The biggest airborne landings of WWII are underway. Thousands of airborne troops drop on Holland, an audacious plan to seize the many bridges across the country and hold them until Allied armor and infantry arrive.Company B of the 82nd has taken the bridge at Nijmegen, but the Germans launch a fierce counterattack. At the forefront of the fighting, 1st platoon engages in a desperate scramble to defend the bridge at all costs from infantry and artillery. And from tanks. PFC Ray Cass...

Most of us have things we want to accomplish in our life. We plan things that we want to get done. We sometimes wish we could also change at least one thing in our life for the better. But the big challenge in all of them is always finding the motivation to do it and succeed. Finding motivation is difficult enough, but staying motivated is a big roadblock as well.In this audiobook, you will learn how to find that elusive motivation for success and discover how to increase them in al...

A boy the size of his father's thumb has a series of adventures, including stopping a pair of thieves, being swallowed by a cow, and tricking a wolf into bringing him back home.

The New York Times bestselling origin story of the Master Chief—part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo!The 26th century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth’s system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command is struggling to control this vast empire. After exhausting all strategies to keep seething colonial insurrections from exp...

America is shrouded in ice. The outside temperature has dropped below Arctic levels, and people have no choice but to tunnel into the ice to create living spaces. In one of these communities, former Army Ranger Brad Jensen battles to keep his wife and young son alive. Attacks from predatory groups are a constant danger, and life in the tunnels means always keeping one eye open for attacks, and one hand holding the butt of a gun. Struggling to cling to life, and nothing could be worse. Unti...

82nd Airborne has fought hard, through France, through the Ardennes forest, until they face the most daunting obstacle. The border of the Third Reich.Operation Varsity is the largest airborne operation in history. 1st platoon lands outside Alsdorf to block any attempt by the Germans to rush reinforcements toward Aachen, the intended destination for the 82nd main force.The town is reported to be undefended, except by a few demoralized Hitler Youth. From the moment they land, ...

The exclusive, official guide to the very latest version of MayaGet extensive, hands-on, intermediate to advanced coverage of Autodesk Maya 2012, the top-selling 3D software on the market. If you already know Maya basics, this authoritative book takes you to the next level. From modeling, texturing, animation, and visual effects to high-level techniques for film, television, games, and more, this book provides professional-level Maya instruction. With pages of scen...

Pfc Eddie Hawkins has two passions in life. First-person shooters and his job as a cupola gunner in a Humvee in Afghanistan. His weapon is a Browning .50 calibre, and Eddie has acquired a reputation for his deadly skills with the heavy machine gun. It wasn't always that way, but after a shaky start, he has learned how to handle the gun like an expert. There is no looking back.But Hawkins is about to face his biggest challenge yet. On patrol near the Afghan city of Ghazni, they run ...

The book focuses on four broad topics related to trapping of agriculturally important tephritid fruit flies, namely i) lures and traps, ii) invasion biology and detection of infestations, iii) attract and kill systems, and iv) trade regulations and risk assessment. This comprehensive structure progresses from the biological interaction between insect and lures/traps to the area-wide use of trapping systems to the utilization and impact of trapping data on international trade. The chapters ...

Wildlife is an important and cherished element of our natural heritage in the United States. But state and federal laws governing the ways we interact with wildlife can be complex to interpret and apply. Ten years ago, Wildlife Law: A Primer was the first book to lucidly explain wildlife law for readers with little or no legal training who needed to understand its intricacies. Today, navigating this legal terrain is trickier than ever as habitat for wildlife shrinks, technology gi...

Michael J. Sullivan's trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons to fantasy masters Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and J.R.R. Tolkien himself. Now Age of Myth inaugurates an original five-book series.Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart: invincible in battle, mas...

For the first time, an epic account of a boy born into a struggle for survival on the harsh and unforgiving American frontier, the story behind the legend of Smoke Jensen. . .On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861, shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war. Smoke Jensen The Beginning follows the Jensen clan during these volatile years, fr...