Ready The Cannons

Download or read book Ready the Cannons! written by William Gurstelle and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Backyard Ballistics comes this new DIY handbook on building cannons and other fun things that shoot, from wiffle ball launchers and beverage bottle bazookas to super-powered water guns and model culverins. It combines military history and physics with do-it-yourself projects. Now ordinary folks can construct a dozen awesome artillery devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions, diagrams, and photographs show how to build projects ranging from the simple supersonic ping-pong ball shooter to the more complex replica of the Napoleon Cannon. With a strong emphasis on safety, the book also gives tips on troubleshooting, tells the history of how and when the artillery devices were used, and explains the physics behind the projects. This book will be indispensable for the legions of backyard watergunners, model-rocket launchers, and fireworks fanatics who wish every day was the fourth of July.

Download or read book History on Stage written by Barbara Friedmann and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Warrior's Stone written by Matthew Duncan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2319. Lt. Comm Roy O'Hara leads his squadron against the enemy's latest Super Destroyer and is shot down over an unexplored planet. The planet holds secrets to a long lost alien weapon and the key to Roy's own destiny. Near death Roy is found by Katreena, a beautiful and mysterious woman. When she finds Roy, he's broken and battered, and saves his life with the Boto Stone. Yet she is unaware that by doing so she will create a deep bond and awaken an affect not seen for hundreds of years; the ability to communicate to each other in dreams. An unguarded moment leads to a forbidden night of intimacy; an act of betrayal to the crown, an act that will put both their lives in jeopardy. Katreena flees to save them both. Danger increases as their secret may be discovered and war erupts on their planet.

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Download or read book Nightmares Book Viii written by F.D. Land and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this eighth edition of the Nightmares series, F. D. Land once again brings you some of his outstanding short stories. He brings you stories of a Midas touch, a town with no name, Bloodthirsty pirates, and a home in a well. Non-stop thrilling stories, that you will not put down until you reach the end. So sit back and take another ride through the twisted mind of F. D. Land.

Download or read book Separated by The War written by Richard D. Arnold and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In my first book, Separated by the War: The Cave, ten year old brothers are separated during a battle between Yankee and Rebel forces on their isolated farm. The boys are rescued and raised on distant homes. They are reunited ten years later during a conflict with The Flower Society. In the second book, Separated by the War: Steamboats, the twins twelve year old sister also survives that tragic battle on their farm. Believing that she is the sole survivor, she enlist the aid of friendly Indian traders to help her on the farm and to escape the renegades that raided the war-torn land during the war between the states as she tries to find her father’s brother oldest brother in the Big Bend of Texas. In this, the third book in this series, Separated by the War: Wagontrains, the survivors are united during their struggles with the Bosses and Drones of The Flower Society. Traveling by wagontrain, steamboat, sailing ship, and horseback they cross the American continent and Atlantic Ocean in pursuit of their lives and dreams. They encounter the efforts of the war torn nation to rise from the ashes of the Civil War during the post reconstruction era and delayed advances of the industrial revolution. The fourth book, Separated by the War: Pirates, is a prequel of the first three and details the Riley family coming to American and their initial conflict with The Flower Society.

Download or read book History for Ready Reference written by Josephus Nelson Larned and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: