books about: mig     books:       It's Just What I've Always Wanted!; More Than 2000 Imaginative and Unique Gifts--From a Ride in a MiG Jet to ...9 reviews Chiquita Woodard Hyperion Books, 1998 Great ideas for gift-giving for all and no occasions. This is a marvelous little book full of great ideas on gift giving for any occasion or no reason at all. It's fun and enjoyable to read. Lots of terrific thoughts and resources, including phone numbers and web addresses. Loved the sidebars with thoughty suggestions. The book includes ideas for all age groups and in all price ranges. All in all, just a wonderful find!!!!!             Mikoyan Mig-31 (Famous Russian Aircraft)5 reviews Yefim Gordon Midland Publishing Best MiG 31 Resource to date Yefim Gordon has done it again. He has cranked out yet another great book on Russian/fSoviet aircraft and weapons systems. In this book Yefim covers the MiG-31 Foxhound. There are in depth statistics, including Radar modes and performance, Weapon system modes and performance, Weapons, and the general aircraft performance. About the only think I see wrong in the book is that it was ...             Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire8 reviews Alexander Zuyev, Malcolm McConnell Warner Books, 1992 The world has lost a courageous individual. I just saw an Associated Press news article telling of the death of Alexander Zuyev on June 10, 2001. He was only 40 years old. He and a friend died last Sunday when the Yakovlev 52 they were flying crashed in Washington state north of Seattle. Read this book. It gives a fascinating description not only of growing up in the Soviet Union but of the difficulty of becoming a military pilot. It ...             Mig Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko12 reviews John Barron Avon Books (Mm), 1983 What would Spartacus do? I read this book to pieces -- literally -- when I was in my early teens, and just seeing the paperback cover reproduced here on Amazon ("Russia gave him everything a man could want -- except freedom" -- printed on the back) brings me way, way, waaaaay back, to an old story that never gets old. Viktor Belenko was a Soviet fighter pilot who defected to Japan in the 1970s -- in his top-secret Mig ...             F-4 Phantom II vs MiG-21: USAF & VPAF in the Vietnam War (Duel)4 reviews Peter Davies Osprey Publishing, 2008 One of the best descriptions of F4 vs. MiG 21 This is an excellent treatment of the combat history and performance of the F4 Phantom vs. MiG 21 during the Vietnam War. Peter Davies packs in a lot of info in 77 pages of text, and the colored illustrations / battle scene illustrations by Jim Laurier, Tom Tullis, & Gareth Hector are excellent. The book is very simple to follow and well-organized: I. Introduction II. Chronology (of ...             Arab MiG-19 & MiG-21 Units in Combat (Combat Aircraft)4 reviews David Nicolle Osprey Publishing, 2004 Outstanding, the best of it's kind This is an absolutely superb book, and is easily the best book on Arab air combat ever written. Only Nicolle's own "Phoenix Over the Nile" can compete. The amount and quality of research -- particularly interviews with Egyptian and Syrian pilots -- is outstanding, and nearly all the photos appear for the first time in an English-language publication. The color plates are also excellent, though ...             The Fourth Wise Man9 reviews Mig Holder, Henry Van Dyke Augsburg Fortress Pub, 1995 Beautiful Story This book should be on the gift list for everyone you know! The original story was written by Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933). Susan Summers has rewritten and brought forth such gorgeous illustrations of a very special tale! No holiday season should go by without bringing this wonderful book out to read in a cozy gathering around the fireplace. The Fourth Wise Man tells the story of Artaban who had ...             A MiG-15 to Freedom: Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector Who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet ...4 reviews Kum-Sok No, J. Roger Osterholm McFarland & Company, 1996 AN ABSORBING ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF A MiG-15 PILOT ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1953, A YOUNG NORTH KOREAN MiG-15 PILOT, NO KUM-SOK, DEFECTED TO THE AMERICAN SOUTH KOREAN AIR BASE AT KIMPO, TURNING OVER RUSSIA`S TOP JET FIGHTER TO THE UNITED STATES, AND FULLFILLING SEVERAL YEARS OF PLANNING TO ESCAPE THE REPRESSION OF COMMUNISM. NO KUM-SOK WESTERNIZED HIS NAME TO KENNETH ROWE, AND IS NOW A PROFESSOR AT EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY IN DAYTON ...             Mikoyan MiG-29 (Famous Russian Aircraft)10 reviews Yefim Gordon Midland Pub Ltd, 2007 Great book This book is great in every way. It has alot of pictures of all the models ever created for the Mig-29. It describes the history of the airplane with great details, excellent purchase. Worth every penny.             Mig Killers of Yankee Station7 reviews Michael O'Connor New Past Press, 2002 The Navy Should've Published This Book! Mike O'Connor rates five stars for this excellent view of tailhook MiG killers. Aside from the high production values and tremendous variety of photos, paintings and maps, the text not only corrects some of the official record, but updates it as well. The Navy history office has concentrated increasingly on Vietnam subjects in recent years, and would have been well advised to publish this book ...             Moving Up the Organization in Facilities Management: Proven Strategies for Improving Productivity in Your ...2 reviews A. S. Migs Damiani SciTech Publishing, 1998 I Cannot recommend it enough! In his book, Daminai captures the essence of Facility Management by providing helpful information on topics such as construction management, contracting, outsourcing and FM Branch organization. A 30-year professional in FM recommeded the book to me. After reading it myself, I cannot recommend it ENOUGH! We are using the book as a supplemental text in our Basic Facility Management course, our ...             MiG Alley: Sabres Vs. MiGs Over Korea3 reviews Warren E Thompson, David R. McLaren Specialty Press, 2002 Sabres Vs MiGs-Aviation History at its Best! This is the best aviation war fighting book this reviewer has ever read. It grabs the reader's interest from the flyleaf and doesn't let go until the last word. Authors have put together a comprehensive history of the F-86 Sabre jet and its pilots and ground crews through the words and photographs of the men who flew and maintained this great jet throughout the Korean War. This uniquely crafted ...             Papa Panov's Special Day2 reviews Ruben Saillens, Mig (RTL) Holder Tyndale House Publishers, 2002 Powerful message. In this lovely picture book for older children, Papa Panov is an elderly shoemaker, feeling lonely on Christmas Eve. He reads about the birth of Jesus, long ago, and how Mary and Joseph had been turned away at the inn. If they had come here, he thinks to himself, I would have taken them in and cared for them. After drifting off to sleep, Papa Panov has a dream in which Jesus says he will come and ...             MiG-21 Fishbed, Part 2 - Walk Around No. 392 reviews Hans-Heiri Stapfer Squadron/Signal Publications, 2005 Technically and visually outstanding in basics of Mig Fishbed I sincerely enjoyed this document. The cocpit photos and their variations on various instruments locations, ie AoA indicator location to forward gun camera and AoA wing outside the forward fuselage was interesting. Good research for my outline of RENDEVOUS @ YELLOWKNIFE...Thank you Amazon!             Stuck on an Island: Adventures of an American Couple in the Canadian Gulf Islands2 reviews Jacqueline Watson iUniverse.com, 2000 I feel like I have been on a vacation! I was given this book by a friend who knew the author and his wife and I have enjoyed reading it and I wish I could go to the Island to meet the wonderful characters. It says a lot that people from all over the world came to their island paradise and everyone had different backgrounds and they all became such good lifetime friends. A great read to get away and remind yourself how precious ...             New Orleans 1960 (Photo Books)2 reviews Taschen, 2006 Marvelous look back well before Katrina In 1960, noted photographer William Claxton and German musicologist Joachim Berendt travelled the United States to document the American Art Form. The massive coffee table book "JazzLife" was published by Taschen and available in a regular edition which lists for $200 or a deluxe edition with prints and an audio CD for over $1000. It is a 700 page book and weighs over 17 pounds. Did I say coffee ...             MiG-23 / 27 Flogger - Soviet Swing Wing Fighter Strike Aircraft4 reviews Yefim Gordon Aerofax Midland Publishing, 2005 Aerofax and Yefim Gordon deliver a fitting tribute to the MiG 23/27 Flogger One of the most prolific combat aircraft of the last 30 years gets a fitting tribute in this new release by renowned Soviet/Russian aviation expert Yefim Gordon and co-author Keith Dexter. Published by noted British aviation publisher Ian Allen Publishing, and carried under the Aerofax imprint, this book is a must for your bookshelf. During the dark days of the cold war, Soviet war planners ...             Mig Aircraft Since 1937 (Putnam Aviation Series)2 reviews Bill Gunston, Yefim Gordon US Naval Institute Press, 1998 Another fine volume in the Putnam Aviation series. This book is classic Putnam Aviation all the way. Detailed coverage of all production MIG aircraft through the MIG-29 series and many prototypes, with very detailed technical information. Addtional appendices cover weapons and engines. More technical than Belyakov and Marmain's MIG Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design, Gunston and Gordon's book is not as readable but far more detailed. ...             US Navy F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1972-73 (Combat Aircraft) (Part 2)2 reviews Brad Elward Osprey Publishing, 2002 Great Value for the Price! In 1972 and 1973 Navy F-4s ruled the skies over North Vietnam, downing 24 MiGs while racking up a 12-to-1 kill ratio. Statistically EVERY time Navy F-4s clashed with VPAF MiGs, they kiiled at least one MiG. The outstanding record set by Navy F-4s during the Linebacker I and II campaigns is vividly chronicled in Elward and Davies' volume. The Navy F-4 experience over North Vietnam in 1972 and ...             Debate in Tibetan Buddhism (Textual Studies and Translations in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism)2 reviews Dan Perdue Snow Lion Publications, 1992 Thorough Text for Any Serious Practitioner This text is a fantastic work in helping to illuminate the use of debate in the context of Tibetan doctrinal work, specifically in the Proponents of Sutra Following Reasonsing (Sautrantika). While it does serve its purpose in doing so, Dan Perdue has also helped to explain some of the fundamental topics in Tibetan Buddhism, such as established bases and the different forms of reasoning. 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