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A True Story of Helicopter Pilots in Vietnam

by Tom Marshall ...

"The risk of a fatal catastrophe was constant. The NVA was the enemy, but the ultimate opponent was, quite simply, death. . . ."For assault helicopter crews flying in and around the NVA-infested DMZ, the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1970-71 was a desperate time of selfless courage. Now former army warrant officer Tom Marshall of the Phoenix, C Company, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne, ... Read more

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"The risk of a fatal catastrophe was constant. The NVA was the enemy, but the ultimate opponent was, quite simply, death. . . ."For assault helicopter crews flying in and around the NVA-infested DMZ, the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1970-71 was a desperate time of selfless courage. Now former army warrant officer Tom Marshall of the Phoenix, C Company, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne,
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Understanding Leadership

by Tom Marshall ...

What does it mean to be a leader? How does a person lead? And what are the features that distinguish leaders from other people in the organization, and their role from other roles or functions?Based on years of proven experience and scholarly biblical insight, Tom Marshall opens up fresh perspectives on the essence of leadership. He describes how and why it is distinct from management, ... Read more

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What does it mean to be a leader? How does a person lead? And what are the features that distinguish leaders from other people in the organization, and their role from other roles or functions?Based on years of proven experience and scholarly biblical insight, Tom Marshall opens up fresh perspectives on the essence of leadership. He describes how and why it is distinct from management,
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Close and Destroy

by Tom Marshall ...

“The mission…is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat.”- Excerpt from Marine Corps Reference Publication 3-10A.4Windsor Kraft Strategies is a shadow empire in the murky world of private intelligence and corporatized warfare. Their "Special Mission Troops," staffed by former military operators and intelligence ... Read more

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“The mission…is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat.”- Excerpt from Marine Corps Reference Publication 3-10A.4Windsor Kraft Strategies is a shadow empire in the murky world of private intelligence and corporatized warfare. Their "Special Mission Troops," staffed by former military operators and intelligence
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Aesthetics, Poetics and Phenomenology in Samuel Taylor Coleridge

by Tom Marshall ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book re-evaluates the philosophical status of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by providing an extended comparison between his work and the phenomenological theory of Edmund Husserl. Examining Coleridge’s accounts of the imagination, perception, poetic creativity and literary criticism, it draws a systematic and coherent structure out of a range of Coleridge’s philosophical writing. In addition, it ... Read more

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This book re-evaluates the philosophical status of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by providing an extended comparison between his work and the phenomenological theory of Edmund Husserl. Examining Coleridge’s accounts of the imagination, perception, poetic creativity and literary criticism, it draws a systematic and coherent structure out of a range of Coleridge’s philosophical writing. In addition, it
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Gentler Way to Communicate, A

by Marshall Rosenberg ...

Narrated by Michael Toms ...

Unabridged

58 min

Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, diagnose and to think and communicate in terms of “right” and “wrong” – all of which can generate needless conflict. Rosenberg has developed a form of communication that provides a peaceful alternative to the violence that underlies most of our communication. ... Read more

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Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, diagnose and to think and communicate in terms of “right” and “wrong” – all of which can generate needless conflict. Rosenberg has developed a form of communication that provides a peaceful alternative to the violence that underlies most of our communication.
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The Myths of Standardized Tests

Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do

by Phillip Harris, Bruce M. Smith, Joan Harris, Larry Barber, Gerald W. Bracey, Tom O'Brien, Ken Jones, Gail Marshall, Susan Ohanian, Stanley Pogrow, W James Popham ...

Pundits, politicians, and business leaders continually make claims for what standardized tests can do, and those claims go largely unchallenged because they are in line with popular assumptions about what these tests can do, what the scores mean, and the psychology of human motivation. But what most of what these opinion leaders say-and the public believes-about standardized testing just isn't so. ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Pundits, politicians, and business leaders continually make claims for what standardized tests can do, and those claims go largely unchallenged because they are in line with popular assumptions about what these tests can do, what the scores mean, and the psychology of human motivation. But what most of what these opinion leaders say-and the public believes-about standardized testing just isn't so.
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Decarbonising Electricity

The Promise of Renewable Energy Regions

by James Goodman, Gareth Bryant, Linda Connor, Devleena Ghosh, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Tom Morton, Katja Müller, Stuart Rosewarne, Riikka Heikkinen, Lisa Lumsden, Mareike Pampus, Priya Pillai ...

The current shift to renewable energy is dominated by globalised energy companies building large-scale wind and solar plants. This book discusses the consequences and possibilities of this shift in India, Germany, and Australia, focusing on regions which have now largely decarbonised electricity generation. The authors show how centralised models of energy provision are maintained, and chart their ... Read more

$110.99 USD

The current shift to renewable energy is dominated by globalised energy companies building large-scale wind and solar plants. This book discusses the consequences and possibilities of this shift in India, Germany, and Australia, focusing on regions which have now largely decarbonised electricity generation. The authors show how centralised models of energy provision are maintained, and chart their
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Citizenship and Social Class

by T. H. Marshall, Tom Bottomore ...

Series series Pluto Classics
Over forty years after it first appeared, T.H. Marshall's seminal essay on citizenship and social class in post-war Britain has acquired the status of a classic. His lucid analysis of the principal elements of citizenship – namely, the possession of civil, political and social rights – is as relevant today as it was when it first appeared.It is reissued here with a new and complementary monograph ... Read more

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Over forty years after it first appeared, T.H. Marshall's seminal essay on citizenship and social class in post-war Britain has acquired the status of a classic. His lucid analysis of the principal elements of citizenship – namely, the possession of civil, political and social rights – is as relevant today as it was when it first appeared.It is reissued here with a new and complementary monograph
... Read more
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Cut, Paste, Kill

by Marshall Karp ...

Narrated by Tom Stechschulte ...

Series series Lomax and Biggs Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 55 min

An ex-writer/producer for television, Marshall Karp is the bestselling author of three hit Lomax and Biggs mysteries,including the uproarious series debut, The Rabbit Factory. Booklist hails their fourth adventure as possibly the first “hardboiled scrapbooking mystery.”LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs have their work cut out for themselves this time. A killer bent ondispensing justice to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

An ex-writer/producer for television, Marshall Karp is the bestselling author of three hit Lomax and Biggs mysteries,including the uproarious series debut, The Rabbit Factory. Booklist hails their fourth adventure as possibly the first “hardboiled scrapbooking mystery.”LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs have their work cut out for themselves this time. A killer bent ondispensing justice to
... Read more
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Grand Unified Theory of Bullshit, The

by Cecil Cicirello, Tom Curry ...

Narrated by Cecil Cicirello, Tom Curry, Michael Marshall ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

Navigating the marketplace of ideas can be difficult when there is so much bullshit to wade through. This book helps connect the underlying arguments used by charlatans and gives readers a skeptic's toolkit to identify the logical traps and pitfalls of different types of nonsense, and to discard each of them using critical thinking practices. From paranormal and medical quackery, to conspiracy ... Read more

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Navigating the marketplace of ideas can be difficult when there is so much bullshit to wade through. This book helps connect the underlying arguments used by charlatans and gives readers a skeptic's toolkit to identify the logical traps and pitfalls of different types of nonsense, and to discard each of them using critical thinking practices. From paranormal and medical quackery, to conspiracy
... Read more
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Church History in Plain Language, Fifth Edition

The Story of the Church for Today's Readers

by Bruce Shelley, Marshall Shelley ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

23 hours 25 min

Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's listeners.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking you from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells a story of ... Read more

$46.99 USD

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Over 330,000 copies sold. This is the story of the church for today's listeners.Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking you from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells a story of
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The Rabbit Factory

by Marshall Karp ...

Narrated by James Jenner, Tom Stechschulte ...

Series series Lomax and Biggs Mysteries
Unabridged

14 hours 50 min

Marshall Karp is an acclaimed playwright known for his witty sense of humor and crackling dialogue. His debutnovel The Rabbit Factory stars the irreverent LAPD detective duo of Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs.Dean Lamaar is the architect of an entertainment empire and the creator of iconic characters like RambunctiousRabbit and McGreedy the Moose. When his company falls on hard times, the only hope to ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Marshall Karp is an acclaimed playwright known for his witty sense of humor and crackling dialogue. His debutnovel The Rabbit Factory stars the irreverent LAPD detective duo of Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs.Dean Lamaar is the architect of an entertainment empire and the creator of iconic characters like RambunctiousRabbit and McGreedy the Moose. When his company falls on hard times, the only hope to
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