Lions of the Sky
Lions of the Sky by Paci Chierici (Braveship Books, 2019, 292 pages) Lions of the Sky by Paco Chierici was
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Daughters of Kobani
The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Penguin Press, 2021, 288 pages)
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Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki, (Plata Publishing, 1997, 294 pages) Two Dads or One? Although Rich Dad Poor Dad attracts many
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The Strategist
The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security by Bartholomew Sparrow (Public Affairs, 2015, 752 pages) The authoritative biography
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A Quiet Cadence
A Quiet Cadence: A Novel by Mark Treanor (Naval Institute Press, May 2020, 392 pages) At the front lines of
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A review: “First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and how that shaped our Country” by Thomas Ricks
First Principles is an indispensable work that must permeate classrooms and personal libraries. Thomas Ricks bestows several years of study to include: Aristotle, Plutarch, Cato, Cicero, Presidential personal letters, journals, Greek, Roman, and Scottish history (sixty-four pages of notes with endless resources) neatly packaged into Parts I, II, and III with the epilogue being the crowning jewel.
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Vietnam Báo Chi
Vietnam Báo Chi: Warriors of Word and Film by Marc Phillip Yablonka (Casemate Publishers, 2018, 304 pages) Báo Chi is Vietnamese for newspapers.
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Make Your Bed
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven, (Grand Central Publishing,
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Active Measures and Disinformation
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Illustrated edition April 21,
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Homeland Elegies: A Call for Clarity
Homeland Elegies by Ayah Akhtar (Little Brown & Co. September 2020, 369 pages) America is not the melting pot that it
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The Marines of Montford Point
The Marines of Montford Point: America’s First Black Marines, by Melton A. McLaurin (The University of North Carolina Press, 2009,
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Leadership: A Life Sport
Leadership: A Life Sport, by Jacob Werksman (Independently Published, September 2020, 186 Pages) Leadership: A Life Sport offers timeless lessons for focusing leaders
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Extreme Productivity
Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours, by Robert C. Pozen (Harper Business, 2012, 297 pages) Robert Pozen knows
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Embrace the Suck
From the early days of trying out for Basic Underwater Demolition (BUD), to his many missions in Fallujah and beyond,
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To Stop And Care
Hunkered down in drab cubicles and government offices—focused on the latest “I need it now-now-now” taskers, it’s easy (and perhaps necessary at times) for military service members to develop tunnel vision within their own narrow scopes of work.
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