Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance
Author: Gregory Pedlow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634508513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The CIA’s 2013 release of its book The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 1954–1974 is a fascinating and important historical document. It contains a significant amount of newly declassified material with respect to the U-2 and Oxcart programs, including names of pilots; codenames and cryptonyms; locations, funding, and cover arrangements; electronic countermeasures equipment; cooperation with foreign governments; and overflights of the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, and other countries. Originally published with a Secret/No Foreign Dissemination classification, this detailed study describes not only the program’s technological and bureaucratic aspects, but also its political and international context, including the difficult choices faced by President Eisenhower in authorizing overflights of the Soviet Union and the controversy surrounding the shoot down there of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1960. The authors discuss the origins of the U-2, its top-secret testing, its specially designed high-altitude cameras and complex life-support systems, and even the possible use of poison capsules by its pilots, if captured. They call attention to the crucial importance of the U-2 in the gathering of strategic and tactical intelligence, as well as the controversies that the program unleashed. Finally, they discuss the CIA’s development of a successor to the U-2, the Oxcart, which became the world’s most technologically advanced aircraft. For the first time, the more complete 2013 release of this historical text is available in a professionally typeset format, supplemented with higher quality photographs that will bring alive these incredible aircraft and the story of their development and use by the CIA. This edition also includes a new preface by author Gregory W. Pedlow and a foreword by Chris Pocock. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634508513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The CIA’s 2013 release of its book The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance 1954–1974 is a fascinating and important historical document. It contains a significant amount of newly declassified material with respect to the U-2 and Oxcart programs, including names of pilots; codenames and cryptonyms; locations, funding, and cover arrangements; electronic countermeasures equipment; cooperation with foreign governments; and overflights of the Soviet Union, Cuba, China, and other countries. Originally published with a Secret/No Foreign Dissemination classification, this detailed study describes not only the program’s technological and bureaucratic aspects, but also its political and international context, including the difficult choices faced by President Eisenhower in authorizing overflights of the Soviet Union and the controversy surrounding the shoot down there of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in 1960. The authors discuss the origins of the U-2, its top-secret testing, its specially designed high-altitude cameras and complex life-support systems, and even the possible use of poison capsules by its pilots, if captured. They call attention to the crucial importance of the U-2 in the gathering of strategic and tactical intelligence, as well as the controversies that the program unleashed. Finally, they discuss the CIA’s development of a successor to the U-2, the Oxcart, which became the world’s most technologically advanced aircraft. For the first time, the more complete 2013 release of this historical text is available in a professionally typeset format, supplemented with higher quality photographs that will bring alive these incredible aircraft and the story of their development and use by the CIA. This edition also includes a new preface by author Gregory W. Pedlow and a foreword by Chris Pocock. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Glinda of Oz
Author: Lyman Frank Baum
Publisher: BompaCrazy.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Sorceress and Wizard of Oz attempt to save Princess Ozma and Dorothy from the dangers which threaten them when they try to bring peace to two warring tribes.
Publisher: BompaCrazy.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Sorceress and Wizard of Oz attempt to save Princess Ozma and Dorothy from the dangers which threaten them when they try to bring peace to two warring tribes.
Spycatcher
Author: Peter Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855610982
Category : Espionage
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855610982
Category : Espionage
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Wailing Octopus
Author: John Blaine
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434409686
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
On a skin-diving vacation in the Virgin Islands, Rick and Scotty stumble across deadly spies. A thrilling science-adventure! (Volume 11 in the Rick Brant series.)
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434409686
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
On a skin-diving vacation in the Virgin Islands, Rick and Scotty stumble across deadly spies. A thrilling science-adventure! (Volume 11 in the Rick Brant series.)
History of satellite reconnaissance
Author: Robert L. Perry
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781937219031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The United States developed the Gambit and Hexagon imagery satellite systems in the 1960's to improve the nation's means for peering over the iron curtain that separated western democracies from East European and Asian communist countries. The programs were declassified in September of 2011, after which redacted documents and histories were released to the public, including the two contained in this volume. --Summarized from Preface.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781937219031
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The United States developed the Gambit and Hexagon imagery satellite systems in the 1960's to improve the nation's means for peering over the iron curtain that separated western democracies from East European and Asian communist countries. The programs were declassified in September of 2011, after which redacted documents and histories were released to the public, including the two contained in this volume. --Summarized from Preface.
Extraordinary Encounters
Author: Jerome Clark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576075968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Extraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings" is the first ever illustrated A-Z encyclopedia to explore these fascinating modern day beliefs, personalities, beings, and events. Among the beings you'll meet in its pages are Abraham, a collection of highly evolved entities that speak in one voice; Metranon, the divine interface between God and the Outer Worlds (and sometime Old Testament angel); and The Planetary Council, whose members include Jove, Merlin, Quetzalcoatl, and Lao-Tzu.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781576075968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Extraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings" is the first ever illustrated A-Z encyclopedia to explore these fascinating modern day beliefs, personalities, beings, and events. Among the beings you'll meet in its pages are Abraham, a collection of highly evolved entities that speak in one voice; Metranon, the divine interface between God and the Outer Worlds (and sometime Old Testament angel); and The Planetary Council, whose members include Jove, Merlin, Quetzalcoatl, and Lao-Tzu.
Subsmash
Author: Alan Gallop
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752472968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position at 2115hrs on 16 April, 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight - preparing to dive. This was the last signal ever received from the submarine. After months of searching, divers eventually discovered Affray resting upright on the sea bottom with no obvious signs of damage to her hull. Hatches were closed tight and emergency buoys were still in their casings. It was obvious that whatever had caused Affray to sink, and had ended the lives of all those on board, had occurred quickly. Sixty years later, in this compelling maritime investigation, Alan Gallop uses previously top secret documents, interviews with experts and contemporary news sources to explore how and why Affray became the last British submarine lost at sea - and possibly the greatest maritime mystery since the Marie Celeste.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752472968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position at 2115hrs on 16 April, 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight - preparing to dive. This was the last signal ever received from the submarine. After months of searching, divers eventually discovered Affray resting upright on the sea bottom with no obvious signs of damage to her hull. Hatches were closed tight and emergency buoys were still in their casings. It was obvious that whatever had caused Affray to sink, and had ended the lives of all those on board, had occurred quickly. Sixty years later, in this compelling maritime investigation, Alan Gallop uses previously top secret documents, interviews with experts and contemporary news sources to explore how and why Affray became the last British submarine lost at sea - and possibly the greatest maritime mystery since the Marie Celeste.