02738nam 2200493 450 991016391660332120210209222644.01-84889-585-21-84889-584-4(CKB)3710000000856640(MiAaPQ)EBC4678433(MiAaPQ)EBC5535296(Au-PeEL)EBL5535296(OCoLC)958581342(EXLCZ)99371000000085664020170112h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAt swim a book about the sea /Brendan Mac Evilly ; with Michael O'ReillyCork, Ireland :The Collins Press,2016.©20161 online resource (193 pages) color illustrations, map, photographs1-84889-282-9 1-84889-280-2 Cover -- About the author -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Dublin -- 1 Skerries -- 2 Howth -- 3 Seapoint -- 4 Forty Foot -- 5 Vico -- 2. Wicklow -- 6 Magheramore -- 7 Brittas Bay -- 3. Wexford -- 8 Curracloe -- 9 Baginbun -- 10 The Hook -- 4. Waterford -- 11 Portally Cove -- 12 Guillamene -- 13 Helvick Cove -- 5. Cork -- 14 Myrtleville -- 15 Sandycove Island -- 16 Garrettstown -- 17 Lough Hyne -- 18 Barleycove -- 6. Kerry -- 19 Derrynane -- 20 Dingle Lighthouse -- 21 Coumeenoole -- 22 Brandon Creek -- 23 Meenogahane -- 24 Fenit -- 7. Clare -- 25 Pollock Holes -- 26 Kerin's Hole -- 27 Clahane -- 8. Galway -- 28 Blackrock -- 29 Inis Mór -- 30 Errisbeg Peninsula -- 31 Glassilaun -- 9. Mayo -- 32 Clare Island -- 33 Clew Bay -- 34 Keem Bay -- 35 Belmullet Tidal Pool -- 10.Sligo -- 36 Enniscrone -- 37 Rosses Point -- 38 Bishop's Pool -- 11. Donegal -- 39 Rougey Rocks -- 40 Silver Strand -- 41 Ballymastocker Bay -- 42 Harry's Hole -- 43 Fort Dunree -- Imprint Page -- If you have enjoyed this book, you might also enjoy the following eBooks.Sea swimming is the great leveller; we're all the same in a pair of togs. No one minds who you are or what you've done; the question is 'are you getting in?' Part guidebook, part travelogue, part analysis of our relationship with the sea, At Swim explores the thrills, fears and joys of sea swimming.SwimmingSwimmingIrelandGuidebooksIrelandGuidebooksSwimming.Swimming797.21Evilly Brendan Mac1215453O'Reilly MichaelMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910163916603321At swim2808432UNINA02977nam 2200541 450 991081645480332120230803202537.01-61200-245-5(CKB)3710000000114349(EBL)1696040(SSID)ssj0001543635(PQKBManifestationID)16135063(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543635(PQKBWorkID)14792573(PQKB)11534288(MiAaPQ)EBC1696040(EXLCZ)99371000000011434920190206d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMercenaries putting the world to rights with hired guns /Al J VenterPhiladelphia ;Oxford :Casemate,2014.1 online resource (644 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61200-244-7 Includes bibliographical references.Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Privatizing War; 2 Africa's Great Mercenary Tradition; 3 Profile of a Mercenary: Cobus Claassens; 4 Cuban Mercenaries in the Central Intelligence Agency's Air War in the Congo; 5 Mercenaries in Biafra's Aerial War of Attrition; 6 An American Warrior in South Lebanon; 7 Profile of a Mercenary: Fijian Warrior Fred Marafono; 8 The Battle for Soyo: Mercenary History in the Making; 9 How the Private Military Company Concept Evolved; 10 Mercenary Wings; 11 Profile of a Mercenary: Helicopter Pilot Arthur Walker12 "Operation Impossible" - On the Run across Africa13 Soldier of Fortune in Iraq; 14 How Executive Outcomes Ran Its Wars; 15 Bounty Hunt in Rhodesia; 16 Profile of a Mercenary: American Professional Greg Lovett; 17 Taking Angola's Diamond Fields from the Rebels; 18 The Future Role of Mercenaries on the African Continent; 19 Profile of a Mercenary: Gunship Ace Neall Ellis; 20 Freelance Pilots Fly Chopper Support Missions in Afghanistan"A fascinating look at modern merc actions in the Middle East and Africa. From brushfire wars in the Congo to outright genocides in Biafra, highly skilled mercenaries were called upon to fight for order, and also for a living. Whether facing fanatics in Somalia or revolutionaries in Rhodesia, staving off cannibals in Sierra Leone or assisting a civil war in Angola the mercs put their lives on the line for a cause." -- book cover.Mercenary troopsHistoryTerrorismPreventionPrivate military companiesUnited StatesfastMercenary troopsHistory.TerrorismPrevention.Private military companies.355.35409Venter Al J.703771MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816454803321Mercenaries4076271UNINA