Download or read book Touching the Dragon written by James Hatch and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jimmy Hatch is a personal hero of mine.” —Anderson Cooper “Irresistible. . . . A wounded SEAL’s shame becomes a salvation.” —J. Ford Huffman, Military Times James Hatch is a former special ops Navy SEAL senior chief, master naval parachutist, and expert military dog trainer and handler. On his fateful final mission in Afghanistan, his SEAL team was sent to recover Bowe Bergdahl—the soldier who deserted his post and fell into the hands of Al-Qaida and the Taliban. The mission went south, and Hatch was left with a shattered femur from an AK-47 round and the SEAL dog who fought alongside him was dead. As a result of his horrific leg wound, his twenty-four-year military career came to an end—and with it the only life he’d ever known. In Touching the Dragon, we witness his long road to recovery. Getting well physically required eighteen surgeries, twelve months of recovery, and learning to walk again. But getting well mentally would prove to be much tougher, as he fought through the depths of despair, alcoholism, and the pull to end his own life. What emerges is a different kind of hero’s journey, one in which Hatch shows the courage it takes to confess, confront, and overcome his own brokenness. Through the love of family, friends, and his military dogs, Hatch learned remarkable tools and found his purpose, and now he wants to share this wisdom with the rest of us because we all have wounds.
Download or read book Touched by the Dragon written by Frank L. Grzyb and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touched by the Dragon is a collection of gripping narratives of Vietnam veterans from Newport County, Rhode Island. We learn of the experiences of men and women, the enlisted and officers, those in combat and those behind the lines, in a way that resonates far beyond Rhode Island. What makes this book truly unique is its absence of literary pretensions. These oral accounts speak in a no-nonsense, matter-of-fact way. Personalities emerge as the veterans discuss their prewar days, their training and preparation for Vietnam, their in-country experiences - some heroic, some frightening, some amusing, some nearly unbelievable - and their return to a country that didn't value their sacrifice.
Download or read book Never Touch a Dragon written by Make Believe Ideas Ltd and published by Never Touch a. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tactile touch-and-feel book all about dragons.
Download or read book Touch the Dragon written by Karen Connelly and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New material including photos, maps and an afterword by Karen Connelly is included in this new format edition of her 1993 Governor General's Award-winning classic, Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal. At the age of 17, the adventure-seeking Calgary teenager went to Thailand on a Rotary exchange program and her life changed forever. Twenty-four years later, Connelly is still travelling and writing, inspiring the world with her stories.Through vivid imagery, humour and careful observation of the families, school friends and Buddhist rituals around her, Connelly brings to life the small village in northern Thailand where she stayed for a year.Initially homesick and frustrated by the habits and lifestyle of the gentle but patriarchal Thais, Connelly begins to view herself as one of them by the end of her stay. The idea of returning to Canada becomes terrifying and strange because she has become so accustomed to her new community and the Thai way of life. Put together from her journals written at the time, Connelly's to-the-moment chronicling of her experience reveals a momentous growing experience in the heart and mind of a young woman.
Download or read book Teach Your Dragon Body Safety written by Steve Herman and published by Dg Books Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having a pet dragon is so much fun. You can teach him to sit, roll over, and play... You can teach him to make friends, control his anger, overcome his anxiety, show respect, and many more... But, how do you teach him about the delicate subject such as Body Safety? How do you help him understand appropriate and inappropriate touching? How do you prepare him to deal with different real-life problematic situations? How do you teach him about protecting his body and his privacy? How does he know to respond and tell others that he doesn't want to be touched? What can he do when someone makes him feel uncomfortable? Who does he talk to or ask for help when he feels unsafe? How can you teach him to be in control of his own body and respect others' personal boundaries? And so much more... Get this book now and learn how! Written from a children's point of view, this fun, cute, and entertaining illustrated book is a must have book for parents, teachers, counselors and educators to gently teach kids about Body Safety, Inappropriate / Appropriate Touching and appropriate response to keep kids safe! GET THIS BOOK NOW!
Download or read book The Year of the Dragon written by Oliver Chin and published by Immedium. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominic the dragon befriends a boy named Bo as well as the other eleven animals of the Chinese lunar calendar and helps them enter the annual village boat race. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
Download or read book Touch the Dragon written by Karen Connelly and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Black Dragon written by Allyson James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Saba Watanabe, a once-powerful witch, is attacked by white dragons in human form, she is forced to turn to Malcolm, a black dragon who once made her his love slave, and together they must search for a mysterious book, filled with profound secrets, that is the key to their survival. Original
Download or read book Where s the Dragon written by Jason Hook and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about one man, one boy, one dog, and their hunt for an enormous old dragon. Enjoy the story, and then see how many dragons you can find along the way!
Download or read book The Heart of the Dragon written by Alasdair Clayre and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Map on lining papers. Bibliography: p. 267-272. Includes index. Explores private life in China.
Download or read book The Ice Dragon written by George R. R. Martin and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ice Dragon is an enchanting tale of courage and sacrifice for young readers and adults by the wildly popular author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series, George R.R. Martin. Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating and heartwarming story of a young girl and her dragon. In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire the ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember. Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold. In her fourth year she touched it, and in her fifth year she rode upon its broad, chilled back for the first time. Then, in her seventh year, on a calm summer day, fiery dragons from the North swooped down upon the peaceful farm that was Adara's home. And only a winter child—and the ice dragon who loved her—could save her world from utter destruction. This new edition of The Ice Dragon is sure to become a collector's item for fans of HBO's megahit Game of Thrones. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Princess Her Dragon and Their Prince written by L. Rowyn and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standalone polyamorous fantasy romance, set in a mortal realm through which the fey lands pass. After Mereni is conquered by a vicious dragon, Mereni's king-in-exile is willing to do anything to save his kingdom. Including promising half of it, as well as the hand of his daughter, Princess Cherish, to whomsoever stops the cruel beast. With luck, he reasons, one or more of the neighboring kingdoms will come to their aid, and some eligible prince will claim his daughter as bride. Perhaps even some palatable individual, like the handsome Prince Eclipse, who is already on friendly terms with Cherish. It does not occur to Cherish's father that she might have her own ideas about whom she should marry -- -- Or that the best individual to stop a dragon is, of course, another dragon.
Download or read book No More Dragons written by Jim Burgen and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a dragon is a dangerously subtle process. You make a long chain of bad choices. The chain gradually wraps around you. Layer by layer, it begins to take on the aspect of scales. One day you glance at yourself in the mirror and a monster is staring back at you. You aren't who you used to be. You aren't who you want to be. You're not who you were created and designed to be. Instead, you're a dragon. When Jim Burgen was nineteen years old, he realized how easy it had been to become a dragon. He knew he didn't want to be one anymore . . . but how? No More Dragons is the story of our common, hopeful journey from dragonhood back to personhood. As Pastor Burgen narrates the remarkable process of reclaiming himself from himself, he implores modern church goers to shake off the trivialities of churchiness in favor of the substantive questions that make a spiritual transformation: “Is Jesus the only one who can undragon people?” “Why don't I like most churches?” “Where is God in difficult times?” “How do you shed decades of gnarly scales?” Some choices will lead you to a better life. Some will kill you. Some choices will add a new layer of scales to your dragon, and some will slough them off. No More Dragons is about asking Christ to deliver you and learning how to obey him.
Download or read book To Tame a Dragon written by Tiffany Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claiming a dragon is as easy as a single touch, but claiming his heart is another matter entirely. The tribes have been dying beneath the desert sun for as long as they can remember. With fewer and fewer males birthed, there is little hope of survival. Humanity is doomed. The yearly blooming is a season of fertility and new life-and the time when the males choose new brides. But Elliya has no desire to become another wife amongst many to a spoiled man. She longs for more. She longs for love. When the Red Star appears in the sky on the night she is to be chosen, Elliya knows it is her chance to make her own choice. She ventures out beneath the blood moon to prove the old legends true-to claim a dragon as her mate. But even if she can forge the legendary bond with her dragon, can she win the most important prize of all? Can she conquer the dragon's heart? ----- VENYS NEEDS MEN To Touch a Dragon by Naomi Lucas To Desire a Dragon by Amanda Milo To Tame a Dragon by Tiffany Roberts To Seduce a Dragon by Poppy Rhys
Download or read book The Boy Who Grew Dragons written by Andy Shepherd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'The Boy Who Grew Dragons' is good-hearted fantasy fun."-New York Times Book Review "This gently funny title is a must-purchase for public libraries, and a great recommendation for readers of all ages"-School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW "Never has so much toilet humor been so charming."-Kirkus Reviews "Readers will be eager for more."-Booklist This hilarious middle-grade novel with illustrations throughout sees Tomas discover that he can grow dragons in his own garden! When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandfather's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house and gets the shock of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragon fruit tree, and Tomas now has his very own dragon, Flicker! While Tomas finds out that life with Flicker is fun, he also finds that it is very...unpredictable. Yes, dragons are wonderful, but they also set fire to your toothbrush and leave your underwear hanging from the TV antenna. Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker---and quickly! And then something extraordinary happens: More dragon fruits appear on the tree! Now it's official, Tomas is growing dragons.
Download or read book The Dragon Thief written by Zetta Elliott and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stealing a baby dragon was easy! Hiding it is a little more complicated, in this sequel to reviewer favorite Dragons in a Bag. Jaxon had just one job--to return three baby dragons to the realm of magic. But when he got there, only two dragons were left in the bag. His best friend's sister, Kavita, is a dragon thief! Kavita only wanted what was best for the baby dragon. But now every time she feeds it, the dragon grows and grows! How can she possibly keep it secret? Even worse, stealing it has upset the balance between the worlds. The gates to the other realm have shut tight! Jaxon needs all the help he can get to find Kavita, outsmart a trickster named Blue, and return the baby dragon to its true home.
Download or read book Pointman Planner written by Jason Redman and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Define your mission & crush your goals with retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer and New York Times bestselling author Jason Redman's Pointman Planner. Combining core principles underlying his signature Pointman for Life, Pentagon of Peak Performance & Get off the X coaching and leadership programs, this daily/weekly/quarterly guide to defining personal and business objectives, committing to them and tracking your progress will keep you focused, on course, and reaping the rewards of the productivity, performance and achievements you desire in life.In military terms, the point man (or woman) is the leader on whom the team relies on to identify and navigate the most efficient routes toward their mission objectives while avoiding potential threats along the way. During his 21-year SEAL career, Redman had been a point man and also depended on them. Once retired to civilian life as a business owner, he found productivity tools plentiful but lacking. Not one met his needs for helping him define, structure and stay on track with his new mission. What if I had a point man for my life? he thought.What if we all did? ?We'd be more focused, prepared, efficient, decisive and effective.?We'd decrease our odds of quitting or failing unnecessarily. ?We'd increase our chances of satisfaction and success.?We'd greatly reduce or eliminate the dangers, struggles, and pitfalls others blindly walk into.Access the tools Redman has used and refined over decades of intensive military and business leadership, training and experience to successfully lead yourself - as your own Pointman for Life.Simple and easy to use, the Pointman Planner will help guide and support you in:?Clearly defining your Mission.?Setting specific Destinations and Courses (long- and short-term goals).?Situational awareness and risk-assessment.?Building an Overcome Mindset in preparation for overcoming any adversity you may encounter.?Leading with balance in five key areas of life through the Pentagon of Peak Performance.?Your ability to Get off the X from any life ambush!?Self-guided assessments for critical insights to keep you on course and well-informed.
