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Among the most crucial roles of the United States military in the global War on Terror is the collection of human intelligence from prisoners of war, unlawful combatants, and others. On the heels of controversy over some of the techniques used to extract information-such as waterboarding-the Department of the Army completely revised its interrogation guidelines. The result is this book, the United States Army's human intelligence collection pl...

To date, the historic ship Vega has sailed more than 100, 000 miles, carrying tons of free training, tools, health supplies, and educational materials to remote island communities in eastern Indonesia and East Timor--places few outsiders will ever see. This is the story of Vega's first missions--a real-life sea tale complete with vicious storms, exotic locations, heart-rending moments, and priceless glimpses into real life on some of the world...

The third book in Jonathan Week's Yankees trilogy contains an abundance of anecdotes, statistics, and other little known facts about the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio.

An introduction to the career of Travis Banton, one of the preeminent costume/fashion designers of Hollywood¿s Celebrated ¿Golden Age.¿ Banton was responsible for creating the on-screen images of such legendary actresses as Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Mae West, and most notably Marlene Dietrich.

Concise, compact, and fully illustrated for easy reference, Understanding Boat Wiring: 2nd Edition has been fully revised throughout. This guide offers a comprehensive coverage of boat wiring standards, basic electrical principles, system voltages, how to plan and install boat wiring, circuit protection and isolation, switchboards and panels, bilge pump wiring, mast and external wiring, and grounding systems.

Concise, compact, and fully illustrated for easy reference, Understanding Marine Diesels: 2nd Edition has been fully revised throughout. This guide offers a comprehensive coverage of marine diesel engine parts and what they do, checklists for regular engine care and maintenance as well as troubleshooting, and an overview of electrical systems.

At one time Ring Lardner¿s baseball articles reached millions of readers through hundreds of newspapers throughout America, and admirers of his writing included F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmond Wilson. He was as familiar to Americans in the 1920s as Charles Lindbergh, Calvin Coolidge, and Babe Ruth. His articles about the players he knew, his World Series coverage, his poems, parodies, and jokes were unlike any other baseball reporting ever writ...

In late 1975 and early 1976, at the height of the Cold War, two of the Soviet Union¿s long-dominant national hockey teams traveled to North America to play an eight-game series against the best teams in the National Hockey League. The culmination of the ¿Super Series¿ was HC CSKA Moscow¿s faceoff against the reigning champion Flyers in Philadelphia on January 11, 1976. Known as the ¿Red Army Club, ¿ HC CSKA hadn¿t lost a game in the series. Kn...

Unlike most books on wine nowadays, Tales from the Wine Floor is geared toward true beginners¿those who enjoy wine but lack the most basic understanding of it. This book offers an easy-to-digest crash course on wine and ready-reference written by a Sommelier. The author explains the intricacies of wine to the average Joe (or Joanne) in a way that is easy to understand and somewhat entertaining. Here is an easy reference Q&A, based on real ques...

The Madison, the Gallatin, the Firehole, Henry's Fork of the Snake, the Gibbon, Slough Creek, the Yellowstone - these and a score of other rivers (more than 2, 000 miles of them) within a hundred-mile radius make West Yellowstone, Montana, the "trout mecca" of the world. Charlie Brooks, a long-time resident of the area, has pooled his incisive knowledge of fishing and rivers with superb photographer Dan Callaghan to produce the first major fis...

You don't have to be Paul Bunyan to build a wilderness home. In fact, you don't even need an ax, and nails are not an absolute necessity. What you'll need is Wilderness Shelters, the definitive guide to building log cabins, camping shelters, blockhouses, and more.Here are illustrated instructions for everything from felling trees to splitting logs, from laying foundations to insulating roofs. The book also shows you how to fashion indoor and o...

Eugene Connett, III, the venerable founder of The Derrydale Press, described Edmund Smith as "the most polished writer we have ever published. The discovery of this manuscript in 1936 was, he said, "one of the happiest events of the past year." Smith was a master New England storyteller who expressed his love and knowledge of wild places through the medium of short stories. The title comes from an experience of the author and a boyhood friend ...

Hunting Tales is a collection of some of the greatest hunting stories ever written. It will entertain, enlighten, and inspire hunters the world over. These are enduring stories that have passed the test of time and have attracted generations of readers. They are custom-made for the imaginative reader who loves to hunt and read about hunting adventures.

These are enduring stories of cats that have passed the test of time and have attracted discerning readers for generations.

The Ultimate St. Louis Cardinals Time Machine presents a timeline format that not only includes the Cardinals' greatest moments, such as their eleven World Series titles, but also such notable Cardinal achievements as Rogers Hornsby's two batting triple crowns, Dizzy Dean's 30-win season in 1934, Stan Musial's 17 MLB and 29 NL records, Bob Gibson's 1.12 earned run average (ERA) in 1968, Whitey Herzog's Whiteyball, Mark McGwire's single season ...

In Boston Red Sox Firsts, veteran Red Sox historian Bill Nowlin presents the stories behind the firsts in Red Sox history in question-and-answer format. More than a mere trivia book, Nowlin's collection includes substantive answers to the question of "who was the first…?" on a variety of topics, many of which will surprise even seasoned fans of the Sox.

An fantastic compilation of writings illustrating the richness of the game of golf-the greatest game ever invented!

In 1980, Buckley gathered together his friends and set out to sail across the Atlantic. This is what he correctly describes as a "celebration" of that thirty-day event.

Airborne is how William F. Buckley, Jr. describes his sail across the wide Atlantic with his son and five friends.