brothers Redmond and Neahal. After a raid in which Brion's parents are killed and his sister and girlfriend are captured, Brion must train to become a warrior able to venture into the raiders homeland to rescue the captured persons. The details of the girls captivity is detailed also along with Brion's training. The rest of the book recounts the raid into enemy territory to rescue the captives with lots of adventures and fighting. This book has been compared to the Rangers Aprentice series but I think they are different enough that they can both be enjoyed. I also feel this series is a little more dark and bloody than the young adult series of John Flanagan. The fight descriptions were a little like John Wick fight but I still enjoyed them since it is a fiction book. I did enjoy the description of tracking since I enjoy trying this as a hobby in the woods.
My only complaint is the author loves his cliff hangers. It got to be annoying that the author clips the story of a fight and then recaps what actually happened during the fight a couple of pages later.
My only complaint is the author loves his cliff hangers. It got to be annoying that the author clips the story of a fight and then recaps what actually happened during the fight a couple of pages later.
Beowulf's Children aka The Dragons of Heorot (Heorot, Bk 2)
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Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Review Date: 7/21/2010
this book is the same as the book titled The Dragons Of Heorot
Review Date: 4/13/2007
WWII action novel....Major leads Italian partisans in prison rescue.
Biggest Brother : The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 8/20/2008
Excellent companion book to Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers. very good read with lots of usefull information. The story of a true hero....
Review Date: 8/27/2024
So far this is the only book that tells about an elite unit of the Border Patrol called BORSTAR that I have found. BORSTAR is an acronym for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue and is a unit of the Border Patrol dedicated to providing search and rescue along with emergency medical care to people in need whether the person is an illegal immigrant, border patrol officer, or just citizen living in the area the unit is assigned. I have read previous books on the Border Patrol due to my interest in tracking and sign cutting. I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it to anyone interested in law enforcement history but could only give it three stars due to what it is missing rather than it being a bad book. I would have like more details of tracking and what Border Patrol agents do each day in their job defending the US Border. And then the section detailing the author's time in BORSTAR and in the Border Patrol SOG was short. The author did provide an interesting summary of the illegal immigration problem but he described it once then later devoted another whole chapter to talking about it again. I did enjoy the fact that the author did not write an âI am the greatestâ book because he described the good things and the bad things that happened to him during his Border Patrol career. Examples are the difficulties he had with Spanish lessons and then when it looked like he was going to write how he was a hero during an incident at a river he told the truth about the actual event rather than exaggerating the story. Again I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in law enforcement history but I wanted more stories/details.
Review Date: 5/3/2014
From the Preface "The material in this book was first published in 1996, with the title Arts of Strength, Arts of Serenity."
More a book about the philosophy of studying martial arts rather than a source of specific training ideas.
More a book about the philosophy of studying martial arts rather than a source of specific training ideas.
Review Date: 8/5/2008
Excellent story about intelligence training. Revealed some of the negative parts of CIA along with the many positive aspects. Very fast read with humorous anecdotes.
Review Date: 7/21/2010
This book is the same as the book titled Beowulf's Children.
Review Date: 10/14/2009
Fast paced action. Enjoyed the book but would strongly recommend to be sure to read "DeathDay" first to be familar with the story and characters as the book doesnt stand alone. I was fortunate to get both of them at the same time and read them together. DeathDay is a good action story also.
Review Date: 4/13/2007
action book with lots of shooting
The Greatest Search and Rescue Stories Ever Told : Twenty Gripping Tales of Heroism and Bravery (Greatest)
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Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 11/28/2020
This contains excerpts from books about search and rescue that are very short. It is interesting reading but the complete stories would have been more interesting to me.
Review Date: 4/13/2007
Night of Phoenix...action novel
The Right Kind of Crazy: My Life as a Navy SEAL, Covert Operative, and Boy Scout from Hell
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 2/2/2020
Claims left redacted text after submitted for review but means book has few details and comes across as ad for his other products. Check it out from library like I did but do not waste money or credits on it.
Review Date: 9/7/2008
Excellent book. Very well written and easily read. I have read several books on sniping and found some new information in this one. Based on author's previous books I thought it would be about military snipers, but surprisingly when I read this book I discovered it also covers law enforcement snipers. Starts before gun powder with archery and then moves forward thru history up to current conflict against terrorism. Chapters on recent events were a little short but that was the only disappointment in entire book. Has unique sections called "anatomy of shot" in which author examines one documented sniping incident. Also has interesting chapter on silencers or the correct technical term is "suppressor" per the book. Ends the book with interviews with 4 law enforcement snipers and 4 military snipers which were quite interesting as each had slighlty different views and opinions. Would definitely recommend this one to anyone interested in history of sniping.
Review Date: 12/5/2009
Enjoyable story. It is not very long so it can be read in a short time. I read it in two days. This is the second book in a series with the first being the Justice Riders. I would suggest that you read the first book before reading this one as events in that book are referenced in this one without much explanation. Since I had read the first book, I knew what the authors were talking about and it was not a problem. Some series are stand alone but this one is not.
Review Date: 3/22/2009
Fourth book of series. I have read all four in order and have enjoyed each of them. Of course like most series the first ones are the best. This is the first volume that it would pay to have read the previous ones first so that you can understand what is going on. The others can probably be read as stand alone books but this one starts off right where volume 3 ends without any explanation.
Review Date: 1/9/2021
Stories told about serving with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit during the Vietnam war. I bought this book because I have experience serving on a bomb squad with a Sheriff Dept and thought the book would contain stories involving calls for service but instead dealt with conditions and experiences while responding to "calls" as the author wrote. I enjoyed the book but would have enjoyed it more if the author had related more of the EOD details.
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