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Lives Given, Not Takes

21st Century Southern Baptist Martyrs

Facing Terror

The True Story of How an American Couple Paid the Ultimate Price for Their Love of the Muslim People

The long walk

a story of war and the life that follows
This work is a powerful account of war and homecoming. The author served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team, his brothers, would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered, or picking up the pieces when the alert came too late. They relied on an army of remote-controlled cameras and robots, but if that technology failed, a technician would have to don the eighty-pound Kevlar suit, take the long walk up to the bomb, and disarm it by hand. This lethal game of cat and mouse was, and continues to be, the real war within America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But this book is not just about battle itself. It is also an unflinching portrayal of the toll war exacts on the men and women who are fighting it. When the author returned home to his wife and family, he began a struggle with a no less insidious foe, an unshakable feeling of fear and confusion and survivor's guilt that he terms The Crazy. His book immerses the reader in two harrowing and simultaneous realities: the terror and excitement and camaraderie of combat, and the lonely battle against the enemy within, the haunting memories that will not fade, the survival instincts that will not switch off. After enduring what he has endured, can there ever again be such a thing as "normal"?.

Shock factor

America's snipers in the War on Terror
"A retired marine sniper and an award-winning journalist present an insider's assessment of America's sniper force to challenge popular misconceptions and pay tribute to the snipers who made pivotal contributions during the War on Terror"--Provided by publisher.

ISIS

inside the army of terror
Examines the origins of the terrorist group ISIS, from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of "al-Qaeda in Iraq," to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the formation of ISIS out of the remnants of al-Qaeda in Iraq. Explores ISIS's goals to create a new Islamic caliphate.

Fives and twenty-fives

a novel
2014
Two Marines and a Iraqi interpreter struggle to start new lives in the United States after a catastrophic incident that happened while they were part of a Marine Corps road crew searching for hidden bombs on the treacherous highways encircling Baghdad.

Navy SEAL dogs

my tale of training canines for combat
2015
Navy SEAL Mike Ritland discusses how he started his own company to train working and protection dogs, and shares the inside story of the elite K9 warriors.

The rise of ISIS

a threat we can't ignore
Chronicles the origins and rise of terrorist groups ISIS and Hamas; examines their capabilities, resources and objectives; and explains how, if left unchecked, they could carry out a genocide of unprecedented proportions.

The grail conspiracy

2005
Rookie SNN reporter Cotten Stone finds herself in the middle of the biggest news story in two thousand years, and enlists the help of biblical history scholar John Tyler to uncover the truth behind the discovery of Christ's Holy Grail.

Ahmad's war, Ahmad's peace

surviving under Saddam, dying in the new Iraq
2005
The author presents the true story of his friend Ahmad Shawkat, who served as his translator during the early part of the Iraqi War and who was murdered for his anti-Saddam writings.

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