Global Road Warrior

The Global Road Warrior is the ultra-pragmatic reference for the international business communicator and traveler, containing critical information you need for survival and success while on the road internationally.

Covers business practices in 85 countries, including a general summary of the economy, holidays, money, climate, and people; travel issues from visas to trains; communications from telephones to Internet connections; business culture from initial greetings to women's roles; and details on major cities.

Ever since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, fighters from abroad have journeyed in ever-greater numbers to conflict zones in the Muslim world to defend Islam from-in their view-infidels and apostates. The phenomenon recently reached its apogee in Syria, where the foreign fighter population quickly became larger and more diverse than in any previous conflict. In Road Warriors, Daniel Byman provides a sweeping history of the jihadist foreign fighter movement. He begins by chronicling the movement's birth in Afghanistan, its growing pains in Bosnia and Chechnya, and its emergence as a major source of terrorism in the West in the 1990s, culminating in the 9/11 attacks. Since that bloody day, the foreign fighter movement has seen major ups and downs. It rode high after the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, when the ultra-violent Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) attracted thousands of foreign fighters. AQI overreached, however, and suffered a crushing defeat. Demonstrating the resilience of the movement, however, AQI reemerged anew during the Syrian civil war as the Islamic State, attracting tens of thousands of fighters from around the world and spawning the bloody 2015 attacks in Paris among hundreds of other strikes. Although casualty rates are usually high, the survivors of Afghanistan, Syria, and other fields of jihad often became skilled professional warriors, going from one war to the next. Still others returned to their home countries, some to peaceful retirement but a deadly few to conduct terrorist attacks. Over time, both the United States and Europe have learned to adapt. Before 9/11, volunteers went to and fro to Afghanistan and other hotspots with little interference. Today, the United States and its allies have developed a global program to identify, arrest, and kill foreign fighters. Much remains to be done, however-jihadist ideas and networks are by now deeply embedded, even as groups such as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State rise and fall. And as Byman makes abundantly clear, the problem is not likely to go away any time soon.

If you travel for business, you live in a whole other world most simply don't understand. They think it's an easy and glamorous life. But the road can be hard. It can be difficult to be both productive and effective. It's a challenge to stay healthy and it's a battle to stay connected with those you love back home. Too many business travelers are on auto-pilot and just plain burned out. But it doesn't have to be this way. You want to be at your best no matter where you are but especially on the road but rarely are we taught how to master the business travel life. Until now. The Elite Road Warrior is written for the business traveler by a business traveler who understands the real challenges to becoming elite in the areas that matter most: your work, health, and home life. In this book, you will learn: How to Increase Results Without Working Non-Stop* How to Get Fit on the Road Without A Lot of Time / How to Actually Eat Healthy on the Road Without Coming Close to Starving / How to Rest to be at Your Best on the Road Without Sacrificing Productivity / How to Invest in You Without Affecting Your Work Only Improve It / How to Stay Connected With Those Back Home Without Reacting All the Time. Free Audiobook Included with the purchase!!!

Sungchul Kim, the man who reached the pinnacle of physical strength. Wielding the divine hammer, Fal Garaz, he goes on a quest to defeat the Demon King and put an end to the Calamities. However, having almost reached the end of his quest, he hits a wall which cannot be overcome by pure force. Resolved to do anything to accomplish his goal, he hides his identity and returns to the place where everything began all those years ago. To start anew on the path of Magic for the sake of a promise. His dismal past, his difficult present, and his desperate future constantly weighs on his mind. His name inspires dread in all, and even those saved by his hands wish him death. For he is- The Enemy of the World.