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This remarkably immediate memoir tells of the U.S Army's essential role in the Pacific campaigns alongside the Navy and Marine Corps. America's sons, born in the first quarter of the 20th century, were forged in the twin crucibles of the Great Depression and World War II. The values and attitudes of these mostly idealistic young males ultimately sustained them in horrific trials against incredibly courageous, and often suicidally-committed, Japanese soldiers blindly loyal to their superior officers and the Emperor.

Pivotal Tuesdays looks back at four pivotal presidential elections of the past 100 years to show how they shaped the 20th century. During the rowdy, four-way race in 1912 between Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Eugene Debs, and Woodrow Wilson, the candidates grappled with the tremendous changes of industrial capitalism and how best to respond to them. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promises to give Americans a "New Deal" to combat the Great Depression helped him beat the beleaguered incumbent, Herbert Hoover.

This audiobook challenges several longstanding notions about the American way of war. It examines US military practice (strategic and operational) from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan to determine what patterns, if any, existed in the way Americans have used military force. Echevarria surveys all major US wars and most every small conflict in the country's military history.

Bob Dylan is many things to many people. Each Bob Dylan joins a collective cast that has made up his persona for more than 50 years. No version of Dylan turns out uncomplicated, but the postmillennial manifestation seems peculiarly contrary - a tireless and enterprising antiquarian; a creator of singular texts and sounds through promiscuous poaching; an artist of innovation and uncanny renewal. The collection of essays does justice to this difficult Bob Dylan by examining his method and effects through a disparate set of viewpoints.

Want to know the strategies of successful swing trading? This guide covers how to calculate investment returns and, most important, how to manage your portfolio's risk.

When Gianni Bozzacchi accepted an assignment as a photographer on the set of The Comedians (1967), he didn't know that his life was about to change forever. His ability to capture the beauty of candid moments drew the attention of the film's star, Elizabeth Taylor, and prompted her to hire him as her personal photographer.

The people of Kelios have an unlikely group of saviors in a cursed priest, a confused sorceress, and a woman with a damaged soul trapped in the body of a teenage girl. The three members of the Voidhawk's crew came to Kelios seeking council with an powerful race of beings called the Fayer. Along the way they run afoul of the unholy army of The White Lady and vow to stop her.

It started with a present. One Christmas morning, a mystery gift appeared under trees around the world. It was the exact same gift, inscribed with the maker’s initials in tiny letters: BT and Company. It was months before anyone knew exactly what the gift did. Avery Tannenbaum’s brother was one of the lucky few to receive one. It was on her birthday when the mysterious gifts came to life. A contest was announced. It was also on that very same day Avery’s grandmother passed away.  

Control Your Thoughts, Control Your Life features a series of ideas and images to guide your life, based on 60 posts that originally appeared on Instagram. These comments reflect the view that what you think shapes you and your experiences, so if you control your thinking, you will improve yourself and your life. These are comments like: “Control your thoughts, control your life,” “Don’t just think about it. Act!”, and “Good thoughts lead the way to wise actions."

Have you ever wanted something so bad it hurt? Or tried your best to do what was right? But have it go horribly wrong? If only Amundus knew what he was about to unleash....

In this book, you will find exactly why honey makes you lose weight and learn the specific steps you need to take if you want to achieve weight loss using honey. 

In this book we will discuss different methods for generating revenue through various real estate tactics. Some of the concepts introduced in this book may be obvious income generators and things you have already thought of while others may be new concepts that you had no idea even existed. Even the concepts that you already know about which are discussed here will hopefully provide ideas and explanations that will help you in your pursuit of becoming an incredibly successful real estate professional.

In Greenback Planet, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in US monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis. Brands explores the dollar's changing relations to gold and silver and to other currencies and cogently explains how America's economic might made the dollar the fundamental standard of value in world finance.

For those who are starting out, Forex trading happens to be a very tricky task. Not only because the rules of the whole process stay absolutely alien to those starting out, but also because one cannot track down the required rules and tricks related to Forex trading. The unfortunate part is that beginners cannot follow the complicated books on the subject, and therefore, the prospect of their earning from the business hardly becomes clear to them. This book is a simple and straightforward account of the do’s and don’ts, as well as the different aspects of Forex trading. 

Legitimately knowing how options function, and how to utilize them properly can give you a genuine and a favorable position in the market. On the off chance that the theoretical idea of the options doesn't fit your style, no issue - you can utilize options. Regardless of the possibility that you choose never to utilize options, in any case, it is critical to see how organizations that you are investing with use them. This audiobook will acquaint you with the basics of options.

The least utilized muscle in the body is your brain. It's no wonder why so many people suffer from procrastination, lack of focus, motivation, and ability to learn things quickly. What if I told you that you could get the upper hand and change the way you think, so much that it could change your entire life? And what if I told you that you could do this just by taking a supplement? Enter Nootropics. These brain supplements will help you with so many things in your life, it's crazy that they're not that popular among the general public.

In this audiobook, you will learn what you can benefit from taking at least five to 10 minutes everyday and simply writing down the things that you are grateful for. You will also learn how to make this process so much easier. The reason why so many people don't write is because they think it's hard or that they aren't grateful for anything. Well, this audiobook will change all of that. You will learn how to look at your current situation, no matter how many stressful things there are, and you will start to realize how many things you have in your life that you can be grateful for.

Upton Bell grew up at the knee of the NFL's first great commissioner, his father, the legendary Bert Bell, who not only saved the game from financial ruin after World War II but was one of its greatest innovators. Present at the Creation details Bell’s firsthand experiences. Over the past 53 years, Bell has been an owner, a general manager, a personnel executive, a scouting director for two Super Bowl teams, a television commentator and analyst, and a talk-radio host. He has seen the NFL from the inside and has experienced many of the most important moments in NFL history.

Keiko Yoshida is a young Japanese girl living in San Francisco. Her life Is filled with family, hope, and even love. Pearl Harbor changes all that. She finds herself and her family living in a world of anger, suspicion, and fear. In the years that follow, she will be persecuted, isolated, and forced into a prison camp. But that will not kill her determination to hold on to hope.

Public-service executives, both elected and appointed within the public and nonprofit sectors, are retiring at record levels, and the number of Americans reaching age 65 annually will continue to rise over the next decade and is expected to surpass four million in 2020. Finding qualified, motivated leaders to fill vital public-service positions will challenge the public and nonprofit sectors. Unfortunately, recent studies show that few proactive steps are being taken by public-service organizations to plan for the next generation.