Author: John Trenhaile Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 1804365343 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 567
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A new supercomputer spells doom for Taiwan... Amid the explosion of computer technology in the 1990s, nothing comes close to Apogee – a software program able to process human speech in any language, paving the way for pilotless planes, driverless tanks and a global communications network limited only by human imagination. China, soon to resume control of Hong Kong, is now obsessed with an even greater prize in its long march to Pacific supremacy: Taiwan. The outcome is not in doubt, as long as China can secure Apogee – but there’s a problem. The software belongs to Ducannon Young Electronics in Taiwan where Mat Young, son of owner Simon, represents his autocratic father. Simon sees little beyond the limitless profits Apogee will generate, but his less hard-boiled son has become embroiled with a Taiwanese actress whose loyalties are hard to read. All sides will go to any lengths to get inside Mat’s head, convinced that his unique position must give him access to Apogee’s secrets. But Mat knows nothing, and not even the horrors of the torture chamber known to history as the Gates of Exquisite View can change that... A chilling high-stakes technothriller from ‘the heir-apparent to Le Carré’, perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum and Martin Cruz Smith. Praise for The Gates of Exquisite View ‘There is rarely a moment to pause for breath between the agonizingly suspenseful events in a thriller that is worthy of its genre’ Publishers Weekly
Author: John Trenhaile Publisher: Canelo ISBN: 1804365351 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 471
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The endgame begins... China’s supreme leader is at the point of death, and a complacent world yawns, convinced that the ‘sleeping dragon’ will never awake. But what if the world is wrong, and China has covertly managed to amass inconceivable military might? In Hong Kong, the financial and commercial giants have secretly arranged to leave before the Chinese takeover in 1997, their vast assets wired to safety by brilliant software codenamed The Scroll of Benevolence. Lo Bing, an ambitious Chinese general who plans to make a bid for power when China's ruler dies, is determined to frustrate them at all costs. Russian and American agents, racing against time to preserve a peace undermined by Lo Bing's plotting, join forces to prove what the general most wants to hide: that China has secretly become a strategic superpower. Meanwhile Diana, daughter of Simon Young, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent businessmen, is trapped deep in China. If she is to survive she must reach Hong Kong before the final countdown to Benevolence. Her only hope rests with a beyond-handsome Chinese youth – but is he friend, or foe...? The thrilling conclusion to the Simon Young trilogy, perfect for fans of Mick Herron and Len Deighton. Praise for The Scroll of Benevolence 'A tale of high-powered mischeif and mayhem ... fast-moving and packed with thrills' Today 'Trenhaile builds Benevolence to a shattering and unexpected climax with masterful storytelling and a remarkable authenticity of detail. This is a novel destined for major success' Brisbane Sun 'High drama, adventure and espionage... riveting, engrossing reading' Sydney Morning Herald 'Vintage Trenhaile' Liverpool Daily Post
Author: Saʻdī Publisher: ISBN: Category : Islam Languages : en Pages : 76
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Sufi thought at its best. Sadis Scroll of Wisdom is a veritable mine of spiritual thought at the highest level. Each verse a gem of wisdom never to be forgotten.
Author: Susan M. Ryan Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501718568 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 253
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Susan M. Ryan explores antebellum Americans' preoccupation with the language and practice of benevolence. Drawing on a variety of cultural and literary texts, she traces how people working and writing within social reform movements—and their outspoken opponents—helped solidify racial and class ideologies that ultimately marginalized even the most "deserving" poor. "The links between race and the relations of benevolence occasioned much soul-searching among antebellum Americans," Ryan explains. "In a period of heated public debate over issues such as slavery, Indian removal, and non-Protestant immigration, the categories of blackness, Indianness, and a generic 'foreignness' came to signify, for many whites, need itself." Ryan puts familiar literary works such as Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man, Frederick Douglass's My Bondage and My Freedom, and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin back into dialogue with a broad range of print materials: the reports of charity societies, African American and Native American newspapers, juvenile fiction, travel writing, cartoons, sermons, and tract literature. In the process, she dispels the myth that authors usually classified as literary were responding to a simple and unquestioned cult of benevolence. Rather, she contends, they were participating in the complex and often rancorous debates occurring within the broader culture over how good intentions should be expressed and enacted.Ryan's inquiry into the antebellum culture of benevolence has implications for contemporary U.S. society, resonating especially with recent debates over welfare reform, the politics of compassionate conservatism, and representations of "welfare queens" and violent urban youth. As Ryan writes, "The conversations that this book reconstructs remind us of our ongoing participation in the national ritual of laying claim to good intentions."
Author: Janet G. Husband Publisher: American Library Association ISBN: 0838909671 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 793
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A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.
Author: Nicholas R. Werse Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110649942 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 582
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Although many scholars recognize literary similarities between Hosea, Amos, Micah, and Zephaniah, defining the compositional relationship between these texts remains a matter of debate. Following the scholarly trajectory of exploring the compositional relationship between the Twelve prophets, several scholars argue that these four prophetic texts formed a precursory collection to the Book of the Twelve. Yet even among advocates for this ‘Book of the Four’ there remain differences in defining the form and function of the collection. By reexamining the literary parallels between these texts, Werse shows how different methodological convictions have led to the diverse composition models in the field today. Through careful consideration of emerging insights in the study of deuteronomism and scribalism, Werse provides an innovative composition model explaining how these four texts came to function as a collection in the wake of the traumatic destruction of Jerusalem. This volume explores a historic function of these prophetic voices by examining the editorial process that drew them together.
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