The war in Afghanistan is considered by most to be Americas longest and least talked about war to date. After terrorists attacked the United States on 9/11, less than one percent of Americas population answered our nations call to serve in the Armed Forces. Even fewer Americans made the life choice to become United States Marines.During this war, two Marine Corps platoons were selected by their Battalion to fully integrate with two platoons of Afghanistan National Army Soldiers in ...

This, the third volume in the series Climate Change and Fish Health, describes how finfish in cage culture and their pathogens are directly or indirectly affected by ongoing changes to the environment. These changes, which include a global rise in water temperature with increased acidification and reduction in dissolved oxygen, will continue even if we can significantly reduce the current output of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane. The third edition of Diseases and Disorders of Fin...

Stone Cold presents twenty-eight delicious crime stories from a bevy of award-winning New England mystery writers along with several exciting new voices.   Drop dead funny or stone cold deadly, the inventive and sometimes twisted tales in Level Best Books' eleventh anthology leave no stone unturned—a not-so-innocent trivia game, blood-red geraniums, an army of angry skunks, spousicides, lousicides, arsonists, rum runners, hackers, withless wonders, and even a diabolica...

In this cozy mystery, a young woman in Maine must protect her family’s clambake business when an employee is accused of murder.For Julia Snowden, the Founder’s Day summer celebration in Busman’s Harbor, Maine, means helping her family’s clambake company to prepare an authentic taste of New England seafood. Any Mainer will tell you that a real clambake needs wood for the fire . . .so why is there a foot sticking out of the oven?The townspeople want to pin th...

Summer has come to Busman's Harbor, Maine, and tourists are lining up for a taste of authentic New England seafood, courtesy of the Snowden Family Clambake Company. But there's something sinister on the boil this season. A killer has crashed a wedding party, adding mystery to the menu at the worst possible moment. . .Julia Snowden returned to her hometown to rescue her family's struggling clambake business--not to solve crimes. But that was before a catered wedding on picturesque M...

A Northern California B&B is the perfect spot for murder in this cozy mystery series debut by the USA Today bestselling author of Murder at the Mansion.If it weren’t for the fact that she’s replacing a dead man, Kelly Jackson would love her new job managing the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast on the coast of Northern California. But Bob Phillips did plunge off the cliff to his death. And Kelly’s starting to think it may not have been an ac...

**“No Mercy will leave you breathless.” —**Harlan CobenWhen those inside the corridors of power need help outside the law, they know who to call. Jonathan Grave, covert rescue specialist, always gets results.No names. No feds. No trace evidence. That’s how Jonathan Grave operates. As a freelance specialist in covert rescues, he must work outside the law to get things done—especially in highly sensitive hostage situations.

“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremonyIn the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing from entrenched positions, the enemy was positioned to wipe out one hundred men who were pinned down and were repeatedly refused artillery support. Ordered to remain behind with the ...

In America’s battle against global terrorism, the goal of the Navy SEALs is to be the best guns in the fight—stealthy, effective, professional, and lethal. Here for the first time is a SEAL insider’s battle history of these Special Operations warriors in the war on terrorism.“Down range” is what SEALs in Afghanistan and Iraq call their area of operations. In this new mode of warfare, “down range” can refer to anything from tracking roving bands of al-Qaeda on a rem...

The Christmas tree twinkled from a corner of the room, the cookies were all baked, and a Nativity held pride of place on the credenza, but then the phone rang and everything that had been so eagerly anticipated began a slow but steady downward spiral. A new plan was hatched, and a new love volunteered for service. Would the rescuers make it back on time, safe and sound?A warm-hearted story of love, family and a rescued Christmas from celebrated author Annie Acorn, you won’t want to...

In the War on Terror, there are no set battles. The fanatical enemy adheres to no warrior code or international law. Their only desire is to kill—or be killed.That’s where the snipers of the U.S. Marines, Army, and Navy SEALs come in . . .Here, in their own words, are the compelling true stories of the snipers whose sole purpose is to eliminate the enemy with a single bullet. From Iraq to Afghanistan, this is life and death as seen through ...

Did you hear about the slow student with terrible gas? He was getting farter and farter behind, so his parents hired a tooter. There’s no better way to get kids giggling uncontrollably than to tell them a poop, pee, or fart joke. With 500 GROSS & DISGUSTING JOKES FOR KIDS: ENOUGH BOOGERS, SNOT, FARTS, POOP, AND PUKE TO KEEP KIDS LAUGHING FOR HOURS by Scott Allen, your kids may never stop laughing. You might be a little embarrassed by the ridiculous humor in this giant book ...