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A Table in the Presence: The Dramatic Account of How a U.S. Marine Battalion Experienced God's Presence Amidst the Chaos of the War in Iraq
LT. Carey H. Cash Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0849918235 |
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On April 10 th, 2003, the 1 st Battalion, 5 th Marine Regiment, faced with the task of seizing the presidential palace in downtown Baghdad, ran headlong into what Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North called, "the worst day of fighting for U.S. Marines." Hiding in buildings and mosques, wearing civilian clothes, and spread out for over a mile, Saddam Hussein's militants rained down bullets and rocket propelled grenades on the 1 st Battalion. But when the smoke of the eight-hour battle cleared, only one Marine had lost his life. Some said the 1 st Battalion was incredibly lucky. But in the hearts and minds of the Marines who were there, there was no question. God had brought them miraculously through that battle.
As the 1 st Battalion's chaplain, Lieutenant Carey Cash had the unique privilege of seeing firsthand, from the beginning of the war to the end, how God miraculously delivered, and even transformed, the lives of the men of the 1 st Battalion. Their regiment, the most highly decorated regiment in the history of the Marines, was the first ground force to cross the border into Iraq, the first to see one of their own killed in battle, and they were the unit to fight what most believe to have been the decisive battle of the war-April 10 th in downtown Baghdad. Through it all, Carey Cash says, the presence of God was undeniable. Cash even had the privilege of baptizing fifty-seven new Christians-Marines and Sailors-during the war in Iraq.
The men of the 1 st Battalion came to discover what King David had discovered long ago--that God's presence could be richly experienced even in the presence of enemies. Here is the amazing story of their experience.
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love the book.......2007-05-16
Great book.......2007-05-12
Brilliant and Moving........2007-04-09
Makes you proud.......2007-02-08
A good book from someone who was there........2007-01-04
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God Saw Them Through: Semper FI - "America's Battalion" in Iraq
Glenn Thomas Manufacturer: Creation House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1591857228 |
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A blessed book to have for all military!.......2007-10-21
Prayer in action.......2005-12-30
A Batallion to Iraq and Everybody Came Home.......2005-07-07
Inspirational Story.......2004-12-25
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Pudge Ate a Prophet: A Big Fish Tale (God Can Use Me Series)
Dan Taylor Manufacturer: Kregel Kidzone ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0825438683 |
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Pudge knows that he is big . . . very big. And it isn't until Jonah drops into Pudge's part of the ocean that Pudge understands that God's plans for him are just as big and unique as he is.Customer Reviews:
Every one of the world's children is unique and special :).......2004-06-29
This story stars Pudge, a fish, who happens to be larger than any of his fish friends. Because of his large size, his fish friends did not want to play with him. In fact, most of the time they weren't very nice. One day Pudge meets Jonah, a prophet, and carries out an important mission from God. He delivers Jonah to his destination by carrying him in his large fish belly! From that moment on, Pudge realizes that God made him different for a reason.
MyParenTime.com recommends this book -- it's a "feel good about yourself" story that children of any faith can relate to and enjoy. In addition, the large illustrations are bright and colorful. This story reminds me of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" -- none of his reindeer friends wanted to play with him because he had a nose that glowed. But in the end, Rudolph showed them that he was made different for a reason, and that he was indeed important.
Helping Kids Understand Their Unique Purpose in Life.......2004-05-14
Pudge never understood the reason God had made him so large, until the day God introduced him to a prophet named Jonah and sent him on a special mission.
This 32 page hardcover book, released in February 2004 by Kregel publications, features delightful illustrations by Damon J. Taylor.
Pudge Ate a Prophet is a book that will help young readers and their parents appreciate what makes them special and unique. The book comes with helpful discussion questions and a guide for parents which will help families to "celebrate differences" and know that each of us has a unique purpose in life.
A New Twist on an Old Tale.......2004-04-03
New and Unique perspective of Jonah story.......2004-03-28
Pudge Ate a Prophet.......2004-03-16
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With the Help of God and a Few Marines (Elite Unit, 35)
Manufacturer: The Battery Press, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0898393272 |
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First published in 1919, this is the story of the 6th Marine Regiment in World War I by its commander. The 6th Marine Regiment was part of the 4th (Marine) Brigade in the 2nd Infantry Division. It is a classic account of their war in France, particularly the battle of Belleau Woods in June 1918.
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Dialogos De Los Dioses, Dialogos De Los Muertos, Dialogos Marinos, Dialogos De Las Cortesanas / Dialogues of the Gods, Dialogues of the Dead, Marine Dialogues, ... Dialogues of the Court (Biblioteca Tematica)
of Samosata Lucian Manufacturer: Alianza Editorial Sa ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8420659541 |
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For God and Country: a story of the 2nd Marine Division and the battle for Tarawa Atoll, 20-28 November, 1943
David H. C. Carter Manufacturer: 1st Books Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1414060017 |
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Poor Effort.......2005-02-16
A Disappointing Book.......2004-12-27
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God's Creatures at the Seashore: His Great Creation
Debra K. Stuckey Manufacturer: Concordia Publishing House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0570041333 |
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God's Sea Animals I
Marion Wehmeyer Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1412078970 |
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God's universe is so astonishing that we would be missing a great deal of life if we chose to ignore any part of His creation. Most of us are aware of the many animals that live in the forest and roam the land. A lot less of us are aware of God's animals that live beneath the sea. It is with this in mind that I decided to share my undersea experience with all of God's children.
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Have You Ever Heard a Catfish Purr?: Fish Scales and Tales from God's Underwater World
Bernadette McCarver Snyder Manufacturer: Ave Maria Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 087793651X |
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A Marine's Thoughts on GOD, Country and Family
James Gary Grant Manufacturer: PublishAmerica ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1424137918 Release Date: 2006-06-26 |
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James Gary Grant was born on January 8, 1937, in Etowah, Tennessee. He graduated from Etowah High School in May of 1955. Immediately, he joined the U.S.M.C. and traveled to many different countries, Vietnam being one of them. He spent forty-two years in the military; fourteen in U.S.M.C. and twenty-eight in the Army. He retired in 1997. This poetry is influenced by God, country and family.
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Einstein in Love: (A Scientific Romance)
Dennis Overbye Manufacturer: Viking Adult ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0670894303 Release Date: 2000-10-05 |
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In his first book, Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos, New York Times science writer Dennis Overbye humanized the formidable intellects who have probed the inner workings of the universe. With Einstein in Love, he takes on the most formidable intellect of all--and the result does justice to a complicated man and his equally complicated work. Overbye's narrative concentrates on the years between 1896 (when the 17-year-old Einstein arrived in Zurich to study physics) and 1919 (when he used measurements of light deflection during a solar eclipse to support his new theory of relativity thus beginning a reign as the 20th century's most famous scientist). It's no accident this period begins with Einstein meeting fellow student Mileva Maric, who would become his first wife, and closes with his second marriage. "Physics was not all Einstein's life," writes Overbye. "He lived on Earth with a belly and a heart." Accordingly, Einstein in Love depicts a young man who liked to hike, play the violin, flirt, and tell dirty jokes. Albert and Mileva had a child before they were married (Michelle Zackheim's popular 1999 book, Einstein's Daughter, attempted to unravel the mystery of Lieserl's fate), and the young father was as careless of convention in his dress and grooming as in his scientific work. Indeed, although Overbye nicely captures Einstein's personality, the real excitement comes in those chapters delineating his thought. The book effortlessly incorporates a capsule history of physics from the Greeks to the Victorians, both laying out the issues with which Einstein grappled and suggesting just why his solutions were so revolutionary. Even those with little grounding in science will easily grasp why Einstein's ideas made such an impact, not just on fellow physicists, but on a populace that at the dawn of the 20th century was ready to accept the demise of all the old certainties. As usual, Overbye's work is a model of science writing for the general reader; it's also a perceptive biography highlighting Einstein's most creative years. --Wendy SmithBook Description
An acclaimed science writer's insightful and revelatory biography of young Einstein--teenager in love, draft dodger, bohemian, poet, and scientist--drawing upon many unpublished letters and years of researchDuring the first two decades of the twentieth century, the world stood on the verge of upheaval as all the familiar political, cultural, and scientific truths were challenged by new discoveries and philosophies. It was a period when young Albert Einstein was in love--with physics and the secret order of the universe; with his brilliant, tormented first wife, Mileva; and with a series of comely young women who were distractions from his gradually failing marriage. While that marriage worked, though, the Einsteins were a truly modern couple, a couple who had relativity and quantum mysticism as their pillow talk, a couple who were as often colleagues as they were fierce adversaries.
In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye presents this greatest of scientific romances in a vivid new light, telling the unforgettable story of the young man--a sly firebrand who left personal and professional chaos in his wake--who did the revolutionary work that changed the very way we view reality.
Einstein in Love separates the man Albert from the myth Einstein and restores humanity, individuality, and nuance to the most monolithic figure in the scientific pantheon.
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In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of the modern era's most influential thinker.Customer Reviews:
The Real Einstein.......2006-12-16
Albert: The Romantic Physicist.......2005-04-06
Another Winner.......2003-03-16
The scientific story advances within the framework of Einstein's personal life. It is rare that an individual can succeed in all areas of endeavor, be they love, work or play. One feels some disappointment with his personal travails and while he may appear cold or disloyal, many times great people sublimate their relationships to their passion.
Unlike other intellectuals whose personal lives were a total repudiation of the their professed ideology (Marx was an utter slackard, Hellman and Brecht were serial liars, Fuller switched positions with the wind, scolding the world when they began to ignore his newest mania), Einstein never tried to impose a social scheme on others. He loved quietly as one should and made his mistakes in private, again as one should. All in all, a successful work.
A Romance of Many Dimensions.......2002-06-26
There is a wealth of detail describing and chronicling Einstein's life as he struggled with the creation of the momentous scientific discoveries that were to make him famous, especially the long and difficult path to his final solution for the General Relativity problem. Along with this, you get a detailed look even into his personal day-to-day life, learning about his friends, scientific associates, and even his loves. Einstein is no longer a towering, remote intellect plumbing the depths and secrets of the universe in cloistered solitude; Overbye's account displays Einstein's very human side also, showing him to be a man of his times, often with Bohemian and avant-garde personal, social, and political ideas. For example, Overbye mentions how Einstein and his first wife, Mileva, had their first baby out of wedlock, and subsequently married. And the dark side of Einstein's personal life, the unhappy ending to his first marriage and his often careless dealings with the women in his life, don't escape Overbye's purview.
But don't be misled by the title, it's not just about Einstein's sometimes checkered love-life (although he did have more romantic dalliances than I would have expected); Overbye also does an excellent job of presenting Einstein's most important ideas, including a good explanation of the special and general theory of relativity.
And last but not least, Overbye is a fine writer whose prose flows and doesn't get in the way of the story, and who has a good command not only of the personal, but also the scientific side of Einstein's life. Altogether a well-written and fascinating book on a fascinating historical and scientific figure.
(P.S. Did anybody happen to notice the title of my review is the sub-title for Edwin Abbott's classic mathematical and social allegory, "Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions?" But it works equally well here as a segue into my review of Overbye's biography.)
Engaging Account of the Man of the Century.......2001-07-17
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Einstein in Love : A Scientific Romance
Dennis Overbye Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJ86A8 |
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Einstein in Love a Scientific Romance
Dennis Overbye Manufacturer: VIKING ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000UCJD0G |
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Einstein in Love a Scientific Romance
Dennis Overbye Manufacturer: VIKING PENGUIN ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000QBO1SK |
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Einstein In Love: A Scientific Romance
Dennis Overbye Manufacturer: VIKING ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OLMEMC |
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Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance
D. Overbye Manufacturer: Tandem Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 1417657138 |
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