Amber Smith
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Our Woke Military Could Lose the Next War
Wokeness used to be an annoying distraction in the U.S. military. Now it is a major threat to national security. Faster than most of us thought possible, our military has become a woke, dysfunctional bureaucracy focused not on winning wars but on identity politics, gender ideology, climate change, and other favored causes of the leftist elite. Don't think that China isn't watching. Don't think that Russia,...
2) Danger Close
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English
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Amber Smith flew into enemy fire in some of the most dangerous combat zones in the world. One of only a few women to fly the Kiowa Warrior helicopter, Smith rose to Pilot-in-Command and Air Mission Commander in the premier Kiowa unit in the Army, repeatedly flying into harm's way during her 2005 and 2008 deployments with the 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. Smith takes you into the heat of battle, enabling readers to feel, hear,...
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"After fourteen-year-old Eden is raped by her brother's best friend, she knows she'll never be the way she used to be"--
Starting high school didn't change who Eden was. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes. What Eden once loved-- who she once loved-- she now hates. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she's supposed to tell someone what happened but she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used...
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
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English
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"Brooke Winters has transferred; she's starting fresh, and making plans for college so she can finally leave her hometown, her family, and her past behind. When her mother is arrested for killing Brooke's abusive father, Brooke and her siblings are on their own. As she confronts the shadow of her family's violence and dysfunction, Brooke must struggle to embrace her identity, find her true place in the world, and learn how to let go." --
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A near-fatal car accident brings Chris and Maia together, and their next encounters don't fare much better. They're neighbors, at least for the summer, and despite their best efforts, they just can't seem to stay away from each other. Chris has come out as transgender, but he's still processing a frightening assault he survived the year before. Maia is grieving the loss of her older sister and trying to find her place in the world without her. Falling...
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Atria Books
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2016.
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English
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"A memoir of active combat by an elite female helicopter pilot stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan vividly describes her division's high-risk battles and the ways they were challenged to perform under extreme duress, sharing additional insights into her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated unit,"--NoveList.
9) Outlaw Posse
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English
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1908. CHIEF (Mario Van Peebles) returns from years of hiding to claim stolen gold. In his quest, he reunites an ensemble of familiar faces - together they fight off ANGEL, whose rationale to the gold leaves a trail dead bodies.