Robert Mason
1) Chickenhawk
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More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason[alpha]s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions...
2) Solo
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Safely ensconced in his jungle hideaway, Solo uplinks to the satellite network that circles the globe and discovers an amazing fact. He's not alone. There's another one like him. Code-named Nimrod, it has the same extraordinary physical and computer-reasoning abilities as Solo. In all senses but the biological, the two are brothers, bound by a tie, they share with no other creature on earth.
Determined not to repeat the mistakes they made with...
3) Weapon
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Equipped with telescopic, microscopic, and infrared vision, the strength of thirty men and reflexes beyond those of any Olympic athlete, Solo also has a brain. Bill Stewart, the gawky co-owner of Electron Dynamics, has created the thing most computer engineers only dream a machine can learn.
Sent on a trial in Costa Rica with Bill and General Clyde Haynes, Solo monitors a Pentagon transmission ordering him shipped back to Florida for reprogramming....
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Gone to the Dawgs is a collection of true short stories of criminal incidents involving a unique police officer - a working dog from a K-9 detail. The author spent nearly twenty years in the K-9 Detail, and shares here some of his more amusing stories from his time as a police officer, with his four-legged partner, a dog trained to be a manhunter from the K-9 detail. The stories range from the serious, where there are major crimes committed and injuries...
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Here is the triumphant sequel to Robert Mason's bestselling account of his service as a chopper pilot in Vietnam. Chickenawk: Back in the World is a moving, no-holds-barred post-Vietnam memoir that reveals the war's shattering legacy in the heart and mind of a returning vet. When Robert Mason's first book was published in 1983, it was hailed as one of the finest personal evocations of Vietnam ever to appear in print. In fact, Chickenhawk is still...
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In recent years historians have paid substantial attention to the origins of modern political conservatism and the record of the Nixon administration in building a Republican majority in the late twentieth century. In Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority, Robert Mason analyzes Nixon's response to the developing conservative climate and challenges revisionist claims about the activist nature of the Nixon administration. Nixon was an activist...
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In 1901, the year the six Australian colonies federated to become one country, revolution was being plotted across the world. Publicised in the newspapers and carried by migrants along global trade routes, the anarchist movement appeared prepared for a long period of power as one of the world's dominant historical forces. In few places was this more evident than in Spain, where poverty and population pressure prompted increasing emigration. In anglophone...
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It's morning on the tundra! Time to start the day up close with a polar bear! Give young nature explorers and zoologists an exciting way to learn about the icy homes, physical features, and behaviors of this Arctic bear by following it throughout one day. Plus, kids can continue exploring after the polar bear goes to sleep! A step-by-step life cycle diagram, critical thinking questions, and further resources will keep fact-hungry kids learning about...
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It's morning! Skitter out of the nest to forage and stuff those cheeks up close with a chipmunk! Give young nature explorers and zoologists an exciting way to learn about the wooded habitats, physical features, and behaviors of this rodent hoarder by following it throughout one day. Plus, kids can continue exploring after the chipmunk goes to sleep! A step-by-step life cycle diagram, critical thinking questions, and further resources will keep fact-hungry...
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Describes to young nature explorers and zoologists the leafy homes, hunting features, and behaviors of a chameleon by following it throughout one day. Bring augmented reality to the reading experience by downloading the free Capstone 4D app and scanning for access to an online article, video, and discussion questions.
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Describes to young nature explorers and zoologists the giant nests, hunting features, and behaviors of a bald eagle by following it throughout one day. Bring augmented reality to the reading experience by downloading the free Capstone 4D app and scanning for access to an online article, video, and discussion questions.