The physical conditions of jungle warfare and the closeness of contact with the enemy pose unique problems and call for special soldiering skills. Colonel John Cross, a life long Gurkha officer, has an unrivalled knowledge of this demanding warfare and uses it to best advantage in this instructive yet personal account of techniques and experiences. He uses examples from British and Japanese sides in the Second World War and goes on to demonstrate how tactics and strategy developed in the M...

John Cross spent decades working as a court clerk in Massachusetts, where he witnessed the full spectrum of human experience. Now retired, he brings those insights to life in his debut collection of short stories.A native of LaGrange, Illinois, and a graduate of Cornell University and Boston University, John blends his background in law, journalism, and fiction to create emotionally rich, thoughtful, and often humorous stories.With compassion and keen observation, he explor...

Surreal and dreamlike poems that chronicle the pleasures, pains, and anxieties of life.John Cross’s WHAT BLEAK ANGELS CARRIED YOUR BED opens in exile and st(r)ays there. The character Mathias, a trickster who opens this collection, wakes with a primal utterance and startled vision born of commotion. Bewildered by the noise of our culture, he finds brief glimpses of meaning in fleeting, slippery moments. Mathias navigates life in exile, exploring the depths...

St. John narrates this journey of the soul, which requires death to self and detachment from the world. In a step–by–step process, he shows how God can use this “dark night” to eventually bring our human spirits into great illumination, revealing:Divine wisdom and the passion of divine love. How the soul can walk securely through the darkness and the wonderful effects that are wrought in the believer as a result of the dark night.Includes CD of selected excerpts fro...

"Presents the most comprehensive coverage available of the detection, isolation, identification, and estimation of all anionic surfactants in a wide variety of samples in trace and macro quantities. Features new chapters on volumetric and trace analysis, molecular and mass spectroscopy, and chromatographic processes."

Life is full of mystery. Is it possible that there is order in the midst of chaos?Are there solutions to everyday problems? Can there be meaning or purpose in life? Is it possible to know why we are here and where we are going? Why is there so much suffering and death? Is there life after death? Can we be enlightened here and now? Am I destined to lose all identity—to become part of a great nothingness? Is it true that there are no answers?There is an ancient book that disc...

The Concise Book of Acupoints is aimed at acupuncture students and novice practitioners as well as physical therapists and general bodywork therapists who want to utilize the use of these points within their own practices of reflexology, shiatsu, tui na, acupressure and many other bodywork therapies. This highly illustrated book describes the most used and popular acupuncture points on the body that may be used with needle, pressure, or moxa.Although the points are all giv...

A timeless message, written for children, enjoyed by all.Many years ago on a very important day, a remarkable story was told about a Lamb. The story took the listeners on a journey through the Bible, from Creation to the Cross. It explained the central message of scripture and revealed the true significance of the Lamb. Now here in this book the story is retold—an unforgettable message that everyone should hear.Author:John R. Cross and Ian Mastin come from opposite ...

It was about 13,000 years ago that the First Americans, people who came from Asia, worked their way past the melting glaciers of the last Ice Age and began spreading across North, Central, and South America - lands previously unscarred by humans and teeming with mammoths, giant bison, saber-toothed tigers, and beavers the size of a cow. But it's only recently that scientists have pieced together the elusive, compelling saga of that epic migration. And the more we learn about them, the more...

Travelers today are increasingly interested in ecotourism travel in exotic locations. Costa Rica is probably the most popular ecotourism location due to its national parks, rare wildlife, and adventure activities such as trekking, zip lining, and rafting. John P. Cross, a seasoned traveler and passionate environmental advocate, shares a new guide focused on helping travelers of all ages and experience levels to embrace the Pura Vida (pure life) in Costa Rica. Cross leads others on a roadma...

The Spiritual Canticle is one of the supreme poetic-theological works of Spanish mysticism, a lyrical dialogue between the soul, figured as the Bride, and Christ, the Bridegroom. Drawing on the Song of Songs, biblical exegesis, and the courtly love lyric, John of the Cross transforms desire into a rigorous map of contemplative ascent. Its alternating poetry and commentary unite exquisite symbolic density with scholastic precision, placing it within the Golden Age of Spanish literature and ...

Music When Soft Voices Die is a signature work of post-war Gothic horror, originally published in Cross' landmark collection, The Other Passenger (1944).The story is a masterclass in building psychological dread, often characterised by a quiet, mounting tension that leaves the reader questioning the line between sanity and the spectral. Cross trades graphic gore for a sophisticated atmosphere of menace, touching upon themes of loss, obsession, and...