Bøger af S. Martin Shelton

In 1937 the Fascists occupied Abyssinia with an iron-fist. Sofia Russo, an Italian archaeologist, teamed with Walter Gregory, an American intelligence agent, to smuggle uranium 235 ore samples to a western democracy. Pursued by the Italian secret police and the Regia Aeronautica Italiana, the pair has a harrowing journey through the Abyssinian highlands and mountains.

It's a lazy Sunday afternoon on this twelfth of December, 1937. The American gunboat USS Panay plows the slow-moving waters of the Yangtze off Nanking. The Panay patrols China's rivers to protect American interests in the chaos that engulfs the Middle Kingdom. Today, the Japanese army has fought to the gates of Nanking.The Japanese bomb explodes dead center atop the Panay's wheelhouse. Fire, shrapnel, and wood splinters rip into the commanding officer and all others on watch. The second bomb smashes into the quarterdeck. The Japanese aircraft press their assault. Forty-five minutes later, the Panay's bow dips under the Yangtze's surface and slowly settles on the riverbed.Though seriously wounded, Chief Radioman Mathew Marne survives and earns the Navy Cross for his exceptional heroism under fire. As known only by a few, Chief Marne is a naval intelligence agent.Marne relays details of his now unclassified, special-intelligence assignments across the Far East in maw of Japanese aggression before and during World War II; his clandestine activities ashore, his actions in several Pacific sea-battles; his love for a Chinese woman and for a Navy nurse with an attitude.

Shelton tackles the fundamentals of motion media as communication devices. He focuses his narrative on communication principles that motivate audiences to achieve the show's goal.

St. Catherine's Crown begs the question: what if Grand Duchess Anastasia survived the regicide.

In this monograph, Shelton outlines the key factors involved in visiting ghost towns and mining camps in the western United States. Based on over twenty years of ghost-towning experience, he presents a fact-based guide of the "Dos" and "Don'ts" when traveling in the outback. His list of "Cautions" is a must read for all prospective adventurers. Shelton bases his survival technique on first-hand experience and training in the United States Navy. He concludes with delightfully humorous truisms on the verities of ghost-towning.