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This is a nine-book bundle on the Pacific War, the theatre of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and Oceania. The Pacific War saw the Allies pitted against Japan, aided by Thailand and its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. Fighting included some of the largest naval battles in history, and the war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The sacrament of Matrimony is under diabolical attack. While it is easy to blame the outside world for the demise of marriage, we must look at what has been happening inside the Church. The number of marriages have dwindled over the past five decades and annulments have skyrocketed. Many in Church leadership have been indifferent to these alarming trends and to marriage itself. Matrimony is rarely referenced during homilies, pre-Cana programs are often disastrous, and seminaries spend little time studying the sacrament of Matrimony.

Ignition! is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity. The resulting volume is as much a memoir as a work of history, sharing a behind-the-scenes view of an enterprise that eventually took men to the moon.

In 1939, a team of workers beneath the Vatican unearthed an early Christian grave. This surprising discovery launched a secret quest that would last decades a quest to discover the long-lost burial place of the Apostle Peter. From earliest times, Christian tradition held that Peter, a lowly fisherman from Galilee, whom Christ made leader of his church was executed in Rome by Emperor Nero and buried on Vatican Hill. But his tomb had been lost to history. Now, funded anonymously by a wealthy American, a small army of workers embarked on the dig of a lifetime.

The name Parr may not be familiar to most readers, but many know Lyndon Johnson's first U.S. Senate election was tainted: this 1948 "Box 13" fraud was perpetrated in the town of Alice in Jim Wells County, Texas, by George Parr, the "duke" of neighboring Duval County. Clark, an assistant federal prosecutor under U.S. Attorney William Sessions (later FBI director) in the1970s, played a key role in the long federal grand jury investigation of the Parr machine and later trials of its leading operators. His book describes the system of patronage and corruption Archie Parr developed in the early ...

Do you want to have a stronger influence over people without coming across as aggressive or pushy? Be able to read anyone like an open book? Recent scientific studies have demonstrated one intriguing fact: People can be influenced to do nearly anything, under the right circumstances. You'll discover: Eight highly-effective strategies to trick anyone into your desired outcome, six powerful manipulation techniques to help you take what you want without aggression, expert-known psychological theories to help you penetrate the mind of absolutely anyone, and much more!

Rogues in the House Podcast has gathered the best tales of sword and sorcery from across the community. Here, brave adventurers will find stories lovingly crafted from heroic fantasy greats such as Howard Andrew Jones, John R. Fultz, and John C. Hocking. At their side are up and coming genre authors Chuck Clark, T.A. Markitan, Cora Buhlert, and many more.

John Grinder and Richard Bandler, the fathers of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), started out with one leading objective: study the communication techniques of outstanding individuals and replicate them. They examined and dissected these effective patterns and aimed to recreate them in other people. Today, NLP teaches its followers how to acquire these powerful skills and reflect the abilities of some of the world’s most successful people.

Narrative directly impacts the threat environment whether in a physical conflict zone, or in terms of the effects of radicalization, or the interference of foreign governments in domestic politics. Therefore dominating the narrative space should be a priority. That is where non-state actors fight best. That is where foreign governments have proven effective in waging war against us without getting dirty hands. That is precisely where our enemies dominate, and no amount of firepower will create a win in that space. The center of gravity in any conflict is the narrative space. It always has ...

Join your favourite Indie Horror authors for some tales about their adventures navigating the industry. The highs, the lows, and everything in between. Some of them give some tips and advice and others share their funny and embarrassing stories. This is not a "How To" book, but there are many great lessons inside if you are looking to write or boost where you are at the moment.

A revelatory collection of essays on the DeafBlind experience, and a manifesto on the power and untapped potential of touch. Born Deaf into an ASL-speaking family and blind by adolescence, John Lee Clark learned to embrace the possibilities of his tactile world. He is on the frontlines of the Protactile movement, which gave birth to an unprecedented tactile language and a way of life based on physical connection.

The lure of the American West is in the spirit of adventure, in the majestic expanse of unconquered wilderness and in rugged individuals on a quest for identity and sometimes for survival. Owen Wister's unsmiling Virginian... Dorothy M. Johnson's, "A Man Called Horse": These are a few of the colorful, even legendary characters who populate The American West in Fiction, a collection of stories edited by Jon Tuska.

An elderly farmer learns the horrifying truth beyond the phrase “True love never dies”. Something sinister lurks behind the distant eyes of a mother’s traumatized son. And a gravedigger slowly descends into madness, as he grows obsessed with the corpse of a little girl.... Scare Street’s latest collection shines a flickering candle on the terrifying forces of darkness that haunt our dreams. Death, madness, obsession.... The darker side of the human psyche is revealed with each bone-chilling chapter of these 14 macabre tales.

Are you depressed? Desperate to learn how to be happy? How to live? Are you struggling to get through the day, thinking no one understands how you feel? Well, the good news is that you are not alone. Not at all. As many as 350 million people worldwide are affected by what the World Health Organization calls “the leading cause of disability worldwide” and “a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease”.

Wartime radio at its most provocative - that's "Words at War"! The Office of War Information, in cooperation with The Council on Books in Wartime, brought listeners journalistic accounts of battle, first-person narratives, and novels inspired by actual events. Each story was adapted for radio…and for maximum emotional impact.

When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. He was wrong, it was just beginning. John had followed a bad path drifting in and out of trouble. He was sent to improvement schools, a young offenders institute and eventually a prison. John was on self-destruct and thought nothing or no one could help him. Then he became the victim of a vicious attack by a notorious train ‘steaming’ gang. John knew he had to take the witness stand.

Kevin Winters wanted to be a hero with powers. Psionix Incorporated offered him the chance for that. Using alien technology, they succeed in give him some powerful psionic powers. The cost was his gender. Kevin, now a female, alone, and declared dead, turns to Mister Thadeus Hero and the 50 American Heroes for help while being relentlessly pursued by Psi-Borg. Join in the adventure of the journey to become the Hero Astra.

There is a difference in being a "man" and being a "Godly Man". Bob and John get in the dirt and discuss how men can grow in God's Grace by doing life together instead of trying to walk in God's ways on your own. Many Christian men find themselves just living their christian life kind of numb. Not really feeling God's presence let alone growing in faith. This is our walk to living in God's Amazing Grace but not alone. We need other men to HUDDLE UP with to help us grow. Bring others along the journey to encourage them to grow and walk with God at the center of every aspect of our lives.

Two novels: The Assassin's Coin, by John Linwood Grant, and The Prostitute's Price by Alan M. Clark. Intertwined here, they share a single timeline and a single purpose - to lead you to 13 Miller's Court, the room made infamous during the Autumn of Terror.

In his latest book Simple Truth, author John H. Clark writes openly and honestly about his own lifelong struggle with low self-esteem and lack of self-worth, the discoveries he has made about how it all began, and ways he learned to overcome these painful issues and find inner peace, joy, happiness, and fulfillment. He asked a number of friends and associates who have suffered similar experiences to share their experience, strength, and hope, and their stories are included here, as well.