Bøger af Blake Smith

The Morning Bite is a devotional for men told through the eyes of three men in the bass fishing industry.Blake Smith, James Niggemeyer, and Chris Wells share their stories as touring pros and as chaplains along the professional trails. Each author highlights some of their favorite verses and how they can be applied to life.The authors reveal that some of their best tournaments involved doing something completely different than the rest of the anglers. When you listen to too much dock talk, it can be easy to do what everyone else is doing.They observe that it's easy to go with the flow of the world we live in, having just one sip, telling yourself one look won't hurt, or having a relationship with that person. However, we must be able to identify whether these things fall into God's plan for our life or not.If you're not spending time with the Bible, you will be ill equipped to change. The Holy Spirit will deliver you from temptation, so you can break free from the pack and live differently.

This book describes the delivery of 8000 aircraft to Russia over a little known airway that extended from the U.S. through Northwestern Canada to Nome, Alaska. Warplanes to Alaska is a tribute to the hundreds of men and women who toiled in the harshest of climates to help decide the outcome of World War II. The author interviewed scores of Canadian, Russians and American veterans and acquired hundreds of photos in an effort to fully recount this amazing part of history. Details of the Russian portion of the airway and their military operations, long hidden by an impenetrable veil of official secrecy, are revealed here for the first time. Warplanes to Alaska will engage anyone interested in WWII, aviation or northern history. Could a subarctic wilderness airway traversing northwestern North America and the breadth of Russia be used to deliver thousands of warplanes? The needs of the beleaguered WW II ally demanded the attempt, despite the brutal climate, primitive facilities and wild terrain. This book describes the delivery of 8,000 aircraft to Russia over a little-known airway that extended from the U.S. through northwestern Canada to Nome, Alaska. The airway was cruel on man and machine as the twisted wrecks of fallen warplanes littering forest and muskeg bear testament. Warplanes to Alaska is a tribute to the hundreds of men and women who toiled in the harshest of climates to help decide the outcome of World War II. The author interviewed scores of Canadian, Russians and American veterans and acquired hundreds of photos in an effort to fully recount this amazing part of history. Details of the Russian portion of the airway and their military operations, long hidden by an impenetrable veil of official secrecy, are revealed here for the first time. Warplanes to Alaska will engage anyone interested in WWII, aviation or northern history.