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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781770854222 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1770854223 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | DCL |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 909 |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Flynn, Hazel |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Missions impossible : |
| Remainder of title | extraordinary stories of daring and courage / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Hazel Flynn. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Firefly Books, Buffalo, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 252 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps, portraits ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The Trojan horse -- The battle of Thermopylae -- Hannibal crosses the Alps -- The siege of Masada -- The battle of Roncesvalles -- The battle of Agincourt -- The siege of Tenochtitlán -- Pizarro's conquest of Peru -- The great siege of Malta -- Drake's raid on Cadiz -- The defeat of the Spanish armada -- The gunpowder plot -- The assassination of the Duke of Buckingham -- The capture of Beeston Castle -- The escape of Charles II -- Captain Morgan's raid on Panama -- The theft of the Crown Jewels -- The escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie -- The battle of Monongahela River -- The capture of HMS Serapis -- The burning of the White House -- The defense of Hougoumont -- The Alamo -- The charge of the Light Brigade -- The defense of Camarón -- The battle of Gettysburg -- Mapping the roof of the world -- The defense of Rorke's Drift -- The battle of Maiwand -- The siege of Khartoum -- The Jameson raid -- The Lynmouth-Porlock overland lifeboat rescue -- The siege of Ladysmith -- 55 days in Peking -- Shackleton's third Antarctic expedition -- The Irish hero of the Somme -- Escape of the Goeben and the Breslau -- Captain Pollard: "Fire-eater" -- The siege of Kut-al-Amara -- Pancho Villa's raid on the United States -- Black Tom sabotage operation -- The capture of Aqaba: Lawrence of Arabia -- The raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend -- The strange journey of Alvin C. York -- Agent ST-25 -- The evacuation of the Czechoslovak Legion -- The raid on Kronstadt -- Starting a World War: The raid on Gleiwitz radio station -- Special operation P: The sinking of the Royal Oak -- A bomb attempt on Hitler's life -- The boarding of the Altmark -- The capture of Fort Eben-Emael -- Operation Sealion and the battle of Britain -- The assassination of Trotsky -- Operation Claymore: the Lofoten Islands raid -- The German airborne invasion of Crete -- Pearl Harbor attack -- Human torpedo attack at Alexandria -- Australian companies in Timor -- Operation Biting -- Operation Chariot: The Saint-Nazaire raid -- Operation Anthropoid: the Heydrich assassination -- Operation Jubilee: the raid on Dieppe -- Operation Freshman: a glider-borne raid on Norway -- The sabotage of Gorgopotamos viaduct -- Operation Frankton: the "Cockleshell heroes" -- Operation Gunnerside: the heavy water raid, Norway -- Operation vengeance: the assassination of Yamamoto --<br/><br/>Operation Chastise: the "Dam Busters" raid -- Operation Tidal Wave: Bombing the Ploesti oil fields -- The rescue of Mussolini -- Operation Source: The midget submarine attack on Tirpitz -- Operations Jaywick and Rimau: sabotage raids in Singapore -- The "Wooden horse" POW escape -- Clandestine information-gathering for D-Day -- Operation Jericho: the raid on Amiens prison -- The kidnapping of General Kreipe -- Operation Deadstick: the airborne attacks on Normandy bridges -- Operation Gagg: the attempted assassination of Rommel -- The Cabanatuan POW rescue: the "great raid" -- Operation Tombola: raids behind the German lines in Italy --Operation CenterboardI: the Enola Gay story -- The Berlin airlift -- The battle of Imjin River -- The battle of Dien Bien Phu -- The mysterious death of "Buster" Crabb -- The U-2 incident: Gary Powers -- The siege of Khe Sanh -- Rescue from space: Apollo 13 -- Operation Kingpin: a raid on a POW camp -- Battle of Mirbat: the SAS in Iman -- The Munich Olympics: Black September -- Operation thunderbolt: The Israeli raid on Entebbe -- The attempted rescue of US hostages in Iran -- The Iranian Embassy siege, London -- The Pebble Island raid -- The sabotage of the Rainbow Warrior -- The Loughgall ambush -- Bravo two zero: Iraq -- Black Hawk down -- The 9/11 attacks -- The Kamchatka submarine rescue -- The rescue of Australian miners -- The rescue of Chilean miners -- Target: Osama Bin Laden -- The "Impossible odds" rescue, Somalia |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | From Ancient Greece to the hunt and killing of Bin Laden, here are 110 incredible acts of bravery, courage and derring-do that have in one fell<br/>swoop changed the world |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World history |
| Form subdivision | Anecdotes |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | War |
| Form subdivision | History |
| General subdivision | Anecdotes |
| -- | Pictorial works |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Courage |
| Form subdivision | History |
| -- | Anecdotes |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books on English |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Accession No. | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Decimal Classification | English Collection | 5003 | Dhammadhara | Dhammadhara | English Shelves | 14/07/2025 | 909 Fl 5003 | EB00005003 | 14/07/2025 | 14/07/2025 | Books on English |