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Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Barry Davies is one of the most widely respected experts on the techniques and training of the elite British Special Air Service (SAS). In The SAS Self-Defense Handbook, Davies reveals the self-defense techniques of the SAS. The handbook is fully illustrated with nearly 130 photographs and illustrations that explain how to properly use your body and use everyday objects such as desktop items and cigarette lighters to protect yourself. Learn how to...
3) Traitor
Author
Pub. Date
19uu
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
A boy who believes his grandfather to be a traitor, a spy who turned against England and then disappeared, tracks down his grandfather and finds out the truth.
7) Deep cover
Author
Series
Duty and honor novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
"On a secret assignment for MI-5, British SAS soldier Trevor Carswell is deep undercover with The Philosophy of Bedlam, a home-grown anarchist group responsible for several museum bombings. He's on the brink of unearthing their motives when Scotland Yard foils their latest attack. Desperate to escape, the Bedlamites take civilian hostages--among them, a woman Trevor never expected to see again. American political analyst Shelby Gibson is stunned when...
10) Killer elite
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Recounts the true story of an elite group of vigilantes drawn from the ranks of England's select paramilitary operatives, who were charged with eliminating four contract killers so deft that their hits appeared to be merely accidents.
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
This book presents a brief historical introduction examining the origins of today's special forces, covers the development of modern special forces as they are known today, and investigates the role and actions of such units as the Green Berets and SEALS of the U.S. and Britain's SAS and SBS.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Eighteen-year-old Danny Watts and his grandfather Fergus, an ex-SAS explosives expert, travel to England, Spain, and Germany, in a life or death race to save the population from the spread of a lethal new drug that has been unleashed by terrorists.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A survival guide from the Special Air Service offers a complete course on how to be prepared for any type of emergency--from natural disasters to terrorist attacks to wilderness adventures--explaining how to adapt successfully to various climates, how to identify edible plants, and how to build a fire, with tips on first aid, campcraft, emergency preparation, and more. The SAS Survival Handbook is the Special Air Service's complete course in being...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Britain's Special Air Service--or SAS--was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat with a remarkable strategic mind. Where his colleagues looked at a map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind Nazi lines and sabotage their airplanes and supplies. Paired with his constitutional...
18) Killer elite
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Jason Statham (The Italian Job), Academy Award nominee Clive Owen (Closer) and Academy Award winner Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) star in Killer Elite, one of the best action thrillers of the year. When two of the world's most elite operatives -- Danny, a retired contract killer (Statham), and Hunter, his longtime mentor (De Niro) go up against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Owen), their hunt takes them around the globe from Australia...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
After eight challenging years in Afghanistan, the new U.S. strategy, aimed at winning hearts and minds rather than search-and-destroy, refocuses the conflict on Special Forces: unorthodox soldiers who work outside of traditional military forces to combine secret military operations with nation building. Tony Geraghty, an expert author in this field for almost thirty years, unveils the evolution of this refined style of war-making from its roots in...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The Special Air Service is the world's most famous combat unit, with the motto "Who Dares Wins," but the story of how it came into existence has been, until now, a closely guarded secret. For the first time, the SAS has agreed to open up its archive and allow Ben Macintyre to reveal the true story of their formation during the darkest days of World War II.
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