Product Description: Updated and expanded to include activities and operations in Afghanistan as well as:• The Osama bin Laden mission• SEALs at war• Counter-piracy ops• Weapons and equipment The U.S. Navy SEALs—named for the three environments from which they operate (SEa, Air, Land)—derived from the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) and other specialized units created during World War II...read more

Product Description: On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant First Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-Team (call sign Roughneck Nine One), fought a vastly superior force at a remote crossroads near the village of Debecka, Iraq...read more

Combat veteran and author Hans Halberstadt takes readers deeper inside the elusive world of snipers than ever before, from recruitment and training to the brutality of the killing fields. Shadow Team is probably the most productive sniper team in American military history, accounting for 276 confirmed kills in a six-month span with no casualties of its own. The team's leader made what was-and may still be-the longest range kill with a 7.62mm rifle. For the first time ever, team members explain what it's like to kill a man and what it takes to become one of the elite. The tragic tale of Headhunter Two is altogether different. This four-man sniper team from a regiment known within the Corps as the Magnificent Bastards was killed in 2004 in Ramadi, Iraq. Their deaths not only caused a reevaluation of sniper tactics and techniques but also created a desire for vengeance that was exacted nearly two years later in dramatic fashion. Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews, Halberstadt gets inside the sniper mind and shows how snipers think and interact with each other, how missions are planned and executed, how the weapons work, and even what happens when a bullet finally strikes its target. There are only a few hundred snipers from all the services put together in combat at any one time, making this true inside story a rare and important event.

Product Description: Combat veteran and author Hans Halberstadt takes readers deeper inside the elusive world of snipers than ever before, from recruitment and training to the brutality of the killing fields. Shadow Team is probably the most productive sniper team in American military history, accounting for 276 confirmed kills in a six-month span with no casualties of its own...read more

Product Description: What began as a motorized bicycle dreamed up between a young machinist named George Hedstrom and a champion cyclist named George Hendee, became one of the most popular motorcycles in the world: the Indian. Out of production for half a century, Indian retains the loyalty and admiration of motorcycle riders and enthusiasts everywhere...read more

Product Description: The slosh of water in a canteen, the rustle of a uniform, the jangle of extra clips of ammo, all the clinks and clanks of jostling packs of equipment—this is the soundtrack that accompanies fully loaded soldiers humping through the bush to their next assignment...read more

Product Description: On April 6th. 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant First Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-Team (call sign Roughneck Nine One), fought a vastly superior force at a remote crossroads near the village of Debecka, Iraq...read more

Product Description: Fresh from the battlefields comes a cavalcade of in-your-face action photos, close-ups, and detailed documentation of the latest 21st-century weaponry and equipment. The featured munitions include Special Forces armaments such as the “Eleven Bravo” and the “Eleven Mike”—ultimate infantry foot soldier hardware...read more

Product Description: Since the earliest settlers, farming has been an integral part of American culture and society. Far from a vestige of the past, the family farm remains both a cherished and a vital staple of life in nearly every corner of the country...read more

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Product Description: The American Civil War was a particularly poignant conflict, with countryman fighting countryman and sometimes brother against brother, giving a cruel twist to the usually heightened motions of wartime. The narrative of THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THE SOLDIER'S STORY is provided by the voices of ordinary fighting men, starting with their enlistment and moving on to their training, their entry into battle, and their final cease-fire or death...read more

Celebrates the glory of steam locomotives and the golden age of North American railroads, in a lavishly illustrated, full-color account of working steam trains from all over the United States and Canada, accompanied by a helpful guide to historical railroad sites.