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Series
Language
English
Description
"Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005. A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan. The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the inside. Reacher wonders what unlucky circumstance made her give up something she earned over four hard years. He decides to find out. And find the woman. And return her ring. Why not? So begins a harrowing journey...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
493, 22 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Duty. Honor. Country. That's West Point's motto, and every cadet who passes through its stone gates vows to live it. But on the eve of 9/11, as Dani, Hannah and Avery face four grueling years ahead, they realize they'll only survive if they do it together. Everyone knows Dani is going places. With athletic talent and a brilliant mind, she navigates West Point's predominantly male environment with wit and confidence, breaking stereotypes and embracing...
3) The Academy
Author
Series
A Dan Lenson novel volume 22
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must...
4) Battle dress
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
As a newly arrived freshman at West Point, seventeen-year-old Andi finds herself gaining both confidence and self esteem as she struggles to get through the grueling six weeks of new cadet training known as the Beast. Welcome to Beast: Six weeks of intensive basic training for incoming West Point cadets. The thought of never-ending commands, drills, and pre-dawn runs might scare some people, but not seventeen-year-old Andi Davis. After being yelled...
Author
Publisher
[Odie O'Neal Duke]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1968, when the U.S. had a half million troops in Vietnam, the Army and Marines were drafting large numbers of men. Neal Duke registered for the draft when he was 18 and was later drafted out of college a few credits before graduation. Duke elected not to extend his two-year-commitment to three or more years in exchange for a military occupational specialty of his choice. As promised throughout basic training, he and each of his fellow draftees...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A YA memoir of sexual abuse in the Air Force academy, and the author's survival and healing."--Provided by publisher.
"'I want to be in the Air Force someday.' These are the words Polo Tate engraved on her junior dog tags at age eleven. It was an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off and at age eighteen, Polo started basic training at the United States Air Force Academy. She did everything right, from academics to athletics....