Author: Jack McClellan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524567914
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Hello, young reader, My name is Campy. I am a cat. People call me Campy because I like to travel by camper. I am willing to risk all my nine lives to see the world as much as possible and to hear stories about what I see. This is a good life for me. I have traveled through some very interesting countries so far, and now I am hoping to see some of Austria and Germany. Come! Join me! Campy
Campy Slips and Slides Through Austria and Germany
Author: Jack McClellan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524567914
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Hello, young reader, My name is Campy. I am a cat. People call me Campy because I like to travel by camper. I am willing to risk all my nine lives to see the world as much as possible and to hear stories about what I see. This is a good life for me. I have traveled through some very interesting countries so far, and now I am hoping to see some of Austria and Germany. Come! Join me! Campy
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524567914
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Hello, young reader, My name is Campy. I am a cat. People call me Campy because I like to travel by camper. I am willing to risk all my nine lives to see the world as much as possible and to hear stories about what I see. This is a good life for me. I have traveled through some very interesting countries so far, and now I am hoping to see some of Austria and Germany. Come! Join me! Campy
The Intelligence War in Latin America, 1914-1922
Author: Jamie Bisher
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786433507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
World War I did not bypass Latin America. Within days of the war's outbreak, European belligerents mobilized intelligence assets and secret diplomacy to compete for Latin America's allegiances and resources. This intelligence war entangled all of the American republics and even Japan. Dreary consular offices from the Rio Grande to the Straits of Magellan were abruptly thrust into covert activities, trafficking in fugitives, running contraband and conducting sabotage. Revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements, big oil, international banks and businesses were also drawn in. Drawing on long-classified U.S. intelligence documents, this narrative of the Latin American intelligence war reveals the complexity and chaos behind the placid veneer of wartime Pan-America. The author connects the dots between Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Lima, Havana, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, London, Washington, Tokyo and dozens of safe houses, front companies, consulates, legations and headquarters in between. Scores of unrecognized veterans of the intelligence war are revealed.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786433507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
World War I did not bypass Latin America. Within days of the war's outbreak, European belligerents mobilized intelligence assets and secret diplomacy to compete for Latin America's allegiances and resources. This intelligence war entangled all of the American republics and even Japan. Dreary consular offices from the Rio Grande to the Straits of Magellan were abruptly thrust into covert activities, trafficking in fugitives, running contraband and conducting sabotage. Revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements, big oil, international banks and businesses were also drawn in. Drawing on long-classified U.S. intelligence documents, this narrative of the Latin American intelligence war reveals the complexity and chaos behind the placid veneer of wartime Pan-America. The author connects the dots between Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Lima, Havana, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, London, Washington, Tokyo and dozens of safe houses, front companies, consulates, legations and headquarters in between. Scores of unrecognized veterans of the intelligence war are revealed.
A Letter Marked Free
Author: Robert Lynch
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608444198
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A Letter Marked Free is the true story of a young combat soldier on the battlefield in World War II as told through his letters home to his family. The letters powerfully portray life on the front lines and the vivid accounts reveal the intense hardships endured for the cause of freedom. Bob Lynch was nineteen and living in Rye, NY, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the 3rd Infantry Division as a combat rifleman, light machine-gunner, and mortarman. Bob was wounded and missing in action (MIA) behind enemy lines for over 10 days. He received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Infantryman Badge, along with many other honors. He participated in first-wave amphibious assault landings on Anzio, Italy, and St. Tropez, France, and accumulated an incredible 350 days in frontline combat. Bob was awarded the French Legion of Honor in January 2007 in recognition and gratitude for his role in the liberation of France. He received France's highest decoration "for outstanding valor and service during WWII." Previously, he had been awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and coveted fourragere. Experience living conditions in a foxhole, go on patrol behind enemy lines, cross minefields, hold your buddy as his life ebbs away, wade through icy water in the dead of winter, and crawl on your belly directly into machine-gun fire. Witness the pent-up emotions as U.S. soldiers free one French town after another. Hear church bells chime their message of freedom and watch people pour into the streets. Drink wine, laugh, dance, hug, and cry with them. Realize that you probably won't make it home alive and pray to God and your guardian angel every day that you do. Read the chilling letters of a combat infantryman soldier in WWII who continuously faced death and survived. This is Bob's courageous story.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1608444198
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
A Letter Marked Free is the true story of a young combat soldier on the battlefield in World War II as told through his letters home to his family. The letters powerfully portray life on the front lines and the vivid accounts reveal the intense hardships endured for the cause of freedom. Bob Lynch was nineteen and living in Rye, NY, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the 3rd Infantry Division as a combat rifleman, light machine-gunner, and mortarman. Bob was wounded and missing in action (MIA) behind enemy lines for over 10 days. He received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Infantryman Badge, along with many other honors. He participated in first-wave amphibious assault landings on Anzio, Italy, and St. Tropez, France, and accumulated an incredible 350 days in frontline combat. Bob was awarded the French Legion of Honor in January 2007 in recognition and gratitude for his role in the liberation of France. He received France's highest decoration "for outstanding valor and service during WWII." Previously, he had been awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and coveted fourragere. Experience living conditions in a foxhole, go on patrol behind enemy lines, cross minefields, hold your buddy as his life ebbs away, wade through icy water in the dead of winter, and crawl on your belly directly into machine-gun fire. Witness the pent-up emotions as U.S. soldiers free one French town after another. Hear church bells chime their message of freedom and watch people pour into the streets. Drink wine, laugh, dance, hug, and cry with them. Realize that you probably won't make it home alive and pray to God and your guardian angel every day that you do. Read the chilling letters of a combat infantryman soldier in WWII who continuously faced death and survived. This is Bob's courageous story.
The Strand Magazine
Incomplete Revolutions
Author: Adam Zwass
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765603708
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Zwass, author of several books based on his experience in the central banking systems of the USSR and Poland, now balances the decidedly pessimistic views of his From Failed Communism to Underdeveloped Capitalism (M.E. Sharpe, 1992) with a more even-handed assessment of the reform experiments and economic prospects of Russia and its Slavic neighbors. He also evaluates social democracy in Western Europe, Germany's leading role in opening the Eastern markets, the likelihood of European Union membership for each post-Communist nation, and China's historic opening to the world. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765603708
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Zwass, author of several books based on his experience in the central banking systems of the USSR and Poland, now balances the decidedly pessimistic views of his From Failed Communism to Underdeveloped Capitalism (M.E. Sharpe, 1992) with a more even-handed assessment of the reform experiments and economic prospects of Russia and its Slavic neighbors. He also evaluates social democracy in Western Europe, Germany's leading role in opening the Eastern markets, the likelihood of European Union membership for each post-Communist nation, and China's historic opening to the world. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Air Force Gunners
Author: Turner Publishing
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563111675
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
History of the airforce gunners from early days through World War II and later
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563111675
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
History of the airforce gunners from early days through World War II and later
Cerebral endothelial and glial cells are more than bricks in the Great Wall of the brain: insights into the way the blood-brain barrier actually works (Celebrating the centenary of Goldman’s experiments)
Author: Elena García-Martín
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889195724
Category : Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
When Ehrlich discovered the first evidence of the blood-brain barrier in 1885, he probably did not perceive the Great Wall that remained hidden from consciousness inside the central nervous system. Ehrlich had observed that acidic vital dyes did not stain the brain if they were injected into the blood stream. A century ago (1913), Goldman showed that the injection of trypan blue in the cerebrospinal fluid stained only the brain, but not the other organs. For almost a century it was thought that the blood-brain barrier (BBB) consisted in a physical barrier, resulting from the restricted permeability of the cerebral endothelial cell layer, as they are joined by tight junctions. However, as scientists are always looking for news in what is already discovered, in the end of the 20th century we had evidences that cerebral endothelial and glial cells express several drug metabolizing enzymes consisting in a second protection system: a metabolic barrier. Furthermore, the drugs and their metabolites must overcome the activity of several multidrug resistance proteins that function as ATP-dependent efflux pumps, consisting in the third line of defence: the active barrier. Therefore, the way the BBB actually works should be better explained. Several endogenous compounds, as well as xenobiotics, may be activated by enzymes of the metabolic barrier, generating reactive oxygen species that could damage neurons. Therefore, endothelial and glial cells possess endogenous protecting compounds and enzymes against oxidants, consisting in an antioxidant barrier. When all these systems fail, glial cells, mainly microglia, secrete cytokines in an attempt to crosstalk with defence cells asking for help, which consists in an immune barrier. In cerebral regions that are devoid of the physical barrier, such as circumventricular organs, the metabolic, active, antioxidant and immune barriers are reinforced. It is important to understand how cells involved in the BBB interact with one another and the dynamic mechanisms of their functions. This Research Topic published in this e-Book considers recent highlights in BBB structure, cell and molecular biology, biotransformation, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology and how these basic knowledges can be applied in drug discovery and clinical researches, rewriting what is already written, and paving the way that goes to the Great Wall in the Frontiers of the Brain in this new century that is just beginning.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889195724
Category : Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
When Ehrlich discovered the first evidence of the blood-brain barrier in 1885, he probably did not perceive the Great Wall that remained hidden from consciousness inside the central nervous system. Ehrlich had observed that acidic vital dyes did not stain the brain if they were injected into the blood stream. A century ago (1913), Goldman showed that the injection of trypan blue in the cerebrospinal fluid stained only the brain, but not the other organs. For almost a century it was thought that the blood-brain barrier (BBB) consisted in a physical barrier, resulting from the restricted permeability of the cerebral endothelial cell layer, as they are joined by tight junctions. However, as scientists are always looking for news in what is already discovered, in the end of the 20th century we had evidences that cerebral endothelial and glial cells express several drug metabolizing enzymes consisting in a second protection system: a metabolic barrier. Furthermore, the drugs and their metabolites must overcome the activity of several multidrug resistance proteins that function as ATP-dependent efflux pumps, consisting in the third line of defence: the active barrier. Therefore, the way the BBB actually works should be better explained. Several endogenous compounds, as well as xenobiotics, may be activated by enzymes of the metabolic barrier, generating reactive oxygen species that could damage neurons. Therefore, endothelial and glial cells possess endogenous protecting compounds and enzymes against oxidants, consisting in an antioxidant barrier. When all these systems fail, glial cells, mainly microglia, secrete cytokines in an attempt to crosstalk with defence cells asking for help, which consists in an immune barrier. In cerebral regions that are devoid of the physical barrier, such as circumventricular organs, the metabolic, active, antioxidant and immune barriers are reinforced. It is important to understand how cells involved in the BBB interact with one another and the dynamic mechanisms of their functions. This Research Topic published in this e-Book considers recent highlights in BBB structure, cell and molecular biology, biotransformation, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology and how these basic knowledges can be applied in drug discovery and clinical researches, rewriting what is already written, and paving the way that goes to the Great Wall in the Frontiers of the Brain in this new century that is just beginning.