While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few are aware of the significance of the battles, or even their existence. For more than thirty years, virtually the only people who knew about the Hill ...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of The LOST ART of COMMUNICATION, The Science of Being Understood.Communication is your ability to consistently produce excellent results by improving your oral, written, non-verbal, and active listening skills to produce clearer focus, build consensus, and eliminate misunderstandings.It's the 5th volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).In business, Communication is...

**“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News“A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine**In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself locked in mortal combat, facing tremendous odds against a profess...

‘Time equals progression. Progression equals death.’This is a thought that consumes Ed Zine, a handsome, athletic, twenty-four year old.The victim of a debilitating form of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Ed's illogical mind tells him that if going forward in time moves him closer to death, reversing an action will carry him away from it.The youngest of four children, Ed Zine's life was thrown into turmoil when his mother, the centre of his universe, died from ...

More than 100 compelling, true stories of personal heroism and valor– in a special expanded edition honoring courage in the face of warHere are dramatic accounts of the fearless actions that earned American soldiers in Vietnam our highest military distinction–the Medal of Honor. Edward F. Murphy, head of the Medal of Honor Historical Society, re-creates the heroic acts of individual soldiers from official documents, Medal of Honor citations, contemporary accounts, ...

In the context of Australia’s developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits. The vast high-rainfall savannas of northern Australia are one of the world’s most flammable landscapes. Management of fires in this region has the potential to assist with meeting emissions reduction targets, as well as conserving biodiversity and providing employment for Indigenous people in remote parts of Australia’s n...

From their early days in 1965 when the order of the day was to drive the insurgent Viet Cong from the villages around Da Nang to the final, dramatic evacuation of Saigon ten years later, Semper Fi—Vietnam relates the whole gutsy, glorious saga of the Marines in Vietnam in stark, riveting detail.Acclimating to their strange new surroundings occupied the Marines’ first few weeks in South Vietnam. . . . Throughout the day, peasants dressed in pajama-like clothing and sporting...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of FINDING YOUR CALLING SIMPLIFIED, which explains how to discover your life's work, the career you were meant to have.It's the 37th volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).Here, you'll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to enhance your ability to discover the career you were meant to have.Many people think that the career they start...

Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin.Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack.Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longi...

TThis book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of The LOST ART of Training, The Science of Preparing Others For The Future.Training is your ability to prepare others for the future by supporting their training needs to enhance their performance, unleash their potential, and encourage their professional development.This is the 8th Volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program called YOUR SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE.It was created for you, rega...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of CAREER RESILIANCE SIMPLIFIED, which explains how to maintain your marketability and recover quickly regardless of setbacks, challenges, obstacles, and job loss.It's the 40th volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).Here, you'll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to enhance your ability to keep your career resilient.Being more resil...

Gain in-depth knowledge of Premiere Pro, and learn how the software “thinks.” You'll acquire new skills that will help you choose the best workflow for your project, and simplify and accelerate your video editing process.Learn how you can edit a lot faster with smarter workflows that automate several steps in the editing process. You'll also see how custom settings, presets, keyboard shortcuts and templates saves hours of work. By tailoring the software to your needs you save click...