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This is a captivating account of a Marine Rifle Squad as it prepared for deployment to Vietnam, and establishing the enclave south of Da Nang, Vietnam. Mentored by Korean Veterans, the Marine Riflemen become veterans tested in the rice paddies at Da Nang, Phu Bai, and the highlands of Khe Sanh.

Have you ever wanted the power to rule the world? Sounds amazing, right? But maybe not possible. Instead, what if you were given the rules that power your mind? What if you could learn to read minds, starting with your own? What would you do with your new superpower? How would you rule your world? Your mind operates on a set of unspoken, yet extremely persuasive internalized rules.

Our age of radical uncertainty requires a new way of assessing risk that pays more attention to the extreme outliers that too often become tomorrow’s reality. Today’s models cannot cope with the frightening new unpredictable risks we face every day that frequently seem to come out of left field–the effects of climate change, a killer pandemic, a cascading wildfire, a financial crisis triggered by faceless algorithms, or a devastating cyberattack that shuts down the electric power grid. This audiobook advocates a new, more realistic approach to analyzing risk and strategizing.

Fields is the last link to the other five books, it shows how the dust in Heaven follows the macroscopic rules to make the black hole fields, the galaxy fields, the star fields, and the planetary and moon fields. The planetary and moon fields have rules that allow matter to exist in inanimate fields and animate fields. Earth provides the essential environments that have the temperature, the pressure, the air, the water, the elements, and the food necessary for life to exist in the different biomes.

Anyone who starts listening to this book will think it is a biography, but this book is much more than that. It is a book for brave people willing to get out of their problems and achieve all their goals. God gave us many gifts and virtues, and many of those virtues are tacitly within this book by way of examples, stories, and anecdotes of the author's real life to plan a better future, be successful, and never give up!

Digging Deeper:The Bible Study is a self-reflective, interactive, thematic Bible study and meant to be listened to in conjunction with Digging Deeper: The Devotional. It encourages you to reflect on your Christian walk to develop a closer relationship with Jesus and to apply Bible teachings to everyday life. Each chapter is saturated with Rev. Lunde’s nuggets of insight into how to live the Christian life in spite of seemingly insurmountable hardships. Themes address topics such a fear and worry, God’s presence in time of trouble, and the wisdom of trusting in God.

I had always believed in the healing power of our Lord, and viewed my life as one of service to him via the practice of medicine. But, in retrospect, I had a deeper trust in the power of modern medicine and science than I did in Jesus Christ and his fully accomplished work on the cross.

Through the years of his education, training, work as a family physician, and life situations, author Dr. Michael Fleming realized every experience had a story. In In a Mirror Dimly, he shares a collection of these stories, reflecting his love for them and his talent for telling them. This compilation includes Fleming’s random thoughts and observations as he’s traveled his path: an early life filled with insecurity and shame; a young adult life with too much wasted; an adult life blessed with love and family.

Some leaders make it look easy. Others who have every opportunity to lead effectively make it appear impossible. One thing is certain with leadership: People notice it when it is absent. W. James Weese, a professor of leadership at one of Canadas top universities, advances the concept of leadership in his exciting book. In doing so, he argues that the best leaders exhibit 5C qualities: credibility, compelling vision, charismatic communicator, contagious enthusiasm, and culture builder.

Everything You Know About Organizational Behavior You Learned in High School brings you on a nostalgic journey to a pleasant, albeit sometimes volatile, period in your life. It is during this time in high school the foundation for your personality and adult behavior patterns are established. These adolescent behavior patterns remain in adulthood and find their way into the workplace. Becker teaches you to recognize the dysfunction that is caused and captures simple tips to improve your team’s and company’s results.

Boys’ Secrets and Men’s Loves is the memoir of a law professor who has written over 20 books on the basic rights of American constitutionalism. He has been a prominent advocate of gay rights and feminism, which joins men and women in resistance.

Hope Amid Hopelessness is a true story about the loving, merciful, caring, all powerful, ever present, gracious, just, sovereign, personal Abba Father (God) working in the lives of Jim and Laura Hansen. As Jim cared for Laura while she struggled with major clinical depression that later led to borderline personality disorder, he realized quickly that he could not fight this battle alone. Turning to his Abba Father, he sought understanding, knowledge, and wisdom from the only source that could truly help.

Inspired by God to write about human pain and the ability to witness his love and mercy, author John Muza presents Heaven's Gate. It offers a collection of gospels and spiritual inspirations based on the words of the Bible. A devout Catholic who serves on the board of directors of Full Gospel Business Men's International, Muza puts into writing his thoughts on a wide array of subjects, using God's word and his teachings as a guide.

This audiobook is a personal history of one of the most famous beach-music bands of the southeast, the Swingin’ Medallions. They were also a national hit with their song "Double Shot of My Baby's Love" in 1966. They released an album and several other single recordings. They are still performing today, over 50 years later. This audiobook highlights encounters with some of the biggest names in show business. It is an insider view down memory lane for the group and, hopefully, for the listeners. They are still one of the most popular bands in the southeast.

If you work at a multinational company, at some point you may be asked to travel the world to maintain, or install equipment, or seek to boost your firm’s reputation. It happened to Andrew Mackay, and he was unprepared from the moment he stepped on a helicopter to go to a Chevron platform in the North Sea, when everyone was dressed for freezing temperatures except him. Working as what he calls “a travelling prostitute”, Mackay was surprised to find that almost all of the time, he was on his own.

General George Washington faced a myriad of obstacles in the summer of 1781. In George Washington at "Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry", author and historian Mary Sudman Donovan explores this crucial period during the American Revolutionary War by chronicling his activities.

This book documents and tells the history of the establishment and growth of the Coastal Surveillance Force, Task Force 71. This grew to Task Forces 115, 116 and 117. My research for this history came from veterans serving in this period and the documentation of the Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries. These documents did not exist before January 1966, so the early period was dependent on veterans and the author's personal knowledge.

Marine operating engineer, 82nd Airborne paratrooper, Special Ops Army Ranger, an entrepreneur who circumnavigated the globe, are a few of many pursuits that insatiable curiosity led the author to explore. He takes the listener on a 90-year journey from near death as a child, through an unhappy childhood, leading to dropping out of high school. He found success in the military and after honorable discharge, returned to school become an educator earning BA, MEd, and ATA degrees.