Robert O'Neill Books

Stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O’Neill’s awe-inspiring four-hundred-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue “Lone Survivor” Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden. In these pages, O’Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduous evaluation and training process; and the even tougher gauntlet he had to run to join the SEALs’ most elite unit. After officially becoming a SEAL, O’Neill would spend more than a decade in the most intense counterterror effort in US history. For extended periods, not a night passed without him and his small team recording multiple enemy kills—and though he was lucky enough to survive, several of the SEALs he’d trained with and fought beside never made it home. The Operator describes the nonstop action of O’Neill’s deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, evokes the black humor of years-long combat, brings to vivid life the lethal efficiency of the military’s Tier One units, and reveals firsthand details of the most celebrated terrorist takedown in history.

'A riveting, unvarnished and wholly unforgettable portrait of America's most storied commandos at war.' - Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account of SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career. O'Neill describes his idyllic childhood in Butte, Montana; his impulsive decision to join the SEALs; the arduous evaluation and training process; and the even tougher gauntlet he had to run to join the SEALs' most elite unit. The Operatordescribes the nonstop action of O'Neill's deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, evoking the black humor of years-long combat, and reveals firsthand details of the most discussed anti-terrorist operation in military history.

This new edition of Success at First Certificate keeps all the features that have made it so popular and can successfully be used as a preparation course for upper intermediate exams throughout the world. Published 1997-01-31

Longman Originals is a series of graded readers in four stages. All the stories are original - that is to say, written especially for the series. Originated from the Longman Structural Readers, the series aims to offer a stimulating range of modern stories, including detective stories, adventure and romance.

The aim of this series is to improve the student's ability to speak and write accurately, fluently and expressively. This new edition has an enlarged format and additional paragraphs relating to new work in the study book.

This is a one-level course for beginners which uses a comprehension-led approach. It is particularly suitable for adult learners who have not studied for some time, offering strong story lines, with simple language, yet a high cultural content. It is equally suitable for students who want some knowledge of English for leisure or travel, but do not wish to go on to study the language intensively.

This is a one-level course for beginners which uses a comprehension-led approach. It is particularly suitable for adult learners who have not studied for some time, offering strong story lines, with simple language, yet a high cultural content. It is equally suitable for students who want some knowledge of English for leisure or travel, but do not wish to go on to study the language intensively.

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An immensely popular course, fully updated to meet the requirements of the FCE exam.

This guide to passing the Cambridge First Certificate in English has been updated in line with modifications to the exam and in response to comments from teachers and students throughout the world. This workbook contains various reading passages, vocabulary exercises, tests and grammar revision.

Longman English Works is a general English course with a strong work or professional orientation. Core structures and functions are presented in a work-related context, with the emphasis on realistic situations. This short, intensive course (45-60 hours per level) is for busy adults who want to make rapid progress. The international background familiarizes students with different types of English accent. The course's floating syllabus allows thorough treatment of all language areas and practice in different contexts.

A mystery in 11 episodes designed for near beginners to elementary-level students of English.

»Ich habe Osama bin Laden getötet!« Abbottabad, Pakistan. Es ist der 2. Mai 2011. Zehn Jahre nach 9/11. Ein bewaffneter Navy SEAL stürmt in das Zimmer. Er hat den al-Qaida-Anführer direkt im Visier, zielt auf seinen Kopf. Dann drückt er ab. Robert O’Neill ist der Mann, der Amerikas Staatsfeind Nr. 1 getötet hat. In seiner Autobiografie beschreibt er detailliert, wie seine Kameraden und er vorgegangen sind und wie die letzten Sekunden im Leben des Terroristenführers aussahen. 16 Jahre lang hat er für sein Vaterland gekämpft. Die lange Ausbildung und das harte Training haben ihn geformt. Eindrücklich erzählt er, wie es sich anfühlt, einen Kameraden nach dem anderen zu verlieren und sich nie sicher zu sein, ob man Frau und Kinder jemals wieder sehen wird. Der Operator ist das Zeugnis eines außergewöhnlichen Menschen und gewährt einen faszinierenden Einblick in eine Mission, die einen der wichtigsten Siege im Kampf gegen den islamistischen Terrorismus markiert.

Ex-Navy-Seal Robert O’Neill wurde bekannt als der Mann, der Osama bin Laden tötete. Ex-Marine Dakota Meyer bekam zu Lebzeiten die Medal of Honor verliehen. In The Way Forward erzählen sie von ihren höchst riskanten Einsätzen in Afghanistan und im Irak – und vermitteln tiefe Einblicke in ihr unerschütterliches Mindset, das ihnen half, in Sekundenschnelle die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen, wenn es um Leben und Tod ging. Auf zutiefst inspirierende Weise verraten die beiden US-Elitesoldaten, welche mentalen Strategien sie auch nach ihrer Dienstzeit anwandten, um kritische Situationen zu überstehen und persönliche Krisen zu bewältigen. The Way Forward ist ein spannendes und aufrichtiges Militärmemoir, das zugleich offenbart, wie wir uns unseren inneren Dämonen und Ängsten stellen können und mit welchen Routinen wir alle Herausforderungen im Leben meistern.

Robert O'Neill. Účastník 400 bojových misí, nositel 52 vyznamenání, včetně medailí za chrabrost. Bývalý člen Navy SEALs, žijící legenda. Jeho strhující memoáry, psané místy až s brutální upřímností a doprovázené osobitým černočerným humorem, vás zavedou nejen do první frontové linie či týlu nepřítele, ale seznámíte se také s jeho životní filosofií a tím, co Roberta formovalo jako člověka. Bylo by však mylné domnívat se, že kniha pojednává pouze o něm. Naopak, je o Navy SEALs jako celku. O tom, co znamená tým. O tom, že když spustí jedna zbraň, jako by spustily všechny. O tom, že jediný snadný den byl včerejšek…