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When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans
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When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat VeteransWhen Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans

Women are officially barred from combat in the American armed services, yet in today's wars, where there are no front lines, the ban on combat is virtually meaningless. More than in any previous conflict in our history, American women are engaging with the enemy, suffering injuries, and even sacrificing their lives in the line of duty. 
 
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Tags: American, Women, combat, enemy, suffering, Veterans, Janey, Combat
The Pacific
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The PacificThe Pacific

The Pacific presents the Pacific War, from America’s first battle with the Japanese to the final shot. It blends eyewitness accounts into a larger perspective on the course of the war. However, this larger perspective is not solely provided by the historian, but also by the veterans. Put another way, instead of layering some oral histories onto a historical framework, I follow the lives of five veterans who, between them, experienced most of the key moments of the war. By walking with these men through their respective wars, the reader comes to see The Pacificas a whole.


 
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Tags: Pacific, veterans, perspective, larger, follow
Don't Get Burned on EBay
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Don't Get Burned on EBayDon't Get Burned on EBayLots of books tell you how to buy and sell on eBay. But what if something goes horribly awry? Do you have to chalk it up to a "lesson learned," lick your wounds and move on? Not a chance. Don't Get Burned on eBay offers relevant lessons based on real-life stories posted on eBay's Answer Center. With sharp, witty rhetoric, veteran eBay user Shauna Wright (co-founder of the popular web site WhoWouldBuyThat.com), shows eBay veterans and newcomers alike how to avoid those nasty scenarios, and how to pull themselves out of the muck if they've already fallen in.

 
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Tags: Burned, WhoWouldBuyThat, shows, popular, veterans, cofounder