Snapshot: Ship's Dentists
Snapshot: Ship's Dentists

Author: William M. Trently

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-07-27

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1462037755

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It's not just a job. It's an adventure. This book is a snapshot of an adventure from 1987 to 1990 in the United States Navy Dental Corps. Through the author’s unadorned, straightforward narrative, you will be introduced to a nautical and military culture that has its own language and rich traditions. You will treat patients at the world's largest naval base. You will go to sea aboard an aircraft carrier, travel to exotic foreign shores, spend time in a shipyard, and board a Soviet warship during the Cold War. You will find camaraderie and patriotism, and a love of and fascination with the sea.

Yes, You Are Home
Yes, You Are Home

Author: William M. Trently

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2014-05

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1491733675

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When scientists discover an eyewitness's memoir and film footage of the creation and subsequent history of Earth, an opportunity presents for humans to answer the most baffling questions they have confronted. The story is told in six vignettes of excerpted material from the chronicler, a space traveler with an extended lifespan from a distant galaxy who finds herself stranded here, unable to return home. During a long walk through storms and vast spans of slow time, we witness this precarious, initially lifeless landscape fill with primitive life-forms that evolve, experience the daily routines of a group of prehumans, and behold the emergence of humans and their ensuing joyous and miserable history, with its discoveries and achievements and search for the ?right way to live.' In the painting of this comprehensive portrait of the entire history of Earth, filled with an abundance of pain and kindness, we come to an awareness of an unmistakable oneness which links all that ever existed. With Big History as backdrop and ethics the foundation, this is an inspirational tale, often humorous, about the quest to find what it means to live a good life as we ascertain our fragile place in the universe.