Matt Young

Matt Young joined the Marine Corps at age eighteen. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases charged with making him a Marine. Matt survived the training and then not one, not two, but three deployments to Iraq. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating, and ultimately redemptive, Young's story drops us unarmed into Marine Corps culture and lays bare the absurdism of 21st-century war, the manned-up vulnerability of those on the front lines, and the true, if often misguided, motivations that drove a young man to a life at war.

Eat the Apple

End of Active Service

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The Use of LEDS to Simulate Weak Yag-laser Beams

A gut-wrenching, beautiful memoir which explores toxic masculinity and the devastating consequences of war on one impressionable young soldierMatt Young joined the Marine Corps aged eighteen, after a drunken night that culminated in him crashing his car into a fire hydrant. The teenage wasteland he fled followed him to the training bases of California. Young survived training and then three deployments to Iraq as an infantryman.Eat the Apple is the searing and honest response to those years. Visceral, ironic, self-lacerating and ultimately redemptive, Young's story drops us unarmed into Marine Corps culture and lays bare the vulnerability of those on the front lines and the true, if often misguided, motivations that drove a young man to a life at war. Tender and brilliantly written, Eat the Apple is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores toxic masculinity and maps the insane geography of our times.

The Memoirs of an Ordinary Soldier in the Iraq War

Lindsay Frost

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The Technical Writer's Handbook

Some of the Praise for No Sense of Obligation . . . fascinating analysis of religious belief -- Steve Allen, author, composer, entertainer [A] tour de force of science and religion, reason and faith, denoting in clear and unmistakable language and rhetoric what science really reveals about the cosmos, the world, and ourselves. Michael Shermer, Publisher, Skeptic Magazine; Author, How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science About the Book Rejecting belief without evidence, a scientist searches the scientific, theological, and philosophical literature for a sign from God--and finds him to be an allegory. This remarkable book, written in the layperson’s language, leaves no room for unproven ideas and instead seeks hard evidence for the existence of God. The author, a sympathetic critic and observer of religion, finds instead a physical universe that exists reasonlessly. He attributes good and evil to biology, not to God. In place of theism, the author gives us the knowledge that the universe is intelligible and that we are grownups, responsible for ourselves. He finds salvation in the here and now, and no ultimate purpose in life, except as we define it.

Science and Religion in an Impersonal Universe

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About Unity-and-Diversity World Council, Inc. The Unity-and-Diversity World Council, Inc. (UDC) is a nonprofit, tax - exempt California Corporation. It was originally formed to develop the ideals and activities undertaken during International Cooperation Year 1965, which was voted into being by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The U.N.’s goal in establishing that year was to encourage cooperation among non-governmental organizations. Vision Statement: The vision of the UDC is to establish and sustain a local-to-global cooperating body of individuals, groups, and networks – for the pursuit of peace, justice, and an environmentally sustainable civilization for all races, cultures, and religions based on universal ethical and spiritual principles. Objectives: 1. To realize our connection to the Source of All Life and to all life forms. 2. To facilitate personal and social transformation and cooperative activities among individuals, groups, and networks. 3. To create an international vehicle for economic cooperation. 4. To study and take action of different issues, as well as making recommendations for needed action to institutions around the world. 5. To support the United Nations and its efforts in behalf of global community. Activities: (1) Peace Sunday – An annual event featuring speakers, performers, in interfaith candlelighting, and table displays of participating organizations. (2) Peace Convergence – A full-day event drawing together the twelve sectors of the Peace Wheel to interact and discover ways of cooperation. (3) Interfaith Celebrations – A monthly event involving the world’s religions and spiritual groups at various houses of worship. (4) Culture of Peace Series – A monthly educational and action program featuring the different sectors of the Peace Wheel. (5) Interfaith Services – A weekly Sunday a.m. gathering to explore the moral and spiritual values of the emerging global civilization. (6) Unity-and-Diversity Ministry Training – Ministers-to-be study all faiths, the relation of science and religion, and the practical aspects of the ministry. Unity-and-Diversity World Council, Inc. Address: P.O. Box 661401 Los Angeles, CA 90066-9201 USA Phone number: (424) 228-2087 Email: udcworld@gmail.com

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