United Air

He hunts by night. But it’s the ghosts of war that won’t let him rest. From the award-winning author of Sunward I’ve Climbed and The Shouting Wind comes the heart-pounding third novel in Frank A. Mason’s acclaimed Sunlit Silence series - an unflinching portrayal of sacrifice, vengeance, and survival in WWII’s deadliest skies. Flight Lieutenant Trip Gibson has lost more than comrades. The war has taken friends, lovers, and pieces of his soul. Now flying with the RAF’s elite night fighters, Trip takes to the skies under cover of darkness - haunted, hardened, and hell-bent on ...

He’s tasted the thrill of war in the skies. He can’t stay grounded now. From the award-winning author of the bestselling Journeyman Chronicles of the American Revolution comes Frank A. Mason’s gripping new WWII aviation saga that blends heart-pounding combat with unforgettable characters. Trip Gibson thought he left the war behind in Spain. Now back at Georgia Tech, he’s trying to live a normal life of football games, women, and fast cars…but the headlines from Europe are getting harder to ignore. When the siren call of the skies pulls him in again, Trip risks everything to chase ...

London is burning. The Luftwaffe is coming. And Trip Gibson is in the fight of his life. From the award-winning author of the bestselling Journeyman Chronicles of the American Revolution and Sunward I’ve Climbed comes Frank A. Mason’s unforgettable sequel—a visceral, emotionally charged novel set in the fury of the Battle of Britain. It’s 1940. American pilot Trip Gibson has joined the Royal Air Force, determined to stop Hitler’s war machine from leveling Britain. But flying for King and Country turns out to be far more brutal than he imagined. In the chaos of dogfights over ...

Saudi Arabia has fallen… …as America fights to hold on. Saddam declares this the “Mother of all Wars.” Iraq controls twenty-five percent of the world’s daily oil output. Prices soar as the Soviet Union moves to fill the void. The world’s first oil war has begun and wreaked havoc on global trade. Fighting around Medina and the Islamic Holy sites turns medieval. Memories of World War I trench warfare return. Will the 101st Airborne be able to stop the Republican Guard from throwing America and the remnants of the Saudi Army into the Red Sea? High above the skies of the desert, ...

What if I told you that everything you know about travel is only half the story? As a flight attendant with over eight years of experience, I’ve seen it all—the hidden perks airlines don’t want you to know, the best-kept secrets for scoring upgrades, and the mistakes travelers make that cost them time, money, and sanity. I’ve walked through hundreds of airports, worked on countless flights, and traveled on almost every type of plane. I know which credit card mileage and point programs are actually worth it, how to breeze through TSA security, and which seats give you the most space,...

Discover true stories of the silent heros that live among us with these moving and powerful recollections of war, told by the men and women who lived them. “The stories America needs to hear” —Admiral William H. McRaven, US Navy (Ret.) Walk in my Combat Boots is a powerful collection...

Food Enforcement Agent Jason Frolick believes in America. He believes in eating air. He struggles to get the food monkey off his back. As part of the Global War on Fat, his job is to put food terrorists in Fat Camp. When a pizza dealer gets whacked in the park across the street from the Thin House, the Prophet Jones himself asks Frolick to investigate. For the first time ever, Frolick solves a murder - but what he finds out shakes his faith. Will he ever be able to eat air again?

From the green-and-gold railway workers of 1878 to the world's most celebrated football institution, Manchester United's 148-year story is one of extraordinary triumph, devastating tragedy, and institutional resilience that defines modern sports history. This comprehensive chronicle traces Manchester United from Newton Heath LYR—a works team founded by employees of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway—through bankruptcy, reformation, and the most devastating tragedy in English football: the Munich Air Disaster of 6 February 1958, which claimed eight players and forced a remarkable rebuild...

A deadly conspiracy. A ghost from the past. One chance to stop history repeating itself. Logan thought he’d left the battlefield behind. Until Vincent Rooke, a former SAS comrade, resurfaces with a warning and drags Logan back into a world of betrayal and blood. Rooke’s appearance coincides with a wave of devastating cyberattacks crippling America, and Logan uncovers whispers of something far darker. An assassination that will throw America’s military command structure into confusion and give the Chinese the cover they need to invade Taiwan. As the evidence piles up, Logan and his ...

Tooey: A Short Perspective on the Life and Legacy of General Carl A. Spaatz When the United States Air Force became an independent service in 1947, authority arrived alongside scrutiny. Independence had been earned through performance in war, but its legitimacy would be tested in peace. In this Short Perspective, Paul J. Ferguson reflects on the life and leadership of General Carl A. Spaatz—the first Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force—not simply as a wartime commander, but as a steward at the birth of a new institution. At a moment when confidence could have invited assertion...

A brutal Mexican cartel crosses the line when they bring their war to Logan’s doorstep. They threaten more than his business. They threaten his family. His friends. His fragile grip on a normal life. What starts as a daylight shootout outside the store spirals into something bigger and darker. A cartel kingpin known only as El Doctor ambushes an FBI operation and orders the bloody killings of eight SWAT operators. El Doctor escapes justice and believes himself untouchable. He’s wrong. No man is untouchable. The FBI will stop at nothing to bring him to justice. But for Logan, justice for...

Muslim Cool is a way of being an American Muslim-displayed in ideas, dress, social activism in the 'hood, and in complex relationships to state power. Constructed through hip hop and the performance of Blackness, Muslim Cool is a way of engaging with the Black American experience by both Black and non-Black young Muslims that challenges racist norms in the U.S., as well as dominant ethnic and religious structures within American Muslim communities.

Bloomsbury presents Manchester United After Munich: How Tragedy Forged One of the World’s Greatest Football Clubs by Wayne Barton, read by Adam Grayson 'Another forgotten corner of Manchester United’s incredible history receives the Wayne Barton treatment.' – Matt Barlow, Football Writer...

Mitch Mitchell was called in to carry out one of the most extraordinary and dangerous covert missions that he had ever carried out. The British Government was asked if they could carry out a secret covert mission on behalf of the President of the United States. Not just an ordinary mission, but a mission inside of the Russian federation, a mission inside Moscow. The mission was what Mitch had been trained for inside of the increment, a mission beyond all odds, and he was prepared to take it on. But the mission was not going to be easy, the request was for a specialist team to enter Russia ...

From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peace When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "A powerful, capacious, and profound" (Ocean Vuong) new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an acclaimed Palestinian poet and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer You are alive for a moment when living people run after you. Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha...

China attacks a tiny Pacific island nation. Their only hope is an appeal to the United Nations in New York for military aid. The sole surviving government member is in New York when the attack begins. The one person who can convince the UN to act, and she becomes the primary target for the Chinese spy network that has infiltrated government and police. She turns to a man with no connection to the US government. A Brit who served in Afghanistan with the British SAS, alongside US Navy SEALs. His name is Logan. Logan wants no further clashes with the US and its vast tentacles of law ...

A relentless, high-stakes war thriller where past battles refuse to stay buried, and vengeance fuels the fire of a coming storm. The Coalition has to respond to a ferocious attack on Bagram Airbase. The ruthless warlord known as Khan is intent on sending a message of brutality and destruction that will send shockwaves through American and British forces. He meets his death courtesy of His mission takes a personal turn when he crosses paths with former SAS Staff Sergeant Logan, a man who has honed his warfighting skills in the crucible of war. Years later, Logan has traded his rifle for a ...

Bloomsbury presents Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, read by Robert G Slade. Naval and air power were crucial to the United Nations’ success in the Korean War, as it sought to negate the overwhelming Chinese advantage in manpower. In what became...

April 1, 1944, San Francisco, California. Reports of strange lights in the sky were no joke. They were, in fact, alien invaders. The lights could be seen every night, darting through the sky for days after. After the initial war nerves were put to rest. Folks started calling the strange lights “Foo Fighters” after the cartoon strip. On April 9, 1944, a strange dense fog rolled in over the city. That’s when the Walinzi invaders attacked under the cover of the fog, unseen until they were on shore. They easily wiped out the mighty gun batteries protecting the Presidio and the city. The ...