Author: Amber Burns
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781523818334
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Sergeant Amos Fuller of the United States Marines returned to civilian life only a couple of years ago. Adjusting to the civvy way of life hasn't been easy for Amos and he's kept his shaved head, military body and plethora of ink. Despite his rough and rugged exterior, thoughts of marriage and family have begun circulating in Amos' head. Those thoughts only increase when he's pulled from his life in Atlanta to help his younger sister Iris plan for her wedding in Albany. However Amos can't seem to find the right girl to make those thoughts into reality, until he sees Vanna. Vanna Sterling is an unassuming girl working in her siblings' store. While they take the lead in sales and dealing with clients, Vanna helps in the background; balancing books and building window displays. It's during one such display project that Amos spots Vanna working in the shop window. She isn't prepared for the tall, strong and tatted marine to enter her life and peruse her with an unbreakable determination to make her his wife. This is a standalone novel with NO CLIFFHANGER a strong dedicated hero who will do anything to win over the love of his life.
Author: Shanna Hogan
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250127300
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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**Now a TV Movie** In Secrets of a Marine's Wife, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Shanna Hogan tells the true story of a young Marine wife whose illicit affair ended in tragedy. In June 2014, 19-year-old Erin Corwin was living a quiet life in Twentynine Palms, California, expecting her first child with her husband, U.S. Marine Corporal Jon Corwin—until the day she drove off into the desert and never returned. As temperatures climbed into the hundreds, friends and family teamed up with local law enforcement in a grueling search of Joshua Tree National Park. Nearly two months after her disappearance, Corwin's body was found at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft, a homemade garrote wrapped around her throat. Suspicions mounted within the tight-knit Marine community as residents questioned if the killer was one of their own. Fellow Marine Christopher Lee and his wife lived next door to the Corwins, and the two young couples had leaned on each other for support. But detectives soon discovered that Chris and Erin's relationship had developed into a whirlwind romance that consumed them both and called the paternity of Corwin's baby into question. Lee told investigators he'd been out hunting the day of Corwin's disappearance, but his claims of innocence soon began to crumble. And while Erin was researching baby names, Lee was reportedly searching the internet for ways to dispose of a human body. Through interviews, court records, and extensive research, bestselling true-crime author Shanna Hogan constructs a chilling story of betrayal, deception, and tragedy.
Author: Theresa Brendel
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557058902
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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Author: Jeannie L. Johnson
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1626165572
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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The United States Marine Corps has a unique culture that ensures comradery, exacting standards, and readiness to be the first to every fight. Yet even in a group that is known for innovation, culture can push leaders to fall back on ingrained preferences. Jeannie L. Johnson takes a sympathetic but critical look at the Marine Corps's long experience with counterinsurgency warfare. Which counterinsurgency lessons have been learned and retained for next time and which have been abandoned to history is a story of battlefield trial and error—but also a story of cultural collisions. The book begins with a fascinating and penetrating look inside the culture of the Marine Corps through research in primary sources, including Marine oral histories, and interviews with Marines. Johnson explores what makes this branch of the military distinct: their identity, norms, values, and perceptual lens. She then traces the history of the Marines' counterinsurgency experience from the expeditionary missions of the early twentieth century, through the Vietnam War, and finally to the Iraq War. Her findings break new ground in strategic culture by introducing a methodology that was pioneered in the intelligence community to forecast behavior. Johnson shows that even a service as self-aware and dedicated to innovation as the Marine Corps is constrained in the lessons-learned process by its own internal predispositions, by the wider US military culture, and by national preferences. Her findings challenge the conclusions of previous counterinsurgency scholarship that ignores culture. This highly readable book reminds us of Sun Tzu's wisdom that to be successful in war, it is important to know thyself as well as the enemy. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the Marines Corps, counterinsurgency warfare, military innovation, or strategic culture.
Author: Nick Belardes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1573445010
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Did you know Thomas Jefferson’s grandson was an ax murderer? Don’t you delight knowing some dinosaurs were teeny tiny as hens? Before buying that plane ticket, don’t you NEED to know which exotic islands still have cannibals? Wonder what it’s like to live in Hell Town at the End of the World? How about an ailment so surreal it’s named after Alice in Wonderland? In Random Obsessions: Trivia You Can’t Live Without, historian Nick Belardes has dug into the raw source material found in historical archives, scientific studies, and libraries the world over. You’ll also read first-person interviews with people who can explain the unexplained, from the permanently puzzling Mothman conspiracy to secret Star Wars Jedi religious cults, and the charmingly eccentric reason why British aerospace engineers sent teddy bears floating out into space. Truly trivia you can’t live without, Random Obsessions is filled with facts, lists, definitions, and astonishing information guaranteed to provide you with the best cocktail conversation for many years to come! Your guide, Nick Belardes, has devoted his life to poking around the peculiar and perplexing. Explore the unknown stories behind why the nation’s capitol didn’t stay in Philadelphia, why some fossils are smiling, and how, if Preparation H existed in the early 1800s, Napoleon would have won Waterloo. These real-world facts are outlandish enough to sharpen your brain and occupy your mind for hours of reading. This book is so fascinating and fun, you’ll become obsessed, too!
Author: Gary Morsch
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1576759679
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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No one wants to end life's journey wondering: Did my life count for something? Did I have a reason for being here? The stories in this book show that for people of all ages, income levels, and expertise, the answer can be a resounding " Yes!" From extraordinary examples -- relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina or work in refugee camps in Afghanistan -- to localized, everyday actions, the authors demonstrate that living a life of service to others, and seeing how lives are changed as a result, establishes the meaning and significance all humans long for. Moreover, the book provides strategies for creating a purposeful life through daily service. The authors prove that the ability to find fulfillment is within reach, and that the discovery is waiting to be made in homes, workplaces, communities, neighborhoods, and schools all across America.
Author: M. Alexander
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230554482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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This collection of essays reviews the politico-military relationship between Britain and France between the two World Wars. As well as examining the relationship between the two nations' armed services, the book's contributors also analyse key themes in Anglo-French inter-war defence politics - disarmament, intelligence and imperial defence - and joint military, political and economic preparations for a second world war.
Author: Andrew J. Rausch
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781932855722
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Includes multiple choice questions about the world of film. Embedded in the book is a special computerized quiz module that lets you compete against yourself or a friend.
Author: Preston Sturges
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520055640
Category : Motion picture plays
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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Five comic masterpieces by Preston Sturges, who has been called "Hollywood's greatest writer-director, with emphasis on the former." The scripts are drawn from the great period between 1939 and 1944, which Andrew Sarris called "one of the most brilliant and most bizarre bursts of creation in the history of cinema."
Author: Frazier Hunt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern question (Far East)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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