Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0448089521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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Danger is the name of the game when the Hardys agree to help their pen pal from Greece, Evan Pandropolos, search for a priceless, ancient Greek helmet. Years ago, Evan’s uncle had loaned it to Hollywood movie company for use in a silent motion picture, but the treasured helmet had been lost. Picking up foes along the way, the young detectives unearth clues that keep them constantly on the move—from their Greek college campus to California and finally to Greece.
Author: Robert H. Bauman
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 164012165X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 437
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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 discovered that the required density of the Kevlar material woven into the netting of combat helmets was being shorted. After bringing their discovery to the attention of management, their boss, rather than cleaning up the illegal practice, accused them of having an adulterous affair. Both employees were fired, leading to a lawsuit and a court judgment in their favor that eventually brought the company's bad-faith practices to light. Around the same time, a separate whistleblower, a retired Navy doctor, was pulled into a bizarre struggle with Army and Marine bureaucracies when he discovered from his Marine grandson that the protective webbing inside the military helmets was inadequate. Why was the military so resistant to upgrading the most essential piece of gear to protect soldiers from traumatic brain injury? Interweaving these two whistleblower stories, Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor explain why the military, despite news coverage and congressional hearings on the faulty helmet, continued to do the indefensible. They also suggest how the public, the press, and military institutions can remedy the problem to give U.S. troops effective helmets when serving to protect their country.
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110107664X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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Why is a wealthy sportsman so frightened by the serpent design on a mysterious balloon that he begs Frank and Joe Hardy to protect him? And who stole the ancient life-size chess king which is to be presented to the winner of the world chess championship? Targets of diabolical enemies, Frank and Joe find a clue that leads them across the Pacific to Hong Kong to help the police smash an international criminal organization.
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101657308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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Danger is the name of the game when the Hardys agree to help their pen pal from Greece, Evan Pandropolos, search for a priceless, ancient Greek helmet. Years ago, Evan’s uncle had loaned it to Hollywood movie company for use in a silent motion picture, but the treasured helmet had been lost. Picking up foes along the way, the young detectives unearth clues that keep them constantly on the move—from their Greek college campus to California and finally to Greece.
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780001605459
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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Author: William Bell
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0385672306
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Lee wants to be a Tarantula – a member of the biggest, most powerful gang in his neighbourhood. But when his initiation goes wrong and the police catch him robbing an auto supply store, Lee’s father sends him to live with his aunt in New Toronto. Lee feels more lost than ever. His mother’s death from cancer, and his father’s constant absence working two jobs mean he has practically had to raise himself. But though he initially resists his Aunt Reena and the customers of Reena’s Unique Café – a ragtag collection of the unusual, the unkempt and the deeply eccentric – Lee gradually learns to open himself up to his new surroundings. When Lee strikes up an unlikely friendship he is suddenly confronted by the ravages of violence, and is forced to face the consequences of his own aggression. The Blue Helmet is a powerful portrait of one young man’s struggle to come into his own, and the peace that comes from the achievement.
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006908135
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 159
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Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780448416717
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780671955205
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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When a ferocious, wolf-life creature appears in a small town, the Hardy boys are engaged to clear the name of a young man who has a history of werewolves in his family.
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781101073438
Category : Automobiles, Racing
Languages : en
Pages : 175
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The Hardy boys and their father solve a mystery involving inexplicable crashes of highspeed race cars being used to test an experimental turbine motor.
