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The aircraft designers : a Grumman historical perspective / by Ciminera, Michael V., Grumman, Nothrop

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Deep river : a memoir of a Missouri farm / by Hamilton, David, 1939 June 9-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: In the Bottoms 5 -- George -- Grand Pass -- Sale -- Underlined Passages in My Father's Walden -- The Bottoms -- Clearing -- To Clear -- Winter Onions -- Springs -- Hanging Mart Rider 38 -- Dark Cloud -- Coon Hollow -- Frank James -- Dr. …”
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Circling home by Lane, John, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : drawing the circle -- How we came to live here -- Dream house / green house -- Eugene -- Flood -- Alamos -- Our Indian country -- Fred's cache -- Suburban renewal -- Across the creek and into the suburbs -- The upper shoals -- The mill downstream -- Nearby fields of leisure -- I'll take my stand -- Bottom dog -- The unnatural history of a clear-cut -- Driving the circle with Fred -- Epilogue : is.…”
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One man's music the life and times of Texas songwriter Vince Bell / by Bell, Vince

Table of Contents: “…Foreword by Kathleen Hudson -- Sorcerers' apprentice -- Look of the loner looking at it -- Sweat like a boxer -- Sinbad and the silver tooth -- Music where the words are the important part -- I'm not this way because I'm a musician, I'm a musician because I'm this way -- Secret mountain laboratory -- Six strings, no kick -- Three-day ride to the kitchen -- The songwriter -- Elastic plastic fork and pitiable paper plate -- Bermuda triangle -- Name unknown -- Rumor of my demise -- Room 933 -- If it was time for the musicians to call, it was time to go home and fix it -- Providence Street -- Even up on Misery Ave., they sometimes dance and sing -- Path of least regret -- Music school -- Edge of the world -- Monday for two years -- Keep your eyes in the sky -- Second Street -- Fate worse than death -- Wizard of odds -- Adrift in paradise -- Give chance a chance -- Prize for not working hard enough -- Phoenix -- Album of a lifetime -- The poetry in the prose -- Play like you practice -- Texas plates -- Say in your owndamnway -- The bottom line -- Live in Texas -- Rough old Texas hands.…”
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Victory in defeat the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 / by Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…"Issue in doubt" : the siege of Wake Island -- "The emperor has ... presented you with your lives" : the shock of capture -- "Very odd people indeed" : the first twenty-four hours in captivity -- "The Japanese continue to treat us with respect" : a deceptively gentle transition to POW life -- "A real hell ship" : from Wake Island to Yokohama on the Nitta Maru -- "Never had I felt so desolate or so weary" : from murder at sea to despair on land -- "The most painful days we spent in prison camp" : hitting bottom at Woosung -- "The Japanese Army ... will improve your conditions" : turning the corner at Woosung -- "Without Red Cross help ... we would never have pulled through" : the impact of outside aid -- "I thought they handled themselves reasonably well" : Japanese-POW relations at Woosung -- "You God damn Americans don't understand anything" : strains, outrages, and departures -- "This camp is the best one that the Japs have" : a new commandant and a new camp -- A hellacious damn deal till we finished" : pushed to the edge on Mount Fuji -- "Optimism ... is running high" : hope revives at Kiangwan -- "The pleasure of raising our flag over the enemy's homeland" : to Japan and liberation -- "98 US PW, 5-10-43" : the Wake Island diaspora, 1942-1945 -- "We had a bond there that's still going" : why so many came home.…”
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