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The Hero's Journey: Follow Your Bliss and Doors Will Open

By Dennis Merritt Jones — 2012

In the 70s, when I first heard the phrase "follow your bliss," popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell, it immediately hooked my attention.

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From War to Wonder: Recovering Your Personal Myth Through Homer’s Odyssey

From War to Wonder, Dennis Slattery’s new book, not only explicates the beauty and power of the Odyssey, Homer’s twenty-seven-hundred-year-old marvel-filled epic, it also offers a marvelous way to interact with it on a daily basis.

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Dennis Patrick Slattery, Edward Tick
2025
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How to Return Home: The Buddha on the Battlefield: Judah Pollack at TEDxRockCreekPark

Working with US Army combat veterans for over three years Judah Pollack discusses his insight that resiliency is a product of communities, of human networks. The culture of the Army is less accepting of traditional therapy. But the culture is built on the power of soldiers supporting each other.

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2013
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Warrior’s Return: Restoring the Soul After War

War touches us all―leaving visible and invisible wounds on the warriors who fight, disrupting their families and communities, and leaving lasting imprints on our national psyche.

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Edward Tick
2014
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Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

An original and groundbreaking book that examines the psychological devastation of war by comparing the soldiers of Homer’s Iliad with Vietnam veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. In this moving, dazzlingly creative book, Dr.

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Jonathan Shay
1995
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Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming

In this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life.

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Jonathan Shay
2003
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Rob Jones: An American Hero’s Journey

Jones who lost both legs is ran 31 marathons in 31 days to raise money for wounded veterans.

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2017
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From War Hero to White Coat: A Wounded Veteran’s Journey to Harvard Medical School

Seven years before Greg Galeazzi put on a white coat at Harvard Medical School, he wore Army fatigues while serving a year-long deployment in Afghanistan.

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2017
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Alone at Dawn

In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,469-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged.

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Dan Schilling
2025
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America’s Bravest Warriors

Walk in my Combat Boots is a powerful collection crafted from hundreds of original interviews by James Patterson, the world’s #1 bestselling writer, and First Sergeant US Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann, part of the Ranger unit portrayed in the movie Black Hawk Down.

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James Patterson, Matt Eversmann
2025
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Three Wise Men: A Navy SEAL, a Green Beret, and How Their Marine Brother Became a War’s Sole Survivor

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the ensuing war, which has become the longest ever fought by America’s armed forces.

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Beau Wise, Tom Sileo
2022
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