The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United States on the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role in American military strategy. This work examines the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu.

The sorceress of psychological suspense is back with the seventh and final book in her new Nowhere USA series. Ninie Hammon is at her career-best in Nowhere People — a story that will make your skin crawl. Viola Tackett plans a shoot-out at high noon where she will kill the town's residents one by one until someone confesses to killing her daughter. But Sam, Charlie, and Malachi will have to miss all the "fun". They've combined clues and come up with a plan of their own: to confront the Jabberwock deep in Fearsome Hollow and beat it at its own games. Tensions are running high and what's left of Nowhere County's living population is dropping like flies. Can Sam, Charlie, and Malachi figure out how to get the Jabberwock to let the townspeople go before Viola kills them all? ★★★★★ "Thank you Ninie for book 7. It blew me away. The way this book wraps up the previous 6 is ...well, amazing! No spoilers here but if you haven't read 1-6, read them. And then read this one. If you have read 1-6, get 7 as fast as you can. Loved this series." -- DLloyd ★★★★★ "Superb. Absorbing. A great ending to the series! I don’t know how Ninie can keep churning out these magnificent books. Just can’t understand her brilliance." -- Andy L ★★★★★ "I loved this series!!! So many characters, so many threads, so much to explore, untangle!!! I live in a county that used to be like Nower and it felt like home, the people who populate the county were like neighbors. It was an amazing ride!!! Kudos, it's been a chore to find a tale I enjoy so much I get the whole series." -- Lori Blainski ★★★★★ "The entire Nowhere series was a war, and there are casualties right up to the end, but you won't be disappointed, because it was one hell of a ride! Thank you, Ninie Hammon, for once again allowing us to visit one of your amazing worlds, for letting us get to know your wonderful characters, and for providing edge-of-your-seat entertainment just when we needed it most." -- Kate Hickey Nowhere People is the final book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Nowhere USA, a riveting psychological thriller about the residents of a forgotten county that inexplicably sinks through reality to find itself in the middle of Nowhere. Fans of Justified, Under The Dome, and LOST will find themselves right at home in Nowhere USA.

This crazy story starts when thirty-one-year-old Leeward Daniel Thompson sells his business and his home, buys a used RV, and hits the road. Fate intervenes, and he picks up a woman walking in high heels along the highway who doesn’t know her name. Together, they rescue a baby from a ditch as well as a couple of abandoned kids. If it sounds like a recipe for disaster, it probably is: one gentleman, one lady, two kids, and a baby. They are complete strangers thrown together by fate or circumstances. Lee should know you could be arrested for smuggling a baby into the United States, and that you can’t just pick up a couple of kids. But then, he hasn’t reckoned with the old British lady in the tweed suit.

‘OMG this book! So so so heartbreaking, my heart broke… My god it was fabulous, the writing style and storyline were brilliant and well written... This book will stay with me for a long long time and definitely on my favs of 2020!’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I will not think about it anymore. I won’t think about her. My lost little sister with her beautiful smile, her chestnut-coloured eyes. My sister who I couldn’t protect. If you passed Alice on the street, you couldn’t help but smile. At how she holds hands with her husband, Jack, who she has been with since she was at university. At the way she admires her three boys, the centre of her universe. But if you looked very closely, you’d see how tightly she holds Jack’s hand, afraid to let go. You’d see how carefully she watches her boys, scared to look away. You’d see her smile fading in a matter of seconds, and the pain she hides behind her eyes. She has told Jack that she ran away from home when she was younger – but she didn’t tell him the whole story. Her husband doesn’t know about the guilt she bears about her little sister she failed to save. Now, after a lifetime of fresh starts, Alice can feel her past playing catch-up. She is sure she is being watched, certain she is being followed. She may not be able to stop her secret coming out – but can she stop the world she has lovingly built collapsing in on her? This utterly heartbreaking, beautifully written and gripping family drama examines just how far we are willing to go for our loved ones, and the desperate decisions we make when we have no other choice. Fans of Jodi Picoult, Kerry Fisher and Liane Moriarty will be blown away by this incredibly moving tale. Readers absolutely love The Nowhere Girl: ‘One of a kind. I think fans of Jodi Picoult, Liane Moriarty and others will love this one. I was blown away by the story and the characters.’ Crossroad Reviews ‘Jeez, Louise!!! This story kept me reading and reading like there was no tomorrow!... I adored it… It made my heart sing and weep. It made my eyes leak and my mouth smile. It was utterly gripping and devastating.’ B for Book Review, 5 stars ‘An incredible book by an incredible writer!... Had me hooked from the very first page and kept me reading right through the night. I am a relatively slow reader but I devoured this book in one sitting as I just couldn’t put it down.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Wow, just wow!!!!!... So amazing and beautifully written... I loved it so much... An emotional rollercoaster that I never wanted to get off from.’ Blue Moon Blogger, 5 stars ‘Jaw-droppingly good!... One of the most evocative, captivating books that I had the pleasure to have read… Exquisitely crafted… Unequivocally one of the best books that I have read.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘All I can say is WOW!… I couldn’t put the book down.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘OMG… What can I say?... Nicole took me on a journey… It felt so real, I cried.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘WOW… I loved this one.’ Goodreads Reviewer ‘Oh my, what a story! I absolutely loved it from beginning to end.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Captivating. I was hooked from the first sentence and had to keep reading until I got to the end… It had my heart racing… I wish I could give it SIX stars!’ Reading Down Under, 5 stars ‘Oh my goodness, what a fantastic book… A definite “edge of seater”. Well done, Nicole, I look forward to your next masterpiece.’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I couldn’t stop reading!... I read the last half of the book all in one morning (during a snow day from school!). Couldn’t put it down!... I am not a person who typically gets emotional when I read books but the last 4–5 chapters had me so emotionally connected.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘I finished just moments ago and the only word that comes to mind is “wow!” I am blown away by the author’s ability to create such a painful, beautiful story… I felt everything from joy to anger. This story deserves great praise. I will be telling everyone about it and can’t wait for people to read it!’ NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars

Patricia E. Roy is the winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Historical Association. Canada's early participation in the Asia-Pacific region was hindered by "contradictory impulses" shaping its approach. For over half a century, racist restrictions curtailed immigration from Japan, even as Canadians manoeuvred for access to the fabled wealth of the Orient. Canada's relations with Japan have changed profoundly since then. In Contradictory Impulses, leading scholars draw upon the most recent archival research to examine an important bilateral relationship that has matured in fits and starts over the past century. As they makes clear, the two countries' political, economic, and diplomatic interests are now more closely aligned than ever before and wrapped up in a web of reinforcing cultural and social ties. Contradictory Impulses is a comprehensive study of the social, political, and economic interactions between Canada and Japan from the late nineteenth century until today.

Could anyone even begin to contemplate giving up the job they love, their elegant condo, lifelong friends and the excitement of New York City for a cattle ranch in the middle of nowhere for any man? This is Julia’s dilemma and a brand-new twist on the age-old stories of New York deb meets Montana Cowboy. Is the cowboy all he purports to be? What's the mystery behind his relationship with her aunt? Ruth grew up in Northern California where she and her husband raised their family surrounded by pleasure horses and Thoroughbred race horses. While her life has been filled with adventure her biggest adventure has been putting pen to paper. Ruth presently resides on a horse farm in South Carolina with a barn full of ex-racehorses. Previous books by Ruth Kipnis Lane's End A French Connection His Name was David Freeman The Butterfly wwwRuthKipnis.com Keywords: romance, relationships, trust, ambition, family, lifestyles, risk, decisions, mystery, regret

Zombie Army tells the story of Canada’s Second World War military conscripts – reluctant soldiers pejoratively referred to as “zombies” for their perceived similarity to the mindless movie monsters of the 1930s. As Byers argues, although conscripts were only liable for home defence, they also soon came to be a steady source of recruits for active duty overseas. While Canadian generals were criticized for championing an overseas army too large to maintain through voluntary enlistment – leading inevitably to calls to send conscripts to Europe – until now there has been little satisfactory explanation for why military leaders pushed for (and why politicians accepted) such a sizeable overseas force. In the first full-length book on the subject in almost forty years, Byers combines underused and newly discovered records to argue that although conscripts were only liable for home defence, they soon became a steady source of recruits from which the army found volunteers to serve overseas. He also challenges the traditional nationalist-dominated impression that Quebec participated only grudgingly in the war.

Alice Taylor takes a nostalgic, loving look back to a family firmly rooted in tradition and humour and - in particular - the Christmas traditions of her childhood. With her unerring knack of bringing her readers into her home, her stories of a childhood Christmas are rich, warm and amusing, giving a wonderful insight into life as it was.

Making Coding and Machine Learning Fun: Use Your Evolutionary History to Your Advantage, Learn All About AI & Have a Blast Doing So! Praise for Stone Age Code: “The book is simply brilliant and genuine, so friendly and stimulating!” — Emiliano Bruner, Ph.D., Hominid Paleoneurology Researcher, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (Spain) “A charming, informative, and thought-provoking read.” — Adam Cornford, poet, journalist, and a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. “My overall impression as a lifelong professor of literature is that this book is engaging, humorous, thought-provoking, creatively written, and artistically inspired.” — Alwin Baum, Ph.D., Professor of Literature, California State University Throughout this book, you will gain an understanding of deep learning with neural nets, natural language generation, and AI art. But don’t worry; as technical as it may sound, Shane Neeley delivers these complex topics in an entertaining manner. Contrary to popular belief, you can code even if you’re bad at math. Containing no equations or code, this book still teaches machine learning literacy, and in an amusing way. Now’s your chance to become an AI forefather to future generations. Or just become inspired to build a funny robot that says strange things! Computational creativity and humor is here and fun to play with. Would you like to explore the exciting world of AI and machine learning without boring examples? What if I said you can learn and master these subjects and laugh at the same time? What if I told you that you evolved to code? Here’s a small preview into chapters of this unique book: Chapter 1: A Greater Ape Approaches Chapter 2: Natural Language Selection Chapter 4: How to Rear Machines (Part 1) Chapter 6: You Don’t Need Permission Chapter 10: Computational Creativity and the AI’s Audience Chapter 13: First Deployment Chapter 14: Monkey Business Strategy Chapter 15: Being an AI’s Dad And much more! (20 chapters and 18 robot-written excerpts in total) Fake Praise for Stone Age Code, written by AI: “Shane Neeley, data scientist, biologist, and bestselling author of High Frequency and Data Density, answers each and every AI question you’ve ever asked.” — Acclaim-Writing-Robot “Book of the year (so far).” — Acclaim-Writing-Robot “Read it, laugh at it, and move on.” — Acclaim-Writing-Robot Scroll up, click on “Buy”, and Get Your Copy Now!

The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines—and the remarkable sailors who survived. The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its crew of eighty-six hands alive. After enduring eighteen hours in the water, eight remaining survivors swam to a remote island controlled by the Japanese. Deep behind enemy lines and without food or drinking water, the crewmen realized that their struggle for survival had just begun. Those eight sailors became the first Americans of the Pacific war to escape from a sunken submarine and return safely to the United States. Their story of persistence and survival has all the elements of a classic World War II tale: sudden disaster, physical deprivation, a ruthless enemy, and a dramatic escape from behind enemy lines. In The USS Flier, noted historian Michael Sturma vividly recounts a harrowing story of brave men who lived to return to the service of their country.