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  A Stake in West Texas - Pulling...

  Rebecca D. Henderson

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  In 1950, Ann was eighteen and Bob D twenty when he asked her to marry him and hit the road for West Texas. They packed their station wagon, left home and began a life of adventure together on Conoco's West Texas survey crew during the 1950s oil boom. Five kids, twenty-one towns and thirteen years on the road--Bob D and Ann's travels along the highways of West Texas are a portrait in a landscape of oilfields, railroads and ranches. Layering local history with family memoir, author Rebecca D. Henderson reveals a glimpse of mid-century West Texas through her grandparents' adventures as a young couple raising children on the road..

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  Moral Courage

  Rushworth M. Kidder

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  Why did a group of teenagers watch a friend die instead of putting their own reputations at risk? Why did a top White House official decide to come clean and accept a prison sentence during Watergate? Why did a finance executive turn down millions out of respect for her employer? Why are some willing to risk their futures to uphold principles? What gives us the strength to stand up for what we believe?As these questions suggest, the topic of moral courage is front and center in today's culture. Enron, Arthur Andersen, the U.S. Olympic Committee, abusive priests, cheating students, domestic violence -- all these remind us that taking ethical stands should be a higher priority in our culture. Why, when people discern wrongdoing, are they sometimes unready, unable, or unwilling to act?In a book rich with examples, Rushworth Kidder reveals that moral courage is the bridge between talking ethics and doing ethics. Defining it as a readiness to endure danger for the sake of principle, he explains that the courage to act is found at the intersection of three elements: action based on core values, awareness of the risks, and a willingness to endure necessary hardship. By exploring how moral courage spurs us to strive for core values, he demonstrates the benefits of ethical action to the individual and to society -- and the severe consequences that can result from remaining morally dormant.Moral Courage puts indispensable concepts and tools into our hands, equipping us to respond to the increasingly complicated moral challenges we face at work, at home, and in our communities. It enables us to make clear, confident decisions by exploring some litmus-test questions:Is the benefit worth the risk?Am I motivated by my desire to uphold my     beliefs or just to impose them on others?Will my actions create collateral damage    among those with no stake in the outcome?While physical courage may no longer be a necessary survival skill or an essential rite of passage out of childhood, few would dispute the growing need for moral courage as the true gauge of maturity. Treating this subject not as an esoteric branch of philosophy but as a practical necessity for modern life, Kidder deftly leads us to a clear understanding of what moral courage is, what it does, and how to get it.

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  Last Man Out - Surviving the...

  H. Robert Charles

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  An American Marine recounts his ordeal as a World War II POW forced by the Japanese to build the railway immortalized in The Bridge on the River Kwai. 
   
  From June 1942 to October 1943, more than 100,000 Allied POWs who had been forced into slave labor by the Japanese died building the infamous Burma-Thailand Death Railway, an undertaking immortalized in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. One of the few who survived was American Marine H. Robert Charles, who describes the ordeal in vivid and harrowing detail in Last Man Out. The story mixes the unimaginable brutality of the camps with the inspiring courage of the men, such as a Dutch Colonial Army doctor whose skill and knowledge of the medicinal value of wild jungle herbs saved the lives of hundreds of his fellow POWs, including the author. 
   
  Praise for Last Man Out 
   
  “A remarkable story, long overdue, of the treatment of POW’s captured by Japan.” —Arthur L. Maher, USN, Senior officer to survive sinking of the USS Houston, POW of the Japanese in World War II 
   
  “In World War II, to move materials and troops from Japan to Burma by avoiding the perilous sea route around the Malay Peninsula, the Japanese military built a railroad through the jungles of Thailand and Burma at great human cost to its prisoner laborers. Last Man Out is an effective addition to the history of this tragedy.” —Library Journal

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  DIVORCING A NARCISSIST - Deal...

  Amelia Owens

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  Discover the Easiest and Safest Way to End Abusive and Destructive Marriage and Get Away From a Living Hell You Are In! 
  Are you unhappy with your marriage? Do you feel like your spouse is demeaning to you all the time? Situations turn into shouting matches in a moment if things are not going their way? 
  If so, you are dealing with a narcissist - a really tough position to be in with seemingly no way out. 
  Still, there is no reason to worry anymore because there is a way out of the hell you are living in, and this guide will show you the easiest and safest way to do so. 
  Divorcing a Narcissist will guide you on a unique self-healing journey where you will learn how to deal effectively with a narcissist and protect yourself from the abuse and end your marriage/relationship safely and peacefully. 
  Learn how to escape the abuse – regain lost control, and mend your mind, body, and soul – when you are done, the only thing you will be doing is enjoying your new, better, and happier life. 
  Here is what this guide to divorcing a narcissist can offer you: 
  ·     Peek into the mind of a narcissist – how to recognize the signs of abusive behavior 
  ·     The seven steps to follow to take your revenge 
  ·     Practical exercises for recovering from narcissistic abuse and redefining yourself afterward 
  ·     Tactics to safely divorce/break off the relationship with a narcissist 
  ·     Guide to healing your emotional scars and building a better and happier life 
  If you want to end a destructive marriage with ease and start living a happy life where you have genuine relationships that make you feel safe and comfortable, everything you need to achieve that, can be found inside this book.

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  Secret Societies

  Raphael Terra

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  This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). 
   
  They emerged in the mists of time from all cultures of the globe. Men coming together for a common purpose and hiding their symbols, rituals and goals in secrecy. 
   
  They have influenced world events, controlled governments and religions and entered popular culture through their symbols. 
   
  Do they control the world? Do they run the religious institutions? Are they in government? What does the future hold for them? 
   
  This is the story of secret societies, from the Opus Dei and Freemasons to the Knights Templar and Illuminati. But don’t tell anybody.

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  Wooden Warship Construction - A...

  Brian Lavery

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  “A wonderful book detailing the construction of the Royal Navy’s sailing warships” from the maritime historian and author of Nelson’s Navy (Pirates and Privateers).   The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve.   This book takes a selection of the best models to both describe and demonstrate the development of warship construction in all its complexity from the beginning of the 18th century to the end of wooden shipbuilding. For this purpose, it reproduces a large number of model photos, all in full color, and including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features, which can be shown far more clearly than described. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing an unusual and attractive form of technical history.   “This book includes plentiful visual representations of actual ships in model form and the accompanying graphics make for wonderful reading . . . I cannot express enough how enjoyable this book is to read.”—Spotter Up   “A high-quality book which is recommended to all ship historians and modellers.”—Military Modelling

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