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Bombs, mines and IEDs / by Wood, Alix,author.(CARDINAL)399304;
Includes bibiliographical references and index.What are bombs, mines and IEDs? -- D.I.Y. bombs -- Combating IEDs -- Suicide bombers -- Detection dogs -- Aiming bombs at their targets -- Smart bombs -- Daisy cutter, MOABs, and FOABs -- Bomb squads -- Hiroshima -- Hidden danger -- Finding mines -- Mines under the seaAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Explosives; Land mines; Improvised explosive devices;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Falling more slowly / by Helton, Peter.(CARDINAL)423943;
"First published in the UK by Constable"--T.p. verso
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Improvised explosive devices; Police; Serial murderers; Terrorists; Police.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The list / by Manning, Matthew K.,author.(CARDINAL)343223; Furuzono, Carlos,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627367; Lima, Dijjo,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627066;
Private Matty Giaconne spends his days in Afghanistan disarming IEDs and making lists, like his list of top five close calls, and generally distracting himself from problems with his wife at home--but when an apparently routine search around Camp Loman leads to a firefight and a brush with death, Matty starts to reassess his priorities.GN510LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; War fiction.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Improvised explosive devices; Improvised explosive devices; Soldiers; Soldiers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Two sides / by Manning, Matthew K.,author.(CARDINAL)343223; Furuzono, Carlos,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627367; Lima, Dijjo,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627066;
In Afghanistan, Private Eli Recato is very good at finding IEDs and disabling them, a talent his fellow soldiers on the line appreciate--but when his convoy is attacked by three insurgents with sticky bombs he is separated from his vehicle and has to decide whether to trust an Afghan in the small house where he has taken shelter.GN410LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; War fiction.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Graphic novels; Improvised explosive devices; Improvised explosive devices; Soldiers; Soldiers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Go slow / by Manning, Matthew K.,author.(CARDINAL)343223; Furuzono, Carlos,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627367; Lima, Dijjo,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627066;
When she was young Rose Campbell's father constantly told her to "take things slow," advice she takes to heart as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist in Afghanistan--because when detecting IEDs seems to become too routine, sometimes the enemy is just hoping she and her partner Eli will lose their focus.GN520LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; War fiction.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Graphic novels; Improvised explosive devices; Improvised explosive devices; Women soldiers; Women soldiers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The mist / by Manning, Matthew K.,author.(CARDINAL)343223; Dal Bello, Thiago,illustrator.(CARDINAL)606903; Lima, Rico,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627222;
At Forward Operating Base Loman, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist Dan West is one of the soldiers who regularly risks his life finding and disarming IEDs, with the help of a detector dog named Mouser--but things can go wrong, and an Afghan boy standing on a bomb's pressure plate during an attack is an unexpected danger.GN520LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; War fiction.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Detector dogs; Detector dogs; Dogs; Improvised explosive devices; Improvised explosive devices; Soldiers; Soldiers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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All the ways we kill and die : an elegy for a fallen comrade and the hunt for his killer / by Castner, Brian,author.(CARDINAL)399418;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-340)."When Brian Castner, an Iraq War vet, learns that his friend and EOD brother Matt has been killed by an IED in Afghanistan, he goes to console Matt's widow, but he also begins a personal investigation. Is the bomb maker who killed Matt the same man American forces have been hunting since Iraq, known as the Engineer? In this nonfiction thriller Castner takes us inside the manhunt for this elusive figure, meeting maimed survivors, interviewing the forensics teams who gather post-blast evidence, the wonks who collect intelligence, the drone pilots and contractors tasked to kill"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Schwartz, Matthew, 1977-2012.; Castner, Brian.; United States. Air Force; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Improvised explosive devices; Ordnance disposal units; Afghan War, 2001-2021;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Sergeant Rex : the unbreakable bond between a Marine and his military working dog / by Dowling, Mike C.,1979-(CARDINAL)398712;
Tells the inspiring story of Sergeant Mike Dowling and his bomb-snifing dog, Rex, as they navigated the always-dangerous Triangle of Death region in Iraq in 2004.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Dowling, Mike C., 1979-; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 2nd. Battalion, 2nd; Detector dogs; Dogs; German shepherd dog; Improvised explosive devices; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Marines;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sergeant Rex : the unbreakable bond between a Marine and his military working dog / by Dowling, Mike C.,1979-(CARDINAL)398712;
Tells the inspiring story of Sergeant Mike Dowling and his bomb-snifing dog, Rex, as they navigated the always-dangerous Triangle of Death region in Iraq in 2004.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Dowling, Mike C., 1979-; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 2nd. Battalion, 2nd; Detector dogs; Dogs; German shepherd dog; Improvised explosive devices; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Marines;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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Bomb and mine disposal officers / by Loveless, Antony.(CARDINAL)493246;
Bomb disposal -- The dangers -- The history of bomb disposal -- Bomb disposal in the U.K. -- Bomb disposal in the U.S. -- EOD equipment -- Robot wheelbarrows -- Improvised explosive devices -- Mines -- Booby-trapped bombs -- The long walk -- A booby trap? -- Seven hours... -- It's a fact!Find out about all the ways these experts use their skills to help people and how they are trained.NC1040LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Bomb reconnaissance; Bomb squads; Explosive ordnance disposal;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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