Product Description: A modern take on Seven Samurai, Rubicon transfers the classic story to modern-day Afghanistan, with the “samurai” as Navy SEALs. A true, groundbreaking reinterpretation of a classic.Five paramilitary Navy SEAL operators defend the residents of a remote mountain farming village in Afghanistan from attacks by marauding Taliban...read more

Product Description: Savior to some, terrorist to others, controversial ex-marine “Sam” Narayan returns to the war-ravaged red planet of her birth to raise an army against those who would tyrannize her people.  Flung into alliances and rivalries with religious sects and violent revolutionaries, the prospective liberator of the Solar System must walk a dangerous path...read more

The last free colony in the Solar System has yet to fall, but how long can it withstand the siege?  Under constant barrage from orbit and kept from replenishing much-needed supplies by a planetary blockade, the colonists of Venus find themselves in desperate circumstances.  But unwilling to let their stand be in vain, the surprise hero of the war—notorious ex-marine Vijaya “Sam” Narayan—must reverse their fortunes before time runs out on man’s last, best hope of resisting tyranny!

Product Description: This best-selling book provides everything you'll need to know about selecting, installing, operating, and maintaining your home satellite system. DBS, digital video compression, HDTV, and other innovations coming your way are also presented in a down-to-earth style that is accessible to everyone...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Long, Mark, Keating, Jeffrey

Product Description: The history of satellites and what they cover, broken down by areas of the world plus much more. Over 1000 pages.

Describes basic satellite transmission and reception techniques and telecommunications systems around the world, and provides descriptions of more than 200 domestic, regional, and international satellites currently in orbit