Download or read book Don t Shoot the Ice Cream Man written by James Waste and published by . This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Cold War, two men in dark suits and shades walked into the San Francisco antique store that James Waste had opened after a successful international career with Bechtel. Their mission: to ask Mr. Waste to serve as an oberver for the CIA. Waste accepted on the spot. Over the course of the next three decades, he reported to the agency both as a case officer and as an independent contractor, first behind the Iron Curtain and later along the ancient Silk Road of Central Asia. From the mangled hulk of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, to the violent ungoverned reaches of Tajikistan, to the Tbilisi office of former Soviet foreign minister and Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, this book combines a vivid collage of first-hand experiences with a compelling behind-the-scenes portrait of a changing world. -- from publisher's description.

Download or read book Death Taxes and Green Tea Ice Cream written by Diane Kelly and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fired. Tara Holloway can't believe it. After all she's done for the IRS, a few too many shots fired from her weapon and suddenly she's public enemy number one. To add insult to injury, another agent has replaced her, and a ten-million-dollar assault case is hanging over her head. So much for traveling to Tokyo with Special Agent Nick Pratt, former partner and current boyfriend. Tara's stuck in Texas, and using green tea ice cream to soothe her disappointment, as well as the terrifying prospect of a life behind bars. Tara's former boss, Lu "the Lobo" Lobozinski, has a plan—to stick Tara in auditing, where she can't possibly get into trouble. But between bumping into a college frenemy whose family business is under audit, Tara's stubborn determination to keep an eye on Nick behind the scenes, and her new long-range rifle, she's about to get a taste of just how dangerous her life can be, in Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream from Diane Kelly...

Download or read book Cold War Counterfeit Spies written by Nigel West and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War, with its air of mutual fear and distrust and the shadowy world of spies and secret agents, gave publishers the chance to produce countless stories of espionage, treachery and deception. What Nigel West has discovered is that the most egregious deceptions were in fact the stories themselves. In this remarkable investigation into the claims of many who portrayed themselves as key players in clandestine operations, the author has exposed a catalogue of misrepresentations and falsehoods. Did Greville Wynne really exfiltrate a GRU defector from Odessa? Was the frogman Buster Crabb abducted during a mission in Portsmouth Harbour? Did the KGB run a close-guarded training facility, as described by J. Bernard Hutton in School for Spies, which was modelled on a typical town in the American mid-west, so agents could be acclimatised to a non-Soviet environment? With the help of witnesses with first-hand experience, and recently declassified documents, Nigel West answers these and other fascinating questions from a time when secrecy and suspicion allowed the truth to be concealed.

Download or read book The Counterintelligence Chronology written by Edward Mickolus and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spying in the United States began during the Revolutionary War, with George Washington as the first director of American intelligence and Benedict Arnold as the first turncoat. The history of American espionage is full of intrigue, failures and triumphs—and motives honorable and corrupt. Several notorious spies became household names—Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen, the Walkers, the Rosenbergs—and were the subjects of major motion pictures and television series. Many others have received less attention. This book summarizes hundreds of cases of espionage for and against U.S. interests and offers suggestions for further reading. Milestones in the history of American counterintelligence are noted. Charts describe the motivations of traitors, American targets of foreign intelligence services and American traitors and their foreign handlers. A former member of the U.S. intelligence community, the author discusses trends in intelligence gathering and what the future may hold. An annotated bibliography is provided, written by Hayden Peake, curator of the Historical Intelligence Collection of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Download or read book Hokum written by Paul Beatty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by the author of The Sellout, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize, Hokum is a liberating, eccentric, savagely comic anthology of the funniest writing by black Americans. This book is less a comprehensive collection than it is a mix-tape narrative dubbed by a trusted friend-a sampler of underground classics, rare grooves, and timeless summer jams, poetry and prose juxtaposed with the blues, hip-hop, political speeches, and the world's funniest radio sermon. The subtle musings of Toni Cade Bambara, Henry Dumas, and Harryette Mullen are bracketed by the profane and often loud ruminations of Langston Hughes, Darius James, Wanda Coleman, Tish Benson, Steve Cannon, and Hattie Gossett. Some of the funniest writers don't write, so included are selections from well-known yet unpublished wits Lightnin' Hopkins, Mike Tyson, and the Reverend Al Sharpton. Selections also come from public figures and authors whose humor, although incisive and profound, is often overlooked: Malcolm X, Suzan-Lori Parks, Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth, and W.E.B. Dubois. Groundbreaking, fierce, and hilarious, this is a necessary anthology for any fan or student of American writing, with a huge range and a smart, political grasp of the uses of humor.

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Download or read book The Mysterious Benedict Society Series Omnibus written by Trenton Lee Stewart and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 2256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bindup of the New York Times bestselling series by Trenton Lee Stewart Catch up on the adventures of the Mysterious Benedict Society with this electronic bindup, which includes the four books in the New York Times bestselling series, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages, as well as the prequel, The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict.

Download or read book The Man with the Golden Arm written by Nelson Algren and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of rare genius, The Man with the Golden Arm describes the dissolution of a card-dealing WWII veteran named Frankie Machine, caught in the act of slowly cutting his own heart into wafer-thin slices. For Frankie, a murder committed may be the least of his problems. The literary critic Malcolm Cowley called The Man with the Golden Arm "Algren's defense of the individual," while Carl Sandburg wrote of its "strange midnight dignity." A literary tour de force, here is a novel unlike any other, one in which drug addiction, poverty, and human failure somehow suggest a defense of human dignity and a reason for hope.

Download or read book Disloyal Opposition written by Warren Murphy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret Russian particle beam weapon has long been suspected of being responsible for the space shuttle Challenger explosion. Many have scoffed...until the old Soviet Union dissolves and the weapon is sold on the Russian black market to the ruling council of Berkeley, California – the most famous enclave of unrepentant socialists in the Western world. They, in turn, immediately direct it at American skies, making no planes, satellites or space shuttles safe until their very heavy price is paid. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.

Download or read book Ice Cream Man 29 written by W. Maxwell Prince and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “LIVING WILL” Presenting, for no one, the last will and testament of W.M. Parsons.

Download or read book The Ice Cream Man written by Lawanda S. Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ice Cream Man is a story about a man named Stanley Gibson. The abuse that Stanley endured as a child by the hands of his very own mother gave him a dark streak through life. Stanley grew to be very distant and shy. He craved love and attention from anyone who would give it to him. Stanley is also smart, handsome, generous, loving, and very creative in his young life. Stanley created a way to turn the pain of rejection into profit while filling the emptiness in his heart with joy. Stanley changed from an abused child to a violent and unpredictable adult. He began to loose respect for human life because his need for love is far more important. Stanley wants to be adored and needed by his peers. Stanley sends the Westside of South Central into an uproar.

Download or read book The Ice Cream Man and Other Stories written by Sam Pink and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pink is a keen observer of the culture of minimum-wage jobs and low-rent studio apartments that is the reality of life for all those who don't find a cog space in today’s hyper-capitalist economy.” —The Guardian Cone dealer, sunshine stealer, alleyway counselor, lunch lady to the homeless, friend to the dead, maker of sandwiches. Metal wrangler. Stag among stags. And so it goes—another journey through time spent punched in. A life's work of working for a living. Blood, death, and violence. Dirty dishes, dead roaches, and sparkler-lit nights. Nights ahead and no real fate. So open your mouths because the forecast calls for sprinkles. Thirteen delights, scooped and served. Let it melt down your hand. Let the sun burn your face. It's the ice cream man, and other stories.

Download or read book The Ferryman A Novel with Consequences written by Dave Silberstein and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be a god? In "The Ferryman," Charon gives the reader an intimate view of his day-to-day challenges, obstacles and moral dilemmas. It's definitely not a bed of roses even with godlike superpowers! Especially when you have to deal with someone like Zeus! Charon undergoes some major changes of viewpoint and changes in his "life plan" too. As Charon himself says, there are no real coincidences.

Download or read book Mark Taylor Omnibus written by M.P. McDonald and published by MP McD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 1557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Taylor: Genesis: Mark Taylor's life changes forever when he finds an antique camera in an Afghan bazaar. Back home in Chicago, he discovers that the camera has a strange and unique ability--it produces photographs of tragedies yet to happen. What else can he do but attempt to save lives and thwart catastrophe? No Good Deed: Mark Taylor knows his actions scream, guilty--but he was only trying to stop the horrible terrorist attack. Instead, the government labels him an enemy combatant and throws him in the brig with no rights, no trial, and no way to prove his innocence. Mark's just a regular guy--a photographer--who finds himself in an extraordinary situation when an antique camera he buys at a dusty Afghanistan bazaar produces photographs of future tragedies. When he discovers that he can prevent the events in the photos from occurring, he can't live with the guilt if he doesn't try to stop the tragedies. When he sees September 11th, his efforts fail when no one listens to his frantic warnings. Then he learns that being an 'enemy combatant' means the government can do anything they want to him. Anything at all. March Into Hell: Mark's life takes a dark turn when his heroism becomes the subject of a newspaper article. The media attention and a harrowing encounter while saving a young woman, puts him in the sights of the ruthless cult leader who covets the secret to Mark's power. Uncomfortable in the public spotlight, Mark suspects he's being tested by the force behind the camera's prophetic magic. Battling his own self-doubt, he must maintain the secret or risk certain death. Deeds of Mercy: An unexpected visitor from Mark's past brings him unwanted attention from the authorities. Unable to decide who is friend and who is foe, Mark becomes a fugitive from the law, but with thousands of lives at stake, he is forced to put aside his fear of capture, and instead, seek help from his pursuers.

Download or read book Mike Royko The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984 1997 written by Mike Royko and published by Agate Digital. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 3259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984–1997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the Tribune. Covering politics, culture, sports, and more, Royko brings his trademark sarcasm and cantankerous wit to a complete compendium of his last 14 years as a newspaper man. Organized chronologically, these columns display Royko's talent for crafting fictional conversations that reveal the truth of the small-minded in our society. From cagey political points to hysterical take-downs of "meatball" sports fans, Royko's writing was beloved and anticipated anxiously by his fans. In plain language, he "tells it like it is" on subjects relevant to modern society. In addition to his columns, the book features Royko's obituary and articles written about him after his death, telling the tale of his life and success. This ultimate collection is a must-read for Royko fans, longtime Chicago Tribune readers, and Chicagoans who love the city's rich history of dedicated and insightful journalism.

Download or read book Marked for Murder written by Leslie Langtry and published by Gemma Halliday Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath mystery... Merry Wrath has been out of the spy biz so long that she's sure the CIA has forgotten all about her. Life in suburban Who's There, Iowa is pretty quiet in comparison to the Company, and as long as her Girl Scout Troop isn't inadvertently burning down her garage (again), Merry is thinking it's time to clean out all the plastique and booby traps she's been hiding in the basement, once and for all. That is, until assassin Hilly Vinton (who isn't an assassin because the CIA doesn't have assassins...but totally is) shows up with an agency-ordered Termination Contract on Merry. This has to be an elaborate prank. Or so Merry thinks, until she learns that the contract also went out to the Russians, Chechens, and Colombian cartels. It isn't long before Merry's small hometown is flooded with interested bad guys. When these killers start showing up as bodies, Merry isn't sure if she should go on the lam (which has Hilly's enthusiastic vote) or stay to protect Who's There. There are too many questions! Can she solve the murders before the murderer gets her? Should she stay or go? How's it possible that the troop's future-predicting cootie catcher is so accurate? And why does the CIA want Merry Wrath dead? What critics are saying about Leslie Langtry's books: "I laughed so hard I cried on multiple occasions! Girl Scouts, the CIA, and the Yakuza... what could possibly go wrong?" ~ Fresh Fiction "Darkly funny and wildly over the top, this mystery answers the burning question, 'Do assassin skills and Girl Scout merit badges mix…?'" ~ RT BOOKreviews "Mixing a deadly sense of humor and plenty of sexy sizzle, Leslie Langtry creates a brilliantly original, laughter-rich mix of contemporary romance and suspense." ~ Chicago Tribune "Langtry gets the fun started from page one." ~ Publisher's Weekly

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