American Marines

The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few know of the Corps' humble beginnings and what it achieved during the early years of the American Revolution. That oversight is fully rectified by Jason Bohm's eye-opening Washington's Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777.

Since 1935, roller derby has thrilled fans and skaters with its constant action, hard hits, and edgy attitude. However, though its participants’ athleticism is undeniable, roller derby has never been accepted as a “real” sport. Michella M. Marino, herself a former skater, tackles the history of a sport that has long been a cultural mainstay for one reason both utterly simple and infinitely complex: Roller derby has always been coed.

With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps - the last all-white branch of the U.S. military - was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Stella is happy as a clam in fourth grade. She's the president of the Sea Musketeers conservation club, she starts taking swim lessons, and she joins a new art club at school. But as her schedule fills up, school gets harder, too. Suddenly the tides have turned, and she is way too busy! Stella will be in an ocean of trouble if she can't keep her head above water. But with her trusty Sea Musketeers by her side, she hops to make her big dreams come true!

Finding Faith was written by USA Today Bestselling Author Reana Malori... Cooper Branson wasn't ready to move on. His life was just fine the way it was and no one could make him change. At least, not willingly. He wore his Widower badge with honor and forced himself to live his life only for his daughter, Madison. Falling for his attractive neighbor was not in the cards for him. It didn't matter that she was the first person he thought of in the morning, or the last voice he needed to hear before falling asleep at night. Loving someone and running the risk of losing them again was not a ...

James A. Warren's battle-driven history shows how this elite culture has produced the best warriors in the country, through six decades, several open wars, and many smaller interventions. From their heroic performance in the Pacific War, against Japanese troops on god-forsaken islands, to their "tip-of-the-lance" leadership in key operations in the two Gulf Wars, the Marines have proven again and again that elite men with elite training are worth entire armies.

~ Sometimes good and evil must coexist to bring about the reckoning. ~ Ebony - I've never begged for anything. Until the day I begged him to save my life. Fear was not a word I used. Failure had never been an option. Even as life threw me curveballs on a regular basis, I powered through. My job as a police officer drove me to do better, be better than anyone else, and to protect those who needed my help. My position as President of the Fairfax Chapter of Lady Guardians instilled a sense of sisterhood and passion for my community. I’m proud of the person I’ve become and have no regrets ...

There’s no denying that women of color are portrayed as exceptional gems with oceanic depths in Reneé Drummond-Brown’s Black Exotic Pearls: Poetry Book. The ebony beauties are very aware of what to hold inside and what can be shared openly. She knows that she’s the original Mother of all living Pearls. She’s real. She’s authentic. She’s sincere. Her culture is from the west-south side of the northeast sea. Where foreign seas meet and mingle it’s indisputable that black pearls are always a good choice (catch if you will). But those that channel-surf that colorful ocean and ...

Tyler Chambers no tiene que buscarse problemas, ellos le encuentran a él. No le hace ninguna gracia que le cambien la misión de llevar una vida despreocupada navegando por el Pacífico Sur a trabajar en un entorno estresante en el clima frío y húmedo de Escocia. Darcy Novak es una mujer ambiciosa y culta que intenta triunfar en un mundo de hombres. Está decidida a demostrar que puede triunfar como oficial encargada de reparar submarinos nucleares, a pesar de la actitud negativa de algunos colegas, que desean que fracase. Lo que necesita es un aliado. Los esfuerzos de Tyler por pasar ...

Dale Maharidge’s father, like many World War II veterans, never talked about “the good war”. There was just one clue to his dad’s experience as a US Marine - a portrait with a close friend that hung permanently in their home. In The Dead Drink First, Dale, now a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, recounts his 18-year quest to find and repatriate the missing remains of his dad’s buddy, Herman Walter Mulligan, 73 years after he was killed in action.

An exposed family secret changed her life forever and blindsided his Marine heart. From the day Hannah was abandoned as a newborn, her adoptive parents have kept the truth of her origin from her and her siblings. But when that secret is exposed, a threat arises which forces her to leave the only family she’s ever known and the adoptive brother she adores. She must start her life anew in Charleston. U.S. Marine Lieutenant Adam White, harbors a secret—more confidential than patrolling the Caribbean for French corsairs, more threatening than the fight against Barbary pirates in the ...

The outcome of the Korean War was decided in the first three months. The Darkest Summer is the hour-by-hour, casualty-by-casualty story of those months---a period that saw American and UN forces almost driven into the sea by the North Korean invaders, then stage an incredible turn-around that reversed the entire course of the war.

Veintisiete años después de que Tyler dejara atrás sus problemas en su trilogía, tiene un hijo, Oscar, que está demostrando ser una astilla de la vieja escuela. El soltero más codiciado de Kentucky lo tiene todo, incluido un problema con el juego. Después de meterse en el lado equivocado de un notorio usurero, Louie Gómez, Oscar Novak-Chambers debe utilizar la buena posición de su familia con la oficina del gobernador para obtener un favor monumental para saldar su deuda. Su objetivo es la hija del gobernador, Stacey Davenport. No es dulce. Es despiadada y quiere acabar con la ...

He’s in love with his best friend, and he can’t stand seeing her with anyone else... Jake has loved his best friend, Lily, for as long as he can remember. But his fear of rejection keeps him silent. He needs her in his life—even if it’s only as just a friend. All throughout high school, he watched from the sidelines as she dated other guys. He was the shoulder she cried on when they broke her heart—while she broke his. Desperate to escape the pain of wanting her but never having her, Jake joins the Marines, hoping distance will help him forget. But no amount of time or training ...

Jake Scarne has retired. But he has mixed feelings about it. He suspects that there is more to life than golf outings and sojourns down the Jersey Shore. Little does he know that some of his old skills will come in handy when the Staten Island Ferry he is on is hijacked! The hijackers claim they are terrorists. But their real motives are more venal. Scarne avails himself of possibly the most unusual ally he's ever had. But there is death and tragedy in this twisty tale that reminds some critics of two classic movies: DIE HARD and THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE-TWO-THREE. “IF YOU LIKE HARD-...

When an American Diplomat is killed in Cyprus, Ben Huntley uncovers a terrorist threat to America and a Mossad agent willing to betray Israel to further the peace process. Huntley must overcome his Gulf War demons, warm to his new partner, Artemis Nelson and get a second chance at life. The manhunt leads to Morocco and the Canary Islands where a landslide triggers the apocalypse that may destroy America. The threat is real; the question is when it will occur.

A woman in danger. A Marine sent to protect her. Enrique From the moment I saw Maddie Weeks, I was smitten. We could've had a great love affair, except for three little things: 1. It was my job to protect her. 2. She was already married. 3. I could never marry. Then her jerk of a husband blew up. Literally. And our low key surveillance was kicked up a notch. We needed an inside man. Naturally, I took one for the team and assigned myself that role. My cover? Obviously, we'll have to be married. Fake married. Too bad I really love her.

Tenacity chronicles the evolution of entrepreneur Ron Coury, a major business figure in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the surrounding Western states. As Coury, a former US Marine, climbed the ladder toward his success, he faced a barrage of constraints, including political and police corruption, bribery, coercion, and even death threats. Coury details the struggles he faced and the losses he endured in this eye-opening look behind the curtain of business during the “good ol’ boy” days of Southern Nevada.

John Hoon-nah Hetaw Becker was born to the son of a Red Lodge Montana rancher and an unwed Shoshone-Arapaho mother on Wyoming's Wind River reservation. From age four to eight raised by his stepmother in Iwakuni Japan. Caught between three very different worlds he never fit in. A one-time active-duty Marine and former soldier of fortune. Now self-exiled in Saipan making a precarious living spearfishing the western Pacific's deep waters. When his best friend's widow disappears in Mexico. He learns she had made the perilous journey to rescue her late husband's nineteen-year-old niece, held by ...

Claire Griffith has it all, a thriving career, a gorgeous boyfriend, glamorous friends. She always knew she was destined for more than the life her conservative parents preached to her. Arriving in Los Angeles flat broke, she has risen to become a popular fitness coach and social media influencer. Having rebranded herself as Cleo Ray, she stands at the threshold of realizing her biggest dreams. One summer day, Cleo and a woman named Beck Alden set off in a canoe on a serene mountain lake. An hour later, Beck is found dead in the water, and Cleo is missing.