{"product_id":"9781635243345","title":"Poems From The Sand II","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoems From The Sand speaks of a writer's adventurous journey during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The reader will gain insight to what obstacles the military and civilians face daily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author was born in Houston Texas where he still resides today. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattended HISD secondary schools and graduated from Wheatley Sr High and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTexas Southern University with a BS degree in Mathematics. After 15 years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein management and being on the receiving end of right-sizing by several\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompanies, he joined a branch of the government and began a new career. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereceived recognition for being an outstanding achiever in 1995. In 1998, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereceived a patent for developing a product D-Wash net” that kept the dishes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom being tossed about in the home dishwasher. One day in 2004, he was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etold about employment opportunities that existed overseas. After weighing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemployment options, he boarded a plane in May 2004 and 20 hours later, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efound himself exiting the plane in Kuwait. After being in Kuwait for 6 days,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe learned that his fate would be truly tested because the decision had been\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emade that his group was heading north into Iraq. He signed for his ballistic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehelmet and bullet-proofed vest and convoyed to the holy city of Babylon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe soon departed Babylon and headed for a Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiwaniyah is where he began writing. He began to write poems about things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat he saw and things that was personal to him as well as things that friends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etalked about. Now three years later, he has written over 100 poems and has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecided to share his story with people of all ages. Poems from the Sand is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LitFire Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053510377712,"sku":"9781635243345","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781635243345_p0.jpg?v=1763682674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781635243345","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}