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Scott McEwen

    1 gennaio 1961

    Scott McEwen è un avvocato patrocinatore la cui esperienza nelle aspre montagne dell'Oregon orientale, unita alla sua vasta esperienza a Londra, informa la sua scrittura. Il suo profondo patriottismo e la sua intima conoscenza della storia militare, in particolare dal suo lavoro a sostegno di organizzazioni di beneficenza, lo hanno portato a documentare i resoconti di prima mano di coloro che hanno prestato servizio. Il lavoro di McEwen è guidato dal desiderio di catturare accuratamente le profonde esperienze dei soldati, riflettendo la sua prospettiva unica di un appassionato amante della natura e di un devoto sostenitore del personale militare.

    Scott McEwen
    Elitní sniper : Cíl Amerika
    American Sniper
    Hell Week and Beyond
    Sing with Me Johnny
    American Sniper
    American Sniper
    • American Sniper

      Autobiografia del cecchino più letale della storia americana

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Tra il 1999 e il 2009 Chris Kyle, membro dei Navy SEAL degli Stati Uniti, ha fatto registrare il più alto numero di uccisioni a opera di uno sniper di tutta la storia militare americana. I suoi compagni d'armi, che ha protetto con precisione letale dall'alto dei tetti e da altre postazioni invisibili durante la guerra in Iraq, lo chiamavano «la Leggenda». Per i nemici, invece, era semplicemente al-Shaitan Ramadi, il diavolo di Ramadi, sul cui capo avevano posto una consistente taglia. Texano di nascita, Chris impara a sparare da ragazzo, andando a caccia con il padre. Dopo aver fatto il cowboy e aver partecipato a diversi rodei, decide di arruolarsi nei SEAL e viene subito catapultato in prima linea nella «guerra al terrore» intrapresa dall'amministrazione Bush dopo l'11 settembre 2001. Qui scopre la sua passione per il fucile e dimostra un temerario altruismo nell'esporsi al pericolo quando c'è da tirar fuori qualcuno dai guai. American Sniper è l'autobiografia di un guerriero che rimpiange di non aver ucciso più nemici, ma, al tempo stesso, non nasconde la drammaticità dell'esperienza bellica, il dolore inflitto e patito, l'opacità degli interessi politici ed economici in gioco. Il racconto delle sue imprese si intreccia alle pagine dedicate alle vicende più strettamente private: il fidanzamento, il matrimonio, la paternità e i pesanti tributi che la sua attività impone alle persone che lo amano e gli vivono accanto. Sino alla sofferta decisione di congedarsi, per diventare «un bravo papà e un buon marito», e per aiutare, in aperta polemica con l'ipocrisia e l'ingratitudine della società statunitense nei confronti di chi ha combattuto in suo nome, i reduci in difficoltà e abbandonati a se stessi. Sopravvissuto a battaglie, imboscate e trappole di ogni genere, Chris Kyle troverà prematuramente la morte proprio per mano di un giovane veterano afflitto da disturbo da stress post-traumatico un anno dopo l'uscita dell'edizione originale di questo libro: avvincente e indimenticabile, il magistrale racconto di Kyle è diventato una sorta di testamento postumo, destinato a restare come uno dei più grandi memoir bellici dei nostri tempi.

      American Sniper
    • The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly precision from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraq War, called him “The Legend”; meanwhile, the enemy feared him so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle, who was tragically killed in 2013, writes honestly about the pain of war—including the deaths of two close SEAL teammates—and in moving first-person passages throughout, his wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their family, as well as on Chris. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.

      American Sniper
    • Author, D.W. McEwen, is an actor and singer who has been performing in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Cole Porter since the 1960s. As well as performing, he is an experienced stage director and designer. Sing with Me Johnny is his debut novel, and a very accomplished one indeed. John McGuire is a young law student and budding entertainer who, through his talent as a singer, becomes involved with the people who run the city's nightlife. Drawn like a moth to a flame into the nightclub scene, he soon finds himself involved in the murky world of the sex trade. This hard-hitting story find's Johnny along with his close friend, Robert, getting deeper and deeper into a world of sex, crime, and corruption. He encounters bent policemen, corrupt city officials, and double-crossing business partners in a thrilling story that ends with a murderous encounter at sea in a force ten gale.

      Sing with Me Johnny
    • Hell Week and Beyond

      • 288pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Hell Week and Beyond takes readers through the most grueling training known to mankind, where Navy SEALs are prepared for the toughest battles of their lives.

      Hell Week and Beyond
    • American Sniper

      The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History - LUXE Edition

      • 502pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyle's kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (“the devil”) and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time. A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war—of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends. American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris. Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.

      American Sniper
    • Spoluautor bestselleru New York Times Americký sniper přichází s dalším strhujícím, akcí nabitým thrillerem z vojenského prostředí. Poté, co se čečenským teroristům podaří propašovat přes americko-mexickou hranici ruskou kufříkovou jadernou bombu z dob studené války, je prezident USA nucen znovu povolat jedinou jednotku, která je schopna je zastavit: odstřelovače Navy SEAL Gila Shannona a jeho tým bojovníků od SEAL a Delta Force.

      Elitní sniper : Cíl Amerika
    • In diesem Camp wirst du zum Helden! Der 14-jährige Wyatt ist verzweifelt, nachdem er für ein Verbrechen verurteilt wurde, das er nicht begangen hat. Plötzlich erscheint ein mysteriöser Fremder und bietet ihm einen ungewöhnlichen Deal: Wenn Wyatt sich in einem geheimen Camp der US-Regierung ausbilden lässt, wird seine Vorstrafe gelöscht und er erhält die Chance auf einen Neuanfang als jugendlicher Elite-Agent. Doch das Training ist hart, und schon bald steht die erste gefährliche Mission an. Eine abgelegene Insel, ein geheimes Trainingslager und eine Gruppe von Jugendlichen, die zu den besten Geheimagenten der Welt ausgebildet werden sollen – willkommen im CAMP HONOR! Hier erwarten explosive Action, heldenhafte Missionen und ein Team, das füreinander durchs Feuer geht. Wyatt fragt: „Was ist Camp Honor?“ Sergeant Hallsy erklärt, es sei ein Sommerprogramm für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche, finanziert vom Verteidigungsministerium. Doch die Realität ist härter als erwartet, und Wyatt muss sich entscheiden, ob er bereit ist, sich auf das Abenteuer einzulassen. „Du steckst schon in einem orangen Overall“, bemerkt der Mann, und Wyatt erkennt, dass er mehr als nur Müll aufsammeln wird. „Camp Honor“ verspricht Action und Spannung für Leser ab 14!

      Die Mission
    • V dalším pokračování dějem nabité akční série Elitní sniper od spoluautora bestselleru Americký sniper je přísně tajná skupina elitních bojovníků nucena zapojit se do mexických drogových válek. Když Bob Pope, ředitel tajného amerického protiteroristického programu, ztratí kontakt se svým nejosvědčenějším operativcem vrchním loďmistrem Gilem Shannonem, kterému se nepodařilo splnit úkol a zlikvidovat švýcarského bankéře, napomáhajícímu financování muslimských extrémistů, obává se, že Shannon přišel o život. Proto když je v Ciudad de México zavražděna americká diplomatka přízračným sniperem – někdejším americkým vojákem, nyní pracujícím pro nejbezohlednější mexický drogový kartel –, musí se Pope s úkolem vystopovat zabijáka a odkrýt zkorumpované politiky, kteří stojí za vražedným spiknutím, obrátit na vysloužilého operativce Delta Force Daniela Crosswhitea a nejnovějšího hrdinu Elitního snipera, bývalého příslušníka zelených baretů Chance Vaughta. Nejnovější strhující thriller řady Elitní sniper vás vezme na vzrušující dobrodružnou jízdu na obou stranách Atlantiku, plnou intrik a dramatických bojů, které si fanoušci této série tak oblíbili.

      Elitní sniper. Neviditelný
    • V rozporu s nařízením prezidenta se Gil Shannon, jeden z nejnebezpečnějších odstřelovačů z jednotek SEAL, vydává spolu s týmem bojovníků SEAL a Delta Force osvobodit ženu – pilota vrtulníku – ze zajetí povstalců Tálibánu v Afghánistánu. Akční thriller z pera spoluautora bestselleru Americký sniper představuje neuvěřitelně realistickým způsobem misi, při které Gil Shannon svou železnou vůlí a zkušenostmi rozhodne o záchraně, anebo smrti příslušnice elitního leteckého pluku.

      Elitní sniper
    • Po ataku talib�w chorąży Sandra Brux, jedyna kobieta pilot w elitarnej formacji ?Nocnych Łowc�w?, trafia do niewoli. Egzekucja pilotki byłaby ogromną kompromitacją amerykańskiej armii, a krwawe zdjęcia z pewnością obiegłyby media na całym świecie. Dla dow�dztwa najważniejsze staje się uniknięcie skandalu?Do akcji CIA angażuje strzelca wyborowego Gila Shannona z SEAL Team Six. Snajper obiecuje żonie, że wr�ci do domu żywy, a przełożonym, że ocali Sandrę, być może nawet za cenę utraty honoru amerykańskiego wojownika w samowolnej i brawurowej operacji.Książka oparta na relacji z prawdziwych tajnych operacji o kt�rych SEALsi nie mogą oficjalnie opowiedzieć.

      Snajperzy. Droga bez powrotu