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Shattered Minds: How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets
Shattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet. Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing discover... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Captured by Pirates: 22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas
by Aaron Smith • John Richard Stephens • Captain Barnabas Lincoln • Captain John Stairs • Captain Rufus Frink • Captain John Butman • Captain William Snelgrave • John Battis • Captain Sabins • Captain George Roberts • Philip Ashton • Fernão Mendez Pinto • Captain Z. G. Lamson • John Fillmore • Richard Glasspoole • Captain Samuel Samuels • Captain Jacob Dunham • Captain j. Evans • Saint Vincent De paul • Lucretia Parker • Daniel CollinsPirates are primarily known for their swashbuckling attitudes, their freebooting lifestyle, their high-seas adventures and their stolen treasure, but their victims tend to be forgotten. These are the innocent and not-so-innocent voyagers who find themselves suddenly snatched up, brutalized, and fran... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013