Grey Feathers is the story of a combat platoon leaders role and responsibilities in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1970. The story is derived from the countless after-action reports, personal observations and experiences, interviews, and 4th division magazine articles about this period of the Vietnam War.----The unit served was the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, which was a highly decorated unit marked by a cloverleaf symbol of the 4th Division. I...

The aim of this work was not an exhaustive review of all pediatric echo graphic problems but a presentation of our daily experience with ultrasonography in pediatric practice. Several teams of pediatric radiologists from France and Belgium have combined their experiences to produce a practical book. The different authors have been chosen for their specific experience and their special area of work. The different chapters express therefore personal opinions. Unresolved questions are posed a...

The definitive authoritative textbook on spinal deformities from the Scoliosis Research SocietySpinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, Second Edition, edited by renowned spinal deformity surgeons Christopher J. DeWald and his father Ronald L. DeWald, is a long-awaited, authoritative, one-stop resource that covers the breadth and depth of this specialized field. The first edition textbook edited by Ronald L. DeWald attempted to help formulate a Scoliosi...

Starting a business is hard, but keeping an established company going can be equally challenging. In the long run, every business will need to adapt to changing market conditions, technologies, and competitive environments. Achieving Longevity explains how to manage those changes through entrepreneurial thinking.As Jim Dewald shows, the most successful companies thrive by establishing decision-making processes that constantly engage new opportunities, enabling the firm to ...

He’s hunting a ghost.She’s defying a tyrant.Together, their war begins.In the untamed South African Lowveld of the 1880s, vengeance is the only law. Johan Grimbeek, a man as fast with his revolvers as a mamba, is driven by a sacred oath to hunt the murderer of his beloved guardian. At the same time, the fiercely independent Magda du Preez fights to save her people from a ruthless tyrant whose smuggling empire is bui...

A gentle fairy tale about two princesses. Two sisters with two opposite beauties, they clash in love, is it a love triangle? Can love overcome jealousy in love? Is there any mystery behind their magical beauty? Secrets about the past, present, and future will gradually be revealed. In the end, will there be a happy ending for everyone...

The book is divided into four sections. The first concerns the firefight where five American Soldiers are stranded in a Landing Zone. No helicopters were planned to return after the pickup helicopter aborted its mission. The men were captured and became prisoners of war. The second is the approval for the rescue mission, the recruiting, and the planning. The third phase is the search to find a Prisoner of War Compound in three countries-Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos. Two were found but were...

Today’s interest in social history and private life is often seen as a twentieth-century innovation. Most often Lucien Febvre and the Annales school in France are credited with making social history a widely accepted way for historians to approach the past. In Lost Worlds historian Jonathan Dewald shows that we need to look back further in time, into the nineteenth century, when numerous French intellectuals developed many of the key concepts that historians employ today.A...

A frontier without mercy.A vow that can’t be broken.A killer known only as The Mask***.***The Untamed Lowveld, 1885. Lone wanderer Johan Grimbeek arrives with a hidden purpose. To avenge the man who raised him by hunting down a ruthless phantom known only as “The Mask.”Left for dead after a brutal ambush, Johan is rescued by the fierce and beautiful Juanita Perreira. But as he recovers under...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is ideal for developers who have experience in developing websites or possess minor knowledge of how responsive websites work. No experience of high-level website development or performance tweaking is required.What you will learnWho this book is forThis book is ideal for developers who have experience in developing websites or possess minor knowledge of how responsive websites work. N...

Marriage is the ultimate goal of lovers, but it is also the starting point for a married life that is not always as rosy as lovers often try to paint it.When living together, the ambiguity between the other person's true self and the beautiful image that each lover creates in their mind will become clearer. There have been couples who could not accept the other person's true personality after marriage, leading to divorce, but there are also couples who, after learning the truth, ma...

Jessie Haverstein’s brutal rape sends her running. She encases herself in a “safe” cocoon of isolation. But endless nightmares send her back home looking for answers and peace. But a new danger awaits her when she gets there: Hunter Clements is a victim of life-long bullying who sees her and everyone else as his enemy. He wants Jessie dead, and his hardened heart is willing to go to any length to see that happen.A harrowing run for her life in the dead of night leads her on an incr...