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Scars and stripes

an unapologetically American story of fighting the Taliban, UFC warriors, and myself
2022
Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he?s about to die. Kennedy, a Green Beret, decorated Army sniper, and UFC headliner, has tackled a bull with his bare hands, jumped out of airplanes, dove to the depths of the ocean, and traveled the world hunting poachers, human traffickers, and the Taliban. But he?s also the same man who got kicked out of the police department, fire department, and as an EMT, before getting two women pregnant four days apart, and finally, been beaten up by his Special Forces colleagues for, quite simply, ?being a selfish a-hole.? In Scars and Stripes, Kennedy describes how these failures shaped him into the successful businessman and devoted husband and father he is today. Through unbelievably vivid, wild anecdotes Kennedy reveals all the dumb, violent, embarrassing, and undeniably heroic things he?s done in his life, including multiple combat missions in Afghanistan, building a school in Texas for elementary kids, and creating two multimillion-dollar businesses. You will learn that failure isn?t the end?rather it?s the first step towards unearthing the best version of yourself and finding success, no matter how overwhelming the setbacks may feel.

The education of Corporal John Musgrave

a memoir
2021
"Former Marine John Musgrave's searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath"--Adapted from publisher description.

Bring the war home

the white power movement and paramilitary America
2018
Presents a history of the white power movement that strengthened following the Vietnam War due to a sense of betrayal and view of not being allowed to win the Vietnam war, and how the movement was formed and organized by a cadre of veterans, active-duty personnel, and civilian supporters.

Every man a hero

a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war
2020
The author shares his life and his role as a decorated medic during World War II. Exploring his actions that saved many soldiers on D-Day.

The car

A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

Mayor Pete

the story of Pete Buttigieg
"A picture book biography of Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and 2020 presidential election hopeful."--.

Billy Summers

a novel
"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect new identity lined up and a scrupulously orchestrated, flawless escape plan. And then something happens that changes everything for Billy. A stranger needs rescuing, and Billy sacrifices the safety of his own perfectly devised new life to offer her protection. And then the two of them-the most compelling and surprising duo in King fiction-set out on one last mission, to rectify the injustices of one extraordinarily evil man"--Provided by publisher.
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Maisie Dobbs

2004
Maisie Dobbs, a one-time maid who was encouraged by her employer to seek an education, becomes a private investigator after serving at the front as a nurse during World War I, but her first case brings back disturbing memories of the war when her inquiries lead her to The Retreat, a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers from which no one ever seems to emerge.

This side of paradise

2020
Handsome, wealthy Princeton student Amory Blaine's experiences with love, loss, and war, lead him to self-realization in the World War I era.

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