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Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Willink, the task unit commander, planned and executed the strategy for Task Unit Bruiser, which had huge impact in the 'Battle of Ramadi'. Babin, as commander of Charlie Platoon (one of two SEAL platoons in Task Unit Bruiser) led countless combat operations into hostile territory alongside such outstanding...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
380 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the rule-- always watch your fives and twenty-fives. When a convoy halts to investigate a possible roadside bomb, stay in the vehicle and scan five meters in every direction. A bomb inside five meters cuts through the armor, killing everyone in the truck. Once clear, get out and sweep twenty-five meters. A bomb inside twenty-five meters kills the dismounted scouts investigating the road ahead. Fives and twenty-fives mark the measure of a marine's...
524) While he was away
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Penna Weaver's boyfriend goes off to Iraq, she's left facing life without him. When he stops writing, she knows in her heart he'll come home--but will he be the same boy she fell in love with?
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"'I am an American patriot not because I was born here but because I was not. I embraced American freedoms, raised my children to cherish and revere them, and lost a son who swore an oath to defend them, because I come from a place where they do not exist.' In fewer than three hundred words, Muslim American Gold Star father Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As bombs and missiles fall on Baghdad in 2003, a young boy uses the art of calligraphy to distance himself from the horror of war.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In this book, military expert Paula Broadwell examines Petraeus's career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the U.S. military. Afforded extensive access by General Petraeus, his mentors, his subordinates, and his longtime friends, Broadwell embedded with the general, his headquarters staff, and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 382 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In lush, fiercely intelligent prose, Ciezadlo uses food and the rituals of eating to uncover a vibrant Middle East most Americans never see. We get to know people like Roaa, a young Kurdish woman whose world shrinks under occupation to her own kitchen walls; Abu Rifaat, a Baghdad book lover who spends his days eavesdropping in the ancient city's legendary cafes; and the unforgettable Umm Hassane, Ciezadlo's sardonic Lebanese mother-in-law, who teaches...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"It takes a brave soldier to run straight into enemy fire. But that's just what Green Beret Sergeant Bernard Good did when his team was in trouble during the Iraq War. Follow along on this graphic adventure as Sergeant Good and beret Don Hogan help a fellow injured soldier to safety after their reconnaissance mission turned dangerous. Then, learn more about green berets and their gear"--
537) Bull rider
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his older brother, a bull-riding champion, returns from the Iraq War partially paralyzed, fourteen-year-old Cam takes a break from skateboarding to enter a bull-riding contest, in hopes of winning the $15,000 prize and motivating his depressed brother to continue with his rehabilitation.
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