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True Valor (Uncommon Heroes, Book 2)
Air Force pararescueman Bruce "Striker" Stanton spends his life rescuing pilots downed behind enemy lines, and Grace Yates flies an F/A-18 Hornet for the Navy. On their dangerous jobs away from home, they exchanged love letters Now a fight between Syria and Turkey over water rights on the Euphrates has spiraled into a confrontation NATO finds itself struggling to prevent. For the military deployed in the region, it's not just the occasional news headline -- it's their daily problem. But when a missing Navy pilot turns out to be Gracie, Bruce has got one mission: get her out alive ....
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A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition: Volume 2
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Euphrates Expedition
A daring but little-known voyage by a British expedition in the early days of steam travel is the subject of this history by John Guest. The Euphrates expedition was an attempt by the British government to achieve a geopolitical end by a technological means. The objective was to halt Russian expansion in the Near East, which some observers saw as a threat to India. The instrument was to be a flotilla of iron-hulled paddle-wheel steamboats that would partrol the long stretch of the river Euphrates from the Anatolian mountains to the Persian Gulf. There was another aspect to the enterprise: Thomas Love Peacock, the novelist friend of Shelley who worked for the East India Company, believed that the Euphrates valley could be a commercial route from Britain to India. The Euphrates was believed to be navigable for most of the year: the expedition was to undertake a proper survey. Francis Chesney, an artillery officer turned explorer, was placed in command of the expedition, which was funded by the British government and the East India Company. Two iron paddle steamers were built at Birkenhead, shipped in sections to the Syrian coast and transported on wagons to the Euphrates, where they were assembled and launched on an uncharted waterway in a country where no form of steam locomotion had ever been seen. The narrative draws on contemporary accounts, including drawings by expedition members, to describe their hopes, lengthy efforts and sufferings, occasional comic experiences and ultimate disillusionment. Besides Peacock, Chesney and their companions, the work covers King William IV and the Duke of Wellington, who supported the project; Byron's friend John Cam Hobhouse, who backed Chesney but later dismissed him; Thomas Waghorn, who promoted a rival route to India by the Red Sea; Pauline des Granges, the only woman on the expedition, her Austrian husband and two self-styled Afghan princes who swindled them out of their money..
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The Far Euphrates
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Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldæa: Forming Part of the Labours of the Euphrates Expedition
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A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition: Volume 1
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Life and Death on the Euphrates
"Life and Death on the Euphrates" is a story about the biblical Noah, his relationships with his family, friends and enemies. It is punctuated with drama, family intrigue, and visits from the creator who imbues Noah with subtle but demonstrable powers that he calls upon whenever he is confronted with overwhelming opposition. The building of the largest vessel the world had ever seen, that took nearly one hundred years to accomplish, is the backdrop for the story of a man who saw little nuance in life but was forced by circumstance to accept people with all their many differences. "Life and Death on the Euphrates" paints a picture of a man who was, in the end, human. He was also a hero!.
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