From retired Air Force pilot Marshall Harrison comes a remarkable memoir of aerial warfare in Vietnam. In his third combat tour, Harrison found himself converted from the high performance world of jets to the awkward-looking OV-10 Bronco and assigned as a FAC forward air controller. A captivating tale of valor, brotherhood, and patriotism unravels in the pages of A Lonely Kind of War, Forward Air Controller, Vietnam, a posthumous release by this published author through Xlibris. Harrison i...

Humor, wit, action and drama intertwine in another Marshall Harrison masterpiece.From published author Marshall Harrison comes another moving book of valor, patriotism, and savoring life. In this posthumous release, Harrison documents the life of one of the most decorated enlisted men who served in the Vietnam War. Readers are bound to be fascinated with the life of Beauford T. Adams in the engrossing pages of Leaving Brogado. For someone who could have bragged about many things, Be...

* Shows how to use DirectX from C# - the new language for the .NET platform. This makes DirectX both easier and safer to use, and makes this book unique from among every other DirectX book available. * Focuses on programmers using DirectX instead of trying to teach DirectX. * DirectX is becoming the premier platform for game/3D high performance graphics on Windows.

Nestled among towering pine trees in East Texas is the city of Marshall. Marshall is closely identified with Caddo Lake, a massive body of water located northeast of the town. According to the Caddo Indians who first inhabited this land, the mysterious lake was formed overnight from an earthquake. Spanish and French explorers sought to claim the land as their own in the 16th century, and American settlers arrived here in about 1830. The city of Marshall was founded in 1842, eventually beco...

Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) attended the Virginia Military Institute and was named VMI’s First Captain in his senior year, because of his character and sense of duty more than scholastic achievement. In 1902, while a second lieutenant, Marshall married Elizabeth Carter Coles. During World War I, Marshall demonstrated his superior skill for organization and leadership on the staff of General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary F...

The Lord is Your Shepherd—You Shall Not WantBold peace. Constant presence. Lavish provision. Psalm 23 isn’t just poetic—it’s a living promise for every season of your faith journey.Are you weary from walking through valleys of uncertainty? Do you long for rest, but find yourself constantly striving? Does fear, lack, or confusion cloud your ability to trust God’s goodness in the chaos of life?Through years of pastoral ministry and deep study of God’s...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

The contributors to Caribbean Realities and Endogenous Sustainability discuss alternative theoretical perspectives, sustainable growth-inducing economic policies, and special challenges in this era of neoliberal globalization. These perspectives, policies and challenges have to be seriously considered if appropriate interventions towards changing the Caribbean status quo and eliminating social and political ills are to be pursued. The authors evaluate past efforts and policies, cr...

Nick Marshall was not exactly your average twenty-one-year-old from New Jersey. After serving three years in prison for armed robbery, he was still fairly young upon his release, but wondered what kind of life he could lead as an ex-con. Aware of the immense time and effort it would take to fulfill such a dream, he gave up his safety net and took his place at the bottom of the totem pole in the hospitality industry.What Nick did not expect was for a series of jobs in bars and resta...

This publication follows the lawman’s mantra—if an outlaw goes for its gun, it’s time to “kill or be killed.” The hero, after years of bounty hunting and being a US Marshal, becomes an innovative cattle baron who converts his herd of Texas Longhorns to crossbreeds. Unlike his previous books, the heroine now develops two enterprises—chicken farming and writing novels. The story includes plenty of shooting, romance, restitution and natural comedy. Without a cliff hanger, the story flows into...

From the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Gods, spirits, and ancestors have left us for a transcendent beyond. Yet the vast majority of cultures throughout human history treat spirits as very real persons, members of a cosmic society who interact with humans and control their fate. In most cultures, even today, people are but a small part of an enchanted universe misconstrued by the transcendent categories of "religion" and the "supernatural." ...

Do job interviews give you tremendous anxiety? Do your exceptional and hire-worthy qualities constantly go unnoticed?This bundle includes:Job Interview Preparation: Proven Techniques to Get Any Job You Want Simple, Fast, and Efficient Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd + The Top Winning Answers to the Toughest Interview QuestionsJob Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster The New Approach to Boost...