Author: F. Scott Andison
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781475263190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Holy American Empire continues the saga begun in Death of the Republic. In the confused aftermath of the 2020 US election, paranoia and fear rule the day. Private paramilitary gangs roam the streets. The media are muzzled. The Internet shutdown. Talk of war, terrorism and detention abound. The Plan, as set down by the late, great Colonel Sherman Gale is slowly becoming reality. From the grave he directs the single boldest transformation the United States has seen since 1776. A bloody transformation that betrays its broad-based, Christian-inspired support revealing roots deeply imbedded in totalitarianism. When Gale's candidate, Ralph Osborn, becomes President by legitimate, if underhanded, means, most of those opposed give up the fight. But not former FBI agent Derrik Chu. He has sworn to fight to the death. Working independently with his partner and girlfriend, Audrey Kunitz, Chu does everything at his disposal - and more - to change the course of history. But can he do enough?
Holy American Empire
Author: F. Scott Andison
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781475263190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Holy American Empire continues the saga begun in Death of the Republic. In the confused aftermath of the 2020 US election, paranoia and fear rule the day. Private paramilitary gangs roam the streets. The media are muzzled. The Internet shutdown. Talk of war, terrorism and detention abound. The Plan, as set down by the late, great Colonel Sherman Gale is slowly becoming reality. From the grave he directs the single boldest transformation the United States has seen since 1776. A bloody transformation that betrays its broad-based, Christian-inspired support revealing roots deeply imbedded in totalitarianism. When Gale's candidate, Ralph Osborn, becomes President by legitimate, if underhanded, means, most of those opposed give up the fight. But not former FBI agent Derrik Chu. He has sworn to fight to the death. Working independently with his partner and girlfriend, Audrey Kunitz, Chu does everything at his disposal - and more - to change the course of history. But can he do enough?
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781475263190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Holy American Empire continues the saga begun in Death of the Republic. In the confused aftermath of the 2020 US election, paranoia and fear rule the day. Private paramilitary gangs roam the streets. The media are muzzled. The Internet shutdown. Talk of war, terrorism and detention abound. The Plan, as set down by the late, great Colonel Sherman Gale is slowly becoming reality. From the grave he directs the single boldest transformation the United States has seen since 1776. A bloody transformation that betrays its broad-based, Christian-inspired support revealing roots deeply imbedded in totalitarianism. When Gale's candidate, Ralph Osborn, becomes President by legitimate, if underhanded, means, most of those opposed give up the fight. But not former FBI agent Derrik Chu. He has sworn to fight to the death. Working independently with his partner and girlfriend, Audrey Kunitz, Chu does everything at his disposal - and more - to change the course of history. But can he do enough?
Emmanuelle II
Author: Emmanuelle Arsan
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802122360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Continues the erotic adventures of Emmanuelle as she makes her way through a steamy trip to Thailand.
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802122360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Continues the erotic adventures of Emmanuelle as she makes her way through a steamy trip to Thailand.
God of the Eternal Blue Sky
Author: F. Scott Andison
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986043946
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The fourth and final book in the Urizen Series. Follow the amazing adventures of former FBI Agent Derrik Chu and friends as they frantically battle to liberate America from the grip of a fanatical Christian theocracy only to uncover a madman's plot to destroy the entire world.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986043946
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The fourth and final book in the Urizen Series. Follow the amazing adventures of former FBI Agent Derrik Chu and friends as they frantically battle to liberate America from the grip of a fanatical Christian theocracy only to uncover a madman's plot to destroy the entire world.
The Infatuations
Author: Javier Marías
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307960730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST • From the award-winning, internationally bestselling Spanish author of A Heart So White comes an immersive, provocative novel propelled by a seemingly random murder. "Sometimes startling, sometimes hilarious, and always intelligent ... Marías [has] a penetrating empathy."—The New York Times Book Review Each day before work María Dolz stops at the same café. There she finds herself drawn to a couple who is also there every morning. Observing their seemingly perfect life helps her escape the listlessness of her own. But when the man is brutally murdered and María approaches the widow to offer her condolences, what began as mere observation turns into an increasingly complicated entanglement. Invited into the widow's home, she meets—and falls in love with—a man who sheds disturbing new light on the crime. As María recounts this story, we are given a murder mystery brilliantly encased in a metaphysical enquiry, a novel that grapples with questions of love and death, chance and coincidence, and above all, with the slippery essence of the truth and how it is told.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307960730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST • From the award-winning, internationally bestselling Spanish author of A Heart So White comes an immersive, provocative novel propelled by a seemingly random murder. "Sometimes startling, sometimes hilarious, and always intelligent ... Marías [has] a penetrating empathy."—The New York Times Book Review Each day before work María Dolz stops at the same café. There she finds herself drawn to a couple who is also there every morning. Observing their seemingly perfect life helps her escape the listlessness of her own. But when the man is brutally murdered and María approaches the widow to offer her condolences, what began as mere observation turns into an increasingly complicated entanglement. Invited into the widow's home, she meets—and falls in love with—a man who sheds disturbing new light on the crime. As María recounts this story, we are given a murder mystery brilliantly encased in a metaphysical enquiry, a novel that grapples with questions of love and death, chance and coincidence, and above all, with the slippery essence of the truth and how it is told.
Seeing Clearly
Author: Nicolas Bommarito
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190887508
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For many of us, no matter what we do, no matter how well we try to distract ourselves, there is always a buzz of anxiety in the background of our minds. We can never truly connect with others or focus on the task at hand. Life's worries, big and small, fill us with dread. Many of our intuitive ways of experiencing the world, especially how we feel about ourselves, are mistaken. Buddhist thought and practice offer tools to dispel the buzz, and to engage with life in an authentic and meaningful way, by showing us how to see the world more clearly. If we only see the world through the prism of ourselves, we see it incorrectly--we miss the point. Philosopher Nic Bommarito explores how centuries-old Buddhist techniques can teach us to get out of our own way, learn to understand how the world really is, and take steps to change our experiences of it. This short and friendly primer presents a guide to the good life that anyone can follow, laying out the basic philosophical ideas behind Buddhism's teachings and offering practical techniques and practices.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190887508
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For many of us, no matter what we do, no matter how well we try to distract ourselves, there is always a buzz of anxiety in the background of our minds. We can never truly connect with others or focus on the task at hand. Life's worries, big and small, fill us with dread. Many of our intuitive ways of experiencing the world, especially how we feel about ourselves, are mistaken. Buddhist thought and practice offer tools to dispel the buzz, and to engage with life in an authentic and meaningful way, by showing us how to see the world more clearly. If we only see the world through the prism of ourselves, we see it incorrectly--we miss the point. Philosopher Nic Bommarito explores how centuries-old Buddhist techniques can teach us to get out of our own way, learn to understand how the world really is, and take steps to change our experiences of it. This short and friendly primer presents a guide to the good life that anyone can follow, laying out the basic philosophical ideas behind Buddhism's teachings and offering practical techniques and practices.
The Plotters
Author: Un-su Kim
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385544391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance. "The Plotters’s first convenient comparison may be to the ever-expanding John Wick movies" --Los Angeles Review of Books Behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the shadows. Plotters quietly dictate the moves of the city's most dangerous criminals, but their existence is little more than legend. Just who are the plotters? And more important, what do they want? Reseng is an assassin. Raised by a cantankerous killer named Old Raccoon in the crime headquarters "The Library," Reseng never questioned anything: where to go, who to kill, or why his home was filled with books that no one ever read. But one day, Reseng steps out of line on a job, toppling a set of carefully calibrated plans. And when he uncovers an extraordinary scheme set into motion by an eccentric trio of young women--a convenience store clerk, her wheelchair-bound sister, and a cross-eyed librarian--Reseng will have to decide if he will remain a pawn or finally take control of the plot. Crackling with action and filled with unforgettable characters, The Plotters is a deeply entertaining thriller that soars with the soul, wit, and lyricism of real literary craft.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385544391
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance. "The Plotters’s first convenient comparison may be to the ever-expanding John Wick movies" --Los Angeles Review of Books Behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the shadows. Plotters quietly dictate the moves of the city's most dangerous criminals, but their existence is little more than legend. Just who are the plotters? And more important, what do they want? Reseng is an assassin. Raised by a cantankerous killer named Old Raccoon in the crime headquarters "The Library," Reseng never questioned anything: where to go, who to kill, or why his home was filled with books that no one ever read. But one day, Reseng steps out of line on a job, toppling a set of carefully calibrated plans. And when he uncovers an extraordinary scheme set into motion by an eccentric trio of young women--a convenience store clerk, her wheelchair-bound sister, and a cross-eyed librarian--Reseng will have to decide if he will remain a pawn or finally take control of the plot. Crackling with action and filled with unforgettable characters, The Plotters is a deeply entertaining thriller that soars with the soul, wit, and lyricism of real literary craft.
Disney A to Z
Author: Dave Smith
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Includes full descriptions of all Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy cartoons; the story of Mickey's birth; the Disney Channel Premiere films and Disney television shows; the Disney parks; Disney Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; the Mouseketeers throughout the years; and details of Disney company personnel and primary actors.
Publisher: Hyperion Books
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Includes full descriptions of all Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy cartoons; the story of Mickey's birth; the Disney Channel Premiere films and Disney television shows; the Disney parks; Disney Academy Awards and Emmy Awards; the Mouseketeers throughout the years; and details of Disney company personnel and primary actors.
On Michael Haneke
Author: Brian Price
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334058
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Michael Haneke, whose films include 'The Piano Teacher' and 'The White Ribbon', has emerged over the past 15 years as a major figure in world cinema. This collection of essays offers a criticial inquiry & close formal analysis of his work, noted for its philosophical, historical & stylistic complexity.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334058
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Michael Haneke, whose films include 'The Piano Teacher' and 'The White Ribbon', has emerged over the past 15 years as a major figure in world cinema. This collection of essays offers a criticial inquiry & close formal analysis of his work, noted for its philosophical, historical & stylistic complexity.
Legal Design
Author: Corrales Compagnucci, Marcelo
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 183910726X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This innovative book proposes new theories on how the legal system can be made more comprehensible, usable and empowering for people through the use of design principles. Utilising key case studies and providing real-world examples of legal innovation, the book moves beyond discussion to action. It offers a rich set of examples, demonstrating how various design methods, including information, service, product and policy design, can be leveraged within research and practice.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 183910726X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This innovative book proposes new theories on how the legal system can be made more comprehensible, usable and empowering for people through the use of design principles. Utilising key case studies and providing real-world examples of legal innovation, the book moves beyond discussion to action. It offers a rich set of examples, demonstrating how various design methods, including information, service, product and policy design, can be leveraged within research and practice.
Extraction Politics
Author: Nicholas S. Paliewicz
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271098465
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
An investigation into one of the largest and most lucrative mineral mining companies in the world, Rio Tinto, Extraction Politics reveals how the company constructs a presence in the places it operates and shapes meanings and orientations toward the environment. Taking readers on a “rhetorical pilgrimage” across the American Southwest, Nicholas Paliewicz shows how Rio Tinto creates adaptable corporate identities. From Ronald Reagan’s frontiersman advertisements for the Borax Mine in California to the pioneer Mormon persona at Bingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake City and the folksy, paternalistic perspective toward the San Carlos Apache at the proposed mine at Oak Flat, Arizona, the company appropriates local history to embed itself as a valued member of the public—without having to settle in those ecological communities and bear the costs of extraction. This does not occur without resistance, however. Paliewicz also shows how activists use these same tactics to expose Rio Tinto as an exploitative, colonialist polluter. In an era of surging demand for dwindling supplies of minerals and metals, this book previews what the future of extractivism may look like. Extraction Politics will appeal to scholars and students of environmental communication and activist politics as well as general readers interested in the climate crisis.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271098465
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
An investigation into one of the largest and most lucrative mineral mining companies in the world, Rio Tinto, Extraction Politics reveals how the company constructs a presence in the places it operates and shapes meanings and orientations toward the environment. Taking readers on a “rhetorical pilgrimage” across the American Southwest, Nicholas Paliewicz shows how Rio Tinto creates adaptable corporate identities. From Ronald Reagan’s frontiersman advertisements for the Borax Mine in California to the pioneer Mormon persona at Bingham Canyon Mine in Salt Lake City and the folksy, paternalistic perspective toward the San Carlos Apache at the proposed mine at Oak Flat, Arizona, the company appropriates local history to embed itself as a valued member of the public—without having to settle in those ecological communities and bear the costs of extraction. This does not occur without resistance, however. Paliewicz also shows how activists use these same tactics to expose Rio Tinto as an exploitative, colonialist polluter. In an era of surging demand for dwindling supplies of minerals and metals, this book previews what the future of extractivism may look like. Extraction Politics will appeal to scholars and students of environmental communication and activist politics as well as general readers interested in the climate crisis.