The environmentalists have succeeded in prohibiting the manufacture of all petroleum-based products.

The author arrives in Vietnam and is wounded on the second day. Sent to Hamburger Hill as a replacement, he serves as an artillery surveyor and forward observer.

A Guide to Preparing a Set of Contract Plans and Special Provisions for an Infrastructure Project, and a Guide for Performing Contract Plan Reviews

Tales from the Trenches of the US Army in 1967, beginning with Basic Training and AIT.

Covers the author's experiences in the US Army during the Vietnam War. From Basic to AIT. From Germany and then Vietnam.

Rather than being sent directly to Vietnam, the author arrives in Munich, Germany on Thanksgiving Day, 1967. He is absorbed into the Survey Squad as the lowest member of the group. He discovers alcohol, prostitution, black market activities and the autobahn. The unit is rotated back to the US, then back to Germany and back again.

A blend of Roman history, Hebrew culture, and biblical teachings, supposing that the defeat of the Roman legions at Teutoburg necessitated the census, requiring the momentous trip to Bethlehem.

Humanity's Grand Adventure Awaits; Are You Ready?In an era when the stars are no longer just points of light in the sky but destinations waiting to be explored, "Space: Ever Farther, Ever Faster - NOW!" invites readers on an awe-inspiring journey through the history, challenges, and limitless possibilities of human space exploration.This riveting space exploration memoir by Ed Gibson, a veteran Science Pilot of Skylab III, is a recounting of his extraordina...

The book details the adventures of the eldest son of a working-class family from the urban Midwest who enters the army in the late 1960s and is transformed from a naive cowboy idolizer into a devious, larcenous, gun-carrying reprobate. He delves into the world of black market activities, prostitutes, drugs, and race relations and emerges a callous man for whom death is divided into two basic classes: bodies that are sent away and those that are dismissed as the impersonal enemy. Raised in ...

The modem Brazilian short story begins with the mature work of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), acclaimed almost unanimously as Brazil's greatest writer. Collectively, these nineteen stories are representative of Machado's unique style and world view, and this translation doubles the number of his stories previously available in English. The stories in this volume reflect Machado's post-1880 emphasis on social satire and experimentation in psychological realism. If he had continued...

A young princess overstays her playtime at a neighboring castle. She chooses the shorter path home, which leads her through the Dark Woods. She is captured by a witch and taken to the witch's cottage. She is made to sit on the steps while the witch prepares supper. An owl witnesses her plight and distracts the witch, allowing the princess to escape. The witch pursues the princess, who is led by the owl though the Dark Woods. The King rescues the princess. She learns her lesson and will alw...

BAPTISM BY FIREChris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler’s checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the thick of two pivotal, fiercely fought Big Red One operations, going head-to-head against crack Viet cong and NVA troops in the notorious Iron Triangle and along the treacherous Cambodian border near Tay Ninh.Patrols, ambu...