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Admiral Dennis Blair, USN: "The Vietnam War literature and cinema are dominated by the angry and the anguished. Bud Cole's book speaks for those who did their duty with dedication and courage, but without illusion. It also should remind leaders who send to war their young men, and now their young women, of its human cost, even for those who are willing to pay it."General John Allen, USMC: "About the time you think there's no space remaining for another work on the VietNam war, along comes Goin' to Nam a rich and thoroughly engaging historical novel by Captain Bernard "Bud" Cole.

Through the voices of the men who experienced it, Boys, Just Boys relates the story of the 423rd regiment of the 106th Infantry Division during and after the Battle of the Bulge. In mid-December 1944, after rigorous training but no combat experience, the men of the 423rd, along with the rest of...

This is the story of a Vietnam veteran haunted by PTSD who finds an unexpected chance at healing when his family sponsors a young Vietnamese refugee. Their love story unfolds against the backdrop of rural Kansas and suburban California, but the enduring scars of war-and an Agent Orange related illness-threaten to tear them apart. A poignant exploration of love, loss, and sacrifice, it reveals that some bonds are strong enough to withstand even the most profound silence and the most significant distance.

Autism is a spectrum disorder with unique and varied experiences for each individual affected. Conversion to Jesus Christ and membership in His church are similarly diverse journeys. This book navigates this nuance by sharing the stories of thirty individuals with autism and their families' experiences with Jesus Christ in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Auren Emberlain has always lived in the margins-of academia, of sleep, of his own life. A professional student with too many degrees and not enough certainty, he survives on questions, chasing answers that never seem to fit. But when a fragment of forgotten folklore crosses his desk, something shifts. Whispers curl from between the lines. Shadows stretch in unnatural ways. And in the quiet corners of his vision, a figure of crystal and light begins to watch.

Please note that this book contains jokes from many sources. In general, jokes have no authors. They are "hand-me-downs" from one generation to another and/or one person to another. The jokes are my collection over a period of 30 years taken from many sources: books, emails, word-of-mouth, my memory, joke websites, friends, etc. I have attempted to avoid distasteful and lurid jokes, but some contained in this book may be a bit risqué. And finally, there is no category ordering of the jokes, such as animal, barroom, St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

This addition to the Messages series is a continuation of the original theme found in the first book. In the Fourth Book of Messages from God's Humble Servant, we are again challenged to examine ourselves. When faced with a fork in the road, the Fourth Book is meant to help us choose the path that God has planned for our lives. One example is the message "The Pathway Home."

Fu Xi is the most important figure in Chinese culture, who lived six thousand years ago and invented the mysterious wordless book Fu Xi Code. Fu Xi Code actually passed two fundamental concepts, yin and yang, from nature God to human beings.

On planet Mythos, a utopia is endangered when the Mothergod mysteriously dies right after childbirth. One son was planned, but five were born. With the death of their wise leader, a perfect chance arises for a criminal organization to take form. This shakes the utopia to its foundation and breaks the peace they've known for billions of years. Dimago was chosen as heir to Mythos, placing Vikor, the firstborn, on a path of revenge. The five brothers live their lives cluelessly running into each other as their fates are forever intertwined. 

Everyone has the right to question the world around us. How is faith formed without first asking questions? Why did a member of the Iraqi parliament say, "The Americans and the British came to teach you manners and respect, O sons of Muhammad?" How my journey began. Questioning everyone and myself. Learning explaining the contradictions and consequences of many known and unknown events.

My creation is about people's emotions during a relationship and possible outcomes. Despite our various backgrounds, we have an intriguing commonality--romantic relationships. Sharing smiles and cries with a partner on an intimate level is a familiar societal structure. This bond can be initiated with a stare, a laugh, or a simple conversation. Then it can evolve in the workplace, gym, nightclub, worshipping center, etc. Nobody truly wants to be alone.

For over five years, an individual has been writing checks that do not have sufficient funds in the accounts. He is able to obtain state driver's licenses that he uses to open checking accounts with just enough money to keep the accounts open. He does not really steal other people's identification, he just makes up the names that he uses. For over five years, he has cost communities in Southern California thousands of dollars and has caused police departments to run in circles trying to catch him.

This phrase has developed in meaning over the years. It signifies a journey. Have you been on a journey you could call "to the Plus"? Or have you settled, experienced complacency in life, or lived stagnated? I really want to know. I want to help you move that dial to the PLUS. If you have the desire to make a change, to find your purpose, to find your limits, get ready, get set, go! By continuing to listen to this book, you will be moving forward in your life.

To any listener, I wish you to know that Jesus did rise from the dead! He did it because he was God incarnate, and so he might save you from your sins. This trial was a work of fiction. What was not fictional, however, is the fact that Jesus rose from the dead, and that the Jewish Sanhedrin went to a great deal of trouble, as fictionalized here, to keep the knowledge of Jesus's resurrection from the world.

Lord Charles Hawkly, the new Duke of Hawkhurst is still reeling. First his father died at New Year's, then his brother dies in a fall that may not have been an accident at all. If it wasn't for his best friend's wife giving birth, he'd think bad luck was following him. They say bad things happen in threes. So what could possibly be next?

He made it to be a practicable tool for everyone who wants to take control of his life. It is how to succeed in your life, how to listen to the whispering of your soul trying to emerge, through your conscientiousness and awareness. It is giving a beautiful, lovely spiritual gift to your wonderful self to express his full potential during our passage on this beautiful Gaia.

The host, a being who does not know what he is or where he came from, survived for centuries by controlling the bodies of small birds and consuming them. When the host has the opportunity to use a human body, he is overwhelmed by the human mind, and for the first time, he can look at himself and try to understand what he is.

The former captain from the reality TV show “Wicked Tuna Outer Banks”. Dale Lisi has compiled several aspects of considerable consequence that have taken place in his life and assembled them into literary form in "Good and Evil". Traveling to desolate remote regions, deliberately placing himself in life threatening situations; the mountains in the winter, the desert, and taking his 24' boat over 200 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean until it ran out of fuel and then attempted to sink it - no radio, no food, no life raft.

This is a story about a middle-aged married Christian man. How his life changed when an unexpected thing happened to him. The way he handled it was the wrong way to handle it. He became a fugitive from the law. He was on the run for thirteen years till the police arrested him. This Christian man prayed to the Lord and prayed for his help and protection through his ordeal.

The Broken Pieces provides a detailed description of how to deal with challenging life events. We live in a complex world full of suffering, despair, hopelessness, pandemics, poverty, and grief. It might look threatening and frightening, but knowing that the broken pieces can be put together again is the blessed hope that keeps us going. We understand that the entire world was broken into pieces by the pandemic. We lost a lot of loved ones, but the Lord was still in control, and we went through it.