Combat Fiction

Authors Robert Toto and Richard Geschke have expanded their horizons of their original book, In Our Duffel Bags, Surviving the Vietnam Era, with a poetic interpretation of life in the army. Tracking their adventures in Germany, Panama and Vietnam, the authors wax the poetic version of what they found in their duffel bags looking deeper into the fast changing times of the Vietnam era. With Shadows of Combat the listener will sense the history of what took place in this crucial time in American history.

Die Farm läuft reibungslos, die örtlichen Banditen wurden besänftigt und er beginnt zu verstehen, wie Magie funktioniert. Doch all das wird nichts nützen, wenn er seine Schicksalspunkte nicht unter Kontrolle bekommt.

Among them was green young Lieutenant Pat Caruso who became de facto company commander when the five officers ranking him were killed or wounded. He led his rapidly diminishing force steadily forward for the next few days, when a day's gains were measured in yards. Caruso was eventually wounded himself and was evacuated. Realizing that the heroism of his comrades would be lost by the decimation of his unit, Caruso latched onto any paper he could find and filled every blank space with his memory of the fighting.

In this stirring tale of the last days of the Temple at Jerusalem, robber bands and political infighting set the stage for the Roman destruction of the city in 70 A.D. In the face of overwhelming odds, John of Gamala does his best to save God's Temple, harassing Roman work parties, burning Roman camps, defending Jerusalem during the Roman siege, and even fighting Titus himself in hand-to-hand combat, forging a relationship with the Roman leader that lasts until after the war.

Echo Among Warriors is a story of close combat between two opposing, equally committed adversaries. The powerful narrative immerses the listener in both sides of the battle, playing and replaying the same battle sequence from alternating viewpoints—through the eyes of the Marines and through the eyes of the North Vietnamese. The bullet fired from a Marine's M-16 at a silhouetted enemy solider will in the next chapter tear into the flesh of that crouched NVA trooper. The story represents just one of perhaps thousands of deadly encounters that reflect the reality of battle.

War is hell....but sometimes it's also funny as hell.

V knige rasskazyvaetsya ob imperatrice Ekaterine Velikoy, stoyavshey vo glave Rossiyskogo gosudarstva vo vtoroy polovine XVIII veka. Ekaterina II, zhenshchina umnaya i deyatel'naya, mnogo sdelala dlya procvetaniya strany i naroda. Dlya srednego shkol'nogo vozrasta.

Combat Poetry was inspired by the experiences of a combat medic who experienced war both as a teenager and again as a seasoned combat veteran. Why would a combat medic want to write poetry? The poetry was in me and it had to come out. These thoughts were always in my head and on the tip of my tongue. I had to write this poetry for the sake of my own sanity.

Sure, men fight for their beliefs, their country, and their ways of life. And often times the battles are hard fought and devastating. But more often than not, the outcome is decided by who has the better gear.

After spending some time in the realm of Oracle, Lance has started to grow accustomed to his life as a combat mage. Arcwind village has fallen under his protection, his dragonblood abilities continue to evolve, and his budding relationships with the three beautiful arcanists at his side continue to blossom. He has become a living weapon, and even the threat of the mighty Kel’sar clan aren’t enough to shake his draconic confidence. But Lance has a problem.

Ascoltando... si impara! Anche la letteratura, con il Prof! In questo audiolibro, che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, trovi tutto quello che devi sapere su Giovanni Boccaccio e sul suo tempo. Il Prof. vi racconta Boccaccio e la sua opera più importante: Il Decameron ma anche la vita del sommo scrittore del 1300, e alcuni brani, i più belli e conosciuti della sua opera immortale e poi le sfaccettature del suo carattere, le curiosità, gli aneddoti, e il contesto storico in cui visse.

It’s 1968. Hamilton Hancock is the Distinguished Graduate at his undergraduate pilot training class at Laughlin Air Force Base. He is on the fast track to become a fighter pilot, slated to fly an F-100, F-105 or F-4 in Vietnam. Then, the “needs of the service” intervenes, and he is assigned to fly one of the smallest, slowest aircraft in the Air Force inventory, the O-2A.

Kelsey Briggs was a free spirit who joined the Army for the structure it provided. Craig was the type of soldier who followed all the rules. After 9/11, both of them were thrust into a war that no one imagined could happen. A chance encounter in the arid deserts of Iraq led them into each other’s arms. Their illicit relationship falters when his commander discovers that he’s violated the regulations. The punishment is swift and harsh. Craig is sent home in shame. When tragedy befalls the men who relied on Craig, he blames himself...and Kelsey.

Everett Ross often feels like a fish out of water, an ex-Texas Ranger who traded his horse and six-gun for the cockpit of a pursuit aircraft in the British Royal Flying Corps. Through his inimitable West Texas narrative, Ross thrills the reader with a riveting tale of authentic aerial combat in the skies above the stalemated trenches of World War I.

Tutoyant avec aisance, à rebours des modes, une forme classique très maîtrisée, Michel Houellebecq met en scène dans ses poèmes un quotidien contemporain et urbain. Ses vers nous parlent de lui, nous parlent de nous et accèdent à l'universel, installant ainsi leur auteur, comme un Villon de la modernité, au rang des grands poètes populaires.

Tag and his family have resolved to enter the fight against Kuran's seemingly unstoppable hordes. What's more, he sees an opportunity to gain powerful new allies - but they are disparate factions who strongly distrust all but their own kinds. Complicating matters, one of Tag's sons has been gravely wounded and requires a powerful healer.

A factual novel of combat, disease, corruption, and survival. Little is written about 1970–1972 Vietnam. The country lost interest, and apathy replaced anti-war sentiment now that the US was rapidly withdrawing troops.

What are the lasting effects of sports? Wraslin' Shews answers that question through a fictional story inspired by the many great wrestlers that have come out of the state of Virginia. Every athlete has a different story. This one is about a character that lost his love for wrestling, but found it again through the return of a legendary coach.

In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged 28 Japanese men with crimes against humanity. Correspondents at the Tokyo trial thought the evidence fell most heavily on 10 of the accused. In December 1948, five of these defendants were hanged, while four received sentences of life in prison. The tenth was a brilliant philosopher-patriot named Okawa Shumei. His story proved strangest of all. Among all the political and military leaders on trial, Okawa was the lone civilian.

U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Hampton was living her dream: flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding D Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, the armed reconnaissance aviation squadron of the 82nd Airborne Division. On January 2, 2004, Captain Hampton was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above Fallujah, Iraq, in support of a raid on an illicit weapons marketplace, searching for an illusive sniper on the rooftops of the city. A little past noon her helicopter was wracked by an explosion....