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Author |
: Christopher Eliopoulos |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 2020-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101994474 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101994479 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cosmic Commandos by : Christopher Eliopoulos
In this graphic novel adventure for readers of Monster Mayhem and Roller Girl, a pair of twin brothers accidentally bring their favorite video game to life—and now they have to find a way to work together to defeat it. Jeremy and Justin are twins, but they couldn’t be any more different from each other. Jeremy is a risk taker who likes to get his hands dirty; Justin prefers to read, focus, and get all his facts straight before jumping in. But they do have one important thing in common: They both love video games. When Jeremy wins a cereal-box charm that brings his favorite video game to life, villains and all, he finds that he’s in way over his head. Justin knows everything there is to know about the rules of the game—he read the handbook, of course—and Jeremy isn’t afraid to try new things. Can these two mismatched brothers work together to beat the video game that has become their life?
Author |
: Nicholas Rankin |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 424 |
Release |
: 2011-10-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199782826 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199782822 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ian Fleming's Commandos by : Nicholas Rankin
Rankin tells the story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Ian Fleming during World War II, named "30 Assault Unit", a group who was expected to seize enemy codebooks, cipher machines, and documents in high-stakes operations, and which inspired his creation of the James Bond character.
Author |
: Madonna Yancey |
Publisher |
: Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 90 |
Release |
: 2000-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781563116001 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1563116006 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Air Force Commando by : Madonna Yancey
"A special acknowledgment goes to Madonna Yancey for writing the manuscript for the front of this publication"--P.4.
Author |
: P.M. Griffin |
Publisher |
: Speaking Volumes |
Total Pages |
: 229 |
Release |
: 2020-06-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781645402091 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1645402096 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Star Commandos by : P.M. Griffin
Armed for Justice. Trained to Kill. They Were the Planet’s Only Hope. . . . The Amonites: Innocent colonists eager to escape their impoverished homeworld and begin a new life on the unspoiled planet Vishnu. Colonists' zeal and spacers' greed have led them to a planet unexplored and untested. No one knows what malevolent life it may harbor. If trouble strikes, the Amonites will be alone, with no allies in sight. Enter Commando—Colonel Islaen Connor: Beautiful. Intelligent. Deadly. She cut her teeth on a galactic war and has pledged to clean up the human filth left in its wake. Under deep cover and with death close on her heels, she digs for evidence to put away those who led the Amonites to this world. With the help of one trusted comrade, once a deadly enemy, she just may live long enough to succeed. IF THEY LOSE—A WORLD DIES “Excellent SF adventure!”—Andre Norton
Author |
: Leah Garrett |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 373 |
Release |
: 2021-05-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780358177425 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0358177421 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis X Troop by : Leah Garrett
WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE MONTH "This is the incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive special-forces unit—but whose story has gone untold until now." —Wall Street Journal “Brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history: the first full account of a remarkable group of Jewish refugees—a top-secret band of brothers—who waged war on Hitler.”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times best-selling author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator The incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive special-forces unit—but whose story has gone untold until now June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned as enemy aliens, and have lost their families, their homes—their whole worlds. They will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad. Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Germany to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp—the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis. “Garrett’s detective work is stunning, and her storytelling is masterful. This is an original account of Jewish rescue, resistance, and revenge.”—Wendy Lower, author of The Ravine and National Book Award finalist Hitler’s Furies
Author |
: Douglas Waller |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 482 |
Release |
: 2012-02-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416576204 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416576207 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wild Bill Donovan by : Douglas Waller
"Entertaining history...Donovan was a combination of bold innovator and imprudent rule bender, which made him not only a remarkable wartime leader but also an extraordinary figure in American history" (The New York Times Book Review). He was one of America's most exciting and secretive generals--the man Franklin Roosevelt made his top spy in World War II. A mythic figure whose legacy is still intensely debated, "Wild Bill" Donovan was director of the Office of Strategic Services (the country's first national intelligence agency) and the father of today's CIA. Donovan introduced the nation to the dark arts of covert warfare on a scale it had never seen before. Now, veteran journalist Douglas Waller has mined government and private archives throughout the United States and England, drawn on thousands of pages of recently declassified documents, and interviewed scores of Donovan's relatives, friends, and associates to produce a riveting biography of one of the most powerful men in modern espionage. William Joseph Donovan's life was packed with personal drama. The son of poor Irish Catholic parents, he married into Protestant wealth and fought heroically in World War I, where he earned the nickname "Wild Bill" for his intense leadership and the Medal of Honor for his heroism. After the war he made millions as a Republican lawyer on Wall Street until FDR, a Democrat, tapped him to be his strategic intelligence chief. A charismatic leader, Donovan was revered by his secret agents. Yet at times he was reckless--risking his life unnecessarily in war zones, engaging in extramarital affairs that became fodder for his political enemies--and he endured heartbreaking tragedy when family members died at young ages. Wild Bill Donovan reads like an action-packed spy thriller, with stories of daring young men and women in his OSS sneaking behind enemy lines for sabotage, breaking into Washington embassies to steal secrets, plotting to topple Adolf Hitler, and suffering brutal torture or death when they were captured by the Gestapo. It is also a tale of political intrigue, of infighting at the highest levels of government, of powerful men pitted against one another. Donovan fought enemies at home as often as the Axis abroad. Generals in the Pentagon plotted against him. J. Edgar Hoover had FBI agents dig up dirt on him. Donovan stole secrets from the Soviets before the dawn of the Cold War and had intense battles with Winston Churchill and British spy chiefs over foreign turf. Separating fact from fiction, Waller investigates the successes and the occasional spectacular failures of Donovan's intelligence career. It makes for a gripping and revealing portrait of this most controversial spymaster.
Author |
: Nicholas van der Bijl |
Publisher |
: Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 411 |
Release |
: 2008-10-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781844686407 |
ISBN-13 |
: 184468640X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Commandos in Exile by : Nicholas van der Bijl
Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. All members had to pass the Green Beret commando course at Achnacarry in Scotland and the book begins by describing this training. With no less than six national troops, plus X Troop drawn from exiled Jews, 10 Commando never fought as an entity but loaned troops for specific operations, such as One Troop (French) taking part in the Dieppe Raid, 2 Troop (Dutch) fighting at Arnhem, 5 Troop (Norwegian) raiding the Lofoten Islands etc. At other times groups played a key intelligence role questioning POWs, translating captured documents, conducting reconnaissance patrols and intelligence gathering on the D-Day beaches. The history of X Commando, made up of escaped Jewish individuals is especially interesting.The book also reviews the growth of post-war national Commando forces.
Author |
: John Parker |
Publisher |
: Headline |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2013-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472202574 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472202570 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Commandos by : John Parker
The Commandos were Britain's first-ever special forces, formed in 1940 using volunteers from all three services. After the war, Commando units of the Royal Marines engaged in virtually every military scenario involving British troops from 1945 to the present day. They became the elite of the British 'ready-to-go' forces, capable of deploying at a moment's notice to any trouble spot in the world. In this latest book in John Parker's acclaimed series on British military activity, dramatically recalled in their own words by men who were there, he recounts the major events in the 60-year history of British Commando forces.
Author |
: Various |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1401243827 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781401243821 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Creature Commandos by : Various
In one of DC's strangest comics ever, a werewolf, a vampire, a gorgon, and Frankenstein's monster fight the German forces during World War II. Originally published in the early 1980s, The Creature Commandos laid the groundwork for recent series like FRANKESTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. Collects WEIRD WAR TALES #93, 97, 100, 102, 105, 108-112, 114-119, 121 and 124.
Author |
: Major Tim Saunders |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2012-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781844158683 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1844158683 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Commandos and Rangers by : Major Tim Saunders
In the dark days of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill showed his belief in ultimate victory by ordering the raising of the elite Commandos to break the intolerable shackles of defeat. Having proved their worth in numerous raids and operations in the Mediterranean they and their American counterparts, the Rangers, were automatic choices for the most demanding and vital missions of the D-Day Landings in June 1944. These included the capture of key ports, enemy coastal defenses and the securing of vulnerable open flanks. rnrnThe tasks allotted to the Rangers included the seizure of Pointe du Hoc while No 4 Commando took the port of Ouisterham and 47 Royal Marine Commando that of Port-en-Bessin. These daring actions and many others are vividly described in this superb book written by a highly experienced battlefield tour expert and the author of many acclaimed guide books. Indeed each chapter concludes with invaluable tour notes for those who wish to visit these historic sites. It was only thanks to thorough planning, specialist training, inspiring leadership and, above all, the courage of the men involved that these missions were successfully achieved but at great cost.