Tucker: 805 books
by Kenneth Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
A Gilligan’s Island in outer space, a Lost on another planet, an extravagant satire in the spirit of Voltaire’s Candide? ¬¬Perhaps elements of all contribute to Kenneth Tucker’s Farewell, MuirsheenDirken. In a society run by judges, in which all persons are judges but some judges are more equal...
Making Music Indigenous
Popular Music in the Peruvian Andes
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2019
When thinking of indigenous music, many people may imagine acoustic instruments and pastoral settings far removed from the whirl of modern life. But, in contemporary Peru, indigenous chimaycha music has become a wildly popular genre that is even heard in the nightclubs of Lima. In Making Music Indigenous,...
by Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) James M. Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
This book is in response to a daughter's statement, "Daddy, I know nothing of your army career." LTC (Ret) James Tucker provides his daughter at least one story from each of his army assignments. LTC (Ret) John Gross was a captain Ranger instructor while Tucker was the commander of the Florida...
Mind from Body
Experience from Neural Structure
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2007
Although we no longer live in the relative simplicity of the Jurassic age, and even though we are not aware of them, primitive mammalian brain that developed in that era still live on inside our skulls and remain crucial to our daily functions. The challenges we face today in the information age--how...
Intentional Conversations
How to Rethink Everyday Conversation and Transform Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Using six steps and a "SECRET" formula, international speaker, Fortune 500 strategist, and bestselling management author Ken Tucker explores the challenging skill sets required to navigate conflict and crucial conversations effectively.
Drawing upon decades of experience in the...
by Tucker Max
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The best gift for the dudes and bros in your life: the fratire New York Times bestseller Assholes Finish First, featuring twenty-five new and exclusive stories by Tucker Max.
What do you do after you write a #1 bestselling book about your drunken, sexual misadventures that makes you rich and...
The Lion in the Living Room
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
A New York Times bestseller about how cats conquered the world and our hearts in this “deep and illuminating perspective on our favorite household companion” (Huffington Post).
House cats rule bedrooms and back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, even cyberspace. And unlike dogs, cats offer...
Fighter Pilot
Mis-Adventures beyond the sound barrier with an Australian Top Gun
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Mac Tucker, or 'Serge' to use his callsign name, is one of an elite group of men trained to fly F-18 jets. Now, for the first time, Serge takes you behind the scenes of the fighter pilot world to reveal what it's really like.
Find out how it feels to be shot at by SAS snipers, to be lost in...
100 Ways to Beat the Blues
An Uplifting Book for Anyone Who's Down
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
"This book is like a good song; it will reach so many people right where they live." ----Tanya Tucker
How do you beat the blues? We all have moments in life when we're down, lonely, or just plain sad. It's part of being human. Just as everyone is different, everyone has a unique way of beating...
by Tucker Max
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But,...
Operation Dragoon
The Liberation of Southern France 1944
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in the south of France in August 1944, is often seen as a sideshow supporting Operation Overlord, the crucial D-Day landings in Normandy. And often the operation is criticized as an expensive diversion of men and equipment from the struggle against the German...
by David Tucker, Christopher Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
In October and November of 2001, small numbers of soldiers from the Army Special Forces entered Afghanistan, linked up with elements of the Northern Alliance (an assortment of Afghanis opposed to the Taliban), and, in a remarkably short period of time, destroyed the Taliban regime. Trained to work...
Brigadier General John D. Imboden
Confederate Commander in the Shenandoah
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
" John D. Imboden is an important but often overlooked figure in Civil War history. With only limited militia training, the Virginia lawyer and politician rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate Army and commanded the Shenandoah Valley District, which had been created for Stonewall...
Atomic America
How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men: John Byrnes, Richard McKinley, and Richard Legg. The Army blamed "human error" and a sordid love triangle. Though it has been overshadowed by the accident...