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Author: Wendy Mass Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 0316243213 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 67
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Archie Morningstar learns a big family secret and helps save the universe. All before breakfast! It's not every day a regular kid like Archie gets to wake up at midnight. But today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is finally allowed to ride along in his dad's taxi cab. He has been waiting eight years, eight months, and eight days for this moment to arrive. But he's about to discover his dad is no ordinary cab driver...In fact, he drives an intergalactic space taxi! All night long, he shuttles aliens from one corner of the universe to another. And being a space taxi copilot is no easy task: Archie must steer them into wormholes, keep them from crashing into planets, deal with a very unusual cat...and save the universe from an evil mastermind! Space Taxi marks the debut of a brand new chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass and teacher Michael Brawer, filled with humor, adventure, and plenty of science to impress your friends and teachers!
Author: Trevor Paglen Publisher: Icon Books Company ISBN: 9781840468304 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 226
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This is an investigative journalism in the mould of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. This is an incredible story of shadowy CIA kidnappings followed by imprisonment and torture. The secret may be out, but the horror remains in this original expose of extraordinary rendition. This is the incredible story of how the CIA's darkest secret of the War on Terror - the 'extraordinary rendition' programme - was exposed. It's no longer a secret: since 9/11, the CIA has quietly kidnapped more than a hundred people and detained them at prisons throughout the world. Often, the detainees are tortured or disappear entirely. Now infamous, the 'extraordinary rendition' programme is a key part of the largest clandestine operation since the end of the Cold War. In this shocking book, an award-winning investigative journalist and a 'military geographer' explore the programme in journeys around the world: to suburban Massachusetts to profile a CIA front company supplying the agency with planes; to North Carolina to track down the pilots; to the San Francisco suburbs to study with a planespotter who monitors the CIA's movements; and to Afghanistan, where they visit the notorious Salt Pit prison and interview released Afghan detainees. The kidnappings have not stopped. On the contrary, the rendition programme has been formalised, colluding with the military when necessary, and constantly changing its cover to remain hidden from sight. This is a chilling looking at the logistics of torture which shows how far Bush is prepared to go in the 'war on terror'.
Author: Amy Braunschweiger Publisher: 671 Press ISBN: 0982173326 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 242
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An outrageous encounter in a cab is a rite of passage in New York City. Trap two or more strangers in a careening yellow sedan and add an unexpected variable-say, a well-armed transvestite hooker, the urgent need for a restroom, or a stabbing victim-and the story that emerges is sure to be worth telling. In Taxi Confidential, cabbies ranging from a lead-footed pothead to a philosophizing immigrant sage grapple with what chance tosses their way. Author Amy Braunschweiger uncovers the best taxi stories from the 1970s through present day, and takes the reader on a 100-mile-per-hour ride through Gotham's darkest alleys, roughest neighborhoods, and hidden sweet spots.
Author: Chris Messner Publisher: Chris Messner ISBN: 0970805071 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 253
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Cuba occupies a place of undisputed fascination in the American psyche. Despite its proximity to America, this island nation remains a mystery to most Americans. Few Americans have traveled to Havana, and still fewer have traveled deeper into this isolated country. Chris Messner, a photographer, is one of the few Americans who have been able to travel extensively throughout this island. In his book, Cuba Open from the Inside, Messner documents the character of Cuba's people, its rich history, and the vast culture of the country. As Cuba's leaders age and the possibility of travel to Cuba increases, this book acts as an exceptional resource for would-be travelers. Through multiple journeys, Messner has covered more than four thousand miles on the back roads of the island nation. Through his words and pictures, he provides a snapshot of this nation and documents the Cuba of today--the 1950's time-capsule country located ninety miles from the US coast.
Author: Aram Pachyan Publisher: Glagoslav Publications ISBN: 1911414348 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 102
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For a twenty-eight-year-old young man who returned from the army several years ago but has yet to reacclimatize to ordinary life, every step, gesture, word, and vision is a revelation, which takes him back to the beginning, to a time when reality had lost its shape, and turned into a new and imperceptible world. In his imagination, he embodies a number of different characters, he feels the presence of his girlfriend again, and remembers friends from his childhood and from the army, who are now gone. This is a book of questions, and the answers to these questions are to be found by the reader. The novel is like a puzzle which needs to be pieced together, and the picture is not complete until the last piece is in place, until the last word of the book has been read. Translated from the Armenian by Nairi Hakhverdi.
Author: Mark Thomas Publisher: New Generation Publishing ISBN: 1785078674 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 271
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Mark is the eldest son of the late Leslie Thomas who wrote The Virgin Soldiers and many other wonderful novels. Mark has always wanted to write a novel himself but due to his dyslexia this has not been possible until now. His story is about one particular GBP10 note. Have you ever looked at one when it's in your hand before you put it into your wallet or purse? If so, you might have noticed that someone had written something on it, a number or even a word. You might also have wondered who had owned it before you. This novel is about the people and their experiences, some of them life-changing, some of them funny and sexual. whilst they have this remarkable note in their possession!
Author: Ceara A. Davis Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 145359745X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 93
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Ellis Reeves is a pretty average woman. She has best friends, has a family of sorts. A pretty normal person in anyones book. Except maybe the fact that shes a famous actress, known for her love of the Arts. And the fact that shes trying to ignore a dark past that she cant seem to leave behind. But even Ellis will have to learn that just when you think youve left the past behind, it comes rushing back to live in the present- and thats the best time to defeat it. But even after overcoming the past, will she be able to overcome the cost of fame?
Author: Margaret Holland
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Author: Amy Braunschweiger
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Author: Ceara A. Davis