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Military Memoir – In The Company of Marines

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In the Company of Marines: A Surgeon Remembers Vietnam
Author: James O. Finnegan, M.D.
Publisher: Lulu Publishing
ISBN: 978-0557-06639-1
Pages: 180
September 2009

Dr. James Finnegan spent one year in Vietnam during the war as a combat surgeon, including heading a surgical team in Khe Sanh during the famous 77 day siege of that combat base. During his time there he treated 2500 marine casualties. His stories are personal, unique, and describe a side of the war seldom reported in the media. Each story is based on the true personal experiences of a physician who himself received a Purple Heart for wounds he sustained in action.

Excerpt: …..”I’m laying on the grass outside of a cyclone fence surrounding the fighter jet parking revetments at the Da Nang airfield. Staring me in the face are the afterburners of an F-4 fighter plane that is about to take off on a mission over North Vietnam……..This is my introduction to Vietnam…..”

About The Author
Dr. James Finnegan is still a practicing surgeon and is board certified in general and thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

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Business, Investing Book – The Silver Bomb

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The Silver Bomb
By Michael MacDonald and Christopher Whitestone
Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: April 2012
ISBN: 978-1475185270

The Silver Bomb is about the prominent role silver will play in the return to metal as money. This is not a book about some predictive financial philosophy, but rather a frank, no-excuses glimpse at the current state of things, and an honest, candid, look at logical outcomes.

The prestidigitations of central banking, which have until recently been shielded from scrutiny by a cloak of pro-banking cultural bias, are laid bare within these pages. Intimidating and complex financial and historical connections, no matter how deep down the rabbit hole they first may seem to be, are plainly exposed by the application of good strong light and close inspection. Formerly unquestioned fiat currency (money backed by nothing) and fractional reserve banking policies and their inevitable and historical results are brought out in the open and revealed.

The truth-is-stranger-than-fiction world of manipulation of the precious metals markets is opened up so that all may see inside. The focus of this book is not to persuade anyone that all of this has happened, or that it continues to happen. What is revealed here is that it is occurring in conjunction with other events of human history to create a never seen before event—the inevitable explosion of The Silver Bomb. And most importantly, practical actions and solutions are offered which will help the reader prepare for what is already upon the horizon, the end of paper money backed by nothing, and the return to metal as money.

In these fiscally turbulent days, many investment direction seekers are looking precisely for the information contained in this book to help them in their understanding of what happened to the dollar, what is currently happening to silver and to gold, and how to hedge the smart way.

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Parenting Book – Five Skills Between Confusion and AHA!

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Five Skills Between Confusion and AHA!
By Guinevere Durham
Paperback: 156 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: November 2011
ISBN: 978-1432774912

You’ve heard the Chinese proverb, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This same premise also applies to learning: Teach a child facts and data and you prepare him for the test. Teach him how to learn facts and data and you prepare him for a lifetime of learning.

“Five Skills Between Confusion and AHA!” teaches parents, educators, coaches,and others who are stakeholders in the education of a child how to arm children with practical skills they will use to learn independently throughout their lives-not just at test time. Technology has changed our learning process. Children must learn how to access, assess, and analyze information, in order to arrive at a conclusion as to what material meets their needs at the time. Using the techniques, strategies, and activities in this book, educators will be able to teach children hoe to accomplish this through Logic, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Investigating, and Experimenting.

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YA Fantasy – The Nameless Prince

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The Nameless Prince
By Dominick Domingo
Paperback: 234 pages
Publisher: Twilight Times Books
Published: July 2012
ISBN: 9781606192436

Seth Bauman has issues. His Mom split ten years ago, right after his birth, and guardian Uncle Troy won’t discuss the past. Seth’s only friend is Mexican immigrant Elena, whom he must walk home from school through Silver Lake’s gang-ravaged streets. When Elena is abducted by local gang the Mayans, Seth has no choice but to follow the Boatman of the L.A. River into the sprawling network of sewers and metro tunnels concealing Mayan headquarters. To Seth the great labyrinth is a magical realm called \the Interior, whose residents immediately deem him the “-Nameless Prince of prophecy, sent to save them from peril.

To find Elena, Seth embarks on an odyssey of riddles and self-discovery. Only in Interia is it safe to discover the truth about his past, and the forgiveness that will set him free. In rescuing Elena he rescues his own innocence. In fulfilling prophecy by learning his name, Seth discovers the greatness that lies within.

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Women’s Fitness – I Don’t Want To Look Like A Man

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I Don’t Want To Look Like A Man
By SA Young
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: outskirts Press
Published: June 2011
ISBN: 9781432768423


I Don’t Want to Look Like a Man is a book written to address the attitudes that many women have towards fitness. Although this book was written with African American women as the subject matter, there are many concepts in this book that apply to women of all colors, in fact a lot of men could gain some benefit from this book as well. The author, Scott Young, who has been involved with sports, health, fitness and medicine for many years found a prevailing thought with quite a few women when he told them to include strength training into their fitness regimen and it’s the belief that pumping some iron will cause them to look like a body-builder. It is such a common belief that many women were quick to reply “I Don’t Want to Look Like a Man” even when the rationale for why in our current society we must strength train was provided to them.

The author also found other excuses and thought processes prevalent within the African American community such as “not wanting to sweat their hair out”, the reason why they are big is because they have big bones, real women have curves, “I’m a diva”, and “my man loves me big”. These excuses and other urban myths about health and wellness are explored.

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Children’s Book – Hero Finds His Path

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Hero Finds His Path

By Susan Amundson
ISBN: 978-0-9828217-4-9
Pages: 32
Published: 2012

HERO FINDS HIS PATH is a true story about a Samoyed puppy. Hero is a confident young Show Puppy who thinks he knows his future. But when he experiences rejection a whole new path is discovered. Join Hero as he tells his own story of glory, rejection, and finding real happiness.

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Susan Amundson is the author of four other children’s titles, A Child’s Happy Heart, Free To Be Me the Eskimo Way, Mikey Makes The Team and Three Little Lambs…Somewhere. A Child’s Happy Heart, the first title in the Khobi Hero Series has stood the test of time and has now been transitioned into a classroom play by playwright Diane Purdy.

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