Take a journey with Force Recon Marine and Pro MMA Champion Chad Robichaux as he shares glimpses into the life of special operations, professional fighting, and deep insight into this world's spiritual battles. Chad shares successes and failures experienced in Afghanistan, the MMA cage, and his biggest fights: struggling with PTSD, a near divorce, and almost becoming another veteran suicide statistic. Each chapter shares parallel stories of biblical warriors who faced similar struggles and reveals the unfair advantage that led them to victory in the midst of those battles. Discover that same advantage for the battles you face, and unlock the warrior spirit sewn in your heart by God himself.

Tim O’Connor is paid to be violent. He plays for the El Paso Storm in the West Texas Hockey League. People call him Oak. He’s been an enforcer for longer than his hip or shoulder or back have been able to hold together. He is a broken machine of gristle and rage. And he has been away from home for too long. He’s called back to Boston by his mother’s death. There he confronts a life he failed to live, a daughter he doesn’t know, and a body that is quickly breaking down. Still, he can’t conceive of a future without hockey, even as he chews oxycodone and Adderall to numb his injuries and steady his brain. When a brutal encounter with the police places him in the path of Joan Linney, a haunted public defender, and Kip, a boy with a brave face, Oak and his chance companions roam cold streets from Castle Island to Quincy Point, struggling to believe in a different future. In spare, potent language, Jeff W. Bens builds a remarkable character from the skates up. The Mighty Oak is a visceral and emotional experience. The fact of Oak’s physical existence is powerfully rendered, and the bone-deep transformation of his character is one you will not soon forget.

The book is emphatically not autobiographical, though inevitably the story is informed by the authors long and very active life. It takes the reader across time and space in the companionship of women and men dedicated to achievement. The book is about people who use their native talent, effort, and energy to succeed. It is a story of a search deeper than our existential values. We follow the characters as they struggle to identify the deeper values at the core of their beings. The common, flimsy fancies of feelings carelessly labeled love are exposed and contrasted in the lives and experiences of these authentic characters. Without vainglory, fame, or kudos, but through integrity and faith in their deepest beliefs, their achievements are to be enjoyed in a calm crescendo of fulfilling, loving lives.

Leadership is a contact sport. In the rough and tumble of life, leadership makes the difference. Excellent leadership to which we aspire integrates disciplines which ensure personal resilience, and promote resilience in others and in organizations. Resilient Leaders is part of the Resilience Trilogy by Bob Dees. If you are in charge of anything or anyone, move to a higher tier of what it means to be a resilient leader: How do I help others navigate the body slams of life? How do I help the organizations and people I lead recover from changing market conditions, tragic circumstances, perplexing dilemmas? While it is true that leaders get tired and body slammed, leaders also must bounce back, ideally even higher than before. Leaders must be resilient. That's what Resilient Leaders is all about.

Learn To Grow Oak Seedlings From Acorns With This Complete Guide! Have you ever wanted to grow an oak from an acorn? If so, "Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns" by Catherine Copp, PhD is the best book for you!The author is a former reforestation tree-planter, tree seed collector, and tree nursery owner with experience growing oaks and many other species of native trees and shrubs. Her easy-to-understand guide will lead you through all the steps to growing oak seedlings from acorns. It covers all the major oak species in North America - both Canada and the USA. This book is a great resource for all landowners, and can be a fun and educational family project with your children! You will learn not only what to do with acorns, but the reasons behind the steps. This will give you a deeper understanding and appreciation of native oak trees and their place in the natural landscape. Anyone can grow oaks from acorns and it's fun! Includes a handy chart showing the pre-treatment requirements for acorns of all the North American oaks! You Will Learn The Following: Tips to identify the oak species How to forecast oak crops How to determine acorn maturity How to get acorns to germinate How to grow and transplant your oak seedlings Get this complete guide today and head for the trees before the squirrels get there first!

A creative and colorful look at life and living as seen through nature. Suited for children, teens, tweens and adults as well. A helpful teaching tool for emotional discovery and growth.

“A timely and much needed call to plant, protect, and delight in these diverse, life-giving giants.” —David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature’s Best Hope, urged homeowners to take conservation into their own hands. Now, he is turning his advocacy to one of the most important species of the plant kingdom—the mighty oak tree. Oaks sustain a complex and fascinating web of wildlife. The Nature of Oaks reveals what is going on in oak trees month by month, highlighting the seasonal cycles of life, death, and renewal. From woodpeckers who collect and store hundreds of acorns for sustenance to the beauty of jewel caterpillars, Tallamy illuminates and celebrates the wonders that occur right in our own backyards. He also shares practical advice about how to plant and care for an oak, along with information about the best oak species for your area. The Nature of Oaks will inspire you to treasure these trees and to act to nurture and protect them.

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers's life forever. His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked out as a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean's life became a silent nightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal from everything and everyone he loved. In Rising Above, Green Beret Sean Rogers chronicles the toughest battle of his life: the long, painful fight to confront his darkest fears and reclaim his life. After struggling as a young man to accept the raw trauma of his past, he eventually learned to understand and embrace it, ultimately using it to become an elite Special Forces operator. Through this profoundly honest and inspiring memoir, Rogers explores what it means to make the pain of your past work for you, showing you how to harness the truth of your own reality and take control of your destiny.

A children's book about a friendly frog name Lily Faye. Lily Faye discovers the importance of trees and learns about mammals.

"Death Waits in the Dark - Six Guns Don't Miss" is a thrilling story about a Night Stalker at war. This is the story of an attack helicopter pilot who flew with the renowned 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), and the incredible friendships Greg Coker and his fellow compatriots forged in the heat of combat.The Night Stalkers, officially known as the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, are the best helicopter pilots and crews in the world. These are the crews who fly America's top special operations units to combat. They can reach any target, plus or minus 30 seconds, as they take pride in saying. The Battle of Mogadishu, the Osama bin Laden mission, and the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid are just some of their exploits that have made it through to the public.When you hear about special operations troops doing something incredible on the ground, it's almost always because 160th SOAR pilots like Gregory "Gravy" Coker flew them in, provided air support, and whisked them back out -- all under cover of darkness.Alexander Hollings writes - "The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, commonly called the Night Stalkers, are widely considered to be among the best military aviators on the planet. Coker's new book, "Death Waits in the Dark: Six Guns Don't Miss" promises to give us a glimpse into this elite and secretive world, and came with some help from Sandboxx's own resident Delta Force legend, George E. Hand IV."