Download or read book Tet Offensive 1968 Year of the Monkey One Soldier s Stories of the Vietnam War s Famous Surprise Attack written by Russell Babcock and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell Babcock is a Vietnam War veteran and recipient of the Bronze Star, Silver Star and three Purple Hearts. He traveled the country as a truck driver, and also worked as a security guard, farmhand, artist, cook and museum guide. He published his first book at age 76, a memoir titled Twice a Soldier: One American's Life and War Stories.
Download or read book Staff Monkeys written by Ltc Peter Clark Usa and published by Patriot Media Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staff Monkeys is not a typical military war journal; it is a chronological and humorous accounting of a former stockbroker's observations during his military deployments from April 2005 through September 2009. After being recalled to the Army, Peter Clark served in East Africa as well as numerous Middle East hot spots. Over the years, he served in Djibouti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Kyrgyzstan. War is a very serious business, yet strange and comical events do occur and US Army Staff Monkey, Lt. Colonel Peter Clark tells about them in an entertaining way.
Download or read book The Lost City of the Monkey God written by Douglas Preston and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Journey to the West 2018 Edition PDF written by Wu Cheng'en and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Download or read book Soldier Crab Monkey All Ah We written by C.N. Lawrence and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to look at the simplicity of life on a small Caribbean island many years ago before modern development and technology changed the lifestyle of its people. Story telling and traditional outdoor games have been traded for social media. Soldier Crab, Monkey & All Ah We takes a simplistic look through the eyes of a child's imagination on island living way back when.
Download or read book Soldier Bear written by Bibi Dumon Tak and published by Eerdmans Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Batchelder Award Based on a real series of events that happened during World War II, Soldier Bear tells the story of an orphaned bear cub adopted by a group of Polish soldiers in Iran. The soldiers raise the bear and eventually enlist him as a soldier to ensure that he stays with the company. He travels with them from Iran to Italy, and then on to Scotland. Voytek's mischief gets him into trouble along with way, but he also provides some unexpected encouragement for the soldiers amidst the reality of war: Voytek learns to carry bombs for the company, saves the camp from a spy, and keeps them constantly entertained with his antics. Always powerful and surprising, Bibi Dumon Tak's story offers readers a glimpse at this fascinating piece of history.
Download or read book Tales of the Monkey King written by Teresa Chin Jones and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monkey King, China’s most popular hero in lore and legend, has entertained and delighted children for centuries. Born from a rock, Monkey proclaims himself king of all monkeys. But the impish, clever Monkey causes too much trouble for heavenly authorities. He is punished until he agrees to provide protection for a Buddhist monk on a difficult journey to India to fetch sacred writings and bring them back to China. Monkey needs all his magical tricks and secret weapons, as he and his companions, Pigsy, Sandy, and Horse, confront demons, monsters, and dangerous situations throughout their long trek.
Download or read book Monkey written by Jeff Stone and published by Yearling Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After soldiers of the new Emperor, led by Ying, engage in a fierce battle with the warrior-monks, Malao "the monkey" and his brothers rely on the ancient arts to help set things right.
Download or read book Armies of Sand written by Kenneth Michael Pollack and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern. Reliance on Soviet military methods, the poor civil-military relations of the Arab world, the underdevelopment of the Arab states, and patterns of behavior derived from the wider Arab culture, have all been suggested as the ultimate source of Arab military difficulties. Armies of Sand, Kenneth M. Pollack's powerful and riveting history of Arab armies from the end of World War Two to the present, assesses these differing explanations and isolates the most important causes. Over the course of the book, he examines the combat performance of fifteen Arab armies and air forces in virtually every Middle Eastern war, from the Jordanians and Syrians in 1948 to Hizballah in 2006 and the Iraqis and ISIS in 2014-2017. He then compares these experiences to the performance of the Argentine, Chadian, Chinese, Cuban, North Korean, and South Vietnamese armed forces in their own combat operations during the twentieth century. The book ultimately concludes that reliance on Soviet doctrine was more of a help than a hindrance to the Arabs. In contrast, politicization and underdevelopment were both important factors limiting Arab military effectiveness, but patterns of behavior derived from the dominant Arab culture was the most important factor of all. Pollack closes with a discussion of the rapid changes occurring across the Arab world-political, economic, and cultural-as well as the rapid evolution in war making as a result of the information revolution. He suggests that because both Arab society and warfare are changing, the problems that have bedeviled Arab armed forces in the past could dissipate or even vanish in the future, with potentially dramatic consequences for the Middle East military balance. Sweeping in its historical coverage and highly accessible, this will be the go-to reference for anyone interested in the history of warfare in the Middle East since 1945.
Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Soldier s Sailoring written by Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book God and Our Soldiers written by Paul Bertie Bull and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond the Wall written by Alivia C Tagliaferri and published by Ironcutter Media, LLC. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Dennis Michaels, a Vietnam combat veteran waging an invisible forty-year battle with survivor's guilt and PTSD, life changes when he mentors an Iraq War veteran undergoing rehabilitation at Walter Reed Medical Center. Seeking to transform pain into healing, this warrior of old and warrior of today share glimpses into a world seldom discussed as they navigate their journey home and honor their Marine code of conduct: Never leave anyone behind. Formerly titled Still the Monkey, What Happens to Warriors after War (ISBN 978-0-9788417-3-7), this revised 2nd edition is an acclaimed must read.
Download or read book At Home in the Forest written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of The Deities and The Temples in Southern Indian Peninsula written by Trilochan Dash and published by Soudamini Dash. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hindu Manners Customs and Ceremonies written by Jean Antoine Dubois and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 30 years the author, a French missionary, lived among the Hindus, adopting their dress and customs and studying their social and religious institutions. The English government found this account of the results of his observations valuable enough to translate and publish it for the use of officials and oriental students.
Download or read book The Monkey s Paw Fantasy Horror Classics written by W. W. Jacobs and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1902 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Jacobs worked as a clerk in the civil service before turning to writing in his late twenties, publishing his first short story in 1895. Most of Jacobs' work appeared before the onset of World War I, and although the majority of his output was humorous in tone, he is best-remembered now for his macabre tales, particularly those contained in his 1902 collection The Lady of the Barge, such as 'The Monkey's Paw' and 'The Toll House'.
