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After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home - or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two months later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell's Angel. At his wit's end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn't improve in three months, he was going to kill himself. Civilianized is a memoir chronicling Michael's search for meaning in a suddenly destabilized world.

From the Introduction:"Look around," the drill sergeant said. "In a few years, or even a few months, several of you will be dead. Some of you will be severely wounded or so badly mutilated that your own mother can't stand the sight of you. And for the real unlucky ones, you will come home so emotionally disfigured that you wish you had died over there." It was Week 7 of Basic Training . . . 18 years old and I was preparing myself to die. They say the Army makes a man out of you - but for 18-year-old SPC Michael Anthony, that fabled rite of passage proved a very dark journey. After soliciting his parents’ approval to enlist at only 17, Anthony began his journey with an unshakeable faith in the military born of his family's long tradition of service. But when thrust into a medical unit of misfits as lost as he was, SPC Anthony not only witnessed the unspeakable horror of war—but the undeniable misconduct of the military—firsthand. Everything he ever believed in dissolved, forcing Anthony to rethink his loyalties, and ultimately risk his career—and his freedom—to challenge the military he had so firmly believed in. This searing memoir chronicles the iconic experiences that changed one young soldier forever. A seasoned veteran before the age of twenty-one, he faced the truth about the war - and himself - in this shocking and unprecedented eyewitness account.

The Courageous Life Planner is like no other goal-setting tool available. It's paper - on purpose - to help you think about the things that matter most in life, and to prioritize them above all else. Yet it's wisely designed to integrate with your smartphone. This unique marriage of ancient and modern technologies will transform your life and help you live with power, truth, and love. You'll soar like never before. With the inspirational resources you'll receive through the companion Courage Matters app and Courageous Life Planning System, you'll not only gain focus, but also become more motivated than ever so you achieve worthwhile goals that help you become the best version of yourself. You'll start living with power, truth, and love at the precise time in world history when weakness, lies and hatred are running amuck. The Courageous Life¿ Planner, and companion resources will help you reach your greatest potential!Description:¿One handsomely designed planner covers twelve months, so you can start using it immediately, any time of year!¿Start living with courage, so that power, truth, and love become your new way of life. ¿Dramatically improve your relationships, leadership, productivity, and happiness. ¿More than a mere notebook, you get free motivational and training resources to help you become the best version of you. ¿Helps you set, prioritize, and achieve S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals for the year, every quarter, every month, and every week. ¿Set, prioritize, and achieve S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals in the 7 Areas of Life: RelationshipsSpiritual LifeHealth and FitnessCareerFinancialEducationRest and Recreation ¿Maximize your life with The 7 Day Revolution¿, a fresh approach to life, goal-setting, and achievement. You'll plan and set weekly goals, and prioritize them with your smartphone, freeing you up to support your active lifestyle.¿Develop and live in line with your Life Purpose and Vision.¿Embrace 5 Vital Values that will positively change your life, family, church or business. ¿Wisely designed to integrate with your smartphone. This unique marriage of ancient and modern technologies will positively transform your life.¿Hardcover, approximately 380 pages.

A rough-and-tumble Iraq War veteran is young and in love, and the last thing on his mind is food and the ethics of eating meat. But when his girlfriend becomes a vegetarian and animal rights activist, suddenly food is all he thinks about. A true story of how love and vegetarianism can triumph over all else. Love, heartache, and the rest of the ingredients that make a reader laugh, smile, stop-and-think, are all found in this enthralling graphic memoir. Amidst the stories of love and frustration, there are treatises on food, vegetarianism, and the ethics of the animal rights movement (some of it juxtaposed against Michael's graphic wartime experiences). Told with Michael's sardonic perspective and the delightful artwork of debut graphic novelist Chai Simone, this is a journey of true love gone temporarily astray.

Learn how to successfully integrate biblical studies and theology with education, sociology, and psychology in this introductory textbook on Christian education.

No one is born courageous, but everyone hopes courage will come. Here's how to stand strong. Like many other people of faith, you may be concerned about what the future holds for Christians in America. Every day we wake up in a nation and world that is increasingly hostile to our beliefs and values. Even the basic freedoms that define America--speech and religion--are under attack. The result is that many of us have become fearful, apathetic and detached. The great need of the day is a sweeping revolution of courage in our lives, families and houses of worship. A Call for Courage will spark that revolution in you. Michael Anthony understands how fear can paralyze us, and in this revolutionary new book he shows Christians how to stand up and speak out, mobilizing them to walk by faith, not fear. Drawing from Scripture and deep personal experience, he proves that anyone can learn the secret to putting fear in its place and becoming more courageous. A Call for Courage will help you stand up and speak out while others demand you sit down and shut up. You will learn how to develop the secret weapons God has given you for courage, handle haters, racists, and everyone in between, overcome attacks against your freedom of religion and speech, speak the truth with love when disagreements threaten to create division, and develop courageous humility as your new way of life. A Call for Courage is a handbook on how to live with courageous humility. No matter who you are or what you're facing, A Call for Courage will help you live with power, truth, and love in an age of intolerance and fear.

These stories are told with the freshness and directness one has come to expect of Michael Anthony.

As the gamer squad tackles a racing challenge, thirteen-year-old Hanna, a theater star feeling lost after moving to a bigger school, grapples with her new school and the possibility of not being cast in the upcoming play.

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Unspeakable horrors and devastation are wiping out the small mission town of Tahosa, Colorado. When it becomes clear that powers not of this earth are responsible, a band of Lakota Sioux travel south to join forces with the tiny Catholic parish to fight two of Hell's most ferocious and abhorrent demons.