"A History of Troop A Cavalry" by Robert John McCarthy is a detailed exploration of the storied past of Troop A, a cavalry unit with a rich heritage. McCarthy meticulously chronicles the formation, evolution, and significant events that shaped the troop's identity over the years. Through extensive research and firsthand accounts, the author brings to life the experiences of the soldiers who served, highlighting their bravery and dedication. The book serves as both a historical record and a...

In this poetry collection, the author of Ghost Country deeply examines violent masculinity, driven by a yearning for more compassionate ways of being.McCarthy's flyover country is populated by a family strangled by silence: a father drunk and mute in the passenger seat, a mother sinking into bed like a dish at the bottom of a sink, and a boy whose friends play punch-for-punch for fun. He shows us a boy struggling to understand pain carried down through gene...

The depth of evil found in Spain reveals the horror that awaits Israel and then Iran. The souls of loved ones and their spiritual guides will be needed to confront this evil. Rick and other courageous human spirits join forces with humans besieged by the evil incarnate to save mankind from further destruction. Rick died over forty years ago at the age of 19 after unsuccessful neurosurgery. His brother, George, was 16 then and loved Rick. Now George is a retired doctor visiting a conference...

Few people read about the Philippine Insurrection in American History. At the treaty ending the Spanish American War, the US purchased the Philippine Islands. However, the Filipinos who fought alongside the Americans against the Spanish felt betrayed and declared war against the occupying American troops. From the period of early 1899 through 1908, the US fought a protracted war said to have been more brutal than the fighting in the Philippines during World War II. The Bluejacket’s Manual ...

This gripping biography provides an inside look at John McCarthy's time as a nineteen-yearold gunship helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Always honest about what he experienced, McCarthy takes readers through a calendar of months to highlight the people he encountered, the grit of fighting battles, and the details associated with war, danger, trauma, and the sheer will to survive.

Profit. What a simple term. To determine it, all one needs to do is take revenue and subtract costs and there you go: profit. From there it’s easy to determine a percentage and margin. So what’s so hard about law firm profitability? Profitability in Law Firms: Insight and Analysis provides practical and proven strategies for law firm leaders and managers who want to take their firms to the next level of performance and profitability. How can they increase their profitability and efficiency...

**A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA thought-provoking examination of how public education systems can be strengthened through strategic relationships both within schools and with outside partners.**In Democracy and Reform in Public Schools, Saul Rubinstein, Charles Heckscher, and John McCarthy apply their expertise in labor relations to public school reform. They envision a model of K–12 education that shifts away from the tenets of neoliber...

An Epicurious Best Book of the Year 2023"Authors Carey Jones and John McCarthy are a cocktail world power couple." -- Bon AppetitShake up your cocktail routine with this easy-to-follow guide from the critically acclaimed authors of Be Your Own Bartender.You love your favorite libations, but sometimes you want something different that you know you’ll like. Providing all the tools you need to create delicious new con...

God, Sex, Science, Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Christian Ethics is a timely, wide-ranging attempt to rescue dialogues on human sexuality, sexual diversity, and gender from insular exchanges based primarily on biblical scholarship and denominational ideology. Too often, dialogues on sexuality and gender devolve into the repetition of party lines and defensive postures, without considering the interdisciplinary body of scholarly research on this complex subject. This vo...

In 2003, the United States had about 60 craft distillers; today there are over 2,000 in all corners of the country, 500 of which are making whiskey. This book introduces the entrepreneurs and the companies behind this American craft whiskey movement.Whiskey Rebels is a collection of first-person accounts of the brilliant, brave, and slightly crazy innovators responsible for changing the whiskey landscape forever—people like Ralph Erenzo, recipient of the f...

In the past decade, urban regeneration policy makers and practitioners have faced a number of difficult challenges, such as sustainability, budgetary constraints, demands for community involvement and rapid urbanization in the Global South. Urban regeneration remains a high profile and important field of government-led intervention, and policy and practice continue to adapt to the fresh challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, as well as confronting long standing intractable urban...

In The Last Rally, Belloc narrates with clarity and vigor a central episode in the decline of the English Monarchy. Restored to the throne following the interlude of Cromwell's "Commonwealth," Charles II devoted his life as King of England to maintaining the integrity of the throne against all the forces arrayed against it: the power of the great landowners who worked through the Parliament; the influence of the Lawyers' Guild; and the irresistible mercantile and financial strengt...