Bombs Away

Author: Harry Turtledove
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0553390724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set World War I in motion to the rise of fascism in the decades that followed. Now, this masterly storyteller turns his eyes to the aftermath of World War II and asks: In an era of nuclear posturing, what if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot? Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman in desperate consultation with General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. MacArthur recognizes a stark reality: The U.S. military has been cut to the bone after victory over the Nazis—while China and the USSR have built up their forces. The only way to stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula and save thousands of American lives is through a nuclear attack. MacArthur advocates a strike on Chinese targets in Manchuria. In actual history, Truman rejected his general’s advice; here, he does not. The miscalculation turns into a disaster when Truman fails to foresee Russia’s reaction. Almost instantly, Stalin strikes U.S. allies in Europe and Great Britain. As the shock waves settle, the two superpowers are caught in a horrifying face-off. Will they attack each other directly with nuclear weapons? What countries will be caught in between? The fateful global drama plays out through the experiences of ordinary people—from a British barmaid to a Ukrainian war veteran to a desperate American soldier alone behind enemy lines in Korea. For them, as well as Truman, Mao, and Stalin, the whole world has become a battleground. Strategic strikes lead to massive movements of ground troops. Cities are destroyed, economies ravaged. And on a planet under siege, the sounds and sights of nuclear bombs become a grim harbinger of a new reality: the struggle to survive man’s greatest madness. Praise for Bombs Away “A fascinating and compelling story of real people caught in forces beyond their control . . . [Harry Turtledove is] the unrivaled monarch of alternate history.”—Analog “Turtledove is an undisputed centerpiece of the alternate-history genre, and now, to his already grand display, he’s adding the ambitious tale of a WWIII that could have happened.”—Booklist “This is Turtledove at his best.”—SFRevu “Alternate-world warrior extraordinaire Turtledove delivers the opening barrage of a new speculative conflict.”—Kirkus Reviews

Bombs Away!

Author: Martin W. Bowman
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848841876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
This is a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War II. Their endearing bravery and fortitude and sometimes their despondency and cynicism, shows through in these stirring, daring, often irreverent, humorous and sometimes sardonic but memorable stories. All reflect the ethos, camaraderie, fear and bravery of the largely ordinary men, most of whom were plucked from 'civvy street' and thrust into a frightening, bitter conflict which was made even more dangerous by the lethal advance of technology.Death would normally come from an anonymous assassin, either in the black of night, or from behind a cloud or out of the sun, or simply from the Flak gunner on the ground. And, if all this was not enough, the often unmerciful weather was no respecter of mortality. There was no escaping the all-embracing shock wave that rippled through the bomber squadrons after a heavy mauling over enemy territory. Nothing could be more poignant than the vacuous places at tables in the depleted mess halls, the empty locker of the departed, or the dog pining by the barracks for its missing master. Each man had to deal with tragedy in his own inimitable way. Some hid their feelings better than others did only for the pain to resurface months or even years later. Some who had survived the physical pressures and who completed their tours then succumbed to the mental torture that had eaten away at their psyche during the incessant and interminable onslaught day after day, night after night. There was little respite. The valorous men of Bomber Command were, in turn, the Light Brigade, the stop gap, the riposte, the avengers, the undefeated. Always, they were expendable.

Bath Bombs Away!

Author: Elizabeth Poteet
Publisher: becker&mayer! Books
ISBN: 0760365016
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Fun, fizzy bath bombs are a luxury to buy, but easy to make at home! Bath Bombs Away! comes with 12 brand-new all-natural recipes and materials to make your own beautiful bombs. Dropping a bath bomb in a tub not only imbues the water with soothing essential oils and scents, but also adds colorful, fizzy fun! The gorgeous illustrated book includes step-by-step instructions for making 15 bath bomb and shower steamer recipes. From the invigorating “Squeaky Clean Bomb” to beautiful “Mermaid Bomb,” these fizzy creations are easy to build and make great gifts for family and friends. Inside You'll Find: Bath Bomb Mold Citric Acid Baking Soda Shower Steamer Mold Surprise Trinkets Bath Bomb Dye Lavender Fragrance

Bombs Away by Pathfinders of the Eighth Air Force

Author: Marshall J. Thixton
Publisher: Fnp Military Division
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description

Bombs Away!

Author: Calum Laird
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781847329714
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
These pocket-format compilations each contain three classic Commando war stories printed the same size as the original comics. Bombs Away! features "Ghost Pilot," "Hoodoo Ace," and "Deck-Level Dawson." Hair-rising tales of bombing missions in Lacasters and Stirlings make this action-packed but handily formatted collection of stories a thrill for Commando fans of all ages.

Bombs Away

Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101138866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America's great twentieth-century writers A Penguin Classic On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath and at the height of the American war effort John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck's introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew--the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as "the greatest team in the world." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Bombs Away!

Author: Wilfried Wilms
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042017597
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Prompted by recent challenges to and debates about the relative public silence concerning the effects of the Allied air war over Europe during World War II, this collection of essays examines literary, visual (film and photography), and institutional (museums) representations of the bombing of civilian targets, predominantly in Germany. The authors examine narrative strategies of both well-known and relatively little known works as well as the moral and ideological presuppositions of the varied representations of the depredations of total war. The introduction and afterword by the editors invite the readers to expand the contours and historical context of the debates about the German public discourse on the bombing war beyond the narrow confines of perpetrators and victims. The volume will be of interest to literary scholars, historians, and the general reading public interested in warfare and its effects on civilian populations.

Bombs Away!

Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9401201919
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Bombs Away, Phoenix

Author: H. Berkeley Rourke
Publisher: Next Chapter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231

Book Description
A madman is on the loose, seeking to kill his ex-wife and her lover. Josie and her homicide unit are brought in to bring the lunatic behind bars. Along with Josie's husband Ned Markham (an FBI agent), the Homeland Security ICE force and the Phoenix P.D. bomb squad, they launch a cooperative effort to build a case against the killer and put him away for good. A paranoid schizophrenic, he soon retaliates and engages them on a personal vendetta. The fourth book in the Josie DuPuy series, H. Berkeley Rourke's Bombs Away, Phoenix is based in the Valley of the Sun in Arizona. Will Josie and her team be able to close the case before it's too late?

The Association of Small Bombs

Author: Karan Mahajan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698407067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
National Book Award Finalist Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winner of the American Academy of Arts & Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner of the Bard Fiction Prize One of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year One of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year PEN Center USA Literary Award Finalist for Fiction Simpson Family Literary Prize Finalist Shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Longlisted for the FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices Award Named a Best Book of the Year by: Buzzfeed, Esquire, New York magazine, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The AV Club, The Fader, Redbook, Electric Literature, Book Riot, Bustle, Good magazine, PureWow, and PopSugar “Wonderful. . . . Smart, devastating, unpredictable. . . . I suggest you go out and buy this one. Post haste.” —Fiona Maazel, The New York Times Book Review “Brilliant.” —Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal “[Mahajan’s] eagerness to go at the bomb from every angle suggests a voracious approach to fiction-making.” —The New Yorker One of the most celebrated novels of recent years, The Association of Small Bombs is an expansive and deeply humane novel that is at once groundbreaking in its empathy, dazzling in its acuity, and ambitious in scope When brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi schoolboys, pick up their family’s television set at a repair shop with their friend Mansoor Ahmed one day in 1996, disaster strikes without warning. A bomb—one of the many “small” bombs that go off seemingly unheralded across the world—detonates in the Delhi marketplace, instantly claiming the lives of the Khurana boys, to the devastation of their parents. Mansoor survives, bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb. After a brief stint at university in America, Mansoor returns to Delhi, where his life becomes entangled with the mysterious and charismatic Ayub, a fearless young activist whose own allegiances and beliefs are more malleable than Mansoor could imagine. Woven among the story of the Khuranas and the Ahmeds is the gripping tale of Shockie, a Kashmiri bomb maker who has forsaken his own life for the independence of his homeland. Karan Mahajan writes brilliantly about the effects of terrorism on victims and perpetrators, proving himself to be one of the most provocative and dynamic novelists of his generation.