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Author | : Gregg Zoroya |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0306824841 |
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The never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliest A single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides. Month after month, rocket-propelled grenades, rockets, and machine-gun fire poured down on the isolated and exposed paratroopers as America's focus and military resources shifted to Iraq. Just weeks before the paratroopers were to go home, they faced their last--and toughest--fight. Near the village of Wanat in Nuristan province, an estimated three hundred enemy fighters surrounded about fifty of the Chosen Few and others defending a partially finished combat base. Nine died and more than two dozen were wounded that day in July 2008, making it arguably the bloodiest battle of the war in Afghanistan. The Chosen Few would return home tempered by war. Two among them would receive the Medal of Honor. All of them would be forever changed.
Author | : Maristella Botticini |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0691144877 |
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Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein show that, contrary to previous explanations, this transformation was driven not by anti-Jewish persecution and legal restrictions, but rather by changes within Judaism itself after 70 CE--most importantly, the rise of a new norm that required every Jewish male to read and study the Torah and to send his sons to school. Over the next six centuries, those Jews who found the norms of Judaism too costly to obey converted to other religions, making world Jewry shrink. Later, when urbanization and commercial expansion in the newly established Muslim Caliphates increased the demand for occupations in which literacy was an advantage, the Jews found themselves literate in a world of almost universal illiteracy. From then forward, almost all Jews entered crafts and trade, and many of them began moving in search of business opportunities, creating a worldwide Diaspora in the process.
Author | : Mark Kurlansky |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2008-12-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307482898 |
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A POWERFUL, DEEPLY MOVING NARRATIVE OF HOPE REBORN IN THE SHADOW OF DESPAIR Fifty years after it was bombed to rubble, Berlin is once again a city in which Jews gather for the Passover seder. Paris and Antwerp have recently emerged as important new centers of Jewish culture. Small but proud Jewish communities are revitalizing the ancient centers of Budapest, Prague, and Amsterdam. These brave, determined Jewish men and women have chosen to settle–or remain–in Europe after the devastation of the Holocaust, but they have paid a price. Among the unexpected dangers, they have had to cope with an alarming resurgence of Nazism in Europe, the spread of Arab terrorism, and the impact of the Jewish state on European life. Delving into the intimate stories of European Jews from all walks of life, Kurlansky weaves together a vivid tapestry of individuals sustaining their traditions, and flourishing, in the shadow of history. An inspiring story of a tenacious people who have rebuilt their lives in the face of incomprehensible horror, A Chosen Few is a testament to cultural survival and a celebration of the deep bonds that endure between Jews and European civilization. “Consistently absorbing . . . A Chosen Few investigates the relatively uncharted territory of an encouraging phenomenon.” –Los Angeles Times “I can think of no book that portrays with such intelligence, historical understanding, and journalistic flair what life has been like for Jews determined to build lives in Europe.” –SUSAN MIRON Forward
Author | : James A. O'Donnell |
Publisher | : Ateneo de Manila University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9789715507639 |
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Father James Aloysius O'Donnell, S.J., brings a wealth of experience to this book, having worked with Philippine schools for more than 50 years. He is well known to many educators for his popular workshops on classroom supervision which he has preserved in this book, now in its 6th edition.
Author | : Taran Matharu |
Publisher | : Feiwel & Friends |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 125013871X |
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The Chosen introduces the first book in the Contender trilogy, an epic young adult fantasy from Taran Matharu, author of the New York Times–bestselling Summoner series. Throughout history, people have vanished with no explanation. A group of teenagers are about to discover why. Cade is settling into a new boarding school, contemplating his future, when he finds himself transported to another realm. He soon discovers their new world is populated with lost remnants from the past: prehistoric creatures, ancient relics, and stranger still—people. Overwhelmed by his new surroundings, Cade has little time to adjust, for soon he and his fellow classmates are forced to become contenders in a brutal game, controlled by mysterious overlords. But who are these beings and why did they choose these teens? Cade must prepare for battle . . . because hiding is not an option. Fans of fantasy and LitRPG will welcome this new character and world from the author of the Summoner series.
Author | : Chaim Potok |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2022-01-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1501142461 |
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The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again.
Author | : S. M. Stirling |
Publisher | : Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Total Pages | : 511 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1618241605 |
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The hottest team in military SF is hack in action¾ with Book I of a red-hot sequel to The General series! Planted by interstellar probes on hundreds of human-occupied worlds, the downloaded personalities of Raj Whitehall and the ancient battle computer known as Center work together for planetary unity. Their goal is to prepare those worlds for membership in the Second Federation of Man. But on one planet they do the opposite: on Visager they work to prevent unity. For on Visager a nation-state of vicious militarists is about to start the final war to unite their world-once that is accomplished and their technology has matured they will turn outward, bringing their fatal racist infection to the stars. John Hosten is the son of a high general of the Chosen. Jeffrey Fair is the son of an admiral of the only nation on Visager that might be capable of halting the onslaught. Through a strange twist of fate they have become as brothers united in their hatred of all that the Chosen hope to do. Only they ¾with the aid of the disembodied voices of their mentors from the stars-stand between eternal tyranny for their world and eternal war for the galaxy. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author | : Valentina Pavlovna Wasson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Adopted children |
ISBN | : |
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How Peter and Mary are adopted into a home where they are wanted and loved. Grades 1-3.
Author | : H. Verlan Andersen |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2017-09-13 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781540449207 |
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It is unusual to find in recorded history a nation of people who enjoyed the privilege of self-government. It is even more rare to find a nation who possessed this right along with the gospel of Christ. The gospel teachings provide an understanding of the proper function of government, which lays an extremely important political duty upon those who have these teachings. When a nation of people who have had the power of government placed in their hands become evil and without conscience, they will use that power to plunder and enslave one another until individual freedom is destroyed. It is a truism taught by the sages and prophets and proved repeatedly in the history of nations that wickedness and liberty cannot exist side by side. This book was recommended by Ezra Taft Benson in April 1972 LDS General Conference.
Author | : Fran Shelly Rogers-williams |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2017-01-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781542346825 |
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"I Am Just A Vessel" is an inspirational book that encourages spiritual growth. I share some personal real life experiences as a witness that God is real and He is waiting for you to open the door to your heart and let Him in. Jesus died on the cross for you and me, therefore we have a "blood given right" to reap benefits and blessings here on earth. If your life is in turmoil and you don't know which way to turn, please read this book. There are some very clear instructions that will guide you in the right direction; or you just might need encouragement, again please read this book. God has done some amazing things for me, and I know God can and will do the same for you. God is so Awesome!