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  Swift Sword - The True Story of...

  Doyle Glass

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  Monday, 4 September 1967 
  Marine Lance Corporal Jack Swan crested the face of a bare, rocky knoll in 
  the Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. Following Swan were the 164 Marines of 
  Mike Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. Their 
  mission was to locate and rescue two understrength and isolated companies 
  of felow Marines who were under attack by the North Vietnamese Armv 
  The sight of a quiet and serene rice paddy and shrub covered valley greeted 
  Swan. Too serene, he thought, as he caught sight of a trembling bush. "I think 
  I just saw that bush move!" he shouted. "If it moves again, shoot it!" his squad 
  leader commanded he bush moved Swan hired. and the hush went down 
  Then hell on earth broke loose. 
  Rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 fire, mortars, and machine guns engulfed 
  the exposed Marines. The vaunted 2nd NVA Division, six thousand, five hundred 
  men strong and expertly camouflaged, had sprung their well-laid trap. 
  Instead of coming to the rescue of their embattled comrades, it was now the 
  men of Mike 3/5 who were about to be annihilated. Burdened with a rifle, the 
  M16, that would often malfunction, how could they hope to beat back a vastly 
  superior foe bent on their destruction? 
  Outnumbered, out-gunned, and exposed, would any of the men of Mike 3/5 survive?

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  Opening to Oneness - A Practical...

  Nancy Mujo Baker

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  In Opening to Oneness, Zen teacher Nancy Baker offers a detailed path of practice for Zen students planning to take the precepts and for anyone, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, interested in deepening their personal study of ethical living. She reveals that there are three levels of each precept: a literal level (don't kill, not even a bug), a relative level that takes moral ambiguity into account (what if it's a malaria-spreading mosquito?), and an ultimate level—the paradoxical level of nonduality, in which the precepts are naturally expressed from a state of oneness. 
   
   
   
  Full of nuance, intelligence, and compassion, the first half of the book addresses the ten grave precepts mostly from the relative level, including instructions for how to practice these precepts individually and in pairs or groups. The second half of the book takes a deep dive into looking at the precepts from the ultimate perspective, largely through an exploration of the writings of Dogen, the thirteenth-century religious genius who founded the Soto Zen school. 
   
   
   
  At once comprehensive and innovative, Opening to Oneness will take its place alongside classics like The Mind of Clover, The Heart of Being, and Being Upright as a cherished guide to Zen Buddhist ethics.

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  Tyrannosaurus Rex and...

  Editors Charles River

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  The massively popular 1990 novel Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and its subsequent movie adaptations led to a huge resurgence in interest in dinosaurs and the prehistoric world. That interest continues to the present day, even though most of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park weren’t actually from the Jurassic period. Triceratops, Velociraptor, Tyrannosaurus Rex and the huge sauropods such as Brachiosaurus that feature in the book and movies all actually belong to the Late Cretaceous period, more than 40 million years after the end of the Jurassic. Regardless, certain kinds of dinosaurs remain instantly recognizable, and among them, the “king” is undoubtedly the Tyrannosaurus.  
  The first discovery of a Tyrannosaurus was made in 1902 and the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever found at the time quickly gripped the popular imagination. Even its name was dramatic - Tyrannosaurus Rex means “King of the Tyrant Lizards.” The T-Rex as it quickly became known didn’t appear until the last age of the Late Cretaceous period, the Maastrichtian, but when it did, it was the biggest and most terrifying of all the theropod predators.  
  	Thanks to the movie, there has been some unwitting confusion over the identity of the Velociraptor, and this confusion was due in large part to the fact the name sounds far more scary than the creature to which the name originally belonged. Moreover, the creature to which the label was applied in the novel and movie was actually a distant cousin named Deinonychus, but as the story goes, the author, Michael Crichton, thought “Velociraptor” sounded “more dramatic.” The actual Velociraptor lived not in the badlands of North America, but in the badlands of central-eastern Asia, and it was not nearly as intimidating as Deinonychus. In fact, the main species of genus Velociraptor - Velociraptor mongoliensis - was no bigger than a turkey.

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  Reading Made Fun Fast -...

  Quinlan Vexley

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  Reading Made Fun Fast: A Simplified Guide with Explanations Included 
  Are you ready to advance your career and strengthen your knowledge by mastering essential reading skills? 
  Searching for an all-inclusive resource that equips you with everything you need to transform your child's reading journey? Your quest ends here! 
  This guide will be your ultimate partner in enhancing comprehension, honing your abilities, and engaging in practical exercises. With these tools at your disposal, you'll be on the path to success. 
  Updated to reflect the latest educational approaches! 
  Key features of this enriched guide include: In-depth insights into empowering your child's reading development, clear explanations of essential reading concepts, effective strategies for preparation and skill application. 
  Our guide stands out with its exhaustive coverage, crucial for achieving your reading goals. Topics are explored in detail with clarity and precision. 
  Crafted with a straightforward structure and accessible language, our guide ensures seamless transitions between topics. Say farewell to complicated terminology and embrace clear, precise, and technically accurate content. 
  So, why hesitate? Click the BUY NOW button, grab your guide, and embark on your journey toward reading success!

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  Your Guide to Active Listening -...

  Nathaniel Hart

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  Imagine a world where misunderstandings are minimized, conflicts are resolved swiftly, and relationships flourish due to a profound understanding between individuals. This is the power of active listening, a skill often overlooked yet essential for effective communication and strong interpersonal relationships. 
  This book serves as your comprehensive guide to mastering this invaluable skill, moving beyond passive hearing to truly engaging with the speaker on an emotional and intellectual level. 
  We will delve into the core principles of active listening, exploring common barriers that often hinder our ability to fully hear and understand.  
  We'll examine the crucial role of nonverbal communication, the importance of cultivating empathy, and the practical application of techniques like reflective listening, paraphrasing, and asking clarifying questions. 
  Through practical exercises and real-world examples drawn from various settings – from personal relationships to professional negotiations – you will gain the confidence and tools to become a more effective listener and a more impactful communicator. 
  This is not just about improving communication; it's about building stronger relationships, fostering deeper connections, and unlocking your potential to lead and influence others. 
  Prepare to embark on a transformative journey that will enhance your personal and professional life, one attentive ear at a time.  
  The journey towards becoming a master listener begins now.

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  Big Mall - Shopping for Meaning

  Kate Black

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  A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living?
  		 
  In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint for a socialist utopia to something else entirely: a home to disaffected mallrats and depressed zoo animals, a sensory overload and consumerist trap.
  		 
  Kate Black grew up in North America’s largest mall: West Edmonton Mall — a mall on steroids. It’s the site of a notoriously lethal rave for teenagers, a fatal rollercoaster accident, and more than one gun-range suicide; it’s where oil field workers reap the social mobility of a boom-and-bust economy, the impossibly large structure where teens attempt to invent themselves in dark Hollister sales racks and weird horny escapades in the indoor waterpark. It’s a place people love to hate and hate to love — a site of pleasure and pain, of death and violence, of (sub)urban legend.
  		 
  Can malls tell us something important about who we are? Blending a history of shopping with a story of coming-of-age in North America’s largest and strangest mall, Big Mall nvestigates how these structures have become the ultimate symbol of late-capitalist dread — and, surprisingly, a subversive site of hope. Ultimately, a close look at the mall reveals clues to how a good life in these times is possible.
  		 
  “Speaking as a child of PacSun and Hot Topic myself, Big Mall is like a madeleine dipped in Orange Julius. Like a mall, the book itself has a lot of everything, a sublime mix of memoir, history, and cultural criticism. Kate Black is a learned Virgil in the consumerist Inferno, always avoiding the obvious and leading us to surprising connections — oil, suicide, Reddit, squatters, dolphins. Whether malls fill you with nostalgia or horror, this book will change your relationship to the world we've constructed around us.” — Tony Tulathimutte, author of Private Citizens
  		 
  “Before there was Instagram, there was the mall. But what happens when a seasonless, tacky, fantasyland is all you knew growing up? How does one embrace a genuinely fake experience? Or to be more precise, a fake but genuine experience? Kate Black’s Big Mall is a smart, sentimental, and perspective-shifting look at the outsized role that big malls play in modern life. Love ’em or hate ’em, one thing’s for sure: after reading this book, you’ll never look at a mall in the same way again.” — Ziya Tong, Science broadcaster & author of The Reality Bubble

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