Download or read book False Assurances written by Christopher Rosow and published by Ben Porter. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morning of July 12, 2017, the FBI Boston field office receives what appears to be a hoax call: a man rescued from the waters off Massachusetts has claimed that his sailboat was hijacked and used to smuggle weapons and terrorists into the United States. With local agents tasked to prepare for an evening Presidential visit to downtown Boston, and with procedures requiring a response to any threat, no matter how unreliable it may seem, FBI administrative staffer Ben Porter is dispatched to investigate the call. Can Ben, untrained in field work and relying only his wits and intuition, uncover the deadly plot ... in time to stop it?
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Download or read book Threat Bias written by Christopher Rosow and published by Ben Porter. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Credited with successfully stopping a terror threat in 2017, FBI staffer Ben Porter has been promoted to Special Agent. But, within days of receiving his credentials and weapon, the tables are turned, and Ben finds himself-and his family-as a target. Ben must overcome his inexperienced biases to understand the motivation of his foes, in order to not only secure his own safety, but also to intercept a nefarious, invisible, and unprecedented new weapon of terror.
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Download or read book Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois written by Illinois. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book England s Empty Throne written by Paul Strohm and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The methods employed by the Lancastrian usurpers in their attempts to legitimise their dynasty's hold in the English throne included the reburying of the murdered Richard II, the invention of chronicles, prophecies and genealogies, new methods of trial and punishment, the use of spies, and the radical redefinition of treason. Strohm uses both literary and historical analysis to explore this quest for legitimacy, and the importance of symbolic activity to Henry IV and V.
Download or read book Essays Catholic and Critical written by Mark A. Husbands and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the most significant work of the highly esteemed contemporary theologian George Schner, who died in 2000. Gathering together his writing in the areas of theology and the philosophy of religion, it offers a distinct contribution to our understanding of the prospects and perils of undertaking theology in the Christian tradition at the present juncture. Engaging key texts in philosophy of religion from the modern period, recent official Roman Catholic teaching related to the basis and doing of theology, and the work of key representatives of the so-called 'Yale School' of post-liberal theology, the essays collected here represent acute and historically informed judgment upon the problematique of the practice of contemporary theology. Drawing together a substantial body of work of recognized intellectual scope, philosophical rigour and theological richness, this volume provides invaluable insight into key questions regarding theological method, the importance of modern philosophy of religion, the nature of theological discourse and contemporary Catholic theological reflection.
Download or read book The Catholic Luther written by Philip D. W. Krey and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of selected texts by Martin Luther—including the classic “The Magnificat, Put into German and Explained”—that capture the essence of his Catholic devotion, along with an extensive introduction.
