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1	The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II more books like this by Judith M Heimann add to wishlist In November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Here If You Need Me: A True Story more books like this by Kate Braestrup add to wishlist Kate Braestrups remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness is a dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply unforgettable story. She shares her uplifting account of finding God through helping others, and reminds readers of the small miracles that occur every day when life and love are restored.Little, Brown and Company see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest more books like this by Anatoli Boukreev, G Weston Dewalt add to wishlist Boukreev was the mountain guide for the Mt. Everest tragedy made famous in Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air." Here, he retells the events from his point of view and defends himself against damning allegations in Krakauer's book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Search more books like this by Iris Johansen add to wishlist Sarah Patrick is being forced to take part in a deadly mission by John Logan - a man who knows enough about her past to ensure her cooperation. Once she starts the perilous assignment, she realizes that Logan's promise that she will be safe, may not be enough to protect her. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II more books like this by Gregory A Freeman add to wishlist In 1944, the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen who had been trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time. see all copies from $5.62! new only from $9.44! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Terrible Hours more books like this by Peter Maas add to wishlist Originally published in 1966, this book tells the amazing true story of a naval crew trapped aboard a submarine just before the start of World War II. The tale stars Lieutenant Commander Swede Momsen, a man who has dedicated much of his career to devising escape and rescue tactics for underwater disasters, and who must finally apply his knowledge ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival more books like this by Joe Simpson add to wishlist Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rescue of Bat 21 more books like this by Darrel D Whitcomb add to wishlist By 1972, U.S. forces had nearly perfected the art of Search and Rescue. But in the maelstrom of a battle on Easter Day of that year, an operation unlike any other was set in motion to save Lt. Col. Iceal "Gene" Hambleton--call sign Bat 21 Bravo. For the next 11 days, an extraordinary group of U.S. airmen, soldiers, sailors, and Navy SEALs braved ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Shattered by JoAnn Ross add to wishlist More than a year after his affair in Baghdad with Army doctor Kirby Campbell, Army pilot Shane Garrett is trying to rebuild his life stateside. Kirby is also stateside, but when she learns a friend is being held hostage in Central America, she works with Phoenix Team to organize a rescue. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do more books like this by Michael Tougias add to wishlist In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker "Global Hope" floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam more books like this by Mark Bowden add to wishlist Bowden tells the sweeping story of the 1979 Tehran hostage situation through the eyes of the captives, the soldiers sent to free them, the radical, naive Islamist students, and the diplomats working to end the crisis. This is a remarkably detailed, brilliantly re-created, and suspenseful account of a crisis that gripped and ultimately changed the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas more books like this by Spike Walker add to wishlist This search and rescue story tells of the Coast Guard's effort to save the shipwrecked crew of the fishing vessel La Conte during a night storm in the Gulf of Alaska. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Survivors more books like this by Dinah McCall add to wishlist When their plane goes down in the Appalachian mountains, five-year-old Johnny O'Ryan and Molly Cifelli survive, but they are soon on the run from a killer. Meanwhile, psychic Deborah Sanborn helps Johnny's father, Mike O'Ryan, with the search. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - The Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan more books like this by Ed Darack add to wishlist Darack presents the riveting untold story of Operation Red Wings and the Marine missions that led to free elections in Afghanistan. see all copies from $3.40! new only from $3.63! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Death, Daring, & Disaster, Revised Edition: Search and Rescue in the National Parks more books like this by Charles Butch Farabee, Jr. add to wishlist An encyclopedic account of search and rescue in the national parks from to the present. New edition contains SAR from -. see all copies from $4.56! new only from $9.27! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death more books like this by Martha J Laguardia-Kotite, Tom Ridge (Foreword by) add to wishlist Dramatic compelling downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guards often unsung heros see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.50!
17 view cover	The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas more books like this by Todd Lewan add to wishlist Now in paperback--the epic tale of the oldest registered fishing vessel in Alaska, which wrecked in the Gulf of Alaska in 1998 during the worst Arctic storm in years, and the heroic efforts of three teams of Coast Guard aviators to rescue the survivors. 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Cold Fear more books like this by Rick Mofina add to wishlist While camping with her family in Glacier National Park, a ten-year-old girl disappears. As a multi-agency task force launches a massive search, the little girl fights to survive in the wilderness as her mother enters her own life-and-death race to rescue her child. Time is running out--because someone else who knows a dark secret from the past ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.71! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race more books like this by G Bruce Knecht add to wishlist This report on a 1998 sailboat race focuses on three famous businessmen whose boats challenged the severe and life-threatening weather and ocean conditions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Wild Trek more books like this by Jim Kielgaarad, Jim Kjelgaard add to wishlist Trapper Link Stevens and his half-wild dog Chiri go into the Caribou mountains--a wild, unexplored region from where no man has returned alive--to rescue a naturalist and his pilot whose plane crashed. After the pilot, who became unhinged after the crash, steals all of Link's supplies, Link, the naturalist, and Chiri have to as if in the Stone Age ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $185.57!
21 view cover	Cheating Death more books like this by George J Marrett add to wishlist see all copies from $2.59! new only from $9.88! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	That Others May Live: The True Story of a Pj, a Member of America's Most Daring Rescue Force more books like this by Jack Brehm, Sgt., Pete Nelson add to wishlist The story of the U.S. Air Force Parachute Jumpers, an elite rescue force, is told through the biography of Jack Brehm, who was a Senior Master Sergeant. see all copies from $8.60! new only from $58.03! \| first editions
23 view cover	Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance more books like this by Ric Gillespie add to wishlist For more than 70 years, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan during a flight over the Central Pacific has remained one of history's most debated mysteries. Revealing new information uncovered by the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), this book offers the first fully documented history of what ... see all copies from $14.40! new only from $14.40! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	International Mountain Rescue Handbook more books like this by Hamish MacInnes add to wishlist This book first appeared in 1972 and since that date it has been the standard handbook of resuce teams throughout the world. This edition brings it right up to date and includes many new items of equipment and rope systems which have evolved since the last edition in 1984. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.90! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History more books like this by Peter Maas add to wishlist Originally published in 1966, this book tells the amazing true story of a naval crew trapped aboard a submarine just before the start of World War II. The tale stars Lieutenant Commander Swede Momsen, a man who has dedicated much of his career to devising escape and rescue tactics for underwater disasters, and who must finally apply his knowledge ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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