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J.A.P.

(Just Another Pilot)

By: EDWARD LANDERS

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JAP is a story about a young man who somehow, through a series of accidents intentions, mistakes and drive became a Naval Aviator, no mean feat by any accounts. Having survived the grim reaper several times during his eight years of flying on active duty with the Navy he has come to believe, sort of, that he is a good aviator and can take care of just about anything that arises in the realm of flying. He has disgustedly left active duty flying with the Navy as the result of witnessing inept officers who should never have made the grade continue to fly and serve without any leadership skills or command authority amounting to anything effective. Most of them were, in the young mans opinion, timid beings who were only concerned with keeping their status quo resulting in their refusal to make decisions let alone lead in any forward power projections. His decision to leave the Navy and throw his lot in with the airline pilots career was based on his perception that an airline captain just had to be made of stronger stuff. That idea was also doomed to an early failure when he actually started to fly with the pilots who make up the airborne operation of the airline. He found the same weaknesses on the part of the airline pilots that he had witnessed in the Navy pilots he had flown with. Still struggling to find perfection the young man (named Kruger in the book) tries flying with the Naval Reserve pilots only to find, once more, that those pilots were even worse than the two groups that he had flown with earlier. Krugers worst nightmare finally comes to pass when he finds himself making some bad mistakes and decisions just like all of the other pilots he has ever encountered. He has become a JAP or just another pilot like all of the others. In spite of all of the disappointments he encounters he still has fun and fulfillment flying and is convinced that he could really do no job other than flying. Flying has always been described as hours and hours of boredom punctuated by moments of stark terror. Krugers experiences follow that pattern except the boring hours are interesting also. Kruger had always considered that the most exhilarating and exciting time you could ever experience was when you were right on the dangerous edge of things; when you had less than a fifty percent chance of surviving the situation you were in and when you finally came out on top, alive and well albeit that your heart was trying to go into tachycardia and your breathing could only be described as panting. There is no rush better than this. There are no punches pulled in the book. The author tells it like it really was without cutting corners or glossing over the facts. It is what it was. People are people and no one is perfect. We all have warts no matter how good we look and usually the ones who boast the most and are the models of perfection are the ones who have the most faults. As the Bible says, Judge not least ye be judged. Kruger finds that to be very true and, as a result he mulls each flight in his mind in an effort to try to perfect what he has just done. There are no heroes in the book but there are a lot of truths if you can find them.

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Trafford Publishing

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1490720642

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9781490720647

The Bells of Russia

History and Technology

By: Edward V. Williams

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The Bells of Russia

History and Technology

By: Edward V. Williams

This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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297

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Princeton University Press

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1400854636

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9781400854639

Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

Vol. I

By: Edward H. Knight

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Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

Vol. I

By: Edward H. Knight

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385410126

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9783385410121

A Parent's Guide to Children's Medicines

By: Edward A. Bell

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A Parent's Guide to Children's Medicines

By: Edward A. Bell

In A Parent's Guide to Children's Medicines, an experienced pediatric pharmacist answers questions about how to give safe and effective medications to children. Whether medicine is used to treat asthma or ear infections, medicine is often necessary and can be life saving—yet many parents worry about side effects and possible long-term consequences. This book tells parents how drugs for children are prescribed and used, and how to give these medications to children for the best results. Inside: • information to help parents weigh the benefits and risks of medicines • descriptions of medicine for treating fever, infection, and common illnesses • practical tips on measuring, flavoring, and administering liquid medicines • directions for giving medicine in the mouth, the nose, the ear, and the eye • advice for keeping children safe around medications • facts about vaccinations: how do they work, and are they safe? • answers to parents’ frequently asked questions

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180

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JHU Press

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142140673X

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9781421406732

The Engine's Moan

American Steam Whistles

By: Edward A. Fagen

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The Engine's Moan

American Steam Whistles

By: Edward A. Fagen

Here, Ed Fagen, one of the nation s foremost authorities on steam whistles, has provided us with a broadly researched, eloquently written and marvelously witty book, the first and only one on the subject. It includes comprehensive, illustrated chapters on: the history of the steam whistle, the voice of the Industrial Revolution, and how it developed; the various uses of steam whistles on locomotives, ships, factories, firehouse roofs, circuses; the broad range of whistle manufacturers, their histories and their product lines (including how to identify and date whistles, as well as an extensive discussion on the relative rarityof whistle types); how to acquire, organize, and preserve a whistle collection; how to repair and restore steam whistles; how to blow steam whistles on steam or compressed air; how a steam whistle actually works a point that remains somewhat controversial even today. Also included are an illustrated glossary of whistle terms, an illustrated review of the major whistle-related U.S. design patents, and a comprehensive index. A joy to read, this book is a true must have for the railfan, collector, curator, historian of science, industrial archeologist, and anyone for whom the sound of this icon of connotative richness has ever beckoned to adventures that live in the imagination.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1931626537

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9781931626538

Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors

By: David Edward Marcinko

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Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors

By: David Edward Marcinko

This book fulfills its promise as a peerless tool for physicians wanting to make good decisions about the risks they face.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763733423

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9780763733421

Austral English

A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages

By: Edward Ellis Morris

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Austral English

A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages

By: Edward Ellis Morris

The first scholarly dictionary of Australian and New Zealand English, including loan words from indigenous languages, originally published in 1898.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108028799

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9781108028790

A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions

By: Hugh Edward Richardson,Hugh Richardson

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A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions

By: Hugh Edward Richardson,Hugh Richardson

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0947593004

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9780947593001

Datong: A Historical Guide

By: Kim Hunter Gordon,Jesse Watson,Edward Allen

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Datong: A Historical Guide

By: Kim Hunter Gordon,Jesse Watson,Edward Allen

In modern times the coal capital of China, Datong was once the capital of empire and one of the most important cultural centres of northern China. A controversial reconstruction of its old city has attracted recent attention, but Datong’s lasting attraction is its artistic and architectural heritage. The Northern Wei (386-535), a dynasty founded by outsiders, established its capital in capital in Datong from 398 until 494. The artistic legacy of that period, the Buddhist carvings at the Yungang Grottoes, illustrates how foreign motifs and styles interacted with native Chinese aesthetics to establish forms that would dominate the iconography of East Asia. The city remained an important military, religious and mercantile centre throughout imperial China, with spectacular wooden temple architecture from the Liao and Jin dynasties (907–1271) is preserved to a greater extent here than in any other region of China.

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Kim Hunter Gordon

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7502261443

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9787502261443

The Heart of Mathematics

An invitation to effective thinking

By: Edward B. Burger,Michael Starbird

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The Heart of Mathematics

An invitation to effective thinking

By: Edward B. Burger,Michael Starbird

Hallmark features include: * A focus on the important ideas of mathematics that students will retain long after their formal studies are complete. * An engaging and humorous style, written to be read and enjoyed. * Ten Life Lessons that readers will apply beyond their study of mathematics. * Use of a variety of visualization techniques that direct students to model their thinking and to actively explore the world around them. New to this Edition: * A new chapter, Deciding Wisely: Applications of Rigorous Thought, provides a thought-provoking capstone. * Expanded and improved statistics and probability content in Chapter 7, Taming Uncertainty. * Enhanced Mindscapes at the end of each section which ask the reader to review, apply and think deeply about the ideas presented in the chapter. * Radically superior ancillary package.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1931914419

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9781931914413

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A Parent's Guide to Children's Medicines

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The Engine's Moan

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Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors

Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors

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Austral English

A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions

A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions

Datong: A Historical Guide

Datong: A Historical Guide

The Heart of Mathematics

The Heart of Mathematics

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