Dennis Smith
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At 5:12 a.m. on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes in history, instantly killing hundreds. The ensuing fires that ravaged the city for days were responsible for the deaths of as many as 3,000 more. In all, 522 blocks and 28,188 buildings were leveled, and some 200,000 people dislocated. This watershed event in American history has never before been told with the richness of historical detail and...
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The tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is an occasion sure to be observed around the world. But among the memorials, political speeches, and news editorials, the most pressing consideration--and often the most overlooked--is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past decade.
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Dennis Smith, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America's firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own descriptions of their most dramatic and intense experiences on the job. Their stories, compiled here, are timeless testimonies to the human capactiy for heroism and nobility.
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HARD TIMES. BIGGER CRIMES. For the elite OSP team, protecting our nation is a personal mission in the explosive Season Thirteen of NCIS: Los Angeles. Facing high-stakes threats from deadly adversaries including Chinese intelligence, white nationalist militias, the Mob, and an online army of murderous internet trolls, the team "G" Callen, Sam Hanna, Hetty Lang, Kensi Blye, Marty Deeks, Fatima Namazi, Devin Rountree, and Hollace Kilbride never fails...