Author: David J Antocci
Publisher: David J Antocci
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
They took everything from Jake. But they couldn’t break his will. What began as the greatest night of his life ended in blood-soaked tragedy. His wife murdered hours after they said, “I do.” With a police investigation sabotaged from the beginning, Jake and his brother, outgunned and outmatched, take justice into their own hands to hunt down his wife’s killer. Up against money, power, and Texas-style corruption, Jake earns a fast-pass to a death sentence at the most notorious execution chamber in the country. What would destroy most men makes Jake Accardi fearless. With nothing left to lose and two months to live, he launches a daring plan to redeem his life and his soul. But does he have enough time, or will he wind up another notch on the gun belt of one of Washington’s most corrupt politicians? Find out in David Antocci’s thrilling next novel in the acclaimed N.E.S.T. series! “Not since Shawshank's Redemption's Andy Dufresne emerged through 500 feet of sewage to find his freedom and vindication, have we seen such a masterful redemption.” – ARC Reviewer Praise from Reviewers for David J Antocci: ★★★★★ ‘The only problem with Antocci's books is that you can't put them down!’ ★★★★★ ‘Discovering David Antocci reminds me of the excitement I felt when I discovered Russell Blake and Michael Prescott.’ ★★★★★ ‘David Antocci is a masterful storyteller!’ ★★★★★ ‘Wow! David Antocci truly knows how to write! This talented man fits easily into my A list of authors - along with people like Jeffery Deaver, James Patterson, Lisa Gardner and others like them.’ ★★★★★ ‘David Antocci is pure genius.’
The Creighton File
Author: David J Antocci
Publisher: David J Antocci
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
They took everything from Jake. But they couldn’t break his will. What began as the greatest night of his life ended in blood-soaked tragedy. His wife murdered hours after they said, “I do.” With a police investigation sabotaged from the beginning, Jake and his brother, outgunned and outmatched, take justice into their own hands to hunt down his wife’s killer. Up against money, power, and Texas-style corruption, Jake earns a fast-pass to a death sentence at the most notorious execution chamber in the country. What would destroy most men makes Jake Accardi fearless. With nothing left to lose and two months to live, he launches a daring plan to redeem his life and his soul. But does he have enough time, or will he wind up another notch on the gun belt of one of Washington’s most corrupt politicians? Find out in David Antocci’s thrilling next novel in the acclaimed N.E.S.T. series! “Not since Shawshank's Redemption's Andy Dufresne emerged through 500 feet of sewage to find his freedom and vindication, have we seen such a masterful redemption.” – ARC Reviewer Praise from Reviewers for David J Antocci: ★★★★★ ‘The only problem with Antocci's books is that you can't put them down!’ ★★★★★ ‘Discovering David Antocci reminds me of the excitement I felt when I discovered Russell Blake and Michael Prescott.’ ★★★★★ ‘David Antocci is a masterful storyteller!’ ★★★★★ ‘Wow! David Antocci truly knows how to write! This talented man fits easily into my A list of authors - along with people like Jeffery Deaver, James Patterson, Lisa Gardner and others like them.’ ★★★★★ ‘David Antocci is pure genius.’
Publisher: David J Antocci
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
They took everything from Jake. But they couldn’t break his will. What began as the greatest night of his life ended in blood-soaked tragedy. His wife murdered hours after they said, “I do.” With a police investigation sabotaged from the beginning, Jake and his brother, outgunned and outmatched, take justice into their own hands to hunt down his wife’s killer. Up against money, power, and Texas-style corruption, Jake earns a fast-pass to a death sentence at the most notorious execution chamber in the country. What would destroy most men makes Jake Accardi fearless. With nothing left to lose and two months to live, he launches a daring plan to redeem his life and his soul. But does he have enough time, or will he wind up another notch on the gun belt of one of Washington’s most corrupt politicians? Find out in David Antocci’s thrilling next novel in the acclaimed N.E.S.T. series! “Not since Shawshank's Redemption's Andy Dufresne emerged through 500 feet of sewage to find his freedom and vindication, have we seen such a masterful redemption.” – ARC Reviewer Praise from Reviewers for David J Antocci: ★★★★★ ‘The only problem with Antocci's books is that you can't put them down!’ ★★★★★ ‘Discovering David Antocci reminds me of the excitement I felt when I discovered Russell Blake and Michael Prescott.’ ★★★★★ ‘David Antocci is a masterful storyteller!’ ★★★★★ ‘Wow! David Antocci truly knows how to write! This talented man fits easily into my A list of authors - along with people like Jeffery Deaver, James Patterson, Lisa Gardner and others like them.’ ★★★★★ ‘David Antocci is pure genius.’
Creighton, Robert vertical file
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Languages : en
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Creighton, Jayne vertical file
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Donald Creighton
Author: Donald A. Wright
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442620307
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A member of the same intellectual generation as Harold Innis, Northrop Frye, and George Grant, Donald Creighton (1902–1979) was English Canada’s first great historian. The author of eleven books, including The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence and a two-volume biography of John A. Macdonald, Creighton wrote history as if it “had happened,” he said, “the day before yesterday.” And as a public intellectual, he advised the prime minister of Canada, the premier of Ontario, and – at least on one occasion – the British government. Yet he was, as Donald Wright shows, also profoundly out of step with his times. As the nation was re-imagined along bilingual and later multicultural lines in the 1960s and 1970s, Creighton defended a British definition of Canada at the same time as he began to fear that he would be remembered only “as a pessimist, a bigot, and a violent Tory partisan.” Through his virtuoso research into Creighton’s own voluminous papers, Wright paints a sensitive portrait of a brilliant but difficult man. Ultimately, Donald Creighton captures the twentieth-century transformation of English Canada through the life and times of one of its leading intellectuals.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442620307
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A member of the same intellectual generation as Harold Innis, Northrop Frye, and George Grant, Donald Creighton (1902–1979) was English Canada’s first great historian. The author of eleven books, including The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence and a two-volume biography of John A. Macdonald, Creighton wrote history as if it “had happened,” he said, “the day before yesterday.” And as a public intellectual, he advised the prime minister of Canada, the premier of Ontario, and – at least on one occasion – the British government. Yet he was, as Donald Wright shows, also profoundly out of step with his times. As the nation was re-imagined along bilingual and later multicultural lines in the 1960s and 1970s, Creighton defended a British definition of Canada at the same time as he began to fear that he would be remembered only “as a pessimist, a bigot, and a violent Tory partisan.” Through his virtuoso research into Creighton’s own voluminous papers, Wright paints a sensitive portrait of a brilliant but difficult man. Ultimately, Donald Creighton captures the twentieth-century transformation of English Canada through the life and times of one of its leading intellectuals.
Reformation
Author: David J Antocci
Publisher: David J Antocci
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Alivia always knew that she might someday lay down her life for her country. She just never imagined it would be inside its own borders at the hands of a self-proclaimed patriot. Political fallout from a recent terrorist attack has NEST—the New England Special Terrorist division—stretched razor-thin. It is the worst possible time to combat an empowered, homegrown terrorist hell-bent on turning the clock back centuries on American progress. After arranging the murder of a young black man at the hands of neo-Nazi skinheads, the charismatic Andre Sauber and his army of thugs seize a diverse, inner-city high school. His goal is as simple as it is evil: force the government to release a faction of violent, like-minded criminals, unleashing a revolution that will forever destroy the fabric of modern America. With the student body locked down and the death toll rising, NEST turns to their most skilled agent, Alivia Morgan. An anti-terrorist expert trained abroad by Special Ops and the elite Army Rangers, she’s ready for the fight of her life. As her compatriots fall one by one, a battered Alivia fights on. But is one warrior enough end the bloodshed and stop the radical extremists? What Reviewers are saying: ★★★★★ ‘Alivia Morgan, the main character, was brilliant in a male dominated role.’ ★★★★★ ’The book is relevant to today's political climate and overall is really current.’ ★★★★★ ‘I couldn't put it down! Fast paced with extremely engaging characters.’ ★★★★★ ‘The author does an amazing job of capturing your attention from the get-go and doesn't release it until the last page.’ ★★★★★ ‘Second book in the series and David once again “hits it out of the park!” ★★★★★ ‘I love that the main protagonist is female; strong, and smart.’ ★★★★★ ‘Fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat.’
Publisher: David J Antocci
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Alivia always knew that she might someday lay down her life for her country. She just never imagined it would be inside its own borders at the hands of a self-proclaimed patriot. Political fallout from a recent terrorist attack has NEST—the New England Special Terrorist division—stretched razor-thin. It is the worst possible time to combat an empowered, homegrown terrorist hell-bent on turning the clock back centuries on American progress. After arranging the murder of a young black man at the hands of neo-Nazi skinheads, the charismatic Andre Sauber and his army of thugs seize a diverse, inner-city high school. His goal is as simple as it is evil: force the government to release a faction of violent, like-minded criminals, unleashing a revolution that will forever destroy the fabric of modern America. With the student body locked down and the death toll rising, NEST turns to their most skilled agent, Alivia Morgan. An anti-terrorist expert trained abroad by Special Ops and the elite Army Rangers, she’s ready for the fight of her life. As her compatriots fall one by one, a battered Alivia fights on. But is one warrior enough end the bloodshed and stop the radical extremists? What Reviewers are saying: ★★★★★ ‘Alivia Morgan, the main character, was brilliant in a male dominated role.’ ★★★★★ ’The book is relevant to today's political climate and overall is really current.’ ★★★★★ ‘I couldn't put it down! Fast paced with extremely engaging characters.’ ★★★★★ ‘The author does an amazing job of capturing your attention from the get-go and doesn't release it until the last page.’ ★★★★★ ‘Second book in the series and David once again “hits it out of the park!” ★★★★★ ‘I love that the main protagonist is female; strong, and smart.’ ★★★★★ ‘Fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat.’
The Professionalization of History in English Canada
Author: Donald A. Wright
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442629304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multifaceted one. The Professionalization of History in English Canada charts the transition of the study of history from a leisurely pastime to that of a full-blown academic career for university-trained scholars - from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Donald Wright argues that professionalization was not, in fact, a benign process, nor was it inevitable. It was deliberate. Within two generations, historians saw the creation of a professional association - the Canadian Historical Association - and rise of an academic journal - the Canadian Historical Review. Professionalization was also gendered. In an effort to raise the status of the profession and protect the academic labour market for men, male historians made a concerted effort to exclude women from the academy. History's professionalization is best understood as a transition from one way of organizing intellectual life to another. What came before professionalization was not necessarily inferior, but rather, a different perspective of history. As well, Wright argues convincingly that professionalization inadvertently led to a popular inverse: the amateur historian, whose work is often more widely received and appreciated by the general public.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442629304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multifaceted one. The Professionalization of History in English Canada charts the transition of the study of history from a leisurely pastime to that of a full-blown academic career for university-trained scholars - from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Donald Wright argues that professionalization was not, in fact, a benign process, nor was it inevitable. It was deliberate. Within two generations, historians saw the creation of a professional association - the Canadian Historical Association - and rise of an academic journal - the Canadian Historical Review. Professionalization was also gendered. In an effort to raise the status of the profession and protect the academic labour market for men, male historians made a concerted effort to exclude women from the academy. History's professionalization is best understood as a transition from one way of organizing intellectual life to another. What came before professionalization was not necessarily inferior, but rather, a different perspective of history. As well, Wright argues convincingly that professionalization inadvertently led to a popular inverse: the amateur historian, whose work is often more widely received and appreciated by the general public.
Personal Bankruptcy
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
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Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Appetite for Self-Destruction
Author: Steve Knopper
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593762690
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the modern recording industry, from an author who has been writing about it for more than ten years. With unparalleled access to those intimately involved in the music world’s highs and lows—including Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr., renegade Napster creator Shawn Fanning, and more than 200 others—Steve Knopper is the first to offer such a detailed and sweeping contemporary history of the industry’s wild ride through the past three decades. From the birth of the compact disc, the explosion of CD sales, and the emergence of MP3-sharing websites that led to iTunes, to the current collapse of the industry as CD sales plummet, Knopper takes us inside the boardrooms, recording studios, private estates, garage computer labs, company jets, corporate infighting, and secret deals of the big names and behind-the-scenes players who made it all happen. Just as the incredible success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most glamorous, high-profile industries in the world, the advent of file sharing brought it to its knees, and Knopper saw it all.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593762690
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the modern recording industry, from an author who has been writing about it for more than ten years. With unparalleled access to those intimately involved in the music world’s highs and lows—including Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr., renegade Napster creator Shawn Fanning, and more than 200 others—Steve Knopper is the first to offer such a detailed and sweeping contemporary history of the industry’s wild ride through the past three decades. From the birth of the compact disc, the explosion of CD sales, and the emergence of MP3-sharing websites that led to iTunes, to the current collapse of the industry as CD sales plummet, Knopper takes us inside the boardrooms, recording studios, private estates, garage computer labs, company jets, corporate infighting, and secret deals of the big names and behind-the-scenes players who made it all happen. Just as the incredible success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most glamorous, high-profile industries in the world, the advent of file sharing brought it to its knees, and Knopper saw it all.
Coal Mines
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada
Author: Will Langford
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004748
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In the 1960s and 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War and an international decolonization movement, development advocates believed that poverty could be ended, at home and abroad. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores the relationship between poverty, democracy, and development during this remarkable period. Will Langford analyzes three Canadian development programs that unfolded on local, regional, and international scales. He reveals the interconnections of anti-poverty activism carried out by the Company of Young Canadians among Métis in northern Alberta and francophones in Montreal, by the Cape Breton Development Corporation, and by Canadian University Service Overseas in Tanzania. In dialogue with the New Left, liberal reformers committed to development programs they believed would empower the poor to confront their own poverty and thereby foster a more meaningful democracy. However, democracy and development proved to be fundamentally contested, and development programs stopped short of amending capitalist social relations and the inequalities they engendered. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores how Canadians engaged in informal and formal politics in the course of their everyday lives, locally and transnationally. Langford provides an enduring record of otherwise fleeting anti-poverty programs and their effects: the lived activism and opinions of development workers and ordinary people.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228004748
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In the 1960s and 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War and an international decolonization movement, development advocates believed that poverty could be ended, at home and abroad. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores the relationship between poverty, democracy, and development during this remarkable period. Will Langford analyzes three Canadian development programs that unfolded on local, regional, and international scales. He reveals the interconnections of anti-poverty activism carried out by the Company of Young Canadians among Métis in northern Alberta and francophones in Montreal, by the Cape Breton Development Corporation, and by Canadian University Service Overseas in Tanzania. In dialogue with the New Left, liberal reformers committed to development programs they believed would empower the poor to confront their own poverty and thereby foster a more meaningful democracy. However, democracy and development proved to be fundamentally contested, and development programs stopped short of amending capitalist social relations and the inequalities they engendered. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores how Canadians engaged in informal and formal politics in the course of their everyday lives, locally and transnationally. Langford provides an enduring record of otherwise fleeting anti-poverty programs and their effects: the lived activism and opinions of development workers and ordinary people.