When the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis, Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a sniper's rifle in his hands. It was one misery upon another. He lived in sand for six months, his girlfriend...  more

When the marines -- or "jarheads," as they call themselves -- were sent in 1990 to Saudi Arabia to fight the Iraqis, Swofford was there, with a hundred-pound pack on his shoulders and a sniper's rifle in his hands. It was one misery upon another. He lived in sand for six months, his girlfriend back home betrayed him for a scrawny hotel clerk, he was punished by boredom and fear, he considered suicide, he pulled a gun on one of his fellow marines, and he was shot at by both Iraqis and Americans. At the end of the war, Swofford hiked for miles through a landscape of incinerated Iraqi soldiers and later was nearly killed in a booby-trapped Iraqi bunker. Swofford weaves this experience of war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family. As engagement with the Iraqis draws closer, he is forced to consider what it is to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man. Jarhead insists we remember the Americans who are wounded or killed, the fields of smoking enemy corpses left behind, and the continuing difficulty that American soldiers have reentering civilian life. A harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for inner peace, Jarhead will elbow for room on that short shelf of American war classics.

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You live life in the fast lane. Don't run out of gas on the curve. Fuel up with Drive-Time Devotions--3 collections of brief but powerful audio devotions to plug into your car stereo. Each CD or cassette contains 20 devotions . . . one for each weekday of the month. Less than four minutes long,...  more

You live life in the fast lane. Don't run out of gas on the curve. Fuel up with Drive-Time Devotions--3 collections of brief but powerful audio devotions to plug into your car stereo. Each CD or cassette contains 20 devotions . . . one for each weekday of the month. Less than four minutes long, each devotion contains a story or thought, a quote from Scripture, and a prayer. Topics include confidence, perseverance, decision making, and more. Perfect for busy commuters or for parents on "chauffeur" duty.

The ability to communicate with animals is not a rare gift, but a skill we all possess. On The Beginner's Guide to Animal Communication, author and teacher Carol Gurney brings nearly 20 years' experience in interpreting the language of animals to anyone seeking a "heart-to-heart" connection with...  more

The ability to communicate with animals is not a rare gift, but a skill we all possess. On The Beginner's Guide to Animal Communication, author and teacher Carol Gurney brings nearly 20 years' experience in interpreting the language of animals to anyone seeking a "heart-to-heart" connection with the special companions in their lives. From developing deep intuition into the thoughts and feelings of animals to learning how to verify the information you receive, here is an illuminating course of useful exercises and expert guidance to help listeners open to the unconditioned love animals freely offer.

On September 11, 2001, veteran comedian David Brenner was in the midst of a 'cushy' 48-week stand-up gig in Las Vegas. Immediately after that day, he cancelled the engagement and instructed his manager to book him on a nationwide tour. He called it the 'Laughter to the People' tour, and on it he...  more

On September 11, 2001, veteran comedian David Brenner was in the midst of a 'cushy' 48-week stand-up gig in Las Vegas. Immediately after that day, he cancelled the engagement and instructed his manager to book him on a nationwide tour. He called it the 'Laughter to the People' tour, and on it he shared his humor with a grieving nation. Audience response was overwhelming. In I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup: How to Survive Personal and World Problems with Laughter'Seriously, Brenner draws on highlights from his stand-up material to show how humor can give us the power to transcend personal and world problems from the unavoidable, like aging, to the uncontrollable, like war.The essays in the book cover a wide range of issues, including fear of flying, aging, marriage and divorce, pets, politics, terrorism, and religion. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction and then goes right to the heart of the material, much of which has been well tested on Brenner's nightclub audiences. With sharp humor and healthy doses of humanity, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup can't help but heal its readers.