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The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps during the Second World War. Volume 2 in this series focuses on the survival equipment carried by pilots and aircrew members, including sea markers, smoke and pyrotechnic signals, mirrors, flashlights and floating lamps, whistles, electronic transmitters and even carrier pigeons, as well as personal aids and sustenance kits, protective clothing and survival training. Featuring over 1000 photographs and detailed descriptions including developmental history and government contract information on hundreds of items of survival and rescue equipment. An indispensible guide for collectors, researchers and historians. Noted collector and military historian Dustin Clingenpeel has spent over 30 years gathering, examining and documenting survival and rescue gear and researching its history and development.

The most comprehensive study ever produced on maritime survival and rescue equipment used by the U.S. Army Air Forces and US Navy and Marine Corps during the Second World War. Volume 1 in this series focuses on flotation devices carried in aircraft and worn by pilots and aircrew members, including life preservers and life rafts (multi-place and one-man types) and their accessories, as well as airborne lifeboats. Featuring over 1000 photographs and detailed descriptions including developmental history and government contract information on all known models produced. An indispensable guide for collectors, researchers and historians. Noted collector and military historian Dustin Clingenpeel has spent over 30 years gathering, examining and documenting survival and rescue gear and researching its history and development.

144 pages with 474 color photos. Compiled and edited by Mick J. Prodger, author of Vintage Flying Helmets and Luftwaffe vs RAF volumes 1 and 2. Contributors include Ron Burkey, David Farnsworth, Simon Lannoy, Geoff Pringle and Neil Seaton.Trending Collectibles: 2015 Military Aviation Review is the first annual market report designed specifically for collectors of aviation related militaria and historical flying kit from World War 1 and World War 2.The report features recent sales of aviation collectibles based on the actual sales price. The information has been gathered from internationally known, well-respected, reputable dealers and private collectors. It includes common and not-so-common items, with prices ranging from a few dollars or pounds to several thousand, each with a colour photograph and brief description. It is designed for quick and easy reference by both collectors and sellers, and intended to help establish fair market values as well as an understanding of how those values change over time.REAL ITEMS. REAL SALES. ACTUAL PRICES.The Army, Navy and Air Forces of the United States, Great Britain (and the Commonwealth nations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand plus South Africa), France, The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, as well as the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan, are all represented.Collectible items featured include: flying headgear (helmets, goggles, oxygen masks), flying clothing (jackets, gloves, boots, etc.), air force and military uniforms and caps, life jackets ("mae wests"), parachutes, escape and evasion items and survival kits, plus wings, badges, patches, insignia, aircraft parts (joysticks, painted emblems, cockpit instruments, clocks and other relics), as well as aviation ephemera such as log books, technical manuals and pilot's notes, maps, navigation tools and station items including emergency service equipment, scramble bells, mess hall plates and even home front games and toys.This book will be a great resource for buyers, collectors and dealers of aviation related material and military antiques. It will be of value to old and seasoned collectors, and will also encourage new collectors who may be confused by the array of artifacts and vast range of prices. It may also help in establishing values for insurance purposes.Collecting has always been for fun, but as the popularity of vintage militaria increases, so does its market value. These days, many financial advisors encourage people to include a percentage of collectibles in their investment / retirement portfolio. Trending Collectibles Military Aviation Review has done the hard work, gathering the most up-to-date and accurate sales information - so whether a collector likes painted A-2 flight jackets, squadron patches, Battle of Britain Spitfire relics or Luftwaffe uniforms, this book will help with the decision-making process of what to buy! The companion website www.trendingcollectibles.com features regular updates and sample pages of the book.

In 2013, well known scholar and leading authority on Second World War evasion and escape tactics Bob Baldwin, author of "Last Hope: The Blood Chit Story" (Schiffer Publishing, 1997), was invited to guest curate an important exhibit of evasion and escape artifacts at the Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. The exhibit, "Behind Enemy Lines: Evasion and Escape Aids of World War II," showcased hundreds of rare items which are seldom seen and had never previously been displayed together in one place.To accompany the exhibit, a high quality, full colour catalog featuring photographs and descriptions of all of the artifacts on display was produced.The danger faced by soldiers trapped behind enemy lines has been recognized since the beginnings of warfare. Allied aircrew members, special operations personnel, and other soldiers at high risk of being caught behind enemy lines during World War II had a "secret weapon" unlike anything seen before. This weapon came in the form of the secret Evasion and Escape (E&E) organizations established first by the British government, and then by the United States. These organizations provided E&E training for Allied soldiers, organized safe escape routes in occupied countries, communicated with prisoners in enemy prisoner-of-war camps, and provided special E&E aids. It was an extraordinary operation, unique in military history, and inspired the Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape (SERE) operations conducted by today's military.The illustrated catalog proved to be extremely popular as a reference source for students, historians and collectors, and, long after the exhibit ended, copies of this book are still highly sought after. It is now offered as a reprinted second edition, featuring a new foreword and introduction by Mr. Baldwin.

Liv and Skye have been best friends since pre-school. At sixteen, they are trying to make the leap from "e;Hello Kitty"e; to lace thong underwear. Skye is incredibly talented and beautiful and into everything she can find in her Mom's medicine cabinet. Her parents don't seem to care what she does. Her mother is an ex-model who parties all the time and her dad still travels with his punk-rock band, leaving Skye to look after her two little sisters - when she's not hanging around with her homeless junkie boyfriend. Liv's parents are feeling their way through a recent divorce, but everyone seems to be OK with it. Then one day, all Liv has left is Skye's journal - her thoughts, frustrations, hopes and fears, her colorful drawings - and a lot of anger. She decides to join her mom - an award-winning documentary filmmaker - on a trek across The Himalaya as she films the charity work of a Tibetan monk. It is a long and harrowing journey for Liv who takes Skye's journal with her to read when no one else is around. Liv has so many questions. Will Skye's journal give her the answers she needs to be able to let go?

Having overcome the impossibility of time travel, Kenneth Ramsayer and his best friend exist to relive past rock 'n' roll gigs. Everything is going well; they've become heroes, they've discovered love, they had the world by the tail, and then they ruined everything. Based on what is left of their music collections, it appears that rock 'n' roll died in 1984.Their unassailable knowledge of music, leads the boys to recall that in 1984 an unknown patron made a bootleg recording of a "e;Replacements"e; gig. This cassette was recovered and became the live album "e;The Shit Hits The Fans"e;. The history of rock 'n' roll was forever changed. Now in a viciously evil plot, a thief has absconded with the recording. But what if the death of rock 'n' roll isn't connected to the missing cassette? Seeking help from unlikely sources and following fading memories, the boys travel across America in a bid to save rock 'n' roll.The second novel in "e;The Death of Rock 'n' Roll"e; series, "e;And Then They Ruined Everything"e; cleverly uses the concept of time travel in a rock 'n' roll setting as an examination of choices and the power of art in society.

Myth, legend and theology intertwine in this tale of love, betrayal, redemption and the titanic struggle between good and evil, and the quest for eternal life. In "e;Dark Angel"e;-Book 1 of The First Immortal Trilogy-the reader is transported to a majestic civilization built by Adam, the first man, Cain, his son and antagonist, and their deadly foes, the Dark Lords, led by a powerful ruler, Lucifer. One of the most mysterious times in the history of the world is brought to breathtaking light in this action-packed fantasy. Magnificent and powerful beasts roam the earth and the seas, along with giants, fallen angels and the surprising offspring of angels and womankind. Join the conflict and judge for yourself who deserves to become "e;The First Immortal."e;