This book explains who Marines are and what they do. Simple yet accurate illustrations depict Marine Corps' custom and traditions and the wars Marines have fought through history. Pages show examples of the different uniforms worn and explain the variety of jobs Marines have. Most importantly, we have attempted to describe what life is like for a child of a Marine. Please enjoy the preview of the complete book so you can see everything that is inside.
This book explains who Marines are and what they do. Simple yet accurate illustrations depict Marine Corps' custom and traditions and the wars Marines have fought through history. Pages show examples of the different uniforms worn and explain the variety of jobs Marines have. Most importantly, we have attempted to describe what life is like for a child of a Marine. Please enjoy the preview of the complete book so you can see everything that is inside.
This book helps to explain to children who Marines are and what they do. It introduces some Marine Corps customs and traditions and shows many of the wars Marines have fought in history. It shows various uniforms and jobs that Marines do. It then explains what it is like to be the child of a Marine.
Some heroes wear a badge, and some heroes wear scrubs. But my mommy is one of The Few and The Proud. My mommy is a U.S. Marine. Read along as one boy tells you all about his mom's job as a Marine and his life as a military kid.
Subject: Captain Will Hughes, U.S. Marine Corps Current Status: On assignment in NYC—suddenly recruited to shed the uniform! Mission: Serve as model, muse and man-toy without running afoul of the general. Obstacle: Hannah Harrington, fashion world It girl. Hannah narrowly escapes Fashion Week disaster by hijacking gorgeous Will for her runway show—after all, rock-hard abs are the ultimate accessory. His good deed nearly lands him in the brig, but he'll risk anything to get back into her bed…. Hannah can't figure out how this model marine got under her skin—they're complete opposites! But sexy Will not only ignites her senses, he fuels her creativity: an irresistible combination, even if it can't last. Can two steamy weeks together satisfy their lust…or will they have to extend this mission?
This exciting book was listed as #1 on The Advocate’s (ital) bestseller list for December 1996! In The Masculine Marine, author Steven Zeeland records, for the first time ever, what active-duty Marines have to say about what it means to be a man, to be a Marine, and to desire other men. As the foremost surviving icon of traditional masculinity, Marines are often considered the opposite of “gay.” Yet in contemporary gay culture, Marines are stereotyped as likely to play the passive role in sexual encounters with other men. By vividly illustrating some of the startling ways in which gay and Marine attributes can coincide, The Masculine Marine uncovers the wild sexual contradictions built into military hypermasculinity. From ordinary grunts to a major who flies a combat jet, Zeeland’s Marine interviewees provide thoughtful and articulate insight into aspects of this rarely documented culture, including: homoerotic bonding among Marines how gay Marines reconcile their sexual identity with the ethos of “hard” Marine supermasculinity how some Marines eroticize the pain and humiliation of Marine Corps boot camp Marines in all-male pornography male attitudes toward women in the Marine Corps hazing and institutional violence These Marines talk candidly about what motivated them to join the United States’most elite fighting force, and they reveal how becoming Marines has shaped their sexual and gender identities. For the student of gay or military studies or anyone sexually intrigued by men in uniform, The Masculine Marine must reading. Visit Steven Zeeland at his home page: http://www.stevenzeeland.com
When it comes to a career in coaching sports, there is no teaching without doing—and practice doesn’t just make perfect, it makes a whole life. In this heartfelt memoir, first-time author Thomas H. Peart recounts the story of his experiences growing up in Alexandria, Minnesota, playing hockey, joining the US Marine Corps, attending college, and eventually entering a lengthy and impressive career as a coach for high school, college, and professional hockey—both stateside and overseas—alongside a number of other sports. Beginning in childhood and throughout his life, all the way up to the moment of his authoring this very book, Peart’s career as a coach is a testament to the value of learning through experience, teaching with care and respect, and always remaining open to opportunity. A satisfying slice of life in the postwar American Midwest, this book will make a great addition to the shelves of Peart’s contemporaries, as well as anyone interested in the worlds of amateur and professional sports. Because those who do, teach—and those who teach, do.
About the Book Seventeen-year-old Jason Martinez has it all, good looks, straight A’s, and well-known as a star basketball player in his high school. But with the arrival of the beautiful and mysterious Terina, Jason’s high school career just became a lot more interesting. Terina is no ordinary student. A vampire fleeing organizations worldwide attempting to trap her and studying her, just her presence begins to put the citizens of Springville in danger. Now navigating school, grades, parents, and throwing vampires and diabolical agents in the mix, Jason’s life becomes a Deadly Romance. About the Author Stacy Urbina, fourteen, has been writing for two years. She also enjoys painting, going to the park, and imagining even more stories and how to turn them into films. She uses her own experiences as inspiration for her tales.
A raw and rampaging debut novel from the author of the “inventive, unsparing, irreverent and consistently entertaining” (NYTBR) memoir Eat the Apple--the last phase of war for US veterans: returning home. What was it like? It's the only thing anyone wants to know about war--and the last thing Corporal Dean Pusey wants to talk about, at least not with one of these fat and happy civilians crowding the bar. Dean is two months free from the Marine Corps, and life back in his Indiana hometown is anything but peaceful. That's when the woman next to him offers to buy him a drink. Max is nice--gorgeous, funny, easy to talk to. Dean doesn't dare tell her about the sheep he took care of on his first deployment, only to watch it get torn to shreds by a pack of wild dogs; or the naked, shivering Iraqi teenager his platoon detained after an IED blast. He needs to leave all that behind and become a new person-the kind who sticks around when Max gets pregnant. He's white-knuckling it, trying to keep calm, and it's not easy. Harder still when his friend and comrade Ruiz starts showing up all over the place like he's been invited--like he didn't die a year ago. He has Max now, he has his baby daughter, River. He doesn't have time for ghosts. With his signature black humor, hard-eyed honesty, and stylistic ingenuity, Matt Young delivers a novel that turns the typical war story on its head--beginning not with enlistment but with retirement, and locating the life-or-death stakes not in battle, but in the domestic theaters of fatherhood, family, forgiveness, and love.
