Download or read book Syria s Secret Library written by Mike Thomson and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of a small, makeshift library in the town of Daraya, and the people who found hope and humanity in its books during a four-year siege. Daraya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just southwest of the Syrian capital. Yet for four years it lived in another world. Besieged by government forces early in the Syrian Civil War, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by heavy artillery, and under the constant fire of snipers. But deep beneath this scene of frightening devastation lay a hidden library. While the streets above echoed with shelling and rifle fire, the secret world below was a haven of books. Long rows of well-thumbed volumes lined almost every wall: bloated editions with grand leather covers, pocket-sized guides to Syrian poetry, and no-nonsense reference books, all arranged in well-ordered lines. But this precious horde was not bought from publishers or loaned by other libraries--they were the books salvaged and scavenged at great personal risk from the doomed city above. The story of this extraordinary place and the people who found purpose and refuge in it is one of hope, human resilience, and above all, the timeless, universal love of literature and the compassion and wisdom it fosters.
Download or read book Secrets Under SIEGE written by Natalie J. Damschroder and published by Natalie J. Damschroder. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s been 15 years since Conrad Dixson and Skye Burgeson were not-so-friendly competitors in training and five years since Dix dragged SIEGE from the rubble of corruption. When someone targets both of them personally and professionally, they struggle to overcome old trust issues and an attraction neither one has room for so they can work together to save both companies. As their investigation shapes a puzzle they can’t make any sense of, their feelings for each other become frighteningly clear. Dix doesn’t want to fall for the smart, clever, fearless woman who could be involved in crushing the business he’s put his entire life into protecting. And Skye is terrified that letting him in will threaten the life she’s built to honor her heroic brother who died in action. The journey leads them to a familiar enemy who’s been using prime and petty revenge motivations to cover his true purpose, escalating until threats to the people Dix and Skye love force them to face unacceptable decisions.
Download or read book The Test of Our Times written by Tom Ridge and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the harrowing days after September 11, 2001, the President of the United States reached out to one man to help guide the nation in its quest to shore up domestic security. In this candid and compelling memoir, Tom Ridge describes the whirlwind series of events that took him from the state capital of Pennsylvania, into the fray of Washington, D.C., and onto the world stage as a new leader in the fight against international terrorism. A Washington outsider, Ridge went above and beyond in his new post, identifying the need to integrate response teams on a wide-reaching scale and leading the nation's ambitious initiative of establishing a new Cabinet department, the Department of Homeland Security. The author recounts how the new department's unsung heroes, brought together under great duress, succeeded against difficult odds and navigated the politics of terrorism. Perhaps most importantly, Ridge offers a prescriptive look to the future with provocative ideas such as a national ID card and the use of biometrics to track not just who enters the United States but also how long they are here. Tom Ridge simply tells it like it is, offering a refreshingly honest assessment of the state of homeland security today—and what it needs to be tomorrow.
Download or read book Soldier Under Siege written by Elle Kennedy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A single mother and a special ops captain are united by revenge in the New York Times–bestselling author’s military romance series debut. Eva Dolce would stop at nothing to save her son—even if it takes murdering Hector Cruz, the most fearsome man in San Marquez. But she can’t do it alone. Enter special ops captain Robert Tate, a man who’s seen too much. Ruthless and taciturn, Tate couldn’t be more different from Eva. But they have one thing in common: revenge. Tate saw his brother die by Cruz’s hand. And if Eva is his only way to Hector, then so be it. But the combustible chemistry sizzling between them is even more dangerous than their formidable enemies. And Eva’s face, beautiful as it is, masks the truth about her past and her child. Can Tate forgive her lies . . . or will her secrets leave them both dead?
Download or read book Omega s Secret Alpha written by Aiden Bates and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Logan From the moment I first saw him, I knew I was screwed. Bennet Long wasn't just any handsome Omega with sinfully blue eyes and an body that could make an Alpha like me ache long after I'd watched him go. He was off limits. Completely forbidden. Not because I couldn't take him. I knew the minute we first touched and I saw the way his cheeks flushed pink that I could have him. Make him mine. No, I couldn't even let myself think about taking Bennet Long-not because I couldn't, but because it was wrong. I was fifty-five. He was barely old enough to buy his own beer. After one failed marriage already and a lifetime of military service, I knew I wasn't suitable to be around any Omega at all-but the last Omega I needed to be throwing myself at was one as young, damaged and naive as him. And then there was the other catch...the one that turned Bennet Long from a no-go zone into the juiciest piece of forbidden fruit I could imagine... Bennet I'd always found myself attracted to older Alphas, but after my last relationship came to such a violent, terrifying end, I never thought I'd actually be with one ever again. But ever since that awful, painful night, my body had been hurt in ways that I couldn't explain. My heat started coming on stronger. More unpredictable. More desperate. Being around any Alpha at all when one hit me was a bad idea of the highest order... But being around my best friend's Alpha military hero dad? With Logan's broad, strong shoulders, thick, muscular arms and firm, I couldn't have stopped myself even if I'd wanted to. Logan was everything that I knew I didn't need in my life. Authoritative. Commanding. Emotionally absent. But the things he made me feel were too strong to deny. Could I try to anyway? Not a chance.
Download or read book Bodies Under Siege written by Armando R. Favazza and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-05-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although instances of deliberate skin-cutting are recorded as far back as the old and New Testaments of the Bible the behavior has generally been regarded as a symptom of various mental disorders. With the publication of Bodies Under Siege, a book described in the New York Times Magazine (July 17, 1997) as "the first to comprehensively explore self-mutilation," Dr. Armando Favazza has pioneered the study of the behavior as significant and meaningful unto itself. Drawing from the latest case studies from clinical psychiatry he broadens our understanding of self-mutilation and body modification and explores their surprising connections to the elemental experiences of healing, religions, salvation, and social balance. Favazza makes sense out of seemingly senseless self-mutilative behaviors by providing both a useful classification and examination of the ways in which the behaviors provide effective but temporary relief from troublesome symptoms such as overwhelming anxiety, racing thoughts, and depersonalization. He offers important new information on the psychology and biology of self-mutilation, the link between self-mutilation and eating disorders, and advances in treatment. An epilogue by Fakir Musafar, the father of the Modern Primitive movement, describes his role in influencing a new generation to "experiment with the previously forbidden 'body side' of life" through piercing, blood rituals, scarification, and body sculpting in order to attain a state of grace. The second edition of Bodies Under Siege is the major source of information about self-mutilation, a much misunderstood behavior that is now coming into public awareness.
Download or read book World Under Siege written by Suhas Inamdar and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly develops a special server with the help of an Indian IT company, which can anticipate the actions of intelligence units of various nations by using a powerful algorithm. The CIA plans to use it to preempt the cyber-attacks before they are unleashed by the rogue nations. However, the Secret Server is stolen in a daring heist while in transit to the US. It is protected by a 32-digit password. Even the most powerful hacking machine would take three months to decode it. If it falls in the wrong hands, it could create mayhem in the world. The hunt begins to retrieve the Secret Server and save the world from an impending disaster. Would it truly read the minds of the strategists around the world? Who stole the Secret Server? Will it be recovered before the thief cracks its password? Time is running out. The world is under siege.
Download or read book The Book Collectors of Daraya written by Delphine Minoui and published by Picador. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Avengers written by Roger Stern and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home are the heroes, but the villains are waiting for them! Avengers Mansion becomes the site of one of the team's greatest battles when Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil take down Earth's Mightiest Heroes one by one, one seemingly forever! Plus: an odyssey of Avengers, Alpha Flight and Atlantean civil war! Collecting Avengers (1963) #270-277.
Download or read book SEAL Under Siege written by Liz Johnson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Navy SEAL will do anything to protect a woman targeted by terrorists in this suspenseful romance of danger and faith. When Staci Hayes is rescued from a Mideast prison by navy SEAL Tristan Sawyer, she thinks the ordeal is over. But back in San Diego, a new threat arises. Staci has information that could prevent an attack on U.S. soil, and the terrorist will stop at nothing to silence her. Tristan insists on being her bodyguard, but his constant presence makes her long for things beyond her reach. Protecting Staci is the second chance Tristan needs to put the past behind him. Yet with a spy on the naval base, anyone could be a threat. Now it will take all of his faith and courage to offer her safety—and love.
Download or read book The Coffield Chronicles Hearts Under Siege written by TL Dickerson and published by Sapphire Books Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1862. The war between the states has been raging intensely for a year now. The country is in complete and utter turmoil, and brother is fighting brother to the death, dying for what each believed. It seems it’s all the townsfolk of New Albany, Indiana can speak of, and Melody Coffield is paying attention. Through a series of heartbreaks and sorrow, she settles on the decision to cut her hair and don men’s attire. Going under the alias of Melvin A. Coffield, she leaves her childhood home, the only home she had ever known, and enlists in the United States Army. Chewing tobacco and drinking liquor were ways of men, and she learns quickly how to behave like one. She would soon know the horrors of battle, and what was called the glory of war, through roads that led straight to Vicksburg, Mississippi. However, her biggest concern was making sure she was not detected by the others. Keeping her secret would not only be challenging, but trying as well. Will she remain in this solitude the rest of her life, never allowing anyone into her heart again? Or will she find love, once more, in a world that was intolerant and unaccepting of who she truly was?
Download or read book The Secrets of Strangers written by Charity Norman and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the authr of Richard and Judy Book Club pick After The Fall comes a gripping and moving novel, perfect if you love books by Jodi Picoult. 'Tautly plotted, gripping and emotional' - Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of After the End A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives? Shortlisted for 'best novel' in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards
Download or read book Parents Under Siege written by James Garbarino and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate and practical guide for parents facing the difficult task of raising children in an increasingly violent world. This intelligent, parent-centered reference takes a sympathetic yet tough-minded look at the forces that are shaping--and disrupting--American family life today.
Download or read book The Constitution Under Siege written by Christopher H. Pyle and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitution Under Siege is a provocative teaching instrument that uses law, history, and politics to test what the law arguably "is" against assertions of what it "ought" to be. It examines the questionable impulses of presidents, members of Congress, the military, and intelligence agencies to bend or break the Constitution and the laws. In questioning the legitimacy of raw assertions of unaccountable power, the editors reject both the illustrative case approach of political scientists and precedent-driven approach of lawyers, supplementing key court cases with historically-rich essays, notes, and questions. These essays explain where our nation's "first principles" came from, and why they became imbedded, at least until recently, in our laws and institutions. Above all, these materials will prompt the reader to ask how, and by what authority, presidents, Congress, and even courts have come to allow the military and secret agencies to kidnap, torture, assassinate, or secretly detain citizens or aliens, and to use military and para-military force without running afoul of the Constitution and its Bill of Rights. "This superb book, written by two of the nation's most acute analysts of law and politics, provides readers with materials indispensable to an understanding of the many dubious assertions of governmental power, by both presidents and Congress, that have rocked the foundations of our republic. ... It is must reading for all those concerned about the future of constitutional government." -- David Gray Adler, James McClure Professor of Public Policy at the University of Idaho "The Constitution Under Siege offers unparalleled insights arising from the authors' singular mastery of documents, events, and law. From the Barbary pirates to Islamic terrorism, no single source more definitively instructs the reader as it interweaves American law and policy abroad. This is an indispensable book." -- Robert J. Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor, SUNY, Cortland
Download or read book Omega s Secret Crush written by Aiden Bates and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alpha Roman Carpenter has already disappointed omega Teddy O'Rourke once before. Roman enlisting in the Army was bad enough, as far as Teddy was concerned, but when they lost touch with each other over the course of Roman's deployment and broke up? Teddy was completely done with Roman, and with alphas, and with the whole idea of dating in general.Right?So, now that Roman has just been promoted to drill sergeant under the watchful supervision of Teddy's dad, Master Sergeant O'Rourke and Master Sarge has made it clear that they are to stay very much away from each other, following Dad's orders should be no problem whatsoever.Right?Well, they might both live at Fort Greene, but Teddy and Roman are about to find out that even military discipline can't keep old flames in check. But can they forgive and forget enough to fan the sparks between them into a fully-fledged fire? Or, will the obstacles before them dampen things before they even start? Join Roman and Teddy in Fort Greene as they navigate family, friends, work, old feelings, new babies, and more, all to give love a second chance to ignite their hearts.
Download or read book Mysteries and Secrets The 16 Book Complete Codex written by Patricia Fanthorpe and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 2887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special 16-book bundle collects fearless investigations into the paranormal from the pens of Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, who for several decades been researching and writing about ancient and eternal mysteries. Their entertaining and thought-provoking works span numerous topics, from numerology, freemasonry, voodoo, satanism and witchcraft to the very nature of death and time. Additionally, they have produced numerous volumes examining the great unexplained mysteries and places of history, including The Bible, European castles, strange murders, arcane objects of power, the mysterious depths of the sea and remarkable people. Take a strange and beautiful trip to the mystical side of life in this special set! Includes Death Mysteries and Secrets of Numerology Mysteries and Secrets of the Masons Mysteries and Secrets of the Templars Mysteries and Secrets of Time Mysteries and Secrets of Voodoo, Santeria, and Obeah Satanism and Demonology Secrets of the World’s Undiscovered Treasures The Big Book of Mysteries The Oak Island Mystery The World’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries The World’s Most Mysterious Castles The World’s Most Mysterious Murders The World’s Most Mysterious Objects The World’s Most Mysterious People Unsolved Mysteries of the Sea
Download or read book Under Siege written by Ian Bullock and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the period between the two world wars, the Independent Labour Party (ILP) was the main voice of radical democratic socialism in Great Britain. Founded in 1893, the ILP had, since 1906, operated under the aegis of the Labour Party. As that party edged nearer to power following World War I, forming minority governments in 1924 and again in 1929, the ILP found its own identity under siege. On one side stood those who wanted the ILP to subordinate itself to an increasingly cautious and conventional Labour leadership; on the other stood those who felt that the ILP should throw its lot in with the Communist Party of Great Britain. After the ILP disaffiliated from Labour in 1932 in order to pursue a new, “revolutionary” policy, it was again torn, this time between those who wanted to merge with the Communists and those who saw the ILP as their more genuinely revolutionary and democratic rival. At the opening of the 1930s, the ILP boasted five times the membership of the Communist Party, as well as a sizeable contingent of MPs. By the end of the decade, having tested the possibility of creating a revolutionary party in Britain almost to the point of its own destruction, the ILP was much diminished—although, unlike the Communists, it still retained a foothold in Parliament. Despite this reversal of fortunes, during the 1930s—years that witnessed the ascendancy of both Stalin and Hitler—the ILP demonstrated an unswerving commitment to democratic socialist thinking. Drawing extensively on the ILP’s Labour Leader and other contemporary left-wing newspapers, as well as on ILP publications and internal party documents, Bullock examines the debates and ideological battles of the ILP during the tumultuous interwar period. He argues that the ILP made a lasting contribution to British politics in general, and to the modern Labour Party in particular, by preserving the values of democratic socialism during the interwar period.
