Scholar Warrior

Scholar Warrior
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9780062306869
ISBN-13 : 0062306863
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Scholar Warrior by : Ming-Dao Deng

In this beautifully illustrated offering of ancient wisdom, Deng Ming-Dao shares the secrets of the spiritual path handed down to him by Kwan Saihung, his Taoist master, as well as by herbalists, martial artists, and other practitioners of the ancient arts. Deng shows how Taoist philosophy and practice may be integrated into contemporary Western lifestyles for complete physical, mental, and spiritual health. He provides an abundance of philosophical and practical information about hygiene, diet, sexuality, physical exercise, meditation, medicine, finding one's purpose in life, finding the right teacher, death, and transcendence.

Warrior Life

Warrior Life
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Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Total Pages : 259
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ISBN-10 : 9781773632919
ISBN-13 : 1773632914
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Warrior Life by : Pamela Palmater

In a moment where unlawful pipelines are built on Indigenous territories, the RCMP make illegal arrests of land defenders on unceded lands, and anti-Indigenous racism permeates on social media; the government lie that is reconciliation is exposed. Renowned lawyer, author, speaker and activist, Pamela Palmater returns to wade through media headlines and government propaganda and get to heart of key issues lost in the noise. Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence is the second collection of writings by Palmater. In keeping with her previous works, numerous op-eds, media commentaries, YouTube channel videos and podcasts, Palmater’s work is fiercely anti-colonial, anti-racist, and more crucial than ever before. Palmater addresses a range of Indigenous issues — empty political promises, ongoing racism, sexualized genocide, government lawlessness, and the lie that is reconciliation — and makes the complex political and legal implications accessible to the public. From one of the most important, inspiring and fearless voices in Indigenous rights, decolonization, Canadian politics, social justice, earth justice and beyond, Warrior Life is an unflinching critique of the colonial project that is Canada and a rallying cry for Indigenous peoples and allies alike to forge a path toward a decolonial future through resistance and resurgence.

Chronicles of Tao

Chronicles of Tao
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 499
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ISBN-10 : 9780062502193
ISBN-13 : 0062502190
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Chronicles of Tao by : Ming-Dao Deng

This extraordinary spiritual odyssey "transcends the tangible and points to the mysteries of all we can imagine and all we cannot" (Los Angeles Times). Part adventure, part parable, this true story of the making of a Taoist ma ster leads readers through a labyrinth of Taoist practice, martial arts discipline, and international intrigue. Line drawings.

The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare

The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 9781135020095
ISBN-13 : 1135020094
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare by : Andrew Mumford

This book offers an analysis of key individuals who have contributed to both the theory and the practice of counterinsurgency (COIN). Insurgencies have become the dominant form of armed conflict around the world today. The perceptible degeneration of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan into insurgent quagmires has sparked a renewal of academic and military interest in the theory and practice of counterinsurgency. In light of this, this book provides a rigorous analysis of those individuals who have contributed to both the theory and practice of counterinsurgency: ‘warrior-scholars’. These are soldiers who have bridged the academic-military divide by influencing doctrinal and intellectual debates about irregular warfare. Irregular warfare is notoriously difficult for the military, and scholarly understanding about this type of warfare is also problematic; especially given the residual anti-intellectualism within Western militaries. Thus, The Theory and Practice of Irregular Warfare is dedicated to analysing the best perceivable bridge between these two worlds. The authors explore the theoretical and practical contributions made by a selection of warrior-scholars of different nationalities, from periods ranging from the French colonial wars of the mid-twentieth century to the Israeli experiences in the Middle East; from contributions to American counter-insurgency made during the Iraq War, to the thinkers who shaped the US war in Vietnam. This book will be of much interest to students of counterinsurgency, strategic studies, defence studies, war studies and security studies in general.

The Warrior's Heart

The Warrior's Heart
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 293
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ISBN-10 : 9780547868523
ISBN-13 : 0547868529
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Warrior's Heart by : Eric Greitens

An adaptation of 'The heart and the fist' for teens.

The Language Warrior's Manifesto

The Language Warrior's Manifesto
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 1681341549
ISBN-13 : 9781681341545
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Language Warrior's Manifesto by : Anton Treuer

A clarion call to action, incorporating powerful stories of failure and success, that points the way for all who seek to preserve indigenous languages.

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9780062322982
ISBN-13 : 0062322982
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by : Robert Moore

The bestselling, widely heralded, Jungian introduction to the psychological foundation of a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity. Redefining age-old concepts of masculinity, Jungian analysts Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette make the argument that mature masculinity is not abusive or domineering, but generative, creative, and empowering of the self and others. Moore and Gillette clearly define the four mature male archetypes that stand out through myth and literature across history: the king (the energy of just and creative ordering), the warrior (the energy of aggressive but nonviolent action), the magician (the energy of initiation and transformation), and the lover (the energy that connects one to others and the world), as well as the four immature patterns that interfere with masculine potential (divine child, oedipal child, trickster and hero). King, Warrior, Magician, Lover is an exploratory journey that will help men and women reimagine and deepen their understanding of the masculine psyche.

Roman Religion

Roman Religion
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781316264928
ISBN-13 : 1316264920
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Roman Religion by : Valerie M. Warrior

Examining sites that are familiar to many modern tourists, Valerie Warrior avoids imposing a modern perspective on the topic by using the testimony of the ancient Romans to describe traditional Roman religion. The ancient testimony recreates the social and historical contexts in which Roman religion was practised. It shows, for example, how, when confronted with a foreign cult, official traditional religion accepted the new cult with suitable modifications. Basic difficulties, however, arose with regard to the monotheism of the Jews and Christianity. Carefully integrated with the text are visual representations of divination, prayer, and sacrifice as depicted on monuments, coins, and inscriptions from public buildings and homes throughout the Roman world. Also included are epitaphs and humble votive offerings that illustrate the piety of individuals, and that reveal the prevalence of magic and the occult in the spiritual lives of the ancient Romans.

Alfred

Alfred
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 0750937963
ISBN-13 : 9780750937962
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Alfred by : John Peddie

John Peddie expertly examines the scale and intent of the relentless threat of conquest by the Viking sea-raiders, the military and logistical problems that beset both sides, and the strategies devised by King Alfred of Wessex which led to the reconquest of his Wessex homeland and the creation of England itself.

Black Hearts

Black Hearts
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 474
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307450982
ISBN-13 : 0307450988
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Black Hearts by : Jim Frederick

“Riveting. . . a testament to a misconceived war, and to the ease with which ordinary men, under certain conditions, can transform into monsters.”—New York Times Book Review This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment—a unit known as “the Black Heart Brigade.” Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq’s so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat grinder just south of Baghdad, the Black Hearts found themselves in arguably the country’s most dangerous location at its most dangerous time. Hit by near-daily mortars, gunfire, and roadside bomb attacks, suffering from a particularly heavy death toll, and enduring a chronic breakdown in leadership, members of one Black Heart platoon—1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion—descended, over their year-long tour of duty, into a tailspin of poor discipline, substance abuse, and brutality. Four 1st Platoon soldiers would perpetrate one of the most heinous war crimes U.S. forces have committed during the Iraq War—the rape of a fourteen-year-old Iraqi girl and the cold-blooded execution of her and her family. Three other 1st Platoon soldiers would be overrun at a remote outpost—one killed immediately and two taken from the scene, their mutilated corpses found days later booby-trapped with explosives. Black Hearts is an unflinching account of the epic, tragic deployment of 1st Platoon. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with Black Heart soldiers and first-hand reporting from the Triangle of Death, Black Hearts is a timeless story about men in combat and the fragility of character in the savage crucible of warfare. But it is also a timely warning of new dangers emerging in the way American soldiers are led on the battlefields of the twenty-first century.