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  Standing Tall - Leadership...

  Robert F. Foley

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  The Medal of Honor recipient chronicles his life and military career in this memoir while also sharing his thoughts on leadership. Robert Foley had only been in Vietnam for six months when he was promoted to captain and given command of a rifle company. In November 1966, Foley led his men on a mission to rescue another company that had been pinned down by Viet Cong forces. His leadership that day inspired his men and led to a successful operation—and the Medal of Honor. His actions in Vietnam were only a small portion of a long and varied career of service in the U.S. Army, but Foley did not always seem marked for success. Coming from a blue-collar suburb of Boston, his years in West Point were marked by poor grades, injuries, and sickness. With a determination to lead by example and inspire trust among others, Foley served across the globe and rose through the ranks. He even returned to West Point as Commandant of Cadets, later retiring as a 3-star general and commander of Fifth Army.Praise for Standing Tall Finalist, 2022 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards “What an amazing opportunity! Standing Tall allows us to learn about leadership from a true American hero.” ―Mike Krzyzewski, former Head Coach, Duke University and USA Olympic Gold Medal basketball teams

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  Brutalities: A Love Story

  Margo Steines

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  Quarantined in a southwestern desert city in the midst of her high-risk pregnancy, Margo Steines felt her life narrow around her growing body, compelling her to reckon with the violence entangled in its history. She was a professional dominatrix in New York City, a homestead farmer in a brutal relationship, a welder on a high-rise building crew, and a Mixed Martial Arts enthusiast; each of her many lives brought a new vantage point from which to see how power and masculinity coalesce?and how her body paid the price. With unflinching candor, Steines searches for the roots of her erstwhile attraction to pain while charting the complicated triumph of tenderness and care.

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  I Want Freedom - My Journey to...

  Laila Eshan

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  I am now certain that my purpose is to be a voice for those who are suffering at this very moment from forced arranged marriages or stuck in cycles of abuse. My past made me who I am today, and while I wouldn’t wish what I’ve been through on anyone, I am proud of who I’ve become as a result. Fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, daughters and sons, I need you: without your help, this is just an empty dream. Together, we can save some of these innocent young girls and women, who in some cases are as young as five years old. Without your help, I can’t bring them to safety and provide them with the education and life lessons that will allow them to reach a brighter future. This is an issue that affects millions of women all over the world, including here in the US; we are all human, and together we can make a change.

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  Recalling Past Life - About Days...

  Franz Rothe

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  This booklet is grown from careless, partly lost notes that had been sent to relatives and classmates several years ago. It dates back to an era before the flood and pandemic, and war struck worse than ever. Retired because of my poor eyesight, my interest in literature had awakened, and the exchange seemed worthwhile once more. Thus this little booklet has still been gathered. This English translation has been corrected and slightly extended. The older German version is available as an audiobook, together with some music. My heartfelt thanks go to everyone involved. 
  Keywords: school memories, literary criticism, humor, cat love, 
  philosophy of mathematics, flute music, dream experience, Kafka. 
  Genre: entertainment literature, flute literature. 
  Franz Rothe graduated from high school in Karlsruhe and studied mathematics, physics, and music there. He graduated with a diploma in Mathematics from E T H Zürich and a doctorate in Tübingen. 
  After some life changes, a professorship at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, USA. In addition, Rothe and pianist Thomas Turner have also developed a repertoire of classical music for flute and piano and recorded and released three CDs. This collection also contains several of their transcriptions.

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  Van halen's voices: - tonechaser...

  Steven Rosen

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  Van Halen's Voices is the second in a series of audiobooks based around the hardback book Tonechaser - Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen. Included in this extraordinary audio are rare interviews from author Steve Rosen's personal archives. Interviews include: 
  Alex Van Halen 
  David Lee Roth 
  Michael Anthony 
  Gary Cherone 
  Sammy Hagar 
  Kevan Hill (Edward's boyhood friend and a member of the Broken Combs) 
  Wayne Charvel (founder of Charvel Guitars) 
  Rudy Leiren (Edward's first guitar tech) 
  Zeke Clark (Edward's guitar tech during the mid-1980s) 
  And many other incredible interviews...

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  Oscar Wilde - Chapter & Verse -...

  Oscar Wilde

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  Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life. 
   
  An author’s ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure. 
   
  In this series we look at some of our leading classic authors across two genres: the short story and the poem.  In this modern world there is an insatiable need to categorise and pigeon-hole everyone and everything.  But ideas, these grains and saplings of the brain, need to roam, to explore and find their perfect literary use vehicle.  Our authors are masters of many literary forms, perhaps known for one but themselves favouring another. 
   
  Story. Poems. Story.  Within these boundaries come all manner of invention and cast of characters.  And, of course, each author has their own way of revealing their own chapter and verse.    
   
  1 - Chapter & Verse - Oscar Wilde 
  2 - The Devoted Friend by Oscar Wilde 
  3 - The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde 
  4 - Sonnet to Liberty by Oscar Wilde 
  5 - Sonnet on Approaching Italy by Oscar Wilde 
  6 - Easter Day by Oscar Wilde 
  7 - Helas! by Oscar Wilde 
  8 - Serenade by Oscar Wilde 
  9 - Endymon by Oscar Wilde 
  10 - Her Voice by Oscar Wilde 
  11 - Impression du Matin by Oscar Wilde 
  12 - Requescat by Oscar Wilde 
  13 - A Vision by Oscar Wilde 
  14 - The Grave of Shelley by Oscar Wilde 
  15 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde 
  16 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde

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