The Reluctant Communist(1st Edition) My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea by Charles Robert Jenkins, JimFrederick Hardcover, 238 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-25333-9, ISBN: 0-520-25333-7
"In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. He believed his action would get him back to the States and a short jail sentence. Instead he found himself in another sort of prison, where for forty years he suffered under one of ..."
"When a commando team of U.S. Navy Seals breached a fortified compound in Pakistan and dispatched Osama bin Laden, the world's attention focused on America's special forces. Yet it is the nature of their form of war that the names of these heroes may never be known. Now TIME shines a spotlight on the secret world of military special operations units, from the Green Berets of the Vietnam War to the Navy Seals of Pakistan. Join TIME to tra ..."
Black Hearts(1st Edition) One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death by JimFrederick Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2010 by Crown Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-45075-3, ISBN: 0-307-45075-9
"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, ..."
Minefields of the Heart(1st Edition) A Mother's Stories of a Son at War by Sue Diaz, JimFrederick Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2010 by Potomac Books Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-59797-515-5, ISBN: 1-59797-515-X
"How do combat veterans and their loved ones bridge the divide that war, by its very nature, creates between them? How does someone who has fought in a war come home, especially after a tour of duty marked by near-daily mortar attacks, enemy fire, and roadside bombs? With a journalist’s eye and a mother’s warmth, Sue Diaz asks these questions as she chronicles the two deployments to Iraq of her son, Sgt. Roman Diaz, from the perspective ..."
"The Retirement Docs’ Proven Prescription for Living a Happy, Fulfilling Rest of Your Life Over the years, Dr. Fritz Fraunfelder and Dr. Jim Gilbaugh have seen thousands of their patients respond differently to the challenges of retirement: some rose to new heights; others hit new lows. The doctors began to wonder, How do some people maintain their vitality, interests, and zest for life in retirement while others became distant, even dep ..."
"Notable mainly for its clear and thorough exploration of the Object Modeling Technique (OMT)--a generic way of representing objects and their relationships--this book is good as a primer and great as a knowledge booster for those already familiar with object-oriented concepts. Object-Oriented Modeling and Design teaches you how to approach problems by breaking them down into interrelated pieces, then implementing the pieces. In ad ..."
Jim and Nell A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon, by a Devonshire Man [W. F. Rock] by William Frederick Rock, William FrederickJim Hardcover, 60 Pages, Published 2016 by Palala Press ISBN-13: 978-1-357-05118-1, ISBN: 1-357-05118-2