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The Making of a Marine-Scholar
Leading and Learning in the Bear Pit
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Dr. George A. Baker III distinguished himself both as a marine and educator; in this memoir, he looks back at a long life dedicated to serving others.
From his boyhood in Sumter, South Carolina, to entering the service during the Cold War to his experiences on the battlefield, Baker examines...
by Edward Tayler
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2000
This collection of writings by English Renaissance poets and essayists includes poems and essays by Ben Jonson, George Chapman and Samuel Daniel. Excerpts from Francis Bacon, John Milton, William Drummond, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Abraham Cowley.
The book also surveys the origins, range...
by Eugene B. Basilici
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
The Korean War rages in Southeast Asia. Every night the North Koreans hurl themselves against the outnumbered Americans who hold the Pusan Perimeter, and every night the overextended defenders are thinned even more.
Into this maelstrom lands Rick Barinelli, a teenager fresh out of Basic and...
by Eugene Basilici
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2008
During the Vietnamese War, a Washington-approved sanctuary for enemy troops in Laos and Cambodia is a recipe for disaster, but a covert CIA operation made up of Special Forces volunteers deemed expendable, penetrates the borders and neutralizes the enemy's advantage. The Green Berets, Rick Barinelli,...
Wide Hips, Narrow Shoulders
A Bike Touring Adventure Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2001
This is a story about a 45-year-old man who simplifies his life by getting rid of his material possessions and then sets off around America on a bicycle to discover new ideas about his country and himself. The journey takes him through all 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C.
The Last "True" Roller Derby
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2016
Larry Smith got some strange looks as a boy when he told everyone he wanted to join the Roller Derby, but hed go on to have the time of his life living out his dream.
As a member of the International Roller Derby League, he engaged in a style of play that gave the fans what they wanted: fights,...
Surviving the 70S
Muscle Cars, Freedom and Fun
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Not everyone gets to grow up in a small farming town like Yorktown, Indiana, but Greg Phillips did. Whats more, he made the best of it by never really leaving.
Gregs fate was sealed before his birth, when his father opened his own pattern shop. Phillips Patterns opened for business as a wood...
The Devil Made Me Do It
Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
The Devil Made Me Do It is a collection of biographical anecdotes that highlight mostly humorous moments in the life of a born Hoosier and his network of friends and family. It is not a book written for the masses but rather a scrapbook of narratives that will appeal to those with a taste for honest...
Puppetmasters
The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2002
The CIA has been accused of a massive intelligence failure in the run-up to the 9/11 attacks -- the result, it is said, of a moralistic and bureaucratic approach to information-gathering. But the CIA's spies had few qualms when it came to cultivating terrorist organisations and interfering in the...
Finishing Strong
A Memoir.
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
It's a Reality Read, told with intense honesty and humor, often irreverantly. Dee Horwitz, a journalist whose career spans more than 70 years, takes a candid look at her family and her life to find the life-altering experiences that transform a naive and trusting farmer's daughter into a sassy and...
The Risha Levinson Story
Growing up in the Greatest Generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Can a Woman Have it All?
No one can have it all. But I have had a lot: to wit, a long-lasting marriage of sixty-two years, four children and six grandchildren, a highly satisfying family life, and an engaging and productive career. How did this all happen? Read my book to find out.
What...
From Hiawatha to Geronimo
The Assault on Native America
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Spanning three centuries, from Champlains first encounter in 1609 with primitive Iroquois warriors to Geronimos death in 1909, Hiawatha to Geronimo chronicles the demise of the native peoples of North America to the relentless encroachment of white European settlement. From the forests of New England...
Survive or Thrive? Workbook
Step by Step Workbook to Help You Solve Life Problems and Thrive Again
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
A step-by-step guide to help you get back on your feet, solve life problems, and create the life you always wanteddespite hardships i.e. bankruptcy, divorce, financial loss, foreclosures, and relationship breakups. In addition, The Survive or Thrive? workbook will help transform survive thinking into...
They Rest Not at Night
Footnotes from the Field of Operations Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Every time Mark W. Merritt puts on the uniform of a US Naval Officer, he is reminded of how thankful he is to be an American. He began compiling his memories in 2008 while serving in Iraq, just after celebrating his fiftieth birthday in a combat zone. In his memoir, he offers a collection of lessons...