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Author: Gene Coyle Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1665567708 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 228
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It’s 1990 and the Cold War is coming to an end, but the game of espionage continues on as America and the West prepares for the First Gulf War with Iraq. The career of longtime CIA officer, William Wythe, is also coming to a sad end at his final posting in Lisbon, Portugal. His last ten years have been spent mostly in an alcoholic blur since his wife died in a terrorist attack meant for him. The Chief of Station wants to be rid of him, a special counterintelligence section of the CIA suspects he may be a Russian mole and the high point of his dark weeks is anonymously playing piano at a local dive in the city two nights a week. But as is often the case in the “wilderness of mirrors” of espionage, all the facts and the people may not be as they seem. An unhappily married Brazilian woman is frequenting this jazz club and growing fonder of William, raising some hope that he may yet have a future worth living. She joins him on a private search for missing Hungarian royal jewels, which may have been hidden in Portugal towards the end of WWII. A modern neo-Nazi group is also on the hunt for those same jewels. All the players cross paths at the Clube de Jazz, which is run by an elderly Italian-American who’d been in America’s wartime O.S.S., the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Author: Gene Coyle Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1665567708 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
It’s 1990 and the Cold War is coming to an end, but the game of espionage continues on as America and the West prepares for the First Gulf War with Iraq. The career of longtime CIA officer, William Wythe, is also coming to a sad end at his final posting in Lisbon, Portugal. His last ten years have been spent mostly in an alcoholic blur since his wife died in a terrorist attack meant for him. The Chief of Station wants to be rid of him, a special counterintelligence section of the CIA suspects he may be a Russian mole and the high point of his dark weeks is anonymously playing piano at a local dive in the city two nights a week. But as is often the case in the “wilderness of mirrors” of espionage, all the facts and the people may not be as they seem. An unhappily married Brazilian woman is frequenting this jazz club and growing fonder of William, raising some hope that he may yet have a future worth living. She joins him on a private search for missing Hungarian royal jewels, which may have been hidden in Portugal towards the end of WWII. A modern neo-Nazi group is also on the hunt for those same jewels. All the players cross paths at the Clube de Jazz, which is run by an elderly Italian-American who’d been in America’s wartime O.S.S., the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Author: David Grossman Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1910702935 Category : Comedians Languages : en Pages : 210
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A Guardian and New Statesman Book of the Year The setting is a comedy club in a small Israeli town. An audience that has come expecting an evening of amusement instead sees a comedian falling apart on stage; an act of disintegration, a man crumbling, as a matter of choice, before their eyes. They could get up and leave, or boo and whistle and drive him from the stage, if they were not so drawn to glimpse his personal hell. Dovaleh G, a veteran stand-up comic - charming, erratic, repellent - exposes a wound he has been living with for years: a fateful and gruesome choice he had to make between the two people who were dearest to him. A Horse Walks into a Bar is a shocking and breathtaking read. Betrayals between lovers, the treachery of friends, guilt demanding redress. Flaying alive both himself and the people watching him, Dovaleh G provokes both revulsion and empathy from an audience that doesn't know whether to laugh or cry - and all this in the presence of a former childhood friend who is trying to understand why he's been summoned to this performance.
Author: Ed Mickolus Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 9781589809048 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 244
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This compilation of espionage humor is based on the author's thirty-three years with the CIA as an analyst, operations officer, and manager. Practical jokes, comical essays, poems, bloopers from performance-appraisal reports, and more are all included.
Author: Ernest O. Izedonmwen Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1643507907 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 149
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Osaru, received a tourist visa to visit the United States from Nigeria. A grateful and excited Osaru had no intention of returning to his country at the expiration of his tourist visa. With high hopes and expectations, he arrived in America to a plethora of unexpected challenges. He fell in love with a remarkably intelligent and challenging woman, a love made more complicated by his obligation to his Nigerian fiancée, Ese. His fidelity to Ese is tested early by the reality of life in the US as an undocumented alien. Marriage to his American girlfriend promised immediate benefits and reliefs, including, decent employment, but he is torn and tortured by his obligation to his faithful fiancée. With unemployment squarely at his doorstep, he opted for the easy and immediate benefits of marriage to his American girlfriend. Osaru's marriage to his American wife ensured a wonderful life for a while, until it falls apart due to his infidelity and unwitting participation in drug distribution.
Author: Jill Mansell Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1402269951 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 364
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No one could have planned for this... Lara Carson left her family and boyfriend Flynn eighteen years ago without a word to anyone. Why has no one heard from her since? Does it mean anything that she's suddenly reappeared in Bath just in time for her ex–best friend Evie's wedding? And what about Flynn? Even the most eagle–eyed observer can't tell whether he's happy to see her, or just stunned. While secrets pile up on secrets, and the gossip mill wings into high gear, the brand–new life Lara's searching for becomes ever more elusive. There's a lot of catching up for everyone to do, and Lara's return is going to be anything but a walk in the park. Praise for To the Moon and Back: "A tremendous look at friendship, hope, romance, and second chances."—RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "A romantic and lighthearted story...fans will eat this story up."—Publishers Weekly "Mansell crafts a lovely story with multiple plotlines, characters, and love interests."—USA Today "Absolutely, positively and outstanding story."—Night Owl Reviews Reviewer Top Pick, 5 stars
Author: Joseph J. Darowski Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538113880 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 247
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A fascinating look at one of the greatest shows of all time. For eleven seasons, Cheers was a critically acclaimed program, ultimately earning more than 100 Emmy nominations and securing 28 wins, including 4 for best comedy series. One of the most popular shows of all time, the series centered on a group of Boston, Massachusetts locals who gathered to drink and socialize. Bar owner Sam Malone was the de facto leader of the group and boss to Carla Tortelli, Coach Ernie Pantuso, Woody Boyd, and Diane Chambers, Sam’s on-again, off again paramour. Regular patrons Norm Peterson and Cliff Claven completed this ersatz family, later joined by Frasier Crane; his wife Lilith; and Rebecca Howe, a new foil for Sam. Cheers not only provided laughs, it revolutionized American sitcoms with its long-running stories and famous will-they-won’t-they relationship of Sam and Diane. In Cheers: A Cultural History, Joseph J. Darowski and Kate Darowski offer an engaging analysis of the show, providing insights into both the onscreen stories and the efforts behind the scenes to shape this beloved classic. The authors examine the series as a whole but also focus on the show’s key characters, narrative arcs, and many themes, ranging from alcoholism to adultery. This volume also provides close looks at how set design, class issues, and gender roles informed the series throughout its run. Also included is an opinionated compendium of every episode, highlighting the peaks and dips in quality across more than a decade of television. Cheers: A Cultural History will appeal to the show’s many fans and bring back beloved memories of the place where everybody knows your name.
Author: David Sedaris Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316256463 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 754
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A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There’s a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party—lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background—new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can’t by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin.
Author: Lena Pierce Publisher: MBK Hanson Inc. ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 85
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Reckless Kiss is book 2 of the Shattered Hearts MC trilogy. Book 3, Burning Kiss, is available everywhere now! I took her unprotected just to keep her safe. I'm holding her here under the president's orders. But the fiery mystery that drove Meghan into my arms has hidden layers I never expected. She doesn't want my help, but she's getting it anyways. We'll find the answers she wants. Then I'll pin her down and take what I want, too. DIRK When your MC president gives you a job, you do it. No questions. No dallying. Just get the sh!t done. But when the job turns out to be snatching up his baby sister and keeping her under my eye, things get a little more interesting. It doesn't hurt that Meghan is a stone cold fox, with the temper to match. She's feisty. I like that in a woman. It makes it all the more fun when I break them. But what was supposed to be a simple bodyguard job turned into exile and war as we run from the men who seem to want her dead. Protecting your mark is never easy, but it's even harder when I'm dying inside to get my hands on her curvy little frame. Every time she smiles at me, I feel emotions bubbling to the surface. Things I haven't felt in years. Things that make me want to break all the rules to make her mine. F**k it all. I've decided I want her in my arms. And I don't care what I have to do to keep her there. MEGHAN I left behind everything to make a life for myself. The biker world has long since receded in my rearview mirror. Now, all I want is piece in my little corner of the city. No war, no choppers, no dead bodies. Just quiet. Calm. Gratitude. But I soon learn that it's not so easy to escape the outlaw lifestyle. My brother – the one who refused to give up his biker ways when I left – calls me out of the blue. His voice is different than I remember. Darker. Deeper. More haunted and cruel. He tells me I'm in danger. Whether I like it or not, he's pulling me back into the world of the Shattered Hearts MC. He says it's for my own good. But the man he sends to collect me doesn't seem good at all. In fact, he's the definition of a bad boy. Dirk Dvorak is everything I ran away from. Massive, muscled, tatted, and terrifying. But he keeps making me react to his presence in ways I never anticipated. He takes what he wants. And gives me only what I beg for. I'm forced to watch from within the MC clubhouse as my little store goes up in flames. No one seems to give a d*mn about finding out who wanted to hurt me so bad. Not even my dear brother. No one, that is – except for Dirk. And the longer I spend on the hunt for answers with the biker bad boy by my side, the more I find out about the man he truly is. And the more I fall deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole I tried so desperately to claw my way out of.
Author: Lena Pierce Publisher: MBK Hanson Inc. ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 80
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This is book 2 of the Shattered Hearts MC romance series! Books 3 is available everywhere now! Dirk Dvorak takes what he wants. He came to keep me safe. He won’t rest until he’s claimed me for himself. But betrayal on all sides leaves us with only each other. Can I trust the man who’s sworn to break me? MEGHAN I got away from the biker life a long time ago. Since then, I’ve put as much distance as possible between myself and my brother’s club, the Shattered Hearts MC. I built a new life. Away from the hatred. Away from the violence. But then my brother gets in touch and tells me I’m in danger. Now, whether I like it or not, he’s pulling me back into the world of the Hearts to “protect” me. The man he sends to collect me is everything I ran away from. Dirk Dvorak is dangerous, deadly, and drop-dead gorgeous. And if I’m not careful, he’s going to break my heart. DIRK One rule in the biker world: Do what your president says. But when the job turns out to be collecting his baby sister and keeping her out of trouble, the stakes are that much higher. I’m supposed to keep my hands to myself. But that’s impossible. Because Meghan is sassy, fierce, and too tempting. I’ve kept my distance until now, but I won’t last much longer. The problem is, it’s never as simple as making her mine. This started as a straightforward bodyguard gig. But then the killers came for us. And now it’s a whole new ballgame. There’s blood to be shed. A woman to be protected. And maybe, at the end of all this… A new life with her, there for the taking.
Author: Connor Whiteley Publisher: CGD Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 115
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5 imaginative, enthralling, exciting short stories from the imagination of Connor Whiteley. An International Bestselling writer, Connor presents 5 very fun and outstanding stories in this one volume. Includes: · Drop At The Bar: A Gay Romantic Suspense Spy Romance Short Story · Loving To Spy · Spying Around An Auction · Democracy Works · Spying For Independence Love spy stories? Love romantic suspense? Connor gives you both layered on thick in this amazingly fun collection. BUY NOW!
Author: Gene Coyle
Author: Gene Coyle
Author: David Grossman
Author: Ed Mickolus
Author: Ernest O. Izedonmwen
Author: Jill Mansell
Author: Joseph J. Darowski
Author: David Sedaris
Author: Lena Pierce
Author: Lena Pierce
Author: Connor Whiteley