Author: Ralph Peters
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765365538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Set in 1981, "The Officers' Club" captures the passions and confusion of the times, the reckoning due after a decade of indulgence--and the commitment of those who stayed in uniform through the bad years.
The Officers' Club
Author: Ralph Peters
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765365538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Set in 1981, "The Officers' Club" captures the passions and confusion of the times, the reckoning due after a decade of indulgence--and the commitment of those who stayed in uniform through the bad years.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765365538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Set in 1981, "The Officers' Club" captures the passions and confusion of the times, the reckoning due after a decade of indulgence--and the commitment of those who stayed in uniform through the bad years.
The Yokota Officers Club
Author: Sarah Bird
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307775755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Sarah Bird’s gutsy, sharp, and touching new novel opens at full speed. Bernadette "Bernie" Root, military brat, speaks. She has never really noticed what a peculiar bunch of nomads her eight-member Air Force family is (with the exception of her Post Princess sister, Kit), until the summer after her first year of college when she joins them at their new assignment: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Just as Okinawa turns out to be a sorry version of the Japanese paradise Bernie knew in her childhood at Yokota Air Base, her family, especially her once-beautiful mother, Moe, and her former spy-pilot father, Mace, seems to have been in decline since those glory days of the American Raj. Days when her mother was happy and their best friend, Fumiko, now lost to them, was the family’s maid. The worst part of Okinawa for Bernie, though, is realizing how perfectly she fits with her oddball family and how badly she needs to get out. So when a dance contest first prize, a trip to Japan,offers a chance to escape, she takes it, playing second banana to a third-rate comedian on a tour of Japan’s military bases. At their grand finale at the Yokota Officers’ Club, Fumiko finally reappears, and Bernie discovers the terrible price that is paid when the secrets nations hide end up buried within families. A brilliantly appealing novel whose energy, wit, and feeling have won for it (see back of the jacket) extraordinary advance praise.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307775755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Sarah Bird’s gutsy, sharp, and touching new novel opens at full speed. Bernadette "Bernie" Root, military brat, speaks. She has never really noticed what a peculiar bunch of nomads her eight-member Air Force family is (with the exception of her Post Princess sister, Kit), until the summer after her first year of college when she joins them at their new assignment: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Just as Okinawa turns out to be a sorry version of the Japanese paradise Bernie knew in her childhood at Yokota Air Base, her family, especially her once-beautiful mother, Moe, and her former spy-pilot father, Mace, seems to have been in decline since those glory days of the American Raj. Days when her mother was happy and their best friend, Fumiko, now lost to them, was the family’s maid. The worst part of Okinawa for Bernie, though, is realizing how perfectly she fits with her oddball family and how badly she needs to get out. So when a dance contest first prize, a trip to Japan,offers a chance to escape, she takes it, playing second banana to a third-rate comedian on a tour of Japan’s military bases. At their grand finale at the Yokota Officers’ Club, Fumiko finally reappears, and Bernie discovers the terrible price that is paid when the secrets nations hide end up buried within families. A brilliantly appealing novel whose energy, wit, and feeling have won for it (see back of the jacket) extraordinary advance praise.
Her Rebel Heart
Author: Jamie Farrell
Publisher: Jamie Farrell
ISBN: 1940517184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
“A poignant, unapologetically southern, laugh out loud look at what it means to truly be seen and loved.” – Kait Nolan A sexy military pilot is about to meet his match in an unpredictable physics professor! Kaci Boudreaux is every Southern mama’s nightmare, including her own. This former Miss Grits would rather tromp around in boots shooting off potato guns—and her mouth—than dress pretty and play nice with the boys. Especially her chauvinistic fellow professors, her ex-husband, and those military cargo pilots she accidentally started a war with. Lance Wheeler is every Southern belle’s dream, except his ex-fiancé’s. After being left at the altar, he’d love to take his C-130 and fly far, far away. But since his bird technically belongs to Uncle Sam (as does he), a distraction in the form of a feisty fireball of a physics professor will do while he’s waiting for his next deployment with the Air Force. He’s into her for the fun. She’s into him for the challenge. But when their secrets start slipping out, their hearts will be on the line. She needs roots. He wants to see the world. What will they do about needing each other?
Publisher: Jamie Farrell
ISBN: 1940517184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
“A poignant, unapologetically southern, laugh out loud look at what it means to truly be seen and loved.” – Kait Nolan A sexy military pilot is about to meet his match in an unpredictable physics professor! Kaci Boudreaux is every Southern mama’s nightmare, including her own. This former Miss Grits would rather tromp around in boots shooting off potato guns—and her mouth—than dress pretty and play nice with the boys. Especially her chauvinistic fellow professors, her ex-husband, and those military cargo pilots she accidentally started a war with. Lance Wheeler is every Southern belle’s dream, except his ex-fiancé’s. After being left at the altar, he’d love to take his C-130 and fly far, far away. But since his bird technically belongs to Uncle Sam (as does he), a distraction in the form of a feisty fireball of a physics professor will do while he’s waiting for his next deployment with the Air Force. He’s into her for the fun. She’s into him for the challenge. But when their secrets start slipping out, their hearts will be on the line. She needs roots. He wants to see the world. What will they do about needing each other?
Marble Mountain Officer's Club Annex
Author: Quinn Mulhearn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410707338
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The story takes place during the closing years of the Vietnam war at a remote 'Top Secret' air base. The air base, located on a plateau overlooking the Mekong River, is home to a detachment of A4 Skyhawks, proto-type Marine Harriers, and helos. The natural conflict between unbridled jet jock egos and blue collar helo pilots competes with battle scenes for story-line marquee honors.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410707338
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The story takes place during the closing years of the Vietnam war at a remote 'Top Secret' air base. The air base, located on a plateau overlooking the Mekong River, is home to a detachment of A4 Skyhawks, proto-type Marine Harriers, and helos. The natural conflict between unbridled jet jock egos and blue collar helo pilots competes with battle scenes for story-line marquee honors.
Southern Fried Blues
Author: Jamie Farrell
Publisher: Jamie Farrell
ISBN: 9781940517223
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
She's newly single and determined to never fall for a military man again. He's a sexy officer who doesn't believe in love. And they think they can handle a no-strings relationship. Bless their hearts. Discover the National Readers' Choice Award Finalist that fans love to read again and again! A Yankee Lady Stuck in the South Divorced wasn't a label Anna Martin ever wanted. Now she's a thousand miles from home, underemployed, and lonely, but she's squeezing this lemon life gave her and turning it into lemon meringue pie. Never again will she let any man--especially another military man--get in the way of her career. A Southern Gentleman Military Officer Jackson Davis believes in family, football, and Uncle Sam. He treats ladies right, he takes his uniform seriously, and he loves his dog, but he doesn't reckon he's built for true love. After all, if a man good as his daddy couldn't do it right, what chance does Jackson have? One Undeniable Attraction These two vulnerable souls are as different as cornbread and ketchup, but they fit together like sweet butter on hot biscuits. Short-term, they're exactly what the other needs. But when their hearts get involved, they're both gonna end up with a big ol' case of Southern Fried Blues.
Publisher: Jamie Farrell
ISBN: 9781940517223
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
She's newly single and determined to never fall for a military man again. He's a sexy officer who doesn't believe in love. And they think they can handle a no-strings relationship. Bless their hearts. Discover the National Readers' Choice Award Finalist that fans love to read again and again! A Yankee Lady Stuck in the South Divorced wasn't a label Anna Martin ever wanted. Now she's a thousand miles from home, underemployed, and lonely, but she's squeezing this lemon life gave her and turning it into lemon meringue pie. Never again will she let any man--especially another military man--get in the way of her career. A Southern Gentleman Military Officer Jackson Davis believes in family, football, and Uncle Sam. He treats ladies right, he takes his uniform seriously, and he loves his dog, but he doesn't reckon he's built for true love. After all, if a man good as his daddy couldn't do it right, what chance does Jackson have? One Undeniable Attraction These two vulnerable souls are as different as cornbread and ketchup, but they fit together like sweet butter on hot biscuits. Short-term, they're exactly what the other needs. But when their hearts get involved, they're both gonna end up with a big ol' case of Southern Fried Blues.
The Second Chance Club
Author: Jason Hardy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982128607
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US and his department’s caseload had just been increased to 220 “offenders” per parole officer, whereas the national average is around 100. Almost immediately, he discovered that the biggest problem with our prison system is what we do—and don’t do—when people get out of prison. Deprived of social support and jobs, these former convicts are often worse off than when they first entered prison and Hardy dramatizes their dilemmas with empathy and grace. He’s given unique access to their lives and a growing recognition of their struggles and takes on his job with the hope that he can change people’s fates—but he quickly learns otherwise. The best Hardy and his colleagues can do is watch out for impending disaster and help clean up the mess left behind. But he finds that some of his charges can muster the miraculous power to save themselves. By following these heroes, he both stokes our hope and fuels our outrage by showing us how most offenders, even those with the best intentions, end up back in prison—or dead—because the system systematically fails them. Our focus should be, he argues, to give offenders the tools they need to re-enter society which is not only humane but also vastly cheaper for taxpayers. As immersive and dramatic as Evicted and as revelatory as The New Jim Crow, The Second Chance Club shows us how to solve the cruelest problems prisons create for offenders and society at large.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982128607
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book. Prompted by a dead-end retail job and a vague desire to increase the amount of justice in his hometown, Jason Hardy became a parole officer in New Orleans at the worst possible moment. Louisiana’s incarceration rates were the highest in the US and his department’s caseload had just been increased to 220 “offenders” per parole officer, whereas the national average is around 100. Almost immediately, he discovered that the biggest problem with our prison system is what we do—and don’t do—when people get out of prison. Deprived of social support and jobs, these former convicts are often worse off than when they first entered prison and Hardy dramatizes their dilemmas with empathy and grace. He’s given unique access to their lives and a growing recognition of their struggles and takes on his job with the hope that he can change people’s fates—but he quickly learns otherwise. The best Hardy and his colleagues can do is watch out for impending disaster and help clean up the mess left behind. But he finds that some of his charges can muster the miraculous power to save themselves. By following these heroes, he both stokes our hope and fuels our outrage by showing us how most offenders, even those with the best intentions, end up back in prison—or dead—because the system systematically fails them. Our focus should be, he argues, to give offenders the tools they need to re-enter society which is not only humane but also vastly cheaper for taxpayers. As immersive and dramatic as Evicted and as revelatory as The New Jim Crow, The Second Chance Club shows us how to solve the cruelest problems prisons create for offenders and society at large.
The Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judge advocates
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judge advocates
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
The Biddle Chronicles (Hard Cover)
Author: Brian Devitt
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257090771
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
A junior U.S. Navy Officer's imaginative recounting of high sea adventures aboard the USS BIDDLE(CG-34)at the height of the 'Cold War'. You'll delight in the many humorous situations and perhaps cry on some of the unfortunate tragedies brought forward in this excellent treatment of shipboard life during those times when life was simple and your only potential advesary was the USSR.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257090771
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
A junior U.S. Navy Officer's imaginative recounting of high sea adventures aboard the USS BIDDLE(CG-34)at the height of the 'Cold War'. You'll delight in the many humorous situations and perhaps cry on some of the unfortunate tragedies brought forward in this excellent treatment of shipboard life during those times when life was simple and your only potential advesary was the USSR.
Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with Report of Decisions of the Supreme Court in Court of Claims Cases
Author: United States. Court of Claims
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publications of the Virginia War History Commission
Author: Virginia War History Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description