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Tom Cooper

    1. leden 1970

    Tom Cooper je autorem, který se zaměřuje na zkoumání lidské povahy a složitosti vztahů. Jeho stylistický přístup se vyznačuje pronikavou introspekcí a precizní prací s jazykem. Cooperova díla často reflektují témata ztráty, vykoupení a hledání smyslu v chaotickém světě. Jeho jedinečná schopnost vytvářet živé postavy a poutavé dějové linie z něj činí významného současného vypravěče.

    Tom Cooper
    The Iran-Iraq War
    Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars, Volume 1
    In the Claws of the Tomcat
    Titanic Captain: The Life of Edward John Smith
    The Wild Atlantic Way and Western Ireland
    Lapkové
    • Lapkové

      • 344 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení
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      Cosgrove a Hanson v močálu pátrají po mýtickém ostrově plném marihuany, jednoruký Lindquist hledá s detektorem kovů poklad piráta Jeana Lafitta, mladý Wes Trench sní o tom, že si jednou postaví svou vlastní krevetářskou loď, zástupce ropné společnosti Grimes se snaží podfouknout co nejvíc svých krajanů včetně vlastní matky a zlotřilé padouchy bratry Toupovy zajímá jediné – kdo jim vyfoukl jejich zelenou úrodu… Lůzři, snílkové a darebáci, kterými Tom Cooper svůj groteskní noir z lousianských mokřadů zalidnil, mají jedno společné – všichni se ženou za nějakým snem. A to navzdory ropné havárii v Mexickém zálivu i stále patrným pozůstatkům řádění hurikánu Katrina.

      Lapkové
    • Guidebook describing 6 cycling tours in western Ireland, based on the Wild Atlantic Way, the longest signed coastal route in the world. Each takes around 7 to 10 days, or, for the full Wild Atlantic Way experience, the routes can be combined to create a 44-stage, 2450km trip from Derry/Londonderry to Cork.

      The Wild Atlantic Way and Western Ireland
    • Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a working-class family in the landlocked Staffordshire Potteries, he went to sea at the age of 17 and rose rapidly through the ranks of the merchant navy, serving first in sailing vessels and later in the new steamships of the White Star Line. By 1912, he as White Star's senior commander and regarded by many in the shipping world as the 'millionaire's captain'. In 1912, Smith was given command of the new RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage, but what should have been among the crowning moments of his long career at sea turned rapidly into a nightmare following Titanic's collision with an iceberg. In a matter of hours the supposedly unsinkable ship sank, taking over 1,500 people with her, including Captain Smith.

      Titanic Captain: The Life of Edward John Smith
    • In the Claws of the Tomcat

      • 80 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení
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      "Equipped with well-balanced air wings, huge aircraft carriers have formed the backbone of the United States Navy's doctrine and strategy since the Second World War. Packing an enormous punch, their purpose is to exercise control over enormous portions of airspace - in the offence or defence. From the mid-1970s until the mid-2000s, the spear tip of the USN air wings was the famous Grumman F-14 Tomcat - widely considered one of the finest air superiority systems in the world. Originally designed as a fast, manoeuvrable and well-armed fighter, the Tomcat entered service as the ultimate long-range fleet defender and became the biggest, most complex and most expensive naval aircraft of its time. Including a unique and exceptional combination of flight characteristics, detection systems and weapons, it earned itself the status of a legend by the mid-1980s. The F-14 Tomcats of the US Navy achieved their first aerial victories during freedom of navigation exercises off Libya in 1981. However, the period during which they saw most combat followed several years later, during Operations Earnest Will and then Desert Storm, from 1987 until 1991. To date, very little has been published about the operations in question. Indeed, the widespread belief is that USN F-14s saw next to no air combat against Iran, and even less so during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. As so often, the reality is entirely different: Tomcats engaged dozens of opponents, often on the verge of the engagement envelope of their powerful AWG-9 radars and AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missiles, and sometimes at such close ranges that their pilots selected 'guns'. Weather- and communications-related problems, but also the incredible discipline of their crews prevented them from scoring up to a dozen aerial victories: however, it is perfectly possible that they scored at least one, perhaps more previously entirely unknown aerial victories - and also lost one of their own to an enemy fighter."--

      In the Claws of the Tomcat
    • Background to the long running confrontation between Arab and Jew in the Middle East, a detailed overview of the rival air forces that would become embroiled in the conflict, and an account of the opening Israeli air strikes against Egyptian targets.

      The June 1967 Arab-Israeli War Volume 1
    • While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year - between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax.

      Libyan Air Wars Part 2: 1985-1986