Merc
Author: Michael Hamilton
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1329135067
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael Hamilton
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1329135067
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James Hawes
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-03-31
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1448137411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Take four ne'er-do-wells: a 28-year-old ex-public schoolboy who can't bear the idea of setting down; Suzy the Black Widow, who has a deliciously flat stomach and drives like she's breathing through the carbs; Brady the Reservoir Dogs fetishist; and Chico the fat Portuguese waiter. Add some plastic guns, the IRA and a white Merc with fins and you have a plan. What plan? The plan to walk into Michael Winner's private bank and walk out with half a million quid. Fast, clever, stylish, funny and utterly compulsive, this is a first novel with everything.
Author: Jay Mallin
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2018-05-19
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 1612005926
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The “fast-paced, fascinating, often shocking” account of hired guns and their heroic adventures in hotspots around the world—includes photos (Milwaukee Journal). Merc is a classic; first published in 1979, its characters and stories are as vivid and worthy of retelling today. American soldiers of fortune have seen action on nearly every battlefield in history—from the Revolutionary War to modern times, men like John Early, a member of the famed Selous Scouts who hunted terrorists in Rhodesia. They fight because they enjoy combat, for causes in which they passionately believe, for money, or simply for adventure. The mercs profiled in this book range from West Point graduates and Harvard poets to former CIA agents and ex-cons. They are men like William Morgan, a guerrilla leader in the Cuban uprising against Fulgencio Batista, later imprisoned and executed by Fidel Castro; David Marcus, raised in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, who went on to a brilliant career in law and reform politics and died in 1947 fighting for the survival of a tiny new nation called Israel; William Brooks, Vietnam Special Forces veteran who, down and out in a cheap Paris hotel, joined the French Foreign Legion and ended up in a remote African outpost where he lived on Coke, salt tablets, and paregoric while fighting Somali insurgents; and George Bacon, an ex-CIA operative in Laos with mysterious connections, who died fighting Cubans in Angola. Because their private histories parallel the larger history of unconventional warfare and political upheaval, Merc provides insight into global conflicts—but most of all it is a fast-paced, eye-opening account of a little-known but fascinating way of life.
Author: Victor Boesen
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Traces the history and development of the Mercedes, offers profiles of Benz and Daimler, it's two creators, and looks at the German automobile's racing triumphs." -- Amazon.com viewed August 4, 2020.
Author: Bob Tamarkin
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 520
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1972, on the heels of the collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement, the Merc created the International Monetary Market, which has played a vital role in helping businesses and individuals navigate the rocky shoals of world currency and financial markets."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Pennsylvania. Treasury
Publisher:
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 834
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dennis Adler
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2006-05-02
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0060890266
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the earliest workshop days to the grandest marque in the automotive world, the story of one of the most important enterprises of the twentieth century comes alive in this complete history. The rich history of Daimler-Benz (now DaimlerChrysler) has its roots in the early experimentation with the use of the internal combustion engine by three men: Carl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, and William Maybach. Benz, working alone, and Daimler and Maybach, working together, the two shops separated by a mere sixty miles, in the late 1880s simultaneously laid the foundation of what would become the German automotive industry. At first there was competition between Benz & Cie. and Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, as they engineered and styled the earliest motorwagens and began to develop markets for their products. These early efforts led to the establishment of an entire industry by the start of World War I. But the war and its aftermath devastated these two companies, as it did the German economy overall. By the early 1920s it became apparent that the only way to survival was a merger, and thus, on June 29, 1926, the stockholders of both companies gave approval to the new company, Daimler-Benz, which led directly to the birth of one of the world's best-known brands: Mercedes-Benz. In the hands of noted automotive photographer, author, and editor Dennis Adler, the history of the marque and the company unfolds through the decades, as Mercedes-Benz advances in fame, from the racing glory years to the present, becoming the standard that all automakers strive to meet. With archival (many never before published) and the author's own photographs, the beauty and power of the automobile comes alive, from the earliest models to the first crop of twenty-first-century Mercedes-Benzes. It is a story of excellence that is in many ways unmatched in the history of any industry. Today, as a global leader in design, safety, and overall excellence, Mercedes-Benz continues to lead the way.