search and rescue operations

Accounts of the search and rescue missions that followed some of the world's most unusual disasters.

Recounts the 1939 rescue of 33 people left on a submarine sunk off the coast of New Hampshire.

Text and photographs introduce readers to different types of rescues at sea, describing the necessary skills required by rescue crews.

Recounts the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan during a flight over the Central Pacific. Includes notes, historical messages and maps, official reports, and other resources on DVD.

The author shares her experiences of becoming a chaplain for the Maine Game Warden after the dead of her husband.

Describes the Special Air Service assault in West Africa during 2000, discussing conflict diamonds, HMS Ocean, initial strategy, and the planning, execution, and outcome of the mission, and including photographs, maps, and illustrations.

Account of the crash, search, and rescue of the crew of a Canadian cc-130 Hercules transport aircraft.

Discusses the history of search and rescue work by fire departments, requirements of becoming a fire fighter, and the roles various fire departments played after the events of September 11, 2001.

Discusses the history of search and rescue work by police departments, requirements of becoming a police officer, and the roles various police departments played during and after the events of September 11, 2001.

Fiona Bristow, the only survivor of the Red Scarf serial killer who shot and killed her fianc? and his K-9 partner, is living quietly on Orca Island off the Seattle coast where she runs a thriving dog-training business, when her life is disrupted by artist Simon Doyle who is desperate for help in calming his wild puppy, and by the emergence of a copycat killer who wants the woman that got away.